THE ELON COLLEGE WEEKLY. Friday, September 26, 1913. 2 Ctie €lon College 2Heefelp Published every Friday during the college year by THE WEEKLY PUBLISHING COMPANY E. L. DAUGHTRY, ----- Editor A. L. HOOK, _ - - - Business Manager The office of publication is Elon College, N. C., where all communications relative to the editorial work of the Weekly should be sent. Application for admisBion as second-class matter at the Post Office at Elon College, N. C., applied for. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1913. TO THE FEIENDS OF ELON COLEEGE— GREETING. Again the College community is all astir with vigorous and happy life. Bright and cheerful faces greet us on every side. The merry laugh, the hearty hand-shake, the sin- eere “Glad to see you”—all remind us of many fond associations of the past and awaken bright hopes of the things that are to be. Elon has just e.xperienced her “best yet” opening and every one has just cause for feeling good. Under such delightful circumstances the College Weekly comes fortli from its sum mer repose to again fill its place as an exponent of the life on the “Hill.” We trust that all our friends here spent a pleasant and profit able vacation; we wisli you future success, we greet you with all the fervor of our spirit, and we hope to be able to serve you in such a way as to rnerit your loyal support. A GLANCE AHEAD. W^e have had a fine opening, and hence, everybody on the Hill is in high spirits. We have a larger student body than ever before in our history. We have increased the teach ing force of the College that this need of the liour might be met, and we have made many improvements in the way of buildings and e(iuip.i;eiit. All tliis means progress, but it also means more than i)rogress, for with progress there must always come increased responsibility. To the members of the Faculty there comes the responsibility of endeavoring to teach better than ever before; to each member of the stud ent body there is given the responsibility of having every lesson prepared in such a way that it may be recited with honor and credit. Now, what will be your answer to this call of duty? We shall see as the days go by and pass into the realms whence none of us maj^ return. Wlien the day of reckoning comes— and come it will—we shall see. Remember that this is a matter which each one must settle for himself. You have the year with all its possibilities before you. It is with you to mak« of those possibilities step ping-stones to self-development and success, or by your own choice, you may use the glorious op])ortunities now before you to mar and to ruin your future. The choice rests with you. Let it be the purpose of every person on the Hill to make of this year with its present bright outlook the best that they have ever known. BACK AGAIN. Elon again, the dear old place, Where all have a smile and a bright sunny face. ’Tis good to meet again one and all, New ones, old ones, large and small. Many are absent, we are sorry to say, But we hope to stay until graduation day. Some of us disappointments have had; However, I hope none will be bad. So now let’s all be happy and do our very best, And when this task is done, to the fates leave the rest. S. B. T. IN THE PHILOLOGIAN HALL. Last Monday evening society met in regular literary session for the first time since the opening of the new term. Being the niglit for the reception of new men, every old member who participated in the program was well pre pared to show to the new fellows liis interest in society work. Before beginning regular literary work the reception of new' men was in order. The soci ety increased its goodly number by the addi tion of thirty-five men, and with this increase are expecting to accomplish the greatest year’s work in the history of the institution. After each new man had experienced the “goat-rid ing,” the special literary program was ren dered. Mr. Claudius Peel was the first man to ap pear on the fJoor. After a three months’ vaca tion, Mr. Peel was able to render some very good cuts on college life. Mr. W. D. Loy de serves special mention, having rendered the best oration of the evening. Mr. Loy used as his subject “Discontentment,” showing that without the discontented mind a man would never rise to fame. Examplese were given of men who struggled tlirough obstacles and found a path to victory. Mr. J. F. Morgan also presented to the soci ety in a very appreciative manner a speech on “What Our Society Stands For.” He pre sented his subject in such a way that it in spired every man in the hall to make of him self a strong and useful man for his nation, state and community, as well as for his society. The next item of great interest on the pro gram was tlie debate. Query: Resolved, that novel reading is more injurious to the mind than beneficial. The affirmative side argued that from 72 to 80 per cent, of the people who read novels always select the bad ones rather than the best, and crime, sin and disgrace liad mostly been caused by the reading of bad nov els. The Negative side argued that the most of this so-called novel reading did not lead into sin and disgrace, because such books as Jesse James, the Allen Gang, etc., were a picture of real truth, and hence could not be classed as real novels. And, too, that the majority of novels are good, the very best of literature, and a heljiful influence in the developtnent of the best vocabulary. After a hotly contested debate, the judges rendered their decision in favor of the affirma tive. Best speaker on the affirmative, J. V. Knight. Best speaker on the Negative, M. S. Revell. The literary program in the PhilologianHal! last Monday evening was very good. The query. Resolved: that college education is more beneficial than practical experience, proved an interesting one for the debate. The (luestion was won by the affirmative. Our new men are starting off witli a rush, and tlier will certainly have to be a great change of present teftdencies if we do not have the best-ever society this year. The boys all seem to enjoy the work and to take great inter est therein. We hope to see this continue. M. S. R. WITH THE CLIOS MONDAY NIGHT. Last Monday night marked the beginning of another year’s society wwk with the Clios. And I am proud to say that the opening is very promising for a good year in literary work. Our membership now as compared with that of last year is about the same. Thus, judging from the results of last year, we have a num ber sufficient for a good working society. I am glad to state that so many of the new men found it so different from what they ex pected. A goodly number of them, in express ing their remarks of gratitiide, said that they did not only feel a literary and a moral atmos phere in the Clio Society, but a Christian at mosphere as well. We glory in this manifestation, and sincere ly hope that it may continue to be available throughout this year and all coming years. It is our expectation to give a write-up of our meetings each week during the year. By so doing we liope to show the outside world the very best of our literary w'orks. F. F. Myrick. PSIPHELIAN SOCIETY. Monday evening was the second meeting of the Psiphelians for this term and it proved a very interesting time to twenty-six young la dies. We shall expect good work from our new members, for they are all young women of abil ity. The literary program w^as carried out in the iisual manner. Some helpful and spicy papers were read. An original poem of un usual merit was well rendered by Miss Blanche Teague. The Greatness of Washington and His Untiring Devotion to the American people was creditably given by Miss Ruth Aldridge. An especially well written and deserving pa per on The Aim and Benefit of the Psiphelian Society was read by Miss Emma Holland, for the new members. Several old members who had not the pleas ure of being with us last year, were present, three of whom united for active work again. We are expecting the best year’s work in the liistory of our society, and it is our purpose to make of that expectation a reality. WITH THE PSIPHELIANS. It was a delightful rest to get away from the daily routine of study and enjoy an excellent program such as was rendered in the Psiphel ian Society Hall last Monday evening. Each girl who took part gave the society reasons to feel proud of such a member. Pos- sil)ly one of the most interesting selections was “My Aim as a Music Teacher,” by Miss Hattie Belle Smith. .Judging from her paper, she has evidently “hitched her wagon to a star.” We hope she may reacli it. Miss Barrett made the evening merrier by exercising her musical talent. Miss Nannie Haskins recited so beau tifully that we knew her time spent on Ex pression had not been in vain. MINISTERIAL ASSOCIATION. On Wednesday evening, ept. 10, the Minis terial Associatino met for the first time. The leader, II. S. Smith, took as a basis for his talk the first four words of the first chapter of the book of Genesis. ‘ ‘ In the beginning God. ’ ’ All seemed to enjoy the meeting very much. It was evident that a number wanted to speak that did not get to, owing to the fact that we had to close sooner than usual for a business session. The following special committees were ap pointed for this year: Prayer Meeting Com mittee, W. D. Loy, C. B. Riddle, and E. T. Gotten; Missionary Committee, L. W. Fogle- man, B. M. Williams, and H. M. Neese. We also had the delightful privilege of tak ing in the following young men; J. F. Minnis, J. C. Auman, N. J. Morgan, C. C. Lindley, E. H. Rainey, and S. L. Bridgers. Let us work together, members of the asso-