THE ELON COLLEGE WEEKLY.
Friday, September 26, 1913.
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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-