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ilaroon anb #olb VOLUME III ELON COLLEGE, N. C., NOVEMBER 11, 1921 NUMBER 9 ELONIELEVEN LOSES TO Both Teams Put Up Hard Fight But Virginians Score 7 Point To Elon’s Zero Mark RESULTS BEING OBTAINED BY STUDENT VOLONTEEBS Large Increase In Membership Many Countries And States Represented The football te-ain journeyed to Hamp- den-Syclney (which is located in Death Valley) Saturday, with blood in their eyes, deteriniued to do their best to stop the onrush of the gallant Tigers. They went, they fought, but they lost. But in losing they put up a wonderful fight. They were beaten 7 to 0 by the team which beat Richmond Univer sity 7 to 5. Richmond University tied Davidson 14 to 14, aud beat Wake For est 41 to 0. So in losing she was not disgraced. After two minutes of play Cameron picked up a Hampden-Sidney fumble and ran 70 yards, carrying the pigskin over the goal line, but the referee did not see the play, and called the ball back. In the early stage of the game, Hampden-Sidney had somewhat the best of it, but as the game progressed our team improved, especially after Perry was thrown into the fray. Hampden- Sidney scored late in the fourth quarter, when with fourth down and some 15 yards to go they shot a beautiful for ward pass 30 yards into the waiting arms of one of their players. It seems that some^ one on Elon’s team failed to do his duty^ and that failure caused our team to be beaten. The defensive play of both teams was superb, neither team being able to make (Continued on Page 3) BEAD CATS LICKED BY OAK BIOGE WABBIOBS Unblemished Record of Famous Bear Cats Badly Marred. **Footsie** Fessmire Stars (By R. S. Rainey, Correspondent) To Miake the world safe for demo cracy was the purpose of the gallant soldiers who gave their lives in the great World War. The volunteer sol diers of the Cross at Elon claim tliat they have a part in a greater work than that—to malte the world safe for Christianity. This little army of 11 brave soldiers is waging a war against the devil and his angels that is bound to end in defeat for our arch-enemy and his cohorts. In the spring of 1919 the Student Volunteer Band at Elon was composed of Clip lone volunteer. Since then it has increased to 11 members, and is acknowledged by every student in col lege as being the most wide-awake re ligious organization on the campus. It seems that some one has gone about among the hedges and byways and brought in a colection of 11 earnest, though embryonic missionaries from almost every point of the compass. They are here from North America and from South America, from Yankeedom and from Dixie, from the Near East and from the Ynr East, from island? of the Atlantic and from islands of the Pacific. While the volunteers are in train ing, they do not remain idle. They have accomplished great things hsrc. Thpy have put n:*«?sions before the stu dents, and several shre*wd i^ethods have been used to accomplish this. They be gan mission study classes in the Sun day school. They have a bulletin board in a very conspicuous place in the Ad ministration Building. The best artis tic talent of the colle-ge has been uti lized to arrange posters and placards (Continued on Page 3) “DOMESTIC ABTS”FEATOBEO THE PSIPHELIAN PBOGBAM Program Of Society Varied Many Interesting Readings and Discussions—Origi nal Poem FIX MAKES TALK TO Miss Myrtle Somers—Synopsis of My Favorite Book. She selected a very sweet little story familiar to everyone, “Christmas Carol.'’ She delivered her work well, which showed much prepa ration. Miss Maude Kendrick — Reading: “My Mother’s Song.” A sweet selec tion, sweetly read, is what everybody wanted to exclaim as Miss Kendrick gave this reading. Dr. King would have been delighted with the pleasing nianne^r in which she handler his poem. Nothing touches a girl as do words about her mother. The feeling was in every girl’s heart in the hall. Miss Minnie Edge—Essay: ^‘Father Time.” In quite an original way Miss Edge gave some helpful hints in her essay. The lesson of economy of time was taught. It was good. Miss Effie Bowden—Humor. Hers was & good paper, different from the usual humorous work in that it was more original. The little personal flavor that adds the spice was there also. Miss Frances McElroy—Domestic Art. Every girl needs to know at least the fundamental factors in home-making. Miss McElroy’s talk included sewing, cooking, household management, house construction, and home nursing. She discussed each well, and should be com- (Continued on Page 2) Tells of Experiences In Witness ing Execution At Capital Other Interesting Num bers. SHAW DESMOND WILL LECTUBE AT ELON SOON Noted Novelist and Lecturer to Make Lecture of America Will Appear Here Nov. 15 As the red orb of day sank behind the westward hills and the dusk began to creep upon the Oak Ridge athletic field, the Bear Cats struggled in vain to overcome the lead of the opposing elev en in the now historic game of football that took place the-re last Saturday afternoon. When the final whistle sound ed the score stood 21 to 7, and, tearful to relate, the Beat Cats held the little end of it. The victorious and renowned Beat Cats mentioned in the last issue of Maroon and Gold are not so much in evidence this week. It is a sad but '• true fact that their former unblemish- i ed record is now sadly blemished, and grief and woe stalk broadcast in those hearts wherein turbulent happiness and victorious joy were so manifest before. , Whether the defeat was caused by i overconfidence on the part of the Elon 1 , i team, or by the consistent team work I of the Oak Ridge eleven, is a matter • of conjecture. Some critics have as* i signed the cause of the failure to grab ) another victory to the fact that Ben ! Purcell went along with the team. They j offer the following argument that is i indisputable to support their claim: 1 Purcell did not go to Sanford and the team won; he did go to Oak Ridge and the team lost. There is no gainsaying this, it is entirely true. It was an awful game, and fumbles on the part of the Bear Cats prevented them from scoring many times during the game. The Institute eleven played consiMtent ball through the four quar ters . and, although outclassed by the i( ® ^ (Continued on Page 3) NOTABLES FEATUBE IN CLIO SOCIETY PBOGBAM “Socrates” Rainey, “Invinci ble” Wm. Clem and ‘‘Dem osthenes” Scholz on Pro gram The Clio literary program for last Monday evening was well up to par in quality, according to the report of the literary critic. Some of the best talent in the society ai^peared on the program, including the renowned “Socrates’’ Rainey, the “Invincible” William Clem and “Demosthenes” Scholz. Each number on the program gave evidence of careful study and preparation. Among those present to enjoy the program were Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Vaughan. Mr. Vaughan is an alumnus of the society and Mrs. Vaughan was recently elected to honorary member ship. Mr. H. C. Hainer, who was the first to appear on the program, gave some humorous and witty jokes. Mr. Ferrald Rawles appeared next on the list of entertainers with a poem from William Wordsworth. The poem was well chose-n and delivered well. Fol lowing Mr. Rawles, Mr. Paul A. Penny read an original short story. The last number on the program before the de bate was a reading by Mr. E. C. Brady. Mr. Brady is a new member of the society, and the fact that he was awarded the oratorical honor of the evening, in competition with men that (Continued on Page 3) KAPPA PSI NO HOLDS ANNUAL FALL BANQUET Stale Joke Contest Proves Any thing Else But Stale—Elab orate Decorations J. M. Fix talked about the electrocu tion of Harris, as he saw it, before the Philologian Literary Society last Mon day night. The account was intensely interesting, and with all the graphic de scription of an eye witness, it held his hearers spellbound. Nothing that has been given before the society in a good while has been so gripping in its pow er. The electrocution made a deep im pression on Mr. Fix, and *he did not fail to pass it on to the society. He told of his trip to Raleigh, and de scribed with what eager intentness he awaited the awful hour. He described the crowd at the gate waiting to be let into the grounds of the penitentiary, and how he made his way to the death chamber. He succeeded in giving his audience the feeling of suspense as he felt it, standing, there waiting for the minutes ^o pass. The graphic story of the starting of the dynamo, and the slow, solemn voice of the minister as he came along in front of the condemn ed man reading, ‘ ‘ The Lord execut- eth righteousness and judgment.” The seating of Harris in the chair, the fas tening on of the wires, the pouring of the water on his head, the putting on of the helmet, and the coming of the fixst shock was told in quick, graphic sentences. Every detail of the tragedy seemed to have been indelibly imprint ed on the speaker’s mind, and his im pressive telling of the story will not be soon forgotten by those who heard him. M. I. Crutchfield discussed Longfel low as his favorite author. After hav ing given a brief sketch of the poet’s (Continued on page 4) Shaw Desmond, whose jemark^ble novels of contemporary life have made a profound impression throughout the English-speaking world is today arous ing an unusual degree of interest on both sides of the Atlantic by reason of his amazing versatility, his keen powers of observation, and his strik ing originality as a fiction writer. In this country Mr. Desmond is best known as the author of “Democracy,” a gripping story of social and industrial England, and “Passion,” a wonderful work of fiction dealing with London life and the struggle between industri alism and commercialism, art and the power of gold, purity of mind and the sex passion, democracy and big busi ness. Few novels have been so widely discussed. Mr. Desmond is a Southern Irishman by birth, and has had an extremely varied career. As a boy he farmed in Ireland, but later went to London as secretary to important public compa nies. He took up journalism and soon became widely known as a special writ er for the Northcliffe Press and the Pall Mall Gazette. His reputation as a writer having been firmly established, Mr. Desmond became editor of a well known London weekly. He also entered the lecture field and speedily won recognition as (Continued on page 4) The annual fall banquet of the Kap pa Psi Nu was held Tuesday night from 6:30 to 9:30 in the Domestic Science hall, which had been attractively dec orated for the occasion. Judging from opinions expressed by friends, as well as members of the club who have attended all of the banquets given by this social organization, this one outstripped all former Kappa Psi Nu dinners, both in tone and in a so cial good time. Merriment abounded throughout the three hours of the din ner, and all persons attending entered heartily into the spirit of the occasion with thorough enjoyment. Certainly it will be remembered as a red-letter day in the social activities calendar of the club. President and Mrs. W. A. Harper act ed as chaperones for the evening, and Mrs. Frances J. Ring and Mrs. Jennie Kirkland were guests of honor. The Domestic Science hall was elab orately decorated with a maze of gold and blue streamers, the oificial Kappa Psi Nu colors. Overhead the streamers were woven into a basket-weave, or lat tice effect, which served for a ceiling, and which lent a novel aspect to the completeness of the decorations. On the walls a wide band of blue edged at the bottom in gold circled the room, and from which dropped a multitude of blue stripes. Gold crepe paper parted and drawn back by blue cords served as window draperies, and the doors were likewise done in the same manner with the opposite colors. In the windows hung a large shield in the shape of the (Continued on page four) NEW BEGOLATIONS FOB WEABINGTHET’FDBIHED CBDSS COONTBY CHASE TAKEN BY ELON TEHM Trinity Man Comes In First But Elon Wins Most Points In Cross Country Run At Durham Rules Made Whereby‘"E” Men Are Allowed to present On ly Two Letters A quartet- of Elon harriers went to Durham last Saturday and engaged Trinity in a cross-country chase. Al- tliough Trinity’s star, Cabe, won first place in the three and a quarter mile trot, Elon brought home the bacon by taking four of the first six places. The Elon runners were at a slight disadvan tage, being unfamiliar with the course. The Maroon and Gold fox hounds took the lead, running four abreast for near ly half the course. Toward the end, Cabe of Trinity began to creep up on Brannock, and managed to beat him by a scant few yards in an exciting climax to the gruelling test of endurance. As Brannock took second place he was fol lowed by Scholz, who took third eas ily. A Trinity man took fourth place, and Marlette and Hainer in order cop ped fifth and sixth for Elon. The other two Trinity men got in considerably later on in the day. Since Elon placed all four of her runners in the first six Maroon and Gold striders. the victory became the property of the Results: For Trinity: Cabe, first place; , fourth place. For Elon: Brannock, second place; Scholz, third place; Marlette, fifth place, and Hainer, sixth place. In order to add dignity to the wear ing of the varsity “E,” the E-Men *s Club met Wednesday night and formu lated some new regulations in regard to the wearing of it. According to the latest regulations, those eligible to wear the letter, in addition to the athlete himself, are his sister and another young lady corresponding to what is commonly known in social circles as his “best girl.” It was suggested that the latter j>ersonage be the athlete’s announce-d fiancee, but this idea was discouraged and voted down, since it might work a hardship on the fellow who does not yet have the consent of his future-in-laws. However, before any young lady is allowed to wear an “E” the fellow has to get permission from the club by a two-thirds majority vote. The secretary of the club then gives her a written statement that she is eligible. It was voted to allow the girls of the college who are permitted to wear the coveted athletic symbol to organize an “E-Wearers’ Club” and to have their pictures put in the Phipsicli, the college annual. This appealed mightily to the knightly spirit of the college warriors who, as in the days of the tilting tour nament, like to win trophies for “my fair lady,” and not only to win it but to let all the world know’ that he has done the deed for beauty’s sake. Some merriment was caused when Cannon and Rainey wanted to know if their brides ranked the title of “best girl.” The concensus of opinion was that they should occupy this position in their husbands’ affections, whether (Continued on Page 2) ON LES A
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