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jHaroon anb #olb VOLUME III ELON COLLEGE, N. C., DECEMBER 9, 1921 NUMBER 13 THREE SPEECHES ON WORLD OISARMAMENI Rainey, White and Miss Law rence Speak To Students Three talks were made concerning disarmament in tlie college auditorium last Sunday evening, one each by R. S. Rainey, E. C. White and Mary Graham Lawrence. The speeches were made under the auspices of the- World Fel lowship section of the Religious Activi ties Organization. Rainey discussed j disarmament from the standpoint of .permanency; White discussed the per- ' sonnel of the present conference in • Washington, and Miss Lawrence told 'the actual accomplishments of the- con- j ference so far. According to Rainey, the first speak er, four things will have to accompany disarmament if world peace is to be 1 established: First, there must be some kind of international political organi zation where all the nations of fhe earth can get together to discuss their I problems and have the authority to enforcei their decisions. He said that it mattered little w^hether this organi zation was the “Association of Hard ing or the League of Wilson,^’ but “since I am a donkey rider I prefer the League.’' Second, the public press must get behind the peace movement. “When newspapers of any country ■ carry articles of an unfriendly nature concerning another country, they spread •the germs of war.'' Third, impartial histories must be written and the chil dren of every country must be taught that war is not a “glorious exploit." Fourth, there must be spread anti-war propaganda which involves the whole question of Christianity. E. C. White showed that he had made an exhaustive study of the characters gathered around the conference table. He gave biographical sketches which included interesting facts concerning re the political careers of these men. He closed his speech by stating that “with * (Continued on Page 3) READING BY MISS WHin FEATURING PSI PROGRAM I An Original Sketch Also Inter ests Society—Entire Pro gram Good Synopsis of Romeo aiiil Juliet, by "^Miss Bess Nicholson. The old familiar story was well retold by Miss Nichol son. She gave the synopsis very mi nutely; it was instructive as well as entertaining. Reading, “When Class A Gave Thanks,” by Miss Agnes Whitt. A school scene—a young school teacher who was confronted for the first time w^ith the principal and visiting teach ers. She tried to make tlie children tell her what Thanksgiving really meant. Humiliating answers were re ceived from over the room. She im personated her characters very well. The third number on the program was a beautiful piano solo by Miss Kate Whe-eler. Very softly and sweetly ren dered was this beautiful selection. The expression she put into it was good. • Miss Nannie Aldridge gave a very practical essay on “Education.” She pointed out why education is an essen tial factor in man’s life. Physically, mentally and morally should everyone be trained. It is not only the mental phase that should be considered. Per- O'^onal appearance, morals and knowledge (Continued on Page 3) SIGMA PHISHDLDANNOAL RANIIUET AND RECEPTION One Of Most Delightful Social Events Of Season—Many Out-of-town Guests A social event well worth being re membered as a delightful, as well as an elaborate occasion of Elon’s soci ety, was that of the Sigma Phi Beta mid-year reception and banquet, held on last Saturday evening in the college banquet hall. Never on an occasion before have such unique and original decorations adorned the hall. A rustic framework divided into booths by small rustic fences gave the effect of a summer gar den. Above the framework were bank ed masses of cedar and ivy; above this were blue lights which gave a skylike appearance through the cedar and ivy and flooded the room with a soft light. To further carry out the sche-me ivy hung from all sides of the booths. Small tables were arranged to seat 40 guests, and the dors, black and gold, typical of Sigma Plii Beta, perfected each table in an artistic manner. Upon entering, the guests were escorted to their respective tables and the Sigma Phi yell was given, followed by the club song. This was the be ginning of an evening of universal de light for those present. Following this the guests were welcomed by the toast master, H. E. White, and a response was given by Miss Jennie Gunter. C. C. Fonville, an out-of-town guest, and friend of the club, made an inter esting talk on fraternities and sorori ties. Mr. Fonville’s opinion was that only by such organizations were we able to develop true brotherhood and loyalty. This statement was sanctioned by C. Humphreys, a member of the club. He then planted deep in the heart of his brothers the meaning of sacrifice and loyalty as the essential elements in club life. Mrs. Ring, in like manner, congratulated the club upon its support an.d loyalty to the college and faculty. The informal part of the program was especially delightful, toasts and im promptus being given by the young men and their lady guests. A duet by Messrs. Underwood and Fessmire was nn especially pleasing item. A delightful dinner of five courses was served as follows: oyster cocktail, stuffed olives, saltines; creamed chicken in timbles, jelly, potato chips, hot dor- cas rolls; heavenly salad, bread sticks, (Continued on page 4) PENSION FDR WIDOWS TO EOOCATE CHILDREII Lively Debate On Phi Program. Denton Oratorical In “America First” The program in the Phi hall last Mon day night contained many interesting numbers and showed an amount of earnestness and preparation that has not been excelled in any previous soci ety meetings. “How to Keep Friends” was the sub ject of an interesting paper given by J. L. Cameron. Mr. Cameron said that we should be very careful in selecting friends, and that in order to keep the friendship intact we should not ex pect too much of our comrades or set traps merely to test their fidelity. R. E. Beasley then gave a sketch of the life of Nathaniel P. Willis, show ing the works of this well known au thor in the editor’s chair of various popular magazines, and in the author- (Continued to Page 2) FLYING TACKLES MARK JUNIOR-SENIOR GAME Basketball Between Classes Opens With Whiz and A Bang —Juniors Win The inter-class basket ball season opened with a whiz and a bang Tuesday afternoon when, in a game full of thrills from start to finish, the Juniors defeat ed the Seniors 27 to 21. Fouls were frequent, due, no doubt to the fact that the players had not yet discarded their football tactics. Henry White, “Hap” Perry, Johnny Johnson, George Underwood, Ghee Fix, Hertford Self, and “Wat” Garrison were all seen to make flying tackles of the most beauti ful sort, which the discipline of the gridiron had made mechanical with them. White, Garrison and Johnson were removed from the game for per sonal fouls. These were all Senior players. Two of the Junior players missed being removed by only a hair’s breadth. But despite the freque-nt fouling, some of the players demonstrated their abil ity to play real basket ball. Hap Per ry, right guard for the Juniors, played a game that has rarely ever been sur passed by a player on the floor of this gymnasium. He threw five field goals and four foul goals, gaining fourteen of the twenty-seven points which his team made. Johnson was next best. He played left guard for the Seniors and made eleven of their twenty-one points. Fix, Farmer and Andrews gained eight, six and five points, respectively, for their respective teams. Probably the most spectacular play of the whole game was made by “Coun try” Gorman, He was run in as a sub stitute by the Seniors near the close of the game. “Country” swears that what he did was no accident, but every time he says it wasn’t an accident he perjures himself, say the spectators. Standing at the far end of the gym, near the Junior basket, and with no one (Continued on Page 3) FRESHMAN CLASS HOLDS FIRST REGULAR MEETING Sub Officers Elected And Com mittees Appointed—Pin and Motto Selected The Freshman class held its flrat reg- ular meeting since its organization on November 28. The purpose of this meeting was to efect aub-of&cers and appoint committees to perform the var ious class duties. The oflB-cers elected are as follows: Corresponding secretary, Mary Lee Foster; Class historian, Clar- ene Lincoln; Class chaplain, M. T. Sor rell; Class poet, Margaret Smith; Class cheer leader, Frank Allston; Class mar shals, Ruth Cutting and Frank All ston; Class basket ball captain, Robert Brown. The committe-es appointed were as follows: Class colors and flower, Mar garet “Bob” Corbitt, chairman; class pin, Mary Lee Foster, chairman; class motto, Kate Strader, chairman; class yells, Eva Underwood, chairman. (Look out, Sophomores, we’ve got the ‘pep.’) A meeting was called December 2 to receive the reports of the various com mittees. The committee for selecting pins presented to the class several de signs for consideration, and after much deliberation and discussion a pin of very beautiful design was selected as the emblem of '25. At this meeting a motion was carried (Continued on Page 3) FRESHMEN REVENGE ON ENEMY SDPHDMDRES Sophomores Go Down In De feat—Frank Allston Jack Rabbit at Cheer Leading The second game of the inter-class basketball season was played Wednes day afternoon, when the Freshmen met their bloody rivals, the Sophomores. The Freshmen apparently were itching for , a chance to show their apprecia tion for the warm welcome that they received from the Sophomores at the opening of the fall semester; and very well did they show this appreciation by the tune of a score of 26 to 16. The game was hard fought and was closely contested from the beginning to the final whistle. Football tactics were by no means discarded, and some very beautiful interferences were formed, and many tackles of gridiron variety were made. As a result of these, Fess mire, L. Atkinson, A. Brown, Kirkland and Perry at the close of the game were bench-warmers. However, the game was far from a poor exhibition of basketball, and despite its roughness, the playing of Barker and McAdams for the Sophs and the Brown brothers for the Fresh men gave the spectators some very bril liant exhibitions of real basketball at times during the game. Both classes were behind their re spective teams a thousand strong, and not for one second did they allow the pep to die. The Sophs, led by Cheer Leaders W. T. Scott and Helen Haynes, kept up a continuous roar at the Sophs’ end of the court. While they showed much pep, yet they could not outdo the 0])posing end. Here was shown as near a spasmodic representation of a Span ish Jack as has ever been seen on our gymnasium floor in the person of Frank Allston, the Freshman cheer leader. It was hard to distinguish whether he was acting the role of, a cheer leader or a Hula dancer, but nevertheless the Freshmen gave some very snappy yells. The Freshmen were confident of vic tory throughout the game. The shov/- ing of their entire team makes all old varsity men take a second thought when they had considered having a place tied down on this year’s varsity. However, the consistent fighting of the Sophomore team made it a hard fight for the Freshman team, and though losers, their pep and fight caused their * supporters to be proud of them. (Continued on Page 3) CLID LITERARY SOCIETY HDLDS REGULAR MEETING No Special Number Features— Entire Program Especially Good The Clio literary meeting for last Monday evening was pleasing through out the entire program, and no single number could be featured at the ex pense of other numbers on the program. G. S. McCormick rendered an excel lent paper on “Current Events.” He chose a number of events from vari ous fields and summarized them in such a way that the important facts were given without boring his audience with minor details. The second number on the program, “Humor,” was delivered by H. C. Hainer. In this production the author sought to picture the Clio men as tliey must have appeared fif teen years ago in their days of child hood and innocence. The mental pic- (Continued on Page 3) JUNIORS WIN ANNUAL INTER-CLASS DERATE Junior-Senior Debate Won By *23. Discussion Hinges Around Disarmament The annual inter-class debate be tween the juniors and the seniors was held last Wednesday night, Novem ber 23, and resulted in a two to one decision in favor of the juniors. The juniors upheld the affirmative side of the query, “Resolved, that, historically, morally and economical ly, disarmament by international agreement is now imperative.” The seniors defended the negative side of the issue. The junior speakers were: L. J. Perry, Irene Goff and W. B. Wicker, while J. D. Messick, Mary Miller and R. S. Rainey represented the seniors. The speakers showed themselves amply able to discuss the question and held the attention of the au dience throughout the debate. The consensus of opion is that the debate was well up to the standard of inter class debates that have been heard at Elon. Opening the debate, L. J. Perry stated that the affirmative were not arguing for disarmament in its en tirety, but wanted disarmament from the limited point of view. He con tended that preparedness has never been an important factor in elimi nating warfare, but has rather made war more probable. He cited the ex perience of Portugal, who tried to dominate the seas as a strong naval factor and failed because of the jeal ousy of England and Spain. He con cluded his speech with the assertion that since armaments have proved useless in avoiding war that the world should adopt the policy of dis armament. Continuing the debate for the af firmative, Irene Goff declared, “if mil itarism still runs rampart the recent war was fought in vain.” She aiver- (Continued on page 4) “THE GIRL BEAUTIFUL AS A LEADER’’ IS DISCUSSED Miss Phillips’ Division Of V. W. C. A. Holds Interesting Meeting The meeting held last Sunday eve ning, December 4, by Miss Annie Laura Phillips’ division of the Y. W. was one of the best of the year. With Miss Pattie Coghill leading, the subject of '‘The Girl Beautiful as a Leader” was brought out in all its phase«. Miss Coghill in her own pleasing way told who a real leader is, and discussed some of the qualitites which a girl must possess before she can be “beau- itiful as a leader.” “She must have a great personality. She must have the ability to do the thing which she tries, and the will to try. She must have a master mind. She must be humble, for self-import ance kills the power of leadership. Yet, she must have confidence in herself to the point that she is willing to go ahead of the others and open up new avenues of thinking and doing. And she must also have confidence in those whom she is leading,’^ Miss Coghill de clared. In concluding, Miss Coghill showed that the “Girl Beautiful as a Leader” is the one who always goes before and draws the others after her instead of remaining behind and push ing them on before her. Other membe-rs of the group discussed (Continued on page four)
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