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VOLUME III
BLON COLLEGE, N. C., DECEMBER 23, 1921
NUMBERS 14 and 15
CHRISTMAS TREE GIVEN
LinLE BITS Of
Y. M. and Y. W. Make Little
Ones of Elon Orphanage
Happy. Dolls, Air Guns
An’ Everything
Two little hands stretched out, two
little eyes gleaming with deliglit; one
little throat gurgling with ecstatic joy,
one little body a-quiver with happy ex-
eitenieut; a big, broad smile which
said, “I am happy,” and a wee small
voice which said, “I thank you”! This
was the picture in each case as Santa
C'laiis plucked a present from the Christ
inas tree and passed it to the eager
hands of the little ones from the Elon
Christian Orphauage. This wonderful
Christmas tree and its presents wei'e
given and arranged for by tlie mem
bers of the Y. W. and Y. M. C. A., and
it all took place in the College Audi
torium last Saturday afternoon. Tlie
children came over in a body and en
tered the chapel in almost perfect or
der. Outw'ardly, they were calm, in
wardly their hearts were exceeding the
spe-ed limit.
H. Lee Scott, who led the devotional
exercise, could see that he was keeping
tlie tiny tots in torturous suspense, and
so he cut his ceremony down in order
to get down to the real business of
stripping the tree and allowing Old
Santy to come in.
One little fellotv from the baby build
ing sat on the front row, his little duck
legs dangling about half way to the
floor. “I want me a auttymobile,” he
calmly announced. And sure enough,
when his name was calle*d off, he found
himself to be the proud owner of an
automobile truck, and on its sides was
written “Dry Goods.” True the truck
■was only about the size of your two
fists, but what did its owner care about
that? He wasn’t much bigger than
two fists himself.
Next to the* little boy sat a wee little
tiny small girl. She w’anted a doll, and
lo and behold, when her name was call
ed off Santa Claus gave her a big nice
doll almost as big as she was. And what
do you suppose the little girl did? She
kissed her doll right there before every
body, and the doll was a boy, too.
After old Saint Nicholas got limbered
up, he began to give out presents right
and left. Several dolls were bestow’ed
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PROF. ALEXIINOER QOITS
FOR FURTHER TRAINING
S Baritone’s Rich Voice To Be
Away From Elon Temporarily
It is with genuine, regret that the
College announces the temporary retire
ment of Gilman Floyd Alexander, Di
rector of Voice, from the faculty of
the institution.
Professor Alexander has been grant
ed a leave of absence for a year, which
time he plans to spend in study in Phil
adelphia under Horatio Connell, one of
America’s greatest opera singers, and
also one of the most successful coaches
of singers. ]\Ir. Connell has a private
studio in Philadelphia and teaches in
Peabody Conservatory. Professor Ale-x-
ander is highly pleased with his new
connection. He will enter upon his new’
work on January 15 after spending the
Christmas holidays in Florida with Pro
fessor Betts.
In losing the services of Professor
Alexander the college sustains a se
vere loss, and the only consolation is
found looking forward to his return.
His i/atural singing endowment is
super^, and his training is of the very
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FOOTBALL SQUAD
Left to Eight—Standing: Coach Corboy, Mark McAdams, Henry White, Sam Perry, John Smith, “Footsie” Fes-
mire, “Hap” Perry, “Brickyard Blonde” Whitesell, Ghee Fix, Bill Stoner; Kneeling: Jimmy Cameron
(Captain-elect), Dewey Underwood, Pat Flynn, Johnny Johnson (Captain), “Snag” Farley,
Frank Allston, Joe Newman, Hal Clark; Seated: “Chubby”
Kirkland, “Country” Gorman
MARLEnE CHAMPION
OF STATE HARRIERS
Elon Takes Second Place In
Tri-College Chase At Caro
lina—Marlette Cops
Championship
The i]lon College cross-country team
journeyed «lown to Chapel Hill Ijist
Saturday, w’here they engaged in a
three-mile cross-country run with Caro
lina and Trinity. Carolina took first
place, Elon second and Trinity third in
the race.
The main fc-ature of the race was
the sensational finish of Captain Mar
lette, w'ho won the race and the inter
collegiate cross-country championship
of the state. Tlie runners started at
the athletic field, ran one- time around
the quarter-jnile track, and then out
through the streets of (Miapel Hill, over
hill and down dale, coming back to
the athletic field and finishing by again
circling the track. The whole lace- was
run at a fast clip. Marlette took the
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FRANCES NASH TO GIVE
RECITAL JANUARY SIXTH
Elon First To Be Favored After
Noted Artist’s Return From
Europe
On January 6 Frances Nash pianist,
w'ill apear in concert as the third num
ber of the course being presented by
the Music Lovers’ Club in the College
Auditorium.
The follow’ing taken from “^[usical
America” is of interest:
“The Is'ew’ Year w^ill bring the re
turn of Frances Nash, pianist, from a
prolonged sojourn in Europe. Miss
Nash will immediately start on a south
ern concert tour on which she will play
at Elon College and Greensboro, N. C.,
Charleston, S. C., and Danville, Va.
Following these appearances, she wnll
give a New York recital at Aeolian
Hall in the afternoon of January 18.
She will leave the same day for the
Middle West, where her engagements
will include recitals at four Kansas col
leges. Traveling northward, she will
be heard at the Brandeis Theater in
Omaha, Neb., in joint recital w’ith Wal
ter Greene, baritone, and as soloist
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CHAMPIONSHIP GOES TO
JUNIORS FUR^THIRO TIME
Fast Basketball Game Between
Sister Classes Ends In Vic
tory For Juniors
In the final contest for the inter-
class basketball championship last Fri-
tlay afternoon the Freshmen went down
in defeat at the hands of the Juniors,
and the Classs of ’23 proved its suprem
acy for the thin! time in its three years
of existence as a college class.
Two preliminary contests were held
precc-ding the championship game. In
the first game the Juniors defeated the
Seniors 27 to 21, and in the second
game the Freshmen triumphed over
their arch-enemies, the Sophs, with a
score of 26 to 16. With two strong
teams to clash in the final contest,
much speculation w'as voiced as to the
outcome. Excitement ran liigher and
higher in the camps of the opposing
class€« as the momentous time drew
near.
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HELMS AND WHITE VOTED
Clio Literary Society Elects
Orators For Commencement
—Helms Awarded Im
provement Medal
PSYCHOLOGY CLINIC
UNDER DOCTOR WICKER
Educational Department Pop
ular With Students—Much
Interest In Mental Test
RASKETRALL SCHEDULE
OUT-I
Team to Play Several Games In
Virginia As Well As N. C.
Colleges
The Graduate Manager announces the
basketball schedule for the season of
‘22. Elon has the usual number of
games in the state and takes a four-
game trip into Virginia, meeting the
V’irginia Military Institute, Washing
ton and Lee University and the Uni
versity of Virginia teams. Elon tried
its best to get a two-game series with
Trinity. It is not understood why
Trinity does not want to meet Elon
in athletic contests at Elon. The one
game scheduled w'ith Trinity will be
played in the Auditorium at Raleigh.
Elon’s prospects for a really repre
sentative team are promising. Althougii
the practice since the close of the foot
ball season has not been sufficient to
pick the regulars, the practice has
brought out the fact that Elon has
some fast tossers. It is the opinion of
the w’riter of this article that Elon
fans and followers of the sport will see
a different brand of basketball during
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An election of special interest to all
friends and members of the Clio Liter
ary Society w’as held in the Clio hall
last Monday evening. It is the cus
tom of each of the literary societies at
Elon to choose two Junior orators to
participate in the annual Commence
ment program. The fortunate ones
chosen to represent the Clio Society
this year are Hoy Helms and B. C.
White. Mr. Helms enterenl Elon last
year as a Freshman, but by taking spe
cial work at the University of Virginia
last summer, and by diligent and con
sistent work here, he became a mem
ber of the Junior Class this fall. The
apreciation of Mr. Helms’ qualities as
an orator, speaker, and a faithful mem
ber of the Clio Society, was show’n by
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(By Roy Helms)
An unusual interest is being mani
fested in educational science here at
Elon this year, especially in the field
of psychology, and it is much to the
credit of the college that it has a pro
fessor who can present the subject from
a truly scientific standpoint. Dr. W. C.
Wicker has given his life to the study
of education, and is an authority on
this science. He is a graduate student
of several of the larger universities of
this country, and spends each summer
as a student and teacher at Columbia
University, where he learns new ideas
from other authorities on psychological
subjects and brings them back to be
incorporated in his ow'n department
here at Elon. Dr. Wicker is also acting
as an assistant to the state superinten
dent of education, and travels over the*
state inspecting the w^ork of the various
schools. Study groups of teachers in
various countries are being formed for
instruction in educational science. Dr.
Wicker visits these groups once each
week and gives practical instruction in
educational and intelligence measure
ments.
Most interest, in this department, is
centered on the intelligence tests. The
phychological clinic is a department
that has recently been instituted, and
tests are being administered each day
by the students of this department un
der the personal supervision of Dr.
Wicker. The Elon High School is run
this year in conjunction with the de
partment of education, and is taking
advantage of this clinic by sending
students to be examined each day.
Teachers are beginning to realize that
they cannot trust to their own judgment
as to the intelligence of a pupil, and
intelligence tests are being instituted
to find the native mental endowment
of individuals. The students of this
department realize that “without the
use of scales for measuring intelligence
w'e can give no better answer as to the
essc-ntial difference between a genius
and a fool than is to bo found in leg
end and fiction. Applying this to school
children, it means that without such
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DELTA DPSILON KAPPA
L FALL
Handsome Decorations And
Tasty Edibles Back Ground
To Girls Social
I Satuj'day evening jnnrked an import
ant occasion in Elon College society,
when the Delta Upsilon Kappa held
its annual banquet in regular banquet
hall.
The hall was artistically decorated
in the sorority colors of green and
white ,and the effect w’as that of a
large bell, wdth ribbons beginning in
the center and tapering put to all sides
of the room and fastened with long
streamers. The center of the table was
a large bouquet of ■white cut roses and
maiden hair fern. Mistletoe and ferns
w’ere arranged in a border in like man
ner around the room, to carry out the
dominating effect. Tlie color scheme
was carried out to perfection from dec
orations to favors and ices.
Delta U. cheer greeted the guests
immediately after being seated at their
respective places, followed by a wel
come by Miss Jennie Gunter, toast
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SMILES CONTEST MARKS
R. 0. R. SOCIAL EVENT
Happiness Of Guests Measured
In Inches At Fall Term
Banquet
The young women of the Beta Omri-
con Beta held their annual fall term so
cial December 7 from 7 to 9 o’clock
p. in. in the girls’ gymnasium. The
social this fall was an informal recep
tion, and one that was thoroughly en
joyed by those attending.
At 7 o’clock the young people met
in tlie reception hall of the West Dor
mitory and marched en masse to the
girls’ gymnasium, w'here the reception
was to be held, and which had been
especially prepared for the occasion by
the young ladies.
During the first hour of the recep
tion a number of unique and entertain
ing games were played. Miss Mary
Miller was in charge of the games, and
under her direKition they moved swiftly
and happily, furnishing merriment and
laughter for all. The climax of the
game series came in a contest of smiles,
the smiles of each couple being accur
ately measured and a prize going to
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