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VOLUME III
ELON COLLEGE, N. C., JANUARY 20, 1922
NUMBER 19
SPEIKERS FOR DEBATE
Messrs. H. L. Scott, R. S.
Helms, R. O. Smith and
W. T. Scott Selected
CO-OPERIITE IN REVIVAL
Prayer Groups Held—Large
Congregations Secured—
Much Interest Manifested
Tbe preliminaries held for the pur*
[;036 of choosing debaters to represent
Eloii in the inter-collegiate debate be
tween Elon and Guilford resulted in
the choosing of Messrs. H. L. Scott and
R. S. 'Helms for the affirmative, and
W. T. Scott and R. O. Smith for the
negative. Others competing for this
honor were M. L. Patrick, J. N. Den-
tou, William Clem, E. S. Johnston, E. C.
White, L. J. Perry, and Miss Alice Bar
rett.
The query for the debate is: Resolved
—That the treaty-making power of the
United States should be vested in the
executive department; constitutionality
^vaived. The date of the contest is yet
uncertain, but it will be held either in
the latter part of February or latter
part of March. Guilford wishes the
event to take place in February, while
Elon wishes to extend the time until
!March.
The men chosen are all debaters and
orators of real ability. Mr. Smith has
represented his class in inter-class de
bate, which “was won by the side he
upheld; and a4so has won an orator’s
modal offered by his literary society.
H. L. Scott has also represented his
class in inter-class debate in which liis
side won, and he, top, won an orator’s
medal offered by his literary society.
Mr. Helms represented his class in in
ter-class debate and has competed for
the orator’s medal offered by his lit
erary society. On every occasion that
he has appeared before the public he
has acquitted himself splendidly. This
will be W. T. Scott’s first appearance
in public, but this is because he is not
an old member of the college. He has
shown real ability iu his debating work
in his literary society.
So keen was the competition iu the
first preliminary that it was necessary
to hold a second one to choose the
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Tlie Religious Activities Organization
has thrown itself into the meeting, and
has been co-operating with the forces
at work here in the evangelistic cam-
X>aign. The various departments of the
Religious Activities Organization have
been holding prayer meetings just ^pre-
ceding the evening services.
Never before have the religious or
ganizations of the college been so ac
tive in the support of the meeting, and
it is believed that a great part of the
interest and co-operation arises from
the fact that the various organizations
have pooled their strength and are
working on the same plan, avoiding
duplication of effort.
The prayer groups serve to fit the
thoughts of the students for the eve
ning services, and eliminate a great
portion of the opening exercises and
thus shorten the service, saving time
for the busy student body. The con
gregation was good at the first servi-ce
of the meeting, and has been constantly
growing. The simple, unpretentious mes
sages of Dr. Lankford are not failing
to arouse a responsive feeling of inter
est on the part of his hearers.
WINSTON YJ.C. A. DEFEATS
MAROON AND GOLD TEAM
STDDENTS OF AMERICA
PLAY IMPORTANT ROLE
Begin To Take Their Place In
Public Affairs—Indorse
Disarmament
BIDTDDAY PARTY GIVEN
E. C. WHITE BY GEDBGES
‘Knott Inn” Scene of “Touch
ing” Celebration—Mahog
any Scheme Complete
MUSIC LOVERS’ CLUB
IN MONTHLY MEETING
The Music Lovers’ Club met Tliurs-
day eveniug iu the reception liall of
West Dormitory with lOsses Anna
llary Laudis, Eula Mae Massey, aud
ilr. B. W. Everett, in their regular
monthly session.
A delightful program was enjoyed by
those attending, and the program, as
nsual, was held up to the fine standard
of excellency set for the programs ren-
(Icred by this club.
The program as rendered was as fol
lows:
Story of Lucia di Lammermoor, Doni
zetti—Mrs Janet. Kirkland.
Records.
Story of 1. Paglicci, Leoncavalls—F.
B. Corboy.
The Story of La Boheme, Puccini—
I’r. W. A. Harper.
They Call Me Minii, from La Bo
heme—Miss Florence Fisher.
After the p)rogram a delightful re-
fi’cshment course was served by the
hosts, wjiich consisted of olivenaise and
l^aiiana sandwiches, lettuce and Sara
toga flakes, with fruit punch.
A Tight Game Throughout^—
Winston Features With Long
Shots—Score 35 to 27
• Mrs. Margaret Brown, a woman of
~0, has been awarded a gold brooch and
^ letter of thanks by the British Nation-
f'l Lifeboat Institution. For nearly 50
years Mrs. Brown has been in active
Service at a life-saving station on the
^"ortherumberland coast, and in spite
her age she still lends a ready and
helpful hand at every launch of the life-
^^oat.
Last Saturday night, at Winston, the
Maroon and Gold quint met with de
feat at the hands of the Winston-Salem
Y. C. A. team by a score of 35 to
27. Elon started the game like a win
ner, and the game was nip and tuck
throughout the half, ending with the
score standing 17 to 18 in favor of Win
ston. In the second lialf the collegians
were unable to play a consistent game
because of the close guarding of the
“Y” team. The fray developed into a
contest of the gridiron variety. The
game failed to produce any individual
stars, and was featured only by the
long yhots of the Y. M. C. A. team,
vvliicli were very numerous.
Line-up:
Elon: Winston:
Fix Ferrell
Forward
Brown Jones
Forw^ard
\Valker Allen
Center
:\LcAdams Hathaway
Guard
Perry, L. J Martin
Guard
Substitutes: Winston—Clay for Al
len. Referee: Ronnfelt (Davidson).
On November 13 and 14, 1921, repre
sentatives of 181 colleges from all parts
of the United States in conference as
sembled at Chicago, Illinois, autliorized
the organization of “The National Stu
dent Committee for the Limitation of
Armapients. ” The purpose of the or
ganization is to stimulate among col
lege students an interest in the issues
confronting the Washington conference,
and to mobilize and make articulate
student sentiment relative thereto.
Being invited to participate in this
movement along witli the other pro
gressive colleges of America, Elon ac
cepted the invitation on January 10,
w^hen the student body, in a mass meet
ing held for that purpose, voted unani
mously to line themselves up with the
national organization, and elected L. M.
Cannon to serve as Elon representative
on the national student committee.
A nation-wide movement for the wid
er participation of the colleges in pub
lic affairs opened today with mass meet
ings under the auspices of the organiza
tion in Boston. Tomorrow tw^o thous
and delegates from the colleges and uni
versities of Greater New York will as
semble in the Great Hall of the College
of the City of New York to pass reso
lutions concerning the entrance of the.
United States into the coming Genoa
conference. Other meetings are to fol
low at later intervals throughout the
country, when the opinions of every
college on international questions will
be secured, and finally, the tabulated
results will be presented to President
Harding by a delegation of students
representing the various sections of the
country.
The New York meeting will be open
ed by representatives of foreign govern
ments with statements of their coun
try’s part in the coming Genoa confer
ence. Speakers include M. Casenave,
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A very enthusiastic and unique birth
day party was given at the Knott Inn
on the evening of January 17, 1922,
when the ancient and mysterious order
of “Georges’^ entertained in honor of
one of their number who was so unfor
tunate as to have his birthday discov
ered, printed in bold type on the walls
of the Inn and made public property.
Several days previous to the date of
the occasion, formal invitations written
in mysterious figures on postal cards
were mailed to the members, and on
Tuesday evening at the appointed time
all the “gang” with the exception of
one had assembled. The guest of honor
of the occasion proved to be the absent
member. An investigating committee
was appointed and soon after the prodi
gal was dragged forth from behind a
barricade of ti;unks, tables and chairs.
The “torture'I scheme was carried
out to perfection in the decorations.
A hard-wood paddle, a mahogany chair
and the unfortunate victim were artis
tically combined in such a manner as to
give a very undesirable effect.
The entertainers for tlie evening
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EVANGELISTIC SEBVICES
HELD BY DB. LANKFOBD
Delivers Three Stirring Sermons
To Students—Series Not
Yet Completed
MISS MARY MILLER IS
“SHOWEBED” BY FRIENDS
Young Ladies Entertain In
Honor Of Miss Miller Whose
Engagement Is Announced
SORJECTS FOB SENIDB
Almost Every Field Entered—
Much Interest In Forensic
Contest Predicted
ALLSTON JOINS PHIS
At the first meeting night after tbe
holidays Frank Allston, of Pittsburgh,
Pa., was initiated into tlie Philologian
Literary Society.
Mr. Allston is center on the varsity
football team, and is an all-around ath
lete and a popular man on the campus.
Indications are that Mr. Allston will
achieve as much success in literary cir
cles as he has in the athletic life of the
College.
To a woman of the Marquesas Islands
tattooed legs are the highest reach of
art.
One of the most delightful social
events of the season occurred Friday
eveniug at the West Dormitory when
Misses Grace West, Maude Kendrick
and Eftie Bow'den were joint hostesses
at a miscellaneous shower given in hon
or of Miss Mary Margaret Miller, of
Luray, Virginia, w^hose engagement to
Howard S. Hardcastle, of Dover, Del.,
has been announced since the holidays.
The Student Government Hall was
tastefully decorated with greens and
potted plants, and a rainbow color
scheme was carried out, the guests
wearing costumes of rainbow colors.
The place cards were made in the shape
of tiny engagement rings and when tlie
guest of honor lifted hers it revealed
a card leading to a dainty bagket filled
with lovely gifts from the guests,
which were presented by Miss Bow’den.
Toasts were given to the bride by
Misses Pattie Coghill and Eunice Rich.
Then followed a delicious course of re
freshments, consisting of olive sand
wiches, hot chocolate, fruit salad and
saltines, and fruit cake. After the
bride’s cake, in the center of which was
a tiny kewpie dressed as a bride, had
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The titles of the Senior orations and
essays have just been made known.
They arc rich in promise and come from
almost every field of thought. Those
who expect to attend the contest for
the Commencement speakers have some
thing to look forward to.
The subjects are more varied than
tliose of last year, and as a wliole t)ie
subjects are far more concrete.
The address on college oratory by R.
S. Rainey last year has had its effect
on the class of ’22 in their selection of
topics for orutions. A glance at the
list makes one wonder what can be said
on some subjects found there, but time
will reveal that.
Almost every field of thought and
endeavor has been entered, from chem
istry to college loyalty and all kinds
of modern political thought, women and
religious education, and a careful study
of the titles convinces one that Mar-
den’s Success Library will not be in
such vast demand.
The office lias thought it wise not to
release tlie names in connection with
the various titles, and it will be neces
sary to w^ait to find out who is who.
The list of titles follows:
Athletics for Mind and Body.
The Conciueror.
Butterflies at Sea.
American Womanhood.
Acorns and Oaks.
The Inventive Genius of the Anglo-
Saxon.
The New’ Standard of American Citi
zenship.
Seek Not.
No Man Can Live to Himself Alone.
Enforcement of tbe Volstead Act.
The Rising Menace.
Thou Shalt Not Kill.
Industrial Strife.
Our Country.
After-Glow.
Tlie Unknow'n Soldier.
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Dr. G. O. Lankford began a series of
evangelistic services here last Monday
night. Dr. Lankford was graduated
from Elon with the Class of 1907. For
fourteen years he has been an active
pastor in the Christian Church, and is
now serving as pastor of the First
Christian church of Burlington, N. C.
In introducing Dr. Lankford, Dr. N.
G. Newman, the college pastor, said;
“Dr. Lankford does not come to us as
a noted evangelist, but as a pastor un
der whose labors the churches wher
ever he has served have been built up.”
Replying to Dr. Newman’s introduc
tion, the Burlington pastor said: “I
am glad that Dr. Newman ^aid that I
do not come to you as an evangelist,
but as a pastor. For fourteen years I
have gone out and in and in and out
before people, not students, and in that
time I have gotten away from books,
somewhat. I shall not talk to you of
science and philosophy, but I shall try
to bring you a siniple message from The
Book.’'
In the three sermons which Dr. Lank
ford has delivered, and in his daily
chapel talks, he has done-this. His mes
sages have been simple and pointed,
taken directly from the Bible. There
have been no flights of oratory, no
unusual or startling thought, but
throughout his sermons have been
fraught with feeling and have created
a response in his hearers.
Monday Night
On Monday night Dr. Lankford’s ser
mon dealt with the question of God to
Cain, “Where is thy brotlier?” His
text was Gen. 4:22. “We must give
our brother a chance,” he declared.
“We must lay down our lives for him
if we really love him.” In concluding
his sermon he told how' Lincoln once
held the hand of a dying soldier, as he
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STUDENT VOLUNTEERS OF
LENOIR CONDUCT SERVICE
(By Collegiate Press Association)
Lenoir College, Jan. 9.—A very in
teresting and impressive program was
rendered in the chapel here this morn
ing by the Student Volunteer Band.
First a hymn was sung, “From Green
land’s Icy Mountains,” then the devo
tional exercises by Gladys Morgan, aft
er w'hich Zelda Carpenter, in an inter
esting manner gave the history of the
Student Volunteer Band. Next the rea
sons for being a Volunteer were given
by Faith Kohn. Then K. Hirai gave a
very interesting and forceful talk on
the importance of the mission work and
what it means to the Christians living
in heathen lands. The declaration card
w’as then read by Wilkie Patterson.
After a few thoughtful and helpful re
marks by the College President, chapel
was dismissed.
1922 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
(Unofficial)
September 23—Davidson at Davidson.
September 30—Open.
October 7—Pending.
October 14—Wake Forest at Wake
Forest.
October 21 — Hampden Sidney at
home.
October 28—Erskine at Charlotte
(pending).
November 4—Emory and Henry at
Emory, Va.
November 11—-Guilford at Greens
boro.
November 18—Lynchburg at home.
November 25—Roanoke at Salem, Va.
November 30—Randolph Macon at
home.