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MAROON AND GOLD
January 27, 1922
DR. LANKFORD’S STUDENT
LIFE INTERESTINGLY TOLD
(Continued from page 1)
A story is told about Dr. Laukford
calling on some girls over there and
being trapped in a teiniis net as he was
leaving. Lilce “ Country Gorman of a
later date, he did not contine his amor
ousness to the dormitory, and once
while calling on a young woman down
at Dr. J. U. Newman’s his hat was
stolen, as a joke. Three days later it
was returned.
This distinguished alumnus had many
lionors as a student, and it the point
system had been in vogue then, there
is little doubt but that he would have
been a hundred-point student. He was
a member of the Phi Society and repre
sented that honored body in its Annual
Entertainment. But probably the big
gest honor his Society gave him was
a place on its ‘ inter-society debating
team, for at that time the two Socie
ties debated annually against each oth
er. The spirit became so high between
them that the custom had to be discon
tinued, and Dr. Lankford expresses him
self as being pleased with the step.
He was Commencement orator for his
Society also. In those days it was
the custom to have all the Seniors speak
at their graduation, provided they had
written orations instead of theses. Dr.
Lankford sponsored the idea of select
ing only three speakers from the class,
as is now the custom. After a hard
struggle his class passed the class rep
resentative idea and hence the pres
ent custom of a preliminary contest
It would seem, therefore, that a long-
suffering public owes much to the Class
of ’07, for it must have been a terrible
ordeal to listen to a whole class exude
its mushy college oratory on gradua
tion day.
Some of the leading lights in student
life during Dr. Lankford’s sojourn at
Elon were: A. L. Lincoln, once promi
nent in public education circles in Vir
ginia; Dr. J. C. Wilkins, of Haw River;
Lt. V. C. Pritchette, professor at N. C
State, and his brother, C. E. Pritchette.
His roommate, J. C. Colley, died in his
junior year.
Even before his graduation Dr. Lank
ford did a little preaching, and after
leaving college he dived right into the
work of spreading the gospel. After a
short pastorate in Durham, he went to
Alabama and Soutli Georgia, where he
stayed and preached for ten years. In
1917 lie was called to take cliarge of a
church in Norfolk, Virginia, where he
stayed until the spring of 1921, when
he came to his present pastorate in Bur
lington, N. C.
He was married December 30, 1908,
to Miss Rosa Bernice Stephenson, of
Roanoke, Alabama, and has three sons,
11, 7 and 5 years of age, respectively.
The following are some of the honored
positions which he has tilled in the dif
ferent Christian Conventions and other
organizations of tlie Cliristian Church;
twice President of the Alabama Chris
tian Conference; General Secretary of
the Eastern Virginia Sunday School As
sociation for four years, and president
of the Eastern Virginia Conference. At
present he is a member of the South
ern Christian Convention Mission Board
and also of the American Christian Con
vention Mission Board, the latter body
being the highest in the Christian
Church. It is interesting to note just
at this time that the American Chris
tian Convention Mission Board is to
meet at Dr. Lankford’s church in Bur
lington next fall, October 22.
BENSEL AND WHITE WILL
APPEAR HERE IN CONCERT
(Continued from page 1)
appeal and lofty thrilling climaxes. Her
musicianship is sound and dependable,
and her personal charm and attractive
ness a much discussed feature of every
appearance.
Roderick White
Roderick White, Violinist, has a very
strong hold on the popular interest and
magination in that he is the younger
brother of Stewart Edward White, the
famous author of the “Blazed Trail,”
The Silent Places,” and other works
that have been widely read, as well as
brother of Gilbert White, w^ho twice
exhibited in the Grand Salon while a
student under Julien and Whistler, and
whose mural painting for the New Ha
ven Court Hooise, the Utah State Capi
tol, and the Kentucky State Capitol,
have recently won for him a decora
tion from the French government.
Mf. Wlite, however, needs no bor
rowed laurels, for he has successfully
demonstrated his talent and ability, and
has won fine recognition in his own
right, both here and in Europe, where
he made his debut with the Berlin Phil
harmonic Orchestra on November 15,
1913, with emphatic success.
Born in Michigan, Roderick White
spent his early boyhood in traveling
anl iu public schools. In 1906 he en
tered the Hotchkiss School of Connec
ticut as the youngest member of his
class, and in the summer of that year
began his study of the violin under Max
Bendix. The following year he entered
the Mackenzie School at Dobbs Ferry,
meanwhile continuing his study w'ith
Bendix. In 1908 he went to Brussels
to study the violin under Cesar Thomp
son, returned to America in the spring
of the same year, graduated from his
school and entered college, without con
dition. The winter of 1908-09 was spent
with Thompson in Brussels, and the fol
lowing year he went to St. Petersburg
and placed himself under Leopold Auer.
Roderick White continued his studies
under this great master in London and
Dresden, during the summers of 1911
to 1914.
While abroad Roderick Wliite was
heard with great success in Dresden,
Leipzig, Vienna, Posen, Frankfort, and
other European cities. He had toured
this country extensively and has been
heard recently in joint recitals with
John McCormack, Emmy Destinn and
Frances Alda.
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