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VOLUME III.
ELON COLLEGE, N. C, FEBRUARY 24, 1922.
NUMBER 24
: SERIES OF LECTURES ON WORLD BROTHERHOOD
DELIVERED BY DR. UTKINSON BEFORE STDOENTS
makes deep impression
Lectures Deal With “Missionary
Motive, Morale, Message,
and Method"
ieoturer is former professor
Dr, J. 0. Atkinson, Secretary of Mis
sions of the Soutliern Cliristiaii Conven
tion, began a series of lectures on World
Brotherhood before the students of Elon
College, Thursday, February 16. The
lectures dealt with missions, and were
iutcnded to throw light on the missions
situation, as well as to aid the students
of the college to find their field of work.
Dr. Atkinson is a non-resdient pro
fessor of the college, and for years was
directly connected with it as teacher
and college pastor. He is an appealing
speaker, and his addresses were well
received by the college students.
The series contained four addresses,
closing on Sunday, February 19. In
the first address the speaker discussed
the missionary motive; in the second,
the morale; in the tiiird, the message,
and closed the series with a discussion
of the method.
The outline of the addresses wliich
follows gives a synopsis of each address,
touching and bringing out the points
that the speaker made, and in his own
strong way drove home with sucii force.
I.—THE MISSIONARY MOTIVE
MAROON AND GOLD TEAM
SDFFERS TWO DEFEATS
Elon Loses to Durham “Y” and
Davidson Wildcats—Neither
Game Interesting
Stunt Night Proves Success—
Original Sketches Presented
By Freshman Class
Introduction—The only permanent
contribution anyone makes to the world
is that to world-brotherhood. This is
the difference between Jesus and Judas.
Possibly the best contribution of the
World War was that it compelled us to
think in world terms.
Four factors enter into any contribu
tion to world brotherhood: (1) the mis
sionary motive; (2) the missionary mor
ale; (3) the missionary message; (4)
the missionary method (the righteous
ness of God). The.word ‘'missionary"
is attached to each because only the
“sent” person ever arrives and makes
a permanent contribution to anything.
There is a superficial view of missions
that restricts it to a command or a
“commission." The fundamental mo
tive of every missionary movement is
found—
First—In tUe Creative Character of God
"In the beginning God created" all
men, of every nationality, class and
clime. All then are real or possible sons
and daughters of God. Those who, by
the help of God, change the possible in
to the real make permanent contribu
tion to society and the world.
Second—In the Redemptive Character
of God
Redemption not an after thought of
God nor a scheme to meet an emer
gency. The Lamb of God was slain
from the foundation of the world. God
knew man would '‘fall’’ — hence the
benevolence of His character provides
a way of escape. Tlie redemptive plan
of God would embrace the ends of the
earth—and so underlies and gives vital
ity as well as divinity to the missionary
niovement.
Third—In the Inherent Sociability of
Man
What science teaches about group
formations. War and defense not the
real cause of group formation. Tlie
group and play. Ancient vs. modern
sports. The contribution of “all to
each." Early missionaries had, and
Were motivated by, the social con
science. Man is social by nature, and
so wants the souls of his fellowman
saved—and the social order made bet
ter, for this lends strength and better
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The past several days have brought
two defeats to the Maroon and Gold
team. The record of the quint seems to
have taken a disagreeable turn with
the Carolina game.
Davidson
Avenging their defeat on the Elon
court, the Davidson “Wildcats" came
back with an overwhelming victory
over the Maroon and Gold five on the
Davidson court last Wednesday. The
scoring ended at 53 to 25, the Wildcats
on top.
The game was marked by rough play
ing on the part of both teams, slow
playing, with but two or three flashes
of real action. Both teams guarded
well at times, but the Presbyterians had
the edge on the Christians in this re
spect.
The only real feature of the game was
a beautiful shot by Captain Crawford
of Davidson, who caged the ball from
the center of the floor.
Line-up and summary:
Davidson (53) Elon (25)
Position
Ormond
lODIENCE DELIGHTED BY
FRESHMAN ENTERTAINMENT
CLIO PERFORMERS HOLD AODIENCE SPELLDOONO
WHEN THEy PRESENT "FOR THE LOVE OF
TWENTY-SECOND BRINGS
MERRIMENT TO CAMPOS
Eight Forward
Beall Xewman
Left Forward
Mauze Brown
Center
Crawford (Capt.) Perry (Oapt.)
Eight Guard
Davis McAdaina
Left Guard
Substitutions: Klon — Marlette for
Fix; Davidson—Stanley for Ormond,
Mallory for Beall, McConnell for Mal
lory, Elkins for McConnell, Boggs for
Mauze, Erice for Davis.
Points: Elon—Fix 6, Newman 6, Per
ry 11, Marlette 2; Davidson—Ormond
10, Beall 2, Mauze 23, Crawfoid 10
Davis 2, Mallory 4, Erice 2. Eeferee
Jones, of Virginia.
Durham “Y”
In a slow and listless game the Dur
ham Y. M. C. A. basketball team de
feated the Elon quint by tlie score of
48 to 34 on the Durham “Y” court
last Tuesday night.
The game started ofE slow and not
much life was shown in the first half,
though a good deal of improvement was
shown in 1>he second half. There were
no outstanding individual stars of the
game. Mangum was the highest scorer
for Durham “Y,” making 20 of thesr
48 points, while Newman and Brown
for the Maroon and Gold aggregation
led in the scoring for their team, they
being accredited with twelve poi-nts
each.
The first half ended 23 to 12 in favor
of the “Y,” but during the latter half
some second string men were run in
for the locals and the .collegians began
running up their score.
Line-up and summary:
Elon (34) Durham “Y” (48)
Position
Mangum
Eight Forward
Starling
Left Forward
Knight
The Fresliman Class observed “Stunt
Night" last Thursday evening imme
diately after dinner by presenting in
the Cojllege Auditorium an origin,al
sketch entitled “The Old Home Town."
The production greatly delighted the
appreciative audience which turned out
to witness these embryonic actors per
form. The whole house was kept in a
constant roar of laughter throughout
the entire performance
‘ ‘ Friday Afternoon Exercises in a
Negro School" was the first item on
the program. Several snappy numbers
were given by different members of
the school, among which was a humor
ous duet by Misses Ef&e Bowden and
Helen Johnston, a musical dialogue by
Miss Euth Cutting and Oscar Atkinson,
and a lecture on the subject, “The
Missing Link," by Curtis Price, in
which he proved that the missing link
had been discovered by one of our own
professors to be here on the hill. The
flamboyant language of Mr. Price’s lec
ture was very characteristic of Africap
oratory. Miss Mamie Sockwell presid
ed over the dusky-faced comedians rep
resenting the students.
The next item of the sketch was
The Amazing Interlude." During
this interlude a number of original
stunts were performed. J. T. Harrod
and K. T. Pugh were especially good in
their character of negro comedians. An
o^her feature of “The Amazing Tnter-
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Entire Day Is Filled With Jollity
—Dining Halls Artisticallj^
Decorated
IS A BRILLIANT SUCCESS
Climax of the Day s Enjoyment
Comes With the Presentation
of Popular Melodrama
PLAY IS ELABORATELY STAGED
COONTY FAIR TO APPEAR
ONTHECpPUSINMABCH
Girls Have Big Surprise in Store
for Students on March 17—
Good Program
Friday evening, March 17, holds a big
surprise in store,for you. The Y. W.
C. A., assisted by the Y. M. C. A., will
give a real old-time county fair. A
very attractive program will be given,
after which you will be shownrinto vari
ous ,sideshows, plantation scenes, laugh
ing twins, snake charmer, and many
others equally as good, pther enter
tainments such as Fishing Pond, Post-
OfSce, Grab Bag, will add much to the
fun of the evening. And besides all
this there wil be lot's of good things to.
eat.
A small charge, of course, will be
made for various parts in this county
fair, but it is a certainty that all Elon’s
boys and girls and friends will be glad
to know that whatever money is taken
in at this Fair is going to help build
a new Y. W. Hut for Elon. Come, every
one, have a good time and help to be
one to start a new Y. W. Hut for Elon.
Kewman
Brown
Center
Perry
Eight Guard
McAdams
Left Guard
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Heflin
Erwin
DR. HABPER TO SPEAK BEFORE
MINISTERIAL ASSOCIATION
The Ministerial Association of Bur
lington, N. C., voted to make Dr. Har
per’s address, and the plan for a relig
ious education school for Burlington
the order of the day at their next
monthly meeting. They have invited
Dr. Harper to be present at this meeting
and to aid in the discussion. They re
quested that he furnish each of the
Burlington pastors with a copy of his
address, which he did, so that they will
be able to discuss it from^. a careful
studv.
“Jocund day came peeping o’er the
mountain tops," wrote Shakespeare in
describing the dawning of a perfect
and beautiful day. A happy day had
such a beginning Wednesday, February
22; only there were no mountains
around Elon and Mister „Day, c^.^Old
Sol, whichever one chooses' to call him,
had to do his peeping over Coach Cor-
boy’s dwelling and the big trees in t'lie
east end of town. A li^^ soft breeze,
creeping up from the souUi with feath
ery tread, brought messages of spring;
and, coming as it did, on the heels of
the worst weather known here for
years, the day was such that it will
not soon be forgotten.
February 22 has for years Ijeen cele
brated at Elon as one of the very espe
cial occasions of the year. On that
day the arrangements and entertain
ments are turned over to the members
of the Clio Literary Society. It is in
a sense their day, just as Thanksgiving
is the Philologians ’ and Easter the
pro-perty of fair Psiphelians.
The Clios had one of the most sue
cessful programs in the history of their
society. Everything was a success, in
cluding sucli details as “George"
Rhodes’ hand-made liberty bells and
“Norlina" Hayes’ Hatchets on the
menu cards. The dining halls of La
dies’ Hall, West Dormitory, and young
Men’s Club were appropriately and
elaborately decorated in colors suitable
to patriotic occasions such as George
Wasliington’s birthday. The young
women of Ladies’ Hall had feast served
at noon. The West Dormitory gave its
annual Twenty-Second dinner, served at
5 o’clock. The college orchestra per
formed during the course of the meal,
and the serving was done by boys and
girls dressed in colonial costumes. The
Young Men’s Club served at 5 o’clock
also. The menu consisted of such things
as roast goose, Mount Vernon hominy^
Valley Forge ice cream, mint julep with
out the julep, and concluded with fare
well address coffee. Everything was
arranged to have a historical signifi
cance, including Machodac creek oysters
of which Washington was supposed to
be fond. Serving was done by young
men in colonial costumes.
Originally the three societies gave
public programs on these special days
of a similar nature to the work done
within the society ^during their weekly
programs. The introducing speaker
used to proudly announce that the work
would be a sample of what the society
had done duriTig the year. On account
of the fact that there was no spirit of
rivalry, either class or otherwise, in
these formal debates and orations, they
became a drag on the hands of the
societies not ranking the title of an en
tertainment, and the only excuse for
their being perpetrated on the pubic
was to give public honor to individual
society members. For the past few
years this kind of program has given
way to some form of pure entertain
ment, such as drama and musicales.
This year’s program for the Clios took
the latter trend.
Many visitors were on the Hill for
the festivities and amusements. The
Auditorium during the play was seated
to its capacity, and many extra seats
had to be requisitioned. Social restric-
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The Clio Annual Entertainment last
Wednesdav evening came as a fitting
climax to a perfect day of enjoyment
and celberation. This year the Clios
presented a play by Harry Hamilton,
entitled, “For the Love of Johnny."
The play proved to be intensely inter
esting from beginning to end, and its
success was well attested to by the
hearty and repeated applause of a large
audience and by the remarks of delight
and commendation expressed after the
performance was over. Many expressed
the opinion that the x^i'Ogram was the
best the Clios have ever presented,
while the more conservative declared
that it was certainly superior, in many
respects, to otlier successful Clio enter
tainments that they had witnessed.
The play in its original setting is a
play of present day western life. The
costumes and characteristics of the
players seek to picture life in the west,
yet it is not essentially western in con
tent. The plot may well be transferred
to life in any community where con
flict in human emotions struggle for
supremacy in domestic life.
Contrary to the custom of former
years, the Clios had in the cast this
year three honorary members of the
Society. The ladies proved to be espe
cially talented in playing the roles of
the female characters and contributed
greaty to the successful presentation of
the play. All of the characters were
well chosen and fitted for the parts they
played.
Mrs. L. W, A^aughan, in the role of
the leading woman, Ethel Banks, played
the part with skill that would be hard
to surpass by any amateur performer.
As the little orphan girl, she won the
hearts of the audience from her first
appearance on the stage until the last
curtain was drawn. She proved entrely
familiar witli her part, and played with
ease and grace. N. G. Newman, Jr., in
the role of Father Ryan, leading man,
carried successfully the heavy part he
was playing. Roy Helms, as Johnny,
the juvenile lead, played the part of the
hero well, and when disguised as Mr.
Woods, the stranger, in the last act,
showed equal skill iif assuming the part
of another character.
Mrs. L. M. Cannon, as the quarrel
some aunt, and H. Scliolz, as the hen
pecked husband, kept the audience in a
continual uproar of laughter by their
skillful impersonation of those charac
ters. H. E. White, as Phil, played the
part of the awkward lover to perfec
tion, and with Mrs. R. S. Rainey as
Dorothy, his sweetheart, carried off the
honors of the day with their clever
comic scenes. Mrs. Rainey proved
equally good in the more serious scenes.
W. B. Wicker, in the role of the cow
ard and villain, won the contempt of
the audience at the outset and held it
through the. entire play, thereby prov
ing himself especially talented. H. C.
Hainer, as the Indian, looked the part,
acted the part, and spoke the part of
the real Indian of the wild and wooly
west. His acting in the more tragic
scenes was*skillful enough to give some
of his audience pompadours who at
other times wore their hair parted in
the middle.
The Clio orchestra, under the direc
tion of Mrs. Sturm, furnished music for
the occasion and added greatly to the
success of the program.
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