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VOLUME III.
ELON COLLEGE, N. C„ APRIL 7, 1922
NUMBER 30
GREAT nyOIENCES HEAR
Dailies Carry Glowing Accounts
of Layman’s Work in the
Virginia City
The sixteen lec-tures or sermons de
livered by Dr. Harper in Norfolk last
week made a profound impression on
the thinking people of that city. Dr.
Harper left Elon on March 25, and re
turned on April 3. Wliile he was away
he spoke sixteen -times in the churches
of Norfolk.
The Norfolk papers were profuse in
their praise of Dr. Harper’s work, and
his audiences constantly increased from
the beginning. Not all the addresses
were under tlie lenten series. Several
were delivered in th Christian churches
of Norfolk and Berkley. With all these
congregations he made a lasting impres
sion.
The general theme on which Dr. Har
per based his Norfolk addresses was
‘•A Laynjan’s View of Religion.” This
is a subject to which Dr. Harper has
given nmch thought and on which he
has frequently written. All the ad
dresses had an evangelistic trend, and
were filled with progressive thought,
as are all of Dr. Harper’s addresses.
The lenten lectures are given each
year for the six weeks preceding Easter
by the council of churches of Norfolk.
This was the tirst time that any lay
man had been asked to hold a series of
these lectures.
There were two lectures each day be
ginning on Monday morning and con
tinuing through Friday. Dr. Karper
spoke to a group of business and pro-
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EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
HEAD GIVES GDDUP TEST
Dr. Wicker Gives Tests to Ala
mance County Students—To
Speak in Chatham County
Dr. W. C. Wicker spent Saturday in
Graham giving a Thorndyke reading
test to two groups of students. The
first group was made up of pupils in the
fourth and fifth grades, and the second
of sixth and seventh grade pupils. Dr.
Wicker found that the first group aver-
figed between the fourth and fifth grade
38 it should have been, showing that
the county school children are equally
as well trained as those of the city
schools. The same was true of the
sixth and'seventh graders taking the
test.
A prize of two dollars will be award
ed to the one in each group making the
highest grade. In the fourth and fifth
grade group three pupils tied for the
prize and it will be necessary to give
a test in somewhat advanced work to
^^cide who shall receive the prize. Pro-
^Pssor C. Humphreys will go to Graham
Friday and give his test at the county
commencement so that the prize may be
8^’arded.
Next Friday Dr. Wicker will go to
Siler City where he will deliver an ad-
at the school commencement. He
go immediately from Siler City to
Pittsboro and speak at another com-
'^encement in the afternoon. At night
will speak in the Methodist church
Moncure.
will speak on education at all
fbree places. This work is being done
'luder the auspices of the Association
College Presidents, and the Heads of
Educational Departments in North Car-
for the purpose of exciting inter-
in higher education among high
*‘'hool graduates.
E EDREST AND STATE
EACH VICTDR OVER ELDN
Maroon and Gold Team Suffers
Two Defeats During Week
—Pitching Poor
Being rained out in the first attempt
at a game with Wake Forest, the Ma
roon and Gold team staged another ef
fort, only to be defeated by a score of
14 to 0. The same tale is told of the
game with State, which ended with a
score of 8 to 2.
Wake Torest
With Burden, a southpaw, twirling,
Elon lost a one-sided game to the Old
Gold and Black squad of Wake Forest
Saturday morning. The inability of
the Maroon and Gold sluggers to solve
the delivery of Burden, and the ineffec
tiveness of Elon’s twirlers, were main
ly responsible for the defeat. String-
field, Edwards, Albrittou and Barnes
led the attack with the willow. Albrit-
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WIRELESS RINGS IN ON
LOCAL TELEPHONE LINE
Professor Hook Picks up Conver
sation—Developed After
Discovery Year Ago
The feat of listening in on a tele
phone conversation with the radio has
been accomplished by Professor A. L.
Hook, head of the Department of Phys
ics at the College.
About a year ago he had occasion to
make some changes in the wireless re
ceiving apparatus, and while doing so.
accidentally picked up a conversation
going on over a telephone line that ran
some 65 feet below the aerial of the
wireless station. In adjusting the in
struments on two different occasions
since, conversations over the telephone
line have been heard through the radio
receiver.
Tlie aerial of the wireless station is
65 feet above the telephone line, and
the “lead in” is 40 feet from the tele
phone line, yet conversations over this
telephone line have been heard as dis
tinctly over the radio as over the tele
phone itself.
Professor Hook attributes this phe
nomenon to the fact that somewhere in
the vicinity of the wireless station the
telephone line must have had a direct
ground connection, though no such con
nection could be found, and the mes
sage transmitted through the ground,
since the wireless receiving set was
grounded.
POPULAR PIANIST GIVES
RECITAL IN AyOITDRIHM
Miss Evelyn Gertrude Smith De
lights Audience—Assisted by
Miss Fisher
Miss Evelyn Gertrude Smith, in her
recital on Thursday evening, March 30,
proved herself a pianist of unusual at
tainments. Her program was a very
taxing one musically and, technically.
Technically, she is very well equipped,
her passage work being quite remark
able. That she did not grasp the full
meaning of her numbers was quite evi
dent; however, there were moments of
real beauty in the Schumann Sonato,
especialh- in the first movement, which
was very well done.
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FRESHMEN TAKE FIRST
PLACE HIJRACK MEET
Woody Is the Highest Individual
Scorer—Hainer and Pearce
Make Ten Points Each
THDCK LOAD DF ORPHANS
GIVEN FREE HAND AT SHOW
Scoring 55 points, the Freshmen won
the inter-class track meet Tuesday aft
ernoon. Their nearest competitors were
the Sophomores, with a total of 30
points. The Juniors and Seniors brought
up the rear with 23 and 14 points, re
spectively.
Winning six first places, the Fresh
men took the lead jn the opening event
and held an advantage all through the
meet.
Woody, a Sophomore, was the highest
individual scorer, making a total of 13
points. Hainer and Pearce, both Fresh
men, won two first places each, giving
them a total score of 10 points each.
The events:
.100 yard dash—-Hainer, Woody, Hat
ley. Time, 10 2-5 seconds.
1 mile run—Rudd, Brannock, Brady.
Time, 4 min., 59 3-4 seconds.
High jump—Farmer, Perry and Mc
Adams tied for second p.lace. Height,
0 feet.
Broad jump—McAdams, Self, Hatley.
Distance, 18 feet, 9 inches.
Pole vault—Harrod and Farmer tied
for first; second i>lace, Johnson. Height,
9 feet 1 inch.
220 yard dash—Woody, Graham, New
man. Time, 26 1-2 seconds.
Half mile run—Hainer, Rudd, Bar
ber. Time, 2 min., 13 3-4 seconds.
220 low hurdles—Andrews. Other dis
qualified. Time, 33 1-4 seconds.
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PSIPHELIANS FEATURE
PROGRAM WITH SPRING
Many Poems and Talks Made by
Young Ladies on the Sub
ject of Springtime
The program given in the Psiphelian
hall Monday night was an especially
good one. Miss Berta Crutchfield began
the evening’s entertainment by giving
an interesting sketch of the life of Ed
gar A. Guest. She read one of his well
known poems as a closing to the sketch
of his life. Miss Crutchfield read “It
Takes a Heap o’ Livin’ in a House
to Make It Home’^ with a great deal
of expression and feeling. She inter
preted the real meaning so well that she
held her audience spellbound. Miss
Marshall accompanied Miss Crutchfield
on the piano, which added much to the
beauty of the poem.
Miss Ora Pace read several short
poems on the springtime. These poems
were, rhythmic and contained thoughts
that are suitable to the time of year.
Spring at Elon was typical of the
place and the faculty. Miss Phillips
brought amused expressions to the faces
of the entire audience when she gave
some of the speeches that were rendered
in a faculty meeting that was called for
the purpose of suggesting a remedy for
spring fever.
Miss Louise Homewood gave her reas
ons for liking spring and read a very
appropriate poem. Miss Lucy Austin
followed Miss Homewood and gave some
original and sarcastic humor. Many of
the jokes told mere localized and this
fact always make the humor more hu
morous.
The last number was a short story by
Miss Nell Johnson. This was one of
the usual type of romantic stories that
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J. H. Harden Makes Possible a
Happy Time for Uncle Char
lie’s Little Ones
(By R. S. Rainey)
About 3:30 o'clock W’^ednesday after
noon the youthful humanity of the Elon
Christian Orphanage saw the begin
ning of an experience that will follow
them the rest of their lives when they
boarded the trucks which transported
them to the scene of a joy feast un
equaled in all history. After putting
out the fires and seeing that all was in
shape for their temporary absence, Un
cle Charlie and- his helpers followed.
At 4 o'clock the caravan arrived at a
place somewhere to the northeast of
Burlington. And such wonders as that
place afforded! Steam pianos, brass
bands, merry-go-rounds, an' everything.
You just bet those little old sweet
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GIRLS ARE BEGINNING TO
PLAN TRIP TO BLUE RIOGE
Y. W. C. A. Discusses Blue Ridge
at Meeting—Those Who
Have Attended Speak
Y. W. C. A. girls are beginning again
to plan for a trij) to Blue Ridge. The
“Y. W. ” meeting on Sunday evening,
April 2, seemed to make each one more
anxious than ever to go to Blue Ridge
this summer. The topic for the eve
ning was ‘‘Mountain Echoes." The
leaders were Misses Maude Gatlin and
Victoria Adams.
After the devotional exercises. Miss
Gatlin gave a very iuterestiug talk on
“The Attractions in and Around Ashe
ville." Since Miss Gatlin is a native
of Biltmore she is well acquainted with
that part of Western North Carolina,
and was, therefore, able to give a pic
ture of its attractions more vividly and
more pleasing than one who has seen
them only once or twice could have
done.
This pleasing account of the attrac
tions to be found among the western
hills was followed by a vocal solo,
“Follow, Follow the Gleam," the Blue
Ridge song, by Miss Marjorie Perry.
Miss Perry possesses a rich, sweet voice
and on this occasion, as on all others,
she pleased her audience well.
This number of the evening's pro
gram was followed by a series of talks
by girls who have been to Blue Ridge.
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ORIGINAL POEM CONTEST
PLANNED FDR STUDENTS
Southern Methodist University to
Conduct Contest for Writ
ers of Poetry
Information has just been received
here of a poem contest to be held under
the auspices of the Southern Methodist
University, Dallas, Texas.
The rewards, consisting of three
prizes, are given by a citizen of Dallas.
A prize of one hundred dollars is first.
All undergraduate students in Ameri
can colleges and universities are eligi
ble for this. Second prize is fifty dol
lars. Only residents of Texas are eligi
ble for this. A prize of twenty-five dol
lars, third. Only students of the South-
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PATRICK HENRfS LIBERTy
OR DEATH SPEECH REVIVED
George T. Gunter Threatens to
Take Laurels From Brow of
Famous Orator
The speakers on program in the Phi
hall last Monday night demonstrated
their ability to hold an audience.
Throughout a two hour-and-a-half pro
gram unusual interest was displayed
by both speakers and hearers.
R. H. Gunn began the program with
an-interesting talk on “The Benefit of
Time Well Spent." Mr, Gann said
that if college students do not save
their time and do the most with it they
are cheating themselves and those who
send them to college.
S. M. Lynam discussed “The Minis
ter's Place in the Home Life of His
Community." Mr. Lynam believes
that a minister must not only help his
people spiritually, but mentally, mor
ally and physically as well.
“Why I Like Shakespeare" was the
subject of an inspiring talk by W. E.
Marlette. “Shakespeare pictures to us
the things that we do and see done in
everyday life, and this is why we like
him," said Mr. Marlette.
In a talk on “The Things That We
Can Do to Improve Our Society," I. O.
Hauser gave some helpful remarks.
George T. Gunter followed Mr. Haus
er and delivered the “Liberty or
Death" speech of Patrick Henry in
such a manner as to cause the old gen
tleman of Revolutionary days just fear
for his laurels.
The real spice of the program was
“College Cuts" by W. K. Hood. Mr.
Hood showed that he had spent con-
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SOLDIERS’ BONUS BILL
IS DISCUSSED By CLIDS
Advocates of Bonus Had to Plead
Against the Dictates of
Their Consciences
One of the most complete and one of
the best literary programs that have
been given by the Clios for some time,
was rendered last Monday evening in
the Clio hall. The preliminary program
was especially good. The debate, wliile
not so good from a literary standpoint,
held some interesting and humorous fea
tures. The question discussed was:
“Resolved—That the soldiers' bonus
bill should be adopted." At some points
in the contest the discussion was made
extremely humorous by two veterans of
the World war, supporting the negative,
who, by their thinly veiled sarcasm
and high ridicule of the “lucky dog"
who went to war, contributed to the
success of their oponents, but at the
same time furnished fun for the audi
ence, and won sympathy for having to
debate a side of the question in which
they evidently did not believe. Those
supporting the affirmative were N. G.
Newman, G. A. Pearce and E. L. Par-
kerson. Those supporting the negative
were H. C^ Hainer, R. S. Rainey and
W. B. Wicker.
In the preliminaries M. Z. Rhodes
discussed intelligently and well “The ,
Unfolding Marvels of Wireless." He
pointed out how the human voice, once
sounded, was preserved perpetually
through sound waves. He made the
startling statement that the souird of
the voice carried by ether waves reach
ed the sun a few nunutes after the
sound was uttered.
In spite of the fact that R. S. Rainey
admitted being unprepared, he appear-
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