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Two MAROON AND GOLD April 1922 £^aroon anfi d5olt) Kem'ber of Tlie Nortli Carolina Collegiate Press Association Publislied Weekly ty the Students of ELON COLLEGE EEtered at the Post Office at Elon College, N. C., as second class matter Two Dollars Per College Year Lloyd J. Bray Sion 51. Lynam Jlanaging hditor R H. Gunn Business Manager P D. Rudd Ass’t Business Manager \y L. ■\Voody Circulation Manager E. M. Smith' Ass’t Circulation Mgr. Freda Dimmick Ass’t Circulation Mgr. M L. Patrick Advertising Manager 0 C. Johnson Ass't Adv. Manager Herbert Scholz Editor for Alumni M Z Rhodes Publicity Editor Frank Allston Sport Editor Advertising Rates Upon Request There are numbers of co,lieges in the South that are famous for the beauty of their campus. To those who only view it in pass ing, the campus is what makes the lasting impression. We realize the folly of even mentioning this unless a definite campaign is w'aged for a more at- tractvie camjius. We can, how ever, commend those who are do ing their mite and try to plant in the minds of others the thoughts that we hope will some day de velop into something active. Then we w'ill have a campus that will reflect credit on our college. “What is so rare as lune; if ever there be- page June. a day in —” Boy, For those who have failed to consume their allotment of raid- nig'ht oil the storm warning is be ing displayed in the form of a cal endar on the w’all. We notice The Critograph of Lynchburg College recently is sued a “Co-ed” number. We con gratulate them on their success. Maroon and Gold w’ould like to foster such an enterprise, but we can’t even persuade the co-eds to send in a joke for publication. When we pause and reflect on what it means for the people of a great city like Norfolk to unite in their praises of a man ; and what it means for the large dailies of such a city to devote columns in their papers to convey his mes sages to the people throvighout the surrounding country ; then we have a greater appreciation of our President. We are glad to know of the success that came to him in his lectures, and we are more than proud for peo])le to know' that he is our President. There seems to have been a cloudburst down at Guilford rela tive to respect paid to visiting teams. We hope it was not in tended for Elon. We feel a lit tie embarrassed, however, as their debating team recently visited our campus. If there was any disre spect perpetrated on the visitors it was after they had left Elon. There w’ere little incidents con nected with the debate that would have moved even a Quaker to laugh. But .certainly they could not interpret this as disrespect. It is a peculiar feeling to be a part of the retiring staff and a part of the newly-elected staff also. You can’t congratulate either one ; and no one seems will ing to congratulate you for hold ing both positions. Cruel world ! Anyhow, we must say that we believe the old-timers, as they lay down their work, can conscien tiously sing “The End of a Per fect Day” and the new staff can console themselves by chanting ■'Hail, Hail, the Gang’s All Here” —etc., etc. OUR POLICY When we were elected to our respective offices on the staff of Maroon and Gold and had our names paraded before the public our feelings ran to a high state of enthusiasm. But alas! When the time comes to launch out into the work that enthusiasm rapid ly degenerates into that well- know'n squeamishness that ac companied our first ride on that noted landmark of amusement re sorts—the merry-go-round. There is that great desire to give to our patrons a paper of which, they may justly be proud; but mingled with that desire is the fear of being unable to cope with the task. It is difficult to outline a defi nite policy for a college publica tion. The staff goes through an almost complete change every year and thus renders it practi cally impossible for one staff to carry out to the point the plans being- laid down by the preced GREAT AUDIENCES HEAE DK. HARPER IN NORFOLK (Continued froTn page 1) fessional men each clay at 12:30 at the Epworth church, which is situated right in the heart of Norfolk’s business dis tricts. He opened the series Monday with an address on “Religion, Progres sive,’^ and continued this progressive thought of religion through the remain der of the addresses. Just following the noonday service each day Dr. Har per dined with a group of business or professional men, and discussed the af fairs of especial interest to them and to the church and nation at the present time. The evening services were held at the Christian Temple of Norfolk. At most of the evening services there was a capacity audience present. This part of the lectures was begun by a discus sion of the subject, “Life Religious.” On this theme Dr. Harper expressed many forward-looking ideas, and saw more of God in the life than is seen by those liohling to the idea of a depart mentalized life which is fast being out grown and becoming inadequate to meet the needs of the modern Christian. All the addresses were characteristic of Dr. Harper's excellent style and thought which never fails to please those who liear him. On the morning of March 26 Dr. Har per spoke on the “Pre-eminence of Jesus in Education*’ at the First Chris tian church of Norfolk. At night he spoke on “The Christian’s Bonus” be fore the congregation of the Rosemont Christian church. At both of these places he found large and interested audiences. His views on religious edu cation caught -and held the attention of many people, and the fact that Dr. Harper advocated the laboratory meth od and then the theory of teaching caus ed some little comment in the Norfolk nig staft'. There should be, how ever, that fundamental policy of striving to make the paper of the j Bogiuning Tuesday the Leclger-D.s reatest interest to the greatest patch carried a collection of the pithy sentences extracted from Dr. Harper’s addresses under the heading “ Har^jer- graphs. ” These extracts were well re ceived and spoke effectively of Dr. Har per’s forceful way of putting his thought across to those who heard him. On April 2 Dr. Harper spoke at the . , ,, .morning service of the Temple Chris- the best nnerest of the college. ! ^ an alumnus of Elon, is pastor. For numbers. This is the policy of the newly-elected staff of Maroon and Gold. Beyond this we make no promises except that we will endeavor to shape and mould the minds of our readers along the lines which we believe to be to memory, the wild west shows, and toy land were all yet to come. The freckle- faced youngster from Alabama, the wide-mouthed one from Norfolk, and the little Goldilocks from somewhere else, and all the other participants in this wonderful escapade, imbibed pleas ure that it will take months to digest. The whole shebang was given a free hand, for the wonilerful Veale’s Best Shows was turned over to them with out reservations. But not only were tlie kids having a good time. Many grown-ups were hav ing the time of their lives watching them. The burly policeman with his blue coat and brass buttons smiled hap pily at each burst of enthusiasm. Every body was happy, from the gentleman of extreme color who operated the fas cinating “wliip,’’ to the good Mrs. Weatherspoon, who handled her tiny charges from the baby building. “I liked the cowboys best of all.” “Shucks, IM ruther ride on ’at thing what jerks you around than to see a feller ride an old spotted pony.” “Won’t none of ’em ’s good as that little mule what kicked the little nigger boy lak oT Maud in the funny pai>er. ” “I like to ride on the pig on the merry-go-round. ’ ’ “I liked the old colored man that could shake his head and make his lips flap.” This is a portion of a conversation which took place after the show was over and the little ones were safely back home. Jn this way they will live their experiences over for many months. Wonder who gave the children this splendid day? Ask Mr. J. H. Harden, of Burlington^ N. C. He’s the guy. You ought to see liim and congratulate hirr. on finding such .1 ti’iiny way to make himself feel good. He did it all, including finances and transportation in trucks. He looked tlie show over and found that it was an unusually good one, especially suited to children. His big heart prompte.l him to do the rest. GIRLS ARE BEGINNING TO PLAN TRIP TO BLUE RIDGE (Continued from page 1) Miss Deloris Morrow’s talk on “Why Go to Blue Ridge?” increased the de sire of every girl present that she might spend her summer vacation there this year. Miss Mary Miller, in her own delight ful way, told of the recreations at Blue Ridge. At Blue Ridge, as at any other place, all is not play. There must be some work. Miss Bessie Holmes tohl of some of the excellent courses given there for the benefit of the girls. The meeting was closed with a song, followed by prayer. Wliile Firpo, the South Americao heavyweight, is certainly a clever box er, it remains to be seen how much of a champion he is. THE CAMPUS There has come to our notice eft'orts being made to make the campus a little more homelike than it has appeared in the past. The promoters of this work are to be commended. Buildings may not look the best —but a well kept campus will make the place so attractive that the unsightly buildings are for gotten. On the other hand, build ings may be of the most expen sive type and unless the campus is attractive the beauty of the buildings will not be appreciated. some time it liad been in the minds of the Christian church of Norfolk to unite three congregations into one church, but under the financial stress there was some doubt as to their ability to build a churcli adequate to the need. After Dr. Harper liad spoken the vote was taken, and in spite of the fact that Norfolk is in straitened financial cir cumstances, it was definitely decided to begin work on the new church at once. This churcli will be located in the very heart of the city’s residential district, and is to cost something more than two hundred thousand dollars. Much of the success of the measure was attributed to Dr. Harper’s stirring address at the morning service. I'here will be times when some of our patrons will strongly dis agree with us; this is to be ex pected. We will at all times, however, uphold what we believe is right and use our influence in fighting the e\ils that face us. We highly commend the retir ing staft’ for the “footprints” they left. Among the things worth mentioning is one of the most modernly equipped college news paper offices to be found any- w'here and the good will of eleven hundred subscribers. This is a prestige worth W'hile. DR. CHILD WILL BEGIN LECTURES HERE TONIGHT Dr. Frank S. Child, Fairfield, Conn., one of the regular lecturers of the col- , . U TRUCK LOAD OF ORPHANS lege, will f-ontinue Ins addresses here I 1 >. I ll GIVEN FREE HAND AT SHOW on ‘‘The Voices of Freedom” whieli he began last year. (Continued from page 1) Dr. Child has been spending the win- young ones of Uncle Charlie’s ware go- ter month in southern California, and hig to have a good time. Huh! Shucks! will come by Elon on his return trip to Some of you think you have seen folks Connecticut, arriving here Friday of i a good time, but, as one of our this week, April 7th. He will begin his heroes of this story remarked, “You lectures on Friday night an'd will re-|‘^on’t know^ nothin’ till you been to a jiiain over Sunday, preaching at ttie show like ’at.” Sunday service. j hands made a bee-line dive for Dr. Ciiild is a pleasing speaker, and the merry-go-round first thing. No- his theme “The Voices of Freedom” '^ody stopped them and nobody came are particularly interesting and his around to collect tickets when the lit- eoming to the college is looked forward tie bits of star dust began to clamor, to by those who have heard him on climb, and crawl aboard. When about former occasion® | l^alf ot tliem had perched on pomes, pigs, dragons and billy goats, or had NEW LOCATION reclined in luxurious carriages adorned Tn n discussion the other night the with ghoulish goblins’ heads, the steam question was raised as to whether or piano broke loose with the most popular not there was a basement in the of year before last and the merry- Ladies’ Hall. Mr. Braxton, confident go-round began tc turn merrily with that he knew all about basements, its precious cargo. The other half had spoke up and said, “If there is, it is on to wait their turn. All machines have the third floor.” ^ maximum capacity and can’t be over loaded even with Lilliputians. According to Yankee gossip Pitcher Carl Mays is in fine shape and ready to go the distanct right now. This was only the beginning of the fun. The whip, the ferris wheel, Puncli and Judy, the boy with the wonderful Man - Made Lightning Franklin removed some of the mystery. But only recently has science really explained the electrical phenomena of the thunderstorm. Dr. C. P. Steinmetz expounds this theory. Raindrops retain on their surfaces electrical charges, given off by the sun and other incan descent bodies. In falling, raindrops combine, but their surfaces do not increase in proportion. IJence, the electrical pressure grows rapidly. Finally it reaches the limit the air can stand and the lightning flash results. And now we have artificial lightning. One million volts of electricity—approximately one fiftieth of the voltage in a lightning flash—have been sent successfully over a transmission line in the General Engineering Laboratory of the General Electric Company. This is nearly five times the voltage ever before placed on a trans mission line. Much valuable knowledge of high voltage phenomena—essential for extending long dis tance transmission—was acquired from these tests. Engineers now see the potential power in remote mountain streams serving in industries hundreds of miles away. Man-made lightning was the result of un grudging and patient experimentation by the same engineers who first sent 15,000 volts over a long distance thirty years ago. “ Keeping everlastingly at it brings success.” It is difficult to forecast what the results of the next thirty years may be. General Office Schenectady, N. Y. 95>4aSK
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