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VOLUME IV.
ELON COLLEGE, N. C., DECEMBER i, 1922
NUMBER 13
PLEASyRES ON HOLIDAY
Social Hour and Delicious Dinner Big
Features— Thanksgiving Ser
vice Is Held.
Time in its relentless course rushes
by and bears man ever onward. But
in the mad rush of years it brings days
that will live forever. Such a day was
Thanksgiving l^ay at Elon ‘ ‘ Philolo-
OTan Day. ’ ’
First of all, every heart was filled
with thankfulness just for the day it
self—a holiday when for a little while
all care and worry could be thrown
away. And, too, it seemed that the
day tried to be one of the most beau
tiful of the.year, especially for Thanks
giving.
Happy groups scattered about over
the campus showed that the holiday
spirit was here. A gay, eager crowd
o£ Eandolph-Macon boys rushing to
ward West Dormitory to make “dates”
with the girls there proved that they
were thankful for just girls and for
the opportunity of talking with them,
A sweet and impressive Thanksgiv
iug service was conducted by the pas
tor in the college chapel. Thanks were
tendered to Him to w'hom gratitude is
due for the many, many blessings of
life.
Luncheon—and how good those ham
sandwiches taste when you know you
must reserve room for the roast turkey
and cranberiy sauce! After the foot
ball game—diner is served—and what
a bounteous one it is—roast turkey,
cranberry sauce, salad, fruit, ice cream
and cake, and many other delicious
things. Music, laughter and happiness!
Oood fellowship wuth friends—former
■students, fellow students, visitors
everybody! After this the wonderful
Philologian play, followed by social
hour. Certainly a great thing to be
thankful for is Thanksgiving Day at
'■ "Elon!
INE IS
SEIIERELy OEATEN AT
OF
CLIOS DEBATE
OF SOVIET
CONSTilUCTIVE WORK IS
BEGON BY RADIO GLASS
New Apparatus and Radio Room Being
Built—Many Experiments
Made "by Class.
Extreme Cold Has Tendency to
Make Handling of Ball
Very Difficult.
GOOD GAME BY McADAMS
The Maroon and Gold eleven took
thoir gveatevSt defeat last Saturday at
Salem, Va., in a one-sided game ■with
Koanoke College. At no time during
the game were the Christians danger
ous, never reaching within striking dis
tance of the goal.
Extreme cold made handling of the>
ball difficult. Frequent penalties in the
last half slowed down the game to a
considerable extent and it was nearly
dark when the final whistle blew with
the ball in Roanoke’s possession on
Elon’s 35-yard line.
The Roanoke chargers scored in the
first three minutes of the game, when
Oakley made a 20-yard dash around the
right flank of the Christians’ line for
the first counter.
Toward the close of the first half it
looked as if the Christians were going
to make a stand, aud two passes, Perry
to McAdams, gave the Maroon nnd
Gold men their only two first downs
during the half. Following this, how
ever, the heavy line of Roanoke held
and tossed the Christians for successive
losses.
Perry was the outstanding player on
Elon’s team and was the only member
of the backfield that was able to pierce
the strong line of the Roanoke warriors.
McAdams played a fine game on the
offensive, slipping through the Roanoke
defensive line and pulling down sev
eral nice aerial attempts. High at right
guard and Flynti at end put up a great
defensive game.
Oakley, for Roanoke, was the star
of the 'backfield. He dashed around
the end or squirmed through the line
at will. Anywhere from 10 to 50-yard
runs were in his repertoire, and he
pu^t them over in great style. While
the tackling of Mite and Roller was
the best ever seen on College field, both
tackling low and hard.
The game opened wiWi Davies kick-
ino- off to Fix, who returned the ball
to^he 25-yard line. Elon failed to gain
(Continued on page four.)
Judges Award Honors to Scliolz, Rhodes
and Weathers—Nega
tive Wins.
VIRGINIAIIS PROVE TOO
STRONG FOR FIGHTING
ELON GRIDIRON CREW
The Clio Literary Society met in reg
ular session in the Clio Hall last Mon
day evening and rendered the follow
ing program.
The first number on the program was
a poem by J. P. Davis, entitled, ‘‘L’En
voi, ” by Rudyard Kipling. Mr. Davis
has a good talent for speaking and he
rendered his selection well.
The next number was “The Life aud
Works of Thomas Nelson Page,” by
Gordon Holland. Mr. Holland gave a
brief but very interesting summary of
the life and works of the Southern au
thor. Following Mr. Holland’s talk,
M. G. Moore gave some very interest
ing humorous items which were greatly
enjoyed by everyone present.
The next number on the program was
the debate, query, “Resolved, That the
government of the United States should
j recognize the Soviety government of
I Russia.” The first speaker upholding
the affirmative side of the question was
W. L. McLeod. Mr. McLeod brought
out some strong argument in several
points and pictured some of the needs
of Russia today, and showed wherein
benefits could be derived through the
United States recognizing the Soviet
government. The first speaker for the
negative was Herbert Scholz. Mr.
Scholz showed much enthusiasm in the
discussion and contended tbat the So
viet government w^as unstable and
should not be recognized by the United
States.
The second speaker on the affirmative
was Wellons Dunn. Mr. Dunn present
ed at length some very good argument.
' The next speaker on the negative was
W. S. Weathers. Following up the ar
gument of his colleague, Mr. Weathers
ct;tvp several good po nts and proved
them in a striking oratorical manner.
The last speaker for tlie afSrmative
was M. Z. Rhodes. Mr. Rhodes in his
usual good style completed the argu
ment of the affirmative by giving sev
eral strong points and in such a manner
as to be very convincing.
The judges gave their report as fol
lows: Debate won by the negative;
best speaker on the affirmative, M.^ Z.
Rliodes; best speaker on the negative,
Herbert Scholz; best oratorically, W. S.
Weathers.
Randolph-Macon Squad Defeats
Maroon and Gold Team on
Thanksgiving Day.
LARGE HOLIDAY CROWD
JDNIORS WIN IN ANKDAL
CONTEST WITH SENIORS
Battle of Words Rages Around Labor
Question—Andrews Presides
Over Affair.
The Virginians from Randolph-Macon
proved too strong for the Elon eleven
Thursday and handed them a 12 to 0
defeat before the holiday crowd assem
bled to witness the Thanksgiving game.
During the first half both teams bat
tled on even terms, but during the last
half tlie AMrginians had the better of
the argument. Busman and Crouse
were the most consistent ground gain
ers for the visitors.
Randol}>h-Macon^s touchdowns came
one each in the third and fourth quar-
.ters, the first being the result of for-
*ward passes, Riddick to Redd. The vis
itors connected with six out of^ the 11
attempts at forward passing, while Elon
was able to complete only four out of
15. Straight football brought the vis
itors their second counter, they mak
ing 14 first downs to the Christians’ 11.
Elon threatened to score in tlie latter
part of the fourth but were held for
downs on the two-yard line.
In the first (Quarter the ball see-sawed
back and forth in neutral territory and
during the second each team made one
thrust into their opponents’ territory,
but in each instance the attack was
stopped outside the 15-yard line.
The third opened with Elon receiv
ing, Perry muffling the kick aiid was
rushed back to the five-yard line. A
punt gave Randolph-Macon the ball on
Elon’s 30-yard line aud from there it
was carried over by forward passes.
In the fourth quarter the visitors car
ried the ball from their own 30-yard
line to touchdown by line plunges. Both
tries at goal went wild. During this
quarter Elon showed a flash of strength
and ran the length of the field, only to
be held for downs on the two-yard
A unanimous 'decision was handed
the juniors in their annual forensic con
test with the seniors Wednesday night,
the juniors winning tlie affirmative side
of the question that Congress should en
act -a compulsory arbitration law for
public utilities engaged in interstate
businees;
Wild enthusiasm swept over the mem
bers of the junior class as the three to
nothing vote for the afiirmative was
read, and with a scream of delight the
class as a whole rushed forward to con
gratulate its representatives.
A large audience turned out to hear
this, the first debate of the college year,
and was unanimous in its expression
that -the debate was one of the best
heard here in some time, because of its
interest, forcefulness of its speakers,
intelligent presentation, and in spite of
the one-sided decision.
T. H. Andrews presided over the de
bate and in a brief speech welcomed
the audience. Miss Della Gotten acted
as secretary for the occasion.
Miss Lucy Austin, Taylorsville, N. C.,
opened the discussion for the affirma
tive. She pictured the detrimental ef
fect of labor strikes to the general pub
lic as well as to labor and capital them
selves, bring out the fact that a steady
increase in strikes for the past five
years had been noted, and that only a
small percentage of strikes had been
settled by voluntary arbitration.
Herbert Scliolz^ Jr., Macon, N. C., be
gan the argument on the negative side
of the question, which was upheld by
the seniors, and brought out facts show
ing tliat compulsory arbitration would
only irritate and antagonize the labor
situation.
lin
Perliaps one of the most interesting
and up-to-date courses of the College
is being offered in Science Ill-D. It is
a course in electricity. The first few
weeks of the course are given to the
study of electricity as an avenue of
motion, as a foundation for the study
of radio. Then the class begins the
study of radio. The book being used
is “Radio for Everyboily, ’ ’ and is
written in a simple, explanatory form.
It starts with the Kindamental princi
ples of radio and shows all the steps
up through the receiving set.
A greater part of the work has been
yof an experimental nature, , such as
greeting aerialSj or antennas, in order
to discover which form of antenna is
best adapted for local needs. The class
‘ts now erecting a fomplete set of in
struments for a radio receiving set.
This is thoroughly practical for all the^
class, as it jicrmits the members to try
ont the theories that they have studied
in the book, and also will farnisli the
class with a long (\istance receiving set.
The set that is now being used is not
capable of receiving messages from
long distances.
Also the department is erecting a
i“adio room in tlie fourth floor of the
tower for experimental work aud is
expected to be a ])ermanent receiving
station for the college as well as for
the class in science. ^lost of the mem-‘
bers have already done work in the
receiving room and are very much in
terested in the possibilities that the
field of radio offer. The course is being
given for the purpose of giving the
members of the class an understajiding
of the principles of radio and to help
them operate a set of their own.
PHILOLOGIANS PRESENT DRAMA
BY LLOYD J. BRAY THANKSGIVING
Largest Audience of Years Sees “Driftwood ’—Play by Local Author
Wins Highest Praise—All Characters Well
Adapted to Parts.
..‘x and Perry were tire best ground
gainers for Elon, and Kirkland made a
pretty run of 35 yards in the third per-
iod.
(Continued on page three)
DR. HARPER PRESENTS
PLANS FOR NEW WORK
Outlines of Christian Education Has
Been Approved by Church Board
at Dayton.
AUTHOR PERSONALLY DIRECTS PRODUCTION OF PLAY
The following were lionu'^ for the
week-end: Misses Doris McLean, Mar
garet Homewood, Mamie Sockwoll, Lou
ise Homewood, Eunice ^lorrow, Kath
leen Harden, Jennie Gunter, Annie
Simpson, Liaiie Pace, Lou Heritage,
Kitty Loy, Berta Crutchfield, Lillian
Horne, Shellie Miles, Blanche ISIoon,
Bertha Isley, Isabella Dixon, Irene Ell
ington, Nila Amii'k, Ercda Dimmick.
Tlianksgiving this year was made one
of tlie, most lelightful and enjoyable
occasions in Elon's history because ot
the sidendid entertainment of the Pln-
lologian Literary Society. Thanksgiv-
incr is alwavs Philologian day, and the
soriety i.resents a program on the eve-
)iin-g of that day.
Tlie audience was perhaps larger than
nnv that has seen an evening prograni
in' tlie college auditorium in several
■'Messr.s. J. H. Dollar, C. P. Flynn, P.
P. Hatlev and G. D. Underwood ren
dered several beautiful selections dur
ing the evening, which added much to
the enjoyment of every one present.
L;iter in" the evening Jlessrs. Under
wood, Flynn, Hatley and Fesmire sang
n number of touching selections.
L, J, Perry gave a very cordial ad
dress of w'l'lcome in behalf of his soer-
etv. Mr. Perry said liis society did
not wish to show their skill in literary
lines but merely wanted to offer an
evening of entertainment for their
play, entitled “Driftwood,”
which was one of the finest iilays ever
i>resented in the college auditoruim,
was written by Lloyd J. Bray, a mem
ber of the Philologian society and also
of the senior class. Mr. Bray deserves
much credit for this play of such lit-
erarv merit. . „
Oiie of the most impressive things
about the play was the especially adap
ted cast of cliaracters, each one taking
a pjitt being especialy suited to the
part.
The cast of characters follows:
Jack Norton, superintendent of the
lni[ierial gold mine—Lloyd Bray.
William Rothrock, owner of the Im
perial gold mine—O. L. Williams,
Kittv Hargrave, adojited daughter of
William Kothroi-k, Kathleen Belcher.
:\tadge, daughter of William Both-
rock—Eunice Rich.
^Marionette Boatwright, a woman who
conies to the camp—Madge iloffltt.
Bateman, a crooked labor agitator—
Thomas E. Hanner.
Raymond Durant, who secures a po
sition in the mine—E. D, Clements.
Mike O’Connell, assistant to Norton
—J. Dan Barber.
Below is a short resume ot the play:
Time; Present.
Location: Anv gold mine camp.
I—Norton’s otflce at the mine.
Act lit—Living room of Rothrock
home.
Act HI—Norton's Citbin.
Act IV—The same as Act HI.
Tliere is something in the life of
Rothrock that causes him unhappiness.
Kittv and Jack love ea-h otlier, but
Kitty will not promise to marry Jack
because ot the debt S’U- owes fler adop
ted father, who she 'laims will be un
happy if she marries
Marionette Boatwi'ght comes to the
mine where she discovers Jack, wliom
she knows. Kitty, not understanding
the relations between Marionette and
Jack becomes sus]>icious. At about the
same' time Bateman a]'pears on the
scene nnd tries to organize the work-
(Continued «n page four)
Dr. Harper spent last week i^n Day
ton, Ohio, in the meetings of the gen-
i-ral board and of the Board of Chris
tian Education. He had according to
the order of the convention drawn plans
for the new w^ork in this untried field.
His plans had been for some time in
the hands of the boards of the church,
and they were prepared to begin action
on them at once.
The plans were adopted as a whole,
wtih only a few changes in the form of
additions. The church plans to begin
a new publication which shnll be the
organ of the new’work. Dr. Harper, as
secretary of the board, will become its
editor. 'Kleven of the most progressive
men of the Christian church are to be
associated with him in this magazine.
The first number will appear in April,
192^,
The board voted to pnt two secre
taries in the field, and Airs. Fred Bul
lock becomes a specialist for the_ ele
mentary department and Hermon'Eld-
redge will.be in charge of the young
people. Dr. S. Q. Helfenstein, who has
long been editor of the Sunday school
literature, will specialize on the adult
lessons.
No definite steps were taken as to
the future of Dr. Harper, and it is still
uncertain whether he will tnke the fi,eld
or remain as president of the college
and in charge of the office work of the
Board of Christian P^ducat-ion. Through
out the South much pressure is being
brought to bear to keep him in the
president’s chair at Elon.
Mrs. R. S. Rainey and G. A. Brown,
seniors, and G. D. Col'ClOugh and W. T.
Scott, juniors, constituted the other
speakers for the debate, presenting ar
gument on their respective sides.
The juniors, upholding the afiirma
tive, contended that the great mass of
people never win in a strike, they al
ways lose, and that public opinion is
decidedly against strikes, and that the
government’s failure to be of any ser
vice in the recent shopmen’s strike was
because it did not have power to inter
fere.
Continuing the argument the seniors
advanced on the affirmative side the
points that all the people are preju
diced either for one or the other of
the classes, and no fair board could be
found to settle arguments, and held up
as a remedy for the. present evils of
the industrial system the profit-sharing
plan as now in operation by the Henry
Ford and Standard Oil plants.
For the judges Profs. A. L. Hook,
P. S. Kennett and N. G. Newman serv
ed. ISl'arshals for tlie occasion were
Afessrs. R. V. Morris, fhief; J. C. White-
sell, W. L. Haslett, and Misses Esther
Farmer and Berta Crutchfield.
Y.W. Girls Plan Week
Of Health Study Soon
Efficiency Contest Is Discussed—Miss
Adams Leads Meeting—Thanks
giving Service.
]\Iisses Helen Hobson, of Dendron,
Va,, and Louise Watkins, of Windsor,
Va,, were the guests of Misses Della
and Essie Cotten on Thursday and Fri
day,
In order to create more interest, the
Y, W. has changed its place of meet
ing from the chapel 'to the reception
room of the Ladies’ Hall. The results
have been gratifying. Sunday night
iliss Victoria Adams led the meeting,
and the attendance was splendid. The
enthusiasm of both the leader and the
girls could plainly be seen, as plans
were discussed and completed for the
observance of "Health Week” follow
ing th? Thanksgiving holidays.
An interesting contest, based on at
tendance and efSciency, is being launch
ed. When business was completed, the
leader turned the meeting into an in
formal Thanksgiving service, and prac
tically every girl present took active
part,' Enthusiasm and thankfulness so
permeated the group that when it was
finally necessary to close,' every one left
with "a deeper Y, W. spirit.
IMiases Della and Essie Cotten’s peo
ple and several friends of Greensboro
were here for the play Tlnirsday night.