ij VOLUME IV.
half of regulars back this year
ARE PITCHERS WHICH MEANS THAT
ELON WILL HAVE ALMOST NEW TEAM
Perry Goes Behind Bat, Marlette
Goes to Second, and Under
wood to Outfield.
ELON COLLEGE, N. C., MARCH
1923
NUMBER ^7
SIX REGULARS ARE BACK
New Material Making Excellent
Showing—Poor Outlook
for Hitting.
(By C. M. CANNON)
The positions 011 the infield has been
Elon’s big problem in getting together
baseball team this season. Of the six
regulars who are back on the hill this
jear, three of them are pitchers, which
meaus that a practically new team will
represent Elon this year.
A reorganization of the team has
been undertaken by Coach Corboy this
spring to meet the problem of getting
a new infield. Barker and Fogleman
are the veteran pitchers on whom the
mch will rely to pitch the major part
it the games. I. J. (“Hap’') Perry,
Tfho has represented Elon on the mound
for three years, has been handed the
position of catcherj and Underwood,
whose old stand was beldnd the bat,
has been shifted to an outfield position.
Marlette is the second sacker, and will
ie theonly regular infield player. Gil
liam, a new man, is being tried out
at first. He is a fast fielder. Lind*
ley, also a new man, is at shortstop. He
looks like the best shortstop that has
heen here in many years. Hooks and
Kirkland are having a race at third.
Both are expert fielders but their hit
ting is problematic.
Four of the outstanding stars of last
year are gone this season. “Johnnie”
Johnson, Joe Newman, Hal Clark and
Shields Cheek are these men, and their
absence has seriously weakened the
team from the standpoint of hitting.
They were the outstanding stars at the
bat, as well as in the field. The pres
ent team’s fielding is improving and
looks very well, but the hitting is not
much to brag about.
P. Braxton, an outfielder^ is the only
new man who looks at all like a star at
the bat. In this department, however,
Jie promises to be a second Hal Clark
"With the big stick.
Coaeh Corboy says the “bunch” is
a likely looking aggregation of base
ball material, referring to the new
men, and that in spite of the fact that
it is necessary to build a practically
new team he is confident that the Chris
tians will have a representative nine
this year. Great attention is being
paid to the hitting, and if tliis feature
can be improved a strong team is an
ticipated.
It looks. now as if three new meu
get regular berths on the varsity
squad, Gilliam, Lindley and P. Brax
ton. J. Underw^ood and Brown as
pitchers are showing up w'ell, and will
likely have their chance to work in
some of the games during the season.
The team this year is stronger on the
®iound, five pitchers being available.
Also the fielding is showing up better,
especially that of the infield. This
year’s team will also be faster on bases
a smoother w'^orking team all round
^'ith the exception that the hitting will
be up to the standard of last year’s
record.
The veterans and reserve players who
have returned to play this year are
l^ogleman and Barker, pitchers; Mar-
infield; Perry, who was pitching
is now trying out as catcher; Cap-
|ain Underwood, who last year held
■ the backstop and is this year in
outleld, and Patton, Flynn and
outfielders.
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Ground Is Broken
For Building Here
“Uncle Welions” Is Present and Takes
First Shovel of Dirt from
Ground.
The ground was broken for the new
administration building, to be known
as Alamance hall, the first of the group
of buildings to be erected in the Great
er Elon program, Wednesday afternoon
at 2 p. m.
Rev. J. W. Welions, D. D., who was
present when the first shovel of dirt
was removed for the former adminis
tration building in 1889, and w'ho is
now in his 98th year, was present. Dr.
■VVellons offered prayer and followed the
prayer by removing the first shovel of
dirt for the new building.
Present at the exercises were several
members of the building committees
and of the faculty and student body.
The concrete base will be poured the
latter part of this week or the first of
next, and the brick laying will begin
by the middle of next week.
THROWS FIRST SHOVELFUL OF EARTH FOR BUILDING
Rev. J. W. Welions,
p. D., known to all Elon-
ites as “L^ncle” Welions.
was present and threw the
first shovelful of earth in
the excavations begun
this week for Alamance
hall, the neAv administra
tion building. “Uncle”
Welions is a retired min
ister of the Christian de
nomination and is now in
his gSth year. He was
present and witnessed the
building of the first ad
ministration building in
1889, and throughout the
life of the College has
been one of its staunchest
friends. He is remark
ably active for his age
and takes great interest
in the present building
program of the college.
LOf
EDyCATION PROMISING
N. C. COLLEGE GIRLS
10 GIVE CONCERT HERE
Misses Strickland and Folger Will En
tertain Students Next Sun
day Night.
the
The March mass meeting of the Re
ligious Activities Organization will vary
its program. Miss Ava Lee Strickland
and Miss Nell Folger w'il give a voice
and piano recital for the students in
the girls’ gymnasium.
The two young ladies are students
at the North Carolina College for Wo
men, and have had much training in
voice and piano.
Miss Strickland, who is a graduate
of the North Carolina School for the
Blind, will sing. She has been trained
under the best of teachers, and her
voice is of a fine quality. Since enter
ing N. C. C. W. last fall she has won
much praise for the high order of her
work. Prof. Bates, under whom she is
now studying, says that her voice has
a rare quality of tone. She has sung;
at many of the leading Greensboro
churches and the impression has been
most favorable. While Miss Strickland
does not see, she is doing her work
at N. C. C. W. equally well with tliose
who have perfect vision.
Miss Nell Folger, of Mount Airy,
will accompany Miss Strickland on the
piano, and will render several selec
tions. Her playing is of the highest
order, and she is widely sought as a
pianist by all the college activities.
Miss Folger is a member of the junior
class.
The Religious Activities Organization
believes that the varying of the pro
gram from an address to a musical
w'ill arouse a large interest among the
students. Miss Strickland says that
she does not expect to attempt the very
difficult, but will largely confine her
program to those better known selec
tions which have sung their way into
the hearts of the people.
The meeting will be held in the girls’
gymnasium at 7:30 next Sunday eve
ning, March 25. It is expected that
the attendance will be large. The pro
gram is attractive, and the meeting
I will be much at variance with the estab
lished order of the mass meetings.
PSVKALEON SOCIETY IS
GETTING DOWN TO WORK
Misses Harrell, Williams and McCollum
Awarded Honors by Decision
Committee.
The program rendered by the second
division of the Psykaleon Literary So
ciety Tuesday evening, March 20, was
a varied and interesting one.
The first number on the program was
a reading, “Papa and the Boy,” by
Mary Lee Williams. The reading was
very humorous, and Miss Williams’ in
terpretation of the tones of the father
and the little son at the midnight hour
were excellent.
The second number on the program
was ‘ ‘ Lost and Found, ’ ’ by Miss Lill
ian Harrell. Then Miss Annie Mae
Lackey gave some current events. Her
news items were varied, new, and cov
ered extensive territories — foreign
countries, American states, and cities
in this state.
Miss Opal Howell read a very inter
esting paper on “My Trip to Washing
ton, D. C., New York City, and tlie
Niagara Falls.”
The fifth number on the program
was an original dialogue by Misses
Florence Mosely and Foye Young.
As a final number and a fitting close.
Miss Violet McCollum gave the soci
ety entertainment by reading several
jokes. These jokes were new,—most
of them,—spicy and very humorous,
The judges for the evening selected
Misses Williams, Howell and McCollum
as the best three on the program.
STOOENTS HEAR SliER
AT
Alfred E. Shumate, Evangelistic Singer,
Visits College and Sings
to Students.
y.W. GIRLS PRESENT
FINE MISSIONARY PLAY
‘Serving Two Masters” is Title of
Play That Pleases Large Stu
dent Audience.
The Y. W. C. A., instead of render
ing its usual program Sunday evening,
March 18, presented a play, “ Serving
Two Masters.” The play was selected
and coached by Dr. Helfenstein, -who
also chose, from among her pui^rls in
expression who are members of Y. W.
C. A., the characters in the play.
The first scene in the play showed
an aged woman in conversation with
her daughter, a typical society woman.
They were conversing about an old
friend of the daughter, who, with her
husband, was a missionary in China.
And now the friend was sending her
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Thursday at luncheon in the college
dining hall the appetite of everyone
present mysteriously disappeared when
Mr. Alfred E. Shumate, of Lima, Ohio,
sang, accompanied by Miss Eugenia
Patterson, of Greensboro, N. C. Mr.
Shumate’s melodious bass voice held
his audience spell bound while he sang
“Nancy Lee'” by Steven Adams. The
delighted audience only allowed the
singer time to get his breath before
singing again. This time the number
was Petrie^8 “Asleep in the Deep,”
and was admirably suited to Mr. Shu
mate’s voice.
The enthusiastic response from the
audience when he had finished would
indicate that modern-day students care
more for good music than for eating.
The luncheon was entirely forgotten
aud they were concerned only with in
ducing the singer to sing once more.
Tiie last song was a hymn, “Oh Make
Me Sure,” by Excell, and no less beau
tiful than the preceding numbers.
Mr. Shumate is an evangelistic sing
er and has been aiding Dr. H. Russell
Clem, pastor of the First Christian
church of Greensboro, in a revival at
that church.
Dr. Clem, Mrs. Clem and Miss Pat
terson were welcome guests of the col
lege at luncheon on Thursday. ^
Dr. W. A. Harper and Assistants
Present Church With Excellent
New Publication.
IS ORGAN OF NEW BOARD
(By SION M. LYNAM)
LYMAN HOOVER TALKS
ABOOT CHRISTIAN LIFE
Address Appeals to Large Gathering of
Students—Much Interest Is
Manifested.
Mr. Lyman Hoover, traveling secre
tary for the Student Volunteer Move
ment, and also in the interest of the
Y. W. and Y, M. C, A. work, addressed
the student body here Tuesday evening.
His message was simple and appealing
and w'ent straight to the hearts of the
hearers. ,He said that the most signifi
cant thing a person can do is to live a
Christian life. This is the only abun
dant life and through it a depth of
fellowship or friendship is developed.
He spoke of how this fellowship which
comes from a Christ-like life will break
over international bounds, racial preju-
(Continued on page two)
The Journal of Christian Education
has just come from the press. Its first
number is for April, and this first num
ber is one of great promise. President
W. A. Harper is editor of this new pub
lication, and he brings to the new pub
lication his great knowledge of relig
ious education.
The Journal of Christian Education
is the organ of the board of Christian
Education of the Christian Church. It
is the instrument through which the
board will acquaint the people of the
church with its purpose and program.
It will also be a means of educating
the church in the comparatively new
field.
The new publication is ably edited
by Dr. Harper and his assistant editors.
It is well printed by the Christian Pub
lishing Association of Dayton, Ohio, to
which company all subscriptions should
be sent. The price of the magazine is
$1 a year or 10 cents a copy. It con
tains 32 pages of intensely interesting
reading matter. The whole of its con
tents is boiled down until only the es
sence is left. There is no piling words
on words for words’ sake in this lit
tle magazine. Every word is made to
count, and it gives the largest amount
of information in the least amount of
reading time.
Among the assistant editors of the
magazine are Rev. Hugh A. Smith, Miss
Helen Stearns, Mrs. P. E. Bullock, Mr.
Hermon Eldredge, Revs. H. Shelton
Smith, W. T. Walters, W. G. Sargent,
Dr. J. E. Kaufman, Rev. C. B. Riddle,
and Dr. Roy C. Helfenstein. All of
these men and women are well known
in the work of the Christian Church,
and what they have to say in regard
to the matter of Christian Education is
born of experience and years of study.
No one who is interested in a world
where religion has become a vital part
of life and who is attempting to do
work with children or adults in an
educational way in the church can af
ford to be without this little maga
zine.
The question and answer department
conducted by Mr. Eldredge is alone
worth the price of the magazine to
those j^erplexed with teaching problems.
Perhaps the most unique part of the
entire magazine is its correlated treat
ment of the Sunday school lesson and
Christian Endeavor topic. This is done
briefly and pointedly. This is not done
in any other publication now on the
market. The lesson and the topic are
treated fully, and questions and sub
jects of help to the Christian Endeavor
worker are appended. In this treat
ment the whole work of the Christian
Chujch is noticed, and the aim is to
create a larger interest in the church
and to build a church pride without in
creasing denominationalism.
The whole content and make-up of
the magazine is most pleasing. It prom
ises to be one of the leading periodicals
in its chosen field. It is a publication
which the Christian Church may justly
be proud to own. If the church will
rally to its support it can be made of
immense value and influence through
out the religious world. The Journal
of Christian Education should be a reg
ular visitor in the home of every pas
tor, Sunday school teacher and worker
(Continued on page four.)