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MAROON AND GOLD
September
5r 15;
fll^aroon ani) (^olU
Published Weekly by the Stsdents of
Elon College
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JAKE BLAKE
SAYS:
Freshness am a good
recommendation for eggs
but a mighty po’r one
for students.
WORDS OF WELCOME
Maroon and Gold is glad that
every student is again on the hill.
We welcome you again to the
campus, and to the work of a nev/
college year. We welcome the
many Freshmen who come to us
for the first time, and we wish for
them a happy and profitable year.
There are many things in a col -
lege career. The first of those
things is the work for which we
have come. Nothing should be
allowed to detract from that pur
pose; and to the task of growing
w’e should set ourselves without
a single reservation. Colege ac
tivities will claim time, and no
student should refuse to co-ope
rate with the life of the college
campus. That, too, is a part of
the growing process for which we
have come to college. College ac
tivities should have the loyal sup
port of every student. Elon is not
a large college. We have no de
sire to be large, but we do desire
efficiency, and to have that every
one must give his or her best. The
fact that we are a small college
increases the individual responsi
bility. It gives a better chance to
work, and to work is to grow, and
that is why we are here.
College athletics merit our sup
port. The football season will de
pend in a large part on you, even
if you never wear a uniform. Your
support, your sympathy, your
boosting will help our team to be
a winning team. They are your
bovs on your team playing for
your college; believe in them.
Advantages and opportunities
multiply in a small college. They
are yours: use them to the limit
To all that Elon is or may be we
welcome you. Let us build to
gether a college of which we may
be proud, and make it always
OUR COLLEGE.
PLAYING THE GAME
We hope that nobody has come
to Elon expecting to be in heaven
You will not be. We hope that
}’ou have not come expecting
everything to be just as you
would like it to be. It will not be
so. There are over three hundred
different ideas of what is right
and proper, and three hundred
opinions of just the thing to do.
All these must be considered, and
some of them will conflict, and
the first lesson to learn in a col
lege course is self-sacrifice.
Everything is not as we would
like it. but we have learned,
through, we fear, bitter experi
ence. that we can’t always have
it so, and that other people have
ideas that niiist be respected
Even the faculty have ideas that
should be respected, though they
may differ from ours. We should
be slow in our condemnation of
them. They might be right. If
we, students and faculty, begin
the year with a tolerant attitude
toward each other, realizing that
all of us have ideas, and that those
ideas, right or wrong, are entitled
to respect, we are of the opinion
that this will be the best year in
the history of the college.
Autocracy is the easiest way,
but it is never the best. Those
in authority must speak, and those
subordination must obey ; but
unwilling obedience breeds insur
rection which smoulders in the
hearts of underlings, and eventu
ally breaks forth in unquenchable
blazes which destroy both the
master and the slave. Democracy
is the harder way, but it is the
way which leads to peace and har
mony and good will. It is demo
cracy for which we plead at the
beginning of this new college year
and if we have it we can play the
game together in peace.
Our new building is not com
pleted, though we are to occupy
it, and it isn’t going to be as con
venient as many of us could wish
it, but we must play the game
bravely, and playing it so the in
conveniences will be happinesses,
and we will be glad to sacrifice.
College life is real life in mini
ature. There are regulations and
limitations beyond which we may
not go, and there are other people
to be lived with, and with whom
we must play the game. Playing
the game of life here rightly will
keep alive the Elon Spirit, which
is a very real factor in our life;
and that spirit will yield fruits of
gladness undreamed of. It is play
ing the game together rightly
which has given us the Elon spirit,
and it is playing the game togeth
er still which will make it live and
grow. We love this Elon .Spirit,
and we long to see it thrive. We
long for co-operation and loyalty
which will make it impossible for
any student to destroy any piece
of college property or to infringe
upon any other student’s rights,
—such a spirit that will bring fac
ulty and students into close and
intimate understanding. This year
we must build a spirit which will
make these things impossible, not
because they might be handled by
the Student Self-Government, but
the real Elon Spirit will make it
impossible for any student to
want to do anything w’hich would
in any way lessen the usefulness
of our College. We stand for
right, and in these columns we
shall fearlessly condemn whatever
we believe to be wrong: but we
hope that we shall not be called
u|)on to write destructive editori
als. We much prefer to build, to
suggest, and to work toward a
better college for ourselves and
for those who shall follow us.
I'hrough this year let us re
member that w'e cannot talk about
Elon without talking about our
selves ; that what we are our col
lege must be. It is not our col
lege which is “rottenit is we
ourselves, for we are the college.
Whenever we speak derogatorily
of Elon we speak so of ourselves.
Therefore let us boost and build.
Boost nnd the woj-ld l^oosts witli you,
Kick and you Itick alone;
A liig broad grin will let you in
Wliere a kiclter was never known,’’
If we stop to think that when
we talk about our college v/e talk
about ourselves, we will be care
ful what unkind things we say.
We believe in out selves and in
f)ur college, and we believe that
we are going to play the game to
gether bravely, and make this tlie
best year }’et.
The vacation season has run swiftly
by. it is hoped all have come back re
newed in body .md spirit, and ready
and anxious to launch lieartily into the
work of the year. Let all determine
to make this year’s work of the college
the l)est in its liistorv.
BETHLEHEBI COLLEGE TO
OPEN OOORS THIS MONTH
President Expects Fine Year—Weds a
Member of tlie Taculty—Receives
One Thousand Dollars.
Bethlehem College, the new college of
the Christian Chareh, will open its doors
for the reception of students on Sep
tember 12th. President M. W. Hook is
expecting a most successful year for
the college. His faculty are largely
Elon graduates. Miss Nonnie Bailey,
Mr. Herbert Scholz, Jr., Mrs. M. W.
Hook and the president, ■with a music
and commercial teacher for the depart
ments, will compose the faculty of
the college.
The catalogue which was issued dur
ing the summer offers fine courses for
young people. The work on the college
is progressing nicely. Tlie college re
cently received a donation of $1,000,
and other monies for its support are
gradually coming into the hands of the
president. The people of the southern
conferences are appreciative of the op
portiinities which the college affords
them, and a fine opening is confidently
expected.
The college is located at Wallley, Ala.
The town has made a fine contribution
to secure the institution, and its situa
tion places it convenient to the people
of the Christian church.
President Plook was married to Miss
Minnie Edge, a member of his faculty
for this year, on August 2. Mrs. Hook
is expected to continue her work with
tlie institution. *
LARGE GIFT ASSURES
RELIGIOUS BUILDING
(Continued from Page One)
the fifth in the Greater Elon program,
and completes the present plans. This
structure will provide space for all the
religious activities of the campus, as
well as the community, and will be
especially designed to meet the needs
of present-day Religious Education. A
center of religious activities has been
the growing need of a college in the
past few years, especially in a denomi
national school, and the erection ol
such a building" on the Elon campus
promises great things for the future.
The students are especially appreci
ative of this provision.
MISS SAVAGE BECOIS 1
HEAO OF NEW LIBRARY.
Work of Reconstruction Begins Mon
day-Six Girls to Assist With
the Undertaking.
The library force is at work again
with a new vim. On Monday morning
five girls, along with the head librarian,
went down to rearrange the old periodi
cals and put in place the new ones. At
the first glance of the table in one cor
ner of the room which was stacked with
magazines and papers, the girls were
heard to say, ‘*0h, we don’t have much
work,” but whether they were mis
taken or not they worked all day get
ting in order the summer mail, and at
the close of the day’s work some were
heard to say, “I’m tired.’^
Miss Louise Savage, who is dean of
women, becomes head librarian for this
year. She will be assisted by Misses
Victoria Adams, Nannie Aldridge, Es
sie Cotten, Margaret Rowland, Della
Cotten and Myrtle Sommers. The li
brary force is composed entirely of
juniors and seniors, and it is expected
that the library will be carried on in
an efficient and orderly way.
The library will not be opened dur
ing the evenings this year, as was tlie
custom last year, until the new build
ing is completed. However, it is
thought that in a few' weeks all of the
books will be moved to the adminis
tration building, where a temporary
library will be made until the new build
ing is completed, and then by a sys
tematically arranged schedule made by
each student, it is the general opinion
that each student will be able to do his
required amount of research work.
A good many new books have beei-
brought in during the summer, but only
those which will be needed most will
be catalogued until the administration
building is in readiness for the books.
As soon as these books are listed a copy
w'ill be placed in the hands of the Ma
roon and Gold editor for publication in
order that each student will know' how
rapidly the library is growing.
A NEW JERSEY GIRL
WEDS ELON STUDENT
(Continued from Page One)
Mrs. Hook is a very talented youno'
woman. She is a former student of Dc
fiance College, Defiance, Ohio, and a
graduate of n Xew York music conser
vatory. She has taught, and made a
place for herself in the music world.
Mr. Hook will be graduated with tho
present senior class, nnd will probably
do graduate work in some northern uni
versity. He is one of the young min
isters of the Christian Church, nna
gives promise of a fine career.
Reports for 1922 show that it was a
banenr year for American churches.
!More than !f60.000,000 was spent for
r-luirch buildings. Gifts totalling $40,-
000,000 were made to foreign missions.
A substantial increase in the averag'':
salary of ministers was made. This,
too, in the face of much financial de
pression. Surely the Kingdom is com
ing!—Selected.
Time to Change
“I hear that Kitty is getting a di
vorce.’^
“Yes, she married a Captain during
the war and now, of course, he’s fright
fully out of style.'’—Life.
FOOTBALL PRACTICE
BEGAN LAST MONDAY
(Continued from Page One)
weeks of practice will tell something
as to how she w'ill meet this task.
The old men back, including varsity
men and those who had training last
year, are: Captain McAdams, Smith,
Whitesell, Allston, Kirkland, Paul and
A. I. Braxton, Hainer, Brannock, Hiatt,
Thomas, Banks, Alf Brown and C. E.
Sides.
The new men who will be out for tho
team are not known yet, but there are
several promising prospects. There are
still many old men w'ho have not yet
arrived.
We All Know Him
Jack: “What kind of a fellow is
Blinks?”
Bill: “Well, he is one of those fel
lows w'ho always grabs the stool when
there is a piano to be moved.”—Ore
gon Lemin Punch.
Of Two Evils
Pond I*arent: “Xow, Doris, if you
won’t kiss your uncle, T shall have to
send you to bed.”
Doris (after a few moments’ silence)
—“Very well — good-night, mama.”—
The Humorist (London).
Sideshowman: “Step in, gents, and
see the armless wonder trim his finger
nails with his feet. Most wonderful
performance! ”
Doubting Thomas: “If he’s armless
he can’t have any finger nails to trim.”
Showman: “True, that’s what makes
it so wonderful. Step up, gents.’
Slight Chance Nowadays
, The Man (having surrendered his
s-eat)—“I beg your pardon!”
The Girl—“I didn’t speak!”
The Man—“Sorry, j-m sure. T
thought you said ‘Tliank you’!”—The
Bystander (London).
Irate Woman: “Say, you, do you
remember marryin ’ me to Albert Blinks,
bachelor, six months agoV”
Justice of Peace: “Why, er—yes I
tliink I do.” ’
“Irate Woman: "Well, wotcher
goin’ to do about it? He’s e.scaped.’
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