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maroon and gold CABBIES THE BEST ADVEBTISING jHaroonanb #oll3 SEE OTJB ADVEBTISEBS FOR SERVICE AND SATISFACTION VOLUME V. ELON COLLEGE, N. C, OCTOBER lo, 1923 NUMBER 12 Elon Eleven Take Game From Lynchburg Squad In Stirring Gridiron Battle At Lynchburg WIN GAME 3 TO 0 Richardson's Drop Kick Scores Points for Christians—Kirk land Plays Well. teams evenly MATCHED Whitt and Parker Feature for Elon’s Opponents—Game is Nip and Tuck Affair Throughout. ELON RESERVES MEET GRAHAM HIGH SCHOOL Yesterday afternoon the Elon College Reserves engaged iu a prac tice game of football with the Gra- liam I-Iigh School team preparatory to the Varsity team journeying to King College and tlie second string men, fainiliarly known as the “Boar Cats,” to High Point where they will engage the High Point in dependents in a contest on Satur- PHILOLOGIAIIS RENDER PROGRAM OF INTEREST Debate Oommunity Church for Elon; Affirmative Wins—Scott is Best on Preliminaries. The KloiJ football team defeated the Lyiiehbin-g tcriiu in a hard fought tus sle Saturday at Lynchburg, Va. The 3 to 0 score of the ga)iie woubl indicate something of tlie kind of football that was played. Both teams were nearly evenly matchcil, although Elon ma' have had the edge on their opponents ill weight in the line. In the first two periods the ilaroon and Gold squad gained consistently through the line and by the use of short forward passes, which were well han dled by A. Brown, Elon’s left end. Elon carried the ball for a distance of 65 yards, but Lynchburg braced on the lo-yard line and took the ball on downs. Witt got around his own right end for 33 yards. Lynchburg lost the ball on Elon’s 45-yard line and the Christians ■carried it back on two short passes and two plays around Lynchburg’s left end to the latter’s 28-yard line, when th-2 quarter ended. The Second Period In the second period Elon rushed the ball to Lynchburg's 8-yard line on a ^ilay around their left end, but lost se\- eral y'ards when Brown was thrown ,foi a loss. It was at this period of the game that Richardson, a freshman and iirst year man who claims Suffolk, Va.. as his home, was sent in for E. Brown. The little warrior, weigliing only 130, dropped back to the 23-yard line, and. taking his time, beautifully drop-kicked a goal which accounted for Elon’s vic tory. On Elon’s kick-off Witt caught the ball and ran it back to the middle of the field; Parker took the ball through right guard for 5 yards, but an at tempted end run by Witt gained only 1 yard. Elon held for downs. Elon made 5 yards on a delayed pass and added 5 more when Brown caught a short pass over center, Elon kicked at the beginning of the second half, Parker running the ball back 3 yards before being downed. Elon secured the ball on another fumble but was forced to kick to Lynchburg’s 20- Tard line. It was a nip and tuck affair from then on to the end of the quarter. In the last quarter the ball changed hands several times. After Witt had failed to gain on several attenuated end runs, Elon secured the ball on their own 20-yard line. Elon was then forced to kick, after being penalized, the ball going to the middle of the field. Here Witt was thrown for a loss and Lynch burg kicked. Lynchburg got the ball on a fumble by Elon on the latter’s 20* yard line, the game ending with the ball in Lynchburg’s possession. Witt, who was the outstanding i)layer for Lynchburg last year in its tie game of 6-6 with Elon, was unable to gain ranch ground, being thrown for losses several times. However, his interfer ence was not as good as it could have been. Parker’s work in hitting the line, and tlie tackling of Clark, Notting ham and Salowich were the features for Xiynchburg. (Continued on Page Four) The “Boar Cats,” who ran into difficulty on the Oak Eidge field last Satu.day in their first game, have materially strengthened their line-up and propose to give the High T’ointers the battle of their life. After turning in a win over the strong Lyncliburg team last Sat urday, the Varsity team is encour aged in the game with King Col lege at Bristol, Tenn., and while King College came into southern fame a few years ago by making more than 200 points iu one game, the Elon Varsity expects to hold the score down and to give them a close game. RIG STACK FALLS THIS liORNMG POWER PLANT Breaks About Half Way Up and Falls in Rear of Plant—Much Work is Done to Improve the Service. The rebuilding program of the College will have to be added to again. This morning.about 8:30 the old smoke stack which has towered above the two big boilers at the power house for about seven years decided that it had served long enough. It broke in two about half way up and came crashing down into the coal yard in the rear of the plant. It did very little damage to the plant, demolishing the shed in the rear and breaking several windows. Although it may take several la/s to get a new stack in place, this will not interfere very much with the heat ing, as the part of the stack which remains will be used until replaced by a new one. Mr. Eothgeb, the superintendent of the plant, has been feeling good be cause he was fortunate enough to have his steam lines in shape to get heat on the buildings when the first cold snap came. IVIuch work has been done dur ing the summer, and much more is to be done, in improving the heating sys tem of the College. The plant itself is not a very imposing structure, but the equipment and the service of tlie plant are about as efficient as can be founrl on any college campus the size of Elon in the state. The plant will eventually be remodeled, after the more important buildings of the rebuilding program are completed. The I’hilolojrian Literary Society met in its re.ii'ulnr m^^etin^' Monday night. The work of the nipn showed that the society is whippius itself into shape for a successful year’s activity. M. Johnson befran tlie program ith an interesting account of lus trip to Elon through the country on a motor cycle. W, A. Lindley followed with a talk on the new conceptions of college lif(‘ as a sophomore. IL W. May dis cussed liis favorite authors, naming sev eral American authors in his list. G. C. Mann gave an interesting talk on the duties and ])leasures of a high school ])rincipal. P. D. JUidd told of his trip to Canada. W. T. Scott gave the so ciety members some \aluable sugges tions about making the most of society work. The speaker declared that the literary societies carry on a work that is not provided by any other agency in the college, T. E. >Smith told of the new i)rovisions for the improvement of the physical traiiiing of the college. T. V. Huey enumerated the industries of Alabama, pointing out the potential water power of his state. .T. V, Simp son related his exjieriences as salesman for alumnium ware during the summer. He also named several characteristics essential to successful salesmanship. The Junior ('hurch and the. Community I’rogram was discussedjby W. B. Terrell. Mr. Terrell stated tlial Elon was taking the lead in this kind of church work. The Phoenix Ttility Company and its work at ^loncure. \orth Carolina, was the subject of a very interesting talk by U. W. T'tley. lie declared that this Company -was one of the largest in the world, and that it was building a large auxiliary steam plant near Moncure. Following this a vp]-y interesting de bate revolved around the cjuery. “Re solved, that Elon College should organize a community church.” M. L. Patrick. Dan Wicker and Sion M. Lynam cham pioned the affirmative, while Milton AA'icker. E. E, Snotheily and W. W. Woody upheld the negative. The deci sion committee declared in favor of the alfirmative. T. Scott was named as best oratorically evening, and S. M. Lynam and ^V. ^V. Woody best on their respective sides of the debate. Elon Bear Cats Lose To Oak Ridge Eleven The Elon Bear Cats, led by their val iant captain, Jack Underwood, went on rampage against the Oak Ridge grid iron warriors last Saturday afternoon, but ran into some slight difficulty be fore the dus tof battle had cleared away. Later it was found that the visitors had been snowed under by a score of 59 to 0. The Bear Cats, however, are not very discouraged on account of the odds against which they fought. The Oak Ridge team had been excelelntly coach ed and presented an aerial attack that completely distracted their opponents, and played end runs that usually net ted them long gains. Due to the fact that Coach Corboy has been obliged to give his attention to the Varsity, the Bear Cats have not had the training that is necessary for a winning team,. The Oak Ridge players were unable to gain ground through the Bear Cat line, which is rather strong this year. With a week of practice in strength ening their weakest points the Bear Cats hope to make a better showing when they opjDOse the High Point Inde pendents on Saturday of this week. NTERESIING PROGRAM GIVEN BY CLIO SOCIETY Meeting is Featured by Strong Debate; Weathers, Eider and Abell Are Mentioned by Judges. PSYKALEONS ENGAGE IN STODY OF ROBERTRORNS New Members of Society Take Part on Program for First Time—Do Excellent Work. Mrs. Harper Hostess At Delightful Party GIVEN THURSDAY AFTERNOON Faculty Members and Townspeople Are G-uests at President’s Home—Music by College Orchestra. Miss W'innie DuRant spent two days last week in Greensboro attending the State Convention of the United Daugli- ters of the Confederacy. Miss DuRant holds her membership with the Dixie Chaptei'. Washington City, where she has resided for the past five years. Miss Madge MofHtt spent the week end at her home in Ramseur, N. C. Miss Helen Rhodes spent the week-end at N. G. C. W\ in Greensboro. N. C.. with friends. A delightful party, given in honor of the ne\\' members of the college faculty, was given Thursday afternoon from .liOO to 0:30 p. m, at the home of Presi dent and Mrs. W. A. Harper by the faculty members and the citizens of the village. President and Mrs. Harper received the guests informally at the door, and introduced the new members of the faculty not only to the receiving line, but to all the friends attending. Green and yellow, with pink in the dining room, was used as the color scheme. Golden rod decorated the receiv ing rooms, and ophelia roses and pink candles adorned the dining room. After a period of conversation the guests were invited into the dining room by Dr. and Mrs. W. P. Lawrence and (Continued on Page Three) The Psykaleon Society met in regular session Monday night in the girls’ gym. This was the first meeting in which the new members too active part on the pro gram, By the excellent spirit which they showed in rendering their work they made the old members feel esi)ecially fortunate and i)roud to have such splen did co-operation from them. After the usual order of business the following program was rendered: “Life of Robert Burns.” by Miss Ruth Crawford. ]\Iiss Crawford gave gave the most important events iu the life of Bu)-ns and prepared the way for the rest of the program which consisted of his works. Miss Alma Smith read two of Burns' poems : “Flow Ontly Sweet Afton.” and “A Fond Kiss.” Miss Smith read these poems in her usual pleasing manner. ^tliss Margaret Cobitt next rendered a ]nano solo. *‘I‘raeludium.’* which add ed much to the enjoyment of the pro gram. Miss Cobitt being an accomplish ed musician, her selection was appreciat ed very much by the society. Miss Lucy Austin gave a paper entitled “What Modern Critics Say of Burns in the Literary ^^'orld.■■’ In tliis paper she sliowed that Burns' poems are un equaled and that he was a Shakespeake to Scotland. Several very interesting news items were tlien read by Miss Blanche Keitzel who is a new member but bids fair to become a real Psykaleon. “The Jolly Juniors Place in College Life.” by Miss Ruby Atkinson. The Junior class had been considered of no special importance in college life but since hearing Miss Atkinson’s paper the society was forced to change its opinion and realize that they play a large part in all phases of college life. The program was concluded by a duet, “Auld Lang Syne,** by Misses Judith 1-llack and Bessie Banks. This song be ing vvell rendered, was enjoyed by all. especially since the young ladies are new members in the society. The Clio Literary Society enjoyed a very i)leasant session at its regular meet ing on Tuesday of this week. Although the work in the society has not yet reach ed the standard which the members have set for themselves, this meeting approach ed it closer than any so far. Humor was furnished by G, A. Pearce, who succeeded in entertaining the mem bers by his amusing remarks which were given in very good style. M. A. McLeod then expressed his opinion as to who were the seven greatest Americans of history. gi\ ing reasons why he had chosen these seven from the host of famous American leaders. He select ed Lincoln, Dewey, Edison, ilark Twain, Roosevelt. Washington, and Wilson. The next number was. Inside Facts About Smoking and Smokers. ilr. Rirchai-dson gave the society a very in teresting treatment of this subject. Ac cording to Mr. Richardson smoking is indulged in by all classes of society, in cluding athletes who smoke on the sly. About eight and one-half times as mauy cigarettes are sold than cigars, accord ing to statistics. II. C. Hainer gave the society some fine suggestions on “How To Get The Most From Society Work,” and advised the new men to observe all the good qualities of the speakers and to benefit by them. A reading, “At Boai'ding School,’' was given by G, C, ^Vhite, after which Wil lard Cardwell gave an interesting bio graphy of the life of O. Henry. The query for debate was, “Resolved, that economics should take the place of foreign languages in our schools.” W. C. Elder as a. defender of the affirmative maintained iu a striking manner that if economics were studied more there would be less suffering and better conditions in the world and challenged the negative to prove that foreign languages were more important than human lives. II. G. Moorman assisted Mr. Elder and brought out some points in defense of his side. S. II. Abell volunteered to come to the rescue of the negative and stated that economics were as dependent on foreign languages as all vegetation was dependent upon moisture for growth. A plan for the solution of the problem was given by ilr. Weathers who thought that the curriculum could be made broad enough to include both economics and foreign languages. The Judges declared the debate won by the negative and decided on W. C. Elder as best speager on the affirmative and W. S. Weathers for the negative, and awarded Mr. Abell honorable men tion as volunteer speaker. Donor Of Building Visits The Campus OTHERS ARE ALSO -VISITORS HERE P. J. Carlton and Brother Approve the Work—Dr. -W. S. Long and Others Have Pictures Made Under Gum. Misses Mary and Wiley Stout and Jennie Gunter spent the week-end at their homes in Sanford, N. C. r. ,T. Carlton, of Richmond. Va., a member of tlie Board of Trustees of Elon College, and donor of the $.50,000 to erect tlie Liln-ary Building on the coileg:e campus here, paid a visit to Elon Sunday with his brotlier, Herbert Carl ton. of Kaleigh. They gave their hearty approval to tlie rebuilding program and was pleased with the progress being nuide. (Continued on Page Two)
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