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VOLUME V.
ELON COLLEGE, N. C., OCTOBER 31, 1923
NUMBER 15
Maroon and Gold Machine Is
Victor Over Emory and Henry
Eleven In Home Field Battle
game ends 6 to 0
Poor Playing on Both Sides With
Many Fumbles—Kirkland
Scores for Elon.
WHITESELL WORKS WELL
33 Forward Passes Are Attempted, 11
Completed—Elon is Master of
the Field Throughout.
Emory and Henry was defeated on
tlie gridiron liere Saturday by Elon by
a 6-0 score, in an exceedingly poorly
played game, fumbles and a large ma
jority of incompleted forward passes
marring the contest.
Elon was master of the field through
out, and were never in danger of being
scored upon except in the last four
minutes of play when a long forward
pass was completed by Emory and
Henry, Lawrence to Viall. Viall, how
ever, after a pretty run, fumbled the
ball on Elon’s 10-yard line, Elon recov
ering. Elon punted out of danger. At
all other periods Elon was on the ag
gressive.
A total of 3.3 forward passes were
attempted by both teams, only 11 of
which were completed. Of this num
ber the home team failed on 13 out
of 19 attempts. The visitors were held
to three first downs from scrimmage,
and one as a result of a forward pass.
Twelve first downs were registered for
the ChristiaDS.
The Virginians received at the open
ing of the initial period but were held
for downs, the pigskin going over to
Elon, who carried it through the Emory
and Henry line for a touchdown, Kirk
land carrying the ball over. An at
tempted forward pass for the extra
point failed and the scoring ceased. At
three times during the fray Elon car^
Tied the ball to the visitors’ 10-yard
line but were there held from the goal.
First Half
Elon kicked off to Emory and Henry.
Emory and Henry were held for downs.
With straight football Elon was able
to rush the ball across the line for the
only score of the game. Kirkland car
ried the ball. Elon attempted a for
ward pass for the extra point, but fail
ed, the ball striking the cross bar of
the posts.
Elon then received and when unable
to gain througli tlie line they punted.
Three first downs in succession put
Emory and Henry On Elon’s 20-yard
line, but the Christians tightened and
held for downs. The quarter ended
with the ball on Elon’s 30-yard line.
In the second quarter eight forward
passes were attempted by Elon but only
two were completed. Kirkland made
a 15-yard run in this quarter. The half
ended with the ball on Emory and
Henry’s 10-yard line.
Second Half
Emory and Henry kicked. Elon had
an advantage in exchange of puuts.
Eniory and Henry muffed a beautiful
punt and Elon covered.
The last quarter began with a rush.
The Emory and Henry squad was show
ing real fight in this period of the
game. They made several gains around
the end and through the line. It was
in this final quarter that Emory and
Henry’s only real chance to score came.
This was the result of a forward pass
■v^hich, with a ]>retty run, put the ball
on Elon’s 10-yard line, only to lose it
by fumbling. Elon quickly punted out
of danger and the game ended with
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‘LEM” HARRELL
ELON PREPARING FOR
TRI
Coach Corboy is Bringing His Machine
Into Shape for the Big Battle
of the Season.
Elon halfback who has been
doing good work for Elon this
season.
PHIIOLOGIIINS CROOSE
SIX HONORARY MEMRERS
Society Decides to Furnish Boom
Bethlehem College—Boom to
Bear Society’s Name.
Interest on the Elon campus has for
the past few weeks centered on the
Trinity-Elon game at Greensboro this
coming Saturday. These two teams,
liave not met each other for two years
now, and keen rivalry is felt among
the students of the institutions these
teams represent. i Special trains from
Durham and Elon College will trans-
X'ort the students to Greensboro on
November 3.
Two years ago Elon held Trinity to
a scoreless tie ib the football tilt.
While it is generally conceded that
Trinity has the stronger team now,
still it appears that Trinity has been
on the back grade since the opening
of her season, and while Elon has made
no spectacular record she has been
steadily improving and will be in the
prime of condition to give Trinity a
battle for grid honors when they meet
on Saturday. Elon will play the game
of her season against the Blue Devils,
and when the game is over, no matter
what the score or who wins, Trinity
will understand whence the Elon play
ers received the nickname, ‘‘Fighting
Christians. ’ ’
E LITTLE IS
SPEJKEB HT MEETING
Duke Brothers Have Donated
$50,000 For Science Building
As Memorial To Their Mother
GORDON KIRKLAND
BUILDING NAMED
Delivers Address on the Christian En
deavor Movement—Brings Stirring
Message to Student Body.
The regular program of the Philolo
gian Literary Society was postponed
on Monday night. The society gave its
attention to some very important mat
ters which came up in the business ses
sion.
One of the most important was the
matter of furnishing a room in Beth
lehem College, Wadley, Alabama. This
college which opened for the first ses
sion this fall is asking individuals and
organizations to give an amount of
money necessary to furnish a room, the
room to bear the name of the person
or organization furnishing it. The Phi-
lologian Society decided to furnish one
room in this college which, will bear
the name of the society. M. W. Hook,
president of the college, is a former
member of the Pliilologian Literary
Society.
Another matter of importance was
the election to honorary membership
in the society of the following per
sons: Dean Louise Savage; Miss May
L. Stanley, head of the violin depart
ment; Miss Lydia A. Berkley, head of
the piano department; Mrs. Mary B.
Runge, resigent nurse; Mrs. Janet
B. Kirkland, dietitician, and Dr. J. W.
(Unc'le) Wellons.
Elon quarterback who will gen
eral the ‘‘Fighting Christians”, on
the field Saturday against Trinity
at Greensboro.
Misses Deloris and Eunice Morrow
had as their guests for the week-end
at their home in Burlington, Misses
Jennie Gunter, Freda Dimmick, Madge
Moffitt Margaret and Graham Row
land, and Minnie Atkinson.
Miss Minnie Atkinson, a former stu
dent here, was a visitor Saturday.
At a mass meeting of the Religious
Activities Organization on Sunday cvc-
ring, the students of the College and
a i-iimber of townspeopV enjoyed an
exci llimt addres-j tjy Rev. Lawien-’o C-
Little. Mr. Little is a student of Da-
^'idson College and is Young People’s
Secretary of the Methodist Protestant
Cintrch in North Carolina.
A song service preceded the addroH:s.
Several hymns were sung, and O. C.
Johnson sang a solo, Sweeter as ti c
Years Go By.”
Tlie subject of Mr. Little’s address
\»as, “Why Christian Endeavor Is.”
Christaan Endeavor, (he ptated, has
grown because of the four great prin
ciples 0/1 which it is based. These are
lov.'ilty tc Christ, loyalty to the church,
fellowship with all of Christ’s people,
and service for Christ.
In discussing loyalty to Christ, Mr.
Little said that the only kind of Chris
tianity that is going to last is the kind
that is not afraid of confession.
Loyalty to the church assumes two
divisions: loyalty to the pastor, anj
loyalty to missions’. He gave as an
illustration of loyalty to the pastor
the “Street Cleaners” club in Roan
oke, Va. The purpose of the club is
to “clean” the streets on Sunday of
all young men who should go to church.
In giving arguments to justify mis
sions, Mr. Little quoted a statement
of William Jcnning Bryan. Bryan has
said that a man who does not believe
in missions can never again say the
Lord’s Prayer or Apostles’ Creed, nor
can he sing the Doxology, because in
each of these there is a reference to
all of the earth or all of God’s people.
Mr. Little further said that everyone
has a part to play in helping missions,
if it is nothing more than praying in
faith.
The story of one of the speaker’s
own experiences in a German church
in New York illustrated forcibly the
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CLIO PROGRAM RANGES
WIDELY IN MANY FIELDS
W. L. McLeod, S. P. Hudson and W. M.
Sexton Are Mentioned by
Decision Committee.
Mrs. Duke Was a Former Ala
mance County Girl—Building
to Bear Her Name.
WORK IS ALREADY BEGUN
Donors Have Long Been Friends of
Elon, and Have Contributed Much
To It at Other Times.
The program given by the Clio Soci
ety on last Tuesday evening was very
interesting.
G. B. Crews gave some jokes which
were especially amusing, since they
were adapted to local conditions. H.
C. Hainer was mentioned as the var
sity’s new “drawback.”
Speaking on “Why I Am Seeking
a College Education,” A. L. Combs
gave some very good reasons why one
should go to college. He declared that
no one could be 100 per cent efficient
without that open-mindedness and
training which the college can give.
Norman Morris followed with an in
teresting talk on * ‘ Latin-American
Distrust of Uucle Sam,” in which he
stated the reason for this was the lack
of intercourse between the people of
the United States and those of Latiii-
America.
‘ ‘ Wireless Direction-Finding Averts
Wrecks” was the subject of an inter
esting talk by W. L. McLeod.
A debate of unusual interest centered
on the query, “'Resolved, That more
benefits are to be derived from inter
collegiate literary contests than from
inter-collegiate athletic contests. ’ ’
The affirmative was championed by
F. A. Rawls and S. P. Hudson, and the
negative by L. V. Watson and W. M.
Sexton were named best on their fe-
of the a£6.rmative.
W. L. McLeod received oratorical
honors and S. P. Hudson and W. M.
Sextion were named best on their re
spective sides.
It was officially announced on Octo
ber 27 from the President’s office that
two distinguished ^ons tf North Caro
lina, Messrs. B. N. nud J. B. Duke, had
decided to erect the science building
here, which is a part of the rebuilding
program, in memory of their mother.
This announcement has brought 'joy to
all members of the College.
Mrs. Duke, in whose memory Jier sons
have decided to erect this science build
ing, was born in Alamance county on
June 28, 1829. Slie was a member of
the distinguished Roney family of this
county, who have from its earliest
days been prominent in Alamance. Her
maiden name was Artelia Roney. Mrs.
Duke passed to her reward August 20,
1858, and lies buried in her native
county soil, at the Roiiey burying
ground at Haw River.
It is significant that W. H. Trollin-
ger also lies buried in the same cemo*
lerv immediately adjoining tiie grave
of Mrs. Duke. Mr. Trollinger donated
to the College the site for the present
campus, and now the sons of Mrs. Duke
a’-ise as benefactors of the College in
its affliction and erect on the site which
h egavea modern science building.
The Artelia Roney Duke Science
Building ia the fifth of the buildings in
the rebuilding program for Elon neces
sitated by the fire of January 18. This
building is to be 120 feet long, 64 fecft
wide, three stories high, and with base
ment. The first floor is to be given
over entirely to physics, lecture room
rnd laboratories; the second floor is
assigned to biology and geology, and
the third is for the chemical depart
ment.
The building is so constructed that
120 pupils in each department can be
on duty at the same tim«. The archi
tect, Herbert B. Hunter, in making the
plans for the building, was assisted by
Professors Brannock, Hook and Powell,
and made a careful study of recently
constructed science buildings. It ia
believed that the Artelia Roney Duke
Science Building w’ill readily take rank
among the most efficient college science
buildings in the country.
For a generation the Duke brothers
have been signal friends of Elon Col
lege. When the Administration Build
ing was burned on January 18 a tele
gram was sent to them giving the sad
intelligence of the fact, and immedi
ately they wired $5,000 each in the
rebuilding program. Now they have
decided to enable the College to com
plete its rebuilding program at this
time by contributing the science build
ing.
The people of Alamance County re
joice with the College that these broth
ers have decided to make this contn-
but.ion to the College in memory of
their mother, who was well known and
loved in this county during her girl
hood days and the brief years of her
married life.
B. N. Duke, one of the donors of the
building, is the father of Ang’er B.
D.ike, who graduated from Trinity Col
lege in 1905, and who was drowned
?ome time ago.