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VOLUME V.
ELON COLLEGE, N. C, NOVEMBER 7, 1923
NUMBER if.
Trinity Blue Devils Defeat
Elon Fighting Christians At
Greensboro Last Saturday
game WON 39 TOO
Full of Thrills in Spite of One-
Sided Score — Teams Fight
Throughout Game.
elon passes captured
Blon Shows Superior Class in Second
Half of Battle—Make Six First
Downs to One for Trinity.
COL. DON E. SCOTT WILL
DELIVER ADDRESS HERE
The Maroon and Gold football war
riors lost to tbe Trinity Blue Devils
Satunlay afternoon by the score of
J59 to 0. The game was played at Cone
Park, Greensboro, and was witnessed
bv about 2,000 spectators.
In spite of the large score the game
was full of thrills. Both teams fought
hard and had Trinity not received the
smiling favor of luck there might have
been a different tale.
Trinity scored in every j)eriod of
the game, rolling up their largest score
in the second quarter w’hen they secur
ed a trio of touchdowns and annexed
a point after each of these.
The Trinity aerial attack was not
so effective, especially in the first half,
bat the Blue Devils were very skillful
ill grabbing the ball from the air wdien
it was passed by an Elon passer. Sides
did tlie passing for Elon, and though
not in the best of form himself, the
Maroon and Gold receivers were away
off color.
Shipp and Bullock contributed large
ly to the success of the Trinity squad.
Ju the first half Shipp gained through
tlic Cliristians' line consistently. How'-
ever, just as he w^as able to pierce tlie
Elon line in tlie first half, just so he
failed to make any gain by this method
in the second lialf. The Elon team
had given him more attention. Bullock
was also a great asset to his team in
the struggle Saturday. He was in most
every jday. He intercepted a forward
pass aiul recovered a fumble, both of
which he converted into touchdow'ns.
The Fighting Christians proved their
superiority over the Blue Devils in the
second half. The lateral pass. Kirkland
to Elder and Hainer to Elder, proveil
the big ground gainers for the local
squad, and Elon pierced the line for
good gains. In this half the Christians
made six first dow’us from the line of
scrimmage to one for Trinity. Cap
tain Simpson was a star for Trinity.
He broke through time after time to
break up plays.
John Smith gave the Blue Devils a
lot of trouble in the Elon line. He
played a great game at tackle. Kirk
land pierced the Trinity line for a nice
run in the first part of the game, being
thrown by the backfield men. Hainer,
Elder, Allston, Whitesell and McAdams
put up a hard game. The work of
Elder was especially noticeable in tack
ling the Trinity runners.
The entire Elon squad played well in
the face of hard luck. At no time did
tliey appear to let up in their hope for
victory.
Of course Trinity won by a large
score, and perhaps she has the better
team, but the interested persons might
give the following dope the once-over
and judge for themselves;
1.—Tn the first peri'od, after a short
exchange of punts, Trinity received
the ball on Elon’s 32-yard line. Bul
lock and Shipp plunged the line, circled
the ends until the ball was carried to
the seven-yard line when Shipp made
the final plunge for a touchdown. Shipp
niissed try for point on drop kick.
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Preparations are being made to
hold a fitting Armistice Day ser^
vice here on Saturday. A holiday
has been declared and the service
will be held at 10 a. ra. in the Col
lege chapel. At this time Col. Don
E. Scott, of Graham, N. C., will be
the chief speaker. Colonel Scott
served with the 30th Division dur
ing the great World War, and will
be able to speak appropriately on
such an occasion as this. He won
distinction a-s a soldier and com
mander and is now a colonel in the
iN'ational Guard.
Tli^ music department will fur
nish special music at this service.
The World War veterans here
are especially urged to be present
and hear Colonel Scott and partici
pate in this service. All students
and townspeople are invited to at
tend.
ELON TO PLAY AGAIN AT
CONE PARK SATOeOAY
ENNIS TEAM LOSES TO
IRINITy i MATCH HERE
Johnson, Denton, Atkinson and Hainer
Represent Blon—Team Plays
Well Considering Practice.
Trinity defeated Elon in : a, tennis
match held hero last Fniday. Although
our players w&re' d^feat^ti-
a gr.eat deal of-fcredit fOf,th();,&howing,
against Trinity, in tview-.vof the fact
that the tennis team receives no en
couragement fpQin tllP ftthletlo authori
ties, The team has no court to practice
on, being forced to borrow the girls’
court to play the match on.
The scores do not really show the
closeness of the match, but Trinity
clearly beat Elon, chiefly on account
of more practice.
The matches and scores were as fol
lows;
Janies (Trinity) vs. M. M. Johnson
(Elon)—6-1, 6-2.
Whisnant and Marr (Trinity) vs.
M. M. Johnson and J. N. Denton (Elon)
-6-^, 6-2.
Burns and Johnson (Trinity) vs. Os
car Atkinson and H. C. Hainer (Elon)
—6 3, 6-3. ■
Whisnant (Trinity) vs. H. C. Ilaiuer
(Elon)—6-3, 6-2.
Burns (Trinity) vs. ‘Oscar Atkin
son (Elon)-6-2, 6-3.
Swaringer (Trinity) vs. J. N. Den
ton (Elon)—6-2, 6-2.
FRANK ALLSTON
Maroon and Gold guard who is
always in the game and a hard
player.
STUOENTS CELEORATE
' ON HALLOWE’EN NIGHT
Party Held in 3oys’ Gym—Costumes
of All Kinds Seen—Misses John
son and Black Receive Prizes.
Will Meet Guilford in Annual Game;
Elon Expected to Win—Holiday
Gives Opportunity to Attend.
The Elon football squad will be seen
in action again at Cone Park, Greens
boro, on Saturday afternoon. They met
defeat ou this Held last Saturday at
the hands of the Trinity. Blue Devils,
However, in spite of the large score
piled up against them in this game
Elon is not discouraged. Coach Corboy
and the entire student body feel that
tl'O team did its best and even in de
feat it brought glory to the institution
which it represents. The papers are
j'lniost unanimous in their praise of
the Elon team and the kind of game
thev played in Greensboro Saturday,
While not trying to detract from Trin-
itv’s victorv, they point out that if
luck had not been with Trinity there
might have been a dilfercnt story.
But now that the game is history the
team and students are looking forward
to Saturday. They will meet the Qua
ker team of Guilford College Saturday
at Cone Park. Although Guilford has
had a disastrous season so far it is ex
pected that they will put up a hard
game against the Christians. There
has always been great rivalry between
these tw'O teams and a good game is ex
pected. Basing opinion on the records
of the teams this year Elon is expected
to win. Elon has a better record than
Guilford. Lynchburg defeated Guil
ford 25 to 0 while Elon won from
Lynchburg 3 to 0. Elon also won from
Guilford last year by a score of 20-6.
There will be a holiday here Sat
urday and it is expected that a large
number of students will go with the
team to the Gate City and cheer the
team on to victory. The game will
start at 3 o’clock.
JUNIOR ESSAYISTS ARE
CHOSEN BK PSIPHELIANS
FRESHMAN MEETING TO
CHOOSE OFFICERS HELD
Miss Mabel Wright spent the week-
nd in Greensboro, N. C., with friends.
Miss Lois Hartmann spent the week
end in Greensboro, N, C., with rela
tives.
Misses Mary Lee Foster and Louise
and^ Mary Herbert Watkins returned
Friday night after a week’s visit to
their homes in Waverly and Windsor,
Virginia.
Misses Strader and Durant Will Speak
at Commencement—Bender Good
Program Monday Night.
The program Monday night of the
Psiphelian Society was truly a literary
one, dealing with the life and works
of Edgar A. Guest.
Miss IMabel Alcorn gave all the avail
able facts in a concise and terse man
ner of the life of Guest.
In a sketch of Guest’s work Miss
Della Cotten gave three- selections from
his works, “The Path Home,” “The
Mother’s Watch,” and “The Burden
Bearer.” In each selection she imper
sonated the characters splendidly.
Guest’s style of writing contras-ted
with that of O. Henry was given by
Miss Dorothy Lowe. Her subject was
difficult but she was thoroughly fa
miliar with the subject.
Miss Lamb varied the program with
her humorous reading, “Ma and the
Auto. ’ ’
Mrs. Dollar’s “Pages From My Di
ary” appealed to the society on ac
count of the novelty.
“Current Events” by Miss Fannie
Glenn Elder were given in an inter
esting w'ay. She told of various things
in connection wath the styles of today
and the next importance—divorce.
A reading, “Lecture on Buttons,”
by Miss Victoria Adams, w'as excellent.
It showed the future of the Elon co-eds.
The essay, “Drudgery,” by Miss
Gwendolyn Patton, w’as an incentive
to each member of society to do her
best since the highest pinnacle of suc
cess depends on honest, conscientious
work.
The Psiplielians have selected Misses
Wonnie Durant and Kate Strader as
Junior essayists to represent tlie soci
ety on the commencement program.
The work of Misses Elder, Lowe and
Cotten was mentioned by the judges
on this week’s program.
Howard Kicbardson Elected as Presi
dent—R. M. Hook Second Choice;
Other Officers Cfeosen.
Ghosts and witches were abroad last
Wednesday evening, and a great many
of them, together with many other un
usual personages, some of them fiercp-
lookin^y m&ny of them comical, assejn-
bled in the boys’ gymnasium at 7:.*{()
o’clock. The way in which the college
students celebrated this event was typ
ical of the true Hallowe’en spirit..
Everyone wore some extraordinary cos
tume. Some were clowns, some ghosts,
some witches, and some,—well, one
could hardly say what all of them were.
All were masked. There abounded a
spirit of gaiety and happiness. Ghosts
and witches, clowns and goblins march
ed around and around the big room,
stopping a tone corner to have their
fortunes told, at another for a “drive
through the w'ood,” and at still an
other “to see what they could see.”
As these masked figures marched
around, a committee of the faculty
judged the costumes w’orn. Two prizes
were given: one to Miss Lelia John
son, w^hose costume was adjudged to
portray best the spirit of Hallowe’en,
and the other, a- booby prize, to Miss
Judith Black, wOio was in evening dress.
After the presentation of the prizes
apples and peanuts were served from
two of the dark corners by ghosts and
witches.
Many of the village folk and several
out-of-tow’u visitors w’^ere present at
and took part iu the celebration of the
Hallowe’en festivities.
The Freshman Class held its first
meeting Tuesday morning in the chapel.
Dean Hook presided over the meeting.
The following officers were elected;
Howard Kichardson was elected pres
ident of the class. Mr. Richardson’s
home is Sufleolk, Va. He is a gradu
ate of Sufeolk High School, where he
made a very creditable record.
]\Ir. Richardson is also a member of
the football squad and is very popular
with the student body. He will no
doubt be a very good leader for the
Freshman Class.
R. M. Hook w'as elected vice presi
dent. Mr. Hook is well liked by the
students and is considered a capable
man for the position.
Misses Mary White and Jewell
Hughes were elected secretary and
treasurer, respectively. These young
ladies have the ability to become very
good offi.cers.
Miss Margaret Terry w^as elected as
class representative on the Student
Council. Miss Terry is a graduate of
Hamlet High School.
J. R. Bennett was chosen as repre
sentative in the Student Senate. Mr.
Bennett is a man of sterling character
and has the ability to fill the import-
nnt position.
J. E. Watts w^as elected reporter for
Maroon and Gold.
The Freshman Class is very fortun
ate in electing these officers, as it i's
believed that they will be a credit to
the Freshman Class and to their col
lege.
GIVEN OY CLIO SOCIETY
White, Hainer and Richardson Are
Mentioned for Work—Discuss
Matter of Open Society.
Mr. L. J. Perry, ’23, and G. D. Un
derwood, ’23, spent the w^eek-end here
with fri'ends.
Miss Madge Moffitt spent the w^eek-
end at her home in Ramseur, N. C.
S. M. Lynam and J. H. Dollar went
to Ramseur Sunday. Mr. Lynam preach
ed at the morning service at the
Christian Church.
Miss Dorothy Smith, of Sanford, was
a week-end visitor ou the Hill.
The program given by the Clio Liter
ary Society in regular session last Tues
day night was of great interest and
value to those present.
Several items of importance were
brought before the society and discus
sed in the business sessi’on, among
w’hich was the matter of having an
“open society.” Arrangements were
made for a conference with represen
tatives from the other societies in re
gard to having open societies.
In his talk on “Our College Presi
dent” W. C. Elder gave some inter
esting facts about our President,—as
teacher, author, and leader in the Chris
tian Church.
Speaking on “Personal Glimpses of
Coolidge,” H. G. Moorman told the
society of the personal life of Coolidge,
and why he should make an excellent
President.
Garland Tseley gave some very good
college new's under the head of Cur
rent Events.
C. H. Thomas followed w'ith a dis
cussion of “The Negro Exodus and
Southern Agriculture,” in w'hich he
stated that the reasons for this were
low wages, bad treatment, and improv
ed machinery throwing many out of
employment.
Fernando Bello gave “Some Facts
About Cuba,” his native country, and
traced its rapid growth from 1774 to
1923.
An interesting and sharply contested
debate was given on the query, “Re
solved—That South American commerce
w'ill be more beneficial to the United
States than European commerce in the
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