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MAROON AND GOLD
January i6;
1924
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(By order of the Censor)
STUDENTS AND
FUTURE PEACE
The student bodies of Europe
have for a long time played a
large part in European affairs. In
America it has been different.
.Students have confined their at
tention to the campus of their col
lege, or perhaps to other colleges
as they were related athletically.
A few of them read newspapers,
but as is frequently remarked the
average college Senior is just four
years behind the times.
The European universities have
initiated most of the great move
ments of the Old World politi
cal and religious. The student in
Europe is still a factor in the life
of his time, and in America we
are coming to realize that student
opinion is worth something. It
is the assumption that student
opinion is worth something, and
it ought to be. If it is true, then
definite measures must be inau
gurated in every college to make
that opinion an intelligent opin
ion.
We have remarked before in
this column that we feel that col
lege publications should go be
yond the life of the campus, and
should discuss the vital issues of
our times. We have said this,
and we believe it, but we find it a
difficult thing to do. The various
organizations on the campus ask,
and rightfully expect to be re
ported, and we doubt if we would
know with what to fill our col
umns if this were not true; but
we are aware all the same that
we are too narrow in our inter
ests.
The Bok peace plan on which
a referendum is now being taken
should be of great interest to the
students of America. Whether
we think it would or would
not be effective as an agency for
ushering in a period of interna
tional peace matters little. It is
an effort toward that.end and any
effort should receive the careful
attention of the best trained
minds of our country, and we be
lieve that many of the best train
ed minds are in the student bod
ies of our colleges and universi
ties. If they are not, then our
colleges and universities have ut
terly failed of their purpose.
International peace means more
to the present student population
of America than to any other
group of people on earth today.
We are just on the threhold of
life. W'e are the men and women
who are to go into the world to
morrow' and take upon our shoul
ders the responsibility of govern
ment in church and state. We
are to build homes and to grow a
new generation, and under what
conditions we are to toil is being
determined now. The bonds be
ing issued today our children and
our children’s children must pay.
The international hate now being
created will bear fruit in wars
that our children must fight. The
industrial difficulties being evad
ed today they must face. They
must pay or fight or face prob
lems as we as students today de
cide. We can not wait until to
morrow to mould the world. The
clay will harden ere another sun
rise.
In the referendum on the Bok
peace plan we have an opportun
ity to express our opinion, and
those who hold the power to act
will listen. They do not dare to
do otherwise. The peace plan,
workable or not, merits our atten
tion and our vote either for or
against. We can and should
speak, and we can make our voice
heard. We are young and strong,
and youth and strength can do
anything to which it sets its hand
with a steadfast purpose.
We are not attempting to say
whether the Bok plan should or
should not be adopted. It is our
purpose to point out that the stu
dents all over the world are vital
ly affected by the hope of future
peace or the lack of it. They are
affected, and they ought to be
concerned enough to vote on the
present issue. '
OUR ELDERS
DISAGREE
The statements of Dr. Charles
J. Smith, president of Roanoke
College, and Dr. Virginia Gilder-
sleve. Dean of Barnard College of
Columbia University, have inter
ested us. They voice the two pri
mary opinions of the present col
lege girl. Dr. Smith feels sure
that college girls are a bad lot of
cigarette - sucking, whiskey - guz
zling flappers, while Miss Gilder-
sleve, a woman, feels sure that,
though they may have their fol
lies, they are a fine bunch of girls,
and better than girls used to be.
Two positions of this kind tak
en b}^,people high in college work
—people who ought to know
something of college students—
are of interest. Not because it
will make any difference what
they say or think, but because it
is interesting to know what peo
ple are thinking of the younger
generation.
The youngter generation 'will
live its own life. It is living un
der different circumstances, and
the demands made upon it are and
always will be dift’erent. What
the generation now' growing old
says or thinks will matter little
to them. The time will come W'hen
the present generation of girls,
which Dr, Smith sees as flappers,
will be weeping over their delin
quent daughters. It has always
been so, and it always will be so.
Between youth and age there is
a long span of j'ears; years in
which some precious things have
passed and others been born into
life; years across the barrier of
w'hich an intimate understanding
is next to impossible.
Dr, Smith has seen the follies
of the younger generation of wo
men, and has magnified them.
Dean Gildersleve has either blind
ed herself to their follies or she
has looked deeper into their lives.
Our elders have raised again the
age-old question to which there
is no answer, and they have dis
agreed. When we have grown
older, we, too, will raise it, and
we, too, will disagree just as they
have disagreed.
Whether the present girl is a
flapper or not matters little, w'e
think. She is the girl of her time,
the girl for her time, and the next
generation will be as good or bet
ter tlTan the last. The world has
been inherited through the ages
by hands thought incapable of
holding its helm, but they have
held it well, and, somehow, we
have gone forward.
There are follies, fads, time
serving fashions, but then, there
always has been. “Today’s daugh
ter” has youth and vitality. Her
mother has grown older and a
sober dignity has come to her.
She does not understand her
daughter, and she thinks she is
hopeless. We think, perhaps, that
Dr. Smith has said too much,—
been too hard. On the other hand,
Dean Gildersleve is probably too
sanguine. At any rate their opin
ions are thought-provoking.
The mere fact that our elders
disagree is indicative that we of
the younger generation are not
exactly and altogether hopeless
cases. It may be that we will be
more worthy of the heritage
which will ultimately be ours,
when we have grown a bit older.
THE PURPOSES OF THE
STUDENT VOLUNTEER
MOVEMENT
(By Miss Victoria Adams)
The Student Volunteer Movemeut for
Foreign Missions, which liad its rise at
Mount Hermon, Massaeliusetts, in the
summer of 1886, has rounded out in
the year just closed tlie first full gen
eration in its life. This great move
ment has for its purposes four fine fun
damentals which have been held in
prominence and steadfastly adhered to
through all the years.
The first of these is to awaken and
maintain among all Christian students
of the United States and Canada in
telligent and active interest in foreign
missions. The second is to enroll a suf
ficient number of properly qualified Vol
unteers to meet the successive demands
of the various mission boards of North
America in their effort to give all liv-
iiig men the opportunity to know the
Living Christ. The third is to help
all such intending missionaries in pre
paring for their life work and to en
list their co-operation in developing
the missionary life of the colleges and
of the home churches. Tlie fourth, is
to lay an equal burden of resx^onsibility
on all students who are to remain at
home as ministers and lay workers, tliat
they may actively promote the mission
ary enterprise by their intelligent ad
vocacy, by their gifts and by their
prayers.
This movement is a recruiting agency
and summons students to a world-wide
crusade. It is not, however, an organ
ization to send missionaries nor does
it assume the functions of a mission
ary-sending agency. It is a very strong
international stu'dent movement, and it
has brought within tlie range of its
helpful influence more colleges than any
other student movement.
The great work of the Student Vol
unteer Movement has been to bring the
Volunteers to the missionary service
for the foreign field. Its great leaders,
sucli as Kobert Wilder, John R. Mott,
Kobert E. Speer, and many others, have
great infiuence on the students in this
country and in the foreign lands. In
reading its record, one will find tliat
8,140 of the students whom it has en
rolled as Volunteers hixve gone out to
the mission fields. Of this large num
ber 2,202 have .gone out since the Kan
sas City Convention six years ago.
These 8,140 Volunteers have gone to
all the corners of the world preaching
Jesus Christ.
Those who were at the Indianapolis
Convention have recognized that the
students of today have a broader edu
cation in regard to the religious prob
lems as well as the possibilities of the
non-Christian nations. They have a
broader sympathy for men of other
races, and also they feel a new sense
of responsibility for the ‘‘evangeliza
tion of the world jn this generation.”
As someone has said, ‘‘A strong na
tional leadership is a normal develop
ment of the Christian brotherhood,”
but one will find that the ideals of
Cliristianity can best be interpreted to
a people by a leader from among them
selves, so the best solution is to evan
gelize and Christianize this world.
“Go ye * * * and lo, I am with you
always. ’ ’
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“Don’t follow the crowd if
would keep ahead of the game,”
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O LOTTA JUNK °
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Elon defeated the highly praised
Greensboro Y, M. C, A. team last Sat
urday evening by an ovei’wdielming score.
Greensboro held the Mercer University
team of Georgia to a low score, so they
were confident of victory here. Tlie lino
team worl^ displayed b.v the entire
Elon team was the bright spot in the
victory. Each and every man perform
ed like a veteran. Give Coach a couple
more weeks to put on the finishing touclies
and then watch us go.
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Let's start supporting tlie team better
than we have been doing. Last Satur
day night a number of students left tlie
hill. Can .vou imagine anything more
discouraging than a student not being
present when his college team has a
game? That won't do. There may be
oxcei>tions, and 1 think some could be
excused, but there are a lot of fellows
who didn't have an excuse at all. Let’s
attend all the home games in a body, and
when there put out plenty of “pep.”
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A lot of fellows were given knives as
Christmas ]>resents. and they are good
filings to have. Now fellows, the seats
in the .\buuance r.uilding are real nice,
and about as good as money can buy.
Please don’t try carving your name, or
deface these seats in any way, shape
or form. AVe are proud of ouv scliool
and e^ery student ought to be proud of
the furniture in it. Let's keep this
equipment in first-class condition. Think
it over, and I know you will use better
j'udgment than has been used in the past.
Miss Lois Hartman should have a
personal chaperone when she goes home
for the week-end in the future. Not
that Lois breaks rules, but it seems that
she is far too young to travel alone.
Lois, when returning this past week,
boarded the train and discovered that
Reidsville was the next stop. Poor jrirl:
probably she \\as thinkinff of her “ghee.”
Something was wrong. Xext time Lois,
he sure you get on the right train.
“Kick” I’oel was heart-broken. T’lease
don't keep him in susjx'nse.
Xotice to the members of the Junior
class. There will be a meeting of your
class Thursday immediately after chapel.
Please be present. There is some im
portant business to be transacted, and
it is impossible to do so with just a
few ]>resent. Some of you haven't at
tended a class meeting this year. If yon
don’t want to be a member of the class
send in your resiji'nation. Do something.
IJemember the day, Thursday, January
17 th.
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Guilford is coming here primed for
victory. Word has reached our cars of
the great team they have. They are
expecting to defeat our team easily. May
be they will get surprised., I think they
will. Let's pack that gym full of stu
dents and yell -until we just can't yell
any more. lOncourat^e the team, and they
will fight hard for victory.
TABLE SCENE
The timid butter spread;
.The gentle gravy ran;
The celery drooped its head;
Pineapple stayed in can;.
Tlie nervous bread sprang up;
The simple water fretted;
The saucer held the cup;
The bashful cup soon sweated;
The coffee settled down;
Potatoes turned their eyes;
The sugar melted Vound;
The salt then did likewise;
The chcese was crimson red;
The.dean forgot the blessing;
The waiter fell stone dead,
’Cause May O’Naisc was dressing!
S. H. A.
SPONTANEOUS
’BUSTIONS
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The New Melody in p
Flirt with ’em,
Fondle ’em,
Fool ’em,
Forget ’em,
—Techni-eiao.
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He: “I once loved a girl and she
made a fool of me.”
She: “Wliat a lasting impression
some girls make!”—Davidsonian.
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■Wife: “Oh John, you’ve come home
drunk again. You have broken the
promise you made me.”
John: Tsh alright. ITl make
anuzzer one. ’’—Exchange.
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A New Tense
Teacher: “The sentence, ‘My father
had money,’ is in the past tense. Now
Mary, what tense would you be speak
ing in if you said, ‘My father has
money?’ ’ ’
Little Mary: “Oh, that would be
pretense. ’ ’—-Exchange.
CANTATA IS FEATURE OF
CHURCH SERVICE SUNDAY
(Continued from
One)
City Detective: “Constable, have
you seen any mysterious characters in
this neighborhood recently?”
Constable: “Waal, lemme think fer
a minnit. Lessee, they were a feller
over ter the hall laast ye’r what pulled
a cupla white pigeons outa my whis
kers, if that’d help yer any.”—Ex.
other sentiment we have. The speaker
would make scripture reading important
not so much for the information that is
derived but for the element of worsbip
it■ contains. In discussing offerings it
was assorted that the Hebrews were ac
customed to offer sacrifices in order to
avert some dreaded evil. But the highest
and noblest offering that Christians can
make today is the offering of oneself
and substance for the advancement of
C'hi-ist’s Kinsdom of love and jrood-will.
In conclusion it was stated that wor
ship was entirely natural to the Christ
ian and that it came as a result of our
rf'cosnition of (Jod's loving kindness to
us.
After this brief but impressive mess
age the choir and orchestra rendered a
very beautiful cantafa. Adoration, by
Xevin. Cnder the direction of Prof.
CJreenwood this was one of the best
musical treats lhat has been heard here
for some time. The selection gave op
portunity for much solo work and Mr.
Williams. Miss Fisher, >Iiss MofBtt, and
Mr. Crymes delighted their hearers with
their parts. Also a violin obligato added
much to the beauty of the cantata. TLe
coll(*ge chapel was filled almost to
cai)acity and this special program was
very successful in every way. It is
rumored that the cantata is to be given
at Burlington in the near future.
THE GREATER SERVICE
When Tennyson wrote “Crossing the
Bar” he did more for civilization than
if he had built a thousand of the most
splendid ocean liners that ever ploughed
the sea. When I'homas Stevenson built
the lighthouses which send their radiants
over the tossing waters of the EngHsb
Channel, he wroujiht, to be sure, a most
valuable service for l^ngland and the
world. But of far greater value is the
work of liis son, Bobert Louis StevensoUf
because he has taught us how to kindle
a lif?ht within, how to keep the soul
serene and steadfast in the face of pfti®
and death. When Millet seized bis
brush and painted the “Angelus” on J
bit of canvass that cost him three francs,
he did more for labor and tlie laboring
man than if lie had seized a hoe and
wrought for fifty years in the fields of
France. The paramont benefactors of
the world are not the men who add to
the quantity of our material possessions,
but those who deepen the quality o
mental and moral character. “A mans
life consisteth not in the abundance o
the thinjrs which he possesseth.
less there is something that a man holds
dearer than money, he is a poor maD'
or a bad one.’’—Rcu. George TV.
D. i)., in “Gofl's Call to America
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