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jSJ^OON AND GOLD CABBIES THE BEST ADVEETISING jlaroonanli #olb SEE OUB ADVEBTISEBS FOB SEBVICE AND SATISFACTION VOLUME V. ELON COLLEGE, N. C., FEBRUARY 27, 1924 NUMBER 30 Clio Annual Entertainment Is Presentation of Three Act Drama With Other Features gives "THE HUT” A Capacity Audience Applauds Excellent Work—All-Male Cast Makes Play Very Unique. SKETCHES BETWEEN ACTS Iilusic Furnished by Orcliestra—G-. A. Pearce Benders Negro Spiri tuals Pleasingly. The annual entertainment of the Clio Literary Society was given last Friday evening, February 22, in the now soci ety hall- The main feature of the pro gram was tho play> “The Hut," a comedy in three acts by Fannie Bar nett Linsky. Two sketches,—the first n blackface, ‘^What Street?’^ by Clyde Bainey as George and J. H. Jones as J^icodemus, and the second, * ‘ Krazy Kat ” by Darden Jones as Jack and H. ■Richardson as a messenger boy—added Touch to the enjoyment of the program. Another very entertaining number was the vocal solos in negro dialect by G. A. Pearce. In the address of wclcome J. T. Banks spoke of tlie nature of the work which tho Clio society is doing, the ■place which the Clio motto, ‘‘Nitimur in Advcrsum,” holds in the life of «aeh Clio, and of the great life which flvmbolizes, as it were, the work of the Clio society and which is commemorat ed by the society in its annual enter tainment each 22nd of February. After the welcome address, before the curtain rose for the first act of the play, a beautiful piano duet, “The Ap proach of Spring,” was given by F. Prescott and M. Sexton. The scene of the play was laid in The Hut, a retreat for men, far in the mountains, ten miles from any town or village, and several miles from a Tiighway, or a dwelling house. It was a place where men could live close to ■Xaturo and lead a simple, free life, away from the noise and the rush of the city with its worries and cares of business life, away from womankind with all her talk of styles, of theater- parties and of social life in general. When the curtain rises for the. first act, Ornie and Carleton, two guests at The Hut, are alone in the living-room, Ormc asleep in an armchair and Carle ton -whistling and whittling. Immedi ately Lodge entei’s. James Lodge, oth erwise known as Jimmy, is a young man wlio has come to The Hut “to try to mend a broken heart,” as he him self expressed it. His is not a case of disappointment in love; but on ac count of his failure to secure a promo tion in his work, and consequently, an increase in salary, he feels that he can not afford to ask* the girl whom he loves and who is a member of a very wealthy family, to marry him. While Carleton and Lodge arc dis cussing their sleeping companion, and wonde,ring what sccret trouble is wor rying him, Mr. Orme awakes. Then the three of them discuss the new comer at The Hut, Mr. John Rand, ■’5'ho has arrived only that morning. An auto horn sounds on the outside. As Lodge opens the door ho collides forci bly with a man who is just entering. The stranger introduces himself as Si mon Semple. Mr. Semple is very much disgusted when he learns that he will oot be allowed to drink anything stronger than tea at The Hut, and that he will not bo allowed to keep his auto- (Continued on Page Three) MISS MABEL HINTON IS CHOSEN TRACK SPONSOR The sponsor elections are still in vogue at Elon, The latest ad dition to the sponsor group is Miss Mabel Hinton, of Elon College, who has been elected as sponsor of the track team. Track at Elon has never been very prominent in the athletic w’orld, but with the elec tion of Miss Hinton as sponsor for the team it is expected that it will speed up a bit. Miss Hinton is a former student of Elon and holds a responsible po sition with the Elon Bank and Trust Company of this place. The team has honored itself in her elec tion. Y SPEAK AI MASS MEETING IN COLLEGE CHAPEL SGNDAY NIGHT Dr. Atkinson in the Principal Address Talks on “Finding God’s Plan for Us.” C. C. iWORTH SPEAKS TO STODEHT BODY HEOE Superintendent of Burlington Schools Speaks at Chapel Service on Subject of “Democracy.” Supt. C. C. Haworth, of the Burling ton City Schools, delivered a forceful address to the student body Thursday morning on “Democracy.” Superintendent Haworth is an inter esting speaker and the students were much impressed by his remarks. In the beginning he spoke very commeudably of the Elon students who had taught and are teaching in the Burlington scliools. Good health, personality, adap tability, love for the people and a sense of humor are some of the essen tial qualities of a good teacher. In speaking of Democracy lie said “We no longer experiment with it, but we deal with It.” Democracy is a dif ficult theme to define, but as a. defini tion he gave, “Democracy is a condr tion or spirit existing among a nation or people that makes possible the obe dience of all the people to the will of the majority, w'hich is directed through proper political channels.” It has been said by the scientists that the lower animals never think, mon rarely. As a proof of this: W« are Democrats because our parents are; we are Christians becausef our parents are, and there are many other things we d obecause our parents do it. In fact, how muc hof our own thinking do we do? What is the ideal of Democracy? It is such that all people have an oppor tunity to express and develop their in born capacities. If this be true, "what about the child living in a rural dis trict and having no advantages of school; a child born in a home where it does not have the proper nourisli- ment: the child where its parents have to work ten hoars a day and no one to care for iti Do men get equal opportunities be fore the law? No. Money and friends have a great influence before the bar of justice. The one remedy for this is a higher level of intelligence. The great need of today is men who have been thoroughly scbooled and drilled in this spirit we call Democracy. College students should fix their own capitalization, locate their capital stock, analyze their citpabihty, and leave the college with the feeling that they will be influential in bringing about the ideals of Democracy. “LIFE SERVICE” IS THEME ‘ ‘ Life Service ’ ’ was the general theme of an interesting mass meeting held in the chapel on Sunday evening. The program was varied, being com posed of musical numbers and discus sions of different phases and organiza tions of religious life. The chief number on the program was an address by Dr. J. O. Atkinson on the subject, “Finding God’s Plan for Us.” The program which preced ed the address was as follows: “Christian Endeavor”—E. H. Gunn. “The Purpose of Y. M. C. A.”—P. D. Rudd. Piano solo,: “Venetian Love Song” —]SIary Addie White. “The Work of T. W. C. A.”—Lucy Austin. Vocal sola: “Only a Little Way”- Florence Moseley. “The Student Volunteer Movement” —Victoria Adams. “Christian Education as a Life Work”—W. T. Scott. As an introduction to his address Dr, Atkinson read the 10th chapter of Mark, the story of a young man who asked God what he must do to be saved, and on hearing the answer, went away grieved. That young man had the same faults*as many people of to day. He did not seek to find God’s plan for him, but he sought divine ap proval of his own plan. Dr. Atkinson also discussed the opin ion of Harry Emerson Fosdick that there is a plan for every human life dear to the heart of God. He said that God has a blueprint of every person's life before the person is born. God created man next to the angels. He has a plan for the birds of the air, (Continued on Page Two) TRUSTEE OF COLLEGE PASSES AWAY SUNDAY Eev. W. G. Clements, a promi nent citizen of Wake county, died at his home in Morrisville Sunday at 12:15 p. m. Rev. Mr. Clements had been a member of the Board of Trustees of Elon for a number of years, and a great friend of the College. He was 83 years old, hav ing been born December 1, 1840. He fell six years ago and broke his hip, which had prevented him from walking since last September. He is survived by three sons and four daughters. He served as County Superinten dent of Schools in Wake county for 13 years, and organized the First Christian church in Raleigh, serv ing as its pastor for a number of years. He was buried Tuesday after noon at Morrisville. Many of tbe Elon faculty attended the funeral. ELON DEFEATS LENOIIi ANOeOWSTOGOUD IN EXCELLENT GAMES 00. J.O. ATKINSON GIVES TWO OF HIS LECTURES Gives First One Sunday Morning at Church Service and Second Mon day—Two Others to Follow. OB. SUMMEReELL WILL LECTORE TO 5TU0ENTS Annual Lectures to Start Here Sunday ITcniing and Continue Daily Through Wednesday. Game at Elon is Won by Score of 29-21 Over Lenoir—Guilford ' Wins by Score of 40 to 32. R. BROWN STARS IN GAMES Dr. Martyn Summerbell. lecturer on Church history and Biblical literature, ill arrive al the college Sunday moru- ig to begin his sei'ies of lectures to the student body. This series includes four lectures, beginning Sunday morning at the church hour and concluding on Wed nesday at the chapel service. Dr. Summerbell is president of the Starkey Seminary. Lakcmont, N. Y-. and dfdivers a course of lectures at the col lege here each year. Following the lec tures of Dr. J. O. Atkinson, Mission Secretary, which are this week in pro gress, Dr. Summerbell will speak Sun-' day morning on the topic, “Jesus, the World’s Savior.’’ Monday at 11:00 at the daily chapel period he will lecture on “John Knox, the Reformer.” and daily thereafter at the same hour until Wed nesday he will deliver a lecture. For Tuesday the subject is "John Bunyan. the Interpreter,” and for Wednesday. “John Wesley, the Flaming Evangelist.” The Summerbell course of lectures are always instructive and are largely at tended by the students, faculty, and citi zens of the village and friends of the college. Dr. J. O. Atkinson, Field Secretary of the Southern Christian Convention, bega nhis annual series of lectures here Sunday morning at the regular church service. Dr. Atkinson chose for his general theme “The Church and World Ser vice,” but his more specific subject was “The Church Equipped for World Scrvicc. ^ ^ Ho delivered his message in his usual compelling and fervent way and his pow-er and vision coul not but be transmitted to his hearers. In the beginning of his sermon he stressed the fact that the church is better equipped for world service than is the state which emphasizes patri otism, or the home, the function of which is the rearing of citizens. Since the war, more than ever before, the American people have been think ing in terms of the world, and have a different feeling toward the people of Africa, India, China and other foreign countries. We have come to realize that every race left in darkness is an other dark spot on the map of the world of which our nation is a part, Thinking, Dr. Atkinson continued, insuflicient, and if we arc to rnake the world safe for peace and freedom the fundamcntar power of love must mani fest itself toward our brothers of hea then races. In this the church is quali fied. because its might and majesty is love and its slogan has ever been the Christianization of the world. Dr. Atkinson closed his sermon with an appeal' that the church be given more' consideration and less criticism mid indifference. Monday morning at the iisual chapel hour Dr. Atkinson gave the second of his -lectures, his subject being “The Church Challenging to World Service.” Among the interesting thoughts em phasized was that the greatest contri butions which have been made to the world have been made by those who ha daceepted the challenge of the church. David Livingstone. William Carey, Woodrow Wilson and others were cited as great examples of this fact. The biggest thoughts which have been given the world came from those who had access to Him Who declared Him self to be the Truth. Great' universi ties and colleges all over the world such as Harvard, Yale and Oxford, were founded by men whose aims were to strengthen the church. Dr. Atkinson closed by saying that (Continued on Page Three) Lenoir College was defeated here last Wednesday night by the Elon quint 29 to 21, in a well played game which was close until the last half of the sec ond period. Taking a spurt, with R. Brown caging three field goals from the middle of the- court, the visitors were left behind. In the early stages of the game the score was close and developed into a see-saw affair, first one team and then the other having a slight margin. At six different times the score was knot ted. The first half ended 17-16 in favor of the Christians. Lenoir took the lead in the second period but was soon overcome. “Bob^' Brown was the highest individual scor er, making 13 of his team’s 29 points. Boggs and Moose were the outstanding players for the Lutherans. Line-up and summary: Lenoir (21) Elon (29) Boggs Voliva Right Forward Hawn Barker Ijeft Forward Moose A. Browne Center Sechler McAdams Right Guard Gresham R. Browne Left Guard Substitutions; Mosteller for Gresham, Atkinson for R. Browne, Braxton for Barker, Hill for Voliva. Field goals: Boggs 3, Moose 3, R. Browne 5, A. Browne 3, Barker, Hill. Foul goals: Boggs 4, Hawn 2, Moose 2, Gresham, R. Browne 3, A. Browne 3, Barker, Voliva 2. Referee: Steiner (Syracuse). Time of periods, 20 minutes. Guilford Game The Guilford College basketball team by a rally in the last seven minutes came from behind to defeat the Elon quint at Guilford Saturday night, 40-32. It was anybody’s game most of the time, with Elon leading all the way through the first half and the most of the second canto by a few points. The game was played before the larg est crowd that ever collected in the Guilford gymnasium. Elon had a large delegation of supporters^ whose yells clashed with those of the Quakers and produced a deafening roar throughout the game. Both galleries were packed and the spaces between the sidelines and walls, w'ere all jammed. J. G. Frazier, with the entire Elon guard squsdron surrounding him, led the scoring of both sides w^ith eight field goals and two foul shots. Elon’s men seemed uncauny in their ability to find the basket for long shots. Their whole score came from shots near the middle of the floor. R. Browne, of Elon, succceded in ringing up six field goals. The Christians started scoring first by a foul shot and during the first half the count was tied three different times. But Elon managed to keep the edge during this section of the scrap, ending the first part 17-16 with Corboy’s men holding the big end. Immediately upon starting the sec ond half, Guilford tied the score, only to fall back again and remain behind until the last few minutes of the fight. Rufus Smith, substituting for Thomas, Guilford guard, in the last part of the (Continued on Page Two)
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