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VOLUME V.
ELON COLLEGE, N. C, APRIL 30, 1924
Psykaleons Delight Large
Audience With Their First
Entertainment As Society
am I INTRUDING?
Three-Act Comedy Pleases Those
Witnessing First Play Given
By New Literary Society.
male characters star
Chorus of Seventeen Voices Render
Selections Between Acts—Entire
Program a Great Success.
Tlie first niuinal entertainment of the
I'sykaleon liiterary Society presented in.
the anditoi-iuin of tlie lOion graded school
/in Saturday eveiiinjr, was a great suc
cess. The play i)j-esentod was a mystery
comedy. ‘’Am I IntrudingV” by Frederick
G. Johnson, It was a genuine comedy,
keeping the audienc*^ in oonlinual laughter
from the time it began ‘unlil the final
curtain.
The welcome address was given by
.Miss Lucy Austin. Miss Austin, in ad
dition to cxtf'uding a cordial welcome to
iill wlio W(>re pr(‘s«‘nt, and thankfng thoso
^vho had htdped with the entertainment
in any way. told brielly of the beginning
of the soci(?ty, and the story of its or-
gani'zation a year a^fo.
Tlie otluM- nnmbM-s on the program
were a chorus, ‘■Morning Song,” between
the first ajid .second acts and an unusually
attractive Japanese chorus taken from
tlir* oi>eri‘tt4i. “Yanki San.’’ borwet'n acts
two and three.
The play was a thoroughly modern
comedy, the sc‘ne of which wa.s, laid In
the ^'aro home on Long-Island. Through
out the thri'e acts tho rapid action
brought about one situation after another
in which were mingled thrills and laughs,
and the laughs were s))ontaneous. Kvery
part in the play was splendidly inter
preted. and every cliaracter playcnl her
]>ait admirably.
I’lie action of the play hinged on the
efforts of lilair Hoover, an adventurer, to
buy from Horace Vare. a wealthy busi
ness man, his stocks in tlie Bluebird
Motor Corpfiration. Mrs. Hastings, the
liffusekeo})er. ha1 learned of an invention
destined to make a foi-tune for all of
liie stockholders, and she informed Hoover
of her discovery.
^’are was in neod of nioney to meet
some notes which wei'e almost due, and
lloovei bought up the i-otes di order to
force him to sell the stocks. Vare was
about to sell when he was interrupted by
Ernest Itathbiirn, Jiew secretary of
'are's ni('ce. .Tane. who was a noA'elist.
When Vare returiunl he had decided to
keep th(> stocks.
In the meantime, (xerald Mays, the
eccentric son of f are's old comrade, had
!ip])eared. .T*rry was a rustic tornado, j
Dressed in an out-of-fashion suit with
ft red bandana handkerchief adorning one
pocket, and carrying an old-fashioned
valise. Jerry, awkward and uncouth, ap-
jieared >ery much out of place in the
Vare residence. His ai>i)earance caused
great fleal of amusement to ^ are’s two
lavighters. Violet and Marjorie, and
Violet’s fi-iend, Dora. These young wo
men and their gentlemen friends, to
gether with Mona, the pert French maid,
tormented the liashful country boy: that
% all except Marjorie, whom he liked
fi'om the first.
. Several entangled love affairs also lent
interest to the situations. Dora was in
'ove with Dickie. Vi was in love with
i'eter, and finally Margie fell in love
^■ith Jei-ry. P.oth Dora and I'eter were
made jealous by the flirtations of Dickie
Juid Vi; therefore, they decided to flirt
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DR. W. A. HARPER ATTENDS
AN IMPORTANT MEETING
GLOwme TRieyiE paid
A 6HEAT eENEFAGTOR
Bf PRES, W, A.
Dr. \\'. A. Harper returned last
I'’rida\- night from Terre Haute.
Indiana, where he had been attending
a meeting of the general Board of
the (.'hristian Church, wJiich was in
session there one day and night.
'I'here were several important
matters given attention by the Board,
among them being the condition of
the Union Christian College of
Merom. Indiana. This w’as given
much attention and ]»lans were made
wliieli will in all probability mature
In June whereby the future of the
histitution will be practically as-
snred.
Since Antioch College has passed
from the ownership of the Christian
('hurch. I'nion Christian Coliege is
now the oldest college owned by ou]*
church.
PSyKALEONS PRESENT
GOOD PR^AM HOAY
Essayists’ Contest to Be Held Next
Monday Night—Public is Invited
to Be Present.
Tells Something of Life of Great
Man Who Has Done So Much
for Elon in Present Crisis.
MADE SECOND DONATION
'i'he reguliu’ weekly meeting of the
PsA'kaleon Literary »Socicty was held
Monday evening. This was the first pro
gram gi\-en for two weeks on account of
the holiday on Faster Monday. The
])rograni ri'ndered was varied and Interest
ing. The i)rogram was as follows:
Some Interesting Tracts About Michael
Angelo and Letmardo de Vince—Frankye
:\[arsliall.
"N'ocal Solo: "laillaby”—lUith A’’on
Cannon.
Syno])sis of 'I'wo of (,)T»rien’s Short
Stories—Helen Bailey.
O'Brien as a Short StOry Writer—
Opal Howell.
1‘iano Solo: “Cliacome’’—Mary Stout.
M>- Opinion as to America's Attitude
Towards the Starving German C’hildren—
Esther Tarkington.
Original Short Story: “Did It PayV”
—Oi-a l>ell Pace.
Those receiving special mention were:
’Misses ■\'ickers, Von Cannon, and Pace,
'I'he regular program will not be
rendered next Monday evening on ac
count of the Psykaleon Fssayist ('ontest.
which is to be held at that time. Tlie
contest will be held in the Society Hall
at S :00 o'clock. The society takes this
mc-ans of extending an invitation to all
who are interested to be present.
O. C. JOHNSON’S MOTHER
DIES ON SUNDAY NIGHT
O. C. Jfihnson, a member of the Senior
class here, received word Sunday night
about o'clock that his mother was
dead at her home near Durham.
Mrs. Johnson was in apparently good
health for at about 8:30 p. id. she had
written a letter to her son here. She
died about 0:30 p. m. Heart failure is
supposed to be the cause of her death.
The funeral services were held at the
home Monday- afternoon.
Mr. Graydon Foushee. a member of
the Sophomore class here, was called
home Tuesday night because of the sud
den illness of his father.
As a woman’s waist increases,
faith in man decreases.
her
(By Dli. \V. A. HARPER)
Some men are born rich, some achieve
riches, and others have riches thrust up
on them. To this parody of an ancient
saying should be added the fourth class
of those who solicit for funds with fear
and trembling. The first an4 second
classes a])ply not to the writer’s experi
ence. in class foiTr be is somewhat of a
veteran. He has had one notable experi
ence in class three.
If was in ]\Iarch of lOlf) wluui the Flon
Staiulardization Fund was being raised
that a letter came frnn Southern Pines.
X. C., containing a check for $1,0(H) and
asking that it be counted as coming from
a Xorthern friend. I had not met the
generous donor. I was sure here was a
real man. The gift was acknowledged
with grateful ai)j)reciation and the friend
ad\'ised tliat the campaign w’as on a five-
year basis. Immediately lie subscribed
more. ^Money had not before been
so thrust upon me. 'Phe exi^erience was
exhilarating. It put new life and
onthnsia.sm in our campaign and we soon
wt'ut dashing high o\'er the top.
immediately, invited our hrother
to visit lOlon, but he could not con-
\eu!(‘utly do so. In 1022. three years
Jat'-r.. on learning that he was again at
Southern IMnes, we ])resented our plea
for a vi'^it and our good friend came.
The late Dr. Frank S. (’’hild was a visitor
at our hoiiH' at the same time. Dr. Child
preached a great sei’mon and made public
reference to our modest friend who was
in the audienc-e, saying that each man
should serve God with the talent he bad.
He was glad, he said, to have a man
present \\)io had the talent to make money
and who honored God with it.
As we ^vaIlced home for our noon meal,
my good friend confided in me that he
had always thought of his gifts in the
way Dr. Child had pictured them, but
he liad no idea his friends knew- of his
thonght. He said he enjoyed helping
good causes and tliat he wanted to help
Elon more. So he thrust .$5,000 more
on me. 'Phat afternoon we rode over to
the Christian Orphanage and he thrust
a .S1.00O check on T’ncle Charley. Later
that fall during the session of the Ameri
can (’hristian Convention he thrust
-SIO.OOO on President Caris of Defiance
('olli';;e. He has thrust other sums of
mone.\- on other enterprises and institu
tions. always fjuietly and without the
blowing of truni])ets.
Mr. ^y. F. Corwith, for that is the
name of my thrusting friend, lives for
the good he can do and it is a benediction
to be in his presence. In ]\Iarch 1023
while he was sick in bed, he decided to
add Jp2r).oO) more to the ten thousand al
ready gi\en Elon and to found a pro
fessorship in the Department of Christian
Education in memory of his wife, Mrs.
Annie ^■ail Corwith, a noble Christian
woman of beautiful character traits in
home, in community, and in church.
Following a recent visit to Elon. of which
he is now a trustee, he added .$2'>.000
additional toward the rel)uilding program,
making his total gifts to date -$00,000.
I have been cautioned to say nothing
about these matters, hut have considered
it only right that the college should know
its benefactor. His splendid example too
should encourage others to be liberal in
their support of the enterprises of the
Kingdom.
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MR. W. F. CORWITH
i4i
Elon benefactor who has just
made an addition to his former
handsome donation to aid Elon
in her rebuilding program.
NUMBER 39
iNSIALLATION PROGRAM '
SUNDAy NIGRT IS WHi
IMPRESSIlfE lETIG
Each Member of Retiring Y. W.
Cabinet Introduces Her
Successor.
ELON TEilS TEAM TO
ENTER IN TOORNAINT
Hainer, Johnson, Rogers and Atkinson
Are to Represent Elon in State
Tennis Meet.
The I'lon tennis team, composed of
Hainer. .Johnson, Rogers and Atkinsoji,
will commence the tennis season by
entering the State Intercollegiate Tennis
Tournament, which comes off May 30th.
Allhougli the teams entering heretofore
for Elon liave not won out, they have
made a good record and this time the
Maroon and Gold players hope to better
pri'vioxts records.
'I'he team has been handi-apped by
lack of courts, but ha;: been willing to
pi'actice in the “wee hours'.' of the morn
ing and journeying to Burlington in the
afternoon for i)ractice on the high school
courts.
'I'he following wt-ek. May lOih, Trinity
will be played at Trinity, and other
ga.me.s will be scheduled and announced
later.
Miss Della "Wakefield, of Guilford Col
lege. was the week-end guest of Miss
Arline Lindsav,
NEW CABINET IS CAPABLE
Tlie Y, W. C. A. service on Sunday
evening, which was the installation of
the new Y. W. C. A. cabinet members,
Avas a beautiful and im]>ressive one. The
new and old cabinet members marched
in, the old members carrying candles.
'^I'ho first nnmbei' on the program was
the song, ‘‘Follow the Gleam.” This was
followed by a i>rayer by Miss Bessie
Martin, and a scripture reading, by Miss
Lucy Austin.
Miss Victoria Adams, the retiring presi
dent. theii introduc'd the new' cabinet
members. Eacli old member presented
her successor \\ith a candle, saying as
she did so, “The light of God is falling
upon the common way.”
4'here \\’ere also resi)onsive readings
during the service, the president leading
and the responses being made by the new’-
(•abinet. and by the advisory board.
The members of the new cabinet are:
President, Ruby Rowland; vice president,
Fi'anlcye Marshall : secretary. I>essie
Martin; treasurer. Kate Strader; finance
chairman. Rose Howell: undergraduate
representative. Mamie ??ockwell : world
fellowship chairman. Alma Smith: social
chairman. !Mai-y Lee 'Williams: .soci.-il
ser\ice chairman. Nettie Harris; publicity
chairmen. Editii Judith Black and Sallic
Mae Oliver; membership chairmen, Gra
ham Rowland and Thelma Taylor: re
creation chairman. Helen Battley; pian
ist. I\Iargaret I>ob Coiijitt; choir leader,
^lary Lee Foster: I'eligious meeting chai' •
man. Rose Fulgbum; reporter, Mary Ad-
die White.
BARKER ’S MIGHTY HURLING AND
KIRKLAND S HIT HUMBLE LENOIR
ADDITIONAL GIFTS ARE
RECEIVED BY COLLEGE
I'jlou has recei\ed three additional
gifts recently which add greatly to
the rebuilding program. Mr. W. F.
Cor\\ith. of Hempstead. N. Y., has
added an additional $25,000 to his
former gift.
Mr. M. Orban, Jr., of California
has come forward with $20,000 more
to help witli the v^-ork of building up
Elon,
Mr. P. J. Carlton, of itichniond,
\'a.. increases his donation by the
handsome sum of $35,000 to hasten
the program along.
E, H. GILLIAM HAS NOSE
BROKEN BY BASEBALL
Monday afternoon while engaged in a
practice game of baseball E. II. Gilliam,
a member of the Elon team, was very
painfully hurt. ilr. Gilliam was at bat
and .Tack Underwood, who was pitching,
threw a fast ball which the strong w-ind
caught, and in attempting 'to dodge it
Mr. Gilliam was struck in the face by
the ball.
He was nushed to the Rainey Hospital
at Burlington and it is reported that his
nose is badly broken. He is resting very
well at this time but he will probably be
there for several days.
Thursday afternoon. May 1, Miss
Bei-kley‘s piano students will give a- ])ub-
lic recital in the society hall. The stu
dents atid public are invited to be present.
Strong Lenoir Team Bites the
Dust Before Rejuvenated Fight-
- ing Christians Here Friday.
ALLSTON HITS A HOMER
Elon Raps Three Lenoir Huxlers Hard
in Last Two Innings—Whole Team
Plays Better Baseball.
(’hubby Kirkland is the hero *of tho
l'lon baseball season for it was his timely
triple in the ninth that played havoc
\vith the hopes of the Ijenoir team here
Friday, enabling the Christians to win
their first game of the season, the final
score being 7 to 0.
In the last half of the ninth the score
stood G to 3 in favor of the visitors.
Ijonoir used three pitchers in the last two
innings to call otf the threatening rally,
but without avail, and \vith the bases
full in the final round Kirkland’s swat
brought in the needed runs to best tlic
visitors.
Barker, foi^ the Christians, pitched his
best game of the season. Brown, for
the visitors hurled a creditable game un
til the eighth when he got into a tight
])lace and was relie\’ed by Moose. By
a double play the threatened Christian
rall.v in the eighth was cut short. But
in the ninth, with the bases full Phillip
relieved Moose and after fanning one
man, Kirkland pushed one into the right
garden that broke up the game.
Box score and summary :
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