jjABOON and gold
CAKKIES the best
advertising
VOLUME V.
jVorth Carolina
Press Associs
Held at Ek
fillans speaker
Greensboro Man Talks to Con
vention—Miss Savage, Lynam
and Babcock Also Speak.
OR. HARPER ON PROGRAM
Outing and Banquet Break Monotony
of Business Sessions—Officers Are
Elected for Coming Year.
The North Carolina Collegiate Press
Arisociation he!l its eighth semi-annual
mepting at Eloii from May 1 to 3.
Thirteen colleges sent delegates to
i-eprespiit ahout thirty or more publica-
lioiis. Some of the colleges of the Asso
ciation were not represented.
The meeting was one of the best held
hy the Association. It was full of in-
j;])iriition and many plans were discussed
iinil some adopted that will mean much
to the college publications of this State.
Thi' Association voted to adopt a standard
column for all the newspapers that are
represi'nted in the Association. The mat
ter of college credits being given for work
done on i>ublications was also given fur
ther attention and will be j)ushed by the
Association.
The question of advertising came in for
quite a bit of discussion. I'lans will
probably ix' msule whereby tlie different
p«bnMtions will i)e enab)(‘d to swure
more ad\ertising, especially foreign ads.
Other problems were discussed during the
meeting.
'J’he convention opened Thursday night
with a welcomc address by Pean Louise
j^iivage, Dean of Women at Elon. This
was followed by a talk on advertising
by Mr. Walt Fillans. of Greensboro.
Mr. Fillans made an interesting talk and
offered man^' helpful suggestions to. the
convention on securing advertising. It
was the most helpful talk on the methods
of advertising ever made before the con
vention. In fact, some of the i)hins
ivhich Mr- Fillans suggested will no doubt
be worked out by the Association and
;i(lo])ted. Mr. Fillans represents a large
ndvcrtising agency in Greensbbrp and is
an authority on the matter of advertis
ing.
'Phe program was followed by an in
formal ri'ception in the West I)ormitor>'
reception hall.
Friday morning's session was opened
by the president's address. E. D. Elkins,
of Tjavidson (,’olleg‘. 'ITiis was followed
by a talk on “Editorial ’Writing,” hy S.
M. I/Viuim. formei' t^ditor of the Maroon
and (iokl. Mr. Eynam made a helpful
talk and exjilained the im])ortance of dif
ferent kinds of editorials in news])apers.
Prof. 11. P.abcock of the I'^nglish IK-
partnient of Elon spoke on "'JTie Mag-
aziiK'S of Today." l*rof. liabcock pointi'd
out the differcMit kinds of magazines in
this country today and mentioned the
ola.ss of i)eoi>le who read each ty|)e. He
explgined the characteristics of good
utories, and the different kinds of stories.
After this talk re])orts were made from
the various publications represented.
'J'h^se repoi'ts brought out that the college
publications in Noi’th Carolina are mak
ing progress iu most everj’ way.
I'riday afternoon an outing was held
J't iloonelon I’ark. Swimming, boating
Hnd picnicing were the features of the
oatiug.
. Friday night the delegates were the
fe'Uests of the Maroon and Gold at a ban-
quet given in the college dining hall.
B. Terrell, editor of the ilaroon and
tJold, was toMst-master for the occasion.
(Continued ou Page Two)
tion Meeting
n During Week
s. H. ABELL IS ELECTED
HEAD SUNDAY SCHOOL
On last Sunday morning the Col
lege Sunday School elected officers
for the coming year.
S. II. Abell was chosen as super
intendent. W. S. Weathers assistant
superintendent, and >fiss Pessie Mar
tin as secretary.
(i. ('. Mann has been supt'rintendent
diu-ing the past year and the college
Sunday school has been very successful
under student otiicers. This is the
first year the Sunday scliool has had
student officers in a hmg time.
SEIHOR ORATIONS CLOSE
AND SPWRS CHOSEH
Six Speakers Axe Chosen to Speak at
Commencement—Thirty-five Sen-
iors Compete in Preliminaries.
Announcement of the Senior clas.^
reiu-esentatives to speak at commence
ment was made Thursday morning follow
ing the close of the preliminary con
tests Wednesday night. Thirty-five Seni
ors entered the competative contests to
win places on the commencement pro-
g]-am with orations and essays, three men
and three women 'being chosen. Misses
Mary Graham Lawrence, Mrs. C. M.
Cannon. ^Messrs. W. T. Scott. S. M.
Lynnni, and J. D. P»arber.
The young women will speak at the
graduation ext'rcises on Tuesday, May
27th. in competitions for the ^rotfitt
essayists medal, given by Dr. E. L. !Mof-
fitt of Asheboro, and the young men will
deliver orations in competition for the
Standford orator's medal, given by Col.
S. L. Adams of South Boston. Va.
W. T. Scott. Greensboro, will use as
his subject for this occasion. “The Pre
eminence of the MasterS. ^f. Lynam,
Apex. “Changing the I’ells.7. D.
P>arl)er. Elon College. “Brother of the
l‘ale Face;” .lennie Ganter. Sanford.
“Xortb ('arolina Indians:” >fary Gra
ham Jjawrence, h^lon College. “Music a
Social Asset and Jtrs. C. M. ('annou.
ElonCollege. New Star in the East.”
Besides the essayist’s and orator’s
medal there are two other medals that
go to the members of the Senior class
at commencement, the Morrow thesis
medal given by Dr. It. M- :\rorrow. Bur
lington. for the best theses presented by
a member of the graduating class, and
the U’ellons Scholarship medal.' given by
the lat(‘ Julian S. ('arr of J^urham, to
the member of the gradual ing class having
altained the highest average of scholar-
.ship during his four years in college.
ELON PROFESSORS BUSY
HIGH SCHOOL CLOSINGS
'J'he I'llon iirofessors have a number of
nppoiiUineiits at high school commence
ments this week and next:
On May Stli, Dr. Lawrence goes to
Seagrove. and Professor Kennett to Can
dor. Professor Babcock s|>eaks at Towns
ville on the l.-lth and at l.ittjeton on the
1,8th.
Itr. X. G. Xewman fills three apj)oint-
ments: Koxboro on the 11th, Jonesboro
01, the IStli. aud the Mineral Springs
High School near AVinston-Salein, on the
22nd.
Dr. Lawrence will also go to Keuly
on the ->.",rd. President Harper will
s|)enk at lit. I>lcasant Schojl out from
linrlingtoii on the ITtb.
ON COLLEGE, N. C, MAY 7, i
FAREWELL SEIIIIIGE IS
HELD OyjENIOR GIRLS
Miss Della Cotten Leads Y. W. Meet
ing in Which Senior Girls Say
Good-by—Inspiring Service.
An insinring service was held Sunday
(M(‘ning by the V. W. (\ A. when Miss
Della Cotten and the Senior girls said
farewell, 'riiey left encouraging w'ords.
>fiss (’otten. in opening the jneeting,
said that slie had no farewell speech to
make and that she felt like Tennyson
when he Avrote ; “And may there be no
moaning of the bar, when I i>ut out .to
sea.” She then called upon Miss Lucy
Austin to tell “How Y. AV. Has Influenc
ed Me.^'
-\mong the points ihat Miss Austin
gave were, that Y. W. had helped her
to come in closer contact with the girls;
that so)ue things iiad been said iu the
meetings that had helped her very much.
Another thing. Y. W. helped her to think
on her feet before audiences large or
small.
Mrs. N. G. Xewman, in a few w’ords.
gave the new cabinet and oflicers a glad
jiud hearty welcome. She expressed her
willingness to aid the new Board in any
way possible, and asked them not to
hesitate to call on her if she could help
them ‘soh e problems.
>riss Mary Hall Stryker sang “Sw’eeter
as the Y'ears Go By.”
Miss Essie Cotten gave- a concise
history of the Y. W. C. A. during her
four years here. Miss (’otten said the
very first thing she remembered about
Y. W. was the hearty welcome that was
given to the new girls. 'I’hi^' were given
a social in the Gymnasium and Blue
Kidge meetings were held. ITie president,
Miss JIary Elder, died during the spring,
and the vice president. Miss Bertha
Paschal, resumed her official duties.
During Miss Cotten's Sophomore year.
Miss Kate Wlieeler as ])resideut. with her
cabinet and helt)ers, brought Y. AV. for
ward. Blue Bidge meetings were again
held, there were Hiking Chd)s, atul the
Finance Committee ga\e a “County
Fair” in the Boys' Gymnasium. They
now hold their meetings on Sunday
evenings. It was during this year that
the Beligious Activities Organization was
organized; also the Budget System was
installed.
For the Junior year, Miss Pattie Cog-
hill was president. Delegates w^ere sent
to Trinity.
'I'his Senior year delegat‘s were sent to
Indianapolis. More officers were includ
ed. The constitution was changed so
that the Y. M’. C. A. and the Student
('ouncil could meet together, iliss Got
ten thinks that this union will effect a
better spirit toward the ('ouncil.
Miss A'ictoria Adams as the next .speak
er said that every true Y. W. girl should
have self-denial, should be honest, kind,
and a sympathetic. (Miristian girl. These
things make a beautiful character; a
victorious girl. “Otir . has meant
more to me than any other organization
on the campus : Elon is my second home.
Our thoughts and prayers are with you,”
^iiss Adams concluded.
:\liss Mary Graham LaAvrence played a
inano solo, “P*y Smouldering Embers,”
by MacDowell.
■‘The Last Will and Testament,’* was
given by ^Irs. ('annon. P irst. a gieatei
striving toward physical beauty.
Second, a striving toward intellectual
superiority.'
Third, the best social development.
Fourth, a greater love and revei-ence
for God’s beautiful and holy world.
Fifth, a fuller development of the
virtues of charity, fidelity, constancy,
purily. faith, and truth in our daily
lives.
Sixth, great love and devotion to our
parents.
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CONVENTION VOTES AN
ENDOWMENT FOR ELON
Sunday morning at cha]»el service
Dr. Harper referred to the work
done by the recent Southern Christ
ian Convention held in Norfolk. At
the Sunday morning service Dr. Xew*
man also mentioned some of the
things done.
Among the important business
transacted was the voting of $400,000
(‘udowment for Elon I’ollege. A
committee was a]>pointed to w'ork
out the details of this. Dr. AV. A.
Harper is chairman of the commit
tee with Judge J. F. West an^ Col.
E. I’]. Holland as the other mem
bers.
DR. J. P. BARRETT DIES
IH WmSTON HOSPITAL
111 for Two Montlis—Was Editor Chris
tian Sun at Time of Death—Was
in His Seventy-second Year.
Dr. J. Pressley Barrett, editor and
minister of the Christian church, died
Thursday, aftei'uoon at 2:00 o’clock in
the Law’rence hospital at Winston-Salem,
following an opc*ration 'J?uesday. Dr.
liarrett had been ill for about two
months, and had been in the hospital
for about one month before his death.
Dr. Barrett was 72 years old, born in
Tsle of Wight county, Virginia, educated
at llichmond College, and has enjoyed
a long and active life in the ministry,
filling pastorates in Georgia, North Car
olina, Virginia, and Ohio. At the time
of his death he was editor of The Christ
ian Sun, the official organ of the South
ern Christian convention. He was also
for 10 years editor of the Herald of
»osi)el Tviberty. published at Dayton,
Ohio.
After the operation Tuesday, Dr.
Barrett got along well and was expected
to recover until two o’clock Wednesday
night when he suddenly took a change for
the worse and .died at two o’clock Thurs
day.
'I'lie remains were taken to Suffolk,
Yi\.. and interi-ed there.
FATHER OF C. G. FOUSHEE
DIES AT HOME THURSDAY
Mr. L. M. Foushee. of Jonesboi-o, N.
C.. father of Graydon Foushee, who is
a student here at Elon. died at his home
last Thursday. He was 02 years old
and had been sick for several months.
Apparently he was better for he was
sitting and talking to his wife and a
friend, and was smoking a pipe. Sud
denly he became unconscious and was
placed on his bed where he died in a
few hours.
The funeral services were conducted
from Shallow’ WeW church Friday morn
ing at 10 o'clock.
I\l\’erything is moving rapidly to get
things in shape for conunencement here.
Work is being rushed on the buildings.
Seventh, a more faithful attempt to
unite the campus into a finer and better
whole, with the development of a finer
social fellowship, a truer conception of
hongr. and a greater resix'Ct for the per
sonal j'ights of individuality.
Eighth, and last, a greater reverence
and a just fear of Tod. a lover for
('hrist. and more earnest attention to the
spiritual side of our lives.
The Senior girls do hereby commend
this Will and Testament to the Y. W.
(’. hoi)ing that it will result in a
more beautiful development of well-
rounded womanhood on the campus of
Elon.”
Miss Sa\'age disniissed the meeting
with a prayer.
SEE OTIR ADVERTISEES
FOR SERVICE
AND SATISFACTION
NUMBER 40
IRINITy BLUE OEVILS
GO ON MMPAGE HERE
Beat Home Team by Score of 24 to 1;
Game Resembles Track Meet in
Every Respect.
The Elon-'Frinity game here Monday
turned out to be a slug-feast for the
visitors, the Blue Devils winning 24 to 1.
Trinity led off in the first inning with
four runs and by the sixth had poimded
Barker for 10 hits. Underwood took the
mound in this frame for the Christians
but fared little l)etter. Twenty-one hits
was the visitors’ total.
lOlon’s lone tally came as the result of
Lindley’s three-bagger. Dempster held
the home team at his mercy throughouf
the game, allowing only five scattered
hits. The feature of the game was the
heavy hitting of the entire Trinity team,
seven hits going
for three bases,
or
more.
Elon
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4
0
2
1
0
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4
1
2
3
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4
0
0
0
0
0
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, . . 3
0
0
2
2
1
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4
0
0
1
0
0
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2
0
0
8
2
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0
0
2
4
0
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1
0
0
0
3
0
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3
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0
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2
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Crumpton. 3b
3
0
1
1
1
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0
0
0
0
0
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Totals
...30
1
5
27
39
7
Trinity
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5
5
3
5
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'I’urner, ss
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5
4
2
5
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2
3
2
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5
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24
22
27
13
1
Score by innings;
^j’rinity 420 528 210—24
Klon , 000 001 000— 1
Sunnnary:
Home runs: Smith, Turner, Johnson.
Three-base hits; Turner, Spikes, Brown,
Medearis, Lindley. Stolen bases: Smith,
Towe. Turner. Johnson, Chappel. Sacri
fice hits : Brown. Struck out by Barker
4, by T’nderwood 2. by Dempster 4.
Bases on balls, off Barker 5, off Under
wood 2, off Dempster Hit by pitched
ball. Barker (1), Dempster (1). Umpire,
Henderson.
ELON SETS VICTORY IN
DEBATESJELO TOESDAy
Wins From Presbyterian and Erskine
Colleges—Erskine Defeats Presby
terian College at Elon.
Elon won bofh debates in the trismgnlar
(leb:iti> held Tuesday night. Elon's a£-
^il■nlati^■o team, F. I>. Gibbs and .T. N.
Denton, won over I'resbyterian Colleges
nes'ative team at Erskine College, while
n. ('. Ilainer and .T. T. Banks won over
Erkine's aliirinative team at Presbyterian
(\)llege.
Here at Elon Erskine College Avon
over I'resbyterian College's affirmative
team by a 3 to 0 vote. W. M. Brown,
.7. .M. Fix, and W. E. Sharpe, of Bur
lington. were judges.
AV. J. JteCarley and .J. II. Buzhardt
represented the winning team from
Erskine iu the debate here, and 11. J.
JtcLanriu aud Iv T. WiLsou were the
losers. The question which was debated
w-as: “Resolved, That the United States
should grant a bonus to the soldiers of
the AVorld War,”