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, Page Two MAROON AND GOLD October i, 1924 fl^aroon ani3 d^olti PubliBhed Weekly by the Students of Elon College Member of tlie Nortb Carolina Colle giate Press Association BDtered at the Post-OfRce at Elon Col lege, N. C., as seeond-class matter. Two Dollars Per College Year W. B. Terrell '.Editor M. G. Wicker Managing Editor C. W. Gordon Business Manager Dan Wicker Ass’t Bus. Manager F. L. Gibbs Advertising Manager D. L. Harrell Ass’t Adv. Manager G. C. White ......Circulation Manager T. V. Huey Ass’t Cir’tion Manager Mary Price Ass’t Cir. Manager Arline Lindsay, Ass’t Cir’tion Manager W. Li. McLeod Exchange Editor Advertising Eates Upon Reciuest JAKE BLAKE SAYS; Dat game is ours if de Sun shines, get me Pat. DOCTOR SUMMERBELL The annual series of lectures given by Dr. Martyn Summerbell was completed Tuesday morning. Dr. Summerbell has been a non-resident lecturer of the Col lege for many years and his com ing is always looked forward to with a great deal of pleasure by the students, faculty and people of the community. Dr. Summerbell is a lecturer of power and always brings a mes sage of value to his audience. This year speaking on the gen eral theme “Europe in Transi tion” he delivered three addres ses: “The Dark Age,” “The Mid dle Age and Feudalism,” and “The Rise and Influence of Chiv airy.” These messages were of a great historical value to those who tieard them and were delivered in Dr. Summerbell’s pleasing man ner. Elon is fortunate in having a man of Dr. Summerbell's stand ing on its board of lectures. We hope that Elon will be favored with many more visits by this in tellectual genius. THE MUSIC CLUB. The Music Lovers’ Club of Elon College is an organization which is a great asset to the Col lege and the community. This club has always worked for the best interest of the College and all concerned and has succeeded in keeping the musieal life of the community on a high plane. In securing concert courses we congratulate the club on having Jbrought to Elon only the very best along these lines. In looking over the numbers to be given here this year under the auspices of the club we believe that they have if anything raised the standard and have secured artists of a higher standing than has ever been to Elon for such a course. The club and the College are doing a fine thing in bringing to this community such a course as this promises to be. It will mean much to the stu dents' intellectual and cultural life. If possible every student should take advantage of this opportun ity to hear these great artists at a very small cost compared with what they would have to pay to hear them elsewhere. Let us show our appreciation of the work the club is doing by buying a season ticket, or seeing as many single entertainments as possible. JOHN CHAELES McNEILL Carolina Son By Chaxlotte van Noppen Jolin Cliailes McNcill, one of North Cnroliiia’s most gifted sons, was born on July 26, 1887, at Spring Hill. There the land lies low and the fields pre sent vistas of corn and cotton and grass with woods of cypress and pine and gum in the background. The houses are the headquarters of well kept farms and the vine and fig tree flourish near by. Throughout the settlement winds the Lumber river, always wine-colored because of the cypress roots, steady and deep aixl swift or slow, according to the season; a darksome stream where the red throat, the pickeral, and the large mouth bass find homes all to their liking save for the fisher boy who over takes them with bob or bait. To spend a sunset hour beneath the cypress gloom hard by; to catch the note of far-cir cling fields in the stilly hour: to re spond to ttie color of land and heaven and horizon and somber quiet all a'round—is to ■ realize that this is tlie poet’s clime—ami tlie poet in a poet’s clime was born.’’ John Charles spent his youth on the farm. His chief task was tending the cows but he knew the plow and the hoe, tl.-ongh he lost man}’- a furrow^ trying to read and plow at the same time. He entered the Spring Hill School and from tliere went to the Whiteville Aca'demy. Later he entered Wake For est College from which he graduated at the head of hi^ class in 1898. His poetic talent began to express itself even before he left the college walls; and many of his poems appeared in the college magazine where they attracted attention. After leaving college !Mr. McNeill was offered a place on the staff of the Charlotte Observer with the privilege to write whatever he wished. He ac cepted the position and made it a me dium for writing more verse. In 1905 he was acknowledged a real poet and awarded the Patterson Cup, which was presented to him by President Theo dore Roosevelt. John Charles ^fcNeill died at his home near Riverton, N. C., on October 17, 1907. “Not even his own fellow citizens as yet, have begun to appre ciate the man at his true value. Per haps he must always be dearer to south ern hearts than to others; the others may not fully understand our par tiality, not understanding how close an exponent of southern life he was. Mr. McNeill’s poems are very close to nature. They deal with the every day occurrences and humor, with ten derness of feeling, with the earth, the season and with man end beast and home. Appropriate at this season is his poem, “September”: I. have not been among the woods, Nor seen the milk-weeds burst their hoods, Tlie downy thistle-seeds take wing Nor the squirrel at his garnering. And yet I know tliat, up to God, The mute mouth holds her goldenrod, Tliat clump anfl copse, o’errun with vines. Twinkle with clustered muscadine. And in deserted churchyard places Dwarf apjdos smile at sunburnt faces. I know, Ijow, ere her green is shed, The dogw’ood pranks herself with red; How the pale dawn, chilled through and through. Comes drenched and draggled with her dew; How all day long the sunlight seems As if it lit a land of dreams, Till evening, with her mist and cloud. Begins to weave lier royal shroud. Tf yet, as in old Homer’s land, God walks with mortals, hand in hand, mewhere today, in this sweet weather Thinkest thou not they walk together? VQCATIONIIL PROJECT PRESENTED BV THE y.W. The Purpose was to Show the Import ance of Choosing One’s Vocation Wisely and Seriously. The vocational project presented by the Y. W. C. A. Sunday evening was both instructive and entertaining. The purpose of this project was to show the importance of choosing one’s vocation wisely, prayerfully, seriously, and thoughtfully—to find out what one is best fitted to do. The fact that a per son should consider his life work from a standpoint of how he can best serve humanity instead of self was strongly emphasized. The scripture reading from Second Timothy, the second chaptcr, was read by ^Eiss Olyn Barrett, after which everybody joined in singing the Y. W. song “Follow the Gleam.” Miss Emily Midgett led in prayer. The characters of the project follow: Rose Howell—A Y. W. C. A. secretary Frances Turner—A stenographer. Marie Nobles—A teacher. Bessie Martin—A doctor. Margaret Joe Ballentine—A social ser vice worker. Emily Midgett—A foreign Missionary. bVanees McElroy—A Y. W. C. A. worker, who gave vocational tests. None of the young women had any special reason for entering her respec tive field of work (with the exception of Misses McElroy and Howell, the Y. W. C. A. workers). Most of them just began their work because they thought they would have “nice, easy jobs, short hours, and good pay.” The foreign missionary had had no preparation whatever for her field, another wanted to be a doctor because her father was; still another thotight that social service work was nothing more than merely riding around through the city deliver ing packages. One had been a book keeper, but she gave up her position to go into Y. W. work, because she thought she could be of more service to others. Misses Howell and McElroy explained the recent experiment of giv ing vocational tests and right then each one decided to take the test. The meeting was closed with the benedictioi, “Let the words of our mouths and the meditation of our hearts be acceptable in Thy sight, O Lord, our Strength and our Redeemer, Amen. ’ ’ DR. SUMMERBELL HOLDS AUDIENCE BY LECTURES DELIVERED THIS WEEK (Continued from Page One) close of his lectures he left for his home in New York. Dr. Summerbell arrived at Elon Sun day morning and preached at the morn ing church service at 11:00 o’clock. Hi® subject was, “The Sorrows of Job.” This was a good sermon in which he pointed out the trials and sufferings of Job and how God permitted Satan t& plague Job, yet he remained faithful unto Him. Dr. Summerbell took up in order Job’s friends who were worrying hi® and tantalizing him with their advice and criticism. In closing his sermon Dr. SummerbeU said righteous people w'ill have tribula tions and sorrows; that they will often suffer, but that good must triumph over darkness, that there is a promise to those who remain faithful no matter what comes. The three lectures which were de- livered were of a high order and show ed much thought and preparation. la these lectures Dr. Summerbell traced civilization through many different s'tages and brought out many enlighten ing thoughts in regard to the subject. The lectures were well attended bj tlie faculty, students and members of the community. The opinion among the students is that this series has been one of the most interesting ever de^ livereil here. Love in an inward unexpression im- possibility of outvA'ard dog-gone al- loversness. New line of fancy wool and silk hose at the College Store for both men and women. Beacons of the sky This achievement has been made pjossible by engineers of the Illuminating Engineering Laboratories of the General Electric Company, working with officials of the Post Office Department. A startling Bchievement now will be a commonplace of life in the new America which you will inherit. If you are interested to leam more about Vt'hat electricity is doing, write for Reprint No. AR391 containing a complete set of these advertisements. Between Cleveland and Rock Springs, Wyo., along the night route of the air mail service, tall beacons have been placed every twenty-five miles. Revolving on great steel towers. General Electric searchlights, to taling 1,992,000,000 candle-power, blaze a path of light for the air plane pilot. What the lighthouse is to the ocean navigator, these beacons are to the conquerors of the air. GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY SCHENECTADY, NEW YORK
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