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JAKE BLAKE
SAYS:
You can’t make a chick
en lay a egg by hollerin’
at it.
SECOND ANNIVERSARY.
Next Sunday, January i8th,
will be the second anniversary of
the burning of the Administra
tion building at Elon. It was on
that date that fire completely de
stroyed the oldest and most sa
cred building on Elon’s campus
and brought gloom to the hearts
of many friends and students of
the College. It seemed that all
was lost. But that feeling did not
last long. For under the leader
ship of the beloved president of
Elon a meeting was held in which
he expressed faith that as great
as the calamity seemed he be
lieved that out of it would come a
greater Elon. Today, two years
after the fire, w'e see that his faith
was justified. Today we have a
greater Elon W'ith the prospects
that it will continue to grow until
there are even more new build
ings on the campus than there are
a-t present. There are now five
new buildings on the campus,
with the program as laid down,
and three more at least to come
along with other improvements.
How' long it will take, no one
can say, but the same faith that
was in the hearts of Elon’s lead
ers on that morning" is still there
and they believe that the program
will be carried to completion.
Now why has Elon been able
fo rise from its ashes so soon?
Why the inpouring of money for
a rebuilding program before the
ashes were hardly cold? We be
lieve it w’as because there were
friends that believed in Elon and
loved her. They were in sympa
thy with the principles on which
the college is founded. The lead
ers of Elon have labored unceas
ingly for the success of the re
building program. The president
at the head of the college and
heading the program has been
called a human dynamo and this
is true. He has been on fire for
the v.’ork of rebuilding and has
given time and energy seemingly
almost beyond human endurance
to see the work through.
Then there are the friends that
have given so liberally that the
program might go through.
Friends in the county and all over
the nation have stood by Elon.
Then the loyalty of the stu
dents has played no small part in
the program. When the crisis
came, not a student left. They
remained and though the hard-
shiDs w'ere great at times, they
did not murmur, but stood by
their college. As we look back
over the past two years and see
what- has 'taken place we' should
feel 'glad we have had some little
part- in this gl'eat work; ■ ■ - .. :
A GREAT ADDRESS
The address written by Dr.
Harper to be delivered before the
Federal Council of Churches, at
Atlanta, Ga., December 8th and
which he could not do because of
the illness of a member of his
family, has been published in the
Christian Sun of January 8th.
This address is to be published in
the Council Bulletin, if it has not
already been done.
Dr, Harper used as a basis for
his address that great passage of
Scripture, John 3-16, “For God so
loved the world that He gave His
only begotten Son, that whoso
ever believeth in Him should not
perish, but have everlasting life.”
He says that what God loves no
man can sanely hate. “The per
sonal gospel is social in its ex
pression.” He discussed the spirit
ual make up of man and shows
that our religious nature rests on
the synthesis of all our instincts.
He shows that religion is not for
just certain parts of man but for
the whole man, the whole of life.
He makes the statement, “Reli
gion is the sole universal interest
capable of unifying men.” He
pointed out Greece as an example
of a nation failing as a result of
the decay of religious beliefs. Dr.
Harper show's that the Christian
religion is able to answer all the
issues before us today. He com
pares Christianity wdth other re
ligions of the world. He pictures
the beautiful relation that should
exist between man and God. He
says that the Church has a great
challenge to lead the way out of
the wilderness of uncertainty,
jealousy and selfishness.
To one who is interested in the
social problems of today, and
their relation to the Church and
religion, will find food for thought
in this message. We are proud
to have at the head of our college
a man who is interested in these
problems and is letting -others
know where he stands. We re
gret that the w’riter of this mes
sage was unable to deliver it be
fore the great body which invited
him to speak. However, it is for
tunate that it can be published
xnd preserved.
DR. lAI. A. HAIIPEe GIVES
ILLySlillTEO LECTOIIES
Delivered to Religious Mass Meeting
Sunday Night.
The religious meeting Sunday night
was under the direction of the Religi
ous Activities Organization. The pro
gram consisted of first: a short song
service and then Dr. W, A. Harper
gave an illustrated lecture on the de
velopment of the Christian Church. Ho
also showed the developments of Elon
College from the first until the present
date. The slides used in connection
with the lecture well portrayed the
growth of the Christian Church from
the time it was first organized by the
Rev. James O’Kelly, in the latter part
of the eighteenth ccntury, until the
present time. As the pictures were
flashed upon the screen the speaker re
lated the histoTy and an explanation of
each. The work that the Christian
Church has been and is loing in for
eign countries and in the mountain dis
tricts of Virginia was especially stress
ed. And likewise the progress which
has been manifest on our campus in the
rebuilding of Elon was shown.
This lecture has been delivered by
Dr. Harper to many aadiences and is
truly another step in the advancement
of the church.
The slides were prepared by Dean A.
L. Hook who had charge of the projec
tion-Sunday night.--.
In conclusion the college song was
flashed upon the screen and was sung,
Miss FialiCT leading.. Prof. S. A. Ben
nett dismissed the au.dien.C6- with
■)raver. - • • . .
"SOM STU”
by
Som Stude
The cover has been kicked off the
basketball lid for all concerned. Not
only the varsity but the class games
have begun.
The students are glad that the thing
has been started again, because a good
clean game of basketball is an excel
lent thing for those who put in long
hours of study and need some form of
recreation. For those who do not study;
well, it is a good thing to help them
pass away the time.
We are proud of our team, especial
ly after the showing it made against
Newberry. But this should put us in
mind of the Davidson game, in football.
We all remember that the report dopes-
ters of the eijtire state sat up and took
notice after the Davidson game. And
the result of the game was such as to
call for this thing. But the thing we
most noticed was the fact that a good
bit of interest in the team was shown
by the entire student body.
The Cleinson game was a different
tune; a bird of another feather, and
most no'ticeable along witli this was the
fact that the students began to sing a
different tune. Enthusiasm from this
time until the end of the season was
sporadic.
Well, here’s the thing in a nutshell.
We are going out to face the athletic
world with an inexperienced team wliich
we know to be a good one. But at the
same time we must face the .fact that
it is fighting up hill. Now it is up to
the student body to support this team
in victory and to give it all for the
team in any possible defeat. Let us all
profit by our experience in the football
season. Let there be no necessity for
a meeting of the student body to raise
our pep.
The person who will not support his
team in defeat is like the person who
lives in a palace and is ashamed to call
it home.
—S-o-S—
Speaking of basketball games, we
would have thought that “Brack’’
would play football on the gym floor
and that “Doc” Watson would go on
a goal shooting spree at the same time.
—S-o-S—
Ever since the Junior-Senior game
tliere has been a host of people trying
to find out whetlier it was a new kind
of football played v.-ith a basketball or
whether they just used the basketball
because they couldn’t get a football.
We have not discoveered the answer to
this yet, but we shall endeavor to have
it for your information next week.
—S.-o'-S—
And they say tlie Soj)honiores and
Freshmen will play too.
—S-o-S—
Several happy little parties were
broken up with the seat assignments in
the dining hall. What say?
—S-o-S—
All pf us who have taken !M;ath. I are
doubtless familiar with'John Smith’s
daily schedule, which consisted for the
mo'st part in eatifig and restiiig. When
we saw this for the first time we all
wondered how any man could propose
to get an education with such a plan.
We all resolved that we would steer
clear of such.
Here is, however, the daily schedule
of students as seen by the faculty:
—Turn over; take another nap.
7:45-7:55—Wonder if it is day or
uight.
7:55-8:00—Same as above.
8:00-8:55—Same as No. one.
8:55-9:05—Arise and prepare^^ for
day’s work.
9:05-9:50—Breakfast at cafe.
, 9:50-10:50—Catch a class.
10:50-11:50—Stand, around college
store.
Il:50-12j50—Eat, at dinin.g hall,-and
get mail.
12:50-5:a0-—Sce.sigjits, in .Burlington.
5:50-6:30-Same as 11:50-12:50.
6:30-10:45—Exist, sometimes in dor-
mitOTy.
10:45-11:00-Study.
11:00-12:00—Prepares for bed by
candlelight.
12:00-Later-Sleep.
Below is daily schedule of students
as practiced by students:
Day in and day out—Same as above.
—S-o-S—
Recently it has been noticed that
there is a marked sadness among the
students. This, in itself seems strange,
because there seems to be no reason-for
the students apparent dissatisfaction
over things as tliey exist.
The ouly event in the aear fut i
which might cast a gloom over evT
of present is the lioliday we are
have Saturday. This may be u 1
for we realize that many sludeuts
forward to this holiday with diatas*,
because on this day they will, have
ing ta do. '
It may be, liowever,. a* soniebodj
suggested, that the- students are m
over the fact that tliey cUd not ai-ra,*
all of their work to come on Satunli,
Of course, remembering tliat Waski,,’
ton ’s birthday also oomes on Satu,jjj
we believe that this i* the leasoj (o,
this apparently lugubrious state of at-
fairs.
E. H. CABLE
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