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VOLUME VI.
ELON COLLEGE, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1925
NUMBER 21
ClIGERS WIN 10
OUT OF THREE GSMES
leam is Showing Much Improvement
Over Past Week.
EXCELLEIT PROBRl
Misses Sockwell, Strader and Russell
are Judged Best on Program.
Tlie Klon liasketb'all team lias en
gaged ill tlir«‘e l)attles on the honu*
floor >t1)is week. Spray “Y” was de
feated licre on last Wednesday niglit,
Elon lost to N. C. State on Friday, and
-ffOD over Atlantic Cliristian College
bere Tuesday night.
The Spi’ay game was one of the
prettiest games ever ■vritnessed on tlie
local court. The game was clean, fast
and full of pep throughout. There was
tiot a minute of time called out except
between the quarters. There was not
a single substitution made in tlic game.
"The first half ended with Elon leadin
four to two. In the last half the score
^’as tied tliree or four tiines. AVith only
about a minute to play and Spray lead
ing by one point ?\ewnian caged one
fro'm the floor wiiicli gave Elon the
game 11 to 10. Outside of Newman’s
winning sliot the feature of the game
was tlie brilliant work of Huey for
Elon, who caged three from tlie floor
during the game. The team work of
boili teams was beautiful to w'itness.
DEAN HOOX ADDRESSEIi
Uses As His ,Subject, Athletics and
the Alumni.
State Game
State College won the game here Fri-
hy niglit 30 to 18 in the fastest bas
ketball game of the season on the home
floor defeating the Maroon and Gold
team. Both teams w'ere w^ell matched
during the first half of the play, the
score at the end standing 11 to 13.
Our team was not able to hold tlie
pace it set in the initial f)lay and lag
ged behind in the latter part of the
game. State guarded more closely in
the last part, and Elo'ii was not able
to find the basket, while Brown, who
!ame in for Correll after a rest from
play, run four field goals in succession
aud sent the visitors far ahead.
Both teams were fast, ahd the con
test was a hard one from the very
start. State scored first, and it was
anyone’s game until after the second
half was well underway, the score see
sawing between a tie and a two-point
lead for State.
G. Brown was the individual star
scorer for his team. Newman j)layed
a consistent brand o'f ball for the home
quint.
Lineup:
State Pos. Elon
Dickens r. f Xewman
Oresham 1. f Byrd
Brown c Crutchfield
.Tohiison r. g Caddell
Watkins 1. g
Substitutions: Dulls for Gresham,
Gresham for Dulls, Correll for Brown,
Brown for Correll, l*arkerson for
C'rutchehfield, Alexander for Caddell.
Field goals: State, Brown 0. Correll,
Johnson 2, Dickens 3; .Elon, 'Newman
2. Byrd 2, Caddell 2, Huey 2. Foul
goals: State, Dickens 2, Gresham 4;
Elon, Newmaji, Byrd. Eeferee Steiner
(Duke).
A. C. C. Game.
Elon took a one-sided contest from
the Atlantic Christian College last night
hy the score of 36 to 4.
The visitors scored their first two
points at the beginning of the game
■when Mayfield caged the ball, and the
other two tallies came near the last of
the first half when Baucher succeeded
in getting a fi.eld goal. During the last
iialf the visitors’ chance to score was a
foul shot, which, however, fell short.
The ball was in Elon’s territory all of
the second part of the game.
The contest w'as marked by its slow"-
i^ess. Elon did some nice passing on
the floor, and the w'ork of Newman and
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Last Wednesday, January 28, the
Psiphelians gave one o'f the best pro
grams they have given this year. The
first number on the program was a re
port by Miss Kate Strader on the
Greatest Word in the English Language
taken from the World’s W'ork. Miss
Strader said the greatest w’ord was
“Service”—that faith, hope, love,
charity, and friendship are all embodied
in this o'ne word. She also stated that
the road to service leads to a fuller,
richer life.
Next, Miss Ruby Rowland gave a re
port, also taken from the World’s
Work, on Sex Jealousy in Politics. She
said that tlie men felt that the women
w^ere not capable of taking part in j)oli-
tics and feared that by so doing they
would lose the quality of womanliness.
On the other hand she stated that the
women had to abide by the laws and
therefore they had a right to share in
making them. The report was very in
teresting.
The third number was Humor, by
Miss Esther Bro'okshire. Miss Brook
shire’s jokes were well selected and
she gave them in such a manner that
they were very amusing.
Miss Mamie Sockwell gave a reading,
‘’‘Aunt Dinah on Matrimony.” Miss
Sockwell’s reading w^as given with very
much expression and she impersonated
the negro character splendidly.
The next on program was Current
Events, by Miss Lena Russell.
The program was concludeil by a
talk by Mis's Minnie Johnson on Native
Music in Our Schools.
The judges had much difficulty in de
ciding who were best on program but
finallv reported in fa^'or of Misses
Sockwell. Strader, and Russell.
in PHILOLOGIAH SOCiElY
Wright, Slaughter and P. J. Smith Re-
ceive the Honors.
SERVICE SUNDAy NI6RI
UNDER AUSPICES OF Y. IH.
E. W. Auman, Leader. Many Students
Take a Part.
Upon being informed by Dr. Few
that I had this place on the program.
I addressed a letter to' the Faculty
^tanagers of Athletics of the male col
leges represented at this meeting and
asked them to let me have their views
on the following four questions:
1. AVhat ideals cause the alumni to
be of a disadvantage to athletics?
2. What ideals cause the alumni' to
be of an advantage to athletics?
3. JIow may the alumni embarrass
an institution?
4. llow may the alumni assist an
institution in its athletic program?
Tu the answers tlie brethren have
strengthened me in my opinion of the
relations of an institutions’ alumni and
its athletic program. I am going to-
pass on to you the essence of their
answ^ers.
The following are considered as some
of the reasons why the alumni may be
n disadvantage to the athletic pro'gram:
A false conception as to the place
and purpose of athletics in the college
program.
Overwrought patriotism for their in
stitution measured in terms of ath
letics.
One w'riter suggests: various groups
of alumni of the colleges are in danger
of regarding college athletics as a sport
on a par with horse-racing and cock-
fighting.
The value of money is overestimateiVT
The athletic standards set up by the
alumni are those of the past. The al
umni graduated or “quituated” from
one to twenty j^ears ago. Since the old
er ones wield the most influence the
standards proposed are those of years
go'iie by, w'hen athletics was different
from wiiat it ought to be today. I dare
say the alumni giving us the most con
cern are those wiio engage in athletics
iu what would now be an illegitimate
w’ay while they were in college. As a
rule they lake little interest in shaping
the educational policy, leaving that for
the Trustees and Faculty, but seem
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The Philologian Literary Society held
it's regular meeting last Thursday
iiiyht and rendered the following pro-
JUNIORS STILL LEAD
CLASS GAliES
The Games Played the Past Week are
Among the Best Played.
gram.
IFow I Like Being a W'oman, by J.
W .Vanllo'ok.
Mr. VanHook gave a good talk on
this subject based on his recent experi
ence in the Philologian play last
Thanksgiving, lie also attempted to
describe some of his feelings while in
ladies’ attire but did not succeed very
ell.
Benefits to- be Derived from Gyninas-
tie Stunts, by P. J. Smith.
]\Ir. Smith, a member of the' Gym
team, gave an^ excellent talk on the
advantages offered by this form of ex
ercise. He laid special emphasis on the
work that w'as being done by his team
iu the Boosters’ Club.
History of Oxygen, by Earl Vickers.
!\Ir. Vickers’ review of the discovery
of oxygen and the .present uses to
which oxygen is put in modern indus
tries showed that he had put much time
and thought in the preparation of this
subjcct.
The W''ork of the Minister, by J. U.
Fogleman.
Mr. Fo'gleman’s ideas as to the duties
of a minister were very interesting to
the members of the society.
Debate. Resolved: That the Japanese
immigrant should be excluded from the
U. S.
Affirmative: T. F. W^right, C. P.
Thompson, M. T. Hinson.
Negative: Allan Walker, C. H.
Slaughter, R. S. Crawford.
The decision committee decided in
favoT of the negative. T. F. Wright
was judged best on the negative, R. S.
Slaughter best on the affirmative and
P. J. Smith best oratorically.
The class games’ conti-uue to' furnish
amusement and interest to the students
here. Each game brings forth some
new kind of basketball. In spite of
the back of practice, except when the
games arc played, the teams are really
playing good basketball. The teams
are about evenly matched now since the
Freshmen have been strengthened by
some material that has been training
with the Varsity. The games played
Lhis we.'k are nmcng the best jUayed.
Sophomore-Freshman Game
This game played last Wednesday
was a thriller from start to finish. It
was hard fought throughout with first
one team and then the other taking the
lead. The first half ended w'ith the
Sophs leading by one point. The see-
ong half was a see-saw affair. W'ith
the Sophomores leading by a few’’ points
and only a minute or so to play, jSIc-
Neil, playing his first game with his
class, got aw'ay w’ith two field goals,
giving his team the victory by a score
of 23 to 19. Woodie and Watts starred
for the Sophs, the former getting five
field and two foul goals, and the latter
two field and three fouls. McNeil got
four field goals and a foul, and Caddelb
two fields and tw'O fouls.
Lineup;
Sophomores Pos.
Woodie 1. f- -
Watts r. f. . .
McLeod c Latham
Green r. g Turner
W^alker 1. g Caddell
Freshmen
.. McNeil
. Brinkley
The final worship was conducted by
the young peojde Sunday nigiit in the
so’ciety hall prior to moving into the
Religious Education Building which is
near completion. Services were held
under the auspices of tlte Y. M. C. A.
with E. \V. Auman, leader.
Services opened by a hymn and then
ROj'ipture lesson by T), jNI. Spence, after
which Rev. E. :M. Carter led in prayer.
Then followed the topics for discussion.
The first topic w'as discussed by G. C,
Wliite. Mr. White gave a very en-1
fhusiastic discussion of the aims of the
y. M. C. A., Y. W. C. A. and the
Christian Endeavor. He took the sub-
jec-t up from the standpoint of what
each organization stands for. The Y.
31. C. A. “Mind”, “Body” and
“Spirit”, also the Y. W^ C. A. and the
Christian Endeavor, placing more em
phasis on the spiritual side of life. All
the organizations co-operateed together
for the upbuilding of the Kingdom of
God. Mr-. White was followed by R. S.
Crawford. He gave a very interesting
talk on friendship, and how we could
make more friends by the association
of all the students in these organiza
tions. The next topic w^as discussed
by Fernando Bello. Mr. Bello pve us
a very good talk upon the social side
of these organizations. Then came the
hymn: “Come Thou Almighty King”
bv all the members. The fourth topic
was discussed by T. V. Huey. Mr. Huey
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R. C. UNDERWOOD DIES
AT
ELON IN PRESENT AT
MISSION CONFERENCE
Dr. Lawrence Attends Two Important
Gathering. Dr. Atkinson Goes for
Great Mission Gathering.
Friend of Elon Passes Away Sunday
Morning. Pneumonia Cause of
Death. Has Had Three Children
in School Here.
B. 0. Underwood, of Youiigsvjllc, N.
C. passed away at liis home OJi last Sun
day morning, a victim of pneumonia.
He contracted influenza which later
developed into a very serious case o'f
pneumonia. I^Ir. Underwood was a pro
gressive citizen of liis county and in
terested in education. He is the fa
ther of nine children; three of whom
have attended school at Elon. They
were George Dewey, Jack, and Eva,
George is a graduate of Elon and is
now on the faculty of the Louisburg
High School.
Mr. Underwood was given a Masonic
funeral and was buried at Oak Level
on Monday afternoon. He was sixty-
oue vears of age. He was a great
friend of Elon and was well known by
many here.
Coach r. B. Corboy attended the
funeral and represented Elon there.
Tliero are many friends here who sym
pathise with the family in their trying
hour.
Dr. \V. P. Lawrence, head of the Eng
lish Department at Elon, has .just re
turned from a uioeting of a commission
appointed by the E.-;ecutive Board of
the General Co'nvention of the Chris-
ti.Tii Churcli in the United States and
Canada. Besides Dr. Lawrence there
were on this coiMmission Dr. W. D. Sar
gent, Providence, R. I.; Dean Enders,
of Defiance College, Ohio; Dr. Watkins,
President Union Christian College,
I'nion, Indiana; Dean Atkins, Palmer
Coilege, Missouri.
The purpose of tiiis meeting was to
investigate Religious and Ministerial
Training' in schools of the Cliristian
Church, .and to report their findings and
recommendations to the board. This
meeting was in sessio'n January 27 and
28 at the New Ebbitt Hotel, Washing
ton, D. C. The commission did not
complete its work and adjourned to
meet in Dayton, Ohio, in May 1925 to
complete its work.
While in Washington Dr. Ijawrence
attended the North American Foreign
Mission Conference. This was pei'haps
the greatest of world’s foreign mission
conferences ever held, surpassing even
the great conference held at Edinburgh
in 1910. The personnel of the confer
ence was made up of representatives
from 100 or more general mission
boards, and various ecclesiastic bodies
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Junior-Freshman Game
This contest occurred on Friday and
was one of the best of the scries. It
was a slow game in the first half but
this slcAvness was forgotten by the
speed showu in the last half. The
Jnuiors managed to maintain a slight
lead during most of the game, although
the,'Score -was tied several times. The
fe.ature of the game was the uncanny
ability of Jo'hnson, of the Junior team,
to locate the basket at long range.. He
was the outstanding player for his
team, securing five lield goals and two
fouls. The Freshmen staged a rally
right at the last that threatened to
wipe out the lead of their opponents,
but the wliistle prevented this and left
the Juniors with the game 18 to 17.
McNeil was the high scorer for his
Te'sfm^'getting three from the field and
one foul.
Juniors Pos. Freshmen
Crutchfield r. f Brinkley
Lindley 1. f McNeil
Johnson c Turner
Gilliam r. g Caddell
Harrell 1. g Thompson
Senior-Sophomore Game
The Senior team was defeated n sec
ond time by their sister class team
during the series iu a game played
Monday. The game was alow and list
less neither team showing their previ
ous form. The Sophs were more fortu
nate in locating the basket from the
floor than were the Seniors. The guard
ing of both teams was very close. The
Seniors’ passing was rather poor and
they -were unable to keep the ball for
any great while. Woodie was again
highest scorer for his team, caging four
field goals. Watson scored most points
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