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Page Two MAROON AND GOLD February i8, 1925 £@aroon anD (Bolti Published Weekly by the Students of Elon College Member of the North Carolina Colle giate Press Association Entered at the Post-Oflice at Elon Col lege, N. C., as second-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 G. L. Holland ...Advertising Manager M. M. Johnson ..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. J. Cotton Faculty Advisor Advertising Rates Upon Reqiiest JAKE BLAKE SAYS: You can’t tell folks nothing they don’t want to know. ANOTHER HOMECOMING. There are many days at Elon known as “Home Coming Day” throughout the year. Each Lit erary Society has a prominent dayj during the year when it welcomes' all Elonites and visitors to come' to Elon and enjoy the day. Wej are approaching one of these days’ now. February 22nd is known on : the hill as Clio Day. This is the j day when this Literary Society puts on its aiinual entertainment' and has full sway for the day. I This year as the 22nd comes on j Sunday the entertainment will be presented on Saturday. The so- ciet^v this 3^ear is giving a play. Nothing definite is known as to the nature of this play but we are safe in saying that judging by previous entertainments those who come will no 'doubt find a treat in store for them. Aside from this feature of the day there will be an added attrac tion for those who come. Capt. John Phillips, a prominent avia tor will come to Elon and will en tertain during the day by giving an exhibition of flying. Those v.'ho have charge of this are mak ing all necessary preparations .to make this part of the day a suc cess. We feel that we are indeed fortunate in having this gentle man come to Elon for such a pur pose as this. He is coming mere- Iv for entertainment and instruc tion and does not charge for what he may do. He comes highly .re commended as an aviator and a gentleman. We trust that every one who can will take advantage of this event and be present. Elon welcomes you on this, another Home Coming Day. February is the shortest month ^ in the year and we usually think of it more because of this one fact. Few of us probably ever think that this month is the month in which two of our great leaders were born. All of us doubtless know that February 22 is the birthday of George Wash-| ington. But it was in this month that another great leader was born, Abraham Lincoln. We owe | much to these great men and ; should honor their memory. j They say that Christenberry is a dea- j con in the Stoney Point Presbyterian Church and that once he broke his arm ^ and they-let him take up the collection. ' A Fresh in Claytor’s platoon thought • a girl -vras complimenting liis ability as a drill master when she said he had a good line. 1 Our idea of t!ie meanest man on earth is the warden who put a carpet tack in the electric chair. “SOM STU" by Som Stude Come on chiss teams, you are all running neck and neck, no one is able to tell who will win out. The champ ionship pennant is still hanging in the top o'f the gym, waiting for some class to climb up aiid take it. Which will be the lucky class? “Bill” Terrell says the Seniors still have a chance, “Rod ney” Walker has a hunch that the Sophs will not be far behind, “Pussy foot” Johnson is going to try to' drib ble his Junior team to victory, and poor Freshmen—no’ chance. _S_ The debris from the new buildings and the wall was considered almost a landmark. We will feel at a loss when all of it has been removed. —0— We are glad to notice in the “Flat Hat” of William and Mary, that our old friend Prof. Babcock is rated as one of the most popular professors at that institution. We are certainly .glad to hear that our old friend is getting along so well. In fact Elon is always proud of the “]\Ien nnd W^omen who’ve come and gone,” even if some of them hap- l>en to be faculty members. It is gen erally conceded that a faculty member is rarely ever popular. This coTicession, however, does not seem to hold good in this case, because Prof. Babcock was popular here as well as he is at William and Mary. When we look into the cause of this ])op\ilarity we see that it was very likely the result of the fact that he always seemed to be one of the stu dents. With this in mind it would only be going a short way to say that if we would look on all of the faculty as friends 4>f ours infitead of taskmakers we would get more out of our associa tions with men who are giving their lives to educating the youth of our country. —M— For *some unknown reason there has recently been created renewed interest iji the time worn argument concerning the greatness of Virginia and North Carolina. It would be liard to say what started those arguments, but they have been greatly strengthened by the fact that there are a good many on the Hill, rex')resenting both sides. These argu ments are good wit sharpeners it is sup posed and should serve to take the place of cross-word puzzles for a while, but after all is said and done both states are in the U. S. But still when we let that statement take its propei place we have killed all chances of hav ing a good argument, haven’t we? —S— A good many students and friends of the college are looking forward to Saturday night, when there will be given another opportunity to socialize and see a play at the same time. The majority of these persons are looking forward to the time when the play will begin. Yet we are going to venture the statement that there are about fif teen people on the Hill who are looking forward, with longing eyes, to the last curtain. —T— And while we are discussing that so cializing problem, let us not forget to announce that Saturday will be social hour all day long. This announcement is for the special benefit of Charley Walker, “Shorty” Smith, Johnnie Lankford, Bursar Gunn, and Prof. Cot- ten. Get in line! —tT— Birthdays are still popular. Have you had yours? —BY— Banquet season will be in full swing at an early date, and happy is the Freshman who has the opportunity to wait on one of the banquet tables, be- cruse the experience of upper classmen leads them to- say that the clean up af ter the banquet is more enjoyable than the banquet itself. —soisr— Sickness also seems to be pretty pop ular on the Hill. But instead of say ing get in line for this we are more tempted to rex>eat a bit of Pope’s phil osophy : “Be not the first by which the new are tried, Xor yet the last to lay the old aside. —STUDE— At this juncture we are glad to leave it up to “Jake Blake.” FRESHMEN WIN IN TWO CONTESTS DURING WEEK (Continued from Page One) IG to 14. This game was unique in that one man, Brinkley, scored every point for his team. He secured 6 field goals and 4 foule. Lindley was the greatest player for the Juniors, getting 4 field goals. Line-up. Juniors, Pos. Freshmen Crutcbfield r. f Brinkley Lindley 1. f Caddell Johnson c Turner Harrell r. g Thompson Wicker 1. g Donnell Senior-Sophomore Game Playing true to form the Seniors al lowed their opponents to run away with them in the first half and then staged a come-back in the final period which fell short and lost the game by a scotc of 16 to 12. In the first half the Sophs scored 13 points while their sister class was held to 3. However, close guarding by the Seniors in the second half turn ed the tables and the Sophomores were able to register only three points while the Seniors garnered nine. Watts was the leader for the Sophomores with four field goals. Line-up: Seniors Pos. Sophomores Braxton r. f Woodie Watson 1. f Watts Utley e McLeod Gibbs r. g Walker Terrell 1. g Peel Standing of Classes AVon Junior 5 Senior . ..; 4 Sophomore 4 Freshman Lost 3 4 4 MEETING SUNDAY NIGHT UNDER DIRECTION OF Y. W. (Continued from Page One) ning. Often we don’t put forth much effort after winning once. It takes as good a sport to be a go'od winner as it does to be a good loser.” Miss Frances McElroy discussed “Big Enough to be a Good Lo-ser as Well as a Good Winner.” Miss Mc Elroy told a splendid story illustrating good sportsmanship. “It takes a real sport to be a go'od loser,” the speaker stated, “and we all admire the person who can play a losing game with a smile.” This meeting, under the general di rection of Miss Alma Smith, was one of the best of the year. The program was full of interest throughout. After the closing song. Dr. Harper dismissed the services with prayer. E. M. QUALLS IS WINNER OF THE “SO BIG” CONTEST (Continued from Page One) been more prizes offered because there v;ere so many good letters. “ Vou probably know I met with an pccidcnt early this week while filming scenes for my latest^picture, ‘The Des ert Flower,’ and my head has been put in plaster cast where it will remain for the next six weeks, so will have lots of time to read letters from any of my good friends in Xorth Carolina who would care to write. “Best wishes to you all, Sincerely, “Colleen Moore.” The following is the prize winning letter, written by Millard Qualls on “So Big” picture: “Miss Colleen jSloore, “503 S. Rosemore Ave., “Los Angeles, Calif. “Dear Miss Moore: I have seen your pictures, ‘Flaming Youth,’ ‘The Perfect Flapper,’ ‘Painted People/ ‘The Huntress,’ and others, but I feel safe in saying that your latest is really ‘So Big’ that it tops them all. I believe that the majority of movie goers will agree with me, too. It pulls at the heart strings, drawing back the curtain of life and portraying its exact realiza tion to us with a consummate skill. “The story starts with a leisurely tempo and gradually increases iintil it reaches the crescendo—where Ben Lyon as the son, faces destruction, but is snatched from its jaws by a mother’s love. Thus, I would say that the un derlying thenie is ‘ mother-love ’ for tliis is the most impressive fact left upon the audience. You have made Se lina Peake real to us, nnd we sympa thize with her joys and sorrows. All the characters, in fact, play their parts cleverly and truly, that is why the story is ‘so big.’ ‘‘L'ke every good photoplay, inject ed here and there, is comedy relief, \\hich relieves the tensity of so dram atic a picture. Life is not entirely covered with a black robe of serenity and sorrow, but like the picture, there nre gags which make us laugh with the world. Unities of place and action are strictly adhered to, as the sitting re mains High Prairie throughout, and the action complies to. it. Unity of time is not exactly adhered to, for we find Selina’s transformation to middle- age, but we cannot condemn the story for this fact. It must come about if her son is to grow up, and he has a very important effect upon the outcome. “Too, the play is built with cumula tive suspenses, which never ebbs throughout the story. Situation is piled upoTi situation until the climax is reached—where her boy faces disgrace, and then, we all thrilled by Selina’s action. Just as every mother loves her son, this action only seems logical. Nevertheless, we are proud when she drags him from the rut of inevitable ruin. Just how big am I? the play asks every spectator. It is only so big a> we make ourselves, we recall. “I class ‘So Big’ as one of the best films of the day, and I am sure that the author’s novel has received justifica tion by the motion picture version. “Awaiting more pictures cf such a high standard, I am, “A devoted fan, “E. Millard Qualls.’^ ANNOUNCEMENT Seniors and graduates of universities colleges, and technical schools who are contemplating applying for Charles A. Coffin Foundation Fellowships may make application at the present time according to' a notice which has re cently been issued by the Charles A, Coffin Fellowship and Research Com mittee. Under the terms of the Foundation, which was established by the General Electric Company, $5,000 may be award ed annually to college graduate? who have shown, by the character of their woTk, that they could, with advantage, undertake or continue research work in educatioJial institutions in this comi- try or abroad. Senior students m.ay ‘ apply, the award to any senior being conditioned on hi’s graduation. The fellowships are awarded in elec tricity, physics, and physical chemistry. They carry a minimum allowance of $500, which may be increased, at the discretion of the committee, to meet I he special needs of individual appli cants. All applications, which must be filed l)v April 15, 1925, should first be sent Id the Dean of the educational insti tution at which the applicant is. or has lieen, in attendance during the year. Notification of awards will be made on or about June 1. In 1924 eight fellowships were awarded. You Will Find The Largest Stock of SPORTING GOODS in Greensboro at This Store. And All Goods are QUALITY Goods. LET US SERVE YOU ODELL’S WHERE QUALITY TELLS GREENSBORO, N. C. WOOING ELECTRICALLY; VOLT SEES MR. A. M. PEEB “Are 3’^ou IMr. A. M. Pere?” ‘ ‘ Yes, I am Pere. ’ ’ “Well,, wire you here?” “I’ll cut you short, sir. Cuit I mar- ry 3’our daughter?” “Xo, I’ll be switched if you canf And until I get a line on you I forbid you to meter again.” • “Arc, sir! Brush me not aside. You can’t phase me!” \ “Watt! How dare you make light of my resistance?” “Because I love Dyna mo than oi^ the wor,—sor and we are engaged.” “Engaged? Hum! Why, how can you keeper in the station she’s juice to?’^ “Well, sir, I’ll operate high power motor, must out board, ad we’ll make . our ohm with you, sir.” “I get you. Just step upstairs am meter mother, Yolt. Age is no inter ference if you can transform opinions. But she’s ill, so don’t excitcr.” “Thank you, sir. And no matter \ watt hour current bills may be in the future, I’ll never refuse to carry my peak of the load.” POKER When you’re in love it’s Hearts. When you’re engaged it’s Diamonds, When you’re married it’s Clubs. When you’re dead it’s Spades.—Ex.
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