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VOLUME VII.
ELON COLLEGE, N. C„ WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER;9, 1925
NUMBER 2
Maroon and Gold Vacancies
Are Filled At A Meeting Of
The Junior Class Tuesday
Richardson Heads
Henry Peel Becomes Managing
Editor of College Paper; Hook
Ass’t. Editor of Phipsicli.
MANY NEW MEMBERS
r. W.C. A. HALL IS SCENE
OF INTERESTING PAIiTy
RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES
FOR THE COMING YEAR
OUTLINED SUNDAY NIGRT
F. L. Gibbs as President of R. A.
O., is Leader at Student Body
Meet; Plans Laid For Year.
Officers Elected To Succeed Members
of Student Body Who Did Not
Eeturn This Fall.
Delightful Entertainment Given
Girls of Student Body.
(By Margaret Joe Ballantiiie)
To
The Jiniior Class lield its first meet
ing of the year on Tuesday aud elected
Howard Bichardson editor of the
Maroon and Gold to succeed M. G.
Wicker who failed to return to' school
this year. During his two years of
college work Mr. Richardson has been
prominent in college activities as class
president, as collegiate and class repre
sentative on_ the forum, as student sen
ator, as a participant in society enter
tainments, oratorical contests, and
athletics. He is very popular with the
student body and his comprehensive
knowledge of student life assures his
success as head of the college paper.
The Maroon and Gold staff is elected
in April each year. The editor has
until this time always been chosen
from the incoming Senior class. Yet
the Junior class felt justified in elect
ing one of its members to head the
paper, since it was confronted with a
situation which no otlier class has faced
—the failure of the editor to return
to school.
Henry Peel was elected to the posi
tion of managing editor, which was
made vacant by Mr. Richardson’s elec
tion to the editorship. Mr. Peel has
twice represented Elon as an intercol
legiate debater, and last year represented
his class in the annual Freshnuan-
Sophomore debate and in class basket
ball. He is a prominent member of
the Junior class and his record as a
scholar would indicate his ability to
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Did you see them, those little boys
and girls who went to the Y. W. C. A.
party Monday evening? There was
such a crowd of tlieni, all dre-ssed in
their Sunday best clothes, with their
hair brushed and their faces beaming
with delight. About eight o’clock
they started from the West Dormitory
and the Ladies’ Hall, eacli young
gentleman escorting his very best girl.
The party was held in the Y. W. C. A.
hall of the Mooney building.
When all of the guests had arrived,
they were seated on the floor
aiid extended a cordial welcome by
Miss Alma Smith, the Y. W. C. A.
president. Miss Smith expressed the
I desire that all turn back the years and
‘ feel that they were of the age their
dress indicated. After the welcome the
audience was delightfully entertained
by Miss Fisher, w^ho sang a solo. Fiddle
and 1, accompanied by Miss Shoop on
the violin and Mrs. Velie on the piano.
Two stunts were next on the pro-
SENIOR CLASS ELECTS
SEVERAL OFFICERS AT
MEETING ON TUESDAY
ALL LEADERS SPEAKERS
On last Sunday evening, in the chapel
room, the student body met and held
their first self-directed religious meet
ing of the school year. The meeting
was very well attended and plans for
the coming year’s activity w’ere laid
c-'ut and the new students are w'ell ac
quainted with the officers of the vari
ous departments of the religious activ
ities organizations, and the w’orkings of
the organization were briefly explained.
The meeting was opened w'ith song,
all taking part. Mr. F. L. Gibbs, presi
dent of tJie religious activities organ
ization, presided at the meeting and
after the opening song made a few
remarks, preliminary to' the reading t)f
tlie first Psalm ‘by the college i‘)astor,
Dr. Alexander. After having read the
Psalm, Dr. Alexander made some very
appropriate remarks to the students re
lative to their church connections here
and at home. The gist of his remarks
is summed up in liis word's, w^hich we
quote. He said, “Play square w'ith your
home.” Professor S. A. Bennett then
led in prayer.
Dr. Harper then took his place on
tlie pro’gram with a few brief and well
(jhogcn remarks, confine,.1 to the subjcct
of the founding of aud the workings
of the religious activities organization.
Young People And Service
Is Subject Of Opening
Address By Pres. Harper
WEIRD DOINGS ARDUi
E OF IS. HSRPEe
Seven Candidates Receive Mysterious
Initiation Into Faculty
Nevele Club,
gramme. The first The Sweets, a fam
f^««;He told thrstudents how throrganiza-
tion came into being at the instigation
Secretary, Treasurer and Three
I Members of Phipsicli Staff
Are Chosen.
? OUTLOOK IS PROMISING ?
The Senior class held its first meet
ing- Tuesday morning. Each member
seemed inspired with the prosperous
outlook and a very promising year is
expected. Several officers were electcd
to fill vacancies caused by the failure
of members of last year’s Junior das'?
to return to college this fall.
Miss Lyde Bingham and Mr. T. V’.
Huey, popular members of the class,
iwere elected secretary and treasurer
^respectively.
Three members wove elected to the
Phipsicli staff. Mr. G. D. Colclough
iwas chosen associate editor. Mr. Ccl-
iclough returns to college after two
lyears absence. His literary ability
hnakes him a valuable addition to the
fetaff. Miss Alma Smith was cho'sen
freligious editor and Miss Adelia Jones
|was elected social editor. Both these
|young ladies are popular members Df
|the student body, and have held posi*
ions of honor in other college activi-
ies.
Ola King Cowding, introduced her fam
ily as follows: Mile. Paderewski
Sweet, Miss Mary Addie White, a
pianist w'ho had performed before
kings and queens. Mile. Lucreta
Sw'eet, Miss Gladys Yates, an artist
wlio had not been surpassed at any
time during her career; Mile. Mary
Pickford Sweet, Miss Mary Price, was
known everyw'here because of her silver
voice, her mother stating that she had
often been compared to Florence
Nightengale; (and I am sure that the
audience agreed after having heard her
render ‘^1 Love You Truly,’’ in her
most original manner); Belinda Sweet,
Miss Judith Black, was the daughter of
the broken heart, her poor Percival hav
ing proved untrue she had written sev
eral poenis to his dear memoiy. Every
family must have a peculiarity that is
more peculiar than the rest and so in
the Sweet family we found Mile. Ken
riette Sweet, Miss Madge Woods, as
suffragette. Mile. Sweet divided people
into three classes—men, women and
suffragettes. She also advanced the idea
that the young ladies of Elon jhonld
have equal rights with the young men
of the college. Last but not least in
her ow'n estimation was little Mile.
Perue Sweet, Miss Emily Midyetto,
she like the youngest of all families of
such ability w^as a young prodigy who,
after much prompting from her* mother,
w^as induced to read “Mary Had a
Little Lamb.” The next stunt was a
moving picture which consisted of
silhouettes being thrown o'n the screen.
Then Mias Madge Woods sang several
songs that were especially enjoyed be
cause of their local humor.
At a party for little boys and girls
the eats play a large part, so of course
all w^ere thrilled and excited when Miss
Smith announced that refreshments
were to be served. After the refresh
ments of lemonade and cake, the guests
were seated and served by Miss Annie
Simpson with red striped stick candy.
Games followed until nine-thirty, then
the little boys found their special girls
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of the class in religious education,
which he himself had the honor of
teaching. One of the chief figures in
this class w'as the Reverend H. S. Hard-
castle, now pastor of the Suffolk Chris
tian Church. The class made a religi
ous survey of the community aud found
that there w'as entirely too much dupli
cation of effort in the religious life
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Wednesday* evening the home of Mrs.
W. A. Harper w'as the scene of dark
and mysterious doings. The Faculty
Nevele Club was holding its first ser
vice foT the ensuing season and its
initiatory rites.for new members. Even
tlie master of the house deemed it ad
visable to withdraw from its shelter.
On entering the lawn one looked in
vain for the w’elcoming lights at the
windows which usually greets one w'hen
Mrs. Harper entertains. Noi cheering
lights w’elcomed the guests last eve
ning. All window shades were closely
drawn, all electric lights were exceed-
ingly dim. On entering the once cheer
ful and brightly lighted home one w'as
confronted with gloom and the white
robed high officials of the Neveles.
Tlieir officials are especially efficient in
the departments of medicine, dietetics
and phrenology. If one should ask any
one of the seven candidates w'ho pre
sented herself for admission to the
Nevele Club, I think she would answer
promi)tly that; They knew their busi
ness exceedingly well. Their candi
dates were given excellent treatment so
they could respond in the future to all
demands the Nevele Club might make
of them. Some came into the sanctum
of the High Officials with fear and
trembling, others were quite sure of
themselves, but all were inuch wiser
and happier when the Chief High Si
pronounced them real Neveles. The
first and second degrees are only given
at the initiation meeting.
Several old Neveles confessed to hav
ing had birthdays during the summer
vacation and received the third degree.
Suddenly all lights came on, window
shades were pushed up and we all felt
very much at home with our charming
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Jesus Our Ideal
Life Attitudes of Master Teacher
Are Presented as Criterion
For Youth of Today.
LIVE AND HELP TO LIVE
Declares That Young People Are
Anxious to Serve and Will
Discharge Responslhilities.
HOWAED EICHAEDSON
This week’s issue of the Maroon and
Gold marks a novelty in the history of
our college paper. With this copy a
member of the Junior class makes his
initial appearance as editor, this man
being the first Junior ever to serve in
that position.
Ploward Richardson, of Suffok, Va.,.
is the incoming editor. Last spring at
the regular annual election of the
Maroon and Gold staff Mr. Richardson
was chosen managing editor of the
l)aper; but since IM. G. Wicker, who
was elected editor of the paper, did not
return to Elon this fall the Junior
class considered it the logical thing to
promote Mr. Richardson, since no Sen
ior has had experience as managing
editor of the paper. The new editor’s
experience on the. Maroon and Gold
staff has been supplemented by his hav
ing had charge of his high school
paper.
The manner in which Mr. Richardson
has creditably filled many positions of
honor in his two years at Elon justifies
his classmates in electing him to this
responsible position.
STUDENT SERVICE ONIDN
OFFERS CONVEtllENGES
Appeal Made to Student Body
Patronize Those Who Are
Students Here.
To
Jesus is unique among the founders
of the world’s religions in that He died
young. He is pre-eminently the friend
of young people. Those whom He call
ed to His personal fellowship for spe
cial training in propagating the prin
ciples of His Kingdom were young men.
When a certain rich young ruler came
to Him, it is recorded expressly that
Jesus loved; the young man. He under
stood youth and He loved youth. The
young in every generatio'u since have
loved Him with a passionate devotion
W’-henever they have properly undertood
Him.
Jesus has been called the world’s
supreme idealist, and there is abundant
evidence to substantiate this view.
His idealism, however, was not that of
the impractical dreamer, but of the
constructive statesman. His idealism
has transformed the attitudes of men
with respect to -every element O'f our
life as well as with respect to the in
stitutions which serve our life. In His
life-time when Herod heard of Him and
Hia teachings, it is related that Herod
feared. The unprincipled Monarch
recognized in Christ not a mere ideal
ist, but a disturber of injustice aud
oppression and unrighteousness in every
form. He is to this day the proclaimer
of a disturbing idealism.
Every generation of Christian history
has had its own peculiar disturbances
baaed on the teachings and ideals of
Jesus. One age has had to struggle
with the problem of the home as this
idealist would solve it, while another
generation would find itself dealing
particularly with the application of His
teachings to the problem of industry.
In our own day the teachings of Jesus
with reference to human brotherhood
appear to be the characteristically dis
quieting feature of His^ospel.
In order to comprehend fully the
necessity for this continued and pro
tracted disquietude, it will be helpful
to recall that the truth in Christ Jesus
is of two-fold character. He came as
the Word of God and declared Himself
to be the Truth. Truth in this sense
comprehends the eternal element of His
revelation. The other truth which He
came to reveal and inculcate is proper
ly described as growing truth. In His
The President of Harvard LTniversity
made the statement the other day that
“Any man wdio has a real desire for
liigher learning can get it even if hej^^®^ hours with His disciples He de-
has no financial foundation to build I that He would send the Com-
upon. ” The students of many smaller
colleges and especially of Elon realize
the truth of this for there are so many
types of self-help to be had.
Besid.es> the positions awarded to stu
dents who wish to make a part of their
expenses while in Elon, there are sev
eral branches of student service on the
Hill which not only help those work
ing in them but are also quite a handy
service to the other students.
For example, instead of losing time
in going to some place distant from
the college, the men can get modern
barber work done right in the Dormi
tory at the College Barber Shop, operat
ed by Mr. Auman of the Junior class.
To make things more convenient the
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forter, the spirit of truth, who should
lead them into all truth. Our Lord,
therefore, summated in Himself truth
in its eternal and also* in its growing
revelation. He thoroughly understood
that the disciples whom He gathered
around Himself could not comprehend
the complete fruition of His teachings.
In this 20th century since He came,
we do not even yet comprehend His
teachings in their fullness. Each suc
ceeding generation is privileged under
the guidance of the Holy Spirit to com
prehend anew and wit;Ii an enlarged
application the growing truth of God.
The Holy Spirit as the guide of men,
leading them into ever enlarging con
ceptions of God and His truth, is the
most distinguishing characteristic of
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