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\ I— W A Harpor BEAT DUKE * i • /'. : v‘". ’ i i ^»V • > * - I \ i;\,im : ' ff -1 “ " ;^aroon anb #olJ) ON COMEB FIELD SATURDAY BEAT DUKE! VOLUME VII. ELON COLLEGE, N. C, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1925. NUMBER 7 BETA OMICHOi BETA IS SPONSOR OF A CARNIVAL FOR FRESHMAII GIRLS Girls' Gymnasium is Scene of Much Revelry. The Carnival Spirit Pervaded Entire Scene. SOMETHING NEW AT ELON Something new at Elon! A carnival came to town last Friday night, aud set up its booths in the Girls’ gym nasium, About twenty-seven Freshman girls were admitted and beeamo a part of the festival. Ncthing was lacking, everything was there, even to the nierry-go-round, the fortune teller, and the pink lemonade booth. A perfect bedlam of carnival noises, whistles and shouts of those crying the attractions of the booths greeted the guests who liad been invited to this unique party given by the Beta Omicro'n Beta club in honor of these Freshman girls. Gay decorations of multi-colored confetti, paper ribbons and streamers, together with, placards of every imagin able color, and the balloon “man’’ with his immense load of bright hued bubbles floating abo^’e all, transformed the gymnasium. Every kind of booth from the skating rink, which proved disastrous to iiiany^ the queer appearance of “the only liv ing animal of its kind in captivity, the horrible ciagarette fiend,’’ the mysteri ous gypsy fortune teller, the tricky merry-go-round, to the booth where everybo'dy got a prize when they “hit Hhe “batFyr’^ trnd beat of all, the pink lemonade booth, provoked interest and excitement. Booths were not all, however. The inevitable clown and his black face “nigger,” by their jokes and tricks caused still more laughter. The circus, with its bareback rider, a tight rope walker, the bathing beauties, and last but best, the chorus girls, were equal in attraction to anything which had gone before. The “black face” made himself loved by his repeated showers of peanuts, trays of ice cream cones, and last of all, a shower of kisses—the candy kind. The party ended with yells by the Beta Omicron Beta girls, whicli were responded to by the Freshman girls. (Continued on Page 4) VARIEO VESPIR RECIIAL IS GIVEN BY PROF. VELIE Program Ranges From Ancient Num bers to Works of Modern Ameri can Composers. The Vesper Organ Recital given in the College Auditorium Sunday after noon by Prof. 0. James Velie was well attended and highly appreciated. The program contained numbers ranging from works o'f Beethoven and Schunxann to those of modern Ameri can composers. “The Andante” from Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony retained much of the orchestral coloring while Schumann’s “Traumcreiis” is espe cially attractive in its organ setting. Kinder’s very tuneful “Serenade” and “Meditation” closed the first group. The “Serenade” made an especially strong appeal through its pronounced melodic and rhythmic interest. Prof. and Mrs, Velie joined in a duet for organ and piano, playing Demarest’s “Grand Aria,” This number is one of the few compositions written for this combination and brings out some very line contrasts. Mr. Velie’s closing group contained (Continued on Page 3) E UNIVERSITY WILL PLAY ELON SATORDAY Fighting Christians Determined to Win From Blue Devils On Comer Field. ^NEVELE CLOB MEETS AT " HOME OF IS. ALEXAiER Xiterary Program of Interest is Given. Last Thursday evening the Faculty !Nevele Club were guests of Mrs. Alex- , ander in her home in the parsonage. Following the regular routine busi ness of the evening, a literary program was enjoyed. Mrs. Alexander herself gave a very clever account of the Nevele picnic held the week before un der the title of “Current Events.” Miss Lila Newman read a paper on the . life and works of Anna Douglas Sed- wick. Mrs. J. W. Barney gave an ac count of general events. Miss Deloris r® Morrow concluded the program with a paper on the life and works of Carl Vanvechten. The hostess was assisted by her daughter. Miss Kuth, in serving a daintv luncheoii. 0. ar J. W. Fix, ’21, isi attending school at the University of Omaha. He and his wife are teaching at Bellevue College, which is in the vicinity of the Uni versity. ' ^ Next Saturday the Duke University football team comes to Elon to play the Fighting Christians on Comer Field. The Duke Blue Devils come here fresh from an overwhelming defeat at the hands of Carolina last Saturday. The psychology of the 41 to 0 defeat which Duke sustained will no doubt have good deal to- do with the coming game. The Blue Devils will be out to re establish themselves as a football team. Further the score of last week does not indicate the relative strength of the two fotball aggregations. Certain ly Carolina does not have a 41-point bettor team than does Duke. The loss of Bullock for the Carolina game no doubt hurt the morale of the Methodists considerably. Just what Elon’s chances are in the coming game is problematical. We have a better team than we had a year ago while the belief is current that Duke 's team is at least no better than her team of a year ago. It has been definitely decided that Byerly will not be in the Elon line-up, and it is questionable whether Kirkland will be able to play. How much of a handi cap the loss of these two players may be, only the game will tell. The attention of the Maroon and Gold team has been centered on this game for the past two weeks. Coach Corboy has been putting his men through stiff workouts. The line espe cially has come in for exceedingly hard work to get in shape to stop the Duke backs. Who will start for Elon is a question of considerable interest, as a number of different combinations have been tried out with the idea of securing the greatest possible strength for the team, both offensive and defensive. The Elon student body wants to win this game. The men on the team are out to win, will go on the field Satur day afternoon determined to win, and will put forth their greatest efforts to realize their ambitions. L. V. Watson, ’25, was a visitor on the Hill Sunday. ELON BEARCATS DEFEAT ALEXANOER-WILSON RIGR Two Touchdowns Give Eloii Scrubs Victory Over High School Lads. The Elon Bearcats scored a 13 to 0 victory over Jesse Barker’s Alexander- Wilson High School team Saturday afternoon on Comer Field. John White- sell showe(i that he had developed some good men from the Elon Scrubs. The Bearcats experienced little dif ficulty in carrying the ball down the field, and in making 17 first downs. But when the ball got near their goal the Alexander-Wilson lads showed their ability, holding for downs and punting out of danger. Elon was unable to do much with the Alexander-Wilson line, having to make most of her gains f/n end runs. The forward pass was attempted several times by both teams, but with little success. Raub and Byrd, of Elon, were the outstanding players of the game, both scoring a touchdown and repeatedly going around end for long runs. Raub scored a touchdown near the end of the first quarter. Byrd carried the ball across for an extra 2>o'int. The second touchdown came in tlie third quarter after Byrd had made a protty run for about 30 yards and placed the ball on the visitors’ one-yard line. He carried the ball over on the next play. Baub’s placement kick failed. J. C, WHITESELL, ASS’T, COACH “Red” Whiteseir was captain of Elon’s football team last year. He has played four years on the Elon squad and has always given his best, in every way, to the team. He is a hard and fair fighter, one of the best linesmen ever develoiDed here. This year “Red” is assisting Coach Corboy in moulding the Fighting Christians into a football team of real mettle. PAGEANT IS PSESEKIEO AT Miss Ruth Crawford Leads Meeting; Idea of World-Wide Brotherhood Discussed and Portrayed The Y. M. C, A, and the Y, W. C. A: held a joint meeting Sunday nighfc for Christian Endeavor service. The meet ing was held in the chapcl and was one of the most interesting young people’i services that has been held this year. The theme of the program was, “They First Gave Their Own Selves.” Miss Ruth Crawford was the leader for the evening and the meeting open ed with the singing of the hymn, “Stand Up For Jesus,” Miss Hannah Claire Newman then gave a reading entitled, “Is It Nothing To You?^ Miss Newman rendered the reading with much feeling and brought out clearly tlie theme suggested by the subject. After this an offering was taken. Miss Jewell Truitt made a short talk on the topic of “Steward ship,” clearly outlining the five-fold purpose of stewardship. The assembly was favored by a duet by Miss Madge (Continued on Page 3) BOOSTERS’ CLUB MAKES EXCELLENT IMPRESSION Program Given in College Chapel Was Well Received. Club to Visit High Schools. Joe B. Gay was on the Hill Mon day. IN A SOLILOQUY Helen kissed me today; Will she kiss me tomorrow? Let that be as it may, Helen kissed me today. Yet the pleasure gives way To a savour of sorrow, Helen kissed me today; Will she kiss me tomorrow? —Red Turner. Tlie Boosters’ Club made a great hit with its first program. From the type of entertainment provided in the Col lege chapel last Saturday evening we may be assured that the Boosters will make an excellent impression on their tour of near-by high schools. The pro gram was divided into three parts: Music, educatioTial pictures, and gym nastic stunts. The seven-piece orchestra is com posed of: A. B, Johnson, saxaphone; T. B. Moore, clarinet; G. P. Crymes, piano; E, E, Kipka, violin; W. L. McLeod, violin; M. G. Wicker, banjo, and Lindsay Johnson, violin. As the opening number the orchestra gave “Our Boys,” “Yearning,” and “I^m so Ashamed.” Next on the program was a clog dance by H. L. Hughes. Mr, Hughes is a great clog dancer. A quartette, composed of M. G. Stanley, T. R. Ruston, H. L. Barney, and Lindsay Johnson, gave “Po’ Little Lamb,” “The Goggline’ll Get You if You Don’t Watch Out,” and several numbers as encores, P. B. Sawyer gave two Hawaiian Medley’s which were well re ceived. A vocal so'lo by G. P. Crymes and “Yes Sir! That's My Baby,” “Collegiate,” and “Let Me Call You Sweetheart,” by the orchestra closed the musical part of the program. A series of educational pictures gave vital facts concerning the advantages of college education. The Elon build ings and grounds and scenes from col lege life were shown. The gymnasium team with Perry Smith, T. R. Ruston, J. F. Qualls, M. G, Wicker, and E. A. McPherson as performers and H. L. Hughes as clown appeared next. Almost all the men on the gj'mnasium team had experience in this work last year and are well train ed. As the concluding number the audi ence sang the college song, “Here’s to Dear Old Elon.” Misses Wiley and Janette Stout were called home Saturday morning to at tend the funeral of their grandfather, the late J, W. Allred. JAS.B.OUKE,FRIENOANO BEflEFACTOR OF COLLEGE IS CLAIMED BY DEATH Memorial Services Held In His Honor at Chapel Monday While Funeral Was Held at Durham A FRIEND OF EDUCATION A special memorial service was held at 11:00 o’clock Monday morning in the College chapel in memory of the late James B. Duke, friend and benefac tor of the college. Dean A. L. Hook of the faculty presided at the service and the college pastor. Dr. W. S, Alexander, read the Scripture and offered prayer. Dr. N. F. Brannock, professor of Chemistry, told in well chosen words of the importance for Elon’s future of the Diike Science Building, made pos sible by the generosity of Messrs. J. B, and B. N. Duke. This Science Build ing, Dr. Brannock stated, gave Elon College as fine an equipment for Chemistry, Physics, Biology and Geology as can be found on any college campus. “In a scientific age,” said Dr. Brannock, “A modern and up-to- date Science Building is a prime neces sity in any college and Elon is for tunate to find itself possessed of such a laboratory.” President Harper spoke in regard to Mr. J. B. Duke as a man. He described him as one of the most forceful and efficient business men the world had ever seen. “It is true, he said, that Mr. Duke was perhaps the richest man ever buried in America, surpassing in his wealth at the time of bis death the late J, P. Morgan and the late Andrew Carnegie by many millions. But those who had the privilege to know’ Mr. Duke,” President Harper declared, “were impressed not by the magnitude of his wealth, but by the richness of his mental endowment. Mr. Duke would have succeeded in any undertak- Had he gone into the ministry, he would have become a bishop. Had he gone into politics, he would have become president of the United States. Since he entered business, he inevitably became one of the richest men of all times. ’ ’ President Harper continued by say ing that Mr. Duke showed a supreme wisdom in the disposition of his great (Continued on Page 3) PSYKALEON LITERARY SOCIETY ROLOS SESSION Program I3 Varied and Highly Interest ing. Old Members Appear. The Psykaleon Literary Society held its regular weekly meeting last Mon day evening in the society hall. The following program was given: Miss Margaret Joe Ballentine re ported on an article entitled, “\VTiat My Religion Means to Me.” This article was written by Edgar A. Guest, one of our popular present-day poets. In it, he states that religion has been the greatest influence in his life. Mr. Guest wrote this article to his son, be cause he believed that if his son had religion he would make good in life. One of the greatest influences against religion, according to Mr. Guest’s opinion, is bigotry. A humorous reading, “Somebody Did, ’ ’ was entertainingly given by Miss Hannah Newman. Miss Madge Woods sang “At Dawn ing,” one of Eberhart’s works. Miss Judith Black added a touch of genuine humor to the program by her local jokes.
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