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—EC—
There was once a hen who had
several “biddies” to look after.
Her name was Enza. One day
the chicks went into a flower gar
den and in flew Enza.
—EC—
We play our first baseball game
Friday, if it doesn’t snow.
—EC—
It is urged that students now
3ut of bed consider themselves
shift number two. That is, we
feel that it would be well for them
to wait until the shift now in bed
gets up, to wait on them before
they go to bed.
—EC—
Baftdjall practice has begun
with a "zip." It was too cold for
it to have begun any other way.
—EC—
Students who hail from the
North are to remember that this
little touch of northern weather
that we have been having is just
to make them feel at home. It is
to serve the same purpose for
them as the running water in the
hall at night serves for homesick
Freshmen, who hail from the
country.
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We sincerely hope that the new
stafl^ is as anxious to take over the
paper as the old staff is reluctant
?■'■??? to turn it over to them,
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BASEBALL
I'he pre-season outlook on base
ball here this year is sad to say
very little better than it has been
for the past two seasons. Several
veterans have returned and they
are fast rounding into shape on
the diamond. I'he pitching staff is,
however, centered around one man
as a veteran, and two or three new
men who have a promise. One
great drawback is the lack of a
captain. "Ed” Ciillam, captain-
elect, failed to return to school
and he will be greatly missed, not
only will he be missed on the
initial sack, but he will be missed
as a leader for the team.
It is very unfortunate that un-
preventable circumstances have
prevented us from having captains
in several branches of athletics
in the past two or three years.
But in the face of all that we can
smile. Yet the condition we de
plore is that that old vital and
much talked of Elon spirit seems
to lack its former strength and
sponlaniety. Why is it that we
seldom hear the tune of the col
lege song? Why is it that we do
not see as much interest in our
teams as in former years? Why
is it that our athletes show such
an utter disregard of training
rules? ft may be that these ques
tions are unfounded on facts. But
admitting that there is even slight
grounds for these questions, we
wonder why they should occur in
the minds of so many students.
Has some change come over our
students for the better or for the
worse? If it is for the better,
what is it that we have gained
that w'ould take the place of one
bit of love for alma mater? If we
are not better oft', then w'hat
causes the unwdiolesome attitude,
if it may be called so, and what
is a remedy for it? Of a necessity
we must leave those questions un
answered. They may be taken for
wdiat they are worth.
Back the baseball team!
JUNIOR-SENIOR RECEIPTION
PRONOUNCED BIG SUCCESS
fContinued from Page 1)
Hot Cliickcn—Test brakes before go'-,
iiig farther.
Biill Bearings—X^se tiro tools on
these.
Non-Skid—Bemove chains and go
straight ahead.
Hot Bolls Boyce—Chase all ilivvers
oif the road.
Radius Bods—Rough roads, don’t
bend them.
Spark Plugs—Clean before using.
Accessories—Special sale; get while
cheap.
Distilled Water—Turn right and put
on chains.
Detour
Salad—Slow down, rocky roads ahead.
Polarine—Put alcohol in your radia
tor.
Traffic .Tain Cake—Slow down and
avoid crowds.
Vacuum Cup Punch—Do not use cut
outs.
F. S. Mints—Keep pocket-books clos
ed.
Stop—X. C. Law—Stop.
There were about one hundred present.
All pronounced it a niost enjoyable oc
casion.
TO O. K. C.
Love—
And 1 cast it away.
Cast it away as a child throws aside
its toy.
Little I'oalizing its worth and its joy.
Love—
And I grew tired of it—
Little knowing that the .soul
With that love only once is lit.
Love—
Not the mad passionate kind
Svveepinij before it frail human beings—
There’s notliiiig in that to bind.
Love—
Tliat gives and asks nothing in return;
Tliat comforts, heals and blesses;
Ah, it took me long to learn!
Lin'e —
And now is it too late?
Too late to hold once more
Tliat love supreme, divine,
That 1 from my vain lieart tore?
—Jiiditli Black.
STUDENISIHISIC DO
WEIL IN RECITAL HERE
Held in Auditorium of Mooney Build
ing March 11th.
Tliiirsday, Mnrch llth, the student.s
jn music gave a recital in the nudi-
torium of the Christian Education build
ing. The following program "was ren
dered:
Larghetto Expressive Emery
Susie Elder
Sonata ill A minor ]Mozart
Mary Stout
Consolation Lesehetizsky
Xoeturne Lesehetizsky
Agnes Judd
Cvepuseule Lavignac
Juggery Godard
Hallie Stanfield
Air Op. 40 Xo’. 1 MaoBowell
Kathleen Paschall
The Bird AVitli the Broken
Wing Golson
!Miss Stearns
Waltz Frinil
Agnes Judd
Love Song Nearing
MAROON AND GOLD
^Moment Musical in A Scharwenka
Alyse Smith
N’octurne in P minor Chopin
Prelude in G major Chopin
Prelude in B (Hat) minor Chopin
David Harrell
March
FRESHMAN-SOPHOMORE
BANQUET IS A SUCCESS
(Continued from Page 1)
Musical Interpretation
Miss Edna Harrelson
Reading Miss Sarah Deaton
The long looked for moment and
climax of the affair was the serving
of sandwiches, fruit salad, celery, nuts,
and fruit punch. While the banqueters
were partaking of their eats they were
entertained by unique and original
jokes.
Promptly at ten-tliirty, after singing
the College Song and giving a yell for
’28 and '20, the Freshmen and Sopho
mores departed on better terms than
they have been this year.
I’LL SHOW YOU THE TOWN”
IS NEXT PIGTORE HERE
Is a Comedy Starring Reginald Denny
Acting as an Unromantic
Professor.
‘M'll Show You tlie Town,’’ is the
title of the picture to be sliown here
Saturday, Jlarcli 20th.
Reginald Denny appears in the role
of an unromantic professor who is
literally deluged witli feminine hearts
of all ages and si.zes.
‘M’ll Sliovv You the Town,’’ adapted
from Elmer Davis’ story of the same
name, is the lo\e story of Professor
Alec Dupree, who lights shy of cupid’s
larts only to be wounded by a score
of tliem. Alec, ])Iayed by Reginald
Denny, is a pvofessor of English at
old Wyndani, a eollege founded by his
grandfather. Tlie college is defunct,
and it is up to Alec to get enough funds
to keep the old scho(d together. As
luck would have it, the famous Agnes
(Mevenger, wealthy widow of a near-by
provincial town, is visitin|r the metro
polis, and Alec is acconled an introduc
tion to her and is worked to ‘‘Show
her tlie town.' ’
Agues Clevenger, though one of the
wealthiest women in the country, is
also one of nature’s homeliest, and Alec
goes about wi]ining her purse (for
Wyndani's sake) by first -vvinning her
heart. How Alec woos and finally wins
the heart of “Aggie’’ is one of the
funniest sequences in the screen play.
But Agnes Clevenger is not the only
woman who crosses Alec’s path. He is
best on all sides by cupid who finds
many practical ways in which to en
snare the wary professor’s heart.
Tt is a clever up to the minute comedy
which borders on farce wdth the present
for the time, a metropolitan city for
the locale, with eight reels.
HOW IT CAME TO
BE WRITTEN
words formed themselves in |,j
mind : “I wish I was in Dixie'-
By six o’clock the song was linisi
ed. That night Emmett w
the music. The manager of
Wrott
Minstrel Show liked the
song, a
Whenever the song “Dixie” is
played or sung the performer is
greeted with cheers and applause.
This famous war song of the Con
federacy is the center of much
romance. It was generally be
lieved that a patriotic Southerner
had composed the song, but this
is not so. The composer was
Daniel Decatur Emmett, a black
face comedian who was a member
of a famous minstrel troupe which
opened their season of minstrelsy
on September just before the out
break of the Civil War. The
show was a very good one as min
strel shows go, but alas, and alack,
the grand finale which should have
been the gem of the performance,
fell as flat as a pancake. Now
you know that the last impression
is usually the lasting one, and to
have an audience leave the theatre
remembering a flat finale would
never do. So the manager called
upon Mr. Emmett and instructed
him to w’rite something that would
serve as a rousing ending, for the
minstrel show and “pep it up.”
He was allowed one day for the
job. It Was a sorry kind of a day,
too. The first chill winds of
autumn blew, the penetrating rain
fell upon the streets. No inspira
tion here for a cheerful song.
What w'as he to think of on a day
like this? An old negro was pass
ing along the street below, sing
ing as he shulTled along. The in
spiration came! Sunny skies and
cotton bales and negroes singing
on the wharves of the Southern
waterfronts. Like a flash the
that the audience did too, was'evi
dence by the twenty curtain call
that greeted it on the night o(i|i
first presentation. Within awetj
every boy on the streets ajj
hundreds of men and women wert
singing the catchy song,
popularity was immediately as.
sured. .
After it was published it sprei|
like wild fire over the country. J
was sung everywhere. Whentlt
Civil War broke the South adopt '
ed it as its anthem and the lotf
gray lines marched to the battlt-
fields with Dixie on their lipsaij
the memories of it stirred upij
their hearts. As soon as thatte-
came known the North cast it
aside and it was many years k-
fore it regained its popularity in
that section. Emmett, the com
poser, enjoyed much fame anj
popularity through the success o|:
his song. He died in 1904 wla
he was nearly ninety years old,-
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