IeLOK GOLLIGB LIBRAilYl
F R E S ti^ArM c.1 S,S U E
MAROON AND GOLD
VOLUME IX.
ELON COLLEGE, N, C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1927
NUMBER 10
FROSH CLASS ELECTS OFFICERS
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Purple Panthers
Lose ?
Fighting Maroon Horde
Conquor Guilford Quakers
JAMES S. FOWLER ELECTED PRESIDENT
JAMES WALTON, JR., VICE-PRESIDENT, MARJORIE MOORE, SECY
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>: Fighting Christians
i Win!
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ELON 31—GUILFORD 13
Elon Triumphs With Four First
String Players Out of
Line-Up.
‘Hans’
Waggoner and “Zac’
er Stellar Lights.
Walk-
SPIRITED MEETING
Chapel Services Were Disbanded
For the Day.
BALLOT METHOD USED
Oh me. oh my, “Ain’t it a grand and
glorious feeling?'’ Picture a nice, hot
October afternoon -with twenty-two men
in moleskin engaged in a hectic
BlTuggle for pigskin supremacy. Then
after the fray the big score board
blares foTth in large numerals, Elon 31,
Onilford 13.- Boy, oh boy, but, “Ain’t
li a grand and glorious feeling?”
Ecjuvenated! Tliat’s the W'ord that
describes the game played by our Fight
ing Christians last Saturday at Guil
ford. W'itli four first string men out
of the line-up, our reserve forces came
through with enough of the desired
punch to trample over the Quakers in
a rather ro'ugh shod manner. That
Elon believed in the old saying that the
•‘‘early bird gets the worm.” was
demonstrated in the way they jumped
into a lead in the early part of the
game which Guilford found unsur-
monntable. Even in the second half
when Elon ran in a number of sub
stitutes Guilford could do no better
than play on even terms, discounting
two co'stly errors upon the part of Elon
backs.
With “Zac” Walker skirting the
ends and “Hans” Waggoner plunging-
and plowing through the line, Elon
piled up a total of thirteen first downs.
Elon had an aerial attack that kept the
Quakers bewildered throughout the
game. The passing combinations of
Walker to Ziegler and Walker to Cog
gins were in jierfect working order.
On the defense Branner and Efird
showed up best, both men playing an
air-tight game. But why point out in
dividuals when the entire aggregation
played football worthy of an All-
American choice. Elon’s worst handi
cap was their penalties which piled up
to a total of sixty-five yards. And the
way for Guilford’s two touchdowns
was paved by two disastrous fumbles
on the part of the safety man for Elon.
But the phenomenal playing of our
backfield overshadowed these defects.
Elon kicked off to start the game and
Bobertson returned the ball ten yards.
Class of
W. S. ALEXANDER,
Elen’s Well-Loved Pastor
A. B., D. D., Union Christian College.
Graduate student of Chicago' Uni
versity.
Pastor of churches for twenty years;
Superintendent of Wyoming State Mis
sion Work for four years; Pastor of
Union Christian College Church for
three years; President of Union Chris
tian College for three years.
The high esteem in which Dr. Alex
ander is held by those who know him
best is shown by the fact that his^ long
est i:>astorate w^as in his home cliurch
and the college from which he gradu
ated called him to be its president.
He came to Elon in 1924. Since then
the student body has always found in
him a sincere man and warm-hearted
friend whose every-day life is in keep
ing with the gospel which he preaches.
He makes a special suggestion that
the student body will do well to heed.
It is that their success and happiness
in life depend to a considerable degree
upon the use which they make, while
young, of the educational opportunities
TV'hich are provided them.
31 is One of Most Promising
In Years.
G. D. COLCLOUGH ElECTEO
I m.
On Tuesday, November 1, the Fresh
man Class met and organized as the
Class of ’31. Dr. Alexander opened
the meeting by reading the Scripture,
following which he led in prayer. Dean
Hook then took charge of the meeting,
as is the custom for the Dean of Men.
Follow'ing his suggestion certain speci
fied rules were adopted. It was decid
ed to' pass ballots to everj’’ one to write
the names of nominees for the office on,
to select the three highest nominees as
candidates for the respective offices, to
limit speeches to five minutes, and to
elect by the majority method. The
three successful nominees for president
of the best class at Elon were: James
S. Fowler, James Walto'n and Maurice
W. Carrow.
At this time the three nominees were
requested to leave the room and the
floor was thrown open to stump speeches
iu behalf of the various members of
the chosen triumvirate. Fresliman
Johnson opened by speaking for Fowler
and remarking that if he had kept
shaved, dressed snappiJy. and put on
a necktie Mr. Carrow wouldn’t have
a chance. Miss Warren, better known
as “Concord.” followed by speaking
for Walton, she remarking that they
were holding an election for class presi
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Dr. Thos. F. Opie Gives
Sj3lendid Conference Report
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‘FAITH AND ORDER” TITLE
GIVEN TO CONFERENCE
Representatives of All Churches
Present.
400 Delegates Present.
UNANIMOUSLY CHOSEN
Plan For Local Alumni Organ
izations Throughout Country.
General Alumni Magazine Planned.
The Executive Committee of the Elon
On the third play Elon was penalized
-cc T • /-X i.1. j. 1 College Alumni Asso'ciation met on Fri-
fOT offside playing. On the next play i ^
' T r\ ^ V.1 ' day night, October 28, to transact some
Branner recovered a Quaker tumble on | ^ ’ ’
their forty yard line and Elon imniedi- I
I very urgent business. Several matters
ately lo8t it on another fumble. ' The k’ importance were brought up at this
Elon line held for downs here and | P™bably the n,ost progres-
forced Guilford to kick, Walker run
ning the ball back twenty-five yards,
From here Elon started her scoring ma
chine to work and soo-n marched through
to their initial touchdown but failed
in the try for the extra point. In the
waning minutes of the first quarter Wag
goner intercepted a Quaker pass and
seemingly started for Alabama with the
hall by racing forty wards before being
downed.
Before the second quarter was very
old Waggoner plowed thrmigh for an- J. W. Barney, Editor; Miss Lillie Horne.
sive step taken was that of creating an
Alumni Magazine.
For a long time there has been a feel
ing among the Elon Alumni that such
a magazine was needed, but not until
this time was one even attempted. So
far, the magazine has not been named.
Members of the Alumni Association are
asked to submit names from which a
final name for the magazine is to be
selected. The committee to select the
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OUR REGISTRAR
Claude Marcus Cannon, A. B.
Born June 13, 1896.
Entered Elon 1917—graduated 1921.
Member Clio Literary Society. Kappa
Psi Nu Fraternity, Mason, Eastern Star,
etc.
Former Secretary to the President o'f
Eloji College.
Present time: Registrar of Elon Col
lege, Graduate Manager of Athletics.
Publicity Director, and President of the
North Carolina Registrars’ Conference.
October 31.—Today at tlie chapel
hour Dr. Thos. F. Opie, rector of the
Episcopal church of Burlington, gave
a splendid report on the World Confer
ence on Faith and Order held in
Lausanne during the summer just past.
Dr. Opie told something of the op
portuneness of the time for this confer
ence and of the appealing peaceful
ness of the meeting place. The con
ference convened August 3-21. Lausan
ne is in Switzerland among the lakes
O'f the Alps. The surrounding scenery
invited and challenged a divided
Christendom to be at peace.
Representatives of all the leading
denominations from all the outstanding
nations met. not to draw up plans for
the unity of all the churches, but to
discuss the unity and the difference al
ready existing between the denomina
tions and churches.
About four hundred official delegates
were present at this conference. There
w'ere over a hundred observers, besides
eighty-five reporters. At least two
Catholic priests attended the meetings,
although the Roman Catholic church
was not officially represented.
The speeches were interpreted in each
of the three official languages, English,
French, and German. During the most
heated discussions a fine spirit of
courtesy and fellowship was still pres
ent.
The work o'f the conference was
n u ^xr • u • X X- • divided into six major divisions. Six
Coach Walker is changing tactics in' .
,v . . . £ -n.1 nv ■ X- .c (large committees met and discussed the
the training of his Elon Christians for , ,
,1 -i.1 TT- 1 T. • ^'problems assigned to them and each
the approaching game with High Point I
n -ry ^ igave a report to the conference. These
College Friday afternoon on Comer I . .
six committees considered the follow-
I ing subjects: The Church’s Message
I to the World, The Nature of the Church.
COACII WALKER CHAIIGES
TUCTICS FOR PANIHERS
McCauley, Cook, Waggoner, Bock
On Injured List.
Light Workouts and Signal Drills Are
Order of the Day.
“LOUIE” ZIEGLER
Louie hails from Ensley, Alabama.
Prepped in Ensley high school, and was
chosen all-state end. “Zig” showed us
how the position of end should be play
ed in the Guilford game. He loves the
me and is one of the most important
name for the magazine consists of Prof. {factors in Coach Walker’s machine.
other touchdown, and we failed again
in the try for extra point. From this
point on Walker ran the ends with
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Hon. D. R. Fonville, Hon. J. Do’lph Long
and George D. Colclough. Names are
to be submitted to Prof. J. W. Barney,
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Dr. M. J. W. White, ’23, and Miss
Lita Jane Rothgeb were married some
time ago. Dr. White finished medicine
at the University of Virginia last June.
field. Instead of the hard scrimmage
ho has been putting his men through
for the last two weeks he is giving!
them a rest with only light w'orkouts,
a few signal drills and setting up ex
ercises.
Coach Walker will not make predic
tions in regard to tlie result of the
game Friday with the Purple Panthers.
He knows that it will be a hard game,
probably the hardest game of the
Christian’s schedule, and the Maroon
Horde will use every device known to
football to i?'tem tlie tide of the victori
ous I’anthei's.
There will be some change in the line
up for this game wdien the Elon team
takes the field. McCauley, one of the
mainstays in the Christian’s line, w'ill
be missing because of a fractured bone
in his hand, sustained in the Guilford
game. Waggoner’s shoulder is in bad
shape and Bock’s arm is giving him
trouble. Coach Walker is working in
some of his reserve material for these
places.
However, Coach Walker will do his
best to place a formidable team on the
field for this initial contest of the home
season. The outlook is that the game
will be close and that the Elon and
High Point machines will be about
evenly matched with either teanr hav
ing an even chance to win.
Faith, The Ministry of the Church, The
Sacraments, and The Unity of Christen
dom in Relations to Existing Condi
tions.
Dr. Opie congratulated Elon on the
fact that Dr. Harper is on the Con
tinuation Committee of the conference,
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IIIITIAL CONCERT OF THE
ARTISTS COURSE SUCCESS
Schubert Male Quartet Are Great
Entertainers.
Prof. Velie Thanks Audience For Won
derful Co-operation.
Elon College.—Encores were many,
w'hen the Schubert Male Quartet sang
themselves into the heart of each listen
er. This was the first number of the
Alamance Concert Artists Course to be
given at Elon College.
Prof. Velie made the initial appear
ance to thank the people of Alamance
county for their wonderful support, and
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