BON VOYAGE
BASKETBALL
TEAM
ilaroon anb #olb
PEACE AND
CONTENTMENT UNTIL
OCTOBER 15. 1928
VOLUME IX.
ELON COLLEGE, N. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1928
NUMBER 18
I LOCSL GREEK LETTER
CLUBS ARE NOW AT PEACE
27 New Mem'bers Added to List of 99
Old Ones—Gives Girls Total Mem-
bersiiip 61 and Men 65.
Rush season is over! AH'frats now
can sit back and take stock of the
valuable material brought in. Every
club seems lucky in taking in their new
members. We hope nobody's feelings
are hurt, for a good bunch of men and
women have been added to each club
roll. True sportsmanship now becomes
true friendship. Look out for initia-
tioTi!
As the list now stands there are 65
frateiTiity members and 61 sorority
members. They are as follows:
PI Kappa Tau
New members—Miss Margaret Lnw-
reree, Virginia; Miss Clarice Albright;
Misses Agnes and Minnie Lee Hearn,
Wndlcy. Ala.; Miss Grace Wright.
Ashehoro, N. C. There are also 11 old
members, making 16 on roll.
Tau Zeta Phi
New members—Misses Gladys White
and Mary Dix, Danville, Va.; Miss Eutli
iforton, Burlington. These with 11 old
members make a total of 14 members.
Delta Upsilon Kappa
New members—Misses Allene May,
Youngsville, N. C.; Wautell Lambeth,
Johnnie Sharpe, Loia McAdams, city;
Christine Wicker, Sanford, N. C.; Anne
Kawls. Suffolk. Va. With 13 old mem
bers, there are 19 all told.
Beta Omicron Beta
New members—Misses Kitty Johnson
aTJiI MHrjorie Moare from Dover, Del.
The 10 old members with these make
2 total of 12 members.
Iota Tau Kappa
New men—Messrs. Darden and
“Pap" Eure, Gatesville, N. C.; Maurice
Carrow, Dover, Del.; Avery Fowler.
Duke. N. C.; Brock Jones, Holland.
Va., and Fred Caddell, city. These
with 18 old members make a total of 23.
Alpha Pi Delta
Mr. Kenneth Hook.. Including 18
old members, the total is 19.
Kappa Psi Nu
Dan Northcutt, McFarland, General
Greene, Brown Summit, N. C.; Leonard
Doster, Virginia; J. D. Lee, Draper;
T. B. Hamrick. Leaksville-Spray. These
with 18 old members, make a total
of 23.
feiiiia
SOyTRERN CHRISTIAN CON
TENTION CONVENES AT
ELON, MONOAV, JAN. 23
70 Preachers Expected to Attend
Welcome, Pastors, to Elon and Make
Yourself at Home Wlille Here.
In contrast with January i8, 1923, Elon was well prepared with these beautiful new buildings to
welcome her alumni on “Greater Elon Day.”
DR.HARPER RAS REIORNEO
FROM EXTENDED TOOR
RUSINESS CLUR TO RE
ORGANIZED ON HILL
This Club to be a Strictly Business Pro
position. to Aid Students in This Field
of Work, Entailing No Cost For
Membership.
The Business Administration Depart-
nient, under Prof. R. B. Tower, opened
with a full quota of students for the
spring semester. Plans are under way
for the organization of a business club,
which will be run on a different basis
from the other clubs now on the hill.
It is the plan of Prof. Tower to have
eminent speakers address his class, in
order to develop it into one of the most
progressive organizations at Elon. It
will not be compulsory for students
taking his course, and any student on
the Hill may attend.
This will be one of the most forward
steps ever taken by a professor at this
school. Business Administration De
partments are becoming more popular
over the entire country, because it is
an established fact, that over 75^ of
1^11 students graduating from college
^ter the business world.
Our President Holds Major Offices of
Importance as An Authority on
Christian Education.
Elon’s president has just returned
t“t'f-7n a week’s absence from the Hill,
during which time he attended three
important education^al and religious
gatherings of national importance.
Dr. Harper is vice-president of the
Council of Church Boards of Education
and chairman of the Committee on Re
ligious Education of the Council. As
chairman of the Committee on Religious
Educatien, he submitted a report en
titled “The Definition of Majors in
Religious Education—Methods of ap
proach to the Problem.” This report
was made the basis of a nation-wide
study of this problem by the CoTincil,
and Dr. Harper is placed in charge of
the investigation. He is to be assist
ed in this undertaking by Dr. William
S. Bovard of Chicago, Dr. C. P. Harry.
Norristown, Pa., Dr. H. 0. Pritchard,
(Continued on Page 2)
SPECIAL PRAYER SERVICES
FOR RIOHER IlfSTITOTIONS
OF LEARNIIIG SOLEIIZED
Dr. Alexander’s Sermon, “Our
College,” Was in Keeping
With the Day.
Sunday Evening Services Were Pre
sided Over by Miss Jewell
Truitt.
January 15. 1928, was designated as
a special day of prayer for our higher
institutions of learning. After the
organ prelude the morning service be
gan with the call to worship. Then
the Lord’s Prayer was offered in unison.
This was followed by responsive read
ing, “Wisdom Lendeth to Godliness.’’
The theme of Dr. Alexander’s sermon,
(Continued on Page 3)
PAOLHARDROCr SIMP
SON ENTERS LONG RACE
‘Hardrock” Elon Track Man is in Ex
cellent Condition When He Leaves
For California.
RUN FROM LOS ANGELES TO N. Y.
On January 11, just one week after
matriculation day at Elon College, Paul
L, “Hardrock’’ Simpson started for
Los Angeles, California. He is to re
port in Los Angeles for the race of
3,150 miles from there to New York.
The winner of this race is to receive
$25,000, and there are also several other
prizes offered. He left Burlington. N.
C., 10:30 A. M., January 11, and his
intentions were to “bum” as far as
possible in order to defray expenses.
When he left he waat in the top con
dition from hard training and he was
evidently in a optimistic mood.
Every day since he left “Hardrock’'
has written Wesley “Chop Suey” Wil
liams an account of his trip. In his
first letter to “Chops” he gave an in
teresting account of his first day’s travel
as follows:
Dear Chops:
I didn’t get away today until
10:30. I made it to Salisbury by 5:00
0 'clock. I am spending the night with
my uncle. I picked up 10 rides today
for an average of 7 miles per ride. I
rode with everything from T. B. patients
to sausage salesmen, and in everything
from Fords to Cadillacs. And at all
speeds from 5 to 70 miles per hour. So
far my trip has cost me only 50 cents.
Aurevoir,
Hardrock.
He has been making good time ever
since he started. On January 14 he
was beating it through Alabama. Of
course, he has his mind on the large
sum of money he hopes to win, never
theless when the opportunity for help
ing some one presents itself he always
proves the hero. While waiting for a
ride at a filling station in Alabama he
saved a man’s life by rescuing him
from the flames. He proved a Good
Samaritan while others- stood back and
(Continued on Page 3)
DOR RASKETRALL TEAM IS
NVAOIiHAUIilS OF NORTH
TRIP TO LAST 13 DAYS
Coach Walker Has Men In the Peak of
Physical Condition For This
Gruelling Trip.
The basketball team left Wednesday
on its Northern trip. This is one of
the most extensive trips ever to be
taken by an Elon team. Coach Walker
has ironed out several rough spots in
his machine-like team since the last
two encounters with the Guilford and
Catawba college teams. Although both
games were won and the team showed
up well, not withstanding these vic
tories, Coach always improves the team,
based on the mistakes that will show
up in a real combat.
The following men will make the
trip: “Hawkeye” Newman, Tobe
Crutchfield, T. B. Hamrick, “Pill’*
Caddell, Branner, “Lefty” Briggs,
(Continued from Page 3)
Since early in December when Presi-
Ornt Harper presented to the students
the idea of joining with the college in
inviting the pastors of the Southern
Cliristian Convention to be the guests
of the college, the students have looked
forward to the time when these distin
guished gentlemen will actually be
present as our guests. Maroon and
Gold on behalf of the student body
extends to each and every one of these
friends a most cordial w'elcome to the
campus. It is our liope tliat our pastors
will feel that they are our guests as
much so as they are of the college
itself.
Tlie students expect great benefit
and inspiration from the coming of our
visitors, not only in the way of lectures
but in the way of personal interviews
and association and fellowship and in
the satisfaction of knowing tliose about
whom we have heard so often and have
wished we might know. It is, of
course, a real satisfaction, too, to the
students to realize that most of these
ministers are sons of our Alma Mater
and, therefore, older brothers to us in
the service of humanity.
The program that is to be rendered
is certainly an attractive one, and,
while the students will not be able to
attend all of the programs, it is cer
tain that they will attend as many as
possible. The first evening Dr. L. E.
Smith, president of the Southern Chris
tian Convention, is to give the opening
lecture in the Whitley Auditorium
where all the pastors’ conferences and
programs will be held. Dr. Smith spent
some three months in Europe the past
summer and fall and is to give, in all,
five addresses covering his travels and
experiences there. This opening lec
ture will be on Monday night, January
23rd, at 7:30 in the Whitley Audi-
(Continued on Page 4)
C. A. SHOOP, HER
OF ROARO OFTRDSTEES,
PASSES AWAV JAN. 17
Was Influential in Church, Business,
Social, and Civic Life of His
Community.
Mr. C. A. Shoop, who was for 18
years a prominent and faithful member
of the Board of Trustees of Elon Col
lege, died at his home in Suffolk, Vir
ginia, January 17. He was a fine
Christian gentleman who had been af
filiated with church work since his
early manhood. He was a member of
one of the prominent families of that
section of Virginia and will be greatly
missed by his many friends who fre
quently came to him for his wise coun
cil and advice. During his long term
as a member of the Board of Trustees,
he had been a liberal contributor to
Elon College. For many years he was
(Continued on Page 4)
THE VIRGINIA CLUR HAS
ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING
Ann Bawls, “Red” Clem, and “Hand
some” Hook Selected to Lead Those
From the “Old Dominion.”
Following chapel Tuesday morning,
the Virginia Club met in Professor
Bennett’s recitation room. The purpose
of this meeting was the election of of
ficers for the new semester. Miss Han
nah Newman, vice-president of the
Club, presided until the new officers
were elected. Those nominated for
president were Messrs. Cameron Wight-
man of Edinburg, and Paul G. Hook of
Winchester, Mr. Hook was elected.
Miss Ann Rawles of Suffolk was
unanimously elected vice-president.
Miss Julia Clem of Edinburg was elect
ed secretary and treasurer, defeating
Miss Gladys White of Danville.
The new officers made short talks
expressing their appreciation of the
honors conferred upon them and as
suring the members that they would do
their best in discharging the duties of
their offices. A motion was made and
carried that all faculty members from
Virginia be considered members of the
club. Finally a committee, consisting
of Cameron Wightman, Julia Clem and
Hannah Newman, was appointed to
make plans for future work and the
meeting was dismissed.