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ELCN COLLEGE, N. C,, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1928.
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ISIC DEPT. HAS SPLENDID
PROSPECTS THIS yEllR
The Department of Music is Open
ing With Greater Expectations
Than Ever Before.
Many Added Features This Year.
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ROBERT HARDY
‘“Hardy” hails from Eiisley high
school, Alabama. “Hardy” was all-
state center during his last year in high
school, playing four years and a man
in every game. “Hardy” came to us
in 1927 and has been holding the posi
tion as center for our team since.
“Hardy” has not missed a game the
five years that he has played.
The department of music is opening
with greater expectations than ever be
fore. Try-outs are to be made for the
different musical organizations this
week. In the church choir there are
vacancies- to be filled both in the tenor
and in the soprano departments.
During the summer, Professor Velie
studied with Von Nuckurtz, an out
standing Austrian pianist, and also with
Adolph Weidig, a noted theory teacher.
Mrs. Velie did some special voice work
with Lucy Peery, who had just return
ed from her European, studies where
she was soloist at the American church
in Paris.
The music department is very fortu
nate in having on its faculty Miss Benn,
who has recently studied in New York.
Miss Benn has an excellent voice, and
she has already won the admiration of
all those who have heard her.
DD. WICKER ADDRESSES
ELDN STDOENTS
Dr. Wicker Speaks Some Very Fitting
Words to Those Who Are Beginning
a New School Year.
I)r. W. C. Wicker, who led chapel ser
vice on Monday morning of this week,
spoke some very fitting words to those
who are beginning a! new school year.
He pictured life as a mountain. He
said that the view from the top is
splendid when life has been filled with
well done tasks and pleasant associa
tions. “You are standing at the foot
of the mountain,” said Dr. Wicker.
“The, journey up the mountain-side is
in the making. One of the most useful
things yoti can do in college is to learn
to think. Life is filled with problems
that must be solved by those who have
learned to think. Life is also a school.
You will not always have instructors
td guide you; you must be both in
structor and pupil later on. Learn to
t'.iii k so that there will be no end to your
education but that you may be able
to kee^J on learning.” Dr. Wicker read
Phillipians 4:8. He urged the student
body to “think on these things,” for,
h( continued in the worils of the Bible,
“ ‘As a man thiuketh in his heart, so
is he.’ ”
E OF PRES.
SCENE OFRRILLIANTPARTy
This Annual Social Cflassic Was Huge
Success and Enjoyed by Faculty
Members.
COACH WALKER HAS
MAROON AND GOLD
RORD HARD AT WORK
Only Six Letter Men Have Re
ported To Date.
Captain 6ardy Reports Favorably on
His Teammates.
Tlie “Fighting Christians” are again
hard at work on Co*mer field. Coach
Walker is working under a handicap,
due to the fact that only five of last
year’s regulars have reported for prac
tice, these being Captain Hardy, R.
Smith, Zac Walker, Harrington, and
Johnson. Two former letter men are
back, Long and Newman, while great
hofies are held in last year’s sub-varsity,
and the new freshman material.
“Speck” Stephenson says he’s the
hardest guy out there. Merj-itt has
been laid up for a few days, but is
again out for practice, and looking good.
Dofflemyer is also among the pick of
last year’s scrubs.
Among the new material that is
sliowing up well, are Watson, Brooks,
Boyd. Latham, Hughes, Collier, and
Smith.
Thirty-five men in all have reported
foj^ practice.* Captain Hardy says the
back-field is making good progress,
while the line hasn’t had time to' show
itself up yet.
Coach Walker is putting his men
through a steady grind every afternoon,
and is preparing to meet the “Wolf-
pack” at Raleigh on the twenty-eighth.
With the material that he has, his,task
is a largo one, hut we feel sure all will
give their best.
SOPHOMORES WELCOME
CLASS
Freshmen Exhibit a Fine Spirit
of Loyalty.
Several Interesting Speeches Made by
Members of the Freshman Class.
Sept. 4.—The home of President and
Mrs. W. A. Harper was the scene of a
brilliant formal reception this after
noon from five to six o’clock. The
president and his wife were at home in
the annual social classic of the fall
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On Friday night of last week, the
Freshmen met in consultatioii with the
Sophomores to discuss various important
matters. The chief topics for discus
sion were: caps, barber shops, radiator
fses, thirty-ones, sample licks, paddles,
and above all, loyalty to Elon and
everything pertaining to' it. The at-
ention shown throughout the meeting
was remarkable.
Several speeches were made-'by mem-
)ers of the Freshman Class, after
which the rules laid down for the Fresh
man Class were read by Mr. ‘‘Pap”
!Rure.
At a late hour the meeting adjourn
ed, and the Freshmen; retired to their
ooms instructed, capped, and resolved
to live in keeping with the Sipirt of
3iIlon.
We have a splendid variety in the
71ass of ’32. We have great freshmen,
good freshmen, green freshmen, and
goo'd looking freshmen. And above all,
oyal freshmen. We truly hope that
he latter type will dominate the class
and strive to make Elon a greater in
stitution. And we feel assured that
he Freshmen Class will soon get into
he Elon Spirit in the fullest sense, and
become useful members of a proud and
congenial family. The spirit that makes
Elon one big family is the spirit that
v.^e want our freshmen to enjoy.
We are fortunate in having such a
fine Freshman Class, and we sincerely
hope that they will continue as they
have started filled with loyalty to Elon,
first, last and forever.
N. C. Federation of Music
Clubs Plan Extensive Program
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jMrs. W. A. Harper, President of the
Club, Helps to Plan Program For' the
Increase of Music Education in tlie
“ZAC” WALKER
‘Zac” came to us last year and was
the .main-stay on our team. “Zac”
came from Alabama, leaving a good
high school record, having played three
tOTisecutive years without missing a
game and was all-state his last year.
•‘Zac” plays the position of quarter-
)3ck on our team and is a good broken
field runner. Come oii and let us back
these men this year.
ALPHI PI DELTA BOyS
RETURN FROM PARTY
The Party Took Trips to Baltimore,
Washington and Gettysburg.
Members of the Alpha Pi Delta Frat
ernity left Elon Mo'nday, August 27, for
Hook’s Haven in West Virginia, where
they enjoyed an outing.
The party took trips to Baltimore,
Gettysburg, Washington and through
the Valley of Virginia.
The trip through the Valley was in
teresting in spite of the fact that H.
York and Alexander lost themselves in
he Endless Caverns while making fur
ther exploration.
The fellows returned to their respec
tive homes September 1.
ANNUAL FACOLTYIRECEPTION
HELD SATURDAY EVENING
fThe Address Followed by an Open
Forum at the Evening Services.
Dr. Harper Stresses the Importance of
The Individual.
!>tudents Welcomed by Faculty
Saturday evening from eight until
ten o’clock, the annual faculty recep
tion was most heartily enjoyed by a
large group of students. Alumni, and
friends of the college.
According to custom the students as
sembled by classes and marched around
the receiving line in the Y. M. C. A.,
welcomed first by the president of the
Senior Class.
Afterwards punch was served and a
social hour was enjoyed.
SIOMA PHI BETA L
FUND IS ESTABLISHED
The Alumni of Sigma Phi Beta Frat
rnity, in a recent meeting, established
a loan fund to; enable one or more
A'orthy students to attend Elon College
>acl year. This fund will be available
or the next semester, starting Septem
ber, 1928. The details of, the loan plan
A'ill be worked out by a committee of
Pigma Phi Beta Alumni and the faculty.
State.
Mrs. William Allen Harper, president
of North Carolina Federation of Music
Clubs, stated' in an interview here to
day that the officers of the Federation,
ill co'-operation with the National Fed
eration, will plan an intensive program
for the increase of Music Education and
organizations in the state, beginning
with September.
Mrs. Ha^rper stated that North Caro
lina since the Convention held at San
ford, April 1927, has been rated in Class
A-1 by the National Federation. Any
state Federation, according to Mrs.
Harper, has as many as one hundred fed
erated clubs, is entitled to this rating.
For the first, time this state has been
entitled to" be so rated. This is cause
of real satisfaction for those who have
sponsored the work in North Carolina.
There are in North Carolina now
sixty-three Senior Clubs and sixty-five
Junior Clubs, a total of one hundred
and twenty-eight organizations federat
ed with the State Federation. Tliree
years ago there were but thirty-eight
federated organizations devoted to the
love of music in this state. It is evi
dence of the growing appreciation of
music and of the part the federation
has played, which accounts, for this
rapid growth; but Mrs. Harper is of
the opinion that the future for the Fed
eration work in this state is greater
than the past has been.
The state has been divided into five
districts. These districts are as follows:
The Capital District, Mrs. J. S. Correll,
director, Raleigh, N. C.; The Eastern
District, Mrs. William Spicer, director,
Goldsboro, N. C-; The Piedmont District,
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DH.W. A. HARPER DELIVERS
THE OPENING ADDRESS
On Sunday morning, September 9,
Dr. W. A. Harper delivered the open
ing address, taking for his subject,
“According Unto the Pattern.” The
speaker explained that every individual
must have a pattern for his life, not
a pattern that cramps or hinders self-
expression, but one that lends dignity
and charm and grace and significance
and abiding character to individual life.
His address stressed the importance of
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THE PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS
APPRECIATIVELY RECEIVED
‘Some Lessons from the Greeks and
Romans,” Was the Topic Spoken On.
Dr. Harper’s formal welcome address
to the Nineteen Hundred Twenty-Eight
Freshman class was appreciatively re
ceived. Dr. Harper spoke ob “Some
Lessons From The Greeks and Romans. ’ ’
After a few words of welcome Dr.
Harper made this statement; “Today
we are told that education is based on
expreience and that it should arise out
of actual life situations and that it is
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