The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-13

give the student a wider outlook upon
life and q determination to qualify
himself for better service. This in
creasing desire for learning and first
awakening of youthful ambition is en-
nobled and intellgently directed by the
religious life of the college. There ar"
large and active organizations of the y .
NJ c. A, Y. w. c. A., G. E., w. G. L.
L., Bible training and devotional
classes. To one or more Of these
nearly all the students belong, and Go
active service.
Six courses are offered leading to
degrees. A course of Bible study eE-
tending over four years is part of
the required work. There are also
music, art and commercial depart
mentS.
The Alumni fund of the literary So
cieties has enabled Il number of young
men TO obtain an education. The char
ter for this purpose to the Philologidn
Society was the first of the kind ever
issued by the State of North Caro-
lima.
Elon College has a mission. 1t is
distinctively Christian and co-educa-
tiona., standing for thorough scholar
ship as a means to the highest social
and religious culture and the largest
usefulness in life. The college is Il
product of the educational awakenin
I'm the South and is aglow with its new
life and aspirations This spirit has
commanded the patronage of our best
citizens and called forth the sympathy
of large minded people. It's generous
bcnefactors have been from the Nortn
as well as from the South. The ASSOC
citation of young men and young wo-
men daily in the class room. weekly
i'm the religious meetings and occasion
ally in social gatherings under the
supervision of the faculty, gives he
student a refinement of manner, 4
carefulness of speech. and thought
fitness of others which insure larger
influence i'm business and social life.
The patronage of the college is Iii
vided nearly equally between Virginia
and North Carolina, coming from
many of the best families in the two
states. It's growing patronage is eX-
tending TO Maryland, PennsvlVanil
Indiana, South Carolina. Georgia
Alabama. Florida and Cuba. It's stu
dents are found in TWENTY-FIVE states
successful in many vacations and an
honor to any institution
Free from debt, and with a liberal
and growing endowment. under ITS
new president Elon College enters
upon its third epoch-the period ot
expansion. Already he has begun
work on a new dormitory. large and
wise and successful man of affairs ne
enjoys the confidence of business men
and his presidency will be marked by
internal development and still in
crossing endowment.
During the fifteen years Of It's his
tory, Elon College has steadily in
crnosed in patronage and endowment
established n commanding position Cor
scholarship and character and won a
devotion rare and beautiful from stu
dents and patrons. prophetic of il,
larger life and usefulness under TIL,
present regime.
The spirit of the institution is srcl
that those who come under its inliu
ences imbibe its broad scholarship, SO
cial culture, intensity Of purpose ain.
high moral aim. In scholarship an;
apirit il is humanitarian. For thi
reason So MANY of its students arr
successful in life. and the demand 20
its graduates is greater than the sup
ply. Half Of these have entered tn
profession of teaching. OF these som
h~ve become college professors, an
others have been elected principals q
such Graded schools as Wilson and o.,