Elon University - Phi Psi Cli Yearbook (Elon, NC)

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ADMINISTRATION DR. LEON EDGAR SMITH President Elon College is |iroiid of its student body. Beginning with an enrollment of 231 in 1932, we boast today of a total enrollment not including summer school of 625. Not only have we made gratifying progress from the standpoint of enrollment, but our achievements in the field of education have been superior. In competition with other colleges in the state, we won first prize in play composition. In competition with other colleges and other musical organizations within the state, we won first honors in musical composition. In competition with other colleges, Elon won the oratorical Inter- collegiate Peace Award. In competition with the graduates of other institutions of higher learning, our graduates usually stand seholastically with the first ten. Elon ' s record in the field of teaching and other profes- sions is unquestioned. Here on the campus we are not only acquiring information, but we are learning to relate profitably the facts of the past to the solutions of the problems of today and tomorrow. We proceed on the theory that we learn effectively by doing acceptably. The administration wisiies to express its appreciation of the fine type of student enrollment in the college today, of the desire on the part of the students to help govern themselves and to cooperate with the college in attaining the high ideals promoted by the institution.