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

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We, the members of the Senior Class of Nineteen Hundred am College, take pleasure in dedicating this issue of the Phi Psi Cli, to the honor of Senator Josiah William Bailey, senior senator fr grateful recognition of the significant service that he has renderPTJ and the government throughout his years of fruitful service. Senali Carolinian by birth, educated in North Carolina schools, an atti legislator by the choice of his people, a churchman of ' hifluericej anrl vincing integrity. He is an honorary alumnus of Elon C le continuous advice has been one of the leading spirits in the reC94 the extended influence of the institution. We are happy to accorc honored position in this issue of our college annual. .

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m NOT FORGOTTEN Fat cigars, whispering campaigns, posters pnlilics. Here the seed of future America is Iwo members of our debate team of Schnii(h that held his own, could oppose one annU fn losing by a few votes, smiling and (Smythe vs. Sellars. Let ' s see now. Have we fj Iten anythir Th record tear basketball and ping Ah! This is colles pong, There are three things 1 won ' t forget, the Alamo. Pearl Harbor, and the Hon fire. Gosh, what a blaze and were the boys heroes that night! They were running up and down the halls of West Dormitory, throwing all the girls ' belongings— dresses, shoes, stockings, and what love letters there were— out of the window. No kidding, folks, one thing happened that really changed our entire perspective. That was if you haven ' t guessed the ruthless attack on Pearl Harbor. Since that fateful Sunday afternoon, pecember 7. our lives have been devoted to avenging the barbaric deed. The part ihat we will play, however small, will have the sincerity of purpose and effort as is possible to conceive . . . this we promise! Sack lunches, bull sessions, jam sessions and the morning mail; footV class cuts, chapel cuts. Senate lines and late dates. (P. S. This isa ' O.K., Bob, don ' t rush us; we were just g oing to tell them about i «iilitan able assistance ; sure, we didn ' t have uniforms, other than - wooden ones, but we drilled, and how we drilled! three jJsfoons of over f given for it, purely voluntary, twice a week, beginning sljoj after Sunday. Ui rtfflelins. We ' ll vote for Can we do the job. . he. Sellars and Adair, inciden next year ' s office of President n the chin, proves the kind of ball, record. ) [mit we organized with Dr. liowden ' s dark trousers, or guns other than irty men. No, there was no credit ember 7. lim if you vote for her. . . . Elon I ' ll say we can! The fact that tally, three Yankees and a Southerner of the student body, and one upon ituff of which we Elonites are made. and the Black Out drills, the or- nse stamps in Burlington, and May odern education were banded their the world they were, but they were Well, there were the Air-R ganization of the - ' StudentV .Service. the ' success of the student sale of def . Day Now there is sometiji really to talk about. The splendor of May Day wis wilnessed by hundreds of visitors to the campus. In th ?aditional manner, the King and Queen (Craft vs. Hoyt ' were crowned and then everyone settled back for ectacular show given by the lovely Elon Co-eds. Cojllege life was depicted in stages and the Jriiniorous as well as the serious side was portrayed. ax quite naturally was graduation. Seventy-two products of n •oniplishnienl. Were the tears hard to hold back? We ' ll tell ic,v and appreciation for blessings we have received as Elon students. And out there in the audieiice, we the faces of our professors. In them we saw clearly their happiness flor contributions that they had made „.., continue to make to our great nation year after year. And there! was the firm clasp of hands when Smith presented our diplomas. What a grand person to have known tijese four years! The rest is history. We did everything that is traditional such as tell Aur friends farewell and search for our families, who were telling one another of the fine qualities and accomplishijents of their son or daughter. So we return to our native homes earnestly filled with a desire to make our conlhbution to it and humanity .So there you have it. It is what we did, what we loved, and what we wanjl to remember. After all that is what really matters ... the memories which linger hours after this page is turn

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. - J. DR. LEON EDGAR SMITH THE PRESIDENT lima lliis l)iink. the Senior Class of Eloii College, Nineteen Hundred and nded through its various committees its best thought and earnest efforts If (oUege and for the coninuous satisfaction of the members of the thiv apprcjach graduation and the day of departure from our campus as slate that i+rFTinjs iding characteristics of this class are loyalty, co- nies. ii« MSii)t rs fpV They are prepared and shall render to the i iiiti) n the name of Al ia Mater, as opportunity may permit, efficient thc midst of a disturbed and a bewildered civilization. In 1 iiu ' tike ' the blessings of God upon every individual member and ra Vfor theguidance of the irit in all un lertakings.