Bulletin of Elon College (Special Series), 1916-1919 . 1916 Opening Number 25 dreds of the choicest specimens of young life of ageneration are met together—plastic, hopeful, en-thusiastic, needing direction! What shall become ofthis splendid challenge? One College president de-clares that fifty per cent, of his student body duringtheir College days are acquiring habits that will per-manently disqualify them for any service to manor God. What a pity! Statistics teach that onlyone College man in forty achieves a lasting distinc-tion. Where are the other thirty-nine? Who is re-sponsible? Their fe


Bulletin of Elon College (Special Series), 1916-1919 . 1916 Opening Number 25 dreds of the choicest specimens of young life of ageneration are met together—plastic, hopeful, en-thusiastic, needing direction! What shall become ofthis splendid challenge? One College president de-clares that fifty per cent, of his student body duringtheir College days are acquiring habits that will per-manently disqualify them for any service to manor God. What a pity! Statistics teach that onlyone College man in forty achieves a lasting distinc-tion. Where are the other thirty-nine? Who is re-sponsible? Their fellow students, the faculty, thecitizens of the College community. God has giventhese three classes wonderful opportunity to serve,and He will exact at their hands. We are re-sponsible not only for the harm we positively do,but equally for the good we failed to perform. Veri-tably we are our brothers keeper and veritably ourbrothers blood, the blood of his lifes opportunitylost forever because we failed to throw about himthe protecting, loving care


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