This video is part of a series of videos that document J. Earl Danieley lecturing during the class he teaches each winter term at Elon University called Elon: Past, Present, and Future. Included in all the videos in the collection, he discusses a number of topics that relate to the history of Elon University. Specifically, in this video he discusses major topics that include: Southern Convention Congregational Churches in Virginia and North Carolina; another affiliation to the churches included Southeast Conventions in Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee; there was the Convention of the Southeast Region of Congregational Christian Churches for the African-Americans in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and Texas; in 1942, Dr. J. Taylor Staley was Superintendent of the entire Southeast Region of Congregational Christian Churches; Elon College presented Dr. J. Taylor Staley an honoree doctorate; J. Earl Danieley discusses admitting the first African-American students (Paul DeMontaigne and Glenda Phillips) to Elon College; J. Earl Danieley did not want a statement about accepting or not accepting African-American students because if a student of any race applied to Elon College their application would be respected as any other student; in the south, when African-Americans were accepted to a college, the press would be called and stories would be written about this topic; Elon College was not interested in the press telling stories about the acceptance of African-Americans or any other diversity student; Glenda Phillips departed Elon College to get married after two years attending Elon College; the next African-American who attended Elon College was Eugene Perry who graduated with the Class of 1969; the next African-Americans to attend Elon College were athletic players; the science equipment was moved from Duke building into East Dormitory to renovate Duke; East Dormitory burned on July 4, 1966 with the loss of the science lab equipment; donors began to give science lab equipment to replace the burnt equipment; discussed the Carlton to McEwen Library move; in 1968, Stanley, Moffit, and Harper buildings are built; Frederick College closes and Elon College offers admissions to students attending Frederick College; J. Earl Danieley would attend the Association of American Colleges Conference to get good academic ideas; discusses the 4-1-4 class program with the Elon faculty who, in turn like the idea; discusses the beginning of study aboard program at Elon; J. Earl Danieley went to High Point College to discuss the 4-1-4 program; planning a new academic building (Duke) south of Mooney and connected the two buildings with a little colonnade; renovations of Whitley Auditorium with the removal of the wooden pews; E-4 campaign (Elon Expands its Educational Excellence) is directed by Adrian Hoffman; one million dollars was received from this E-4 campaign; September 1971, Elon had another accreditation visit; however, J. Danieley was not available to interview because he was having back surgery in Cone Hospital, Greensboro, North Carolina; the accreditation leader heard that J. Earl Danieley was more of a dictatorial leader rather than informative so he asked J. Earl Danieley “We hear the president of Elon College has a lot of authority?” and J. Earl Danieley responded with a “yes;” and with that one question Elon College was awarded accreditation for another 10 years; faculty by-laws were written for standing committees; and the academic council was established with faculty who sit with the Provost on issues of concern. Some notable names include: J. Earl Danieley, Dr. J. Taylor Staley, Paul DeMontaigne, Glenda Phillips, Eugene Perry, and Adrian Hoffman.