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: establishing a pristine Elon College among other colleges in the state of North Carolina; technology was becoming available and helping teach languages; J. Earl Danieley purchasing a 28 seat languages lab for Elon College placing it up on the third floor of the Mooney building; the language department became the top of the list with other higher educational institutions; the train noise ran through campus during Danieley’s lecture; Paul Frazier, an experienced fundraising consultant, was brought in to manage Elon College’s Diamond Year Campaign; Elon College received a federal grant for eight hundred and thirty-five thousand dollars for the student center and dormitories; Elon College borrowed government money to build dormitories and the interest rate was two and a quarter percent; Elon College received a federal grant to build a library; J. Earl Danieley had a dream stating that “the institution is eligible, the project is eligible, and the funds are eligible;” the next day after the dream, J. Earl Danieley came into work and gathered his senior staff and declared that they had to work Thanksgiving weekend to apply for a grant from the Facility Commissioner; Elon College received $120,000.00 worth of grant funding to renovate Duke building; J. Earl Danieley says “It was the best dream he ever had;” November 5, 1966, Elon College dedicated Long, Barney, Brannock, and Hook buildings and broke ground for the Iris Holt McEwen library building. Some notable names include: J. Earl Danieley and Paul Frazier.