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. In this video, J. Earl Danieley was lecturing in the School of Communications, McEwen 213 (Dean"s Conference Room in 2001 before the 2015 -2016 building renovation). Visually the students are sitting around an oval table as Danieley walks around the room. Danieley"s remarks included: Elon College was the first institution in the country to agree to build Habitat for Humanity houses as a service project; Millard Dean Fuller began Habitat for Humanity in Georgia in 1976; U.S. News & World Report ranking colleges, and Elon was number No# 11 among No# 123 southern universities; Newsweek rated institutions on five critiques, and Elon College was among the ratings; Danieley"s grandson, Jonathan, decided to attend Elon University; Danieley expressed what he wanted his students to obtain from his class " the history of Elon College and Elon University. Danieley stated that for the first 15 years of Elon College, the institution did not have bathrooms, did not have running water, did not have heating (except from the fireplaces) and did not have electricity. Danieley began to quiz his students with Elon history questions and answers that included: who founded the Southern Christian Church, James O"Kelly; who worked with O"Kelly as another preacher, Rice Haggard; who was the big donor to Elon College, Francis Asbury; when was the conference in Baltimore, Maryland, 1792; when did they form the Christian Church, 1794; what did they first call that church, Republican Methodist; what was the next name for the Republican Methodist, Christian; what is the other Christian church called, Disciplines of Christ; who was the founding president of Elon College, William S. Long; where was Long from, Alamance County; how many in the first 1891 graduating Elon College class, three; how many in the 1892 graduating class, one; when did the first Elon College classes begin, September 2, 1890; what king of courses were taught when Elon College first opened, Latin; when did President Long resign, 1894; after Long resigned did he give up involvement with Elon College, no, sat on the Committee convention of Schools and Colleges; who was the new Elon College president after Long, William W. Staley; what was Staley"s priority in his role as president, pastor of Suffix Christian Church; what kind of salary did they pay him, none; what kind of expense account did Staley have as pastor, none; what kind of scholarship did they give Staley"s daughters to attend Elon College, none; how long Staley serve as president, resigned in 1905; who was the next president after Staley, Emmett (E.L.) Moffitt; where did the trustees look for the new president after Moffitt retired, in the Dean"s office; the next president was William Allen Harper; his first lady, his first lady, Ester Walker, was trained in music and throughout Harper"s presidency there was a great deal of training in music; Harper wrote many books; Harper was a religious educator; during Harper"s presidency was when Elon College burned in 1923; after the fire, they built Alamance, Whitley, Carlton, Duke, and Mooney buildings; Mooney was dedicated for a religious education and practice building; and in 1914, what world event was about to occur, World War I.