This video titled, “The Elon Story: Living History,” was presented by President Emeritus Dr. J. Earl Danieley on October 9, 2013 in Johnson Hall for Life@Elon. Danieley was very poignant about the facts and stories (from his viewpoint) of each of the Elon’s College/University Presidents. He made the Life@Elon audience laugh at some of the stories. Even Danieley was extremely animated with his story telling. In addition, Danieley spoke of his Elon journey throughout his career. Again, some very funny moments in which both Danieley and the Life@Elon audience shared laughter. Some informational names of places and events included: Methodist and Christian churches; Graham Christian Conference meeting in 1888; in 1890, Elon College as one of the first co-educational institutions in North Carolina; Old Main and East Dormitory; post World War 11 veterans; The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Suffix, Virginia; Christian Sun; Alamance Hotel; West Dormitory; Magnolia tree planting at Elon’s fifty year celebration; Elon’s 1918 – flu epidemic; 1923 Elon fire; Alamance, Duke, Mooney, and Carlton buildings after the 1923 fire; Elon’s debt; Elon’s Board of Trustees; Elon’s enrollment throughout the years; Southern Christian Conventions; Danieley’s church on Cameron Avenue in Baltimore, Maryland; John Hopkins; Danieley fundraising efforts as president; Burlington Times-News; Danieley’s retirement as Elon’s President; Whitley Auditorium; December 7, 1941 – Pearl Harbor Day; Japan’s Pearl Harbor Day attack; the 320th Detachment of the Army Air Force from Washington, D.C. to be trained as pilots at Elon College during World War 2; World War 2 women veterans at Elon College; North Carolina’s Teacher Certificate for Danieley in chemistry, math, and French; Duke University; Danieley teaching his winter term class – “Past, Present, and Future – the history of Elon history”; Holland House (originally Elon’s presidential home) and its move to South Campus in 2009; and Danieley’s 89 birthdays. Some notable names included: Verona Daniels-Danieley, Clyde R. Hoey, Dr. John (J.U.) Newman, John Wesley, Francis Asbury, William S. Long, William Wesley Staley, Bessie Staley, Annie Staley, Willie Staley, Emmett Leonidas (E.L.) Moffitt, William Allen Harper, John Truitt, Fletcher (unknown last name), Carl Brown Riddle, Leon Edgar Smith, Charlie Johnson, George D. Colclough, Walter Franklin, Leon and Lorraine Watson, Harold White, North Carolina Governor Robert (Bob) Scott, J. Fred Young, Richard McBride, Leo M. Lambert, Preston Towns, Keith Harris, and Professor (no first name) Wilson from Duke University.
