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 are student presentations on a number of Elon topics, which occur at the end of Danieley"s course. Specifically, in this video the students make a 10 minute presentation on major topics that include: an Elon College Charter was developed by the North Carolina General Assembly to allow the college to be legal; in the Elon Charter there are 12 sections, one included 15 Board of Trustees of Elon College; in 1909, the Elon College Charter made new recommendations which included the increase of the Board of Trustees members from 15 to 18; in 1924, the Elon College Charter increase the Board of Trustees from 18 to 24 members with a lot of other amendments; in 1956, the Board of Trustees redesigned the charter to be more suitable for the current days of the college including mentioning the Southern Christian Convention of the Southern Christian Churches, which was not mentioned in the original charter; in 1958, the charter was updated by the Board of Trustees to include by-laws for Elon College; in 1979, the charter was modernized to change the by-laws to reflect the gender, discrimination, social, economic, and political times of the United States of America; the charter also included an advancement committee for endowments and a student life committee; in 2001, the charter changed to include the transition from Elon College to Elon University to reflect what Elon needs in the future; 1936 to 1986, the North Carolina General Assembly, Secretary of State, was also an Elon College Board of Trustee; Harper Center is the combination of the dormitories of Staley, Moffitt, and the dining hall; the Harper Center was named in honor of Elon College"s forth president, William A. Harper; Harper was a professor of Latin at Elon College; Harper wrote his first book entitled "Preparing the Teacher" for Sunday School teachers; in 1915, Harper wrote his second book entitled "The Making of Men" to guide young people to use Christianity as a grounding point in their lives; and Harper went on to compose 10 more books on religion. Some notable names include: William W. Staley, James (Uncle) W. Wellons, William S. Long, William A. Harper, and J. Earl Danieley.