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: Leon Edgar Smith"s departure as President of Elon College; Danieley emphasizes that Leon Edgar Smith saved Elon College from bankruptcy; in 1931 when Leon Edgar Smith came to Elon College, the academic dean was Alonzo (A.L.) Hook; in addition, Alonzo (A.L.) Hook was President William Allen Harper"s academic dean; Leon Edgar Smith replaced Alonzo (A.L.) Hook; in 1932 Leon Edgar Smith brought in John P. Messick from New York University as the new academic dean; John P. Messick was a very religious man and in the summer he would travel with Granville (Oral) Roberts; John P. Messick resigned and took a position in New Jersey and shortly after that he accepted a president"s position at East Carolina"s Teachers College (East Carolina University in 2014); John P. Messick brought Leo Warren Jenkins as his academic dean to East Carolina Teacher"s College; John P. Messick resigned East Carolina Teacher"s College to go to Washington, D.C. to work for the Chair of the United States House Committee on Education, Graham A. Barden (D-North Carolina); Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. (D-New York) became the next Chair of the United States House Committee on Education after Graham A. Barden resigned; in 1943 Daniel J. Bowden became academic dean by Leon Edgar Smith for ten days; J. Earl Danieley became the next Elon College Academic Dean following Daniel J. Bowden; J. Earl Danieley departed Elon College to go to John Hopkins University, in 1956; Alonzo (A.L.) Hook became Elon"s last academic dean under President Smith; Leon Edgar Smith was not a teacher, "but he was one tough customer and saved Elon College," says Danieley; Smith"s last report to the Board of Trustees, reported that the endowment fund stood at $600,080.00 and the student enrollment was 1,634, and there were $600,000.00 invested in funds; Leon Edgar Smith went to the Board of Trustees and requested that the $600,000.00 invested funds be transferred to the endowment fund so that J. Earl Danieley (next President of Elon College) could not spend the funds; the $600,000.00 funds were transferred to the endowment funds; because of this nobody could spend the endowment funds under any conditions; Durward T. Stokes, the author of Elon College Its History and Traditions does not give much attention to the two and a half million dollar campaign (Smith"s last fundraising campaign) and Leon Edgar Smith reported that the campaign had been successfully completed; when J. Earl Danieley came into office as president, he wanted to know where the two and half million dollars was and Danieley called the auditors; Danieley wanted the two and half million dollar campaign audited by going through the college books to find out actually how much was raised and where the funds went; the auditors came and went through every year"s receipts & disbursements from the beginning to the end of the two and half million dollar campaign and the auditors reported to Danieley that only $250,000.00 was raised during the campaign which meant that was two and a quarter million dollars were not accounted for; Danieley took the auditor"s report to Elon"s Board of Trustees; Danieley says there was no judgment on his side, he just gave the Elon Board of Trustees the auditor"s report; Royal Spence, Jr., said to President J. Earl Danieley, "I thought we raised two and half million dollars, where is it?;" Danieley responded back to Royal Spence, Jr., "That is the auditor"s report and that is all I know;" Danieley says, Leon Edgar Smith built the power house out of tuition money and put the money in a campaign and counted it as the two and a half million dollar campaign; "Leon Edgar Smith is not the only president who has done some very creative accounting with campaign funds," says Danieley; Danieley says, "that if Durward T. Stokes knew the entire story and he may have decided to leave it out of his book;" Danieley says, "when a campaign fund is misrepresented this is not right;" Danieley continues to state that he raised topics and issues that Leon Edgar Smith did that Danieley did not approve of during his presidency, but things Smith judged to be necessary and Danieley said he would write on Smith"s tomb stone, "Smith saved the Elon College;" Some notable names include: Leon Edgar Smith, J. Earl Danieley, W.W. Sloan, Alonzo (A.L.) Hook, William Allen Harper, John P. Messick, Leo Warren Jenkins, Graham A. Barden, Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., Daniel J. Bowden, and Durward T. Stokes.