This video titled, “College Chapel: Founder’s Day,” was a celebration of Elon’s 117th birthday and Founder’s Day honored Dr. A. L. Hook held in Whitley Auditorium in March of 2006. Before College Chapel began, Richard McBride spoke with A.L. Hooks grandsons (Ray Convington, Marty, and Brian) and great-great grandsons. People that are seen included: Richard McBride, with two male unknown students; back of George (Smith) Jackson reading the Pelledum’s Editorial section; and a student at the podium asking everyone to move closer to the stage. 00:02:48 Chaplain McBride spoke of Durwood Stokes book “Elon College: Its History and Traditions” published in 1982 as Elon’s first history book. McBride explained what Founder’s Day meant at Elon. His comments included: Founder’s Day was when Elon established its charter by the members of the Southern Christain Convention in Graham, North Carolina at the Province Church of Christ; the members began to look for physical space for a four year college; they felt they were land locked in Graham, North Carolina; the members moved up and down the railroad tracks between Greensboro and Raleigh, North Carolina looking for college sites; and they found 50 acres right here at Mill Point (name meant – where the mills meet the railroad track). 00:07:25 Katie Radcliff, student, spoke at the podium about A.L. Hook. Radcliff stated, “no man ever gave more to the college than Hook.” Hook was a student in 1909 and was a co-founder of Elon’s yearbook, Phi Psi Cli. Hook never missed a football game from 1909 to 1982. Immediately upon Hook’s commencement, he became a staff member and a professor. He founded the Math, Science, and Physics departments at Elon College. He served as Dean of the faculty, students, and first Elon Athletic director. He served as a bee keeper and a flight instructor at Elon College. Hook taught photography, too. Hook took many aerial photographs of campus while flying his plane. One of Radcliff’s famous Hook stories came from J. Earl Danieley – Hook wanted to light the pathways and the city of Burlington was getting rid of their old street lights for new ones, Hook was granted permission to receive the lamp posts and had them installed on either side of Elon College’s Alamance building and lite the walkways that are used in 2006. 00:11:32 McBride pointed to the Hook’s two protraits on the Whitley Auditorium stage. There was a fourth generation of the Hook legacy in attendance, Marty and Brian Covington as Elon University Juniors. Seen sitting was Daniel (Dan) Anderson and Nan Perkins. McBride informed the audience how the Convington family is related to the Hooks family. 00:13:17 The speaker at College Chapel during Founder’s week was Raymond (Ray) Covington, the grandson of A.L. Hook, from Sanford, North Carolina. Ray graduated Elon College in 1986. Convington’s comments included: Grand-daddy (A.L. Hook) was the greatest person he had ever known; Grand-dad grew up in West Virginia and in 1907 A.L. Hook’s father (Robert) realized he had to move his seven children off the farm to Winchester, Virginia for a high school education; A.L Hook graduated high school in 1909 and entered Elon College because one of high school teachers came from Elon College; Ray quotes his grand-father about not losing an education; Robert Hook (A.L. Hook’s father) died in July 1912 – just before A.L. Hook’s senior year; A.L. Hook was going to quit Elon College due the death of his father, but because of his dad’s educational vision, A.L. Hook finished his Elon education; A.L. Hook graduated in 1913 from Elon College followed by a master’s at Johns Hopkins and work at Cornell, Duke, and joined the faculty at Elon College; a show of hands from the audience who worked with A.L. Hook; A.L. Hook loved science, math, and air-planes with a deep sense of faith; A.L. Hook believed in the Rotary motto, “Service above Self”; with a passion of International students; Hook loved athletics, Alan White; Hook ended up in the NAIA Hall of Fame; Hook loved Elon College; Hook took care of the organ and bells, and he showed movies in Whitley Auditorium in the 1930s; Hook was a family man who incorporated his family into the Elon family; Hook had four daughters (and in 2006 all four daughters were alive), and the daughters loved Elon College; Ray told Hook stories of his compassion for bee hives, Ray’s date, and commencements; Ray attended Elon College and sat in his grand-father’s Elon office; and a story of how Hook broke his hip and was in a coma – and Ray attended the commencement and returned to the hospital and informed his grand-father that there was a chair left for him and everyone loved A.L. Hook, and Hook nodded his head and two hours later he passed away. 00:27:17 McBride and Convington lead the attendees in a song (God of Grace, God of Glory). 00:30: 01 After College Chapel ended, John Sullivan, Dan Anderson, and Leo M. Lambert mingled and talked with each other. Barry Bradberry mingled with folks. Bea Stanford and Pam Baker mingled. Leo Lambert shook John Sullivan’s hand and spoke with Dan Anderson. 00:32:11 Jo Watts Williams spoke with John Sullivan and Leo Lambert. Behind them was Sara Peterson, David Hibbard, and Dan Anderson standing. Brian O’Shea walked up the aisle. Lambert spoke with Ray Covington and Jo Watts Williams. Jo Watts Williams hugged Ray Covington. George (Smith) Jackson spoke with a student. Danieley’s grandson spoke with Ray Covington. George Troxler spoke with Martha Hill. Sara Peterson spoke with Ray Convington. A name included: Ralph Waldo Emerson.