Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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VENERABLE EDUCATOR LECTURES IN CHAPEL Dr. Joynes Makes Striking Talk on Growing Old.. Professor Emeritus Reaches the Four Score Mark-Sixty Years of Service. Last Monday morning the fac ulty and students had the honor of listening to one of the most beautifully written essays on the subject, "Growing Old," by Dr. Joynes. We seldom have the honor of hearing Dr. Joynes in chapel, and when the venerable educator delivers a talk in chapel everyone is of course most highly elated. Dr. Joynes said in chap el last Monday: "It is sad to grow old. To feel the gradual loss of strength -the slow decay of the body and senses-the failure of personal power- the fading of hope into memory; and then to remember the unrealized dreams of earlier days; the loss or abuse of oppor tunity; the mistakes, now known, but never to be repaired; and above all, the memory of the dear dead, once companions, now departed, once a world of life and love, now a cemetery in which one walks alone, reading on one's own heart the unseen epitaphs of the dead-to recall the names and faces of those with whom one has lived and worked, and to cry in vain now for such companionship-to feel thus like a pilgrim in a new and strange world; yet more, to suf fer the loss of one's dearest and best, when such love is most needed, till the soul cries with the poet, "Deep as first love, and wild with all regret, 0 death in life, and days that are no more!" And to know that upon all the life and glory of this beautiful world these enfeebled eyes must soon close." "This is the sadness of old age." But it is also fine to grow old; to feel that though you grow old the world is still young; that youth is still here, hopeful and happy that beauty is still fair as ever and ever lovely: that love is still that same best gift; its ac cents still as sweet to the listen ing ear and the responsive heart; that truth is stronger than error and good than evil; that the world, though not the same, is better, brighter, happier than in the days of my youth-that man kind is moving forward to a bet ter life and nobler destiny-that though the individual perish the race still advances. "To witness the great improve ment in the comfort of physical life, and especially in the intel lectual and moral advantages of mankind within the range of my own recollections; in my own ATTEND EDUCA TIONAL MEETING Prof. Tate Makes Short Talk on Proceedings of Convention. Acting President A. C. Moore and Profs. L. T. Baker, W. H. Hand and W. K. Tate recently attended the meeting of the su perintendents of schools for the entire country, a division of the American Educational Associa tion, held at Richmond. On Tuesday morning at chapel, Prof. Tate gave a ten minute talk on what took place at the meeting, confining his remarks especially to a paper read at the convention by Mrs. Cora Stuart, superintendent of Education of Rowland County, Kentucky, on Rural Schools. He spoke of Mrs Stuart's work in clearing the county of illiteracy, by edu cating the old as well as young. When Mrs. Stuart began work in this direction, there were thir teen percent of the entire popu lation of the county who could not read or write. In the short time of three years, large ly through her efforts, only twenty-three illiterates re mained. She brought this about by means of organizing the teachers of the county and through their arid formed night schools. At one time there were 1800 pupils in the night schools, ranging from sixteen to eighty-seven years of age. Hrof. Tate spoke of this prob lem here in South Carolina. He mentioned the fact that illiter acy among white voters in South Carolina amounted in some counties to twenty percent. This experiment of Mrs. Stewart's is very suggestive to us here. Prof. Tate remarked that through the cooperation of the University students, we could blot out illit eracy in this State before the next census in 1920, person to feel that I too have labored not all in vain, to teach and help my fellow men; and now in my old age to be welcom ed here be the respect and affec tion of the young--favored by indulgent trustees and kind col leagues with all. "That which should accom pany old age, as honor, love, obedience, troops of friends, and to feel sure that though the fashion of this world passes away, yet that which is good and true shall endure forever. This is the gladness of old age." 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