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VPgliAT3WINTHROP SFor ,a number of years Win S tl op College has foll wed the tl -cy of having all the new, :students, and all old students aho are desirous of passing off conditions or of taking exami nation for advanced standing ,v hr sorme subject, report at the college several days before the date for the regular opening. hus it is that on last Thurs day, September 9th, the first faculty meeting of the session was held and the following day sorge five hundred students, in eluding the new ones, the Stu dent Government Board, the Y. W. C. A. cabinet and commit tees, and old students desiring to take examinations, came in ready for work the hext- day. This plani makes it possible for much preliminary work to be accomplished and the classifi cation of these students to be completed before the large body of old students arrives. On Wednesday morning, September 15th, the regular openiig of the twenty-sixth session of Winthrop College, since its removal to Rock Hill, took place in the auditorium. Every seat' was occupied, for eleven hundred students had been admitted. Dr. Johnson read the twen ty-fourth Psalm. Rev. Alexander Martin, pas tor of the Oakland. Avenue Presbyterian.. church, led in prayer, and Miss Davies, of the Department of Music, rendered very delightfully two vocal se lections. Dr. Johnson gave a word of greeting, encouragement and inspiration. He said in part: "It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to Winthrop College as students for its twenty-sixth session at Rock Hill, and for the thirty-fifth of its existence. I rejoice to have the old students with us again and to have so many bright, the Holy Spirit." ' new faces among them. "I hope the old students will take special paina, as they usu ally do, to help the faculty and myself make our new-comers speedily feel at home, and I wish to assure them and all of our students of the readiness, willingness, and desire of .my self and every member of the faculty to serve them at any and all times in any way in our power. "I trust we are all here with renewed strength and vigor as a result of the summer's rest, and are ready and determined to do the best year's work of our lves. I hope we may en tpr upon the work with high re solve, and that the end of the nine months will find us with broader injnds, higher ideals, and stronger in faith, hope and 80pt3te, imposes iptbgw lrien greater duties and responj sibilities while bestowing greater rights. It behoo es wo4 men to make Jretter prepara tion than ever before to per form these greater duties and meet these greater rseponsibil ities. "Are you here this session for earnest work, to prepare yourselves for unselfish service of the highest order? Are you here ready to make sacrifices to secure this preparation? Are you here to maintain in college the best traditions of the Amer iCan Christian home? If you are here with such high ,aims and . noble, patriotic purposes, I need, not urge you to so. con duct yourselves as to guard jealously the honor and repu tation of the college ; I need not urge you to read and conform to the rules of the college and the Student Government Asso ciation; I need not be anxious about high moral and Christian standards being maintained at the college; I shall feel sure that all the good work of the college will be strongly and loyally supported ; that , :the good spirit and good feeling of the Class of 1920 will be caught up and carried on; that the moral and Christian side of your education, more essential than any other, will not be neg lected; that you will secure that training and development which will insure right idea1, strong character, fine efficien cy, and a high Christian char acter as you go out from us for the duties of life. "Let me commend to you as a great help toward living the life we should live here Bishop Vincent's 'Morning Prayer and Resolve,' with the hope that you will adopt it as your own for each day of the session. I shall post it on the bulletin hoard." It reads: "I'will try this day to live a simple, sincere, serene life, re pelling every thought of dis content, self-seeking and anx iety, cultivating magnanimity, self-control, and the habit of silence, practicing economy, cheerfulness and helpfulness; and if I cannot in my own strength do this or even with the hope of success attempt it, I look to Thee, 0 Lord, my Father, in Jesus Christ, my Sa viour, and ask for the gift of When Dr. Johnson had fin ished, he presented 'Mayor Blankenship, who briefly but whole-heartedly welcomed the folk at the college. He was followed by Rev. J. W. Speake, pastor of the St. John's Methodist church. Mr. Speake, in pddressing himself to the students, spoke of the college as a divine instiution, having .as its .foundation the c irc. He. said it was be ~ ~e. tr~setedthe ben doing classi& work onT since the opening of the session, is now getting down to brass' tak.The unl,forms arrived last week and the men were as. signed to their '-respective pla toons and compenys on last Fri day, regular drill now being helt every morning from 8:80 to 9:80. Capt. W. E. Duvall who is in comand of the R. O. T. C, is well liked by all the men. Re was .ii charge here last year also, taking Major A. W. Chair sell's place at the opening of the session of 1919-20. About 150 students are enroll ed in the R. O. T. C. this session, a considerably larger enrollment than last year. Quite a number has 'recently entered from the Citadel. J. F. Williams, a senior of the University, is adjutant of the battalion. Mr. Williams was at the Seniqr Plattsburg Training 'Camp during the summer of 1918. Intensive training was administered to the men of this camp and Mr. Williams knows his business. The R. O. T. C. is expected to turn out men who are worthy of being commissioned 2nd Lieu tenants at the end of four years. Under the able instruction of Capt. Duvall and his assistants, the University is hoping to be the alma mater of a large num ber of commissioned officers in the U. S. Army. FACTI DE ALUMNIS. Guy Meares, '16, is a dental student at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa. H. E. Moore, LL. B., '16, is a Imember of the law firm, Felder & Moore,' of Orangeburg. Robert D. Waring, C. E., '17, is a civil engineer with the South Carolina State Highway Depart ment, Columbia. Solomon Blatt, LL. B., '17, is an attorney at law at Barnwell. R. Alvin Beymer, '18, is an electrical engineer with the Power and Mining Department, General Electric Co., Cincinnati, Ohio. McKendree Barr, A. B., '18, is at Leesville, where he is en gaged in farming and the prac tice of lay. At the regular meeting of the student body on last Saturday, the following men were elected from the student body to the social cabinet: i. M. Lightsey, L.~ N. Connor, L. B. Cox and Dave Robinson. concerning church attendance. These exercises having c(osed, the visitors withdrew, and the rotitine matters of oi ganization proceeded. The~ 4t&ssificatio3> pof the eaT-re stu. W Mlkn Friday, 80p1lembek, 16th. MarshaflTatum Cloth in ~'i*W. RRUNSON Mrchant Tailor $UITS PRES$ED WHILE YOU WAIT Cleaning aid Pressing Neatly Dose 713 Main Street Phone 216 'HABENICHT-McDOUY ALL CO IxcIusiveiy SPORTING GOODS 1631 M agn St. COtM R C University of South Carolina. Founded bi the state tn tei01 In the Capital City The University is organized with,the following divisions: I. School of Arts and Science, with various courses of study in Languages, History, Sciencq, etc,, leading to the degree of A. B. and B. S. General Scholarsbjps worth from $100 to $150 each. IL School of Education, which seeks to prepare per sons to serve the State as teachers, principals, and superintendents of schools. In this course the A. B. Is the degree conferred. III. Graduate School, with advanced courses leading to the degree of Master of Arts. IV. School of Civil Engineering, leading to 0. E, V. School of Law, with course leading to the degree of LL. B. The presence of the various courts and the use of the State Law Library afford 'exceptional facili ties. VI. Military Science and Tactics. Regular drill five times a week. Class-room instructions. Uniforms and Equipment furnished by the U. S. Government. Reserved Officers' Training Corps. VII. School of Commerce-Courses in Acco'untigg, Economic Problems and Buisiness Methods. VII. New Courses: Rural Social Science; Hygiene and Sanitation; English Bible: Business Administration. College fees for the year, $40, including medical atten tion. For women college fees are only $26. 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