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Dr. Daniel and Dr. McCul
lough.
A large audience heard the elo
quent addresses to the alumni asso
ciation of Newberry College in the
opera house on Tuesday morning by
the Rev. Dr. J. W. Daniel, pastor of
the Washington Street Methodist
Church,- Columbia, and the Rev. H.
A/McCullough, principal of the col
legiate institute, Mt. Pleasant, N. C.,
andi pastor of the Lutheran Chureh
of that place. Both gentlemen are
alumni of the college, and their ad
dresses Tuesday morning were appro
priate to the gladsome occasion
which had brought the alumni to
gether.
Dr. Daniel spoke of the power of
thought. He is one of the most force
fil men in the Methodist Conference,
and is recognized as one of the
strongest pulpit orators in South
Carolina today.
The Church and the College was
the theme of Dr. McCullough's ad
dress. Dr. McCullough is a native of
Newberry, and his many friends
hero take a just pride in the success
which lie has achieved. His strong
address Tuesday inorning was heard
witi close attentionl.
The following is but a brief synop
sis of, Dr. McCullough's address:
Alumni and Friends of Newberry
College:
" I promise this morning to speak
to you on the subject of Christian
Education and Christianity.''
"The church and state have been
separated and many think that relig
ion and education ought to be separ
ated. The religious mind must be
ever truth-loving and truth-seeking
The founder of the church taught
brave allegiance to the truth. We do
not contend that -Christianity and
culture are the same. We do contend
that Christianity has something to
laarn from culture. Eduention con
fers upon Christianity the means for
more powerful dissemination and a
richer heanlily. lhleation to Pinto
was cultue, turning tle eye of the
st1udent from darkness to light. The
truie ob.ject of' edtucation is no mere
instruction, not mere knowledge; it
is the building up of the student's
mind; not mere information but
aspiration, inlspiratlonl. What is re0
ligion, true and I undefled betore
Uod ? Soie would say that religion
is not an evolution but a revolution.
But we should remember that all re
ligion is a growth; every one of the
great religions was a growth. Bud
dhism had its origin in Brahmanism;
Moliamedanisn in Judaism and
Christianity. Even Christianity had
its germ ill Judaism, in the leading
of Israel from E4gypt to the Promis
ed Land and promised Christ. The
greatest reward of a faithful teacher
is to see the dlull minds of studlents
awakened ; to see their ideas trains
formed.
To the academic mintd it is p)lain
that Chiristian edulcation and Chris
tiani ty arc mnutualnly confirmatory,
fundamentally one. The soul was
not cated for the chuarchi, but tile
chlurchl for thle soul ; the chutrch w'as
not created for the school, hut tihe
school for thle chulrch. Christ ap
p)ealedl almost intvariably to the wvill
of mail, "'He who will shall know.''
Discipleship is the law of obedience.
It is a spiritual growth. Christian
education has its origin with Chris
tainity itself in the fact that the
''word wvas made flesh.'' Christian
ity nmust be Christecentric. The
friends and enemies of Jesus were in
stinctively led to call him teacher.
lHe (lid not look for full growvn reli
giont ill 'half growvn minds. The
scribes wven- euforcing an c:<turnial
system, Christ a spiritual growth.
The Christian pastor and Chris
tiani teacher stand side by side.w~ith
their labor 'elated as tihe heart to the
mlind(. Bles4sedl the student whose
chiurchl life and schlool life
are inl co-operation, whlere one
confirms the other, whiere the
chlurel'. plants, wvhere tile school
wvatermi. If thte relation of Christian
ity and Christian education stands
thus, then Christianity must owve
soldething to Christian education.
Thte educated mind is destined t,o
rule the world. Christian education
must of necessity become a preemin
ent sphere' bf;benevolence. The\gifts
of the past have been eclipsed by the
raen of the jresent. It is. now becom
ing known' that he who cozntributes
anything to the development of
Christian magihood. Is contributing
largely to the evangelization of the
world. The greatest thing the Luth
eran church ever did toward Chris.
tianising India was the fNnxding.ol
Watts. college. He who 6ontributes
byv money, muscle or brain to the
growtyi of a college is contributing
*i-kta tbhe world tihan men ou
angels know. We should rememboi
that a new era oonfronts us. No
longer can we appeal to emotions and
Whims of tbe pOple. We.sometime
wonder; why there is eaingly les
feeling, Ir. religidf; there is not les
true feeling, but there is a larger aF
peal to reas)n.
The- dearth of ministers in the L
t.heran church is a subject of 'vita
importance. The church needs man
things, but her greatest need is mor
young men preparing to preach ti
gospel. Our theological seminar;
has been increasing year by year ii
efficiency but all the while there ha
been a steady decline of the numbe
of young men in, attendance. Fort;
thousand communicants in the South
ern church, only eight young men i1
the seminary, not enough to suppl;
the places of those who die. Vacan
eies must be filled by creating vacan
cies. Strong churches are calling bu
there are no men. No longer is thi
question, who will we get, but cat
we get any one. In 1884 there wer
484 students in the theological sem
inries of the Presbyterian church
In 1801, only 208, a decline of 4(
per cent. The church gave earnesi
heed to the reasons for this condi,
tion and there has been a slight in,
crease. In 1903 in the theological
seminaries of the Lutheran churel
there were 1,285 students. In 1906
only 910, within three years a de
crepse of 375. Twelve years ago therc
was one applicant out of every 450
comnnmunicats. Now, only one outl
of every 77. What is the remedyI
Of course every one will say: "Pray
ye the Lord of the harvest, that he
may send forth laborers into the har
vest." Prayer is not a substitute
for efficiency. Prayer must be ac
companied by search. The church
prays too much with its eyes closed;
she prays "Send men." Christ an
swers, "Open your eyes and look for
them." Seek men, where? Where
has she the right to seek save in
that institution which has the same
aim as itself. Where does the Luth
eran church look? To that institu
tion on the Hill.
''The Lutheran church, horn in
a university, always standing for an
enlaated ministry And laity, has yet
beenl outstripped in the race for
Christian education by religious bod
ies that once esteemed them not so
highly, yet have come, through ex
perience, to realize their absolute
necessity. The Christian teacher and
Christian preacher should stand hand
in hand and side by side, and when
the church realizes that God calls
mie, not independently of, but
through the church, when she seeks,
calls, sends forth, supports imen,
there will be no dearth of ministers.
Let the alumni and friends of New
berry college, the Christian preach
ers and teachers bow themselves to
the earth, like Gustavus Adolphus
on the field of Lutzen, say "We
flight together, 0 God."
Dr. y. W. Daniel's Address.
Rev. J. W. Daniel, D. D., of Colum
bia, an alumnus of the college, was
the next speaker. He said in part:
"I was asked, in speaking to you
today, to represent those who wvent
forth from you among strangers. I
am glad to be present; glad to bring
the greetings from the strangers
scattered abroad who received here
their instruction and then wvent out
to give instruction to barbarians.
These have received us and treated
us well. We have never had occa
sion to feel otherwise than proud of
the institution that sent us out. I
note the improvements made since
wve were boys-a long time since we
were boys gathered about our moth
er's knee. We note that she has not
only brought forth sons, but daugh
ers and that many sisters have grown
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about; I scarcely know now. I have
npt. given great pains, to preparation,
largely by reasob of pressure of
I work, but chiefly because of mental
y laziness to which I am subject. I
e wish to speak, however, of the mar
e velous period of history followed by
y the last 50 years. Just prior to the
a breaking out of the Civil war, this
s institution was erected to represent
r a great church. Scarcely- had the open
y ed her doors when the country was
- drained of its strong manhood and
i almost every institution of learning
r closed. At the close of the war the
- millions of property which. had ac
- cumulated through centuries, was
t swept away. Nothing but natural
3 resources were life. Fromh 1865 to
1 1876 there came the men who took
delight in still further draining the
country of everything they could lay
their hands upon. Then institutions
I like this opened their doors to the
most poverty-strickei gang of boys
the world ever looked upon.- Think
of the conutry today, of its marvel
ous development.
" ''With all her property swept away
in less than 50 years she has accumu
lated wealth vastly greater than the
accumulation of centuries before.
What the source of this prosperity.
Here is a volume in the history of
Christian colleges that has never been
written. The mind gives values;
the mind makes values. We see
here these institutions standing by
our youth when the black man was
on every other institution and no
white man admitted. Here were the
men of today prepared. No debt of
gratitude is greater than that which
we owe to the institutions of 'lle
church during that dark period. Our
greatest debt of gratitude is always
to the past. This is true everywhere,
true in everything."
1-ere Dr. Daniel pointed to the
great manufactories dotting all the
Southland, to the network of steel
bars crosing every state, to the
marvelous development of the great
cotton industry and the harnessing
of our waterways and contrasted
the present with the past and demon
strated the power of human thought
in bringing to pass these wonderous
achievements. He continued:
"Back of the throb of every en
gine lies thought and thought alone
gives it value. We do not appreciate
our schools as we should; God is a
great being, but he did not stultify
himself by making man complete.
God did not make everything. Do
not be carried away' by that heresy,
even though the preachers do tell
you so. God made embryonic things
and left it for man to complete them.
I once read a history of dogs. Once
all dogs were wild; man developed
them; he developed the bulldog and
the terrier and the fiee. He develop
ed the graceful pointer and the in
telligent setter; the dog in which
man put an idea and the dog trans
mits the idea that man put' into him.
We can 't even have a setter dog with
out thought.
''Do you like flowers? the botanist
tells us that God made one flower
the wild rose. Man took this annual
and brought it up until it -blooms
every month in its beauty; what is
it but a wild rose into which man has
put his thought. Everywhere we see
man 's thought and God 's power.
Under the cultus of Christianity
something is imparted that speaks
out through the eye but is not pres
ent in the eye of the heathen. Is not
this perfectly natural? As a matter
of course, if man can put an idea in
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dog, God can communicate an idea
to the human soul through his won,
derful words. OUlture, development,
art are everywhere; and the debt to
the past grows.. Progreis imposes a
great debt of gratitude upon every
generation-to generations prooced
mng.
"Over every flange and every
piece of metal and every gun and
every charge, at Santiago, and in
Manila bay science, art and know
ledge gave power to all. Here was
glorious victory; itI was the victory
of knowledge; the victory of thought,
the victory of ideas, and only know
ledge, thought and ideas can give
victory. If education is an individ
ual's capital, that which is inherent
in the individual who is without edu
cation, is his only capital. The aver
age salary for farm laborer is $180
per year. This represents a capital
at 6 per cent. of just $3,000. Every
ordinary man is born into world with
this capital and it is his to use, if he
is not too lazy. The average salary
of a high school graduate us $600
per annum. This represents a work
ing capital of $10,000; seven thous
and dollars more than would be his
with merely natural widowments.
Thus see that $120 spent on child's
elementary education yields 600 per
cent. on the investment. The aver
age salary of the college graduate is
$1,200 per annum, representing a cap
ital of $20,000. Therefore, $1,000
spent on his education adds $10,000
to his capital. The college educa
tion from a business viewpoint pays.
It follows as day follows night that
when men invest in any education
al movement in the endowment of
a college, or in the education of a
young man, that this is the
greatest investment known on
earth. This country with its vast
progress will be 20 years from today
just what our educated men will make
it.
"We are proud that we are des
cended from an institution; our
Mother who has made us what we
are and proud that we can say that
none, not one of her sons has brought
disgrace upd*n her . We are proud of
our descent. Not as the English
man who said that he was descended
from Lord So and So and Lord So
and So .and the wag to whom lie was
speaking replied, "Heavens man,
how you have descendedl We are
proud of our descent from our moth
er and pray that never in time to
come shall she cease to bring forth
sons and daughters whose throbbing
hearts and gifted minds shall fill the
earth with all that's noble.'
Business Meeting.
After the conclusion of the addres
ses the annual business session of the
association was held. The election
of officers resulted in the selection
of tIme following:
President, Rev. M. 0. J. Kreps, of
Prosperity; Vice President, Rev. J.
J. Long, of Pomaria; Secretary, Prof.
0. B. Cannon, of Newberry; Treas
urer, Prof. A. J. Bowers, of New
berry. Rev. J. S. Elmore, of Ogle
thorpe, Ga., was granted the privi
lege of the floor, and in respond
img, started he presumed he was the
oldest living student of the college
who was present on this Semi-Cen
tennial occasion. He entered thie
sollege in 1859 and continued through
'60 and '61, but as he stated, his
mass fearing the war would end be
fore they had an opportunity to do
battle, resigned and entered the Con
federate army in a body, and after
the close of the war he never resum
ed his studies in the college, and
Stherefore, was. no graduate. H<
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stated tst him as consisted of six
nembors, three from South and three
from Oeorgia. The gouth Carolin
inns were, Renson M. Jones, George
W. tolltehilnson and Drayton Boozer.
Mr, Roober having afterwards mov
od to MIllssippi. Tite Oorgians
were T, S. Rawls, ono other
and himsef. He stated that it was
one of the regrets of his life that he
1was not permitted to be an alumnus
of the college, and that the. college
had done his class the honor to con
for uipon him the degree of A. M.,
while the iustitution was at Walhalla.
Mr. Elmore la a visiting member of
the board of trustees of the college
from the Ge-orgia Synod.
Upon motion of Col. John F.
Hobbs, Mr. Almore was elected an
honorary members of the Alumni
Association.
Upon m1otion of Prof. S. J. Der
riek the selection of the speaker for
next year was left to the officers of
the association. Prof. Cannon, see
retary elect being absent, Prof. S. J.
Derrick was elected secretary pro
ten. The committee appointed on
the erection of the gymnasium build
ilg at the last meeting of the asso
ciation repoirted that the building
had been about completed at a
cost of $3,500.00 and of this amount
about $1,500,00 has been paid and
subscribed, about 900.00 remains un
paid. Tite committee appointed at
the last meeting was authorized to
continue the canvas for funds until
a sufficient amount has been rais
ed to pay the balance due on the
building. The secretary was instruc
ted to convey to Prof. - Powell the
thanks of the association for hie ser
vices as architect, and also for look
ing after the construction of the
building. *
The president was also authorized
to make formal transfer of the build
ing to the board of trustees of the
college. The thanks of the associa
tion were tendered to the speakers
for the excellent and thoughtful ad
dresses which they delivered Tues
day morning.
There being no further business
the association adjourned.
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