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VOLUME XLIX, MN?BER 46. NEWBERRIY, SOUTH CJAROLIDA, FRIDAY, JUNE 9. 1911. TWICE A WEEK, P1.M A YEAR. Newberry Coli Fort Commencement Came to C11 One Graduates-Medai President Harms Words- The) Bidding them a fond farewell and God-speed, Newberry college on Wed nesday sent forth from her doors to do life's battles seventeen young mer and four young women. The graduates ar,e: Degree of A. B -Cnarles Paschal Barre, Prosperity; William Gorley Cobb, McLeansville, N C.; George Ernest Finck. Augusta, Ga.; Nevins Byford Hendrix, Lees ville; Gray Hayne Hipp, Newberry; Bernice Boyd Hoof, Newberry; Robert Wright Houseal, Newberry; Clifton Holland Kreps, Columbia; Josephine Paysinger, Newberry; Maxwell Ern -est Roberts, Marion; Alan Worthing ton Spearman, Newberry; Ellen Rosa lie Wheeler, Slighs; Robert Dunlap Wilson, Orangeburg. Degree of B. S.-Herbert Ehrhardt, Ehrhardt; Joseph Terrell Goggans, Newberry; Clarence Alonzo Kinard, Sumter; Lil lius DeKalb Simpson, Prosperity; Carl Marks Simpson, Prosperity; Edward Roland Wood, Columbia. Select Courses-Alice Aull. -Newberry; Henry .Gustave Adolph Boldt, Charleston. The class day exercises, which 'were held in the opera house on Wed nesday morning, and whiCh were at tended by the largest crowd or com mencement week, brought to,a close a most successful and delightful com mencement. . The attendauce vL vm tors has been unusually large, includ ing alumni and friends of the collgge from many States. The review of the affairs of the institution by tne trus tees has shown a healthy and prosper Ous conditior in all departments, and the continued growth and larger acti vitity of the college in a broader field are assured. Six of the graduates had -been se lected to deliver orations Wednesday, and the young orators acquitted them selves with a great deal of credit. Fol lowing their speeches came the part -ing words of President -Harms and the presentatiorn of the diplomas and of the various medals. President Harinms' charge to the graduates was a liter ary gem. * According to custom, the honor men this morning delivered the salutatory and the valedictory-the first honor rman, Mr.\~Grady Hayne Hipp, of New berry, speaking the valedictory and the second. honor man. Mr. Ch'aries' Paschal Barre, of Prosperity, the sa lutatory. The other speakers and their sub-, jtets were: W. G. Cobb, Jr.. McLeansville. N. C. -"Capable of Drudgery." N. B. Hendrix, Leesville-"Disar inament." R. W. Houseal, Newberry-"Do the Fittest Survive?" C. H. Kreps, Columbia-"The Age! and the Opportunity." The senior essay medal, offered by~ aGeorge S. Mower to that member of the class who has written the best1 essay on a subject designated by the'. faculty, was awarded to Charles P.5 Barre, of Prosperity. Presentation by Dr. A. G. Voi.gt. Subject assigned by the faculty this year was "The New! Nation alism.L" The medal offered by the Rev. C. P. c Boozer and W. R. Moseley, Esq., to That junior who has sustained the best c 'examination in the Greek language at c the end of the course, -was awarded c .-to Henry S. Petrea, of Concord, with t honorable mention of J. B. Smneltzer,: o of Columbia. Presentation by Dr. A. t. J. Bowers.p The medal offered by Dr. 0. B. May- a er to that member of the senior, class a who shall pass the best examinationv on the assigned course of reading in history, was awarded to Grady Hayne e Hipp. of Newberry, with honorable tl mention of Robert W. Houseal. of c Newberry. Presentation by President d Harms.h The medal offered by Mr. John M.y Kinard to that Freshman who has the iT best standing for admlss!on into tte ti Sophomore class was awaraed to Carl] ti Monte. Contse of T.ittle Mountain. h ege Sends h Class of 1911 ose on Wednesday- Twenty Is and Honors Awarded. Thrilling Parting ?ther Exercises. Presentation by President Harms. The medal offered by Hon. A. F. Lever and C. J. Ramage. Esq., in memory of Dr. George W. Holland, deceased president of Newberry col lege, to that student who completes with highest honors the course pre scribed in philosophy for juniors and seniors, formerly taught by President Holland, was awarded to Robert Wright Houseal, of Newberry, with honorable mention of N. B. Hendrix, of Leesville, and C. P. Barre, of Pros perity. Presentation by President Harms. The medal offered by Dr. Thomas H. Dreher, of St. Matthews, to that student who has,maintained the high est grade in mathematics. including calculus, was awarded to Clarence A. Kinard, of Sumter,- with honorable mention of Lillius DeKal-b Simpson, of Prosperity. ~Presentation by Presi dent Harms. The science medal offered by Rob ert Norris and Dr. W. G. tiouueai to the most proficient student taking the whole course in science offered by the college was awarded to Clifton Holland Kreps, of Columbia. Presen tation by President Harms. The medal offered by Rev. C. E. Weltner, of Columbia. to that student who shall have maintained the best standing in German throughout the course. was awarded to Robert H. Folk, of Pomaria, with honorable men tion of Misses Rosalie Wheeler and Tilla West. Presentation by Presi dent Harms. The medal offared by J. H. Summer, of Newberry, to the student who is awarded the first honor at the end of tae course. was awarded to Mr. Grady Hayne Hipp, of New'berry. In the graduating "lass public com plimentary mention for excellence in the department of engineering was made of Mr. Clarence A. Kinard, of Sumter. Robert W. Houseal, of Newberry, was awarded the University of Vir ginia scholarship.. President Harms Farewell. Following the delivery of the diplo mas and the conferring of the degrees upon the graduates. President J. Henry Harms. in words which burnedi and thrilled with the beauty and chas-I titv of their high and lofty sentiment,' 1 bade the class farewell. President Harms said: fi "Y'oung men and women, b3 n'thor ty granted by the commonwealth of a South Carolina to the trustees of New- c >erry college. we admi- you today to Jt :he several degrees. with all the 'ights, titles and privileges pertaining c :o the same. "1 have no doubt that you wonder C vhat these things mean, what signi- e les .that piece of parchment that you jt told so jealously in your hand today. a Ve talk of rights, titles. privfIeges n >ertaining to a degree. What rights, d vhat titles, what, privileges? What n s it, I ask you frankly today. that the Jy ollege gives you when it grants you n degree? Just as frankly I want to h ay to you, my friends of the class of c 911. that it is precious little that your' V ollege confers upon you today. t "As to rights, the only right that I v; an tlhink of now is the right to be- E ome a member of the Alumni asso iation and pay your annual dues. As!y ) ti!fe, it does confer upon you a bit 01 f social and intellectual distinction s possess that parchment. As to G rivileges, well, you know that if you if re worthy. at any time you can get 01 testimonial from your alma mater 01 hen you are looking for a job. :u "But, so far as that sheep-skin is I oncerned, you could not go out J es iere upon the street and get thirty J a ants for it. We confer upon you to- to 1y nothing that you do not already m ave. The ceremonies through which h1 >u are passing are quite symbolical. y( hat is a symbol of the confidence of li' te faculty in you, a symbol to all Ias te world and to all whom it may in fought a good fight, that you have kept a faith. that you have finished a course. Tat is the symbol that you have striven for and achieved. "We give you nothing today, young men and women. We talk of rights, titles, privileges pertaining to a de gree. No board or faculty can magi cally confer such things u.pon men ani wornn. These are things that are forever bound up in the noble and persistent efforts that you have made in pursuit of your education. We give you nothing today, but we give you red.h... And.you.do......l t. c X/ PRESIDENT J. HI the symbol of the things that you al- "V ready hav-e. And you do well to cher- n ish and guard and keep that symbol. y "But, whilst yo'ur graduation has a y backward reference, it also in a very I deep sense looks towards the future. tl Today is your initiation into a life, b into a career. We ball you bachelors. L Historically a bac:helor was a person b< who attached himself-some person of jti [imited resources and means who at- 'N Lached himself to some other knight. tl EIe was a sort of squire to his master. be and -It was in that sense that the term tc was ta'ken up by the universities and a: solleges-to designate a person who 1ad been initiated into the first grade is )f the brotherhood of scholars. "I say today,-my friends, that this s your initiation into life, into that A Enightly brotherhood, if you please, of T hose who labor with brain and brawn n the service of mankind and in the p: >urposes of God. E. "Oh, young men. young women, be trong. be brave, that no weariness .o vertake your path or entice you from i he ways of honor. -ad "I tell you today that the conditions 1e f a successful life are very brief and to im.ple. They are these-I would to a 'od I could pronounce them in ac- be ents that would be unforgettable- th key are these: Hard work, fair play da nd a clean life. Hard work, because ad o man ever gets .far who has not a i eep and abiding sense of the noble ess and dignity of labor. As one of our number has said today, many 'a ian is sitting around idling away the Al ours of his days and petulantly ex- Il [aiming, the world owes me a living. j lE Te want you to go from this platform >day exclaiming in your hearts and Iof iliantly believing that you owe the' orld a life. ~Ro "Fair play: We would for you that u would scorn the advantage of an- Xe kher's weakness, that you would 1 ~orn the fear of another's strength. Ne et success, men and women-get it C you can, but never pay the price ch( honor for it. Play fair-; do unto hers as you would have them do tr'a 1to you. 'I "And, finally, a clean life. Our high- tro, t ambition for you is that you live mo: life that would have never a thing l-ide. You may win wvealth, you his ay win position, you may win fame, his [t we would rather that. if necessary. W. iu should lose all these things and Ithe re a life so upright in its character ber that you could look without flinch- ing g into the eyes of any man-men and d women whn.se strength is as the h-in: strength of ten, because thAir hear are pure. A clean life, clean fro cowardice and disloyalty, clean fro neglecAed duty, clean from impure an bitions. "The time has come to say good-by No more for you the joys of colleg life. We are loath to see you go, f< those of us who have been down yor der in the big world know that mar a deceiver lurks in the path to teml you astray. Like the very solicitud of a mother who watches her depar ing child, so we see you go toda: O.MR DINRY HARMS. 7e have prayed for you that you ight be strong, that in the evil day ou might stand, and having done all, et stand. Go out today, class of )11, with your untried strength, into ie great conflict, and God Almighty e: with you. Work hara. Play fair. ive a life clean before God and clean efore men. Fare you forth now with le beneditcion of your aslma mater. ever forget the fair mother yonder tat fostered you. Let the word come ick now and again that you are loyal the high hope that she cherishes 2d will always cherish for you. "Fare you fort-h; farewell, class of '11, and God be with you. Amen." T.he Alumni~ Address. The annual address bfefore the tuni association was delivered on lesday morning by Prof. 'C W. elch, class of '79, of Houston, Texas. -of. Welch was introduced by Mr. H. Aull, of the class of '80. A native of Newberry and a sincere ver .of his alma mater, Prof. Welch troduced his notaible and scholarly dress with reminiscences of his col e days and with beautiful tributes th3 memory of men whose lives are part of the glorious history of New rry college. "Ideals" was his eme, and he dealt with . present y problems in a masterful way. His dress is published idi full elsewthere this issue of The Herald and News. The Alumni Association. F'ollowing the annual address the amni association held its annual eting. The followin'g officers were cted for the ensuing year: 'resident-Rev. James D. Kinard, Newberry. Jice-president-W. J. Cherry, of ek Hill. secretary-Prof. S. J. Derrick, of wberry college. ?reasurer-Prof. 0. B. Cannon, of wberry college. X.1J. Ramage, Esq., of Saluda, was sen annual orator for 1912. ~usiness of a routine nature was nsacted. 'he following resolutions were in Tuced 'by Mr. E. H. Aull and unani usly adopted: Coming from the great State of adoption to the greater State of nativity and of his love, Prof. C. j Welch. class of '79, has delighted|J1 alumni and all the friends of New ry college with an address breath- I love for the college and a high devoted patriotism which enables l' L. with the vior arl fertility of: Is his intellect, to realize clearly the : dangers with which this republic is n beset. and to suggest and urge the 1- remedy. "Resolved, That the thanks of tne e. Alumni association be, and they are e hereby, tendered Prof. C. W. Welch Pr for his magnificent address." I- The Literary Address. The address before the literary so t cieties of the college was delivered on e Tuesday night by Dr. Henry Nelson Snyder, of Spartanburg, the-scholarly president of Wofford college. Dr. Snyder was introduced by Superin tendent Henry Lee Dean, of the New berry city schools. Dr. Snyder's address was one of the finest efforts to which it has ever been the pleasure of a Newberry audience to listen. He spoke for fifty minutes, and his audience could have listened to him twice as long with the same undivided attention which it gave him. The theme was "The Human Ideal in the Educational Process." Dr. Snyder referred to the trend of the age to make education vocational, to make education an apprenticeship j so that the step out of school into the! s world might be an easy one. This was the dominant thought of the hour i when it comes to considering the mat I ter of taking the raw material. of our i human nature and subjecting it to the organizing processes of training. s Granting this and granting the de- N mand of the nation and the age for it, he urged that never before in the his- s tory of human experience was there b a greater need of having at least some institutions, some processes organized F forlsubjecting the human material to ti the more general aim and the more humane aim of 'training that says to if us that the man is greater than the t worker, that what is behind the hand in more significant than what comes g out of the hand, that after all we are b each of us greater anf more than any thing that we do, that we are as mucn S concerned with how we think as what d w. do. The old modern college was gone and gone forever, he feared, with ii its few studies and simple discipline, e but, which he was in no sense critic- h ising the institutions that train men c for the specific pursuits of life, be- y cause the greatest good to the great- TI est number demands them, we should sl keep as the core, as the heart, of our educational system that institu- f2 tion 'which has to do with the making and training of the constructive think- U n.* The most practical man a college turned out was the thinker wno stood U four-square to all the winds. ."Wholesale purchase at the ballot box, the buying a senatorship, the fr shame of the divorce courts, the b-lack ening smear of the froth of the upper slums of the new-rich and the smear of the muck of the lower slums of the fr very poor-no civilization lasts that is built of such things. And, young men, fr if your college can send out of its walls a merchant who, standing in the NE integrity of his manhood, shows to the community and to the common- fr wealth that there are men wnow rhon or you can not buy, if it sends out a lawyer whose brains are not a pur chasa.ble commodity that anybody can Cc buy to defeat the ends of justice, but rather the lawyer that stands with naie head among the stars, who uses his , mastery of the law to further the great at cause of human righteousness and Cr justice, if out there goes the physic- in ian who touches with skilled hands Y the bodies of men to -bring them to s healthful soundness but who also th gives of the quality and the majesty of his moral character, and touches Pr the souls of men as well -if you once m in a generation send out a sun-crown ed leader like that, you have justified every dollar that has been put into inv you, every love that has wrought it- tie self into your souls, every sacrifice He that has been made for you and every hel [iope that has flowered in your be- 'big hialf." Degrees Conferred. hea The board of trustees conferred the cou legree of doctor of divinity upon Rev. A 3. A.'Freed, of Columbia. and the d-e- stui ;ree of master of arts upon Miss inte t.gnes Chapman, of Newberry, the lat- boa er for work done in the course. Miss acti Thapman is the first woman to receive and his degree from Newberry college. <froi The report of President Harms. re- Thi -iewing the work of the 'past year, was furi tcepted. The report showed a Jedu NEWS OF PROSPERITY. Graduates of Various Institutions Re ceive Diplomas-Social Affairs. Personal 3ention. Prosperity, June 8.-Mr. A. B. Wise attended the graduating exercises at the University of South Carolina We& nesday. Mrs. E. D. Bedenbaugh, of Atlanta, is visiting Rev. Z. W. Bedenbaugh. Miss Isol3ne Wyche, who has been teaching in Athens, Ga., is home for the summer. Miss Annie Moseley is spending sev ral weeks in Columbia. Miss Susie Langford attended Wof lord college commencement, return ng home on Wednesday, accompanied >y her brother, Herbert, who graduat d. Mrs. Joe Hartman is vis?ting her 'ather in the' Mount Pilgrim section. Misses Y'Genia and Rosabelle Har non spent 3Wnesday in Columbia. Mr. F. N. Calmes, of Americus, Ga., s visiting relatives in town. Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Wise left Wed-' tesday for Glenn Springs for 10 days' tay. Mrs. C. T. Wyche and Miss Isoline Vyche attended commencement at Iniversity of South Carolina this ,eek. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Baker, and on, Stanley, are guests of Mrs.-E. W. 7erts. Mrs. 13. M. Havird, of 'Silverstreet, pent the week-end with Miss Eliza eth Hawkins. Miss Lillie Warner is home from 'ulaski, Tenn., where she has been aching. Miss Mae Lee.Barre, of Chattanooga, spending her vacation with her sis ,r, Mrs. E. W. Werts. Miss Mary Lizzie Wise has as her uests 'Misses Louise Jones, of New erry, and Cassie Brown, of Augusta. Dr. J. A. Hunt has returned to tatesboro, Ga., after spending a few ays in town. Prosp'erity and its people are keep ig pace with the advanced idea of lucation, as is well demonstrated -by er representatives in the senior lasses at the various colleges this ear who received their degrees. hese are the happy possessors of ieep skins: G. aW. Harmon, degree of D.- D. S., omn- Southern Dental coutege. J. P. Wise degree of B. L., from niversity of South Carolina. C. G. Wyche, degree of A. B., from niversity of South Carolina. Allen Lester, degree of A. B., from ~tadel. Minnie Boyd Brown, degree of A. B., om Due West. Clara Gibson, degree of A. B., from inthrop. Willie Mae Wise, degree of A.' B., m Winthrop. Annie Moseley, degree of Music, >m Elizabeth. Charlie Barre, degree of A. B., from wherry. Marks Simpson, degree of B. S., >m, Newberry. Lillus D. Simpson, degree of B. S., >m Ne'wberry. Mviss Mary Willis is home from the lumbia college. rhe U. D. C. will me-et June 14 at 5 lock with Miss Gertrude Bobb. i7he public is cordially mnvited to end a lecture which Dr. G. B. mer will deliver on Sunday morn Sin Grace Luther church to the ung People's society. The 'Sunday iool has been changed from 4 in afternoon to 9.45 a. m. L. large delegation represented >sperity at Newberry during com ncement. Ve can't see why the government ariably spells the name of our lit city' with a small "h."-Rock Hill rald. That's nothing. They spell I with a small "h," and hell is a ger city than Rock Hill. ltthy condition, and was most en raging. petition was presented !from the ients asking to be allowed to play r-collegiate football. This the rd declined to authorize, basing its on upon the expense to students the time which would be taken n lectures and other college duties. board adheres to its policy to lish as economical and as thorough ation as possible.