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^ VOLUME LV? NUMBER Ul NEWBERRY, S. C., FRIDAY, /I'NK 7, 191$. TWICE A WEEK, $l.o0 A YEAB f 1?== 'fj i? ../;' ^-/. " ... KX-I*!?I>I!)ENT J. This commencement closing is th-2 ' ^nd of the service of Dr. Harms as presfdent of the college. (Speaking for The Keraid and Xews we are very sorry that Dr. Harms has decided to leave Newberry, not only for the sake of the college but for the town as well. Dr. Harms is just the sort of man tor the presidency of a college like >* ViArrv. and iust at this it is unfortunate for the college that he is going. Dr. Harms is a graduate of the colx i Dji. PARTIXG WORDS Address to the Graduates?The One Great ?ed Today, is for Good W/kfnnn WllA \ V*M | J'H i# ttJIU f? ?T ??v V True. My friends, this is the final service, of an acedemic nature, which your ; college has to do to you,?to put into , your hands today a testimonial of character and scholarship. We have , gathered here today to award ?ou a , diploma, a degree. For four years j, tout has striven to nrovide . % V -"---O - ? * ? you with an intellectual and a moral, ? stimulus to manhood and womanhood. For four years you 'have responded I with satisfactory zeal and diligence And -this is the final service we can \ render you. except to follow you for- j ever with our prayers and benedic- j < lions. It is not necessary, 'my young j. "friends, to remind you mat you are ; ; leaving college in an interesting and tragic time in the story of our world. "1 know you feel the thrill of the great [ events which are transpiring all about j i us. The poet addressed his age [ many years ago. and sang, "We are liv-1 ing. we are dwelling in a grand and 11 awful time, in an age on ages telling ; < to be living is sublime." We smile to- I day at his presumption. For no mat- j; ter when lie lived, no matter what hs felt so deeply about the tirq^s which he descrbes, no matter what the clr- j cumstance. scene or season which m- ! < spired the song he sang, we know he never lived in times so profoundly tragic and significant as the times we ' live in now. This is the most event- i ful era our world has even seen, ex- < cept the one in which our blessed ' "Lord was horn. We are living in the 1 grand and awful time, in an age or ; 4ges telling. To be living and living < now is solemn and sublime! ?_ .1 t ? 1 i . AKU i Iieeu IH :L ?JV L licit It is LUC j war that makes the difference. When ^ that midsummer sun set on the even- j < in? of Friday, Ju!v 31. 1914. it set [ < upon a world upon which it never was to rise again. Since you entered college radical and revolutionary changes have taken place. And as you leave it now you are face to face with a problem of personal adjustment the like of which you did not dream four years ago. xour nauon :s no u>nger i like an ostrich, plunging its head in The sands of isolation, politically unconscious of other nations in this -vrorld. Today it is allied, in the providence of Cod and the service of humanity. rr^h nations in th* tnrvm- ititmt* : 1& XJ .1 it * AA . A .?. ? . lege in the clnss of 1 $93* and his leaving is the 2.">th anniversary or his graduation. He is also a graduate o' the theological seminary of Gettysburg, Pa., and he has served as pastor at Chambersburg, Newport and Harrisburg, Pa., and is goin from Newberry to a church in Philadelphia, the largest and most influential in the ; Lutheran church in America. We wish him mighty well, though we hate to see him go. , j I wmmmmmmmmmMmmmmamBmmmmmmtmmmmmmmmiM j greatest war of all recorded history, ail its policies, all its resources, all its influence and ideals added to the i ! common cause of freedom and worI5 democracy. And wo are proud to send you out j in times like these, to tasks so chal- j l^fging and daring and divine. Others i have preceded you to the battle line, j and we would be remiss today in ! pride and remiss in justice too, if we 1 did not look upon that banner with its one hundred and fifty stars, and thank ; God that those loyal lads who studied , under the scarlet and silver grey were not afraid to fight under the (Stars and ; Stripes. One of them is a star of gold. No musketry or cannon rear dis- j turbs his dreamless sleep. And as j' the weeks go and the months go and the years go there will be other stars, i changing one 'by one from blue to gold, from the true -blue that they are, j In brave devotion, to the dear o-old of j a compete and finished sacrifice. My young friends, emulate the fine example of your companions. "We send you forth todav to battle! It, may not toe to battle with shot and steel. It may not be to battle of blood and death, as yet. But in another sense, whether to trench and camp- or farm and store and home, right royal battle.?to do your part, your bit. your best, to save the worl.t from impending woe and make it fit . to live in. Be true to the idealisms which your ! college has tried to breathe into your souls ir. these four years, in class . room and lecture hall. If you have ever Keen allured, in a moment of douh' or cynicism, to base ambition or Ic' * turn vo:ir back today : 4-V-? ?t r r\ P c?n/">Vi o ArvTnQTif i: UUii uic . ' v ui ci ^ .uiiibut,. . Oh. submit s >ou love your life. as you love your honor, as you love your Alma Mater, as you love your country ?submit to the will of God who made * you for heroic effort to serve His ! kingdom in this world. The great danger in these times of turmoil and ' distraction is that we will forget t.ho big need, the great and paramount 3s- j : sential of national glory and success? ; that ^*e will forget conscience, be- 1 lieve in -God and righteousness, the gospel of the son of God. Be true to > your religion. For the only thing that ; can ever heal a<rain this ~oor bat- , 1 tered. broken, bleeding world Is your 1 religion, the religion of the Christ of Va + .-V /I A tr "r V* sw% f\ O y?rt Q TIT? oraimcc ics, iuua? iiicic " ! c iiiuuj of us who worry because we cannot KO to France, that worry because we canno* buy more fc>nds, that worry ; because* we canvof serve constat AMERICANS SATED THE DAY AT MARNE With the Americans on the Mams, June ">.?Americans fighting the Gernans on the 'Marne furnished the nost drastic moments of the war since General Gallinein's taxicau i irmy saved Paris. Rushed from a listant area under French command :o Chateau-Thierry, they did the work )n the battle line at that point that .s surpassed in history only by the i exploit Of Gallieni's troops. I The Americans now confronting the , Germans along the Marne at the point :>f the farthest advance toward Paris *nd who drove back the enemy after :he river had been crossed, received iialf an hour's notire to start for the critical spot. Railroad trains, auto trucks. French camions and every possible vehicle was pressed into service and speeded off with the Americans. having the full right of way over ill roads. They arrived at the battle line at night and were fighting in the morning. Soon after the Americans arrived the enemy attacked. Our troops, which included marines, wers the reserve. The marines toolc up the fighting. It was close, open Held warfare-. American fighting brawn n-oo voafr."hr>rl o<rn?rst that of the OCT" ;v:an< in a short bitter sfrngele. which the Yankees won. The Bc che has re. revert his attacks out t.ne ime stuj holds. ^ The French are heaping the highest praise upon the Americans. They are proud of their stand at the Marne. where civilization was saved by turning back the Germans in 1914 and where the foe must again be throw.! back. SPECIAL SPEAKER AT MAYER MEMORIAL E. L. CHURCH On next Sunday af amoon at 4:30 o'clock, nothing pre" -ng. Mr Baba Thorn? s of iXewberry college, and native of the far country of Armenia, will address the congregation in respect to the persecution and suffering of his own people, the Armenian Christians. A collection in their bohalf will be received at this service. All are invited to attend. ants upon the battle line. My friend, you can do as fine a thing as any of them. You can keep the faith, you can stay at home and believe in righteousness for men and righteousness for nations. You can cling with prayers and intercessions about the altars of your God. Believe me, the cation needs good men more than it needs soldiers, much as it needs the?r. and sure as it is to sret them. Above the need of soldiers, above the need of statesmen, above the need of authors and scientists and engineers and inventors, there is one need of this nation now, in these tragic days, which overtops all others?It is the need of good men and virtuous women. T isn't guns, its clear goodness which will win out in the end. And as wp part from you today we call vou to goodness. We dedicate you to service. We ordain you to high endeavor. We s' " " o'.it to be contr'butors, not a""?.es, in rio hive of human progress; bj;!d?r? up. not tearcrs down Keep your lips from evil and your tongues from speaking guile. Cursed is the slanderer! Cursed is the man who will sfab another -in the back! We shudder at the tale of cannil -lism, the savage slaughtering and carving and eating of a human body. But your savage is a saint compared with the cannibal who will kill and cut fo pieces a neighbor's reputation. Young men and women, there are men to3nv whose hearts are wounded sore ^nd courage broken, and influence VvTecKea Deyona repair oy tne wniapered lie. Down with the muck-rake raan or woman! Speak no slander, no, nor even listen to it! Be true to yourselves. Yes, firs'". io thyself be true, and then it must follow, as night <"he day, the; cans: not then be false to any man. Farewell then You and I leave the old college today together. Let us cherish it forever. And let us fear nothing more than to bring the stain of a dishonorable a in; or ac-ion upon its nobie record. Good bye. and may tlie God of aV l;race and mercy e-ver Iceep yoti ?aie a>id keep you true. , i ^aBSSBsSMamSSSg^ r - > v V. &unSS?aiHfi^: fix--.. . f x:?;;:-.. ?S:S":' $'$ ?#:$>. .' \v% - $;?$ ;. :: . . ?';'' ' ' ' xv ~ -' :: ?:::'x# : : /' V " " ' - ; '; . ' :' ' ' "" ' . ". ' ' . . ^^iV-v^ I President, Sidney .J. Derrick. j The board of trustees at its meHin^ on Monday afternoon elected Prof. 3. I J. Derrick to succeed Dr. J. Henry [ Harms ss president of Newberry college. Prof. Derrick is an alumnus of the college and has been a member of its faculty for many years, and is in position to be familiar with th* work and the needs of the institution. I The Herald and Xews. rnder t;:^ j present management for the past 30 l years, has been a steadfast friend of the college, and we have been untiring and diligent always to boost and advertise the college whenever occasion presented, and sometimes when it dirt not we made the occasion. The files and records will bear out the statement that so far as our ability ex | tended the college has had no more I steadfast friend and supporter. And yet sometimes we have been made to feel that there should be such a thing I as reciprocity of allegiance. It is well to .preach and talk the obligation of the alumni of the old college, but there should also be prea^sd the doctrine of the loyalty a nd stead fastness of the old mother fo her childi ren. In other words, the relat;orx3 should be reciprocal, rhe m.e^standing i Vy and cooperating an-! 'c'.ping the i other, if such ~ relation doe? not exist then the obligation of nr- her : r.irounts to much Lo^! a*::.nni s a ; ?"r>d doctrine. nnrl ? anr1 deI voted mother is just as ^ound in its i rrincini?3, if you are to have the coI operation thai counts . I ^."e can not help sj?"\z. even with i ! '" e danger of being * :r.!-rstood. " nnoiiBn ?tq a 1 u-fivs 5n bQinsr uwuv ? ? ... w frank, t::r.t personally we uo noc owe the new president. Prof. S. J. Derrick, j anything, because he has never failed ; to fight us. not in a personal way. bur I in a way that sticks, when he had the opportunity of rendering a service to rs without cost to himself. And yet ' after saying this we want to say that The Herald and Xe'vs will do what it can in its feeble way to make his administration a successful one. as we h'!ve tried :o in the cof his pre1 decesors. He is not the college, and yet the men who control and direct j the institution are the college in the i true sense, for certainly the brick and mortar in the walls of 'he buildings ! and equipment, however fine they may be, do not r.:-*1'"1 a We understand that President Derrick sa\~* I that there shall he no politics in the I management of the college, but that his one aim shall ibe to run the instii tution for the proper training and ed i r.cation of the hoys and Tlrls who may enter, and if that Is lived up io it will be well for hi3 sdministraton and for the success of ta> institution There is a great opportunity presented to I?im In them 'ryimr testing ' , i . an'J a <?r.? ' * > J ?E Y V DER RIC k7" V j work. We trust that he may measure || i:n ro the occasion and the times and | meet the responsibilities that win re." upon birn. So we srreet- the new president and say to him in all frankness and truth and incerity, here we are, :i we can be of service to you to help make your administration a successful one. rail us and we will respond. | The following sketch is taken from [ the Charleston American and was I written bv Harrv W. Dominick. SV't? 3lso append from the same corres- [ nrmderce the tribute- to President J Harms which we must heartily en- j dorse: Prof. Derrick has for the past 22 j vp.qrs served a? a member of the facI ultv of the institution. Graduating in ! 1892, after receiving many honors duri ing his student career at Newberry ! r-ollege. Prof. Derrick was so?n afteri wards elected the head of the prepara! tory department of the institution, ! serving in this capacity for about ten j j years. He was then given the chair J ! of history and economics in his alma ! mater, at the head of which department he is now serving. Prof. Derrick is about 50 years of age. He received his early educational training in the rural schools of his j community near Little Mountain, in ! Lexington countv, and at the Mount I . Tabor high school under Prof. E. 0. i ; Counts. He is the son of J. J. Derrick j and Martha Kessler Derrick and an I uncle of Congressman A. Frank Lever. | The newly elected president of Xewi berrv college has at all times taken | an active interest in educational af- j j fairs in South Carolina and is now 5 j ; member cf the state iboard of educa- ' ! j ! ton. l'pon which board his influence j 1 is generally recognized Since the or- j ' ganization of the war board for New- 1 ' i berry county. Prof. Derrick has served as its chairman. ' The many attainments of the new ' ~ ^ tiann'i^rlvr fl f Ti i m fnr fno . ^TM> Jt"ilI 'CUUilUll.l v. u.... nosition to which he has been eiecteti, ' and there is no doubt of the fact that h<* will orove himself a worthy s:;cc-~3sor of the retiring president, Dr. ' Harms, whose administration of the affairs of the college has been second to none anions: the presidents of the , institution during the fil vears of its I history Dr. Harms resigned as president of Newberry college about six weeks ago ro re-enter the ministry, having resigned "i large Lutheran pasSbrats it; Rarrishurff. Pa.. 10 years ago to ac ! cept the presidency of his alma mater, j He will q:o to Philadelphia as pastor cr" r'l"1 ^h'lr^h of the Holy Corn rv:"nion familiarly known as "Seis.-* r'(i 1 pit.** coeause the fact that this ! pj.stornt^ w*s Tong served and made famous by tiie late Dr. [os. A. iSeiss. The Ii of the Holy Communion is : ])" r -Cv"!^nizeci as one of the ... - - t-> ^.. of America, TOTAL OF THIRTEEN SUNK BY SUBMARINES, Xew York, June 5.?Two more vessels, a Norwegian steamship and one schooner, were added today to the list of ships known to have been sunk by the German submarines which are t raiding in American waters. The total now stands at 13?five steamer3 '. ind eifcrht schooners. The fact which stood out most prominently in the day's developments is that the inboats still are operating near the coast and have not returned to their bases. This was demonstrated when th9 Norwegian steamer Eidsvold was I sunk off the Virginia capes late yesj terdry. n?vy department renortj ed yesterday an 'encounter between i a d^rnve^ r*"'1 a submarine off tha ( i f-r,;: . rc Maryland. I 1 Another fact- which is regarded as ! trv-M-; "irn^f :n marine circles here 13 i that none of rhe vessels reported ? ink thus fur was sent to the bottom hy a torpedo. It. is considered certain, that the undersea eraft 'carries torpedoes and that they are conserving i ' '."lO-'i in the hope of atiackjr.s: a trar.si povt loaded with American troops. I Possibility tnat vessels still unreported may have been sunk was seen I i ir> a <t :*ement of the. master of tne ! schoonvr Samuel C. Mengel. who aril ved here today. He declared lie was told by the commander of the suh' marine which destroyed his ship that the ii-boat had sunk three steamers, ! one a passenger liner, and three schooners, last Saturday. Xo 'vessels have been reported sunk that day and it is believed either the u-?boat capj tain was lying or that Captain Hanj sen misuderstood him. So far as ' 1 ~ 4-Un sw. 1 rr lnon of 1?fa oHnar/l } iYiiUWil LUC UUI.> 1UOO Vfi UI.& "UC V.UV'V* j the New Y-ork and Porto Rican liner ( Carolina and that was established at only 16 by revised lists, showing that there was about 218 passengers and 111 in the crew, making a total .it 329 instead of 3?">0 as originally reported. All those who perished evidently, were lost from the life boat which arrived yesterday. REGISTRATION OF tfE> COMING " ~ www mlffTI ITT? 1 Tt jj YEAKS niltli.^ rut xa.iiv The registration of the young men f come of age since the 5th of last Juna took place on Wednesday. There were' 235 registered in this country. 104 whites and 131 colored. The rigistration was as follows: Xewberry 122, Prosperity 43. Pomaria 24, Little Mountain 10, Whitmire 18, Chappells 18. >EWBFRRY ELK'S WILL OBSERVE FLAG DAY. A meeting of the Newberry ?Iks was held on Wednesday night at which District Deputy Whisnant was present. The lodge has not "been meeting regularly for some time but those members who were present decided to revive the lodge and will hold another meeting this Friday ? "T r T\ ^ J evening in the office of i^'rea \n. ajuminick, the lodge having let the ladies use the rooms for the war work. A committee hbeen appointed consisting of F. R. Hunter. C. E. Summer and T. P. Wicker to arrange the program for Flag Day services and a speaker will be secured to deliver an; address- aopronriate to the occasion and the exercises will be public. Deputy Whisnant will come back to the Flag Day exercises and they will probably be held o:i Thursday evening the day before Flaer Day as he has to bo in Greenville on. the l^tn. end the calling of Dr. Harms, th> -~.Mng <?x-president of New berry college, to this pasto**0^ jg evidence of his'stand nmor.fr the lenders of his denomination "n fV ignited ?:af" Harms ard hi? family will leave Newberry for his ncw field of labor in about two weeks. He leaves hoViirm him a wonderful record o? for X^wberry ro\\nfrn. ar.d his public spirit and leadership in all things that -yere for the welfare of this community and So:ith Carolin. will be .zreatly missed. He oarr;? '.*?th him *o his row bert wishes of his many friends in Xew> \T p ? ' "