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/ PAGE TEN THE CLINTON CHRONICLE. CLINTON. 8. a College Confers Honorary Degrees At the close of the dedicatorial ex ercises yesterday, the Presbyterian College conferred the honorary de grees of Doctor of Literature and Doctor of Law, upon the following distinguished educators of the Caro- linas: THE RT. REVEREND KIRKMAN G. FINLAY Born in Greenville, S. C., B.Lit Fur man University; B.D., University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee; D.D., University of South Carolina. Rec tor Pendleton, Seneca, Walhalla, and Clemson churches and Trinity Church, Columbia. Rendered notable services overseas in World War; Bishop Co adjutor, Diocese of South Carolina, 1921; now first Bishop of the Diocese of Upper South Carolina of the Pro testant Episcopal Church. Perhaps these words attributed to Archbishop Cranmer may be appli cable: “In all the progress Both of my life and office I have labors Chairman of Commission on Co ordination of Church Colleges, ap pointed by the 1924 Synod of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church. “It doth appear you are a worthy Judge;. You know the Law, your exposi tion hath 1 hath been most sound.” teaching And the strong course of ray au thority Might go one v, r ay, and safely; and the end Was ever, to do well; nor is there living A man that more detests, more stirs against Both in his private conscience and his place, Defacers of public peace, than I do.” THORNWELL JACOBS A Poet by inclination, a writer by instinct, a University President by determination, bearing two illustri ous names, Thornwell Jacobs comes back to his Alma Mater, his first home and first love. Son of William Plumer Jacobs, founder of this Col-, lege. A.B. and A.M., Presbyterian College of South Carolina; Princeton University; Princeton Seminary; LL.D., Ohio Northern University; Editor, Westminster Magazine; au thor of poems and novels; author of “Life of William Plumer Jacobs”; Founder and President, Oglethorpe University^ Atlanta, Georgiar— jwr aamTration for a while With an attenl ear, till I may deliver, Upon witness of these gentlmen, This marvel to you .” The gifts she loves from os, or* packed and locked * Pp in our herats; which we have given already, But not delivered.” JOHN IRENABUS McCAIN Early education in schools of his community. College education at Southwestern Presbyterian Uniter- And sable* stole of cypress lawn. Over thy decent shoulders drawn, Coml; but keep thy wonted state With even step and musing gait. And look commercing with the skies, v Thy rapt soul sitting in thine eyes.” WILLIAM DAYIS MELTON Quitting a successful and profitable •rty .nd Enkine CoM.*. G«du.Ud balineu c .^ r middl , ? tf! ,n ., 1 V thrM ye *” «.r upon th« uncertain, .ometime. Uu*ht in Alabama, Tenn^ and th>nklM>> , lw , y8 un . ren , u „„ ltly . North Carolina; then elected Prof..- Ugt of educstioni William Dart. Mel- sor of Greek at Erskine College. A graduate course at Princeton, 1890, ton by his tact, personality and charm, as well as by his mental gifts, has Ph.D m Engliah Pnnceton 1892 8UCCMded in hi , new fleR Transferred from Department Greek, Grldu>te Universit of virjinia; to Department En* .eh (winch he had LL B Universit of Smlth Carolina; helped organize) at Erekme. UttD. LL D Universit y o{ ^ Carolina . from university of South Carolina. , Chest<r and Columbia, S. C. Has taught in Due West Woman’s Alderraa C ity Council, Columbia, S. College and various summer schools, c ol sute Uw Elaminer8; For ten years was a member of the State Board of Education We shall sing from the one hun- President of South Carolina Bar As sociation; Active in World Way work; , , . _ . _ _ , , ,, Attorney and Director of business or- dred and forty-fourth Psalm and the ... u • ' I gamzations; Elder, the Presbyterian w ^, verse. Church; Moderator, Synod of South That our Mne may be plants grown c a ' ro u, a ; „ 0 w President of Univer- sity of South Carolina. “May he Ihte Longer than I have time to tell Ever , beloved, and long may his rule be! And when old time lead him to his end, Goodness' and he fill one monu ment.” THOMAS WYLIE SLOAN Student o f Webb School, Bell- Buckle, Tennessee; A.B., Erskine Col lege; B.D., Princeton Theological Sem inary; D.D., Davidson College; “Mode rator Synod of South Carolina, 1909. Dr. Sloan’s father was an Associate Reformed Presbyterian minister of forty years service iif Tenn., where he was born. He is a South Carolirv-' ian by adoption. ,Re served-as Pas tor of the Associate Reformed Pres byterian in Troy and Abbeville. Dr. Sloan is noted for the sustained qual ity of his preaching and eloquence, giving week by week an unusual standard of thought and fine expres sion in the pulpit. Since 1902 he has been Pastor of the First Church, Greenville, S. C. His wife is Janie Martin, of Newberry, who may have exhorted him, as he left home, in St. Paul’s language to Timothy: “Bring the cloak when thou comest, especial ly the parchment.” DAVID DUNCAN WALLACE A.B., Wofford College; A.M., Wof ford College; Ph.D., Vanderbilt Uni versity; LL.D., University of South Carolina. Once acting Professor of American History, the University of Michigan. Author of “Constitutional History of South Carolina, 1725-1775", “Civil Government of South Carolina and the United States”, “Life of Hen- ry Laurens”, “Government of Eng land, Central, Local and Imperial”, “History of South Carolina Teach ers’ Association”, “Studies in South Carolina Records”. Now Professor of History and Economics, Wofford College. “Instructed by the antiquary times, He must, he is, he cannot but be wise”. WILLIAN HARVEY HAND Superintendent of City Schools, Columbia, S. C. Born in Gaston County, N. C. Re ceived early education in that State. Before he reachd his majority, was teaching in native State. Elected Superintendent of Schools, Florence, S. C., 1891, Chester, 1893, where he remained until 1906, when elected to Department of Education, University of South Carolina. Elected State High School Inspector, 1906. Filled this position as well as Professor of Edu cation af Ahe University for six years. Whole time to High School Ifflpec- torship, 1912-1918, when elected to Superintendent of City Schools, Co lumbia, S. C., which position he now occupies. Has taught in or attended sum mer school every year since 1892 (32 years), having taught in the Univer sity of South Carolina, University of Virginia, and Tulane University among others. “Delightful task! to rear the ten der thoughts, To teach the young idea how to shoot, __ To pour the fresh instruction on the mind, To breathe the enlivening spirit and To fix the generous purpose in the Glowing breast” up in their youth, That our daughters may be as cor ner stones polished after the similitude of a palace. iriinwMiMnmwwf ~ MARK EDGAR SENTELLE A man of high intellectual endow ments, thorough-going scholarship, but a soul of great modesty, Mark Edgar Sentelle has given his labors to his Alma Mater, Davidson College, v h 're after being a student at King: College, he received the degree of DAVID BANCROFT JOHNSON A.B., A.M., Yale University; Gradu- No man in South Carolina since ate work, Yale, Princeton, Univer- Wade Hampton became Governor of slty of Chicago; D.D., Davidson Col- j the State has been better known aqd lege; now Professor of Bible and Phi-| more beloved than David Bancroft losophy and Dean of Davidson Col-! Johnson. Born in Tennessee; A.B M lege. • • j University of Tennessee; Assistant In spite of his serene and thorough i Professor of Mathematics, Univer- scholarship and patient study he is sity of Tennessee; Public Schools, Ab- still a matrimonial bachelor. “When ] lished Columbia Y. M. C. A., and its I said I would die a bachelor, I did beville and Columbia, S. C. Estab- not think married.” I should live till I were THURSDAY. OCTOBER 1«, 1924 =^3=gggqg»Ai. 1 m WELCOME TO X The first President; President State and Rational Education Association and many other organizations; Member State Board of Education; Organized and Established Winthrop College for JAMES WILLIAM THOMPSON Son of Judge Thomas Thompson. A.B., Erskine College, 1881; admit ted to the Bar, l&U; taught private school in Abbeville; Superintendent of Rock Hill Public Schools; Pres ident State Teachers’ Association; member State Board of Education; an Elder in the Presbyterian Church. Since 1898 he has been Professor of Education in Winthrop Collge. “I always thought It was both impious and unnatural That such immanity and bloody strife Should reign among professors of one faith.” So this degree is our proof and seal. ENOCH WALTER SIKES (President of Coker College) Bom Union County, North Caro lina, 1868. M.A., Wake Forest Col lege, N. C., 1891; Ph.D., Johns Hop- kias,. 1897, Teacher since ,1891., Pro-! feasor of History and Political Econ omy, 1897-1916, Dean, 1915-1916, Wake Forest College. Sine 1916 the President of Coker College, Harts- ville, South Carolina. Was a mem ber of North Carolina Senate, 1911. Author of “The Confederate Con gress”, “From Colony to Common wealth”, “Joseph Hewes”, “Sketch in Biographical History of North Caro lina”, “The First Constitution of North Carolina”. Editor of “Bapt^t Historical Papers”. “There is a kind of character in thy life, That to the observer doth thy his tory Fully untold”. CAPTAIN ELLISON ADGER SMYTH The distinction among many that! Women, 1886, and its President since characterizes Captain Ellison Adgar its foundation. - Smyth is he is a pioneer in cotton manufacturing in the South, but his interests ( and sympathies have over flowed from commercial and indus trial activities into fields of philan thropy, education and intellectual pur suits as well; His remarkable col lection of volumes of South Carolina history, personages, and affqjrs is a testimony of his loyalty and devo tion to his State and a sign of his high culture. He is one of the dis tinguished sone of Dr. Thomas Smyth of Charleston. He was educated at the South Carolina Military Academy (Citadel); a Confederate Veteran; and an Elder in the Presbyterian Church; Banker; Manufacturer; Di rector of Corporations; President of several Manufacturing Associations; Member U. S. Industrial Commission in the Cleveland Administration. He is one of the benefactors of the in stitution that grants this degree. No one knows better than he the truth of the golden saying of Democritus: “ Tis not in strength of body nor in gold that men find happiness, but ih uprightness and in fullness of under standing.” i “I’ve reared a monument alone More durable than brass or stone, Whose cloudy summit is more hid Tha^i regal heights or pyramid.” MARY WILSON GEE * Miss Gee was born i nUnion County, South Carolina. Early training in private schools. Union; A.B., Con verse College; B.E., Converse Col lege; A. M., University of Chicago; Instructor, later Head of Latin De partment, Converse College; Mem ber and President Classical Associa tions; Director, Y. W. C. A. Now Dean of Converse College. “From Women’s -eyes this doctrine I derive: They sparkle still the right Pro methean fire; They the books, the arts, the academies, That show, contain, and nourish all 1 the world, i- ■ Else, none, at all in aught proves excellent.” SAMUEL PETER FUL/ON Born Williamsburg County, S. C. Early Education: Thornwell Orphan age; A.B., Presbyterian College of S. C.; D.D., Presbyterian College of S. C.; Columbia and Union Theological Seminaries; Pastor Zion Church; Mis-^ | JOHN HARDIN MARION Associate Justice, Supreme Court of South Carolina Born Chester County. Early Edu cation in common schools of that County. A.B., LL.B., South Carolina College. Member of South Carolina House «f Representatives, 1898-1900. Spe cial Circuit Judge, 1910. Chairman of Joint Special Committee on Reve nue and Taxation appointed by South Carolina General Assembly, 1920. Elected Associate Justice, Supreme January 12, 1922, for unex term of Hon. Geo. W. Gage. Jan. 18, 1922, for ensuing JwM term of ten yean. DR. PATTERSON WARDLAW Graduated from Erskine College, 1880, with A.B.; attended Princeton Theological Seminary, Clark Univer sity, and University of Pennsylvania. For five years Superintendent of Pub lic Schools at Darlington, Sr~€. Since 1894, Professor of English at Uni versity of South Carolina. In 1906! was given the degree of LL.D. by his) Alma Mater (Erskine). Chairman of ; Richland County Board of Educa tion, Chairman Illiteracy Commission of South Carolina, a member and leader in the National Education As sociation, South Carolina State Teach ers’ Association,, Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology. Advis ory Council of Simplified Spelling Board and other organizations. Dean of School of Education, University of South Carolina. ^ o “Whom, well-inspired, the oracle pronounced The wisest of men.” EDWIN.B. SETZLER Edwin B. Settler, born in New berry County. Graduated, with A.B., Newberry College; Professor of Eng lish, Newberry College. This devo-' iionar y Na *°y a . Ja P an ; Professor of tibn and loyalty is widened by e x-1 Theol °K ical Department Meiji Ga- perience, gifts, and training, extend-j ^ inn » Tokyo; At present Professor ing beyond, but enridhing, his vici- 1 an< * Principal of Kobe Theological nage. In addition to the A.B. degree ’ Ja P an * Dr * Fulton l 8 one of the abl - of Newberry, he has also the degree | ® 8 * an< * most efficient Missionaries of A.M., Newberry; Ph.D., University amon 8 Protestant forces in of Virginia. Taught, in North-Garo- tbe Kar lina College for four years; Univer- ‘‘But arise and stand upon thy sity \>i Virginia. Author of “Notes i feet, for I have appeared unto thee on English Grammar”, “On Anglo-!for this purpose, to make a minister Saxon Verification”, “An Introduc- and a witness both of these things tion to Advanced English Syntax”.! which shall appear unto thee, to turn Dr. Setzler has been Professor of them from darkness to light.” English i n Newberry College for twenty-three years. “philologists who chase a panting / syllable through time and space, Start it at home, and hunt in the dark, To Gaul, to Greece, and into Noah’s Ark.” LENA JONES SPRINGS Born Pulaski, Tennessee. Educated Private Schools, Dallas, Texas; Mar tin College, Pulaski, Tennessee; B. A., Sullins College, Bristol, Tennessee; Post-graduate work, Virginia fcollege, Roanoke, Virginia; Head of English A fine volley of words, gentlemen, ’ Department, Queen’s College, Char- ELIZABETH FRONDE KENNEDY Born Greenville County, South Car olina. A.B., Presbyterian College of South Carolina; A.M., Presbyterian College of South Carolina. A.B., Col lege for Women, Columbia, S. C., A. M., Columbia University. Taught in High Schools. Principal the Thornwell College for Orphans, Teacher State Normal School, Farm- ville, Virginia. Dean of Women, Tri nity College,' Durham, N. C. Contributor, Educational and Lite rary Journals. < “She prizes not such^rifies as these i are; and soon shut off. SAMUEL CRAIG BYRD If denominational education among Presbyterians of this State owes more to any man than to another, that man is Samuel Craig Byrd. He was born in Laurens County and had his early training in the Presbyterian College, where he received both his A.B. and A.M. degrees. B.D. of Columbia Theo logical Seminary, a tutor of Hebrew in the same institution; Pastor in, New* Orleans and Winnsboro; Editor the Presbyterian Quarterly; Editor Religious Outlook; President of Chi- cora College, Greenville. At present President of Chicora College for Wo men, Columbia, S. C. ‘ “Sober, steadfast and demure, All in a robe of darkest grain Flowing /with mystic train. lotte, N. C., 1911-12. Past President of South Carolina (Continued on Page Four) This Will Fix Yout* ASTHMA Of. Ptan'4 Rhe*—» «ew intrrmj l frt* tt the ml emat ol u to ftr« complete relief from all attack* la 34 boar*, or womur back. Aik aay rood draotat - Rosas'*' and / Sadler-Owens Pharmacy. 14 by The Clinical I .C©h Cleveland, 0. Copyright 1924 by Tbs Clinical Labor* atorifcJ South Carolina Synod WE EXTEND CORDIAL GREET INGS TO ALL DELEGATES AND MINISTERS. # IF WE CAN BE OF SERVICE TO YOU WHILE HERE, CALL ON US. VISIT OUR GIFT SHOP FOR YOUR SELECTION OF A SOUVENIR OR PRESENT TO TAKE BACK TO LOVED ONES. “GIFTS REFLECT THOUGHT” Pub STATIONERY AND GIFT DEPARTMENT N