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SPSS- ” T- k • IT,. i • • ( * ' r • > ** ’V * ■ • * - * ‘ 1 's. ■ v. • V 1 . i ♦ , ' If Toe Don’t Read ft f * . THB CHRONICLE Too Don’t Get The * Nowa. 7 • # VOLUME XXV - : ‘5# » > THB CHRONHjJB Strives To Be a Cleaa Nenrs* paper, Complete, Newsy' sad ReHaUe. ** * . 1 1= CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 11,1925 NUMBERS THE PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE The Presbyterian College of South Carolina was founded by the Clinton ' College Association in 1880. It be- . came the property of the Presbyteries >• composing the Synod of South Caro lina in 1904. It is, therefore, now en tirely owned and controlled by the Presbyterian Church of South Caro- lina. ’ The college is a member of the Southern Association of Collgees and Secondary Schools, and also of the Association of American Colleges. Religion and Schooling: Religion and education are ultimate solutions of the problems of human society. The world always at last comes and lays down its burdens' at the school house door and at the church door. The making of good, intelligent men is the. supreme purpose of this col lege—such men as the world needs for leadership. The Bible is taught throughout the four-year course^ Every student has^an opportunity to know God’s Word. 1 ment is run under the efficient man agement of Mrs. Myrtle Hunter. During the fall of 1923, the refect ory was enlarged. The dining hall will seat four hundred. Kitchen, pan- tries, serving rooms, etc., are large enough to take care of a greater num ber. The dining hall is beautiful. It is furnished with electric fans, all windows and doors are screened. The kitchens, and serving "rooms are equipped with modern improvements. The building and equipment has cost between $40,000 and $50,000. No fixed charge is set for board. The college Turnishes free building and equipment, and students pay for board just what it costs the college to furnish it. * Gymnasium: The LdRoy Springs Gymnasium has just been completed. It is a gift to the college from Col. Leroy Springs, of Lancaster, S. * €. When the equipment and swimming pool have been added, the cost will ap proximate $150,000. The plans were ing occupies' the center of the life and N activity of the college. On the first and second floors are two offices, an auditorium and ten recitation rooms. The third floor at present is used for fraternity halls. Gcouuds: The college campus con sists* of forty-five acres of land, all of which lies within the corporate limits of the town of Clinton... Mr. Charles W. Leavitt, of New York-,-a landscape , \ engineer of national reputation, laid out the grounds, which are being transformed into an unusually beau tiful campus. Water and Lights: The college is furnished with perfectly pure water Home, home, sweet, sweet home! Be it only an Orphanage, ^ ’tis home, sweet home. approved bv leading gymnasium ex- Administration Building: This^build- perts, and the construction is of the best material. This gymnasium is one of the finest and most complete to be' found in the South. The first floor contains offices, a physical director’s class room, lockers for 800, a dress ing room, shower-baths, storage rooms and well equipped quarters for visit ing teams. There is also a handsome reception, room fop ladies. The gym nasium proper is on the second floor." It is 66 feet by 106 feet. The boxing room, special training room, and phy sical director’s rooms are also on the second floor. The gallery seats about. Newberry College to Offer Standard 600. ' I Courses for Six Weeks Summer athletic fields.^ ' r * Session. Thomwell Orphanage O Thomwell, Thomwell Orphanage, We love your wondrous name; y We knbw you’re worthy of a place Within the Hall of Fame. You lent to us in years of need A father's strong right arm, And with a mother’s tenderness You shielded us from harm. You soothed our pain, and healed our woes, And cheered our orphaned heart; Ah, true, you were a mother dear, And did a father’s part. You were the teacher in our youth Of lessons learned kt school, And taught us ways of truth and right, You taught the Golden Rule. The passing years have “borne us far Beyond your shelt’ring fold, But blessings of those youthful days . Still bless as we grow old. L_ And this, your birthday,—fifty years— Has found us where tve roam, And brings' us,- joyful, back to have A jubilee at home!— \ —CLEMENTINA STAMPS, Qlinton, S. C. SUMMER SESSION TO OPEN JUNE 29 There are • two Around the one adjoining the gymna from the city. No test has ever shown 8 j um j g one the finest, tracks to the slightest impurity. All buildings and grounds are lighted by electricity furnished by the Southern Power Co. be found in the country, Athletics^ Believing that the best Judge Featherstone Refuses New Trial tr Alumni .j- We extend to eyery Thorn well Or phanage boy and girl a most cordial welcome to the “Golden Jubilee, n to Clinton and to our Store. We hope you will have an enjoyable week. Visit our store—make it your , . — ~ . • _ headquarters. - , The summer session at Newberry college will begin June 29 anflT con tinue for six weeks. Standard courses, all approved by the State Department Attorneys for both sides in the case of Wm. L. Bishop against the Clinton Cotton MUls appeared before Judge Featherstone at Greenwood Tuesday when a motion for a new trial wa§ heard in . behalf of the plaintiff. Judge Featherstone refused the mo education is'worth little without phy-iof Education, will be offered to the tion and the plaintiff gave notice of All college property is connected w i th j s i ca i fitness, the. college takes com- 1 following classed of students: to pub- an appeal. x i. ^ piete control of athletics and physical lie school teachqrs in 'the primary,| This case was tried in common education. Military drill and open air, intermediate and^high school grades, -pteasfeourt afT Laurens last-week end calisthenics are required of ^IFSopho- who seek certification with ,the State the ju^. returned a verdict of $8,500 mores and Freshmen, and many Jun- Bureau of Teachers’ Examiners; to I for the death of the plaintiff’s son as iors and Seniors elect to continue this college students who desire to make ’ a result of an explosion in the engine the town sewer system. Every sani tary precaution is taken for the pro tection and welfare of the students. W. P.‘ Jacobs Science Hall and Li brary: This building is 100 feet by 70 feet, giving 7,000 square feet of floor space. There are three stories' At the_present time, most of the first floor is used for the library. The re mainder of the building p' used by the department of Science. The libr ary ropis are large, well lighted and ventilated, and are heated by steam. • A' competent librarian is in charged It, is open all day.and until 9 o’clock in the evening. Laboratories: There are about 14,- , 000 square feet devoted to Science. The laboratories are large and ‘weir equipped. , During the past few years over $10,000 has been ___ invested in scientific material and apparatus. Dormitories: One of the most at tractive fe-aturea in connection with, . the college is its handsome and com fortable dormitories. Many of the rooms have private baths. Other roorps ar e on ly a ^ ew steps from well equipped bath rooms. The college uses only shower baths. All the dor mitories are heated by steam from work throughout the course. In addi- up “back” work or to secure addition- tion tt> this, the college spends thous- al academic credit; and to high school ands of dollars in the various forms students who wish to prepare for col-, of physical education. lege. New Students: The enrollment for! The following members of the New- 1924-1925 wag 254. The college will berry college faculty will serve in the be able to take care of 300 next year, summer school: Dr. E. B. Setzler, Eng- It is'estimated that 180 old students i Hsh; Prof. J. C. Kinard, chemistry and will return. Therefore, the college will physics; Prof. R. A. Goodman,'educa- be able to take care of only 120 new,jtioh; Df. P. F. Bloomhardt, history A far greater number will ap- and Latin; - Prof. J. G. Park, biology; men. ply. Should you desire to attend th’e Prof. V. It. Kleazer, laboratory m- college this fall, you should notify the struction. M*s. J. D. Quattlebaum of President at once, and ask for catalog the Rose Hill school, Columbia, will and application blank. Students will teach primary methods; Mrs. E. B. be assigned rooms according to re- Setzler. of the Newberry city schools, quests in order of application. i intermediate methods and school mu- R. O. T. C.: The training given by sic; )Iiss Mary Bonie, of Summerland the Military Department is (of as I college, modern languages; Prof. T. great importance as any o£fered by!«L Leslie of Erskine-college, mathepia- the college. The work is something tics; Miss Elizabeth Dominick of the as follows: ^ *• (Newberry city schools, fine arts; Miss . room of the defendant company. | Call on us for anything you need in Gent’s* Furnishings or any courtesy we may extend you. •i L. 1 B. Dillard Young Hats THE ONE PRICE STORE” Ralston and $5.00 Clinton, S. C. Nettleton Shoes n i l! 1 i! a Setting-up exercises four times a week, 20 minute periods; two drills, an hour each; one recitation period. This recitation work covers such im- a central heating plant, and furnished j subjects as sanitation, person- wirti hot and cold water. ~ . ral appearance, etiquette, map draw- , Location: The college is located mj 4 the progressive town of Clinton in the Piedmont section of the state. It is on the main line of the Seaboard be tween New York and Birmingham, and on the Atlantic, Coast Line from Charleston to Greenville. The popu lation of Clinton is around 4,000. Instruction: The real strength of a college lies in its faculty. Students ing, etc. The Government maintains at the Cprrie Lee Havird of the Columbia city schools, penmanship. Miss Caro lyn Cromer, librarian of Newberry college, ipill serve as librarian during the slimmer session. The college li- hrary offers exceptional advantages for study and research. A feature of the session that should college a Reserve Officers Training|be particularly interesting will be a Corp. Military training is required ; series of lectures on “Citizenship,” by of Freshmen and Sophomores, but it Dr. George B. Cromer, and another is optional~with Juniors and Seniors During the Freshman and Sophomore years the Government gives the mem bers of the unit a complete outfit of clothes, but nothing else. During the attend college mainly for instruction |j un j or an( j gg n j or y ears the Govern and inspiration. The Presbyterian , t ^ ve5 fa add i tion to clothe8 30 CoRege of South Carolina has not only a strong faculty, trained in the best colleges and universities of America, but also has a sufficient nuhiber of professors tp take care pf the work. There are no over-crowded classes. TH? enrollment this year is two hundred fifty-foiir. : There are twenty men on the college staff. Of this num ber, -sixteen devote their entire time to teaching. Student assistants are pot included in this number. This gives a full professor to approximate ly every fifteen students. The classes average about twenty. \ - . cb cents a day. This 30 cents is paid for the entire twelve months, and amounts to $109.50. All students in the advanced course are required to attend one summer camp at the ex pense of the Government. rr • 4 'N 4 » Growth (1911-1924): A Comparison of the condition of the ( college in 1911 wjth that in 1924 will dearly show the progress which has been made: Assets, $160,000 in 1911, $1,000,000 in 1924; growth, 567 per cent. • Annual budget', $10,000 in 1911,* $70,000 in 1924; growth, 600 per cent. Land owned, 30 acres in 1911, 45 acres jn 1914; growth, 60 per cent. Number stuoente, 87 in 1911, 250(in 1924; growth, 187 per cent. * Men on staff, 6 in 1911, 20 in 1924; growth, 233 per. ceofc.: Is Your Work Hard? Many Clinton Folks Have Found'How To Make Ji’ork Easier. What is so hard as a day’s work with an aching back ? Or sharp stabs of jaain at every sudden twist' or turn ? There is no peace from th^t dull ache. No rest from the soreness, lameness and weakness. Many folks have f<?und relief thru Doan’s Pills. They are a stimulant diuretic to the kidneys. Cjinton people recommend Doan’s. _G. W. Clardy, farmet, 76 E. Fergu son St., Clinton, says: “I do a great deal of heavy work and I lay that to ^causing my kidney trouble. I had a Meapwhile the standard of work has sore feeling through my kidneys and more than’k^pt ptice. Wtth the material j the pain was steady.. At night my series of lectures on educational topics by President S. J. Derrick of the col lege. A course of instruction for high school coaches in football, basketball and baseball will also be given. The handsome new dormitory will provide ample rooming accomodations. Mrs. A. C. Haltiwanger will again be matron of the boarding ha'll. This arrangement insures excellent table fare for the summer session. Prof. James C. Kinard, the director of the summer school, is kept busy sending out bulletins of the school. Indications from the applications al ready in hand point to the largest at tendance in 1926 that'has yet beep en rolled at Newberry. 1 l I i! i I growth of thh college. . Dining HaR; The dining department is one of the most important fea tures about the college. hisT is cer tain!^ true |n, the eyes of the stu dents. The Presbyterian College* is kidneys acted too freely. Between the backache and /disordered kidneys, I didn’t get my regular rest and felt out of sorts. I used Doan’s Pills from Smiths Pharmacy and they quickly rid me of the trouble/’ / ’ j. •* justly proud of the way this depart-N Price 60c, at all dealers. Uon’t aim 1785 • 1925 College of Charleston Examinations at the county^seat for the Laurens county scholarship, Fri day, July 10, at 9-a. m., Subjects: English grammar and composition, American History, - algebra, and plane geometry. . .— “ Four-year courses lead to the de grees of A. B. and B. S. Special two- year pre-medical course. Courses in Commerce and Business Administra tion. ExpehsS moderate. For terms, catalogue, and illustrated folder, ad- j dress PRESIDENT’S OFFICE COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON, - CHARLESTON, S. C. - ply ask for a kidney remedy—get Doan’s Pills—the same thgt Mr. Clardy had. Foster-Milbum ,Co.» Mfrs., Buffalo, N.~Y. • ' i^J^r==Jf=Jr^r=Jr^r==Jr=Jr=Jr=Jr^P==Jr^=iii^r^r=^P=iF==ir=^P==Ji i! We Welcome You Back To 1 -- 1 E a a a a a a a a a a a I a It is a pleasure to have you-back with us again, for the Thomwell Orphanage “Golden Jubilee” Celebnffion. And while here we want you to make our store your headquarters.: If you should need anything to wear we _ . 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