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A ■I ‘J* PAGE TUO THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CUNTON, S.'C. THURSDAY. MAY 30. 1929 COLLEGE GRADUATE MUST KEEP ALIVE, BUILD ANEW Jud&;e Glenn, Sneaking To P. C. Seniors, Sees State and Nation As Scroll, To Be Read and Kept, With Added Responsibility of Bringing To Bear “Your Knowledge and Wisdom Upon the Needs of the Future.” ^ lowing: ‘‘Continuation of educational oppor> tunities; both as a matter of'quantity In what might be termed his first!of our Lord discover a palimpsest in major effort since becoming federal! the unrolled map of Europe. Graved judge, J. Ly' - ' and quality. “More active participation en the part of all citizens in, every phase of governmental activity! (He paused to discuss fully the administration of justice.) “Sufficient knowledge of actual conditions to think correctly. “This thinking,” he said, “must also be applied to legislative and executive branches of the government.” (Here the speaker referred to the recurrence of sugestions that cabinet officers ^yles Glenn of Chester ad-1 and scored with characters through j jjg ^ dressed the gradua^ng class of Pres-, all recorded time, it is being graved floor of the national congress.) byterian college Tuesday mornirjg,} and scored once more, by a pen of iron taking as his subject “The Palimp- ■ and with ink of blood, in characters sest.” He looked upon this state and ^ that seem today indelible. History, af- the nation as a scroll on which each , ter all. has its rhythm and its recur- generation must write its record. He rence, where the graving ran deepest cited things that must be read and in the days of old the profoundest jjg gj advantage to the oncoming gen- kept alive; but reminded that there is ^core may be seen today. The valleys ^g ^j.g getting far also the responsibility “of bringing to,and the water-ways where our fore-ig^oug^ f^om the war to see these bear your knowledge and wisdom up-'fathers joined battle witness now, m j^g^^gj.g g^j^g dgrity on the needs of the future.” i their e^rnal sightlessness, the locked World, War “As one who saw a great deal of many phases of the World war,” he said, “let me suggest that it has taught us some lessons which would “I am prone to reflect,” he said, strug^ of the children. There are “That the physical triumph of the “that I was graduated from a South some channels cut by nature through* great victory Carolina college, very similar to your j whcih the fretting tide of human ac- governments, college here, just 17 years ago, andUion seems destined to run for dver-l**'^ ® blow to some dangerous must admit that 1 am almost a gener-imore. From the beginning of time -n-' fJ®** advantage ob- ation further along than the gradu- vaders have crossed the desert would be ates whom we honor today. This will! Sinai to batter at the gates of Egypt. remind us all that in the swift pass- i As a Scroll j actuating motive of the be told of French, British and Ameri can soldiers, and their casual re- marks.) ” “A sympathetic understanding of what I have sometimes called the Spirit of 1917 makes two strong ap peals to the intelligent citizens of to day and tomorrow. In the first place, it assumes, the aspect of duty to the participants in the war, particularly to tke dead. In the second place, it comes clearly before us as a God-giv en opportunity to take advantage of a situation conducive to better inter national relations, and therefore to the establishment of world peace. “The prophets of old spoke of the ‘T1 ■ age of time the history of our state' “So, we are inclined today to think millions who fought was more clearly and national life is being written very of mir fair stntp and nation as a understood bv' them, and mora ami- rapid ly. ‘In the middle Ages, when parch- of our fair state and nation as a understood by them, and more accu- scroll on which each generation must j rately expressed in the high terms write its record. You as a class of voiced by Wilson than the busy world' day when ‘The mountain of Jehovah’s house shall be established on the top of the mountains and it shall be ex alted above the hills—and nation shall not lift up against nation neither shall ■they learn war any more.’ “If we, the privileged citizens of a privileged country and time, by rea son of a lack of idealism or intelli gent understanding of the opportunity before us do not work to this end, have we not failed to take advantage of the God-given opportunity ? Rec ords of heroism and loyalty and de votion to duty have been written on the unfolded parchment of the world. The very battlefields on which the World war was fought wpre already scarred by former contests in which equal bravery and devotion had been ing and anguishjwhich will lead to,no better results? Will the world go‘on writing these records ot destruction none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of the Lord of hosts hath spok en it.» and death, and eternally prove truant to the idealism and sacrifice of the men who fight? * “If the intelligent citizen of tomor row does not remedy this, we have but another message written on the palimpsest, and are still just as far tured, liberal college where Christian maybe further, from the day when . , u* j • • • “The defeat of the League of Na tions was but a temporary backset. The time is still ripe for definite achievenients along this line. The le^ership towards this achievement will come from graduates of a cul- or ‘They shall beat their swords into ploughshares and spears into pruning hooks. But they shall sit, every man under his vine and his fig tree, and ideals are taught, and inspiration is drawn from the Bible itself — from such a college as produced Woodrow Wilson!” It Costs No More To by a seeing eye through the new pen- responsibility is thrust man.ship, and the old words still shine, however dimly, through the cloud of younger shcailders by thinking that, one dav last winter I walked into a new words bv waich they have been of the South Carolina gener- obscured. To .such a manuscript schol- i^^ assembly, and saw 12 members ars have giver the name of palimp- I. had under me as students-- and 1 still count myself a young man! ! ■ . , , u- u J 4. “I make bold to suggest to you that R'lmina.iii^ thought, which detect palimpsest of the sermons m stones, may in this some of the finer writ-; ,irgs and truths we.e contained in the E E n'PQ GAfTTTTT JPt 'older messages, which w’ere all but w5iniin l n I^hscurcd by the multiplicity of words Optometrists superimposed, so, in 'vriting the new' jj message we find that in doing so wei should preserve the best of the past. | jj It 4s authentically related that one of Euripides’ plays v.qs almost com- ipletelv abscured bv a wine-merchant, SPECIALISTS j who used the parchment on which a Eyes Examined Glasses Prescribed Juonk had copied the play by keeping ^ |of his accounts. I§ West Mam Street Fticne 101 j jg Chivalry Passing? • Laboratory for Prompt Repair Service “To bring this point directly home j to us, let us ask ourselves the ques-' ition, whether or not the fine chivalry 1 of ante-bellum rays has not been i [greatly obliterated by somewhat changed manners of today. So, let me suggest to the class of 1929 that in sho'W’n. Is the World ■war simply an- wucM waivii- - ' # J • • busy world'Other record of the same heroism and ment was a rare and precious thing. ®®ll®i?®. graduates cannot escape re- of today seems willing to admit. (Here j valor, but at the same time of suffer- and men, eager to set down their sponsibility for the record which wRl — ‘ thoughts in writing or to copy out • ^®. the next 40 years. \\e once more the thoughts of admired < might Quote _statistic3^^^^^^^^ byi niaster iheTr matevial, they were wont to take ant““’- -i|_ old manuscript and to prepare a clean Ifny other group of people the genera | shie‘ bv e-’ -'^g ‘''e old characters— trennd of their times. Indeed, you will LJ not so drasticallvVhowever, but that b® writing this record from this vepri the ol i script mav still be discerned day. I am forcibly reminded of the Send Your Family Wash To Us Where it will be cleaned in a scientific manner in a germ proof plant—ask our driver abouf it. BUCHANAN’S LAUNDRY PHONE 29 MiiiiiiaiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiHiMiiiiiniiiitititiiitjiiiiiiitiiiiaiiiiiuiiiiinifiiiiiiiiiiniiiiHiiiiiiniiiiiiitiiiiDiHiiiiiniiaiiiiimiitiaimiiiiHHaiiiiiiiiiHini E E Clinton, S. C. 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The principles of ge ometry and physcis, while known to the human race for generations, seem to have been almost gone until they were applied as if by magic under the .American genius for organization and construction. Historians tell us that the Chinese knew almost as much about these subjects 4,000 years ago as the world at large iid at the begin ning of the 19th century. We have, however, to inquire whether or not we have not, in our rapid strides in a material way, failed to preserve and apply principles equailly as old and equally as well understood Jo our mor- j al and spiritual life. In some strange! way it seems that each generation, in* the conduct of its moral, intellectual' and spiritual life, must learn through j the hard school of experinece the j practical wisdem set forth in the Pro- j verbs of Solomon. How often do we i U E E E E E E E E E E hear a man 60 years of age comment! j] T IAS E-Z vVV- I 0\ E E E E E rn The standard container for canned food. 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ASK YOUR GROCER ICR 'AT LA I * JARS Tm Sijia—Mm Uu-ot Jjr amd dilm C-Z Stal fam Pw4 m j CMom, tatk uyU t that he wished that he could live his i life with the wisdom that he had gain- jed from the hard school of experience! i Or again, it happens every day that j full-grown men are .suddenly exclaim- jing, “My father used to tell me that, | jl and I now^ see that the old man was i i; ; right!” I “Why is it that a young mind will take a principle of physics or chemis try, and with the courage of youth apply it in such a way as to give us some great discovery which will change the physical aspect of the world, and at the same time the same j mind will refuse to grasp and put in- ;to practice one of the general prin- jciples of wisdom for the conduct of [human life which have been written I in the plainest of language and illlus- 'trated by thousands of examples.” Here Judge Glenn suggested the reading cf the Old Testament and Plu tarch’s Lives. He praised the practi cal mind of the British teachers who insist up&n the stuly of biography, and the wisdom of the Greeks in writ- |ing and reading of Aesop’s Fables, j What Are Records? j “Y’ou may inquire then,” he con- I timied, “what are the records which 1 must be read and kept alive by the i on-coming generation represented by I this class? We outline these briefly: j “Traditions for chivalry and patri- I otism. “Strong adherence to the fundamen- als of religion. “Better understanding and appreci ation of the history of our nation. “But in the writing of your record there is not only the writing of your problem of keeping alive the best that is behind us, but of bringing to bear jyour knowledge and wisdom upon the needs of the future. We can claim no great wisdom or dirine insight in prophesying the nature of these prob lems, but from the signs of the times, from the opinions of our wisest men, and from cominpHsenae-study of the present, it seems to us that among many other phases of life which will command your attention are the fol- DOORS OPEN FRIDAY PROMPTLY AT 8:30 O’clock A. M. BRING YOUR FRIENDS TELL YOUR NEIGHBORS ANNUAL nmm SALE Starts FrL, May 31--Eiids Sat., June 8 ABSOLUTELY NEW MERCHANDISE Here is news of our Annual 10-Day Discount Sale—that all Clin ton and its community eagerly awaits twice yearly. Right in time for the vacation season. Our New York buyer has bought us 100 New Dresses—styles of newest creations. See the values we are offering in our Big 10- Day Annual Sale. All Ladies Ready-to-Wear, Including Dresses, Coats, etc. CUT TO Price 1 -4 OFF ON ALL PIECE GOODS, SHOES, NOTIONS, ETC. There must be no cai'ry-overs^verything goes. All goods marked in plain figures. 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