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4r I : I SECOND -V SECTION VOLUME XXXIV 'r: ■ .. I SECOND i SECTION CLINTON; S. C., THURSDAY, ilAY 17. 1934 NUMBER 20 <1 Make Your Plans Now To Be Our Guests for Glinton^s Get-Acquainted Days -« * HISTORICAL SKETCH OF » ei'a^niR over the whole less than 200, teroollepiate athletics. The alumni of an institution write safesruardingr health; 19 athletic direc- Coach Johnson, a regular teaching The ideal of the cidlege is expressed its rt^al history. To call the roll of the tors, teaching our youth how to live . DDCQRVm?! AM I menjlH'r of the faculty, has inaugural- in her mot^o, “Where men are made.” distinguished .sons and daugWrs of and grow; 912 succwsful men and wo- 1 txl^tfOD 1 ihI apd maintaine<l a pix)kra,»Cof inter- The aim is the i:ecruiting, ti-aining and Presbyterian college (for it was for a men engaged m -business ami other 1 collegia;;^ and intVamural ahletics em- development of leadership in church time coeducatoinal) w'ould be to name professions, -a^ssuming positions of ^ John McSween President of Presbyterian College of This^’®^>*^ the outstanding leaders in. leaders hip in their communities ^ * and practically every form of modern a large college in numbers, limiting church and state in eighteen states of ''— City, Recently Delivered From Station, WBT, Charlotte, N. the Followi^g^ddress Sponsored By the South Carolina Economic Association. XT. \ a large poiT. To cap it all, he has won morejOur student body to 300 select men of the .American union and.six foreign jthan 50 per cent of the intercollegiate character and ambition, believing that .countries.^ Some idt'a of the range of contests his teams have played in the the small, cultural Christian college!activities of these m;(|y be noted from various forms of sp<irt ami ‘in it all has a vital part to play in the great,, a recent resume of the alumni files: /Because of the intimate relationship .South, and was rated as an “.A” g:*adel^*'' in hi.s tt>ani> of unfolding drama of modern civlliza- One hundrwl and forty-five trairiW be^n the economic welfare and di college by the regents,of the Univei- fightirig stamina whii* tion. The method is the intensiw. per- ministers of the gospel enthusiastical- o tiio sitv of \Vw Work ' ha\e made them loveil at home and re- sonal cultivation of the expression of , ly winning the world to Chris*; 13 I L r nr~no Incidentally, his-1930 the best in each student through di-' niis.sionaries forsaking all for Uie ser- A.„A..r^*ct,^ntacts bctwe.m students and.vice of ChxI in foreign lands; 192 ^ > s . a.'*sis nian> giea ■‘^I^nnipionship. We .sometimes think of faculty and between various studerrt~ft’«theTS making their impress, on the px.«.tuca ion ^ answer to an harasstnl ad- groups known to anti knowing each youth of our state and nation; six niinistrator’s prayer in the midst of the other in theThtiriiate fellowship of county superintendents of education; our modem .civilization, we of I^resbyte- sonal /riends and friend? rian college appi'eciate the privilege of in the South and in the N'orth. The cooperating with the South Carolina General' Education Board of New Economic association in this series of York also made a large gi*ani of; broadcasts through the courtesy of funds. .Among these frvends were t'ol.' station WBT. * I>eroy Springs, of Lancaster, who was Concerning Presb'yterian college, it the la!*gest single contributor to the may be truly said that it is “the college, erecting on the campus one lengthened shadow of a man.’’ Toward,of the largest, most beautiful and.ef- .^the cb»e of fhe war for .Southern in-’ficient gymnasiums an<l swimming ^ depfnd**nce there was graduated from l>ools in the country; i apt. L. .A. Columbia Theological seminary in Co- Smyth, then living in Pelzer, S. C.. lum:'a *;^yourg man who was destined * who made possible the building of the to l«e a great servant of the church dormito'y on the cami'us_^vhich l)t‘ars and to launch two great educational the honoixsl name, of his father, I>r. and pnllanthroidc enterprises in the niomas .'smyth; J. T. \Voo<lsule and name and for the service of ^he A'. E. Graham, of Grt'enville, S. t ., who church. Dr. William Plumer Jaci^.*i, gave generously to the endowment IKD., was horn in that charm- funds. At the same time the church ing center culutre and seat of A’ork gave about a (juarler of a million <lol- county; ^e city of York. He was lars to current funds, endtnvment and brought up in the ^classic shades of e<|aipment. ^ harle-ton .livl as a senior in the Col- Hr. Douglas rosigne«l in I027rto f.c- iege i<f Charleston reported fOr the eept the ju-esidency of the l’ni\ersi.y c.ty naptr thi* >ece.'=sion convention*, a an J die! in this chair after serving chapter in one of the worbl’s-ghealest the larger institution with the .same biilliame a- the smaller. Cp»*n completion of his seminary Wrihin the past Tew year.s the city cou*'-t‘, ,iir. Jacobs entere<l upon the of t linton has contributes! about ^lOd.- ^j^-torate of a group of churches in OuW to the slevelopment of the college ansi arounsl Clinton, and here laboured and two big-hs-arted friends gave asid- a ihmIimI ^tC-esiequUmieaUJohn H. Young present- • f.lty-three years. ing a lH»me for the presideht, and \V. In If'To, impressed by the dire need J- Bailey a steel stadium for the ath- ~'cf a great number of children orphan- Ictic field. During this same i>eriosi ts| by war ami in distress liecause of tbe church in South Carolina has c<»n- the general poverty of a stricken tributes! appreximately a quarter of a' frtate. he founsiesl Thorawell sirphan-^'million tlollars more, age. an institution which has become; All of the-e gifts have brought the of the church in ths thiw Prs*sbyterian college to the iKunt of s'a:-, - vt* Carolina. (»t?orgia and lieing one s>f the best sHpiippe*! small F.-"M.t n caring for fatHerles'^ chil- e«ileges -n. inve' teJ F.ve .\vai- later, in IKHd, Dr. Ja- . I - U- * a- movenumt of t’linton citi- ren- .n expansion and sleveloprnent tff he t n!on High School asssKMation, wh h h^s ! t»es n organized in lsT2 a- a Ja * rf the S'.u h ts* buijld a new civilization on the i>erplexing problems of moslern in-.a limited botly. S4 physicians, surgesms and dentists. Presbyterian college accept? the trust of young life as a sacred respon sibility not merely for intellectual de velopment but for the conservation and development of those cultural and spiritual values implanted in the Christian home«> of her constituency. Heroic consecration and humble re ligious faith have animates! Presbyte rian college from its foundation to the present time. Itit atm in the beginning, to secure a union of ( hristian charac ter and spiritual culture m teachers (Continued on back page, this section) ■al ma .e jh 1 a a c •«. *' "ege V - .»n ; lunr. .es of t'hnton until take over th f ihis was born ntil thp staU c woTk. in the South, having !f2,rnM in plant and ciiuipii'vnt jior <udent. One of the most significant ilev* b it- men; s in recent years has !H*en the un ion of the .Synot!*of Georgia with the Synt il of South Carolina in joint own- geneial movement in the er>hip, control ami support of the col- :o iiudd a new civilization bn lege. This act.on resulted in an invi- the a-h**.- and ruins of the old, now tation' from the Syno<l of South < a^xi- de--j y- ! by war. This a-sociation lina in 1!*2k, which was enthusia-tioal- ^i!>!e at priv.itv expen.se edu- ly accepted by the Symxl of Georgia for the young in the same year. The two church e was botlies are thu.s unittMl in a gh-at edu cational program thnmgh joint uwn- wa- oorn the Ciinttm er-hip ami support of the Thorr.well association, animutei! by the orphanage* and I'rr .'byte an college in d dominated by the i^uson- Cliivlon, am! Columbia Theological aLty of this man of God who .>4iw the seminary, which was m<*ved fiswu < <>- great xrxmtribut ion which Chri.stian ed- lumbia, S. ( ., to Decatur, (>a., in iJi'l. ucm-ion was to make to the m*w .South The rise and development of Pre^- n«*w Turning from the dark shadow of byterian college con.stitules one of the rec< nstruction misgovernment to a most lomantic chapters in the hi.-.oiy new day of cultural and material pro- of Southern education. In twenty gre>s. Thu-^ came into being the insti- years, from 1911 to 19.41, the student Jut.on now known as Presbyterian col- body increaserl from bo to JHI, the limit set a.s an efficient unit, the fac- For the first ten yejars of the life uliy from six to IK, the endownient «.f the college rt ofierated more or less from zero to $.4.50,000, the value of the as a local institution, utilizing the fa- property from $1.50,000 to $l,000,0b0, cihtie- <*f the Thornwell orphanage the con.«tiluency from a more or less and the Clinton high school. The ori- local gioup to <>0,000 Presbyterians^ .n g:ria] college building still stands on South Carolina and Georgia, the gniunds of the orphanage and is Everj’ institution and evei'y move- iel by the high .rehool of that insti- ment in human hi.s.tory is built around • human jiersonality. With all the In IsiKl the Presbyterian church in wealth of money and equipment which .South Carolin'a recognized the oppor- has l>een poured out in modern e^iqca- tuhlty presehTeiT by This~smaB strug^ttm the remark sirtrften quoted a’-»ut g!;ng college as a m«“<lium through Mark Hopkins on one eml of a log ami wh:ch the church could perpetuale a .-ludent on the other representing a herself in the Chri.stian training bf great school has never been outmotUsl. her youth and the institution beejuwet” Perhaps the .Amencan people do mit kmiwn as the Presbyterian College of .fully realize the powerful influence St.ath Carolina. It was m>t until liemg exerie<l in our civilization by the iK.wt .er, that all of the presbyteri*^ teachers in ouV schools and collegt s. e: the >ynml un tetlly gave their sup- who. more than any other class, are port to the college. From this |>er:od influencing our youth ami therefore* began an e*a of rapiil development un- the future social, .eoommiic, |K>l;tical der the lea<<cr.''hii) of Kev. William j and refTgious lren<ls of the nation. Neville, D.D., LL.D., who literally! On the faculty of Presbyterian col- gave his. life to the college and the lege are a number of men who have cause of Christian education, but be- .been placing the stamp of tHeir |>er- fore HiV death in the president’s chair sonality on a score of geneiations of ia I9<»7 he adde<! many thou.sanD of college men. One of th^e. Dr. .A. E. dollars to the equipment and built ih** Spencer, vice-president and treasurer stately adminisli ation building which of the college and professor of Greek, has b^n the center of the college life ha-v remlereil one of the mo.-t dist.ng- ui'h<-1 bits of service in the history of th. hi. !o-y of the college there the Srtu’.he. n Pie-'^byterian church. For acain in !9H ^he sliuilow of a fo -V-tbree y'‘a! > b;“ ba- V-i*n v c* nes T> ’C' iRf i »n MeD >v l.l.’b. uni Lii f; • H U: :C' . “1;- f“bi-^ed 10 the Hfe of Pro by;** Jvn :>rj I » - fT K .:-!i I-Ii.o r. l ■'. “ <*• f- ■ ; y< H’*s r lui in • - t’V \ - ’* a’-lt.f ll '' I J - •ommniio' S aii * ; aii'o k s, a s.*'enc^ .l.Ii'I :t brary and kke gymnasium w\ v. the rn.iOwr.H'nf wa.s built lip ‘o - a Ar. ;*-ving ; .-ver.rl llm. An el(!t. . in li. •n..rr.‘ fy al t * * • • . 4 • i. I * V shi.. • • r kf x::v.^ .-r , ;ir. ceti [1'ii ; 0 ■ .:y. her i-. .!> fill 1; Vt,. •J an .‘ol- . "i- -f. ' ... h«.- nlavt.ta large iva^: m * n of P;‘>byi»‘rian c*tll**ge i.s C ,M*h ami ter Jdhrfi-.Vn, who'yame to the c»n;e^e- f ill a bia»^le.s.s youth-inf his po'I:I»iv ^than a qua. it r of a m.ll.on dohar the college W2< admitted into anembership in the Southern A-soci- and his serted continuously for eigh. atien of Schools and^ Colleges^ the enn yeaty as physical ..director ami h:*^he5t accTcdiling agen^ for the c6ach. With a smal^ student body av \ CLINTON FOR SET ACQUIIIITED D»YS MAY 18-19 In Extending the Hospitality of Our City, We Have Only One Object — To Impress Upon You That Clinton Is Every thing a Good Town Shotdd Be. We Invite Yoti To Our City .These Two Days In the Hope That We May All Become Better Acquainted.— — r . f • Clinton Merchants Will Give You I More For Your Money! The I. \ 7