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Commencement Season
Closes At Thornwell
Program of Interest
Marks Year's Work At
Orphanage. Fulton and
Lynn Are Speakers.
Twenty-six graduates, 15 girls and
11 beys of the Thornwell orphanage
high school received their diplomas
Monday evening in the final chapter
of the sixty-seventh annual com
mencement program of the institu
tion.
The exercises were presided over
by Dr. L. R. Lynn, president of the
institution. The salutatory address
was given by Chestnut Whitaker,
11 and the valedictory by Shirley Grube.
The diplomas were awarded by B. S.
Pinson, principal of the school, and
a copy of the Bible presented each
graduate by Dr. Lynn, a custom fol
lowed since the founding of the in
stitution in 1875. The class gave their
alma mater song. -
Prizes and honors were awarded
by the president. The winners were:
Scholarship, Shirley Grube; Bible,
Shirley Grube; most efficient office
work, Susie Mae Hart; monitor’s
medal, Ossie Martin; farm-dairy,
Clyde Breaty; wood shop, Donald
Fraser; printing, Henry Rhodes;
poultry, Albert Wallace; electrical
work, Frank Dubose.
The list of graduates appeared in
The Chronicle last week.
Address By FuheH \
The address to the graduating
class was made by Dr. C. Darby Ful
ton of Nashville, Tenn., secretary of
foreign missions, the Southern Pres
byterian church, and a grandson of
the orphanage. His father, the late
Holil
Annual Meeting
LYNN RESIGNS AS ORPHANAGE HEAD
TO BECOME EFFECTIVE A YEAR HENCE
Board Accepts Resignation With Sincere Regret
~ and Highly Commends Him for 24 Years of
Outstanding Service.
to Japan for almost a half century,
was the first minister to go out from
Thortwell.
Dr. Fulton selected as his theme,
"For what is your life,” a part of the
14th verse of the fourth chapter of
James. After speaking of his pleas
ure in being present and the tender
ties of love that t?ind him. to the or
phanage, he began his timely address
by asking the graduates yhat is your
life, why were you placed here—is
your life the rofad to the top of the
hill?
He told the graduates, we cannot
understand the meaning of life un
less we consider it in Connection with
others—we cannot insulate ourselves,
either as individuals or as nations.
Thornwell Board In
Session Here Tuesday,
Reviews Work of Year.
The annual meeting of the board
of trustees of Thornwell orphanage
was held here Tuesday afternoon in
the office building with the chair
man, Dr. T. Ellison Simpson of Dar
lington, presiding. The meeting was
called to order at 11 o’clock, with
intermission at 12:30, at which time
the members were dinner guests of
the orphanage family in the central
dining hall.
Those attending the meeting from
the three controlling synods were:
South Carolina: Allan F. Lide, El-
loree; Joel S. Morse, Abbeville; Rev.
T. Ellison .Simpson, Darlington;
Janies H. Thomy/ell, Hartsville; Dr.
L. R. Lynn, Rev\*«J. K. Roberts, R.
E. Ferguson and W. W. Harris of this
City; Rev. John McSween, Chester;
Henry J. Winn and Henry T. Mills
of Greenville.
Georgia: John J. McKay, Macon;
George B. Hoyt, Atlanta; Rev. Har
old McQ. Shields, Atlanta; George
R. Coffin, Augusta; Rev. Richard T.
Gillespie, Thomasville.
Florida: Rev. A. R. Larrick, Plant
City; Charles M. Turney, Starke; Dr.
James V. Johnson, Miami.
A number of matters of vital im
portance to the institution were bo*
D. conslder * Uon
annual reports of the president, ex
ecutive and endowment committees
were presented and approved. Rec
ommendations of the president and
executive committee were adopted,
and the staff of workers for the com
ing year elected.
The auditor’s report for the year
showed that the insUtution’s indebt-
the endowment fund, and that since
Jan. 1, 1942, an additional $14,198
has been added to this fund. The re
port showed an income from all
sources for the year ending Dec. 31,
1941 of $134,804.38, with expenses
of $119,394.3L Endowment fund as
sets were listed at $358,957.40, with
total endowment * and plant assets
There must be a pemonal and indi-, to $1,333,948.52.
vidual relation with friends, he said. ^ foUowing officers were re
elected to serve for the coming year:
There is no place in life for a selfish
person, the one who lives fbr self
alone, estranged from other people
You will need friends, he said, you ^, re<nvillc
Chairman emeritus of board for
life: Ex-Governor Martin F. Ansel of
must meet your comrades half way
for no feeling of unity or fellowship
can live in a selfish presence.
There are too many people, Dr.
Fulton said, who have as their incen
tive, what can 1 get out of life, what
can I exploit?
How much finer to adopt as your
motto, he said, “What can 1 put into
life?” Jesus Christ is the great ex
ample of service, of giving rather
than grasping. While it is often true,
he said, that the wicked flourish and
selfishness seems to win, the inevit
able result is that selfishness sows
only the seeds df dissatisfaction and
remorse. You must spend your life to
enhance it.
Continuing Dr. Fulton said, we
cannot understand the full meaning
of life unless we consider it in full
relationship to God. How can we;
have peace and order, he asked,
when there is no common reference
point. The only true relationship
point is Qod—you cannot understand
anything unless you understand God.
Men today, he said, are not holding
Gold in remembrance— they want to
live without taking God into account.
He warned the graduates, you cannot
succeed in competition with God.
That man or woman, Dr. Fulton said.
Chairman of board: Dr. T. Ellison
Simpson of Darlington.
Vice-chairman, Charles M. Tumey,
of Starke, Fla. »
Secretary: W. W. Harris, Clinton;
Treasurer: Dr. L. R. Lynn, Clinton
Attorney: A. C. Todd, Greenwood.
Executive committee: W. W. Har
ris, chairman, Rev. J. K. Roberts, R.
E. Ferguson, all of Clinton.
Endowment committee: A. C. Todd,
Greenwood, chairman; Henry - J,
Winn, Greenville; Henry T. Mills,'
Greenville.
Auditing committee: Chas. M. Tur
ney, Starke, Fla.; G. R. Coffin, Au
gusta, Ga.; J. S. Morse, Abbeville.
Autret Accepts '
Government Work
CHy Election
A Quiet Affair
Moydr Bailey Reelected
Unopposed. Four Aider-
men Reelected. Run-over
Races In Five.and Six.
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STRENGTH POKED
FOR UR6ER RAIDS
Attack. Will Mak.
Cologne Raid Look Like
Zephyr, Air Chief Says.
London, June 9.—The RAF bomber
command tonight was marshaling its
incalculable air strength for assaults
The city municipal primary in
which little interest was shown, was
held Tuesday with a total vote cast
of 93|.
Mayor P. S. Bailey was renominat-1 _
ed for a fifth term without opposi-! on Germany s war industries of , the
lion. i Ruhr and Rhineland which Air Chief
In ward one Hugh C. Ray, incum- Marshal A. T. Harris predicted
bent, defeated Posey Watts Cope-! would make the 1,000-plane raid on
land, 158 to 73. ! Cologne look like-“a gentle zephyr of
In wards two, three and Tour, P. » past summer.
B.-Adair, J. F. Jacobs and F. M. Bo
land were re-elected without oppo
sition.
In ward five, where there were six
candidates, J. H. Cranford and
"Uncle Bud” Owens will run over.
The Ruhr, one of the chief citadels
of the German arms industry, was
battered last night for the fourth
time in eight nights. This was one of
the series of “medium” raids in
which the- RAF is employing several
In ward six, with three candidates, | hundred planes, .hut not so many as
the incumbent, J. W. Hedspeth, and
Roy Trammel will make the second
race.
Of the 931 votes, 637 were cast
by wards five and six, and 294
in wards one, two, three and four.
Ward one, which showed more inter
est than any other ward, has recent
ly been enlarged by the inclusion of
in the earlier four-figure attacks on
Cologne and Essen.
The RAF’s raids last night also in
cluded attacks on the Dieppe docks,
and on railways and airdromes in
France and the Netherlands. Eight
een bombers were lost in these op
erations, but the losses were believed
to be well below the 10 per cent fig
ure which makes raiding ' unprofit-
one side of Elizabeth street and both
sides of North Broad street. I a bk
The second primary to decide the; Harris, commander in chief of the
aldermanic races in wards five and bomber command, said in a news
six will be held, on Tuesday, June reel that raidg
soon would be
REV. L. ROBS LYNN, D. D.
Carrying out his retirement plans signature and then presented to Dr.
previously announced to the board Lynn.
of trustees. Dr. L. Ross Lynn, presi
dent of Thornwell orphanage for the
past 24 years, tendered his resigna
tion at the annual board meeting .of
the institution held here Tuesday af
ternoon in the office building on the
campus.
On June Amt J>r.-LyMt had ad
dressed a tetter to members of the
board expressing his intention to re
sign as president of the orphanage
effective one year hence, July 1,
1943. In his letter he stated that “if
spared until another orphanage year
closes, I will have rounded out twen
ty-five years of service at the or
phanage and feel that I should be
relieved of the heavy burden and re
sponsibility. My earnest prayer to
God, he said in his communication,
is that Thornwell may continue a
blessing to needy, dependent children
so they may grow up to be a bless
ing to the state and the church. If
this is to be true, it must continue
to be thoroughly Christian in its
teachings and in its manner of Ufa.”
At the meeting Tuesday afternoon
Dr. Lynn insisted upon the board to
accept the resignation and comply
ing with his request, it was accepted
to become effective one year hence.
In accepting his resignation the board
expressed its profound regret, and
expressed its deep appreciation of
the faithful, unselfish services he has
rendered. A committee consisting of
Dr. T. Ellison Simpson of Darling
ton, John J. McKay of Macon, Ga.,
and W. W. Harris of this city, was
appointed to prepare suitable resolu
tions on his life, services and work,
the resolutions to be forwarded to
each member of the board for his
The trustees later authorized the
appointment of a special committee
to make a thorough study of the in
stitution, any changes deemed advis
able in the by-laws, and to make a
recommendation to the board as to a
successor to Dr. Lynn. The commit-
of Darlington, chairman, W. W. Har
ris of this city, secretary, and A. B.
Morse of Abbeville, representing the
South Carolina synod; Char lee M.
Turney of Starke, and Dr. A. R. Lar
rick of Plant City, representing the
Florida synod; John J. McKay of
Macon, and Rev. Harold McQr Mayor—
16. The voting place will be at
Trammel’s Lunch on the corner of
Pitts and Bailey streets, with the
polls open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
The vote by wards for mayor and
alderman follows:
Ward One
Mayor—
Bailey 227
Alderman— ■ , ■
Copeland 73
Ray v. 158
Ward Two
Mayor—
Bailey ; 26
Alderman—
Adair 26
Ward Three
Mayor—
Bailey .. .... ..— .... .... .... 27
Aldennaxv—
Jacobs .... 27
Ward Fear
Mayor—
Bailey 14
Alderman— „
Boland — .... 14
Ward Five
Shields of Atlanta, representing the
Georjia synod. When the committee
is ready {o report to the board a
special meeting will be called to hear
their report.
Dr. Lynn assumed the presidency
o^ the orphanage on June 11, 1918,
coming here from the pastorate of
the Springfield Presbyterian church,
Jacksonville, Fla. He is a graduate
of Southwestern and began his pas
toral work in Darien, Ga., in 1895.
He later accepted work in the synod
of Florida where he held several pas
torates before accepting the presi
dency of the local institution.
ing his administration the or-
age has shown steady growth,
plant has been enlarged and im
proved, and substantial increases
ve been made in the endowment.!
th at the orphanage and in the*
<jity Dr. Lynn is loved for his many
i dmirable qualities and there is gen
eral regret that his term of office as
e directing head of the institution
soon to terminate.
Bailey .... 319
Alderman— <
Cranford 72
Gregory 9 1
Evans 501
Owens 1051
Sumeral .« 37'
Terry 49
Ward Six
Mayor— '
Bailey ...; 318
Alderman—
Hedspeth .... .... 128
Queen 60
Trammel .... 126
eclipsed by Anglo-American attacks
which he predicted would hurl
thousands of bombers against Ger
man cities on suitable nights in an
effort to win the war through bomb
ing. : —,
“Do not imagine we can yet put
out a thousand planes a night when
ever we please,” Harris declared.
“That time will come. It may not
long be delayed. But it is not yet.
“Let the Nazis take good note of
the western horizon. There they will
see a cloud as yet no bigger than a
man’s hand. Behind it lies (he whole
massive power of the United States
of America.
“When the storm gathering there
and here breaks in its full fury over
Gehnany they will look back to the
days of Luebeck, Roatock and
logne as men lost in a raging typhoon
and think back to a gentle zephyr of
a past summer.
“It may take a year, it may take
two, but for the ‘herrenvolk’ (mas
ter race) the writing is on the waU.
“Some people argue that heavy
bombing will not win wars,” he said.
“To them I answer that it hasn’t
been tried yet. When it is, Germany
will be the experiment and Japan
will be tjie confirmation.”
FAVORITES TAKE
WINS IN OPENER
Prof. Jean Autret has resigned his
work as instructor of French at Pres
byterian college to accept the posi
tion of translator w^htlie FBI j preparations are underway at the
branch of the War department, and loca[ ^ lective Mrvice board for the
Plans Under Way
For Registration
is now stationed at Miami, Fla. Mrs.
Autret* and daughter are spending
the summer with relatives in Texas.
Prof. Autret early in the year vol
unteered his services to the army,
Burts Announces
Fbr Gome'Worden
Favorites triumphed as expected
Tuesday as most of the first rounds
of the Southern Boys and Juniors
tennis tournament were played on
Presbyterian college’s courts.
At the same time the seventh an-,
nual National Model Tennis clinic of
the U. S. Lawn Tennis association
got underway with individual in
struction in fundamentals for the
more than 70 persons registered from
Harold Seymour, A.B., A.M., of the Southern states.
Ithaca, N. Y., has been added to thej Instruction was by Director Bill
Presbyterian college history staff, Lufler, Presbyterian tennis coach;
Dean M. W. Brown has announced, i Welby Van Horn of Atlanta, Ga.;
The new professor will report for Slim Harbertt of Miami Beach. F|a.;
duties at the beginning of the fall and Skuppy Andrews of St. Peters-
New Professor To
Join College In Foil
of
to
sqtectees
W. M. (Bill), BurtS of Ldurens,
announces himself in today’s\ paper
of- as a candidate for epunty gamd war*-
term in September and will take the
vacancy in this department created
when Dr. Lenthiel H. Downs was in
ducted into the army several weeks
ago.
Prof; Seymour received his master
of arts degree from Cornell univer
sity in 1935. He is now seeking the
burg, Fla.
fifth registratipn
ficially designated to start June 30, den in the approaching prima
it was . stated yesterday by R. J. Mr. Burts ran for this office v two
Pitts, chairman of the board. Un- years ago at which time he made a
. . ,. .. . aiu, umeerea im u** wail der a ■Pecial memorandum issued, creditable showing. “I feel that I am
who proposes to live his or her We navy and marinw. | from Columbia headquarters, the lo- weU qualified to fill the office," he
without God places himself or her- vailed to Miami and given the impor- ca} board WM authorized to start said, “and promise faithful, cour-
McSween Here For
Lost Board Meeting
self in an impossible position. i tant assignment he now holds.
In his concluding remarks Dr. Ful
ton said people are living in a fool’s
paradteo—Vsy are attempting to ride
the crest of what they call success.
Let me plead with you young men
and women to take the long view—to
look out bn life through thff eyes of
God. Keep Four eyes ever on the sun.
he told the graduates. Be sure you
break away the clouds and that
King of Glory shines in and through
your lives as you gp out from this
institution, to take your place in life.
ite sermon
morning at
the
Sunday
Thornwell Memorial phurch by Rev.
Matthew Lynn, pastor of the First
Presbyterian church of Brownsville,
Texas, and a son of Dr. L. R. Lynn,
president of* the institution. The ser
vice was preaided over by Dr. Lyftn,
who extended the public a cordial*
attend the
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cal board was authorized to start
the program on or about June 23 and
continue it through Saturday at 12
o’clock of the same week*
Pieces* of registration and other
details will be announced later, the
board states.
Registrants included are those be
tween the ages of 18 and 21.
teous service
I *
if elected.”
Show Travel Films .
At Orphanage Tonight
Auto Sfanips /Are
Placed On Sole
Federal auto use stamps for the
fiscal year beginning July 1 and end
ing June 30, 1943, went on sale at
$5 each yesterday at the local post-
office.
Motorists must- have the use
stamps to purchase r gasoline after
July 1, it has been stated from Wash
ington.
UONB TO MBIT FRIDAY
A meeting of the Lions club will
be held Ittday evening at I o’clock
at the dub house near here, it la
announced by officiate of the organi
zation.
This evening (Thursday) at 8:30
to the orphenaSe chapel, two Thaw- jPnlter lor . j0> Jtruck
Asia travel color films will be shown, men >
one enti0ed “Laod Of ^fi^Mahark-^.-Saturday’s games will be played:
Jato and the other “Stranfe Gods T Rlverdale „ Clinton «
of India.
The films will be shown under the
auspices of the Esso Marketers, with
the general public invited to attend.
_ i The Rev. John McSween, D.D., of
doctor of philosophy degree at the Chester, was in the,city Tuesday to
same institution. . , attend the annual meeting of the
- ' m 1 board of trustees of Thornwell or-
ri i | phanage. It was Dr. McSween’s last
i meeting since he is moving next
_ week from the synod t>f South Caro-
i lina. ' ’ ^
Dr. McSween was elected a mem-
! hereof the board twenty years ago,
succeeding his father, the late John
I McSween, prominent Timmonsville
merchant and business man. The
board taking recognition of his leav
ing the state expressed its appreci
ation to him for the spirit of love
and interest manifested in the insti
tution over this long period of years.
Clinton, Joanna
Saturday Winners
The Clinton Mills team went on a
batting spree Saturday to defeat Riv-
erdale at Enoree by the score of 23
to 0 in the Mid-Carolina league.
Down at Goldville, Joanna eked
out a pulse-poundiyg 6 to 5 decision
over Buffalo that was not decided
until .11 innings had been played.'
out ten
AIR RAID SIREN ri
TO BLOW TODAY
The newly installed air raid siren
Buffalo.
Coe To Teach At .
Oglethorpe University
Dr., Roger L. Coe, a member of
Limestone college faculty for the
past year in the department of edu
cation, has resigned the position to
will blow this afternoon (Thursday) become a member of the Oglethorpe
at 3 o’clock R. J. Pitta, chief of the' university faculty, Atlanta, in the
Dr. McSween in turn expressed his
sincere regret that his term as a
member of the' board is terminating,
and said he would always hold a
warm place in his heart for Thorn
well and the children.
Boone Resigns
College Position
fire department, stated yesterday.
The siren will be sounded to de
termine if it is loud enough to ba
heard through out the city in case it
is used for blackout practice. The
try-out of the strait last Thursday
was not satisfactory it is stated.
same department.
Dr. Coe will leave Sunday for At
lanta to begin teaching in the sum
mer school, the Oglethorpe school
now operating on a twelve months
schedule. Mrs. Coe will join him a
little later.
Prof. Jack H. Boone, a member of
the Presbyterian college faculty for
the past few years, has resigned his
position, it is announced by the in
stitution’s dean.
Prof. Boone has accepted a posi
tion as editorial writer with Jacobs
Press of this city and entered upon
his work following the closing com
mencement