The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, June 22, 1900, Image 1
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CLOS OF COMMENCEMENT.
DR. IT. 11- KI 11 I ISA 111 M 0Ll IlElk
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Di gre o tvr. r vt. it u a &Itipb
A%W tirtit-ti.
Tho annual col n n t 11111011(lo;II iII n It&
Newborry Collvgo fmr the S.in of
'9--1900 was brougit to it cl)so
with the .recopti.n it the colle,,o oi
Wednosday ovoning.
It has beoln an inlterostinig anld
ploasiit anid prolIA fl gat lori!'g of
friAndt and alimni's of the coll-g-.
Our report in Tuosdity's papor
brought, u i . t o , hi r0 ih' r
the alu1mnii lisuoialionl, dolivored this
year by nev. I)r. M. m-. JKinard, of
Columbia.
Dr. Kinard was a uember of tht.
class of '87, is it native of N4IwherIy
.Coutty, alnd is at. presolnt. 0111 of uso
mos0tt aiblo and popular. mnite,trs inl
,.the South Carolina Synod; and pat
tor of a flourishing cliurch inl tho
city of Columbia. He took for his
subject: "Our Colhge and Hor Mis
sion," and spoko as follows:
THE ALUMNI ADDRESS.
Mr. Presidont, 14ollow-ininbers of
the Alumni Association of Nowherry
Collego, Ltdies and ontlemeilm:
I stand beforoyon this-morning in
the stead of alothor. Had0 I sIm1
ply consiulted my own porsontl f4cI
ings, apart from the claims and vol
fare of the colloge, when invitod to
make this addrss, I would in ll 11
probability not. he ore today in tho
capacity of alum; orator for 1900.
But ever aniuated .., an ar-nest de
sire to do what I can to promoto tho
welfaro of my alma inator, and being
conscious, at the snio time, of the
attitude which loyal.y to her do
mands, I could not let ts oppor
tunity present itself without making
the best possiblo use of it.
1 feel constrained to congratlato
myself this morning ujon the fact
that, whilst the customn of having the
annual alumni oration before this
association has obtaitined for a num
bor of years, yet nono of iy pro
decessors in this capacity, hiave over
been permitted to enjoy the distinte
tion that is mine today. That, special
distinctio.n is to have the honor of
making the laat alumni address of
the closing century-the cont,ory in
which the college wits founded nld
sent forth on her import ant cartier.
As such, this occasion gous to ro
cord. For, before the quick revolii
tion of time catn bring n8 to 1ano1tier
commiencement occasion those4 of us8
wvho still survive, wvill have' passed
over the boundary liuto that now
sepatrtus this rapidly closing nine
teenth, from the fatst approach inig
twentieth century, which, if we may
judge- the future by the1( recent paist,
.and the living, thrilling p)rosenit, is
ull of the promise of ani onwaVird
reep of intense thought and4 atctiv
SHaving atcepte'd the inIvitaltioni
umoe du1 rity of this hour, the
iig wa1s to de4cidoe upJon ai
Rsubje'ct for p)rosenItaition and1(
ation. Incasmuch as5 this is
"comumencomeut iln thei nine
enotury, iad siince there
'ifest tendency amongst thle
f atll the colleg< s th rough
'ountry, to awvaken a dee'per
'in their institutions, by giv
er publicity to the work be
e', and by maktIinIg at sronig
ftor increased patronage andic
tuipment, and further, since
e'lesiaIsticatl bodies are viewV
h each other in. a kind of
eway, to launch a huge
th century educational move
it occurred to me that the
URi coLLEGER AND HIER MISSION,
f least, not liappropriateo for this
Insion. This is my reaison for ntit
leoting a special literary top)ie for
nsideraition at this time. Without
urther preliminary rematrk, then, I
a(drtess myself to the subject an
nounced,- Our College and -ler Mis
sioni. In the consideration of this
subjet, it is necessary to tage both
a'retrospective and a prospecti've
survey of the work and promise
jUlie college. We must judgeoof
AO fit II' chi l.; i t 'he liht of Ii
p (Iwt- ilpw !ig I l early <b , vs of
this skh(ool with i hvr III. :pr<f t lttainl
n mal Iplcity fr h-r woik, we
f i i t h is O Ol. w k i(I, ie college
?deeill Io hi.r Irl-wis ait lalrg,
I. % f e of Cs , -
r~Itt uli -t p ' , l .v! ' ,II g l 1 .r rich
bli-" rw Y o b ro i l m tho for'.
l ) 4f oillr St M nd SIll Somthlaril,
'it t I r1wte tl - i of t il n -
try A Ihe Innv. for vongrianuia.
tioll i f, lin 1I ,1 grttiaf yinf f(act
dhat, a emlpai.-onl of Hile studont
roll this ynar with foruIII'r years, r
VOal" Iho pleaini1g inlf"lrIlatioll that
tho vollegew hais reach01md tho high
wator inar-k ill t1w ses';iOn that nlow
I.l ( s, t. This conItinlfius ml eoso in
ho aniuld ro!I, :and tlte over in.
creasing elicioncy of the collego for
I he work hw lis proposed to do, iS
C1uiitaivi, evidince inl sup1rt, of
the ehtiml Gull, t1hoso n bl faitiil-Ihers if
the chlireb, who lal tho foundations
of thIi.SChrIistianl sehool inl youri gonle
by, and IIiIn, Imilo pus.siblo ourf. rich
mill pr,ecious hueritilgo of hiy, were*
gjidhul by n I erring plrvidolee.
Thoy bulildehd Nwisor tini they ovel
1new, Ovol thoulglh the fotidiionls
WorO uitreU-nt ionis mal tho super
st rututtre erec wel thi ere i 1upon liuat
t riact iv.'vo From tho very nature of
the cts, 1 he origitil foundations of
this classic school have bceen broad
enIed (ald the wilis of th Sulper
st0ru1ct1o have bl rmiferced again
andt(] lgain, flutil today we have a
collogo of which wvo nomd not bm
asham4111ed. It I true twt when com.
Iared with sI-infm of (h mi ore pro
teitio s ind heavily enldowed ilsti
tiioni.-i of leairining l,h North and
Soutih, our alum roll Secimls excoed
ingly short, anld 1u1r material ro
SouIrcLs quito insignifietint ill coin
parison. Nor iav) we inl ilncomje
the result of Stato or national legis
lat ion. lit wo havo Itt Which inl
our juidgment is vast ly to be proferrod,
we havo the COlvinlcifig evidenco that
our alma mater lives in t11o hearts of
lin appreciativo people. This in
terest, in this appreciationl is iot mod.
ified by politieai cvreeds and at totli
lint vacil itt ion. Tho colleg may
safeily and contidently re1N uponl tih
abidilng ilterest of it growinlg con
Stit uiey. No aimount of money Cnll
b(IComio It suilatblO am(l satisfactorv
substiint for this -oyalty and Ido.
Votionl. W n w l tko tho gratifying
reCords ithe collgo has iado ill the
light of the fact just named, wI find
SlIfiCieit grouid to justify unstintod
praise1 to God1111 L ll and bouning grati -
(t(1e on t he part of (ver'y alumnus1
andt frienads of the collego. AS deC
signied by he promoiitors, she has1
b~eenh enlgaigd ini the acompl l151lishet
of the1 mZiIsslin on wichi Glou sent
her tort h beariing the double edlged(
sablro' of knowl'1edge and1( wisdomIl,
batt1ling withI ignorance n suic iper
stit ion, (c)1 ongorinug andit to con'quer.
Lot3 11o one0 do violunen to tho hon1
ored( deadi who openied up the waty
for this school wvhich is a peroniali t
blessingy to so manly, by veni initi
mIalinig that, they havo aimed at tho
erecCtioln of at mioonu t to perpe)(t
n1at t hir memutory. That would be
a s-dlfish miv e, anid SI'lfish ness
bmil is fow Htne(essfl colleges andi
or'ect monum111enits to perpeituteitt tboir
mem iory, uisIully cons5truclt thomn of
mnat erial stubstance whiich tho hand
of, old fat her time will b!ight, ou
hisa iutsatiato . tooth wvill gna w away.
But tho main queostioni is this: WVhat
was theO original uitd u]timato aim of
this college? It wvas not to porpetr
unito denomninatial ism o.r cultivato
soot.ariani priiti es. Sho was os
tablisheod for thue purp')Oo of offermig
to the young mon of our owvn honmos,
and1( all others in her- bounds who
would avail themiiselves of th1e oppor
tunity to seOcure' it broad, libora'll mon
l anud moralu Cuiltur~o untder tho
wVholesomno and pIositive infuenco of
Chlristlanity. For this she was os.
tablished. For this sIho has stood.
For this sheo stands1 today. IHer pro
motors canght theo spirit of Itho six
toonth conltu ry religious and od uca:
tional reformers, viz, that Christianty
ancd oduentioan movo together. Tiheir
mntorosts interpenetrato ai commroni
soil. Divorce here is suicidal, what.
ev'r it uIr y i ) , I \vlI,,r. Thet ro
suits of ni Igi ous imlrl ion m-11 1 lI t
lu I I - fit l) i i t,t4 H ~ N. coll'i-ri io
Cih rist ian) l ierty fcomntiute largely
to (i o st iti let olry VtIoat ional m-c-i
ti tht) or tNo l-d ( oday. Thm h li"h1t1
typo kof civij;znt!i,m kimwn anloll:sI
Men ait thifio in thw wr-ld's ItH
tory, is hihy colored, byChv -itil
i, -e.ln i qw- ( I thie p t ,1f omi
tII ,r is amst iiA diSpoisposition)I to
divrco 0CltiGanlio y idl([ education
Thwy wolid (1iminlato th14 positive
ChrIistin il olvinont frl011 omducation oin
tho gloi l I t i t tnllds to narI-ow
th Scop (i f uel ethion as seh. t I*':h
nssion of Our colhtg', t s "tated, is
to pr-ovido br Ioad cutur un 1I- 1 de r
wholoson it Christi n intinet . . 're
(his very reasi honr mission-, ik4e
thlat Of all dollnminlationrd svchools, is
offlttn iunderIiilst ood hr dths wh.Io
alo in grat nd of futlrte infom-i
tiot, Or owhsly mil itp rtstit nt
uts o1 oOr wuork. \e aitr( to]h t.e
detm'inatiOnlld shoIkOl iS Of ncsit
o w i l iP ect alrian . That, onte to
it ile Iidn tresults, if t its s pelaii
missicn, is to rephnish thi anmk!
of tho ch>ry. If this wer tric y
iln haccord woith the facits il the ein,
wo would b nlonlo tho less pr1ould
Of iucA rIVc]es. it cetly a1. grl-0at
si.ster dednition who has been
patr Onizing non -- einominatioli
Schools to a largo dorc), a-0thi
tUan iving aitt.vltion to the buildig
iup of heri. Own delomillnat ionl it I eol
lpgr, deplore t he fact that, So row
of her youing m i applivie for rocop
tio itlo ir theilogicll Sve hi y to
lit fheiselves for 04t goil min
Therl f is nvd of t-hat Chr1-ist tian d
Ioitlilio tooid intilencte wit hioit which
ni1I tre fua01t0d aways fro 1lh0
Citirch of Christ. But this dovs it
m iean tat ill olir stidents in denoiml
inationil collegS aro towol b ioo clor
g)ymil. Wo don't wanlit. this. Wo
thed edticated laimn is welli asPi
c0irgymon. And CopiEtian omen
educated thorioghly aro needod
in pew is woli ais in pullpi t. Now
to(heochargthat thtedeooinatg.ttional
Cmolteo is a kind of theo o schld oeool
of thoe chrch, wo havo this dos Say:
Reforeco to oui-r alm1on1i r-oll anld to
the roll oif tho ex-sildenll, iwhoso
names nuiver racheit d the alum roll,
buit Who took partil courisVS, or- purI
ued thf flull whole couri s for. a tiolit
prpartoe to entoring ipmo agri
culturial, ivlehanicill, or meailito
pSulits.4, Will ConVinC0 lialy ro0118son
ahlo and impartial man il the hall
gaition is we-kll uinfouindiod. Sinlco thlit
day Sho stctirod h first ebrter from
Suth, Stat It c ha never behn
sthnrro lf(iOini herso. rom toet
naturetof thiie scoheridi, scpiwidenus
wthut loor horon,o ast brgprogrlsst
cot ascend of e hleights towars to
idea temlerg of know le. gottlno
mtter hut w)ioher s oo, hwi ex
tha,nd hur horizonsh. os not
forkeidlidity ctompiiil ith the(
provisios and treiremeti*s, 1)hichot
mtdo ssible hen xtnoad ihelt)mr. or 'i
te~ i futureiio Shetmaintains h or un
tory. Thre mdernl is~tcton the
shrkwd statesman,an hwthell igh
schoolt gato t alikt o ork ndricus
wO(it gOatS ho ok iitth chalr
igod attriactoriv otubec tr h yew,
Suth, ovendi atd thes exeiof liat
wots tohe upn trofie uhi(vyan
it ut.o f ounrokegng oit te
collog of earlif yenas witds nacrd
asoiain an 4aloe' emr
ill I Im byeezrs of t ' ItoIlit&tt i til l 1 11".
Iodty. \\ hat goes witht hwtM I ilg i
will-l" worn otitY W i \\h Nvw:o tho lait
lnew 11la11t hoistdil A A tripwI)OC01 b 1c m s It
tittorod 1mt1k being exp to t ho I
willdl, isi Wolo w. A ll(,w olmo
st-onl Ia I s i ts Ilaceo. A Imildulwr
of star, ill sollte Svet i,n of thoe l>)IIn.
fiol dis'appear. inl tho Sm1n11 wayt% and
its <iickly tley Itre repilceil. It is
t1il slo ul l iig todiay that front the
Irs t si tn iI' o i c;Ie i Fr1t'ts it i
liberty II ndependene , a ii t
tl'ivro i s [lott iii tu' a i ' t 1 lrj : i
of tho oriii:l l g i it x* t.,nv , I ut)'
tis ling r' p>rewis ets tho l 11:1k itIn.
O r it 1 1tte' i :'istllts lilt C IM 11it 1l'< liii1,
uld 1till t t( txpalit IngI Ii a-ve Pi at'
tor*k, as I Io ldret yvu rtt hi. da mil
boulr. So wit h r ti a Ilia litl t.r. 0 (
lis Io c to it" tl u1oleo hrzrdt t
Ships Ildl revvo*ros1; e llit (IhIecy liNy
onlly prodileod the( fdl"ec of tho ro
fil olr's lit) it l it g<l<o wholt .Ilbillit"i (l
t, 'ho i al i tol t ihth I n
10 Ct'lleti, W I0t tltiS 0 1 1 ilt tilt(1
W tII.Il lil-crlh > tilill i lko ex
lA tel' i til)tii(- t is ar ity-l ill O t i 'i
t1' collo'o anf t il , sollwi Itin l )lit,
wayt It . w a o l lexit al t . 1 -
1"ll, fidlow illil l wb rs, th It nIiOCk., -
is ugoll lis ti utak i sOlwsi o
sOlri(Ils IIIIl ,sober i houghit f*or1 t hit
fut e I I . I t is well to lo it back fklor
MtICl1titlwillt allI to so Ilow \\ (
ha lve b'eln bhOoSed and ourl colbt.:v
co ntr d 'fllu to look I11t 1 i llt i
ltiuit -o wimt lhots h wil flonlo fot s \ t] l 1
4oth rS, will llever.'mi' uief for. the o f I
tuIro. TIo IbIcs-;in), g iO wo eljoy ht(h<IN
brinig wit h I hoeill voillmnllsillfat I I'l t
lIonlsibilit y, it tl iI, o tecepting t it
0n0, wV Vs,iw theo It o othr Tho I
nto wayl\ to dIg tho ineovitablo.Th
o l y th in g f l 1ftt f r u s to d o isi to i ri .-w
go our responll ility(1 amt high privi
lie ge-ys all(l fillitil 11 1 t ho ito -
brill"s ll \v wss1(1 io I Ilow cot I
thto(-.ls lt onco ar e. ThO.St, tn,\vN CtI.1
ditils ofius, hi Illet, rec. >"niz),J iati
titisfi.d. The risu11 ts of v ,o,thr(v
Ir 111 tho sirti, poinits f. t I i y o
Thoro is no .-tandinit ill. T., es
to adlvaneo is to r4,tr*o1?rad!. A!q .
look inl tho fuiturl, andt ro".1 it
ais bsIt wo mayt I ihIo mdtl( of ti- -
and prvsnt, woe stn the approwh of
at llow cel(tiI-N,1 litrally rillid !Ip \th
intricato problemw; dmanding o . i
tionl, poculiar. ad(vanltag4es m111( oppor-.
biunitivs to bo chiverfully wi-elomeil
and prop.- rly omployed and wokighty'
r0sponlsibilities and obl i galtionl- which t
canl ne0ither bmolnoglectod, lighltly <tI;"
m)1is sed , nor1 tranlsfe-rred to) 0Ithers. I
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th1r are not4 34inany II towho 43t4 (4
given, for.3 any . reason, to. tan or4
above the4dead lev4l.of't.hnir o
hrin;om, rlw, forgottinig tho groat
Imillt it lih If. L itd(,i by lit tlo t-hoy pass
rmii noti-o, ind shortly tho kindly
WtVe of lblivioi sweeps ovor tho.
Ihnr' is; on who will live; who in
after fitiis will bo kiowin a the au
I h(r of tit' hi mister poem of the Nine
I enth1 I renltulry.
lit NIo11r111amll iq nll Olegy. It i
Ilw' nwbilist. oh,,gineli pom) il in il y lan
'1n o. W i have inl EnA,11glitl only
I w() ot hril elegivs vit Iw Which it might
1-t h mi lla.t.d. 'Ihly 1 are tho "Lyci
dic", If Mltonl, 11m1 G raty's "Eleogy inl
aI Cmniltry ChurIIchyar.d."
I hit newith)Jller t hoseiom (though
Ioth vritiin bv nilvstl), and both
Iiasti.r. piec s iln IAiglisl litoratrtiro,
i-mn hw comnparml, strictly spoaking,
with thw Iin lbnm>rium of Tonnyson.
In1 1 liths a- 11r 1 faultl.Ss leU .
Iuil it IS a sitngl not, tId WO got
111v whdol of it inl ihat onlo bolut-iful
lr' , in which, calliig oin the shop
lIrds to w i n nioro for hiti youig
ir I, , chttlas, who had boon
ir-wniid, h sqs:
-\\t.1 Jip 11M t m \n(lful shetpherds, Woop)
i I. whIbi--, Yo111 101ro1w, is not dead,
11nk, thn lie he, belatil the WI
>1 s ini il 1ay-sta in 1hie oceanl bed,
.dMi , repai hlis drooping
.\Jn Irici<s his lieitil , and witl. now
I 'lin, l in i ho- Cor-head o4f the monn101g
iv:
So i eNi o nkimv,hnt ilut.ed hilgh,
1lt IIn l il migh im il hat walkd
In ' iroops, atid SWeet HOCIeCS,
na:d, n,;ing-ing inl their grlory,
-!,wil.t.hle (cars forever from his
(1 tho 0n1 poom
in r"Od with thlt namill of Thomas11
at hr1141 vten is With POO. 11H
\\u;m iv oari inl writ'ing it; anld wo
- %1 1 Wtll bwliovo it, Iiinco it contains
-AAll./ a ; Of IpiIn-eStl t.Y Serlen ."
v.b i, brilliie Is 1 ho resilt.of much
hIntmld reiing at, tilt) hands
he iwt.
It, wIt h all Cho porfection in
illiaM i 1\ 11111th, with the boauty
1A 1,1I Mid oxalb;d fintimont,
(1 '',h y is it i)oloto llo; conlsiHt
()win' loll"', though boft e tifilly
sult"ll., s oi)ti n put ilita form
ver4 wilebl sives to tliphasizo
Inl tnai'y a llowetr is bor'n to blush
" I ill,our ah l t,Hi t d
I .ii t hI 4'ilrIatsi ii(O phre tha tift
M i( t ( o01 can hardly be read
1u1tl disctla-sI Ig the samonous(38 of senti
The4 in 'll eioriaml of T1onunysion
h e pa1ssed Id l an )liotherti clasts. It is
'h-l ivearetd from monIotonly ini tho fact
that it. con)siists of .131 short poms
wr11i(t onl at. dii ffrent1 times, undter vary-t
ing ioodIs of till poot.
ini the year 1837 Arthur H-allam,
son1 oif I h-ary Hllamhl, the hisitoian,
dlied inl V'itenna, whli0 ilo on tour of
I llain had1( boon Tronnyson's clos
'st coilligo fiendO. Thiey hadtt been
liko brIotheors.lovon closer; for
"Alor tha myI br3'lotheirs are to me"
is one11( of his line1s1 ill the poem. Irn
Memor1110iamIl appealtired iln the year 1850,
i thIirteen' yeaurs aftor thle death of
Illllm. '11is elogy was therefore
r mnlIeh ilor thanU Gray's iln cOurse
Iof prepaIirat.ion. Through all those
m IournIf al daysi the poet ponders the
old41 prolems1'iI of love, death and im
miortaility. iIe associto with his
grief till chantging 80easons; the re
(uirr'ing holidatys; the birthday of his
irieind; a mnarrialge-foasIt, (which re
m ,inds im of what might have been
had(1 liallamii lived to be wedded to
the( po0et,'s sister, to wh1om he WaIs en
r gligedl). Horo visits thocolloge halls,
,their 014d homo; the old elm under
swhich thoy often sat together, and it
t all comles to him again; at every tep
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