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SPECIAL CENTENNIAL EDITION 1956 1SS6 COLLEGE 1856 (|S| 1956 COLLEGE VOLUME 19; NUMBER 52 22 PAGES NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1957 PER COPY— 10c + |2.00 PER YEAR NEWBERRY READY By The Way Events Of Week To Be Friday; House And Garden Pilgrimage By Dorl* A. Sander* THANKS! There are many people to whom we ow T e our thanks for help given us in preparing this Newberry College Centennial issue of The Sun. Dr. C. A- Kaufmann, presi dent of the college, has been most helpful, and much of the informa tion concerning the history of the college and its curriculum through the years was obtained from th^ dissertation written by him in 1954, “History of the Curriculum of Newberry College.” The re mainder of the history from 1954 to date and parts of uie history prior to that time, that you will see in this issue, were obtained from “A Centennial History of New r berry College” written by Rev. J. Benjamin Bedenbaugh. Registrar James C. Abrams was helpful in furnishing information concerning the various depart ments of the college and Dr. R. ' A. Goodman graciously spent sev eral hours of his Easter vacation time to tell me his recollections of the college during his 36 years there. This issue could not, of course, have been possible had it not been for the cooperation of the many merchants in town and county who wished to send their best wishes and congratulations to Newberry College during its Cen tennial Celebration. We believe you will enjoy this issue and that you will want to keep it for ref erence purposes in the future. Synod Service At Mayer GARDEN TOUR Another big event is taking place in Newberry this week, and that is the House and Garden Pilgrimage to be held Friday. Even if you are not interested in making the tour, it would be worth the price of a ticket, $1.50, to receive a copy of the booklet “Garden Pilgrimages,” compiled by Mrs. Richard L. Baker, state Garden Pilgrimage Chairman of the S- C. Garden Club. This is a 64-page booklet with space in the back for making notes as one goes along on the tour. On the front of the book is a picture of the Old Court House at Newberry. It con tains information about the tours in Camden, Moncks Corner, Spar tanburg, Winnsboro and Ridge way, as well as in Newberry. Thirteen pages are devoted to the Newberry Tour, and contains a short history of Newberry, pic tures of Timberhouse, Caldwell Garden, Windy Hill, Parr-Baker House, St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Wells Japanese Gardens, Gildercrest, the Kemper residence and Margaret Hunter Park with a short history and description of each of these places and a de scription of other places to be in cluded on the tour. The book is Taking part in the Communion Service during the meet ing of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of South Carolina, Monday night at Mayer Memorial Lutheran Church were, left to right, first row, Dt. Karl Kinard, president of the Synod; Rev. T. H. Weeks, president of the Newberry con ference; Rev. Carl B. Caughman, secretary of the Synod; second row. Rev. Henry Wingard, president of Central conference; Rev. Kenneth Webb, president of Southern conference; Rev. Shelton Moose, Synodical field worker; Rev. Wynne Boliek, president of Piedmont conference. On the back row. Rev. Guy Cruse, president of the Western conference. well prepared and well printed. Copies are not for sale but may ^singer of Columbia, statistical sec- be secured only by buying a tick et to the House and Garderi Tour. Tickets may be purchased in ad vance at several locations, or at the Community Hall beginning at 10:00 a. m. Friday, April 26- BARBECUE PITS With the nice weather lately, we have taken to doing' a little cooking outdoors. I was right int erested to see in the various news releases this morning one from Clemson College, headed “stapds for barbecuing chicken to be dis tributed in state.” Seems that the S. C. Poultry Improvement Asso ciation and the S. C. Poultry and Egg Board are having barbecue stands made from 55-gallon oil drums and these will be made available to each county agent for demonstration purposes. I don’t know who got the idea first, but I do know that the most delicioiiS steak I have ever tasted was cook ed over an oil-drum barbecue pit two yeats ago. It was made by Earl Boazman, who is agriculture teacher at Silverstreet High School, and was at his home on Lake Greenwood. That was the (Continued on page 5) .'.V* •\4 ! ' \ r j - ■ r * NJ < * eran Children’s Home of the South by the superintendent, T. C. Rohrbaugh, and on the Lowman Home by the superintendent, Dr. Leroy Blackwelder. The Rev. Harold L. Creageran, instructor at the Lutheran Sem inary, reported for that institu- The South Carolina Lutheran Synod in its 132nd annual conven tion now in session at Newberry College Tuesday received one new congregation in the synod and heard reports by the synod’s president and other representa tives on the work and growth dur ing the past year. 1 lion, stressing the need for more Our Saviour Lutheran Church of young men for the ministry. The West Columbia, the Rev. Virgil Rev. Robert Meynardie of Char- A. Cameron, pastor, was the lesion, missionary on furlough church accepted into the synod at from Japan, told of Lutheran the morning session. Dr. Karl W., work now being carried on there Kinard, president of the synod, ’ and of the unity that exists among welcomed the pastor and members all the Lutheran bodies in Japan: of the new congregation who were The report of the board of trus- present for the occasion. tees of Newberry College de in the report of the committee scribed the coming Centennial to on the president’s report, the con- be held April 28-May 4. The re- vention commended Dr. Kinard nort also told of the large stu- for his 14 years of service. , dent body and immediate plans to In an election for three offi- j erect two new buildings, cers all were reelected on first Rev. T. Newton Wise, district ballot. These are Dr. Carl Caugh-1 secretary of the American Bible man of Orangeburg, reelected re cording secretary; James Wes- By MRS. WARREN COUSINS This Friday will be the big day, the day of the Newberry House and Garden Tour. For several months many Newberrians have been dressing up their already beautiful homes and gardens for this occasion. Everyone who at tends this tour will be richer in the appreciation of beauty and will obtain new ideas about creat ing beauty in their own homes and gardens. People from all over the state will be here for this af fair. It certainly will be a color ful event for Newberry. Mrs. Emerson E. Westwood, chairman of the tour, has an nounced that plans have progress ed smoothly for the tour and that all is in readiness. She requests that all Newberrians take a tre mendous interest in the tour and be considerate of those visitors from out of town. Mrs. Westwood also hopes that the weatherman will cooperate and furnish us with a nice day. This will be the first tour ever to be sponsored by the Council of Newberry Garden Clubs. Representatives from all of the garden cluba of Newberry will arrange flowers for the homes on , tour and will act as hostesses. At several of the old colonial homes, hostesses will dress in colorful centennial costumes. Tickets are $1.50 each and will be on sale at the Old Court House on the Square from 9 a.m. until noon and from 1:30 p. m. until 4 p. m. The hours of the tour are 10 a. m. until noon and 1 p. m. until 5 p. m. Those buy ing tickets will receive a most interesting and attractive guide book containing data pertaining to the tour attractions. This book has a wonderful picture of our classic Old Court House on the cover. It is a grand guide and af ter the tour will be kept by every one as a very informative souve- A map and itinerary also CELEBRATE Throngs Expected For Centennial Spectacle, Events Many outstanding events are planned for Newberry Col lege Centennial Week, to begin Sunday, April 29th and run through Saturday, May 4th. Parades, dances, exhibits, con tests will be among the many activities in which citizens of Newberry will participate. The highlight of each day’s ac tivity will come at 8:30 p. m., when the mammoth spectacle, “Indian Trails,” depicting the history of Newberry College, will take place on Setzler Field at Newberry College. Sunday, April 28, will be KAUFMANN, A.B., AM W President of Newberry College Memories Of The Past And A Look Into The Future retary, and J. B. Ballentine of •Batesburg, treasurer. Reports were heard on the Luth- Society, told the audience of the purpose of the society, to “en courage a wider distribution of the Scriptures, without note or comment, and without purpose of profit.” Gallman High school To Be Enlarged, Teachers Elected The County Board of Education ) 13 classrooms would be enough. at its regular meeting Tuesday night, gave the go-ahead for plans to be drawn, increasing the size of Gallman High school by four classrooms and a band room. The need for the additional room has been increasing each year since Gallman High was built, with attendance mushrooming far bey ond the expectations of the local board, and the belief of the State Department of Education. One of the board members, who was ser ving at the time plans for the school were drawn, stated that the county board urged at that time the building of 17 classrooms at Gallman in anticipation of an increased enrollment. “The State Department had statistics, how ever,” he said, “to show that this couldn’t possibly happen and that They would not allow us to put more.” Today, students at Gall man overflow all classrooms and as a temporary measure, use the gymtorium for this purpose. Dir ector of Schools P. K. Harmon estimated the addition would cost about $62,000 which is available from this year’s allotment from the State Finance Commission. The time-consuming portion of the lengthy meeting was the el ection of teachers to serve for the 1957-58 session. In general, the faculties of the various schools remain as for this session. Will iam R. (Brother) Lominick was elected superintendent of the Po- maria area. He has been serving as principal of St. Phillips school in that area. The former superin- (Continued on page 8) nir. will be given to ticket holders so that they will have no difficulty in finding the places on the tour. There will also be signs marking the garden trail. Coffee will be served at the Community Hall from 10 a. m. un til noon by the members of the Civic League of which Dr. Mamie S. Summer is president. Pouring tea will be Mrs. W. Roy Ander son and Mrs- L. C. Floyd. Greet ing guests at the doors will be Mrs. R. Herman Wright, Mrs. Ed Blackwell, Mrs. Summer and Mrs. P. M. Dennis. One of the public historical buildings on the tour will be St. Luke’s Episcopal Church which is located at the corner of Main and Calhoun streets. It is of Gothic architecture of solid construction- which features buttresses. From the interior one can observe bet ter the glorious beauty of the leaded stain glass windows. The vestibule is separated from the nave by draft boards. Probably the only other church in South Carolina containing draft boards is the French Hugenot Qhurch in Charleston. Scissors trusses of very heavy and rugged design support the roof of this historic edifice. The fine old organ of English make is still in use. It was necessary to store it during the War Between the States be cause of vandalism and pilfering. (Continued on page 8) (Reminiscences of the past and predictions for the future as told by Dr. R. A. Goodman, old est member of the Newberry College Faculty in tenure, to Doris A. Sanders.) I came to Newberry College in 1921 at the invitation of Dr. S. J. Derrick, president of the College, to occupy the chair of Bible and Christian Ethics on the Summer Foundation. Professor W. H. Ga- ver beat me here by two years and the boll weevil preceded me by one year, devastating the cotton crop of the county. I might be called the first “Boll Weevil Professor.” I found the college in the throes of after-war finances and after war moralities. The college had five administrative buildings: Smeltzer Hall, Keller Hall, Car negie Hall, Holland Hall and the old alumni gymnasium and four residential buildings for the fac ulty. There were about 275 stu dents that year. Coach MacLean also came to Newberry in 1921 and other out standing members of the faculty at that time were Dr. E. B. Setz ler, Dr. James C. Kinard, Prof. W. H. Gaver, Dr. W. K. Gotwald, who was professor of history. He had been teaching Bible before I came; also Dr. Gilbert Voight was a member of the faculty at that time. He served the college for a number of years during three different terms of service. He is now retired and resides in Beau fort. The curriculum of the college was mainly prescribed liberal arts courses, with the A. B. de gree- Courses in technology were abandoned about the time I came here or a little before. When* I first came to the col lege, there was plenty of interest in athletic programs. That was about the main thing the students had in the way of extra-curricula activities. All three major sports received large support from the community around: football, bas ketball and baseball. We used to have crowds as large at baseball games as at football games. Co-education, as such, did not come in until the uniting of Sum- merland College with Newberry about 1930, although some local girls attended college as day stu dents before that time. Extra curricula activities, in addition to fine athletics, were literary socie ties and the YMCA and YWCA. Shortly before the depression, a campaign was put on for $500,- 000 with which to erect new build- (Continued on page 4) EXTRA COPIES ARE AVAILABLE THIS ISSUE There have been many ad vance requests for additional copies of this issue of The Newberry Sun. A number of extra copies were printed and may be obtained at The Sun office for ten cents per copy. .a reporter about Newberry College during the past 35 years. “Freedom of Religion Day.” The opening of the celebration will feature the importance of religion in the growth of Newberry Col lege. An interdenominational serv ice will be held at 8 p. m., featur ing the Newberry College Singers and Band, plus the combined choirs of all county churches. I’he Rev. Karl W. Kinard, D.D., presi dent of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of South Carolina, will be guest speaker. Monday, April 29 will be “Dis tinguished Visitors and Homecom ing Day.” At 3:00 p. m., there will be a float parade, featuring many bands and marching units. There will be a luncheon for dis tinguished guests at the Wallace Home. Among the guests expect ed are Lt. Gov. Fritz Rollings, Senator and Mrs- Strom Thur'- mond, Speaker of the House Sol Blatt and Mrs. Blatt, Secretary of State and Mrs. Frank Thorn ton, Attorney General and Mrs. T. C. Callison, State Superintend ent of Education and Mrs. Jesse T. Anderson, State Treasurer Jeff Bates; Comptroller General and Mrs. E. C. Rhodes, Represen tative Burnet Maybank, Jr., Judge and Mrs. C. C. Wyche of Spartanburg. The governor of South Carolina, Senator Olin Johnston, Congressman Bryan Dorn and other members of South Carolina’s congressional delega tion were invited, but will be un able to attend. At 8:30 Monday night will be the dual Coronation Ceremony for “Miss Newberry” and “Miss New berry College” at Setzler Field, followed by the spectacle. The Coronation Ball , concludes the day at MacLean Gymnasium. Mu sic will be furnished by the New berry College Band, directed by Prof. Charles Pruitt. Tuesday will be Agriculture Day, with T. B. (Dad) Amis ser ving as chairman. There will be individual programs for the ladies and for the gentlemen. All ladies and girls are asked to gather at the Newberry College auditorium, either in. costume or in regular dress, at 2 p. m. There will be a program featuring the Newberry College Singers, a pan- tomine act by Wilma Boozer, and a talk by Joe Earle, area conser vationist of the Soil Conservation Service, who will show slides of gardens throughout the Piedmont area, and discuss methods of suc cessful gardening. After the program, the tour will begin, the first place to be visited the REA building. Hugh Epting, REA manager, will guide the tour through the plant. The next stop will be Jthe beautiful summer home of Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Davis where the ladies will go through the home, see the lake and wild flowers. The last stop will Be the 111 year old home of the Carl Setzlers, which has been com pletely modernized and is one of the most beautiful homes of the county. Refreshments will be served and door prizes given for ladies and for the younger girls. There will be a contest between the gar den chibs and the home demons tration clubs with a prize going to the club with the highest re presentation on the tour. Mrs. Gordon Blackwell and Mrs. I. M. Smith are co-chairmen of the la dies program and tour, assisted by Mrs. Harold Bowers. The men will gather at Setzler Field at 2 p. m. to begin their tour to T. O. Stewart’s model farm, and the farms of Carl Setz ler, John Robert Suber, James A. Brown, William Ballentine, and Henry Parr. They will also visit the U. S. Forest Service. The old and the new methods will be shown in all phases of farming: woodland, turkey growing, dairy ing, and beef cattle. Serving as chairmen of these various divi sions are Jim Cartwright, wood land division; L. Busby, dairying; Carl Setzler, turkey growing; El mer Bpting, beef cattle; and S P. Harris, FFA and 4-H. There will be various contests which promise to provide hilarity, among them a milking contest be tween the mayor of Newberry and the mayor of Whitmire. The weight of a Hereford bull will be guessed by all on the tour and a muzzle-loaded gun contest will take place between Representa tives T. Wijliam Hunter and Jesse Frank Hawkins, who will not aim at each other. FFA and 4-H boys will participate in a rope climb ing contest and prizes) will be giv en winners in each group. Refreshments will be served on this tour. Wednesday, “Sisters of the Swish Day,” is devoted to the la dies. Various contests are expect ed to be f held and the afternoon will feature a style show of per iod dresses, sponsored by the Sis ters of the Swish. A beauty con test is probable, and the finals in the fetyle show will precede the third showing of “Indian Trails.” Each performance of the spectacle will be followed by a gigantic fireworks display. Open House at Newberry Gar ment Company on Thursday morning, and at the Oakland plant of the Kendall Company on Thurs day aftemoop, will be the main (Continued on page 5) BIRTHDAY GREETINGS April 27: Gregory Pearce Dodkin, Leroy Shealy Adams, , Mrs. Naomi Boukmght, Christ ine Rister, Margaret Elizabeth Warren. April 28: Butch Culclasure, J. Harold Hendrix, Jr., T. K. Shell, Buddy Dennis. April 29: Ann Bowers, Mrs. Ruby Evelyn Reaves, C. E. Hancock, Mrs. T. H. Reaves, Trannie Leitzsey, Dorothy W. Bedenbaugh. April 30: Mrs. Beale H. Cro mer, Frederick Gardiner, Mrs. Richard L. McWhirter, Gerald Taylor, Ray Nobles, F. L. Mil ler. May 1; William Neville, Su san Blalock, Bill Blalock, Jua nita Lathrop, Jean Walker, Al bert Covington, Mrs. Clarence B. Word, W. H. Caldwell, Mrs. A. C. Dyskin, Mrs. Charles B. Thomas, John Huggins. May 2: Mrs. Epsie Buzhardt, Billy Martin, S. Downs Wright, Robert Wayne Lathrop, John S. Hazel, J. Alvin Kinard, Ida Farr, Michael L. Bedenbaugh. May 3: J. Ralph Williams, Bobby Long, Berley Beden baugh, Jr., William H. Ringer, George S. Ruff, Marion Gilliam, Grady Ringer, Carolyn Wood, Jimmy Bedenbaugh.