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THE NEWBERRY SUN
THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1957
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College Building, 1857 To 1957
The original, and for a long
^period of time the only building
on the Newberry College Campus
was Smeltzer Hall, so-named long
after its construction at the sug
gestion of Dr. George B. Cromer
during his tenure as president.
On January 13, 1857, at the first
of the Board of Trustees
of the College, the contract for
the construction of this building
was let at a cost of $18,000. Dur-
«ng the War Between the States,
It was occupied by a federal gar
rison and was sorely abused.
“Fencing was carried away; win
dow blinds, doors and jtesks were
destroyed or disposed of. The sol-
dien apparently stopped the gut
ters to prevent the rain from
draining and thus provided them-
oetres with a bathing pool on the
deep roof. The water soaked
through the roof and ruined the
walls of the building. The walls
began to crumble one day during
veeit&tions, and the students and
faealty were forced to vacate the
building”
In 1886 the Synod authorized a
repair job in the amount of $5000
to make the building safe.
Flans were projected in 1889
for the building of three faculty
bomes. Lutherans in Charleston
With a little assistance from the
Synod, were asked to build a re
sidence for the president. Other
Sooth Carolina Lutherans and
some of the congregations in the
Georgia Synod were canvassed for
funds to erect the other two
houses. With a contribution of
$850 from the Alumni Associat
ion, the plan succeeded. Today,
two of these homes are used for
dormitories for the overflow of
women students from Smeltzer
Hall; the third is the residence
of Dr. and Mrs. R. A. Goodman.
Two other buildings were con-
•tracted during the administrat
ion of Dr. G. W. Holland. In 1891
President Holland asked the Board
of Trustees to authorize the build
ing of a boarding hall. During
tile 1893-94 session, Mrs. F. E.
Keller of Haigler, South Carolina
offered to donate to the College
$1/XH) for the construction of a
building to house a science hall
imd a chapel under condition that
the South Carolina Synod raise
money to complete the structure.
The building was to be known as
Keller Memorial Hall in memory
of Mrs. Keller’s son, J. Aiken
Keller, who died during his stud-
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ent days at Newberry College.
The first service held in the new
Keller Hall chapel was Dr. Hol
land’s funeral, on October 1, 1895.
Keller Hall was used for many
years as a library building; it
now houses the Department of
Commerce upstairs, and physics,
biology and bacteriology rooms on
the lower floor.
In 1898, Congress passed a bill
appropriating $15,000 to the Col
lege for the damage done to the
original building in 1865. Repairs
to the original building, liater
to become Smeltzer Hall and the
girls dormitory, absorbed a third
of the money. The remaining
$10,000 was set aside for the con
struction of a building to memor
ialize Dr. Holland .
Holland Hall was built in 1904
at a cost of $20,021.40. The
building contained ample space
for administrative work and seven
recitation rooms and on the second
floor two society halls and an
auditorium. Today, it houses the
offices of the president, registrar,
dean, business manager and treas
urer, director of public relations,
nine classrooms and an auditor
ium. Holland Hall was dedicated
on October 31, 1904.
The Alumni Association took
action in 1905 to build a gymnas
ium. A committee was appointed
to raise funds and the building
was completed entirely from alum
ni funds in time for the Semi-Cen
tennial celebration. It was known
as the “Alumni Building.”
In 1906, an appeal was made
to Andrew Carnegie for a gift.
He agreed to donate $10,000 pro
vided the College raise an addit
ional $10,000 for the endowment
fund. In the space of about five
hours the additional funds had
been pledged by citizens of New
berry County.
The building was to be used
for the technological department
of thd college. Work began in a
fully equipped building complete
ly free of debt. It was named
Carnegie Hall in honor of Andrew
Carnegie.
A part of this building later
burned, and the upper floor was
removed. Until last year, the third
floor was used to house men stud
ents. It has (been condemned for
dormitory use. The second floor
is now used for practice rooms
for the Newberry College Singers
and the Newberry College Band.
The college dining hall and kitchen
are on the ground' level. Both have
been renovated recently and the
students partake of their meals
in a modern, wellequipped dining
hall, which is also used by many
public and private organizations
for banquets and luncheons.
The old boarding hall, located
at the corner of Luther and Bach
man streets, was renovated and
occupied by President Derrick.
It is how used by the Music De
partment.
On May 18, 1923, ground was
broken for a new $36,000 gym
nasium. Newberry citizens work
ing through a committee of lead
ing businessmen provided about
$20,000 of the cost, The new build
ing was completed) in January 19-
24. In 1955, it was named in honor
of a long-time coach at Newberry
College, F. D. (Dutch) MacLean
and was dedicated during Home
coming Ceremonies that year. In
addition to the basketball court,
1836
1956
COLLEGE
## The aim of this col lege is to offer to
young men and young women an open
door of opportunity, under positive
Christian influences, such as will enable
them to prepare for effective service in
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church and state/'—Dr; Geo. B. Cromer.
Best Wishes to a Fine
Institution
NEWBERRY LUMBER CO.
913 Cline Street
Newberry, S. C.
which doubles as an auditorium
for large gatherings, also as a
dance floor, the gymnasium
houses the office of the athletics
and physical education personnel.
In 1924, the Board decided to
erect a new dormitory to house
100 students. This $60,000 build
ing was ready for occupancy at
the beginning of the session in
September 1924 and in 1946 it
was named Derrick Hall in honor
of Newberry’s eighth president.
Derrick Hall now accomodates 84
students, in addition to the suite
provided for the dormitory sup
ervisor.
In 1944 the citizens of New
berry built arid equipped Wright
Recreation Hail for the use of the
faculty and students in the Naval
V-12 program. The building was
named in honor of Z. F. Wright,
LL. D., prominent Newberry cit
izen arid alumnus of the College
who had served as member and
vice-chairman of the ‘Board of
Trustees. It is now used' by the
students for a post office, canteen
and recreation room.
After World War II, the govern
ment offered to the College hous
ing units and classroom facilities
to take care of the influx of
veterans who enrolled under the
G. I. Bill. One of the classroom
buildings was utilized as a chem
istry and physics laboratory and
equipped at a cost of about $30,-
000. PWA funds were secured
to improve £he gymnasium and
relocate Setzler Field on the corner
of College and Cemetery Streets.
A second government building
houses classrooms, faculty offices
and the Alumni office.
In 1950 the members of Theta-
Sigma-Eta, a fraternity of minist
erial students, converted the old
canteen building into a place of
worship, later to be called “The
Little Chapel. ”
In February 1954 Weasels Lib
rary was dedicated. This long-
needed addition was financed with
funds from the Christian Higher
Education Year Appeal and a gift
of approximately $50,000 from the
Wessels family in Savannah, Ga,
From a small collection of books
shelved in a large room of the
original College building, the lib
rary has now grown to a collect
ion of upwards of 30,000 volumes
plus periodicals and pamphlets
housed in a $200,000 structure.
As a result of the Pre-Centen
nial Building and Endowment Fund
Campaign for $500,000 in the
South Carolina and Georgia-Ala-
bama Synods, work was begun
to construct and equip a new dor
mitory with facilities for 150
men, at a cost of $210,124.77.
This building is located at the
corner of Evans and Luther
streets.
Construction will begin in the
near future on two more build
ings for Newberry College: a
dormitory and a student Union
Building. The dormitory will be
near Keller Memorial Hall, at
the location now occupied by the
frame building used temporarily
for a girls’ dormitory. The stud
ent Union Building will be ad
jacent to Holland Hall and Wessels
Library where Wright Recreat
ional Hall now stands. The latter
building will be moved to anoth
er location
Baptist Student
Union
The BSU is the connecting link
between the college student and
the Baptist Church. It magnifies
the local church. It seeks to popu
larize and keep vital in the life
of a student the various organiza
tions within the church, as well
as the church as a whole.
We Salute
1856^^1956
COLLEGE
Congratulations
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dent’s statements were ‘a pretty good answer’ to the House
Republicans’ budget-cutting resolution.
A few hours before the press conference. Sen. Byrd had
called on the President to heed public sentiment and spell
out for Congress where reductions can be made in the rec
ord pacetime spending of $71.8 billion proposed for the
fiscal year starting next July 1. Mr. Byrd declared the
present grass roots movement for ’economical Government
‘it different from anything I have seen in my 24 years of
service in the Senate/
About $70 billion of unspent appropriations will be avail
able to the President on July 1, the Senator said, so he will
have to dend a hand in reducing spending, even if Congress
should reduce new money voted, for next year.
Mr. Eisenhower made no direct comment on Mr. Byrd’s
demand. However, when asked if a budget reduction of the
size proposed by the Senator could be made with safety to
the Nation he retorted, ‘I don’t believe you can cut that
kind of sum . . /
‘Now where are you going to cut the five billion?’ he
continued, \ . . Someone else will have to say that it is not
important to keep up our obligations to veterans, that it is
not in the interests of all of us to try to keep a healthy agri
culture, that it is not in the interest of all of us to get some
schools built . .
The President added, “If these programs are not essen
tial to us, why, then, of course, you can save a lot of money.
I happen to think they are essential, and that is the way I
am operating.’
In listing spots where ‘leakage’ of funds could be slowed,
Mr. Eisenhower commented that the Defense Department
could probably make ‘savings for one year by shortening
up still further on their carry-overs.’ But he added this
‘has been a point of argument for some years.’
Otherwise, the President said, reductions could be made
for example, by correcting the postal deficit through high
er rates on which he commented, ‘I have made just zero
progress.’ Cutting down public works and putting Govern
ment lending programs ‘on a business basis’ also would help,
he added.
Public works projects are apparently voted by Congress
‘for political purposes, because the engineering department
has said they are not necessary,’ Mr. Eisenhower charged*
As for lending, he noted that in some programs, the Gov
ernment charges at little as 2 percent interest, while ‘wo
pay 3 1-2 to 4/
Asked whether he would give Congress specific recom
mendations for budget cuts based on the review now going
on in the Budget Bureau, the President replied each de
partment will make its own.
Testifying at a House' committee hearing, Budget Direc
tor Brundage also promised the results would be made pub
lic, but said it would be several weeks before the review is
completed.
Many parts of the budget ‘can’t be touched,’ Mr. Eisen
hower declared, ‘We have got interest on the public debtj
we have got grants-in-aid that are fixed by law; we have
got veterans’ charges; and then we have got a long series
of agricultural programs that require . . . money. You
can’t take these things and just stop them in midstride.
Some of them you could save a little money on by cutting
into the program.’
After counting the ‘vast expense’ in the Post Office De
partment, you come to the ‘field that deals with our future
security,’ including the Defense Department, the Atomic
Energy Commission and foreign aid, he continued, ‘and
these things are the ones that absorb the vast portion of
the budget.’ ,
The economy issue came up eariy in the President’s press
conference when a reporter asked if Mr. Eisenhower would
be willing, for instance, to do without the pair of helicop
ters which have been proposed for taking him to the golf
course.
Becoming quite angry, the President replied, T don’t
think much of the question, because no helicopters have been
procured for me to go to a golf course.’
The reporter started another sentence, but Mr. Eisen
hower snapped sharply, ‘Thank you, that is all.’
Later, another newsman asked whether the President
planned to alter his foreign aid program in view of the
Congressional economy drive.
‘You’ve opened yourself up for a little speech,’ the Chief
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Commemorating The Past. . .
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PROPOSED NEW DORMITORY
And Planning For The Future
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This is the story of Newberry College, As it observes
its 100 years of service past, plans go forward for
new buildings, as that shown above.
PURCELLS, an institution which serves the pres
ent, and plans for the future needs of citizens of this
community, extends best wishes to Newberry Col
lege, •
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PURCELLS
“YOUR PRIVATE BANKER”
E. B. PURCELL, President KEITT PURCELL^V. Pres.
Troxelle H. Senn Winnie Davenport
Sara B. Franklin Ben P. Stewart
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