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SECTION I, PAGE TWO
THE NEWBERRY SUN
College History And Outlook 50 Years Ago
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Much interesting information is
contained in the Semi-Centennial
issue of The Newberry, Newberry
College annual for 1906. The grad
uates in that class were Silas Mar
ion Busby of Irmo; Joseph Ern
est Cannon of Little Mountain,
George Miller Eleazer of Spring
Hill, James Terrell Owen of St-
Matthews; Perry Alonzo Schum-
pert of Prosperity; all of whom
received the degree of Bachelor
of Arts;
William Harvey Cabaniss, Sam
uel Roy Jones and Sarah Eliz
abeth Rawl, Newberry; George
Wadell Harmon, Prosperity, and
Mary Elizabeth Lester, Bouk-
night’s Ferry, recipients of the
Bachelor of Science degree;
Byron Vivian Chapman, Little
Mountain; Edward Bennett Hou-
seal, Newberry, and Dewey Whit
field Moose, Mt. Pleasant, N. C.,
who received the degree of Bach
elor of Philosophy.
' Among these, two still reside
in Newberry County, Dr. George
W. Harmon, who is a pharmacist
at Prosperity Drug Company,
and B. V. Chapman, attorney-at-
law, Newberry.
The history of the Class of 1906
has this to say of attorney Chap
man:
“Byron Vivian Chapman, of
Little Mbuntain, entered College
as a sophomore. He ranks well as
a student and took the Junior
medal in oratory last year. The
Association will lose in him ano
ther valuable man who has never
failed the College in any duty or
his friends in any loyal service.
Of Dr. Harmon, the History
says
“’George Waddell Harmon is
another leader among the boys.
He has rendered great service
this year as chairman of the
staff of this Souvenir Volume to
be known as ‘The Newberry/
Last year and this he was of
great assistance to the baseball
team, not as a player, but in
the management. His graduating
speech exploits the Tech depart
ment under the title of‘Engineers/
The Semi-Centennial was cele
brated on Sunday, Monday, Tues
day and Wednesday, the 10th
through the 13th of June 1906,
at which time J. A. Sligh was
president of the Board of Trus
tees and James A. B. Scherer,
president of the College. The
Baccalaureate Sermon was deli
vered by Rev. Prof. A. J. Bowers,
Others participating on the prog
ram were Rev. Wm. Hayne Lea-
veil, Dr. George B. Cromer, Gov
ernor D. C. Heyward, Rev. M. O.
J. Kreps, J. E. Houseal, Esq., then
the earliest living graduate, and
Chief Justice Y. J. Pope.
Much history of the College has
been written and appears in this
issue of The Sun. However, the
Historical Sketch written by
Dr. B. J. Ramage Class of ’80,
which appeared in The Charleston
news and Courier for May 27,
1906, is of much interest and por
tions are repeated here:
A RETROSPECT OF
FIFTY YEARS
Measured by old-world stan
dards and by persons accustomed
to reckon the flight of time by
centuries, fifty years represent a
comparatively brief period in the
life, either of men or of institu
tions. But with us, in America,
where everything is instinct with
the growth and alertness of youth,
this period not infrequently
stands for a great deal more
than one elsewhere would be dis
posed to fancy. Especially is this
true of our various schools and
colleges. Contrasted with such
time-honored seats of learning as
those at Oxford and Cambridge
in England, or, say at Paris and
Heidelberg, or elsewhere on the
Continent, even Harvard, Yale
and William and Mary appear ex
tremely youthful, to say nothing
of Johns Hopkins, Chicago and
Cornell, each of which has been
established since the close of our
great civil war. Then again, it is
hard at times to realize that with
in the past four decades all our
older and more renowned founda
tions have been completely reorg
anized, both in curriculum and
management. These facts serve to
invest the celebration of the
semi-centennial of the founding
of Newberry College with an im
portance far transcending that
ordinarily attached to such oc
casions, and can scarcely fail to
direct to the beautiful and his
toric old town of Newberry the
attention of all who are inter
ested in the noble cause of Sou
thern education.
Story of the College in Brief:
Told in a few words, the story
of this college is a dramatic one,
which, except, possibly in one or
two other Southern towns, finds
no counterpart elsewhere. Found
ed and opened shortly before the
outbreak of the war between the
North and the South, Newberry
College began its career with
every prospect of success and use
fulness. It possessed handsome
buildings, a liberal endowment, a
faculty trained in the best insti
tutions of this and other lands,
and a student body, drawn from
various portions of the South,
numbering nearly 200. Under
these circumstances, the institu
tion which had been established
by the Lutheran Church of the
far South, was well calculated to
excite both pride and expectation.
Just why, therefore, a work so
well begun,so vigorously and pray
erfully prosecuted, so frought
with important consequences to
both Church and State, and on
the threshold of what appeared
to be a long and honorable future,
should have been suddenly inter
rupted and seriously crippled, is
a question as far beyond human
solution as the graves on the bat
tlefields of Virginia and Tennes
see, where sleep some of the
brightest of Newberry’s older
sons. But while the war robbed
the College of its boys, swept
away its funds, and indirectly
destroyed its buildings and
equipment, there was one thing—
the greatest and best element of
strength it possessed—of which
no calamity could deprive it
This was the spirit of the College,
the famous Newberry spirit, fos
tered by the lofty ideals of its
founders. For those ideals of
plain living and high thinking,
this College, in season and out of
season, has always stood, a beacon
light set on a hill, which no tem
pests could ever wholly exting
uish. Thus it came to pass when
the war and the results of the
war had so impoverished and en
feebled the College that its
friends decided to move it to Wal
halla,the surviving members of the
Faculty went about their work
in the same brave and cheerful
spirit that then animated the en
tire people. The corporeal assets
of the institution were not suffi
ciently large to raise any ques
tion regarding their transporta
tion; consisting only of “the Col
lege bell, the remnant of the lib
rary, and a few blackboards and
benches.” But soon the work in
the mountain town began and was
kept up until 1877.
College Ruins in Newberry:
But the people of the town of
Newberry had ever before them
a constant reminder of the College
in the picturesque ruins overhang
ing the town. Grim and gaunt,
the windowless, tumbling walls
stood out against the sky like
some old mediaeval castle. Bats
and owls inhabited the deserted
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rooms, and little children passing
that way just before nightfall,
mindful of the weird stories told
them, clung closely to the skirts
of their nurses, expecting every
moment to see things'—and very
remarkable things at that—emerge
from the gray shadows and bear
them away. Then, again, there
were times when in the dead of
night the crash of falling walls
or perhaps the drunken wail of
some poor waif sheltered in the
abandoned place startled the res
idents of adjacent streets and
became the basis of a new crop
of fables regarding the queer do
ings of ghosts from Rosemont
cemetery who walked that way.
Effects of Hampton’s Election:
In spite of their earnest wish to
bring back the College to New
berry, its friends were too ser
iously handicapped by the mis
fortunes of the Reconstruction
period to take any active steps
in this direction until 1876, when
new life and hope were infused
into the people of the State by
Wade Hampton’s victory over the
forces of misgovernment. Then it
was that the citizens of Newberry
filled with the enthusiasm of the
day, raised a sum of money suf
ficiently large to warrant the
Synod, at a meeting held in April
1877,to accept the offer made it.
Accordingly, in the autumn of
the same year, the College—always
Newberry College—was returned
to its original home. During the
succeeding 29 years the institution
has flourished to a degree far ex
ceeding the most sanguine hopes
of its friends.
Subsequent Growth: Under the
wise administration of the late
Dr. George W. Holland, a one-
armed Confederate soldier, a
corps of trained instructors was
secured; the number of students
increased; new buildings were e-
rected, and improvements made
in many other directions. He lit
erally wore himself out in the
service, and “his last words were:
“God bless Newberry College.”
Upon his death in 1895, his mantle
fell upon George B. Cromer, one
of the most distinguished of the
younger members of the South
Carolina bar. Dr. Cromer’s admin
istration was chiefly signalized
by the erection of Holland Hall,
made possible through an appro
priation of Congress in partial
reimbursement for the losses
sustained just after the close of
the war. During the eight years
of this administration, the at
tendance increased; and it was a
source of deep regret when Dr.
Cromer felt compelled to tender
his resignation. In 1904, the pre
sidential office was conferred on
the present incumbent, Dr. James
A. B. Scherer, a gentleman widely
known in this and other countries
by reason of his scholarly at
tainments and administrative ca
pacity.
The Outlook: The future of
such an institution is assured by
Newberry Offers
Pre-Courses
Three year training courses,
preparatory to further profession
al training in specialized fields,
are offered at Newberry College.
They are Pre-Deaconess, Pre-
Medical, Pre-Law and Pre-Fores
try.
A student who completes three
years at Newberry College lead
ing toward the A-B. or the B.S.
degree, major in Bible and Reli
gious Education, and there after
completes in the Baltimore Deac
oness School, Ruxton, Md., nr the
Philadelphia Deaconess School,
the two-year course for Church
Workers, may upon application be
awarded the degree .which the
student worked toward at New
berry College.
A student who completes three
years at the college leading tow
ard the B.S. Degree in Natural
Sciences and thereafter earns the
M.D. degree from an accredited
Medical School may upon appli
cation be awarded the B.S. De
gree in Natural Sciences.
A student who completes three
years work at the college leading
toward the A.B. or the B.S. de
gree, major in English Language
and Literature, or in History and
Political Science, and thereafter
earns the Bachelor’s degree in
Law from a recognized fully-ac
credited Law School may upon ap
plication be awarded the degree
toward which he worked at New
berry College.
In collaboration with the Duke
University School of Forestry, a
cooperative program has been set
up for the training of men who
are desirous of entering the for
estry profession. The program is
of five years duration. A student
electing to pursue this program
of study would attend Newberry
College for three academic years
and upon recommendation of
Newberry College he would be
admitted to the Duke University
School of Forestry. The student
would be expected to begin his
its splendid achievements in the
past. In the whole field of South
ern education no college is doing
a nobler*or more effective work.
Its graduates are found in every
vocation of life. The broad, liberal
spirit of this school, inherited
from the Fatherland, is enriching
the town, the State, the whole
country; and well may the College
now pause to view with pride
what has been accomplished dur
ing the 50 years of its remark
able career.
Never was there a more favor
able opportunity for some friend
or group of friends, interested in
the rehabilitation of Southern ed
ucation, to link their names with
that of the noble foundation which
has rendered so faithful an ac
count of its stewardship.
10SE WEKHT THE "CURBET WAY
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ING FORMULA PRESCRIBED MOST BY
PHYSICIANS BUT NOW AVAILABLE
WITHOUT PRESCRIPTION
When token os directed, CURBET couses
less desire for food, letting you loose ugly
excess fat without discomfort or incon
venience of hunger pains.
CURBET is sold in bottles of 90 only at
drug stores. Buy oil your drugs at your
druggists with confidence, and take only
as directed.
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Good Wishes for growth and
prosperity in the years to come.
BUZHARDT FURNITURE CO.
1323 Main Street Phone 50
NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA
College Curriculum
The first complete faculty list
ed for Newberry College, in the
catalogue of 1858-59 was as fol
lows: Rev. T. Stork, President,
Professor of Moral and Intellec
tual Philosophy, Logic, Rhetoric
and Elocution;
Robert Garlington, A.M., Pro
fessor of Mathematics and Mech
anical Philosophy;
O. B. Mayer M.D„ Professor of
Chemistry, Minerology and Geo
logy;
Rev. J. Bachman, D.D., LL.D.,
Occasional Lecturer on Natural
History;
Rev. J. A. Brown, A.M., Profes
sor of Hebrew and Sacred Greek;
Charles A. Stork, A.B., Profes
sor of the Greek Language and
JLiiterature;
Rev. M. Whittle, A.B., Adjunct
Professor of the Latin and Prin
cipal of the Preparatory Depart
ment.
The two departments at that
time were ‘Preparatory*’ and
“Collegiate.” The college offered
a Bachelor of Arts degree. The
seminary was still located in
Newberry but was removed in
1870, returned to Newberry in
1884 and remained until 1898
when it was moved to Mt. Pleas
ant then to Columbia, where it is
now located.
The degree of Bachelor of
Science was proposed during the
session 1877-1878. The degree of
Master of Arts was announced
during the 1878-79 session and
was to be conferred three years
work in Duke the summer im
mediately following the comple
tion of the prescribed work at
Newberry College. At the end of
the student’s first full year in
Duke University, Duke .will certi
fy his record for that year back
to Newberry College, and if the
prescribed work for that year is
completed, Newberry College will
confer the B.S. Degree in the
Natural Sciences. Then upon the
satisfactory completion of the
second year, at Duke, the Univer
sity will award him the profes
sional degree, Master of Fores
try.
after graduation upon all such
Bachelors of Arts as sustained
themselves honorably in scholar
ly pursuits. In 1879-80, the col
lege offered a new degree, Bach
elor of Philosophy. In 1884-85,
the requirements for the Post-
Graduate courses for the Degree
of Master of Arts were listed in
the catalogue for the first time,
making this degree an earned de
gree rather than honorary as it
previously was regarded. *
In 1888-89 a Business Depart
ment was established. Certificates
were awarded but no degrees
granted. Courses offered were
bookkeeping, penmanship, tele
graphy, shorthand and typewrit
ing.
The curriculum listed for 1894-
95 shows a new degree offered,
the Bachelor of Science degree.
This degree had been proposed
but not offered in 1877-78 and was
re-established in the curriculum
at this period.
In the 1897-98 session, nine
young ladies were admitted to
Newberry College. Three were in
the sophomore class and six in
the Freshman class. This was the
first time that female students
had been admitted to the college.
In 1905-06, a Bachelor of Science
degree in mechanical or electrical
engineering was offered. In the
next session, the degree of Bach
elor of Philosophy and Bachelor
of Science were dropped from the
curriculum. The B.S. degree was
absorbed by the B.S. degree in
Mechanical and Electrical Engin
eering.
In the catalogue of 1915-16,
only two degrees were offered and
those were the A.B. degree and
M.A. degree. For the first time
during this session physical train
ing was a required course in the
Freshman and Sophomore years,
elective in the Junior and Senior
years.
In 1917-18 the course in Mili
tary training was placed in the
curriculum replacing physical
training. This was required
through the Junior year. This unit
was called the Student Army
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A Happy Centennial Celebration
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CALDWELL STREET
Newberry, S. C.
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We echo the last words spoken by
Dr. George W. Holland,
president of the college for
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“God Bless Newberry College ,,
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We are happy to send our
Greetings to Newberry
College, and to wish for
her continued growth
and success. ^
ODORLESS CLEANERS
FRIEND STREET
NEWBERRY, S. C.
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