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The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, Oct. 24, 1968—PAGE 5 Spain travels described at club meeting The Woman’s Club of New berry met at the home of Mrs. Margaret Buckley. Mrs. Fred Dominick, president, opened the meeting with the reading of the Club Collect in Unison. She presided over the business meeting. Guest speaker for the Nov ember meeting of the Woman’s Club was Dr. A. P. Mature, who was presented by Mrs. Gordon D. Blackwell, program chairman. Mrs. Blackwell stat ed that Dr. Mature is no stranger to the citizens of New berry as he has been associat ed with the language depart ment of Newberry College since 1958. At present he is head of the Modern Foreign Language Department and it was in this capacity that he sponsored Newberry College’s first Summer in Spain pro gram. Seven students, three of whom were Newberrians, Jane Paysinger, Ellen Wil liamson and Marian Salter, took part in the program. The group were joined at a later date by 13 other persons from other locations. With the use of slides Dr. Mature carried members on an afternoon tour of the summer program. The first three days of the period were spent in Paris after a direct flight from New York. From a stu dent hotel near the Sarbonne the group made concentrated sight seeing jaunts to many famous points of interest. A student’s first impression of the sights of Paris were quite interesting according to Dr. Mature. From Paris the group went by rail to Spain. Week-end tours from Madrid carried the group to the country of Cas tile and Spain’s national hero El Cid. To visit the birthplace of the national hero, to walk through the streets of the cap ital of old Castile, Burgas—a section of the country which has given the language much of its flavor, were experiences to be remembered. A trip thru the open markets revealed con ditions, such as lack of re frigeration for meats, which were unbelievable to those grown accustomed to take many things for granted. To ledo, land of El Greco, still held much of its early 13th century charm. While touring the walled city of Airla, the students were reminded that here the walls were built during the times of El Cid and stand to day as a reminder of the daunt less courage and great ingenu ity of those builders long ago. Of the many famous castles and cathedrals on the tour per haps one of the most unusual was the Moorish castle finish ed in the 15th century by Fer dinand and Isabella as a sum mer palace. The whole appear ance gave a Disneyland effect. Segovia could not be overlook ed with its cathedrals, aque ducts, and castles. Franco s monument to the war dead, the largest cross in the world is nothing less than a man’s monument to self according to Dr. Mature. Another leader who sought immortality was Philip II who built the now famous Escorial from where he ruled the world. A visit to the FOR SALE — Beautiful dark German Shepherd AKC. Been given much attention & train ing. 5 months old. Pedigree given. Dewormed and perman ent shots. Can be seen morn ings & after 5 p.m. Located 12 miles south of Newberry off HWY No. 121, one mile back of Horne’s store. Priced reas onable. See and you will want. ANN GEDDINGS, Saluda, S. C., Ph. 445-5067 O103tc Prado museum whose greatest contributor is Velasquez was a thrill as the students were reminded that they had had the privilege to view two of the world’s most famous art collections at the Louvre in Paris and the Prada in Madrid. Later travel carried the stu dents to southern Spain and the country so typical of one’s thinking, a land of grapes, oli ves, and wine. At Cordaba one noted the Arabic influence which attest ed the 700 years residence of those people who contributed much to Spanish culture. In Sevilla Columbus’s final resting place was seen and the biggest and tallest mosque built by the Arabs was visited as it still stands. The palace and gardens of the Alhambra proved to be able to live up to its reputa tion of rating next to the Taj Mahal. Here the room occupied by Washington Irving caught the interest of many. Over looking the palace of Granada one viewed the burial place of Ferdinand and Isabella. No visit to Spain would be complete without witnessing a bullfight so the group included this on their agenda much to the dismay of some who felt that this was a much too cruel a way to seek entertainment. Enroute to Paris for the return trip to New York, the group sampled the gay life of Monte Carlo and saw the palace of Princess Grace. Mrs. Fred Dominick, presid ent of the club, thanked Dr. Ma ture and noted that Newberry College is indeed fortunate to be a part of such a program. To talk at Wiles Chapel An outstanding Protestant theologian, Dr. Joseph Sittler of the University of Chicago, will be in the Wiles Chapel pulpit for two services on Oct. 27, Reformation Sunday. Dr. Sittler’s Newberry visit is in connection with the col lege’s “Great Preacher” series. He will preach at the regular 11:15 a.m. service and again at a Reformation Sunday vesper service at 7:30 p.m. The even ing service is under the joint auspices of the college and the Newberry County Lutheran Ministers Association. His morning sermon topic will be “History and Personal Decision.” At the vesper serv ice he will epeak on “Space, Time and American History.” The morning service is pri marily. for students, although the public will be welcome then as well as at the vesper serv ice. A large number of campus visitors are expected in the evening. Dr. Sittler, a Lutheran has been an outstanding member of the University of Chicago Div inity School faculty since 1957. Previously he had been profes sor of systematic theology at Chicago Lutheran Theological Seminary for 14 years. A prolific author, Dr. Sittler is known as an influential thinker with a capacity for great clarity of expression. His most recent book, “The Anguish of Preaching,” was published in 1967. His works also include “The Doctrine of the Word,” "Structure of Christian Eth ics,” “The Ecology of Faith,” and “The Care of The Earth.” Thanks to expert herd man agement, the total national deer kill of 30 or 40 years ago is now exceeded by the annual kill in many individual states.—Sports Afield. HEAT IS BEST FOR YOU? Coal and oil companies, as well as gas and electric utilities work continually to convince the American home owner that he should use their respective fuel to solve his heating problem. To a great extent, the ex perts agree the majority of their claims are valid. 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