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The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, May 29, 1969 — PAGE 3
Are elected to
Bachman society
Martha Bowers
Cecil Fulmer
Thirteen newly elected mem
bers of the Bachman Honor So
ciety at Newberry College
were honored Tuesday night at
the organization’s annual ban
quet in Kaufmann Hall.
The new members included
three seniors whose homes are
in the Newberry area: Cecil G.
Fulmer and Jewell Jeanette
Dominick of Newberry, and
Martha Julia Bowers of Pros
perity.
Guest speaker at the banquet
was Dr. Frederick F. Kitsch,
chairman of the history depart
ment at Converse College, who
spoke on the role of the liberal
arts in modern education.
President of the Bachman
Honor Society is Dr. Frank L.
Hoskins, head of the Newberry
College English department.
Election to membership is a top
academic honor, limiteu to sen
iors in the top eight percent of
their class.
Largest class
at College
to graduate
The largest senior class i n
Newberry College’s 113 years
will receive degrees Sunday,
June 1. With final examinations
now over, 162 candidates for
bachelor of arts and bachelor of
science diplomas are in the
home stretch.
Last year’s class of 136 was
then a record high.
Commencement Sunday’s ev
ents will begin at 11 a.m. with
baccalaureate services in Wiles
Chapel. The sermon will be by
Dr. Royall A. Yount, president
of the Florida synod, Lutheran
Church in America.
Mr. Workman
William D. Workman of Col
umbia, editor of The State
newspaper, will deliver the
commencement address at the
5 p.m. graduation exercises,
also in the chapel.
Presiding will be Dr. A.G.D.
Wiles, president of the College
assisted by Dr. Conrad B. Park,
academic dean; Registrar Jas.
C. Abrams; and Prof. Thomas
E. Epting, secretary of the fac
ulty.
Workman, a veteran South
Carolina newsman and The
State’s editor since 1966, will
receive the honorary doctor of
letters degree (Litt. D.)
Mr. Pope
Dr. Yount
Three other honorary degrees
will be awarded. Thomas H.
Pope, Newberry attorney and
civic leader, will receive t h e
doctor of laws degree (LL. D.).
Henry C. Heermann, retired
Atlanta industrial executive,
will be awarded the doctor of
commercial science degree, and
a doctorate of divinity (D. D.)
will be conferred on the Rev.
Roland G. Riechmann, pastor of
Trinity Lutheran Church, Jack
sonville, Fla.
Pope and Heermann are trus
tees of the college.
A full schedule of midday
events also is in prospect for
seniors and campus visitors.
The commencement luncheon
in the college dining hall be
tween 12:30 and 2 p.m. will be
augmented by two special re
union gatherings.
Dr. James C. Kinard, presi
dent of the college from 1930
to 1954, will speak at a Golden
Anniversary luncheon in Kauf
mann Hall lounge. The reunion
is for those who attended the
college 50 years or more ago.
The Class of 1944 also will
observe its 25th reunion with a
luncheon in the Kaufmann Hall
canteen.
Seniors will be honored at
the President’s Reception, 2:30
to 4 at the home of Dr. and
Mrs. Wiles. The 1969 graduates,
their parents, and visiting
friends have been invited.
New Addresses
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kerns
are now residing at 1619 1-2
Calhoun Street.
Mr. and Mrs. George House
have moved to 763 Pope Street
in Holly Hall Apartments.
Mr. and Mrs. George Ken
nedy are living at 2509 Henry
Avenue in the house they re
cently purchased.
Mrs. Jessie Brooks is mak
ing her home in an upstairs
apartment at 1721 Johnstone St.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph E. Mill
er are living at 2614 Myrtle St.
STUDENTS HONOR
ACADEMY TEACHER
Mrs. Annie D. Cromer has
been honored by the parents and
the children in the first grade
with a substantial donation to
the Building Fund of the New
berry Academy.
Gifts for theprogram are
coming in well and the Board
of Directors is pleased with
the response of the friends of
the school.
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