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The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, June 17, 1971—PAGE 3 College gets Kellog grant Newberry College has receiv ed a $5,000 grant from the W. K. Kellogg Foundation of Battle Creek, Mich., to purchase li brary books and materials dur ing the next three years relat ing to environmental studies, according to Dr. A.G.D. Wiles, president of the College. Dr. Robert E. Kinsinger, Kel logg Foundation Vice President, explained that the grant to New berry College is one of appro ximately 300 similar grants be ing made to small, private liberal arts colleges throughout the United States as part of program of support for activi ties aimed at finding solutions to environmental problems throughout the nation.” Nearly fifty boys are completing the third week of the month-long Indian Sports Camp on the Newberry College campus. Directed by Horace Turbeville, the young cam- College cagers play same teams The Newberry College In dians will play a twenty-three game basketball schedule in ad dition to tw'o pre-season tour naments in November, accord ing to Nield Gordon, the Col lege’s basketball coach. The regular season begins with a contest on November 19, 1971, against the College of Charleston at Charleston and closes on February 17, 1972, in a home contest with Lander College of Greenwood. No new colleges are appearing on this year’s schedule, accord ing to Gordon, although Allen University of Columbia will be a regular season opponent for the first time; the schools have played each other previously but only in tournament action. The 1970-71 squad that played the entire season without any seniors finished the regular sea son with a 15-15 record and then dropped two post-season tourney games to end the year with a 15-17 record. Coach Gordon will begin his ninth season as the head basket-, ball coach. County students finish at USC Two students from Newberry were among the 1,495 Univer sity of South Carolina graduates receiving degrees in commence ment exercises June 5. The graduates heard an ad dress by Athelstan Spilhaus, noted oceanographer who talk ed on steadying the physical and biological world. Spilhaus, along with Mrs. Mary C. Simma Oliphant of Greenville, an author and his torian, and James Bradley of Lancaster, president of The Springs Co., received honorary degrees from the University. Chemistry major Richard L. Sribnick of Columbia who made A’s on every course he took at Carolina, was recognized as top honor graduate. John C. Wooten of Edgefield was second and Mrs. Ruth N. Ahrens of West Columbia third. USC graduates from New berry are Katherine E. McCul lough, B.S. in pharmacy; and Kathy D. Long, associate in science. Scientists meet on Wednesdays Needs of the whole human family can be met through in dividual spiritual recognition of divine power, Mrs. Lenore D. Hanks, the new Chairman of The Christian Science Board of Directors, said at the deno mination’s Annual Meeting in Boston on June 7. It is not too late, Mrs. Hanks told the gathering, for the in dividual to learn about the spi ritual resources which enable mankind to repair the ecology, reverse the population explosion and arrest drug abuse, war, crime, injustice, apathy and greed. ‘‘People's everywhere,” she said, ‘‘need to get the feel of irresistible divine power, of di vine activity going on all over the world. We must never al low human action to oversha dow the recognition of divine action.” The results of recognizing the power and presence of God are shared at Wednesday even ing testimony meetings held in all branches of the denomina tion in South Carolina, accord ing to Elmer M. Glover of Greenville, the Committee on Publication for South Carolina. ‘‘There is no substitute for firsthand religious experience,” Mr. Glover said, in comment ing on the call of the Boston meeting for increased spiritual activity. Lutheran youth meet at college “You Can Make It Happen,” will be the theme of study for nearly 100 Lutheran youth and adults from Georgia. Ala bama, Mississippi, and Tennes see who will participate in a Youth Awareness Seminar on the Newberry College campus from June 21-26. Dorothy Jeffcoat, Director of Christian Education at the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Ascension in Savannah, Ga., is the director of the week-long seminar which is sponsored by the Youth Ministry Committee of the Southeastern Synod of the Lutheran Church in Ame rica (LCA). “The participants in the per son-centered event,” Miss Jeff coat said, “will follow the labo ratory approach of ‘learning by doing’ and by becoming aware of ‘what it means to be a child of God, what it means to be a person, and who am I?” Seminar participants will di vide into five groups depending on their age and their expe rience in the Youth Ministry of the Church. The delegates to the Youth Awareness Seminar will be working toward objectives of creating an atmosphere in which youth and adults grow together in relationship to God and in understanding them selves and others; providing a practice group for participants to try skills and ideas; and pers participate in all phases of athletics. The Camp con tinues through Friday, June 25. celebrating God at work in their daily lives. The coordinators for the group discussions are the Rev. Hart- mut Fege, pastor of St. John's Lutheran Church, Nashville, Tennessee; the Rev. Richard O. Dahlke, pastor of Our Savior Lutheran Church, Gatlinburg, Tennessee; the Rev. Michael Taylor, pastor of the Good Shep herd Lutheran Church, Savan nah, Ga.; the Rev. Gerald S. Troutman, secretary of the Southeastern Synod, Atlanta, Ga., and Tom E. Nelson, lay* man, youth director of Messiah Lutheran Church, Knoxville, Tenn. The 1971 Youth Aware ness Seminar is the fourth one sponsored by the Southeastern Synod. Kendallhas new division head William F. Porter, II, a for mer executive vice president of the American Hospital Supply Cooperation, has been appoint ed group vice president and ma nager of Kendall Company's hospital products division, Ken dall president, Dr. Willard M. Bright announced today. As group vice president—pro fessional products, Mr. Porter will have responsibility for Ken dall's hospital products business as well as its pharmaceutical di vision. He succeeds John W. Hibbott who retired recently. “Kendall has a two-fold re sponsibility for the growth of its hospital products division,” Dr. Bright said, “and Bill Port er, one of the highly respected men in the industry, can help us to achieve it. The respon sibility is not only to our share holders, but also, in this parti cular business, to the nation as a whole as we work to develop and distribute products for im proved patient care.” Eugene Fred Hogan, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walker J. Ho gan of Route 2, Kinards enlist ed in the U.S. Navy on 17 June. He is a 1971 graduate of New berry High School. Hogan selected the Aviation Training Program. After com pletion of recruit training in Orlando, Florida and two weeks leave at home, he will report to Memphis, Tennessee for for mal “Class A” schooling in one of 17 rates in the aviation field. GETS SCHOLARSHIP—Eddie Lake Miller (left) of Newberry, a member of Saluda chapter of the Future Farmers of America is presented a $400 agriculture scholarship by H. M. McDonald of Hartsville, president of the S. C. Plant Food Educational Society which gave the award. Miller received the scholarship during the an nual convention of the S. C. Association of Future Farm ers of America held at Clemson University (June 8-10). Miller plans to study vocational agricultural education at Clemson. THANK YOU ... We thank you, the citizens of Newberry County, for taking the Major Step Tuesday. The Hospital Board will now move with the ut most haste in building a new Newberry County Memorial Hospital.