The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1880-06-30
NEWBERRI COLLEGE COMMENCEMENT

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pearance of this gentleman before the
people, and each time he fully sustained
himself rs q clear, deep thinker and
finished scholar. The degree Of ID. d.
conferred upon him by the Trustees Of
the College WAS Il just and merited tri-
butte to his eminent abilities and schol-
arship. The distinguished divine no
doubt appreciates this compliment; for
Newberry College is not over fond of
giving titles, this being the first for the
past five years; so that i degree from
this College means something.
Tuesday night Gen. B. II. Rutlcdge,
of Charleston, delivered the Annual
Address before the Literary Societies.
His subject was the kind of men needed
for the times. The address was very
line one. 1t IS impossible to give any
thing like a just synopsis, but we hope
in short time TO give it to our readers
in full, if we can secure 4 copy.
COMMENCEMENT DAY.
Long before the hour fixed for be-
ginning the exercises of the day the
Court House was comfortably full: but
the crowd kept surging in, and the gen.
tlemanly ushers did their best to seat
everybody. All the ladies got seats,
but only comparatively few of the Stern
er SEX.
After prayer and music the President
introduced Mr.. Burr J. Ramage, Jr., Of
Newberry, who delivered the Salutato-
~ address, in the English language, in
stead of in Latin-the usual way. The
President stated that the audience would
no doubt prefer to hear speech in a
known tongue; and he was correct. for
the address was of so excellent. char
acter that to have delivered it in Latin
would have been to deprive the audience
of a very great pleasure. 1t was care
fully and ably composed, and its deliv-
cry very good. Mr.. Ramage has the
style of thought and manner for an et-
fective speaker-frank, straightforward
and manly he capti7ates his audience.
He entertains both by what he says and
bv the manner in which he says it.
Mr.. j. W. S. Sheppard, Of Helena,
the next speaker, advocated the idea Of
Every man in his place.; his effort
being to prove that every man is spe-
cially fitted for a special calling, and
should take that for which he is fitted,
whether it be high calling or IN hum
bic one; that it is better to fill an hum
bic position creditably than to attempt
unsuccessfully to fill an exalted one;
better be Napoleon boot-black or an
Alexander chimney-sweep, than BRAIN
less, briefess barrister, who, like Ne
cessity, knows no law.
Among the Rocks" sounds like an
exceedingly dry subject, but it was any
thing else il. the hands of Mr.. E. H.
Aull. His speech WAS highly entertain
ing; he showed not only a technical,
bookish familiarity with his subject, but
succeeded in making it attractive and
entertaining to the audience. With a
lively imagination, ready tongue and
q pleasing address Mr.. Aull promises
to make an orator.
Mr.. NJ. D. J.. Kreps, of Graniteville,
spoke Of The World Of God within
u.s." His style lacks animation; but
his delivery is distinct and his ideas
good, though too abuudantly clothed
for perspicuity.
The next speaker, Mr.. Jno. B. Jones,
of fNevberry, chose for his subject, "l'he
Importance of Failure" His argument
was that man learns chiefly by obscr7a-
ton and reflection; by the former he
notes the failures and by reflection he
ascertains their causes, which enables
him to avoid these causes in the future.
He who has not met with failures and
reverses is liable to self-complacency;
but failure teaches him his weakness
and incites to thoroughness. It calls
out latent energies which might other
wise remain hidden and unknown. In
illustration of his position he gave many
instances of men whose first attempt
was failure and who afterwards rose
to distinction.
Mr.. B. B. Ramage's subject was The
Power of Resolution very good
speech his language was clear and for
chile, with no circumlocution. A char
acteristic of this speaker, as also Of his
elder brother, is his explicit and appro-
pirate language, saying just the words
that most clearly convey his meaning.
After this speech came the
AWARDING OF MEDALS;
one of the pleasantest features of the
day. The Mathematical Medal, which
was offered by Trustees Leaphart and
Haltiwanger for the best stand in Math-
ematics in. the Freshman Glass, was
presented by Prof: C. W. Welch to Jno.
L. Long, of Newberry County. Special
mention was made of w. d. Sem, +.
O. Counts and w. W. Berly.
The Sophomore Medal for Greek, Of
fered by Messrs. 7. J. Pope and I. W.
Holloway, was presented by Rev. j. B.
Reimensnyder to James NJ. Kibler, Of