The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1884-06-26

lrt; J. S. Wheeler-Intellect, the
Pride of Man; H. p. Counts-The
Elevation of Woman; E. O. Hentz--
Lafayette; II. F. Shealy-Foot-
prints of Nature; NJ. NJ. Kinard-
The Purpose Of Life.
When the speaking was over it
WAS announced that the committee
of award consisted Of j. D. Cap
pclman and f. T. Horn, of Charles
ion, VIM. S;oudenmire, of Mary
land, and J. F. J. Caldwell and
Jas. Y. Culbreatb, Of Newberry.
After a short absence the commit
tee returned, and Mr.. Horn pre-
sented the ne lal 10 NJ. NJ. Kinard,
with special commentator of the
effort of E O. Hentz. The decis-
ion was greeted with applause.
Mr. Kinard is a meritorious young
man, working his way forward to
the ministry, and he will wear VOL
thily the honor which marks his as
the most excellent of seven good
speeches.
Tuesday was a day without sun.
1t rained :-lmost necessarily and
comparatively few persons heard
THE ALUMNI GRAFTON.
The orator, the Rev. William Stoud-
enmire, of Oakland, Nd, of the
class of 1877, addressed his words
principally to the members Of the
Alumni Association who occupied
seats on the Stage. lie spoke Of
the sacred reciprocal re alton exist
ing between an institution of learn.
ing and it's graduates, and enforced
the important truth that the devo-
ton of each alumnus to his alma
mater should be characterized 10y
an earnest, untirirg effort to pro-
mote her prosperity and illustrate
the dignity and worth Of her schol
arsbip. 1t is a matter of regret
that the graduates Of the college
do rot attend these meetings with
greater unanimity.
ALUMNI MEETING.
A meeting Of the Alumni Asso-
citation was held Tuesday afternoon
and the following officers elected:
L. II. Aull, President; Jno. F.
Hobbs, Vice President; W. G..
Houscal, Secretary; and S. I. Ri
ser, Treasurer. The orator chosen
for 1885 is G. W. Moore, of the
class Of rs, with j. B. Wingard. Of
the class of rs, as alternate.
Tuesday night, in spite Of mud
and darkness and lowering clouds,
a large audience attended the ad-
dress of
DR.. II. Z. SHEPHERD
delivered before the Excelsior and
Phrenakosmian literary societies,
the members of which sat in body
directly in front of the stage The
distinguished speaker WAS intro
duced by Gen. Y. J. Pope. After
stating that his address was essen
italy a literary one, lie proceeded
to review The Literary History and
Influence of Lord Macaulay. He
tlaced the literary influences that
preceded and led to the incompara,
bic literature of Lord Macaulay,
from Chaucer; Spenser and others
down through the Elizabethaa age.
He said that in the influence of
Dante upon tie Tuscan dialect as
far back as the fourteenth century.
as we'll as in Spain and France is
exhibited a dialeclic development
similar to that of our mother land.
lie commended to the young men
the study of the literary field lying
between the age of Elizabeth and
the age Of Eict,ril, and asked them
to trace the influences under which
the brilliant ST le Of Macau,ay was
developed.
1t may be said that i'll al his
mental hab;tudes, Macaulay lived in
the eighteenth century. lie made
no allusion to contempolar airy Gu
thors and writer's but seems to
have lived apart from the great lit
eraIy intellectual movements OF Lis
age, and held converse with the
dead but sceptred sovercigns OF tie
eighteenth century. BY combining
this wilh the fact hat lie lived in
an age when creative power was in
the ascendcncy, and fusing the two
influences, We solve the problem
and find how a style 50 uniqno was
developed.
DEPRESSING for a moment, lie re-
buked the spilit that says so much
about the Importance of studying
our mother tongue. The very thing
that We ought not to study is our
mother tongue colloquial speech.
Paradoxical as it may seem, our
mother tongue is what we are to
overcome and eradicate. lie who
becomes mastcr of the English
language in its purity may be said
10 cease to be a master Of bis moth
er tongue. The words which spar.
kle as jewels on the finger Of Time
are not the outcome of our mother
tongue. There is constant war be
tween our mother tongue and the
English language which we should
strive 10 master-the language that
has E! own by tie creative power of
such authors rs Shakespeare.
lie mentioned. as q point lie had
never seen brought out, that no
more potent influence was brought