The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1888-06-14
SEWBERRY COLLEGE.
The Approaching Commencement and the
Men Who are to Take Part in
the Exercises.

ment season are always hailed with
pleasure in Newberry. 1t brings to-
gether many friends and former asso-
ciates. Newberry is proud of her
schools and her college, and always
endeavors to make the visitors have a
pleasant and profitable time on these
festival occasions. The approaching
commencement will be no exception to
the rule The distinguished gentle
men who are to take part in the public
exercises are strangers to many Of our
readers. In order that the readers of
The Herald and News may know
something Of them we give herewith a
brief sketch Of each.
The baccalaureate sermon to the
graduating class on Sunday morning
will be preached by
REV. R. c. HOLLAND.
He is pastor Of Il large and in1uen-
tial Lutheran congregation, at Martins
burg. w. Va. He is a native Of Nir-
ginia. and an alumnus Of Roanoke Col
lege, class of 1860. Mr.. Holland served
in the army from the outbreak OF the
war until the battle of Gettysburg, in
which he was completely disabled for
any further service. He enjoys the
distinguished honor of having been a
mcmberofPickett'sd division III the mem
orable charge at Gettysburg, and bears
in his right arm and left hand visible
marks of that terrific struggle.
In 1864 he entered upon the study OF
law, and graduated from the University
of Virginia, in 1865. After successful
practice of several years, he entered the
ministry in which he has been emf
nent!y useful and successful. He is
brother Of Rev. Geo. w. Holland, the
distinguished president of Newberry
College. He is an eloquent and earnest
pulpit orator.
The sermon on Sunday afternoon to
the graduating class Of the Theological
Seminary will be preached in the Lu-
theran church by
REV. HENRY S. WINGARD.
Rev. Henry S. Wingard is native
of Lexington County, S. c., and is a
grandson of Henry Muller, to whose
benevolence the Theological Seminary,
of South Carolina Synod, owes its pres
ent endowment fund.
After service of four years in the
Confederate army, in one of the battles
of which he was severely wounded, he
entered Newberry College and was
graduated in 1870, was ordained to the
misistry in 1872. He served congrega-
tions in Newberry County, until 1854,
when he became pastor of a church in
Springfield, Ga, where he now resides.
Mr.. Wingard is an earnest preacher,
and able Theologian. He is well and
favorably known in Ncwberry, having
been once pastor Of the Lutheran
church at this place.
The address to the young men on
Sunday night in the Opera House will
be delivered by
REV. J. T. CHALMERS.
Mr.. Chalmers is about thirty years
of age, and although so young he IS
in great demand at the commence
ments of the schools and colleges of the
State. In the last three years he has
preached baccalaureate sermons and
delivered addresses at Greenwood, Pros
pcrity, Erskine and the State Univer-
sity.
Mr.. Chalmers is a graduate of Erskine
College and Theological Seminary, and
of the Union Theological Seminary,
New York. Soon after graduating he
became pastor Of the Associate Reformed
PRESBYTERIAN church at Winnsboro, and
continues in that position, although
he has been invited to become the pas
tor of large churches both in Philadel-
phia and New York city.
Newberry may we'll feel a lively in
tcrest in this promising young man,
since his father, Rev. J. G.. Chalmers,
was born and reared in this county,
and his maternal grandfather, Rev.
Charles Strong, spent his whole minis
terial life in Newberry.
We regret very much that it is I'M
possible for Mr.. Burr James Ramage to
be present. He had been appointed to
deliver the annual address before the
Alumni Association on Tuesday morn
ing. He was a class-mate of the editor
of The Herald and News and native
Newbcrrian. His friends here will be
very much disappointed in not having
the pleasure of hearing him.
The address before the Literary So
clctleS Will NC uellFefeu ny
PROF. F. c, WOODWARD,
of Woford College. Prof. Woodward
has lately been elected professor in
the South Carolina University. He is
a very scholarly gentleman, and rare
literary treat may be expected.
"Prof. Woodward is q Firginian by
birth, and was graduated from Ran
dolph-Macon College, where he was
tutor, and gave early promise of dis
tinguishcd career. His scholarship is
thorough and fully abreast with the
latest results. In the chair Of English
he has acquired a reputation second to
none in the South.
ale is in the prime Of life. His per-
..)naI qualities are most solid and. at
tractive. He is member of the Metho-
dist Church and one of the leading lay
men Of this State"