The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-06-18

f his existence 10 hheic w ! ~
ing;es, to drift at the mercy OF pom ~; VI
Ind and billow? Shall he place, him ~ ~
elt at the mercy of time and chance "a
hot hanpen unto all, with no END dls, d
;nctivelv set before him, no thoughtful a. q:
.hoice Of means, no adopted plan OF le
fort? Every young man should starr y y
I.;th % nroner theory of life. He should y
.hate himself loose from the blandisn- /, u
ments of ease and pleasure and cllho - -
.on,e lofty mount of vision, some :
r;soah from whose summit the Wnoie
70 "a that remains to be possessed shail =
ha clearly visible to his earnest, hcnes1 =
1eya Scoruing to be hoodwinked ana /
cheated bv mere illusions he Will pene-
t-oto into the heart and reality OF MS
destiny doing impartial justice 10 the
oIa;n,s of the distant and the future, no
loss than to the near and the presenl.
Having settled the purpose OF lie, he
will come down from the mount anu
sten nrandly forth to the accomplish
ncent of that purpose, making whatever
sacrfices are necessary in ulder tha'
Success NAV crown his effort.
The man who goes to the puiplI oL
tho her or the senate and fancles tnat
without hard study ana soliu aeq;s mso-
tions that he shall be able 10 ACT eiie
lively and permanently. on the mlnus
| of men is doomed to failure. re iiiay
figure for little while with nasnlns
words and airs and be able to captiSaIe
the superficial, but his emptlnes7::, 7:, ere
long reveals itself, and going up IKE d
rocket he comes down like stlcA d
hopeless failure. ,,,-
The preacher gave numerous eNalii-
nles and illustrations to make piall,I, nis
arounent, which were apt anu 'ellin5
" It is said that upon the plain OF
Warerloo there stands great bronze
lion forged from the captured guns Ol
+bo French in 1915. The beasts 'moutn
: is omen and seems to snare through ms
teeth over the battlefield. When iast
a seen hv a certain traveller on one sp!lns
a noon-day. a bird had built its nest right
+ IN the lions mouth twic.17g the t"lgs
y ~ ~ - ;I h,.I,"uere fledglnisGS pes-
: ol tne a the very teeth of the brutal
tleo5 tter and from the very jaws of the
1lonze beast, the chirps of the swallow
seemed to twitter forth timidly the
tocsin of peace. It was the audacity of
hope. So when you hear the cry,
There are lions in the way" move on
ward with hope and courage and you
will often find that instead Of the roar
ing monarch Of the forest, some who
have gone in advance of you have taken
the weapons on the field of strife and
forged them into monument designed
to inspire courage and not to produce
dismay.
By way of application the preacher
said that self-culture was duty the
coilegeI graduate owed his alma mater,
a duty imperatively due to God. Ad
dressing the graduates he said, be faith
full to yourself, be faithful to your God
and be faithful until death.
At the morning service President
Holland announced that DR.. Holland, of
Charleston bad been expected to de-
liver the address to the students at
night but he had been unavoidably de-
tanned at home and that Rev. DR.. Owen
bad kindly consented to fill the place
and would preach at night again.
ADDRESS OF THE STUDENTS.
At the night service the large opera
house was again filled. DR.. Owen an
nounced his text to be from Lamenta-
tions 3: q, ut is good for man that
be bear the yoke in his youth"
This theme was chosen as having
special reference to the young, but
was applicable as we'll to the older and
more advanced in life. Youth is the |
promise period of human character;
the time when impulse and restraint; |
| when check and spur, when Incidence |
and effort are most largely influential
for good or evil oyer our future condi-
| ton and destiny.
There is no more interesting object Of |
contemplation than a young man when |
he is about entering active responsible !
life. The world is generally favorably
disposed toward young men.
The preacher spoke Of the Importance
of the young building up for them
selves the proper characters IN their re-
| spective communities. He said there
was principle underlying the disci--
pline Of the military life and school
THAT was broader and deeper than the
mechanical part Of the drill and the
march, and that was the idea and
principle of duty. Every young man
should take that for his watchword.
The subject was treated under three
divisions. We should bear the yoke
of industry, of temperance and sobriety |
and the yoke of Christ.
The different ideas> were enlarged
and illustrated by word painting in
very interesting and instructive man
ner. Both the morning and night |
sermons were very favorably received.
JUNIOR MEDAL CONTEST.
In no exercise of the commencement
is there more interest manifested than
in that of the annual contest for the
beautiful gold medal offered to that !
member of the junior class who shall
produce the best Grafton, regard being
had to composition and delivery. This
contest was had on Monday night and
seven young men entered for the prize.
The large hall was of course filled to its
utmost capacity. The young gentle
men all did well. In fact it was one of
the best average exhibitions ever held
in New berry.
The medal is the gift of /. Ctorney-
General Pope and Solicitor Schumpert.
The following gentlemen were ap-
pointed to decide who was the success
full contestant: Rev. S. w. Owen, Rev.
J. W. Daniel, Hon. Geo. S. Mower, J.
F. J. Caldwell, Esq, and Hon. Geo.
Johnstone. Mr. Caldwell was absent
and did not serve.
The following are the names of the
contestants and their subjects. Prayer
was offered by Rev. E. A. Wingard,
and the speakers were presented by
President Holland:
S. J. Derrick,i Lexington Young
Men: Their Influence and RESPONSE
bility.
r. L. Gunter, Aiken,-Power of En-
vironment.
S. y. Merchant, Newberry,-Supply
and Demand.
J. P. Neel, Newberry,-"It Might
Have Been"
+. B. Settler, Pomaria,-"Dixie'
J. o. Wells, Newberry,-Human In
genuity.
J. W. Wessinger, Lexington, GLORY :
of the Stars and Stripes. ,,
rTbaro u,,c b,1t ono m roSol op5 of ooyreo |