The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-08-06
CLEMSON COLLEGE.

The cornerstone Of Clemson College
was laid last week with imposing cere
monies. Speeches were made by Gov
crnor Tillmar, Mai. G. Lamb Buist, Of
Charleston, and Col. L. L. Polk, presi
dent of the National Alliance. At the
same time professors, or a part of them
Were elected.
The Herald and News does not claim
any credit in the work of helping tc
have the college established, but since
the people have had it established, and
it is to go into operation, none of its
friends desire more for it to be a success
than we do, and none will be more
willing to contribute to that end than
We will.
In the selection of teachers the trus,
tees have drawn largely from the ranks
of our own people. It isa matter of graf
ifcation that Newberry has Jared SC
well in the matter Of furnishing men fol
the faculty. But the trustees could not
have done better, and possibly not as
well, by going elsewhere. The three
Newberry men who are in the faculty
are we'll equipped for their various po-
sitions and no better selections could
have been made.
Professor G. w. Welch, who has been
elected TO the chair Of physics, is na
tive Newberrian and graduate OF
Newberry College with first honor, IL
the class of 1879. Immediately after
his graduation lie began teaching at
Prosperity, and soon built up -four
ishiDg high school at that place. Then,
for some three years, he filled very &C.
ceptably the chair of mathematics in
Newberry College. About three years
ago he received flattering offers in
Texas, and, resigning his place in the
College, he went to Texas, where he
has been successful as teacher. AT
present he holds the position of princi-
pal of one of the high schools in Hous-
ton, Texas. Pro-. Welch is well fitted
for the position to which he has been
chosen and from an intimate acquaint-
ance for the past fourteen years the
writer feels safe in saying that no bet
: ter selection could have been made.
Mr.. WINS. Welch, who has been
elected to the position of drawing, is
also a Newberrian and son Of DR.. S.
G. Welch, of Helena, and has talent
to marked degree in his chosen line.
He is at present in Paris.
Lieut.. E. A. Darlington is son of
the late Gen. a. C. Darlington, of this
county, and has won for himself a
name as a soldier which is national.
For daring, gallantry and soldierly
bearing he has no superior in the army.
1t will be remembered that he was re-
Gently wounded in the arm in a fight
with the Indians at Wounded Knee,
-anG has been home on a furlough.
In the matter of furnishing material
for the faculty, Newberrry has done
we'll. But in another line of work at
Clemson, Newberry has done her part
through one of her representatives.
Governor Tillman m his address at the
cornerstone laying. after having emu
merated and pictured the great advan-
tages that the college would be to all
classes in all parts CT the State, said:
"Recalling all these things, which
have reviewed but very briefly, and
feeling as you all do the certain future
Of Clemson College, I think you will
pardon me if say to you that the debt
of gratitude you owe to the trustees of
Clemson College will never be fully
appreciated. Some of them live near
here and are we'll Known to you. For
their work they have all received no
pay but their expenses.
l think it is due to them to say, in
order that it may go out, to whom you
are indebted for the business methods
pursued here, and through whom you
will have college a. one-half or two
thirds of the cost of supervision. Their
. names are Col. Simpson, Col. Norris
and Messrs- Bowen, Orr and Johnstone.
The other trustees have come here
when we We're called upon to devise
what steps would advance the affairs of
the College, but the work, the wheel
horse work, has been done by those five
gentlemen"
It will be observed that in this COM
mittee of the trustees, who have borne
the heat and burden Of the day, is Mr..
Alan Johnstone, of Newberry. He has
spent much time and labor in the per-
formance Of his duties on this commit
tee, and to him as much asany one else
is due the success achieved by this conf
mittee.
Newberry, it is said, has twenty
eight applications for admission to the
college.
Now let everybody go to work to
make this institution grand success.
It is established-the State is spending
q lot of money on it. 1t should be re-
moved from politics and made a
grand agricultural college. The scheme
should be given fair test, and we trust
the result will be that the college is ]
great and grand success.
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