The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1893-07-13
no. 43.
ONE OF OUR BOYS,
'Ht BRILLIANT CAREER or WILLIAM
REYNOLDS BEGG.

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!, SPAETANBUHG, :. G., Jnlv 3-roo
Herald of yesterday published a NOR
TRAIT OF William R'ynol Is Bagg, the
Spirtanburg boy who has just di ,t,n.
guished himself at Yale by bre.king
the record or that institution. The
Herald comments as follows:
William RtynolIs BAgg IS a Spartan.
o"lg boy, and while We mentioned
SOM days ago that he hal won first
nohor at \ ale, the olli tial figures inst
out snow that he broke all records ever
r,tue III LhlS county in scholarship.
llerr Is what the Palladium has to sav.
"Ihe class Of 93 may well bn nrnnI
OF having for its valedictOrlan such =
man as William Reynolds Bagp. Sta.
tlStlcS as well a5 popular benof pJinr
TO mn as the brightest man who ever
studied beneath the elms Of Yale lie
mas broken all records of scholarship
ever III tde III the history of this great
| institution, including the recOr Of
Dean Wright, which fas stoo as an il
lllStrlou3 example for exactly a uuar-
Ter OF century. Best Of all, to Obtain
>uch wonderful average, he has not
been obliged to grind" rs most vale
dlctorlan5 do, to obtain an ordinary
llrSC place, bnt has forged ahead
'.n'''rS,, r',i"SI 'o Wnndsriul brllilhncy and
conprelr iS'v ven 'SS Of his Intellect"
rms Is hlGh prui'. hut it is not the
! Battery of frlr!iiS, o. the tr,bute of
| impartial critics. To the pDo. b,y who
o's'n ms cCl!rTc career through the
o,',',r,,,i ~ iI: -. l. converse, and
'"ilf'ete' IL ny MS own eliDrtS.
| III the catalogue Of Yale. younp
nrE| Is rr'u''rd u llendersonville, be
r'II, ",h.r "''rm ne went TO college his
,r, ~, ,,.',. n'"n'n rv .o North Carolina, but
Nv WIS poIh AMI reared at Glendale,
,r''.uiit Eood portion oi the few
nUt' n,'I Ir,,.'.' n,.".' ne went North III this city
'ni nI ION. lie Is IL Npartanburg boy
''W Nv - " ",'l"''rS Is proud of him.
;N' proud "l what ne has
,T,iI,,n,,,,i. pro"a OF that dlsinterested
f,rn,id',+r2 "n,ch prompted the
h,',, ,''u,'' 81 'ltnhale factory TO start
= @ r''i pil .'H nlEh"aY OF fame, but
pr"uurr sun that although from his
',,oao a."'ioc III Ille preparatory school it
'r "rCrtro cNiuenC IllaI he was possess ID
t,,, ~ u''ih'S sehl'S' he never hest
nwn l,hnr1 a,, ,'i"t WIS dlu ny ms
tnr ,"""'' y, supported himself at Yale
Er,n ~ thn ~ ,Ia,Si n,si,. ,,.ur
nav, ,'',i i .,'c - tiiy all alum published
,.Inss "r ',r, rt'',s VI tne etdinttlon OF the
E,,, ~, '''' W. cNIiact inc lolloWlng:
, w,,,rh. |";t' y ave Nc'r5 ago IL. L.
, ~, - Nv" N''h "l ale c)l.
~ "'' Nri WIN an aver ~" sand.
! fnT1 hi. ',.C w. Il p'71'o!c iF' rMn'"
hrnlrn .,iI yi", . "'i ~. lnlS III tFk
nr =, na,',,' ,,E' ,oo ,, US dnu lol Il TAR
rverv VIA vaI,d;o =; ,i's oseh the ann OF
aonro,rhnd II ,,,,t ~; I"' inn. Mahy nave
hlvn ra,rhni !, o|i ,i an 'liaC Time none
cord '''' "''ue Il lie" re-
| Last uj.rht howo,.o.;
ed lha, William R,vnnIG, ~ TaS n ahh0Inc'
drrsonviIln v - Si'oIoA I neEs ol Zen
| W iiShI SitaI ltcorl 10y two points,
IS wmnTorrnI v,rETI pr,'is '.3 "ni OF ~? Thls
rrirnds n''II,," n,I ha"ad ~, ,' ,lrcpru' whlch his
io nxnnct .t'" ,i1pcu iTi' p'it hardy dared
wnnd,rI ~ 'h,I'y ,'nTI,J'Srl ~, rley kne" his
that th,s rriii ,,'' - llIIle douot
manv 'l, nnro "'.' va,rS S'''ii 'nr record for
north 70 stunv 1N''' and M,. IT, hasS was sent
Jnrt fnrI iI,,,S ''it ne went TO the
hn