The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1897-06-15
Commencement at NeWberry
LARGE CRt , ps ANn nor WEATHER
\ Sc son IN which Int"rcnt Never InGs-
rh" Baccain" r"mt" n rnon--AoidrosH
10 Student ,-MCdiI Cont cst.

| Hot weather and commencement
| have come. The Two seem to mako
| their annual Waits at the snmo time.
| We do not know that there IL any sprr-
| iul phys cal or scientific connection be-
| tween the two but lhcy rarely fail to
come together. However hot he wealth
| CT may he it never succeeds in freezing
| the interest in these annual commences
| mcnts. Even those OF uH who hay" nt-
| tended 'hrSc annual occasions iur many
years and who have Wrillrn rf them
and rrpo' led the speeches and looked
| upon the faces Of the young men as they
made their speeches and went out upon
The world full Of hope and buoy Mt
| with the determination Of what they
| expect to do, never lose iutrruAt
or fail to find something Of whirh
to write. Ih"'c ar" always new
| Young nrn and we catch the spirit. Of
| the boys uud feel like one ul them. It.
| is wrli That We should k'r it. serves to
renew our Youth at lru,t once II year
and il wc can keep lhis Mp w;' never "X-
| mrt to grow old.
Then it is we'll, ~ va have before re-
! mnrkrh, that Interest in whrrry Cot
leg" ahuuld never br permitted to lose
ANY OF ltN force on intensity for it is one
| of the iuStilutioustt NrWlnrrN and j.
| development. An interest ia the success
ut the tnllrGr and in it's Annual rurn
| mrnrrmcnl Is an evidence Of our life
and shows appreciation o! the spread Of
! Intelligence. Ncwbrrry is and ShOuld
| br proud OF Nrwlrrry College.
| The enrolment the past session has
| hrrn satisfactory and the rising >,,nior
rlasH will furnish ~ large graduating
| class next year uS the one this year.
| On SUNDAY, nS /" customary, all the
| rhurchr rrrlusrd and every body ami
| all tie past nH join It in he Hrr> ices Of
mmcnrcmcut. The drvo,i.nul rNrr-
ciscs were ro"duc'rd hy Rev. Prof. ".
| X. SliGh. y special rvicr Of music
| was rendered hy MrSdamrA l.. kuhrrl-
son, Nj. ~ Carlisle, :. li. Jones, NJ. \.
Carlisle, :. Is. Jones'. NJ. \. Rruwirk
ANA &. J.. 'rrMh""! "mA M,'.,;i.1 t.h
SrholtH, \. j. Towers, =. 3 Jones' and
T.. {, Jones and WAS most excellent.
THE HArVM.AUEEArE SERMON.
The hurralmurrulc sermon was
preached IN the opera house 10y the
| REV. j. {. AloHcr. ID. H., OF lickOry. \.
&C.. 1t was plajn, practical sermon,
| we'll unu Iorcibly delivered, and rrplutv
| with big chunks ul solid Wisdom aud
good advice to the young men Of the
Eranuatim% class who arc soon 10 90
upon thr active stage OF life to meet It's
stern rsponsihilitirs. II they will take
heed to the lessons 50 imprrSsivrly de-
llvrrrd 10y the speaker they will br usc-
lul 10 them all along Gfr's Journey and
mauN times will they have OCCASION to
thank him tor hnNiuT spoken to them.
Ills text was based on JamrS i:ll:
NV hat * your liir?' No synopsis of
the sermon cam do it Justice and W"
wish We had al'arr to print it in full,
Tor II would repay Il careful and
thoughtful reading.
| Graduation, lac said, Is u gladly sol
emu event in the life OF Young propl. .
1t marks Il great and solemn chan Z
FhnS tar the young gentlemen a q
had the care and direction OF par, MIS-
aud teachers, who have kiuulN guided
and encouraged, but NOW all alone vo,
must 90 nuL into lhr great world and
meet the stern responsibilities Of lite.
What Is lltv? Is Il question that has
provoked Il great deal Of Investigation
and discussion but has not yet been sat
lSlartorIlN answered and still remains
u my NStrrN. l'ut the preacher said ne
had come to discuss life in the concrete
and not in the abstract and hr wanted
to look at 1t in the lipht Of tuu'S word
and cndravor to realize Gods courrp-
lion or life as it Is and aS it ought to he.
| FIRST, then, what Is our life in respect
to It's source. 1t is not from ourselves.
We can neither give it nor maintain it.
1t is loan from God and hr will mold
! uN To strict account OF the uar we
make OF it, No greater danger hrSrl.,
lhr rIu"atrd Youth OF our land than the.
| tendency T. that r\r,,SiVr self -,lrurn-
drnr" aud "rli NullirirnrN Which Il col
| lrHihlr - 'u''aiiun too often brgris uu
o\rrw"rnlnH ""ll-ronlidrlrr whirh rN.