The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-06-12
Il LARGE CLASS
AW WARDED DIPLOMAS.
Medal lCOnteStS-Alumni AddreSS-Literary
Address Commencement Day
Exercises.
SUCCESSFUL COMMENCEMENT DRAWS
TO A>CLOSE.

Exercises.
The annual commencement of New
berry College was brought to a close
with the commencement day exercises
on Wednesday morning, when four young
NWomen and nineteen young men received
their diplomas.
From every standpoint the commen-
cement season has been success, and
the friends of the college have been in
spired to removed activity and greater
efforts in her behalf. The action of the
Alumni Association practically assuring
the erection of the long-needed gymnas-
ium at an early date, the establishment
of a scholarship by the large gradua-
ltion class, the fact that the erection of
Ahe new building for recitation rooms
Eand society halls is assured all these
$acts, and many more evidences of new
nfe, have made the annual commence
ment just passed an event of great
moment in the history of the institu-
ton.
The city was full of visitors, and very
large audiences attended all the exer-
cises.
Commencement Day.
: The second largest graduation class
in the history of the college, twenty
= three young people just commencing
the active duties of the larger life,
strong in hope for che future, eager to
put their four years of training to the
test in the big world without, greeted
the large audience which assembled in
the opera house on Wednesday morning.
Eight members of the class had been
selected to deliver orations. These,
with their subjects, were:
M. E. Abrams, Whitmire, "When the
World Grows Old"
j. w. Ballentine, Leesvlle, "Chris-
tian Character.
G. C. Merchant, Jalapa, "The Bubble
Reputation.
A. V. Roesel, Augusta, Ca, "The
Decay of Superstition.
j. H. Shealy, Little Mountain, "Obli-
cations of Educated Men,"
G. P. Voigt, Wilmington, N. c., "The
Confidence Of Ignorance.
B. II. Wise. Plains, Ga, ''The Bor
derland."
R. H. Wise, Plains, Ga, "What's
Resisted"
There was no valedictory, three men,
bers of the class having been awarded
the honors without distinction: Messrs.
G. c.. Merchant, M. E. Abrams, and
G. P. Voigt.
At the conclusion of the very credit
able orations, the degrees were con-
ferred by President Geo. B. Cromer as
follows
The degree Of Bachelor of Arts upon
j. w. Balentine, Leesville; l.. A. Black,
Wyse's Ferry; F. G. Crout, Leesville;
D. S. Haltiwanger, Ballentine; G. C.
Merchant, Jalapa; l. c. Sease, Pros
perity; j. H. Shealy, Little Mountain;
G. p. Voigt, Wilmington, N. c.; J. V.
E. Wiles, Lone Star; A. B. Wise, Pros
perity; B. II. Wise, Plains, Ga; r. H.
w lSc, ldlIlS, VA.
The degree of Bachelor of Science
upon NJ. E. Abrams, Whitmire; D. A.
Epting, Pine Ridge; P. F. Glider, New,
berry; Conrad Hartz, Ehrhardt; A. V.
Roesel, Augusta, Ga; G. C. Switten.
berg, Jalapa; Miss Eva league, New,
berry.
Tb<, of h,
upon Miss Marguerite Cromer, New
berry; Miss Vera G. Houseal, New
berry, Miss H. Elizabeth Schumpert
Newberry.
The degree of Master of Arts wa:
conferred upon Mr. j. M. Johnson, o.
the class of 1902
DR.. Cromer in addressing the grad
uating class after comforting the de
grees, said, inter ALA: "You are going
out now with your blood tingling ant
bounding in your veins. But tomorrow
these flowers will have wthered, an,
in few days you will begin to fin'
that not all the old fogies are old fogies
that not all the young blood and tn
vigorous blood, not all the absence 0
old fogyism is to be found in the under
graduates Of a college. You will fin
that there is dusty way. BY the way
observe that your class motto is, IN
palm without dust" And yet we so
our best handkerchiefs hicking tn
dust from our patent-leather shoes
Find out as soon as you can find out tn
thing that you ought to do next, an
when you have determined what yo
ought to do next, do it. The end G
education is moral efficiency. Life afte
all is made up of relationship and adal
tation, finding out our place and pu
ting ourselves in that place, doing faitl
fully the work we are called to do.
'In sundering these ties today, W