The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-09-27

excel. but let all put forth every ef
fort 10 measure we'll up to the aver
age. He said: The name Of Your
fathers is in your keeping here. {:
name that countless ancestors lived
and died for when need arise. Here
it is in your keeping. Can you al
ford to let any stain come upon it?
You have a duty to yourselves, t.
your parents, to your family name, to
the alumni OF the college, and to the
institution itself. You have no right
to bring anything OF shame or of dis
credit upon your college.
The College.
Newberry college opened this fall
with the largest enrolment of new
students in her history. In fact, the
professors who have been longest iden-
tilted with the life of the institution
say that taking all in all this is the
most successful opening the college
has ever known. These are facts
in which the community and the
country at large should feel deep in
terest and satisfaction: for the impor-
tance OF Christian education can
scarcely be exaggerated. Newberry
college stands for Christian education
in the largest and best sense of the
term, founded primarily for the pur-
pose of grounding young men in gen
eral culture in order that they might
be prepared for the Christian minis
try. The college soon broadened out
in it's scheme of influence, until today,
it's object is to train men for the pew
as we'll as for the pulpit,-in other
words, to train up a body of sound
Christian citizenship. All the branch
es of full. classical and scientific
courses are taught here but every
study is viewed as humanity and a
spirit of service is inculcated. That
Newberry college has been achieving
her aim is proved by the large num-
bers of ner graduates who now fiji
successful positions in various pro-
fcssions and in all grades Of useful
service. Her alumni are scattered
from New York to Mexico, and the
college is becoming better known
every year. Within the last few
years young ladies have been ad-
mitted to the regular departments but
with no concessions made to them in
the way of feminine specialties. Art
and music are not taught in the COLI
lege but the young ladies have the
privilege of pursuing regular un-
modifying courses leading to the var
ious degrees. This movement has
been greeted with wide favor and
would have much larger growth it
the authorities were willing to adopt
co-education as a regular scheme.
AS it is, about thirty young ladies will
pursue their courses here this year
and under more comfortable condl-
tons than hitherto prevailed.
Besides, the new lecture rooms IN
Holland Hall, they have been provld-
ed with apartments in Smetzler Hall
for use as waiting rooms and study
rooms during study hours. Other
improvements in Smetzler Hall in
clude sanitary plumbing, and equip
ment of shower baths for the use Of
the young men. Through the cour-
tesy of Mr.. L. B. Dozier. Of Colum-
bia, hot water attachment has just
been added to these baths so that
the equipment is everything that
could be desired.
Electric lights are now being in
stalled in Holland Hall and the Ii
brary societies have adopted meas
ures for furnishing their new and
Stlmptuous.
By general consent the new build
ing is regarded as one OF the hand
soonest and most substantial struc-
lures in the south. Kellar Hall will
hereafter be devoted still more espec-
ially to the service of science. The
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