The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-09-27
OPENING NEWBERRY COLLEGE.
More Than Two Hundred Students
acknowledgements Of Wei
come.

Newberry college were held in Hol
land Hall Wednesday morning at
O'Clock. It is matter of sincere con
graduation to the friends Of New
berry college, not only in Newberry
but throughout South Carolina an'
North Carolina and Georgia, as we'll
that the college has opened under sucl
auspicicus surroundings.
Newberry college, while the proper
ty of the Lutheran church Of South
Carolina and under the control ant
direction Of that denomination, is II
no sense a sectarian institution. The
people of Newberry without regard
to the ,denominational lines feel z
lust pride in the institution and take
as much interest in it as if it were
not a Lutheran college, and really
feel and show by their actions that 1t
is their college.
The fiftieth anniversary of the col
lege was celebrated in 1906. For a
Few years, from 1869 to 1877, the col
lege was located at Walhalla, but ev-
en- during these years it remained
Newberry college. In the fall of 1877
it was relocated at Newberry and at
that time there were no buildings on
the campus and for few months
the exercises Of the college were con-
Quoted over the store Of Mr.. J. j.
Dean in the rooms now occupied by
Mr.. j. q. Salter as his photograph
gallery. By the first Of the year 1878
what is known now as Smeltzer Hall
was sufficiently completed to be oc-
cupied by the college and recitations
were taken up in that building. At
that time there were only DR.. George
w. iceland, Prof D.. Arlington,
George D. Haitiwanger and George
B. Cromer as members Of the faculty
and the enrolment was less than one
hundred. These men wdre faithful
teachers and did good work. The in
stitution has grown in material pros
perity and now the campus has three
professors houses, the Keller Memoir
ial, Holland Hall, the Psychological
building, the Gymnasium building
and a modern and up-to-date board
ing hall, which has been erected dur
ing the past year. The property is
easily worth 100000. Tae enroll
ment has also gradually grown and
Wednesday morning there were more
than two hundred and twenty-five
young men and young women matri-
culated for this school year. The IA
Guilty has also grown in number until
now there are twelve regular profess
sors besides Doctors Mayer and Hou-
seal, who lecture on Physiology and
Hygiene. They, however, can never
excel the small faculty Of 1877 in
devotion to duty and in the conscien-
tious work which they did.
1t should be mentioned that in 1877
until his death DIR. o. B. Mayer, the
father of the present DR.. Mayer, lect~
ured regularly to the student body.
The faculty at present is composed
Of Rev. James A. B. Scherer, PAD,
LII. D., president and professor Of
and Philosophy and
Ethics. DR.. Scherer is graduate Of
Roanoke college and has done post
graduate work with Pennsylvania
college and has had twelve years ex- =
oenence in teaching besides expert
,nce in the pastoral work and for ten ,
'ears as missionary Of the Lutheran
'hureh in Japan. =
Rev. Andrew J. Bowers, A. NJ, D. :
J., is professor Of Ancient Languages n
md Literature and a graduate Of :
Jewberry college and has been con- 4
lected with the faculty Of the col f
ege for nearly twenty years. g
Roy q. Thomas, A. NJ, Ph.D., is a "
ew member Of the faculty and comes :
rom Missouri. He will Eli the chair Il
Natural Science, which was occu- t,
led by Prof. Powell for fifteen s.
ears. u
Otto Patzwald, Of the Leland Stan il
ord University, Of California, has "
cen elected as professor Of English
nd Modern LANGUAGES, but was un- $,