Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-06-23

| tiou anu hoHldES ulStluCtlfely pdlu
to imperial personality.
A distinguished Wofford graduate,
who has travelled extensively, and
who has been permitted to visit
| kings and emperors, is said to have
, remarked that he was unable to un-
| derstand why these potentates made
no more impression upon him than
| they did. His final solution was that
H. Carlisle, and that in all his trav-
els he had found nowhere a man
equal in personal character to Wof-
ford's idolized president.
A Touching Incident.
The anniversary of DR.. Carlisle's
birthday is a great occasion at Wof-
ford College and in the entire city of
| Spartanburg, the Athens Of South
| Carolina. Sometimes the celebration
| is characterized by touching Incl
dents. A few years ago one Of the
! president with token of love and
| esteem, said: "Dr. Carlisle, you
know how much the students of Wof-
ford College and the Fitting School
| of us has a place set aside in his
heart that is dedicated to you. |
need not remind you of that. My
| purpose and privilege this NOR ing
iS n nr.pcpnf tbis tnlynn
/ OF remembrance from these, your
| boys, on this, your birthday. Read
closely, Doctor, and you will find be-
meath the inscription on this cane
some unwritten words, which will
| tell you of our love and apprecia-
ton" In reply the good Doctor
said: ''lf | could make a speech un-
der such circumstances as these, you
would think less of me, and should
think less OF myself. A few days ago
while walking across the campus
recalled that sixty years ago | sad
| uated. In that cemetery lie some of
, my colleagues of the years that are
| gone. A few years at most and
shall be lying with them. In the
years to come some old Wofford boy
may visit the spot, and it may be
pull away the weeds. If he shall say
as he stands there, He always meant
| to do me good" | think | shall rest
as peacefully as if We're lying in
| Westminster Abbey"
4 l.,
casion. AS Dr.. Carlisle resumed his
seat, men md boys were weeping
tears of gratitude for the life that
meant so much to them. DR.. Henry
y. Snyder then arose and said: I'VE
are getting ready to celebrate fifty
years of history. AS we look at
what Wofford College has been, and
| is, we must admit there are many
| other institutions richer in material
equipment and endowment. But
none Of them have had DR.. Carlisle,
and in the fifty years of the great
| life that he has poured into the col
| lege we count ourselves the richest
of them all The endowment of his
lofty character and inspiring exam
pie is ours. And the faculty desire
to set aside this day that they and
the students Of the college may think
with loving gratitude and high APP
probation and deep reverence of
what this Christian scholar and
princely gentleman has been and is
to us. In doing this, we honor our
selves, not him, and We beg that he
accept this poor tribute as but an
inadequate expression of our love"
AT o'clock that afternoon more
than a hundred OF the leading bust
ness men of the city left their stores
and Offices and marched TO his resi-
dence to bear testimony of their love
and admiration. The Hon. S. J.
Simpson was spokesman, and ad-
dressing the hOnored educator, said:
"Dr. Carlisle, these, your neigh
bors and friends, learned this morn
ing that YOU to-day completed your
Seventy-ninth year, and they have
come TO extend to you their heartiest
congratulations, and to testify to the
love and esteem that they, in COM
mon with all the people of this com
| munity, of every name and age, have
for yon. For many years your name,
because of the distinguished ability,
the exalted character, the self-deny-
ing service OF others, and the Chris
tian humility that made it great, has
been an inspiration to old and young