The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-11-12
ADDRESSES STUDENTS.
Of Newberry College.-Dr. Parker,
Representative Of Cecil Rhodes
=. Scholarship.

On Tuesday, November 9, in the
Chapel of Newberry College, the stu
dents and friends Of the College
were introduced to DR.. George r.
Parken, of Oxford University, Eng
land, and were made an excellent ad-
dress by him.
Being introduced by DR.. Bowers,
who said that Newberry College was
the only school that was visited by
DR.. Parken, outside of the Universe
ty at Columbia, in the State and
that it would mean so very much to
one of the Newberry College students
if he could secure one Of the Cecil
Rhodes scholarships and go abroad
for several years. DR.. Bowers also
explained that DR.. Parker was on
the committee for the awarding Of
the Cecil Rhodes scholarships.
AFTER being introduced DR.. Par
ken said it was always a great pleas
ure, and also sometimes a rather
pressing responsibility, to him to, go
before large body Of young men
and young women, and yet, he did
not know anything that made him
most desire to say the, things that
were uppermost in his mind.
This, DR.. Parken said, was the
first time he had ever gone through
the South so thoroughly, and on this
trip he has gotten more in touch
with the country, noticing particu-
larly the intense love Of the people
for all classes in the southern COM
munities. This was illustrated, he
said, when ne was at a meeting when
a young man was awarded a prize,
and in accepting it the young man
pledged himself in the strongest
terms as. being aroused by this prize
to give his life and all thought to
the good and the welfare Of the
South. And DR.. Parker says the
next and only question is how best to
do this. With all this patriotism and
unselfsh love for your country, DR..
Parken says, ''for goodness sake,
do not think that you have every
thing that is best here in your coun-
try; you haven't"
For instance, DR.. Parker said, If
you want to acquire fine taste IN
art, 60 to Italy; for refinement, go
to France; for profound study. go
to Germany; and for an all round
knowledge go to England. Try to
get all you can in your own country,
and then get all you can from these
other countries and bring the knowl-
edge back to your own country and
pour it out to some good cause.
Then DIR. Parker gave brief out
line Of Cecil Rhodes life in saying
shat he was the son of poor Eng
lish clergyman and was brought up
in a simple English rectory. He was
told by physicians that he would die
if he remained in England. After
spending some time in southern Al
rica he returned TO England and
took a degree at Oxford University
at the age of twenty-three. He lived
twenty-six years after and died when
he was forty-nine, and there IS no
man of our time who has accomplish
ed so much in twenty-six years as
was done by Mr.. Rhodes.
Among his many achievements ne
undertook the Improvement OF the
civilization of Southern Africa,
which he accomplished and added to
the British empire a country one
fourth the size of the United States,
Rodicia. Then he conceived the idea
of building a railroad through the
heart of southern Africa, which lies
500 miles north of the Zambeezee.
DR.. Parken quoted Aristotle IN
speaking of Mr.. Rhodes main
thought in the awarding Of these
scholarships, "ohat the happiness in
life is to be derived from the pursul5
of a great purpose and this, DR..
Parken said, was the keynote OF Mr..
Rhodes high aims, and great ambl-
tions for the young men, not only
Of England, but for young men from
all parts Of the country, 50 that the
English race is probably the first to
rise out of the national into the IN
ternational point of view. England
DR.. Parken reminds US, is the mother
country and the United States was
the first to be sent out from her, but
we must not think the history began
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