The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-09-22
FIFTY-FIFTH SESSION
OF NEWBERRY COLLEGE
INSTITUTION HAD FINE OPENING
on THURSDAY MORNING.
Large Enrolment-ApprOpriate Ad-
dresses of Welcome by Promi-
nent Speakers.

With a large enrolment ol etuuoiioo'
which promises to surpass the record
of any previous year, who were near
tilv welcomed by prominent gentlemen
OF the city and from abroad, NeWberrE
college on Thursday morning began
under most auspicious conditions, her
fifty-ffth annual session. "hen
President J. Henry Harms opened the
exercises in Holland hall at 9.3C
o'clock the large auditorium was fill
ed with students and former students
and friends of the institution.
The principal address Of the occa-
sion was delivered by The Hon. John
D. Cappelmann, of Charleston a tor-
mer student of the college and a mem
her Of the board of trustees.
The Rev. NJ. L. Banks, Of Central
Methodist church; the Rev. EdN. fuI'
@Anwider, of the Lutheran Church OF
the Redeemer, and Il Rev. Geo. A.
Wright, of the First Baptist church,
brought warm words Of greeting and
of welcome to the students, ola! and
new, on behalf of the churches Of New
berry. The Rev. John Long, al
alumnus of the college, AMI now PES
tor Of St. Johns church, Cabarrus, n
c.. was present and delivered an ap-
nropriate talk in which he expressed
his gratifucation in the tlne 2pen1ne
of an institution which he said mao
not a. superior upon the face OF "od's
earth, and his earnest prayer TO: ewes
greater things for the college. me
Rev. Mr.. Fulenwider, Of the co!leg"
church, said he wanted to include In
his welcome to the students an invita-
tion to each and every one Of thom IL
attend a reception at the parsonage
on Thursday evening, September 2S'
to be given by the Luther Leas"'e. All
the pastors were HAPPY i'll their re-
marks.
Vice President George 5 Mower, Of
the board of trustees, welcomed me
students, on behalf o; the board, 20
this, their time of opportunity. and to
this their time Of sunshine to tGls
time which would hold for them IL all
probability more sunshine than any
other period of their lives. !.e ex-
pressed the hope thai the students
would apply themselves diligently in
improving this -itne O.: opportunity.
He hoped that light? ar" decorum
which ought to characterize their con-
duct, and which he believed had char
acter;zed the students of EeWberry
college, might be apparent every day
of their stay during this college year.
Uphold the dignity and reputation Of
Newberry college, he urged; let no
stain come upon it; let 10 stain com?
uron yourselves. He expressed th5
hope that the students would take the
same stand which had been taken by
the students o. Ersk1ne and other in
stitutions in regard to hazing, and
that hazing would have no place at
Newberry college.
Dr.. George B. Cromer, former presi-
dent of the college, and now mem
Der of the board of trustees, in refer
ring to Mr.. Movers remarks as to
uphoIding the dignity of the college,
referred to a remark of Dr. Mitchell,
of the South Carolina university, dur
ing chapel services last session, in
which Dr.. Mitchell, referring to three
students Of his law class who had
gore to the university from Newberry
college, said: eff Newberry college
has any more men like Goggans and
and Johnstone, We would
like to have them" Dr.. Cromer urged
the virtues Of punctuality and thor
oughpess. Be punctual and be thor
ough. People sometimes overlooked
the moral value Of punctuality, he said.
His observation was that a man who
is punctual is ready for his work when
he gets there. Il was said that ad-
vice was cheap, and that you must not
keep giving the same advice, but this
was wrong; you ought to keep giving
the same advice until people take it.
He said in reading The Long Roll,
that remarkable novel by Miss Mary
Johnson, in which StoDewall Jackson
was the hero, he was Impressed with
the many times that SJonewall Jack