The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-09-24

we KNOW LIE lives III thOo, oiAu 80.
, And there We find him worth1er TO oe
loved"
Mr.. C. H. Ballentine said:
"On an occasion like this we 1eel
more like silence ard meditation than
speaking. But Newberry college ooes
well to honor the memory OF man
like this.
"Since I have been student at
Newberry. / have known no student
that was more universally loved than
Bachman Smeltzer And there was a
reason: Not only because OF his noble
ancestor. the sainted Rev. DR.. Smeltz-
or not only because of his ability as
a student, not only because of his rec
ord as an athlete but because OF MS
fine. manly disposition, because of the
high ideals for which he stood, because
of the honesty, purity and unselhsh-
ness which was so characteristic OF
him, because of his loyalty and unset
fish devotion, to his friends and MS
college
Though it is hard for rs to under
stand this dispensation of an All-Wlse
Providence in removing this, our
friend, at what seemed to be the be-
ginning of most promising career,
vet those of us who knew him best
hrealize most that ne lived not in vain,
III Tor the impress Of this pure, clean,
yhristian life upon US will ever stano
Out before US as shining lgnt, as al
inspiration in the building OF that
Higher, nobler, Christian character and
we feel that we can best honor MS
memory by following his noble exam
ple.'
Mr.. Jesse BallentiR& said:
However we'll our departed brother
might have been known in other de-
partments of his college life, there
was one department in which many OF
YOU did not have the pleasure to Know
him as I did. This was in the Prhena-
BOSNIAN literary society. In that spe-
cial department we had access to the
study of that noble character. In the
three years of my connection with hlm
in that body there was nothing N MS
conduct that was not most becoming
for that of a Christian gentleman. he
soon won the confidence of that en-
tire body, who gave him due honor for
hagServices and example, having Sc
lected him as a representative OF the
society on the debating team in
march. and at later time having hon
ored him by the presidency of the so
ciety. Yet all this did not repay for
his bright example and his untlrlng
efforts to raise our society work upon
higher and a nobler plane. So then'
we of the Phrenakosmian society are
indebted to the college for furnishing
to us a man OF such sterling quallues:
We owe something to the memory OF
this departed brother. His death has
been a great shock to that body, espe-
ecially so because it was his intention
tn be connected with it in this comlnE
college year. But his chair has besn
vacated and can not be filled Inc
society will miss his sound judgment
which was always backed by clean
morals, honesty and uprlghtness. his
society interest did not die with MS
graduation; just a few weeks before
his death l received letter from him
speaking of society and plans OF this
year in that work.
There was characteristic mani
tested in the life of this young man
which has impressed all who knew
him. cleanliness. Cleanliness in all
the phases of college life. On the attn
letic field he never stopped to any
thing low and degrading. We know
that the temptation to foul play is es-
pecially great in this field. In MS
daily walk he did nothing of which ne
should have been ashamed. He was
indeed a pure young man.
"To know. this young man was to
love him. This seemed to be rule
throughout his entire circle of friends.
One never realized the great number
of people who knew him until the
news of his death was rumored abroad.
In this city all were his friends.
Through his four years of training
here he had learned to know most OF
the people. and they had all become
attached to this noble young man.
Their attachment to him was express
ed materially by a beautiful tribute
paid him on the day of his burial. The
city of Co!umbias the city of NeWoerry
and Newberry college have suffered
a great loss in his death.
1t was tender hour for the stud
ents, and all of them with sad earn
ochoo5 ho continents of love