The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-06-19
INFRINGEMENT DAYS
AT THORNWELL
Interesting Series of Exercises Mark
Closing of This Noble Institution.


College and Home for Orphans was
ushered in Friday evening with the
annual declaimers contest, in which
six of the young men Of the institu-
tion competed for first honor, all do
ing remarkably we'll The contestants
for this honor were as follows:
William M. Crawford.
Enoch B. Mcintosh.
George l.. Newton.
Thurber G. Richey.
Patrick c. Lynch.
The name of the winner in this con-
test Will be announced next Tuesday
evening at the regular commencement
graduating exercises.
From all indications the commence
ment exercises at this institution this
year will be the most brilliant and
successful in it's history.
The baccalaureate sermon before the
graduating class was delivered Sunday
morning by DR.. ID. NJ. Douglas, pres-
dent of the Presbyterian College of
South Carolina, in the Thornwell Me
mortal Church, the various churches
of the city having agreed to close in
order to take part in the exercises.
Monday evening the young ladies of
the collegiate department Of the inst-
tuition will give their annual play un-
der the direction of Miss Fronde Ken
nedy. Tuesday morning the gradual
ing exercises Of the Mary Jacobs High
School will be held at which time
Rev. j. f. Jacobs will deliver the ad-
noon, the annual meeting of the board
of trustees will be held in the Nellie
Scott Library. In the evening the
commencement exercises proper will
which time Rev. ID. NJ. Fulton of Dar-
lington will deliver the literary ad-
dress before the graduates. Unusual
interest is being felt in this address
as Mr.. Fulton is an alumnus of the
institution and possesses n large cir
Gle Of friends here. Wednesday morn
ing, the annual meeting of the alumni
association will be held at which time
several important matters will come
before the association, and officers
elected for the ensuing year. We'd
nesday evening, the annual school eX-
hibition will be held in the Carolina
Chapel. This is one of the greatest
events of the year in Clinton and is
always attended by an overflowng
house.
The annual alumni banquet will be
held Thursday evening in the Mary
Jacobs School Building. An interest
ing program has been arranged for
this occasion, consisting of several
short and snappy speeches in the
forms of responses to toasts. Those
who have attended these banquets in
the past need not be told of the pal
atable menu prepared for this spread
large number of the former pupils
of the institution are expected for the
commencement exercises.
Today the Thornwcll Orphanagc
stands out prominently among the in
stitutions of it's kind in America. 1t
numbers its friends and supporters by
the thousands all over the United
States its support being confined to
no state or section of the country.
The annual expenses of this nstitu-
tion aggregate in the neighborhood of
100000 this being raised entirely by
40 ,fr, 81,
The routine life at this institution
is made very pleasant and attractive
by the cottage system. The 300 in
mates of the home are divided among
tron at the head of each home. The
boys are given n thorough training in
the technical department of the insti-
tuition, in addition to their school
mestic science, having In their charge
the cooking and housekeeping OF the
institution. The institution is contin-
ually growing arrangements now be-
new cottages in the near future. At
present more than a hundred appli-
cations are pending for admission. The
needs of the institution are manifest
by the above items.
DR. w. p. Jacobs, the founder of
the institution. is still actively at it's
head. Under his direction the institu
tion has gradually grown from one
ppttapa ond q baIf dozan cbIJror until