The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-05-03

advance of the counties and State.
There were few States in the United
States which had risen to the dignity
of a school system. But one nation
had a school system, and that was
Germany. He urged a system reach
ing from the highest to the lowest, in
cluding the State university and the
lowest school, with the pathway open
and clear from one to the other
In closing, he said there was sadly
needed a revival in spirituality. He
said the teaching that man has soul
was wrong. Man has no soul. Man
has body. but has no soul-man is
soul. A man can't lose his soul, be-
cause the soul is not possession.
When the soul IS lost, all is lost. Ma
terialism permeated the age, and had
taken hold upon our education and
even tainted our religion. There was
needed a revival in spirituality. There
was too much tendency to make the
school a purveyor of dollars. 1t was
a fine thing to educate a man to be
efficient, but it was a finer thing to
educate a man to be man. We need
ed to have our education permeated
with spirituality. He closes with a
fine peroration which was a plea for
this spirituality of which he spoke.
DR.. Geo. B. Cromer, who was to have
spoken of Newberry's past and future,
was unable to be present.
DR.. A. J. Bowers.
DR.. Andrew Jackson Bowers was
last upon the program, but with sub
ject which was by no means least
and he treated it in a light and witty
vein, but his talk was interspersed
with the serious, and with flashes of
eloquence and tributes of tenderness.
His subject was woman, "a potent fac
tor in the uplift Of civic life, minis
tering angel to the afflicted and dis
tressed,' and right we'll did he handle
this subject, of course. He quoted
from the great writer's of the classics
their beautiful tributes to women, but
said these men were all bachelors
they must have been, or they wouldn't
have been paying such tributes to wo-
men. He made great many local hits,
which brought forth rounds Of laugh
ter, and then the laughter was sudden
ly stilled as he paid a glowing tribute
to women as ministering angels-to
the women who serve in the hospitals
and wherever there is sorrow and
need. AS suddenly as he had become
serious, his wit and humor broke forth
again. He said that a lady had loaned
him a book few days ago, and he
had read it with great deal of inter-
est, and it was a good book in some re-
spects- He was especially struck with
one sentiment in the book, and he said
if a newspaper man present would
take it down and print it he would
have the keynote Of his speech. He
stated the sentiment, and it was prob
ably very beautiful and appropriate
it had something about approximate in
it, but the newspaper man couldn't
exactly catch whether it referred to
the effect upon woman's suffrage of
Amundsen's discovery of the South
Pole, or to the fact that pretty spring
styles usually tend to decrease inter-
est in philosophical research.
Replete with happy sayings, and
well-told jokes, but with a delightful
thread of reverence for womanhood
running through it all, DR.. Bowers ad
dress was fitting climax to the pleas
ure of the evening.
Judge Thos. S. Sease was to have
responded to a toast, but was prevent
ed by official duties from being pres
ent.
Thanks to Ladies.
On motion of Mr.. q. F. Wright ris-
ing vote of thanks was extended the
ladies of the A. R. ?. church for the
elegant supper which they had served.
The guests stood while the college SEX
tette sang, "My County, 'Tis of Thee"
accompanied by the orchestra.
BRINGS IN BODIES OF TITANIC.
Funeral Ship Mackay-Bennett Arrives
at Halifax-ScOreS Committed to