The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-06-18
WOFFORD COLLEGE
THIRTY.NINE GRADUATES GIVEN
DIPLOMAS.
. CLASS OF fine BOYS

"A CLASS OF fine BOYS
Bishop Mouzon breaches Baccalau-
reate Sermon-President Snyder
Delivers Masterly Address-Rev. J.
E. White Makes a Magnificent
Grafton.
Thirty-nine young men were grad
uated from Wofford college this year.
Their degrees and diplomas were
warded Monday morning in the col
lege chapel, following mastery ad-
dress by Rev. ]. E. White, D. D., LII.
D., Pastor of the First Baptist Church
Of Atlanta, his subject being "In the
House of Our Fathers" 1t was a pa
triotic appeal to the young men Of
the South to take their places among
those directing the destinies of the
nation.
On Sunday morning the annual
baccalaureate sermon was preached
at Central Methodist church by Bish-
op E. D. Mouzon of Texas, Wofford
man and a native Of Spartanburg.
He spoke upon personal Response
bility" and delivered a message that
has left it's impression upon the COM
munity.
Sunday evening President H. N.
Snyder delivered the baccalaureate
address before the class at Bethel
Methodist Church to an immense au-
dience. Dr. Snyder took as his sub
ject, "The Measure of a Man" He
spoke upon the handling of human
materials and the mission of the col
lege in this respect. He declared that
the value Of education and training
was to cultivate the power Of dis
+ terminating the best of human intel
ligence. He touched briefly upon the
distastefulness of ragtime music,
cheap art and fiction of lighter and
baser sort, and drew the lesson Of the
falling of the man to measure up
who was guilty Of such practices.
what is best in life and achievement
is the measure of man, and it is what
comes out Of college and not what
goes in that counts" he said.
The fifty-ninth session of Wofford
college came to a close Tuesday,
when thirty-nine young men, the
class of 1913, received their diplomas
and heard the touching farewell mes
sage Of President Henry Nelson Sny-
der. In speaking his last words Off
cially to the class DR.. Snyder said:
Young men, after hearing the ad-
dress of Bishop Mouzon and Of the
address Of DR.. John E. White, is it
possible there is one Of you who does
not feel nobler, stronger, broader and
more enriched? If you do not, then
it must be that you are dumb. Recon-
secrate yourself to the future in
which you are now entered"
The speeches of the six representa-
tives of the class were we'll delivered,
the subjects were. timely, appropriate
and splendidly developed. The speak
ers in the order of which they appear
ed and their subjects follow:
G. H. Hodges, Orangeburg county,
"The College Student and Missions"
J. C. Hyer, Aiken county, "The
Young Malefactor."
J. G. Kelley, Spartanburg county,
"The Conservation of National
Health"
z. L. Madden, Laurens county,
"The Ineficiency of the Criminal
Court
H. R. Sims. orangeburg county,
"The Value of a Life"
L. J. Stillwell, Abbeville county,
Society and the Criminal"
The commencement address before
the class was delivered by the Rev.
John E. White, D. D., LII. D., Of
Atlanta, Ga. This address, sparkling
with patriotic utterances and urgent
with pleading for the men Of the
graduating class to assist in bringing
the South again into its own, was
pronounced one of the best addresses
ever delivered from the rostrum OF
Wofford Chapel.
The address on the subject Of '1n
the House of Our Fathers" was a
portrayal of the past and q glimpse
into the future, !nterspersed here and
there with thoughts that were in
spirational. The query, "Can the
South come back" was Professionally
answered and the question was left
open for the men of the class of 1913
finally to answer. The chapel was
crowded to hear Dr.. Whites splendid
address.
The degree of A. B. was then con-
ferred on the members Of the grad
uating class and each was presented
with a Bible along with his diploma.
From it's foundation nearly sixty
years ago, Wofford college has given
a Bible to her graduates when they
receive their degrees and diplomas.
The commencement exercises be-
gan on Saturday evening with the
Junior Debate. in which six young
men from the junior class took part.
After the debate the award Of medals
took place.
The delivery of the medals offered
by the Wofford College Journal was
made by Rev. A. ]. Cauthen. The
Fresh -Soph short story medal was
won by Mr. G. T. Hughes, of the
Sophomore class; the Junior-Senior
short story medal was won by Mr..
C. C. Shell, of the Junior class; the
poem medal was won by Mr.. D. L.
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