The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-09-17
NEWBERRY COLLEGE
HAS AUSPEClOUS OPENING
THE LARGEST FRESHMAN CLASS
IN HISTORY 0 FCOLLEGE.
Formal Opening Thursday Morning
Warm Greetings From Pastors
and Others.

The formal opening OF Lne oStu ses-
sion of Newberry college was held in
Holland hall on Thursday morning.
The large auditorium was filled with
students and friends of the college
from the city.
1t is a great time for Newberry be-
cause Newberry college is peculiarly
the pride of the people of Newberry
ard all interests are always glad when
the time comes to bring the boys back
among us.
Good feeling and good cheer per-
vaded the college and on the campus
on Thursday and the streets present a
different appearance. AS one of the
speakers said, the people of the town
as well as the authorities at the col
lege and the old folks at home, are ex-
pecting great things of the students,
and it is hoped none of these expecta-
tions will meet with disappointment.
DR.. Harms, president of the college,
presided at the opening exercises in
f. Holland hall on Thursday and there
was no difficulty in concluding that he
was happy over the auspicious open
ing of the college.
AS has been the custom for many
Of ho n q
town were r sent and the pastors Of
the town, by invitation, to extend the
welcome of the city and the churches
to the student body on their return
to books.
Mayor q. F. Wright was first pre-
scented and he said he would turn the
town over to the students, for they
would take it any way, but, he said
to the students, if you do take it, be
careful where you take it. He was al
ways glad to welcome the students
to Newberry. 1t make the town lively
to have them. He though the New
berry college boys were always good.
He said we had chief of police and
a few policemen, but they were chiefly
ornaments and were kept on account
of their good looks, as the town had
very little use otherwise. He said he
brought Chief Duncan along with him
to extend the welcome of the town and
to prove what he had said about the
good 1oogs of the force
DR.. Harms said that it had always
been the custom of the college to have
the greetings of the pastors of the
town. and he introduced the first
speaker, Rev. F. E. Dibble of the Meth
odist church. MIR. Dibble said it was
a great pleasure for him to extend the
welcome of himself and the Methodist
folk of the town to the students. Be-
fore he came here, he said, he had the
idea that Newberry was Lutheran
college, but since coming he had found
it was peculiarly a Newberry college,
and that all interests took pride in
the institution. He said it was Won
derful thing to belong to the highest
aristocracy the world knows, the aris-
tocracy of learning The more We
studied the more we found out the
little we knew. DR.. Carlisle, the noted
president of Wofford college, told Mr..
Dibble's class as they were leaving the
college if they had learned in the four
years of their college course that they
did not know anything they had made
good progress. He would be glad to
see the students at the Methoist church.
No one needed religion more than the
student. 1t is good balance and only
as the student has that balance can he
make a we'll rounded man.
Rev. ]. w. Carson of the A. R. P.
church was next introduced. He said
that he appreciated the invitation to be
present. He said he felt like the stu
dents represented a part of the work
of the city. He was present not so
much as the representative Of the
church to which he belonged, but as
one interested in the Christian work
of the town. He said this was a new
age in which we lived and the young
people must get the spirit OF the age
if they wanted to do things. He knew
some business firms that had gone ou+
of business because they didn't inter
pret Alright the spirit of the age in
which they were living. There are
great problems to be solved and you
are here preparing to meet those prob
lens and help in their solution. Char
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