The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-02-03


door to DR.. Currcll in Lexington, Va.
for ten years and therefore he could,
from personal knowledge, speak of
him. He said that all Washington
and Lee was grieved last year when
the call came from South Carolina,
Give us the man whom you like best
at Washington and Lee" DR.. Stevens
also paid tribute to DR.. e. S. Joynes
and then spoke for q brief period on
the value of combining science and lit
erature. He urged college men, es-
pecially those in the science schools,
to pay attention to literary work and
to join a literary society. II have never
regretted that l was a member of the
Clarisosophic Literary society while at
Carolina said Dr. Stevens. In the
course of his address DR.. Stevens gave
personal account Of his friendship
with DR.. Currell and told of the high
all who know him.
CancellOr James II. Kirkland of
Vanderbilt university wore gown
and hood symbolic of the doctors
degree from the University of South
Carolina and was the only person at
tending the exercises who held a doc
tors degree from this institution. 1t
was conferred upon Chancellor Kirk
land at the centennial exercises in
1905. Chancellor Kirkland, a native
South Carolinian and a graduate of
the university, said that he rejoiced
to be here again. He referred to an
article he had seen in which the fear
was expressed that appropriations for
State institutions of higher education
would be cut down. Cutting down
appropriations for institutions of
learning works disaster" he said,
''and there is nothing to be gained by
it," He said that it was said of one
of Cardinals alumni that if the uni
versity never did anything more than
4
Duffie it has fully repaid the State.
But the chancellor went on to note
the following, which, he said, showed
in part that the graduates of the
University Of South Carolina have
taken prominent parts in life:
while the number of students was
never very large, the total number
of graduates from 1906 to 1851 being
LAO, there is probably no college in
America which has trained a larger
proportion Of men who became distin-
guished in the affairs of the State and
of the nation. Among these were %
governors of States, IA United States
senators, eight lieutenant governors
80 United States and Confederate
States. representatives, 33 judges and
chancellors, Is presidents Of colleges
80 professors in colleges, besides many
others who became distinguished in
church and State"
DR.. S. p. Capen, specialist in higher
education, came as bearer of greetings
from Commissioner Claxton of the
bureau Of education Of the United
States to President Currell The Uni
versity Of South Carolina, no said. was
one of the oldest state universities and
it had set the younger State universi-
ties a good example. He referred
with emphasis to the honor system
of Carolina, and said that it would be
a long time before it was forgotten
that the honor system, now prevailing
in SO many great institutions, was
first put into force ut this university
He paid q tribute to DR.. Currell and
expressed his belief that the univer-
sity was in the hands of q wise and
competent head.
COL Asbury Coward, beloved educa-
tor, was enthusiastically greeted.
When Mrs. Coward and were asked
to be present today" said Col. Cow
ard, "the exercises today were spoken
'unveir William Spencer Currell to
YOU" Col Coward said that he had
known DR.. Currell since the president
was boy and that he had watched
his distinguished career with the
keenest interest DR.. Currell's father
and Col Coward were associated to-
gether at the Kings Mountain Mill
tary academy in Yorkville. DIR. Cur
rell had classes under Col Coward,
and Col. Coward said yesterday that
he was as young man bright and
| appreciative in the class ROOM" Col.
Coward traced his career through
Washington and Lee university and
his life since then. He said that a
! member of the board of trustees of
the university wrote him for a sug-