The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-12-03
A College That is Well Equipped in Every Par
ticuEar to GiUe the Education the Boy
Should HaUe Surrounded by Chris
tain Influences. Your Boy is Safe.

president of the college, provides an
annual income for the purchase Of
new books. Many valuable historical
books and records have been presented
! to the college by various friends from
| time to time, and this collection has
now reached volume that is consid-
erable. The museum is also one of the
great attractions Of the college, it has
| been collected with great care and is
stocked with many interesting curios
and with much of great practical value
TO the student.
Four laboratories are maintained by
the college, each possessing valuable
equipment, chemical, a physical, a
biological and an electrical laboratory.
and tests and problems are worked out
in each by the students under expert
direction.
In the gymnasium competent di-
rector is employed that the students
might have the greatest benefit from
careful training for the development Of
their bodies along scientific lines.
Games and sports are encouraged, and
the teams from Newberry college have
always taken prominent place in the
intercollegiate games through this and
other states. The college owns a
splendid athletic field. Students are
regularly graded in their work in the
gymnasium, and it is requisite of col
lege life.
The students maintain among them
selves a Y. NJ G. A, which holds reg
ular meetings and services and has in
vited lecturers from time to time, and
makes it a regular assignment to meet
and care for the new students as they
arrive on the trains. There are three
literary societies in the institution,
two maintained by the young men and
one by the young women. These socie-
ties do good work in their indispens-
able line.
A glee club and an orchestra are also
maintained and afford very great
deal of pleasure to the student body
and to the people Of the community,
and frequently visit towns in the state
/ I'm which the college receives stu
dents, creating new and strong ties
between the college and the people it
serves.
The Stylus is the college magazine.
edited and published by the students,
and this magazine has several times
taken the prize in the contests ar
ranged by the South Carolina College
Press Association
The alumni of Newberry college have
always, shown a great interest in their
alma mater, and maintain an associa7
ion which has done a great deal for
the institution. Through its efforts
two buildings have been erected on the
campus, a professors house and the
g mnasium. Several hundred alumni
are regular contributors to the endow-
ment fund The annual meeting OF this
association is 1eld regularly Tuesday
of commencement week, when some
distinguished alumnus makes, an ad-
dress. During the summer a series |
of reunions are held through this state
and Georgia for alumni and students
and have been productive OF most
beneficial results and the greatest
pleasure to those wno attend.
A number of the alumni annually
offer medals for various contests in
scholarship, oratory, literary enter
prise and class work in the various de-
partments. These medals are sought
for very eagerly by the students and
are highly priced by the winners.
Newberry College has a splendid
faculty. consisting of Rev. ]. Henry