The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-06-04
COMMENCEMENT SEASON
AT NEWBERRY COLLEGE.

interest in education? Or have they
simply lost interest in Newberry col
lege? The writer has attended almost
every commencement of the college
since it's return to tNewberry from
Walhalla, from 10 time the exercises
were held in the court house until the
building of the opera house. Never
have we seen an occasion even when
it was raining and when the weather
was hotter than it was on Sunday that
the court house Or the opera house
was not taxed to its capacity at the
Sunday exercises, to hold the people,
until this year and neither at the morn
ing service nor at the evening service
was there sufficient number of peo-
pie to occupy more than half the seats.
And all the churches were closed SO
that the members might attend the
college exercises. But they didn't
attend. And there were very few
visitors in the city. If they were here
they did not come to the opera house
where the exercises were held.
At the night service the attendance
was especially slim. DR.. Harms
stated that he expected more visitors
than usual but they had not come up
to that time.
The sermon was preached by Rev.
C. H. Bauslin. He spoke for more than
an hour hot as it was. We print a
synopsis Of the sermon. The conclus-
ion was a patriotic appeal for men
who could serve and he said that this
was a time when it was a great priv
ilege to live that there was so mucn
to be done and such an opportunity
for service not only to the country but
to the church. In 1910 the sermon
was preached to the graduating class
by Rev. D. II. Bauslin the father Of
the speaker on Sunday.
The following is an outline of the
sermon:
Putting the Squirt Into Expert.
'This one thing do" That was the
motion of the man who turned the
world upside down. No other mere
human being ever so changed history
and controlled the course of civillza-
ton as Paul, the Apostle to the Cen
tiles. The explanation. it seems 70
me, lies in the principle which con-
troIled his life. Your life will amount
to hut little to yourself and nothing to
the world unless it is controlled o5
some one great purpose. The reason
why many people never get anywhere
is because they start for nowhere. 10
help YOU to put the squirt into expert
T would suggest first of all that you
follow YOUR own bent You have one'
and probably only one. You cannot
do everything. You must choose, and
the man who really succeeds IN lie
is the man who masters one partlcu-
lar subject. Don't drift into your
speciality. Take time to think 1t over
if necessary do temporary work whl'e
vou are determining beyond douo5
what YOU are fitted best to do. Pnt
vour very best self into your work,
You will fail if you do it half hearted
w. Put reputation, a good one' INTO
vour work, but back it up by charac-
for The world places mighty mgr
nremium upon character these days
in every department Of life, even III
tbA business would the so-called moral
risk is standardized by character. BE
bonest. scorn to be deceiver. There
can he no greater satisfaction tnan
70 feel that you are absolutely genu-
inc Put the right estimate upon HE
You must not magnify too greatly the
nhvsical, nor emphasize too exclusive
" the mental. There are many ways
Of making living: there is only one
way of making life.
would remind you that you are no.
here to perform the parfunctory tasks
of the daily routine, whatever It may
be. but you are here to build a char
acter that will pass muster at the
Judgment seat Of Cod. No more canh-
ato~v Characterization Of our age
could be r,ade than to say that i Is
the age OF the almighty dollar, an"
vet 1t has been 800 true in many
quarters that success has been est
mated bv ,hst whfra car be measured
WITH th~ yar3s5.c. o weighed il :
sca!a p21. i : "a t:sh privilege O,
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