Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-06-07
wIN1nRoP's COMMENCEMENT


Two hundred and twenty-cight stu
,,nts were graduated from Win
,hrop college last Tuesday. night. one
hundred and seventy eight with diplo-
mas and fifty with certificates.
II was Winthrop's twenty-sixth an
nual commencement. and the general
features were about the same as the
,x.nty- five commencements that have
zone before, the baccalaureatc sermon
an sunday, the class day exercises on
Monday, and the Daisy Chain process
sion and the address before the grad
Mating class and delivery OF diplomas
and certificates on Tuesday night.
II was DIR. William Louis Poteat.
PRESIDENT of the Baptist college At
Wake Forest. y. c., who delivered the
,JJress before the graduating class.
and n wonderful address II was. HIS
general subject was the present con-
Jition of civilization in the light OF the
world war, the duty and responsibility
NJ America in relation thereto-the
trial of the church, the trial OF the
moral law, the trial OF democracy ana
the test Of American institutions. For
answer he pointed to the unanimily
With which the church had come 10
the support OF the right, with. nol
|"Christians and soldiers put Inrls, >,
,i,n soldiers" how the people OF all
,,nrts of the country had donated
hundred and seventy million dollars TO
the work OF mercy, as prosecuted Dy
,ho Red Cross, how three Liberty
Loans had been ovcrsubscribed ana
now 81 million and half American
i,oys are wearing the khaki. lie point
oJ IN the work that even the gtntiest
women of Great Britain and France
are doing on the battle fronts, every,
thinp that the male soldier Is expected
~ do except actually occupy inc
,r.nrhes and he pointed to the exhi-
hitiom of the same spirit in the wo-
,,.n of America to the same extent
that is being exhibited in Europe.
T,lr. sum and substance of the address
,ras that the greatest force IN inc
,yorld Is the moral force, and IN sple
of all that had been said of America
in the past. the events hnve proved
ihat American character mas never
shown better than now:
The Winthrop auditorium was PACK
ed to capacity during DR.. ioteat
magnificent address, ana the great 'u-
dicnce hung on his words in man
nor that Indicated the most rapt at
,.ntion hut nevertheless the splrndid
,ninis he made did not fail to provoke
applause. .o -, ,rros-
day evenings programme was inc
Daisy Chain procession. spectacular
drama that the seniors ami juniors
have been repeating on the campus
wear after year for the past hlt'Ph
,cars. and which has never before been
more beautiful or imprcSslve,
The Daisy Chain spectacle is best
seen from an elevation TINT enables inc
observer to overlook the whole scene
Marked on the campus was the outline
of n gigantic daisy with sX Sr''i'
METALS, and to Ill this outline the schi-
ors and juniors were DIVIDED ih'o SIN
groups OF y-four-twenty-lwo 81
niors and twenty-five Juniors-to rac,'
petal. The seniors wore thelr plach
rops and gowns and the juniors were
dressed i'm white. Each senior carried
a chain of daisies about three feet long
and each Junior carried large bol-
uuct of the same flower. The process
sion commenced with all the groups
facing a common ccntcr-thc Iouf-
tain-in single file, and then the march
followed the outlines of the great daisy
until every member had gone around
every petal Next the seniors ana Ju-
niors began to move in and out among
each other, each group In its own pet
al. until all had gone entirely around
after which all groups converged to the
center of the big flower, From there
the seniors turned TO the i"lt and the
juniors to the right, continuing to the
opposite end OF the petal In the form ol
an arch. Then one group fell In be-
hind another until the line became
Sircle Ist. the tip Of the petal. where
the selifSfs dga4H turned tPthe Loft
and the juniors to the right, after
which both classes formed spirals,
Then each senior took hold Of the sec
ton of chain carried hy the senior IN
front, making tho chain continuous
while the juniors in like manner
caught hands. In this attitude hoth
classes sang the "Alma Mater FOL
lowed by the Parting Song" OF tn"
seniors to the juniors. and the Pare
well" of the juniors to the seniors.
Then the leading senior gave her So
nior cap to the leading junior and as
the spirals unwOund. the seniors
gave the juriors their caps and side 10y
side barehcadcd seniors marched OIL
the ground with senior capped juniors.