Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1919-06-11
Winthrop Graduates Number
Two Hundred and Fifty-eight.

Two Hundred and Fifty-eight.
Rock Hill, June 4.-The gath ses-
sion of Winthrop College at Rock
Hill came to close Tuesday night
when graduating exercises were held
in the college auditorium. Diplomas
and certificates were presented to
25s graduates and students pursuing
special courses. This is the largest
graduating class in the history of the
college.
The address before the graduating
class was delivered by P. P. ClaXton,
United States Commissioner of edu-
cation of Washington, D. G. Mr.. ClaX-
ton, who is an eloquent speaker, hold
ing the close attention of his audience
throughout his address, set forth
few of the present-day needs in edu-
cation. He declared that the body
should be trained as we'll as the mind
and quoted statistics showing how
the failure of such large number OF
men under draft age to qualify ply
sically for military service might have
meant the downfall of this nation
had the enemy outnumbered the
American soldiers to greater eX-
tent. While the body should be built
I'D. the muscles developed and a high
physical standard maintained in order
to successfully cope with the tasks
of life, the careful cultivation of the
mind should not be neglected, the
speaker stated. Physical training and
mental training should go hand IN
hand. Each is handicapped without
the other.
The most important thing to-day,
Mr.. Claxton declared, is the educa-
tion of the masses. The government
of this democratic country is. upheld
by the masses and its stability de-
pends upon their knowledge and abll-
ity to think clearly. Crime, he stated,
can be greatly reduced in this nation
by educating the child away from it,
and poverty, crime and unrest will
last as long as the masses are un-
educated.
The presentation of diplomas and
certificates was made by DR.. D. B.
johnson, president of the college. In
a brief address before presenting
their diplomas to the graduates DR.,
johnson reviewed the work of the
college during the past year and told
of a few of the plans for the coming
session. He stated that during this
period 22,792 country girls ard wo-
men have been enrolled in canning
clubs, poultry clubs, home demon
stration clubs and war garden clubs.
The work on the new dormitory
which was started last January is now
rapidly progressing and DR.. johnson
announced that it will be sufficiently
completed when the fall session opens
to accommodate 140 students, which
will enable the college to accommo-
date all of the high school graduates
who heretofore have been turned a
way for lack of room.
The college now has an hand $1O1,-
500 to be used in the construction of
a Y. M. C. A. building. DR.. Johnson
stated. Work on the building was not
begun last year because of the ruling
of the war industries board prohibit
mig all construction work except that
which was vitally necessary. Mr..
Rockefeller has agreed to extend the
time limit within which this building
was to have been completed under
the conditions of his gift, II months
or until September II, 1920.
The A. Markley Lee scholarship,
which is awarded. every year to the
junior who completes the work of her
class and who is judged by the facul-
ty as excelling morally, mentally and
physically, was presented last night
to Miss Marie Tedder of Dovesville.
Honorary scholarships were awarded
to three juniors, Misses Helen Bailey,
Lila Foy and Pauline Marion; four
sophomores, Misses Louise Geddings,
Ella Stout, Clara Hammond and Hell
en- Derrick; and five freshmen, Misses
Mary E. Blackman, Alice Wells, Sara
L. Foster, Anna Sullivan and Elise
Faye Ford.
Those graduating with honor were
Misses Grace Beard, Sarah Godbold,