The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-06-08
INFRINGEMENT SEASON
AT NEWBERRY COLLEGE
Graduates Sent Forth
Good Sermons-tlne wea'n
and Everybody Feeling Good

, The commencement season at New,
berry is always an interesting ano
pleasant occasSn. Newberry PEI
nle all feel a deep and an aolollis
personai interest in Newberry col
sage They realize that it IS the
hieoest and best asset that the town
snd the community has and when
aver there is anything that concerns
tbe college it concerns in like man
nor the people of this community
and ali Of them rejoice with the cor
lege authorities at the success Oh 'iie
Ehis wear 81 graduates are sent
rth % young men and youhs
6dies COMPRISE the, class. A young
gadv takes the first honor OF the clasS
and while that has happened seVefai
+iroes it is rather unusual that a
vonne ladv should also divide the
secon6 honor of the class, but why
sbonld it not be SO, they are enoo~-
a. with the same minds as the male
and It all depends in large measure
upon the use to which we put oul
natural endowments as to the success
10 which we shall attain IN any Hne
of human endavor. 49,, eor
Tbe weather has been ideal TOT
this commencement season. Inc rams
IF Fridav evening and Saturday
,,,ornino settled the awful dust that
We had and cooled the atmosphere
and made Sunday most delgnIIul
- +1,o axercises at the opera
boi,se where the services We're helo;
The house was filed to capacity anu
the sermon was reached by the hSV. asl
& Il Blomgren of Charleston. me
Jeo otionals were conducted by the
Rev. Edw. Fulenwider OF the LuIh-
aran church in Newberry, prayer be-
;no offered by the Rev! }: >. Long
nf Little Mountain. A select cholr
rardared most excellent music.
Dr Blomgren based his remarks
from, two texts one from the Old
Testament, ''The Fear of the Lord y IS
the Beginning of Wisdom, ana the
other from The New Testament,
<.Seek Ye First the Kingdom OF 1oa
and His Righteousness" He sara
the country was facing very serious
crisis though, it was making grea'
strides and. spending billions OF dol
lars on educ alton and come sooner
or later to disaster unless the peo-
nIe accept and cultivate and practice
more the religion of Jesus Christ;
SThe sermon was carefully prepareee
And evidenced thought and study o.
the subject.
The address at the evening service
at the opera house was before the I.
NJ. U A. of the college and was de.
Nyered by the Rev. R. R. Sewers OF
Irrao. It was a plain and simple SER
mon and strong in it's simplicity ani.
: forcefully delivered, the earnestness
with which the message was present
d giving it power. Mr.. Sewers bas.
d his remarks upon the example OF
Christ and held that example up Pc
Yfore the young men as the Ideal lie
and the only life worth while.
Some of the component parts
which go to make up this life as told
in strong and forceful words by the
preacher were goodness, which is
more than greatness; honesty in deal
ing with your fellows and with your
= self and your God; temperance, total
abstinence from the use of strong
drink as the only safe rule to follow;
Justice in all your operations, justice
to yorr fellows and justice to your
self; fortitude or courage to do the
right regardless of the taunts or
jeers of the world; and yet you may
have all of these and if you have not
faith in Christ and accept him as
YOUR ideal and your example they
will fail you in the attainment of the
ideal life, the only life worth while.
Morality and honesty and justice and
temperance and fortitude or courage
will not save you and will not de-
velop in you the ideal life to which
the preacher directed the young men.
In this day especially was there de-
mand for just such virtues in the life
of those who are coming on the stage
as the speaker lad set forth as con-
stituting the ideal life.
The sophomore contest in decla-
nation was held at the college in
r Holland hall on Monday morning.
The judges decided in favor of
z. L. Settler snd the presentation
was made byJ. Goggans of Dallas,
Texas.
The medal contest by the members
of the junior class will be held in the
opera house tonight (Tuesday) be-
ginning promptly at $50 o'clock:
The commencement proper will be
held this, Tuesday, morning at the
opera house beginning promptly at
10 o'clock.
At / o'clock the alumni dinner by
the Newberry College club will be
served in the old court house and the
address to the alumni will be de-
livered by J. L. Goggans of Dallas
Texas.