The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-06-11
COMMENCEMENT CLOSES
ar NEWBERRY COLLEGE

o,s Among the Most Delightful in
History Of Collge-College Spirit
Runs High.
Y One among the most delightful
oonnoencements at Newberry college
cema TO a close on Tuesday. AS Coi
John F. Hobbs remarked on SUNDAY
TO the baccalaureate speaker u was rs, d
1890 Model" in many respects, Inc
sermons on Sunday were fine ana no3
4oo long drawn out, but of the mooel
which made the listeners sorry "hei!
:+ha sneakers ceased. They We're OF
y hioh order of merit as we'll as br!e1.
Dr.. Blomgren made most 1aVorapie s
;n,nression and many were the com,
pliments passed on the thousn- eHa eneat @io
Scholarship evidenced by the speaa+ N
. er. and the address by Mr.; Sewers d, a.
NIGHT was gem and dellVeenr,ea III
stTonp and vigorous style. Ihe mu-
s;c hv the choir was good and gave
-leasure in the listening to the sweet
voices. In fact it was a model com
r,,ancament season from beginning to
J. and whether of the 1920 variety or
not The commencement itself was
moi TOO long so as to tire the most as
we'll as the visitor, and everything
left pleasant taste all around;
The graduating exercises on loes1
aav were brief and excellent. NoC
ZOO MANY speeches though the class
was among the largest ever gong 0uI
froyo the college. There was no salu-
tatory and only five of the % grad
uates spoke. ,,:
W. H. Derrick of Little Mountain
smoke on "Unrest." ="
]. c. oxner of Kinards on "Amerl'
canization.' -,
A. R. Boring of Florida on
ssBonus?'' ~,
sThat Same Red Pottage:' ms was was
the same speech that Mr.. Vlgodsky,
smoke at Greenwood in the oratorlcA
contest and with which he won the
medal. We heard gentleman say
that he had been attending com
mencements for many years ana that
it was the best commencement speech
he had ever listened to. ~.
Miss Haskell Wright of GreenVille
woke the valedictory and unlike
raost commencement addresses oy
--o,,no ladies' she did not handle any
Manuscript but spoke without
notes" ~, a,od
After the addresses by the grad
yates the medals were aWaroeu 90, a.
follows: First honor medal was oy WIN
bv Miss Haskell Wright OF Green- cen.
vile. The philosophy meaal :s.1s Mds
won bv ". H. Derrick OF LlIele N
Maintain. The freshman medal 1or
Scbolarship was won by Z. =. per
S;ct If Leesville and T. D. Rast OF
nraogeburg, the two having tled anu anu
20 g,adals were given. The essay
medal was won by Miss Helen anta ~
hkrt of Newberry and the 2rsSeTsn 49,,
.tion of this medal was by II. ~ lohl
,nraher of st. Matthews. Inc .:Tn Suu, =
- tbe ESSAY for this year was' ih0
P,,hiic in No Mans Land. .,o
President Derrick presented tne
dinlomas to the graduates and maoe .
~ s+rono address urging the young
asonle % tne Importance of right living
end 49, light thinking and study OF the
>sen commandments as the best RUE
Eof conduct yet delivered to man ANU eou
Gthe basis upon which all hur'ai 'o'A-
duct should stand. 4,o,,;+,, of
He also conferred by authority oe %
+he board of trustees the degree oi
~ D. upon Major James r. D..
Caldwell of Newberry, an honor most
worthily bestowed. Major CaldWeli
= not only learned in the law but ne
;s q scholar of large and varied at
tairments. 49,. ~,os
conferred upon the following: Rev.
W. r. Bouknight of Fort MILL Prot'
Samuel ]. Derrick Of Swansea 1ro1'
7 II. Riser of Winthrop conege'
Prof. o. D. Richie of Albemarle'
N. C. =,
Mr. T. F. Wright for DR.: W. H.
unnt. president of the Newberry
college club. announced that there
had been contributed by the citizens
of Newberry who are not Lutherans
the sum of $4,000 to the amount
already raised for Newberry college,
and handed to President Derrick the
subscription list, the money to De
by the college as to the authorl-
ties may seem best. This is in addl-
ton to the amount raised by the
Lutherans of Newberry in the drive
for the college, which was put on
last year. That amount was s44.-
900. Mr.. Wright said that he want
ed the Lutherans to know that while
Newberry is under the direction of
the Lutheran synod, yet the people
of Newberry considered it a Newber-
ry institution, and that he could say
the teaching at the college was in no
sense sectarian. He was very happy
in his remarks referring to many of
the prominent men who had gone out
from Newberry and pointed to them
with pride.
At the conclusion of the gradual
ing exercises President Derrick an
nounced the opening day Of the next