The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-05-27
DECORATE FOR COMMENCE
MENT.

event of all the year for Newberry
but you know you can have a good
thing so long that if you are not
careful and constantly reminded of
it you come to take it as a matter of
course, and while you may not fail
to appreciate it you do get so that
you fail to manifest your apprecia-
tion,, and therefore do not instil the
right sort of enthusiasm in others who
are not so familiar with the advan-
tages that you enjoy.
There is no bigger asset that New
berry has or can get than Newberry
college. The good that it is doing and
has done for Newberry can not be es-
stimated in material things. And the
people of Newberry do really appre-
cjate Newberry college, and all that IS
necessary to a right sort of manifes-
tation of that appreciation is for the
college to let it be known that it
wants them to respond to any call
that will help the institution, and
they are right there on the job.
Commencement at Newberry, as at
all of our institutions, is not what it
once was. The world and all things
therein is going through a wonderful
period of transition and change and
evolution and we hope it is all for the
betterment of the human race. But
in the old days the people almost de-
manded at least three or four days
of commencement and the crowds
came from far and near to all the
exercises and the halls in which the
exercises were held were always
crowded. Not so now. They get
enough in one or two days, and the
crowds are not so large as on former
occasions, even though the population
has greatly increased. 1t may be that
the town has grown more into the pro-
portions of city, and then there are
so many more organizations and clubs
that attract the attention of the peo-
pie that the commencement has come
to be taken as a matter of course,
and only those directly interested IN
graduates take that personal interes:
which in the old days seemed to be
part of the entire population. And
that being the case the authorities
have gradually shortened the exer
cises until now the closing day is on
Tuesday, while in the other days the
program ran through Thursday. The
people in this age are in a hurry. In
those days we rode in buggies and the
boys at the college would engage the
best horse at the livery stables of the
town for weeks ahead of commence
ment to take their best girl riding
during commencement week. In fac;
it was a great day for the boys and
the young ladies, this commencement
time. But now things have changed
and we must adapt ourselves to the
times and to the changes or we are
on a back seat. The automobile has
taken the place of the horse and bug
gy and soon the flying machine will
displace the auto, and sometimes we
are of the opinion that man is getting
too smart, and there may be again q
confusion of tongues to bring the
people to their right understanding,
and to remind them that there is an
overruling Providence who still holds
sway over the doings and the des-
tinies of men.
But we started to write short
paragraph to urge the town people to
ly the colors of the college and let
the visitors know that we of New
berry realize what Newebrry college
means to US and to the community at
large. and that we know it is here
even if we have no time to attend the
exercises incident to the commence
ment season, that our interest is un-
abated and that if the time ever comes
when the college really needs US we
are right here and ready to do what
ever is demanded or needed.
There is another reason. In the
early days of the college the boys
lived right here among the people
and every one knew all the boys per
sonally, and therefore felt a little
more interest in them on account CT
this personal contact. And that makes
a difference. And we can not close
these remarks without saying that II
is our opinion that a location for
college such as Erskine has at Due
West, and Summerland has, is an
ideal location, removed as 1t we've
from the busy marts of trade where
there is nothing to distract and where