Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-06-10
ARoUND'"RocK HILL

A regular haven = for birds is the
campus of Winthrop College just now.
James Henry Rice,Ii Jr., Arthur 7.
Wayne, DR.. Robert Ridgeway or some
other noted bird lover would doubtless
delight in spending few days on the
campus. It is a. little late for robins
to be remaining in 5York county and
South Carolina; but several sections
of the campus are alive with them
just now. There are, numerous fami-
lies of naughty jay birds and brown
thrushes and cat birds and, mocking
birds Wrens fit around cracks and
crevices. Big bull bats fly over the
campus in the evenings, reminding
one Of aeroplanes, 1000 feet in the sky.
Sparrows are. conspicuous by their
absence, although there are q few.
Pigeons have homes around the big
clock in the tower Of the college ad-
ministration building, The birds have
made sweeter music this week than
have the several hundred delegates
Joining in the various song services at
the meeting of the 44th South Caro-
lima Sunday school convention.
Little constructions work is going
on at Winthrop. College, just no".
Considerable work has been planned
but the general assembly Of 1921 just
simply parafyzed the programme. A
new dormitory Is in course of con-
struction. Funds necessary for its
completion are in hand and it will be
ready for the accommodation of about
$50 additional Winthrop girls next
September. But work on an addition
to the library and = other work has
been stopped and will be until the
South Carolina general assembly gives
the GO Ahead" sign.
Despite the. fact that there were
around 1000 paid admissions to the
historical pageant staged at Winthrop
a few weeks ago, little profit was made
out of the great exhibition. Costumes
used in it's presentation cost about
$4,000 and there were other expenses
according to Miss Minnie Parker,
senior matron at the college. The sum
of only $500 was cleared on the great
providing certain furnishings for one
of the buildings which the state had
failed to provide.
The Winthrop Summer school for
teachers opens next Monday. Indi-
cations are that there will be a larger
attendance upon the. summer, school
than ever known before. Every bed.
in the Winthrop dor1nitories has been
engaged. There are more than 1000
beds. Miss Marie Fewell Of the Rock
Hill Chamber of Commerce has been
asked by President johnson to try to
provide accommodations in the city
for at least 100 teachers and maybe
more. -. - "'.....
Comparatively few Rock Hill peo- :
pie hav" attended the sessions of the
state Sunday School convention.
There have been a round Of social
events going on in the city this week
marriages, announcement parties
and one thing and another and great
many ladies have frankly admitted
that they are much more interested in
these events than they are in the Sum
day school programme.
Clerks of Rock Hill enjoyed the
second half holiday of the summer
afternoon Thursday after
noon closing of practically all the
stores having been, inaugurated June
/. to continue through August The
drug stores do not close on Thursday
afternoons, the druggists claiming that
the clerks would rather have them
open in order. that they might have; o.