Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-08-09
Winthrop President Given Jol-
" Farewell Party.

The following article will be read
with much interest in Edgefield.
"Today DR.. D. B. Johnson, first
and only president of Winthrop Col
lege, starts to Europe, where he will
represent Winthrop College of South
Carolina at the international athletic
meet for women in Paris. To this one
man much of the power of Winthrop
College may be attributed, and for
South Carolinians when this college
is named there will always be two
names associated in the memory,
Benjamin r. Tillman and D. B. John
son.
"There have been two outstanding
ambitions of DR.. Johnson-to see
Winthrop College grow and &c be
able to take care of the girls Of the
state who want an education in a
manner which will enable them to
get it. To this date DR.. Johnson has
done this-probably exercising some
wizardry in getting appropriations
for certain it is that when the rep
resentatives of the general assembly
hear that DR.. Johnson has something
else he wants for the good of Win
throp College there are very strin-
gent reasons when it is not granted.
"The young woman representing
Winthrop College in the contests at
this meet is Miss Lucille Godbold,
who was graduated in June. She has
already won in the shot-put contest
in America and England, and judg-
ing from her physique she will be
able to bring back other laurels for
Winthrop College South Carolina,
and the South. Miss Godbold is tall
and doesn't seem to have an ounce of
superluous flesh, walks with a
springy step, after the manner of a
high-bred racer, and the one thing
acentuated in the expression of her
face is determination. With these
dominant characteristics it would be
a safe bet that Miss Godbold will
not disappoint America. When she
returns she will have charge of the
athletics of the Columbia College in
our capital city.
"The next officer of Winthrop Col
lege who has been on the staff long
est is Miss Leila Russell, who has
been a member of the faculty since
1895. Mrs. Emma A. Fox, the cele-
brated parliamentarian, who is now
teaching a course in parliamentary
law to the club women at Winthrop,
speaks of Miss Russell as 'vice-pres-
ident Of Winthrop College, 1t is sure
ly due to her splendid executive abil-
ity that the short course of the club
women is such a success, as she has
entire charge of this part of the pro-
gram.
"Another important parsonage in
the personnel Of Winthrop College
is the only librarian that Winthrop
has ever had-Miss Ida Dacus, who
was graduated from Drexel Institute
in 1902 and has been librarian since
that time.
"It is perfectly natural that these
three members of the Winthrop fac
ulty, DR.. Johnson, Miss Russell and
Miss Dacus, should feel very close to
each other, and this was demonstrat-
ed on the afternoon before DR.. john
son left for New York, when Miss
Russell and Miss Dacus entertained
the 40 club women at a farewell par
ty to DR.. Johnson. This was a most
happy occasion.
"The guests were served imme-
diately with a glass of punch and all
invited into n of the large parlors
where Miss Mary Frayser, of Rich
mond, who was identified with Win
throp for many years, proposed a
beautiful toast to DR.. Johnson, ex-
pressing in appropriate words the
wishes of all for a safe, profitable
and interesting trip. To this DR.. John
son made a happy response, paying a
noble tribute to the women of the
south.
"Then a group who had gathered
to one side of the room began to
sing some improvised %salutations in
honor of DR.. Johnson. These songs,
sung to catchy tunes, were led by
Homer Rodeheaver, who was the au-
thor of the verses. They went some
thing like this: