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May 23, 1931 THE RUTHERFORD RECTAiNGLE Page Three NEWTONIAN SOCIETY •I’ront row kneelingr: V-ernon Pope, Maynard Johnson, Mead Monroe, Ray Cody. Front row standing-: Robert Lau^hlin, Marvin Evans, Franklin Page, Alex. Lax, Scott Honey cutt, Odell Evans, Lester Furr, Edward McEntire, Worth Cotton. 'niird row; Roy .Sinclair, ^ymond Hackney, Elmore Pisrce-, Brevard Goode, Howard McLamb, Williamr Eaker, Jack Singletary, A-win 'Cooper, Mack Drum. Fourth row: Jack Kirby, Charles Rackard, Burgin Hovis, V. P. Crowder, Paul Tyndall, Robert Leeper, Fred Barber, Oarl Wdlson, Watt Deal, Ernest Hilton. Fifth row: Clarence Satterwhite, Hubert Turner, Johnnie Johnson, Ernest Glass P. L. S. The Training Place For Many Leading Alumni »*[y / a- Newtonian Society Has Had Wonderful History man of Christian character and dauntless courage, opened a little school in the foothills of Burke County, where boys and girlsi with a purpose and ideals might receive an education. The school grew in gigantic proportions until it be came necessary to institute certain student organizations to take care of the complexity of campus life and to meet the mowing need for some extra-curricular activity. In those days athletics played little pai-t in college life and naturally all minds turned toward the foren sic arts of declaiming, orating, and debating. Matters of History. The first organization to be for-i' mally organized at Rutherford Coif legre was the Newtonian Literary Society, organized in 1858. Due to differences in opinions, another so ciety was organized in I860, known as the “Lee Society.” After the war, the name caused so mTich bit terness 'between northern and southern students .that the Platon-, ic Literary Society was chartered in 1880. Its founders were none other than Mr. J. D. Helm and Dr. J. Reece Bair. This brings to us the fact that the Platonic Literary Society is a roster of notables. She is the Hall of Fame for Rutherford College and on the annals of her archives are written in deeds of achievement the names of her il lustrious sons. From the ranks of the P. L. iS. have come such men as W. B. Love; Marvin Stacy, once President of the University; Judge Stacy, of the Supreme Court bench; W. B. Ricks and J. H. Shore, both notable clergymen; Oliver D. Bach elor, -Supreme Court Judge and right hand man of President Hard ing; Congressman 'Chas. L. Aber- nethy; M. C. Becton, a prominent iniUionaire of New York, and •ifeores^of othera'-WKo have jferpetu- ated the name of the P. L. S. “Character,” P. L. S. Motto. Thus we see that the deibt of Meth odism and the nation to the P. L. S. is tremendous. The P. L. S. has become a laboratory for the greatest known mechanism to man, the humian mind. It is a guild of Art and Genius for litemry crafts men and a Forum for all the For ensic Arts. It is a mighty potent force in the order of life at Ruth erford College and the word “Pla tonic” has become a household word among the alumni of the school. The P. L. S. has immortal ized itself as an institution of ideals to which even her opponents point with pride. There is no greater organization in any col lege or university that can com pare with it in purpose and dieals. Indeed, the very watchword of the P. L. S. is ''Character.” It is writ ten on the tables of every Platonic man’s heart. Integral Part of Institution. The true greatness of any indi vidual or organization is judged in terms of the rays of influence which it casts across the years. It has been said, and rightfully so, that “an institution is the length ened shadow of a man.” The P. L. S. is the lengthened shadow of those who have been mentally nour ished by her and after receiving her blessing, have gone out through her classic doors to other fields of endeavor. It is a .part of their per sonality and no force is greater than personality. The P. L. S. is one of traditions and glories, vic- itories that have heaped honors on the 'School and laurels on the brows of her followers. As long as Ruth erford College lives, the P. L. S. will live. Already the “Platonic Literary Society Aumni Associ ation” has been organized and is being managed by able Platonic men. The history of this grand old or ganization is written in deeds of achievements an.i iccomplishifentK j She ,is ^ most mentil'aiid colossal Wiemoriaj Rutherford Oollege and will con tinue to carry on after the walls of Rutherford have long since be come dust. In the vast multitude of the alumni of Rutherford College no greater men have left her benevo lent halls than those who have been loyal Newtonians. Sacred to theix memory is this time-honored institution, whose pleasant recol lections inspire them on to seek new planes of nobler endeavor, to labor with a comm/on aim for the welfare of Man’s existence in this world and that of the future. Host of the Truly Great. ’The halls of this old society, rich in prestige and tradition, and teeming with scholarly Wre, re sound with the immortal echoes of the soul-language of great orators, declaimers, debaters, and essayists who have blessed this nation be cause of their having lived in it. Ministers, statesmen, lawyers, ar my officials, doctors, financiers, philanthropists, and captains of in dustry have left this- nursery of true greatness to branch out and produce abundant fruit in every field of progressive endeavor. Strong is her precedence, rigid her ideals, producing sturdy character ba^d on those great inexorable moral truths that ripen with the years. Indeed, her gentle wooing has led numibers of her loyal .sons to search out. the depths of their mortal hearts, and replete it with celestial zeal and •glorious determ ination toward the enriching of Man’* weak estate. Needless to say, this maternal institution beams, so to speak, with deserved and rightful pride on the eternal good accom'pUslied by her progeny College. Among her alumni mem bers who are familiar to the stu dents are: Rev. J. F. Moser, pastor of Burkehead Methodist church, Winston-Salem; Dr. J. E. Aber- nethy, pastor of First Methodist Church, Lexington, N. C.; Dr. Dwight Ware, pastor of First Me thodist church, Lenoir, N. C.; Rev. W. A. Rollins, pastor of Calvary Methodist church, Charlotte; W. B. Elkins, plant superintendent of Standlard Oil Co., Winston-Salem; Rev. Claude Moser, pastor First Methodist church, Spencer, N. C., and donor of the Moser Oration Medal of Rutherford College; and other splendid men too numerous to mention. Among her honorary members are numbered such not able figures as Hon. 0. Max Gard ner, Hon. Zebulon Baird Vance, Hon. Lee S. Overman, Messrs. J. B. Duke, Clyde R. Hoey, J. Clint Newton, Isaac Newton, Washing ton Duke, and Benjamin N. Duke. She breathes the .spirit of great ness into her sons and fits them with remarkable capacities for higher service in life, as demon strated by their unique adaptabil ity to any profession. A Word Memory Will Keep Afresh Her name will ever sweep across a responsive heart-chord in noble lives because of her disinterested contribution to noble living, this glorious old society. Those leaving her beloved retreat long for a con tinuation of “The days when love liness enhance regret for lack of equals, lingering all to6 few of moments blest of Paradise.” Her of past history. ■ \ These ,Nair.es Are Sacred. sons'will ever follow tl^e gleam of -t-TRg "lyaWtoftTau ■SDltex'ai'y was founded in 1857, this being the first organization of its kind on the campus. It remains today the outstanding activity at Rutherford souls. Her honors will increase with the swiftness of time, and her name will 'be unchangeably in- (Continued on fourth page) PLATONIC SOCIETY First row kneelinig, (left to right:) James Avett, Fred Davis, Jess Murphy, Clegg Huneycutt. 2nd row: William Wall, Otis BufT, John Gibbs, Lewis Carpenter,Tom Lawrence, Ralph Bridges, Leroy Bronson, Edgar Price, James Aibernethy, William McKnigiht. Third row: James Hornbuckle, ilraxton Craven, Gordon Goodson, Ralph Drum, William Bumgar ner, Mervin McGee, Frank M'Ock, Herman Randall, MoRay Crawford, William Thompson. Fourth row: Jess BuTn.garner,PLa.ul Shoaf, Fred Sherrill, Zeb Malcolm, Virgil Queen, Scott Fitz gerald, George Williams, Jeffrey ^Vallwork, Elbert Combs, Leslie Tanner, Alexander Sigmon, Jack Scott, Charles Tate, Fred Ross, Lewi.s Ross, Powell Sherrill, James Wentz. \ \
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