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—._l-..-.-'. v; of them ibout “ex with little so OH >ing,paying »ody. s table scene Allison escorted me to my room on “Rough Gallery" and gave me a few campus and class room points and asked a few questions about home and bade me good r(&ht. In collegel'ln BiddleH | Friday morning. The bell pang at 6 o’clock for the boys PI rise and get ready for break past. • Such a rush! Such bor powing from one another! “Lend |ne some soap, pard!” “Lend me ^eone water;" “Have you a brush dock?” “Breakfast Bell is ringing boys.” Such a rush to the din ing hall! The breakfast was not very much, but the idea of being in college seemed to have re duced the appetite of the entire %tudent body. They were just eating because it was natural. ’ The next bell was the 8 o’clock mail bell. I did not go for any mail, but went to be examined and classified by Prof. E. P. Sam ple, the Principal of the Prepar atory Department. He exam ined me and assigned me to my class and gave me a list of the books, which I would need, to ready for business! * - When I entered the class room I found very few boys in the class which I entered. Nothing but settled-minded men in their thirties and forties. “Play ball** was not heard. Being in my teens, I felt somewhat out of place among men fixed in habits lid convey the idea of homing ether. Two bright young a—one from Due West and other from about Winnsboro ustained the witty secretary the use of the word. They horitatively defined \he word giving its Latin derivation [.the secretary won out and minutes were approved. I [ heard white students at the sbyterian College at Clinton ak of this or the other being Latin or Greek origin, etc., no such discussion among >rjed school young men. ^ • Vhere was I? The World i capacity of the mind er and produce noble } the standard here, and was * pleasure and not; v&b this ? Surely it was that had changed to tion of the simple and faith exhibited in the M fives of those of our rho had not a will that sorry wlw arrowing m ce Albert) mathematics Oh, then, to th< To . £ than L • uui wuuig iu lues uuBVjr way, The Rocks’ blessed shadow how sweet. £ (Refrain.) . _ Oh, then, to the Rock let me fly, To the Rock that is higher ' than I. , - Oh, near to the Rock let me keep, If blessings and sorow prevail; Or climbing the mountain way steep, (Refrain.) Oh, then, to the Rock let me fly, To the Rock that, is higher than I. Is this hymn not an appro priate commencement hymn? Does.it not present a picture of but “ did n< First i among the non-de earth. Not city but as come to the ccsa i1 Irl thos* days & ber oi students were i teaching school dur is no the s 3ome prom sort <2 a spirit of reciprocity by inviting the patrons and friends of the vacation county sehool to the commencement in June. And they.|'wouid come ; some to see their jteacher graduate or to wit ness the commencement of their beloved vacation teachers. This the custom now' because dents do not teach sum r. They do engage at ither occupations that will ,_ie quicker and bigger money to meet the demands of the times so different from those days. Sol jjjhowed a Smiling Face. When the bell rang for the people to assemble in the chapel it appeared that the peel of that old ’ bill, which was rendered useless during the fire last, year, was a signal for some far-away spirits beyond the threatening and rolling clouds, with the signs Of the: presence of AEolus, to pull back that celestial curtain of a miss of floating and visible vapor. The day became an ideal commencement day. The sun peeped through the windows of the chapel and down through the grew* and whispering leaves of those! old stately oaks in front of the n6w Biddle Memorial Hafl, seeming to say: “Brightly; Beams (hir Father’s Mercy.” Sol showed his face and all was bright. The commencement commenced. No classic strain of violin, nor vibrating blast of cornet, nothing that marked the presence and activity of a col lege drcfcestra marked time by which the graduating classes of the college and theological de ts filed m to take their n the chapel rostrum ich they were to deliver Orations. Ten in conventionally onai black six and degree of D. D. He was the first! a^ f only colored man whom ins honored under our ded the commencement Idle In June, 1889. lAmnm presby TERIAN CHURCH. Mrs. Maggie Chambers Wad dell, aged 40, departed this life December 26, 1922. She is sur by her husband (Mr. T. W. Waddell) three sons, four daughters, three sisters, two mothers, father, step-mother, and a host of relatives and friends. § & . -f-. . :: Mrs. Wsudell united with tile G&meron Presbyterian church in early life and lived a consistent Christian elver afterward. Cam eron church, as well as the home, has suffered a great less in the death of this noble woman. Yet as we look back over the life of ail nl, « -1 j. such a beautiful character, one who was always prompt, "mid ready to do all in her power for the cause of Christ,, we ‘ ‘ say that our loss in * but grew older.-During" the last year rf her life, as noted by her hus band and friends, she seemed' more and more Christ like. She gave excellent adviee to her children. A short While before she died she said to her oldest son ( a boy of 17 years) “Stick to your father. He will do more for you than any one else.4’ The body was taken to States ville by the undertaker, Mr. Wm. McClellend, where it was beau tifully prepared for burial, and then brought back to her church and lay in state until Friday, December 29. The deceased being a member of Household of Ruth and Lady Knights, they of course, took charge, of the body. Each per formed ceremonies in a most in telligent manner. When the hour arrived for the funeral, Rev. B. F. Murray, D. D., her pastor, arose and read a few verses of the 39th Psalm and also the 90th Psalm, and a part of the 15th chapter of'1st Cor. eH then prayed a most fer vent prayer, in which he com mended the sorrowing family to the heavenly Father who careth for all. L»r. Murray men preacneu a most excellent sermon from the 4th verse of the 23rd Psalm, in eulogy of the deceased. ing present near to four hun dred people to pay to this dear, one their last tribute of respect. The floral offerings were beau tiful. ji We bow in humble submission! to our Heavenly Father and' say: I “Though it’s lonely here without - - _ her, - . - v \ In this world of toil and care; Her spirit is with the angels, In that land so bright and fair.” Mrs^S. M. Murray, Mrs. Z. D. Miller. move from our midst, our co w 15%. S**1 m«mb®fs of the Holbrook Street Presby terian Church, makes it indis pensable to give expression to and place on record Our estima Uon of his character and service to the church he loved and so hberallysupported_ “r^eh»hWiU’WlliCh Second : That in the death of this our brother, the Community has lost a strong man, who ser ved his church and his God thought rm tii6ir of our deceased 1 __^ _ lsanc ;ify it to their good. Fourth: Resolved, That a :opy of these resolutions be en tered upon the record of our ihurch and a copy be sent to the kfrico - American Presbyterian for publication and also a copy >e sent to the family of the de ceased. By order of session of the Holbrook Street Presbyterian Church. - W. E. Carr, Pastor and Moderator, R. F. Green, Clerk of Ses sion. P. H. Doswell, Clerk of Church, W. L. Wade, T. A. Long, Elders. NEW BERN PRESBYTERIAN PAROCHIAL SCHOOL. Mr. Editor: Just a wt>rd to inform you that our school, taught by Mrs. L. L. Foy and the writer, is working finely. Although many of our pupils left the city after the great fire, causing some loss to the school, since then others have entered and we now have about as many as we can handle successfully. At this time pur pupils are very much interested in collect ing money for our Church Boards, the Freedmen’s Board particularly, as this Board has done, and continues to do, so much for our people. We have a sewing clas of girls who have just finished a patch-work quilt ;. Ihe money sale will great ■ effort to con and have sold it, realized from this i ly help us in our tribute as mucfr *s fee our Church Boards. 1 also trying hard to Mb boxes. Fray f or we may be able to rO church |and feansO in -time.
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