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Established 1899
LENOIR COLLEGE COMME
CONSOLIDATION THE ABSORBING TOPIC
Proposition i Lesoit's Burd of Trustees to be Seat u? to both
Korih Caroliaa anl Tjoesa) Spis
FEATURE OE DELIGHTFUL COMMMENCEMENT
Mr. Clyde R. Hoev of Cleveland Delivered Literary
Address on Individualism - The contests
Ext iting— Oad luting Orations—
The Ait Exhibit
The nineteenth comrrcnet men',
of Lenoir College is on* of «r.e
most siiccesstul Bi»d -.ißnirivant
in her history.
The absorbing topic was c on
solidation. The men who had
this imp -rtant nutter in hand
worked ht:rd, m ssi lg mm of
the good things on toe irt-Hec
tuai menu of the week. B Tues
day aft err.oon li uvever th y had
reached an agreement in a' prop
osition to b»* up to the re
spective S> nods.
In answer to the broad prop
osition for consolidation ot Le
noir College and Mount i'tt-asant
Collegiate institute made Mon
dav night by the commission of
the North Carolina Lutheran
Svnod, the officers of the Tennes
see S>nod and the committee of
the board of trustees of Le
noir College met Tuesday morn
ing and drew up the following
proposition to be submitted to
the commission of the North Car
olina Synod. It was first sub
mitted to the full board of trus
tees of Lenoir College which
adopted it unanimously and then
adjourned sine die:
"Whereas, the interests of the
Lutheran Church in North Caro
lina demand the concentration of
all its energy and means to
build up and equip a high grade
central college, and whereas, the
North Carolina Svhod has made
overtures through a regularly
appointed commission to the
president of our synod and the
board of trustees of Lenoir Col
lege for the consolidation of the
educational interests of the North
Carolina Synod and the Tennes
see Svnod,
"Wherefore, resolved, that we
approve of the movement and
pledge ourselves to carry this
matter by resolution to Synod,
upon the following basis:
"1. In order that a distinct
ively Lutheran college shall be
maintained and perpetuated, this
consolidated college shall be con
ducted upon the fundamental
principles and constitution of
Lenoir College as established and
now conducted.
"2. That the North Carolina
Synod shall be given equal rep
resentation on the board of trus
tees, and half interest in the
property of Lenoir College, and
be associated with us in the fur
ther execution of the original
trust.
3. That in consideration of
equal representation on the
board of trustees and one-half
interest in our property, the
North Carolina Synod assumes
the payment of one-half of the
present indebtedness of Lenoir
College, and gives to the Tennes
see Synod a half interest and half
control in the educational inter
ests of the NortfrCarolina Synod
at Mt. Plesant, free of indebted
ness and the further moral and
financial support of the North
Carolina Synod to the consolidat
ed college.
"4. That the consolidated ed
ucational property of the two
synods shall be controlled and op
erated by one joint board of
trustee?.
W. J. Boger, president; R. D.
Wessinger, vice president; B. L.
Stroup, secretary; R. A. Yoder,
D.. treasurer, officers of syn
od. W. A. Deaton, James F.
Deal, John J. George, J. S. Maun
ey, P. C. Setzer, committee
board of trustees.
This proposition, is to be sub
mitted to the respective synods
for final consideration.
There is a small indebtedness
of about $12,000 on Lenoir Col
lege, and under the resolution the
North Carolina Synod would as
sume half of this debt. It is un
derstood that the indebtedness of
the North Carolina Synod in its
Mount Pleasant properties is
small and therefore there is
nothing burdensome in the terms
of the resolution that the Tenn
essee Synod is to be free from
any responsibility for indebted
ness at Mount Pleasant.
Lenoir College has a magnifi
cent property with a fine main
building whose towering dome
overlooks the town. In it are
class-rooms. There are two up
to-date dormitories, one for boys
and one for girls, two stories and
spacious. There are professors'
houses around the beautifully
wooded 2C-acre campus. The
pr o, »-rt.v is easilv worm 5>100.000.
Th oiaN.rth Carolina College
property is esiimated by some to
hp worth $40,000, but nrohably
s3o,'oo would be too lib ral an
estimate, and at auction it would
not brina? thud.
It is possible that there maj
be a called meeting of the North
Carolina Synod to consider thi
propoHtion. The Tennessee Syn
ori's regular meeting hs Octohei
lat Lincolnton, and strangelj
enough it io to he in the sam
church where the separation
from the North Carolina Synod
was-effected in the year 1820,
and the main thing at this nex'
meeting will be the consolidation
proposition—a plan for co-opera
tion that has possibilities of
extension in it.
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THE ART EXHIBIT.
This was in the Woman's build
ing and attracted a large crowd
of Hickory's admirers of the
beautiful. The walls were cov
ered with work in oil and water
while on tables was the exquisite
china painting of Miss DeWald's
pupils.
Miss Mary Nussman had a
chocolate and dresser set in vio
lets and two tea sets, with a vase
and pitcher in chrysanthemums
and water lilies. Her best oil
was a copy of Millais' Gleaners.
Miss May Plonk: In china, a
a rose tea set. Best in oil, a
windmill.
Miss Ella Belle Shirey: Punch
bowl in grapes, set of plates in
wild flowers and tankard in cher
ries.
Miss Maud Kimbro: Oil ex
hibit, a Norwegian scene with
lakes and mountains being the
best.
Miss Maie Simpson: Set of
rose cups and saucers; two-piece
tea set in wild roses shaded in
green, punch bowl graded in
browns with mushrooms shaded
in browns. Best in oil, a skull
picture.
Miss Jet Plonk: Best work, a
marine in oil.
Miss Ruth Hallman: Basket
of roses.
Miss Miriam Deaton: A yard
of roses after Paul de Long Pre.
Miss Wood, of the faculty, a
red rose.
Miss Lillian Harrell: Best
work, Pansies.
Miss Mary W. Huffman. A
moonlight scene:
Miss Essie Moretz. Red roses.
JUNIOR ORATORS' CONTEST
This occurred Monday evening
and all the speakers showed care
ful writing and excellent deliv
ery. The judges were Rev. R.
L. Patterson, of Charlotte; Rev.
J. S. Moody and Dr. W. H. Nich
olson. They were unanimous in
their decision that' Mr. Swarin
gen was entitled to the medal
and it was awarded to him in a
neat speech by Mr. .Patterson.
The followitg is the program.
SOLO—Dormi Pure 7." .**. ! 7.. '.v. Scuderi
Miss Eula Rosa belle Morgan
1. "Which Shall it Be?" Lester Lee Huffman
2. "The Old Slavery and the New" Otho Barringer Robinson
3. "No Thorn, No Rose" Fred Martin Speagle
4. "The Savior of Protestantism"... Robert Alexander Swaringen
5. "The Full Dinner Pail" Julius Teague Horney
Music Orchestra
MR. HOEY'S FINe ADDRESS
The literary address was de
livered by Mr. Clyde R. Hoey, of
Shelby, who was introduced bv
Mr, Howard A. Banks, editor of
tha Democrat. Mr. Hoey's
subject was "The Individ
ual," and was a remarkable com
bination of inspiring thought and
word-painting. It marked the
speaker as a born orator. Speech
comes natural to him. He just
flows like a river. He was at a
disadvantage during his perora
tion when a cioud burst outside,
driving the rain into the win
dows, somewhat distracted at
tention of the audience. The ad
dress made one feel as if he
would like to get more out of
himself than he had ever done
before. It hinted at undiscov
ered possibilities in every person
ality.
In discussing the individual,
God-made and then man-marred,
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THE MAIN BUILDING
tl.e speaker interjected a beauti
ful description of the Creation.
In the kaleidoscopic flash of
rounded periods, a couple of sen
tentences only could be trans
fixed on the spear point of a lead
pencil—these—"the stars, little
ladies' eyes in the sky to give a
gleam of light when the moon
doesn't shine," and, "the sun,
the great Democrat of the heav
ens."
God did not make society, gov
ernment and the like but made
man and man these other things.
God honors the individual. States
merely have the powers which
the individuals grant to them,
whether monarchy, aristocracy
or democracy. The edicts of the
Czar wither before the powerful
individuality of an old peasant,
Tolstoi.
A man in a short life time of
only 20 years today sees more
happen than did Methuselah in
his 969 years of long life, Imita
tion of others is fatal to individ
uality. A great individual life
must be itself alone,
Mr. Hoey compared Massachu
setts, bleak and bare, with North
Carolina, with ore and gems in
her hills and fertility in her soil.
Massachusetts had taken iron ore
dug from the south's beds at S2O
a ton and made it into horse
shoes, selling these back to us at
SIOO a ton. She had taken anoth
er ton of this ore and sold it back
to us in watch springs at SI,OOO
a ton.
Yet there is not a blank in the
census just taken which the
product of North Carolina does
not fill.
The speaker longed for this
state to produce not only manu
facturers but artists, singers and
historians. Life is worth the
living and the individual who re
alizes it will make his life count.
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION MEETING.
The annual meeting of the
Alumni Association was held in
connection with the commence
ment exercises on Tuesday af
ternoon. The regular address
was delivered by the Rev. J. C.
Dietz, of Qherryville. The
speaker took for his text, the
famous saying of Sir William
Hamilton that "the greatest
thing in the world is man and
the greatest thing in man is
mind." With well selected words
which flowed uninterruptedly
for about an hour from the lips
of the orator, the thoughts in
cluded in the text were brought
forth. The present age was rep
resented as being materialistic
and commercial. The entire
system of Materialistic Philoso
phy was examined. The Natural
Sciences were used in detail to
show that the greatness of the
mind of man challenges the con
ceptions of Materialism. A. plea
was made for the full and well
rounded training the mind which
schools like Lenoir College pro
vide.
After the public meeting was
concluded the association went
into a business session, The fol -
lowing officers were elected for
the ensuing year: President, A.
A. Whitener; Vice-President, M.
L. Stirewalt; Secretary, A. L.
Moser. The session was enthu
siastic. By means of a mere
collection the sum of eighty dol
lars was collected on an old debt.
With most hearty good feeling
the members of the Association
agreed to raise three hundred
dollars, through a canvas, with
which to renovate and paint the
Administration building at the
college. The sentiment of the
meeting was in most hearty sym
pathy with the desire to make
"Lenoir Beautiful." On the
whole the meeting was freighted
with interest and good feeling.
THE ALUMNI BANQUET.
The fact that it was presided
over by Mr. A. A. Whitener was
alone sufficient to make the alum
ni banquet a complete success.
In addition it was served by
Messrs. Huffman and Fry in their
elegant little hostelry, the Huf
fry, and after their good things
to eat were disposed of, there
was a menu of intellect and wit.
The nimble-witted toasttmaster
discovered the Lenoir alumni are
ready for any sort of impromtu
emergency. There were delight
ful responses by Rev. M. L. Stire
walt, R. J. Mauser, Lincolnton;
Rev. James Deal, Lexington;
Rev. J. R. Hoffman,Dallas; Pres.
Fritz; Morgan,of South Carolina,
and Messrs. R. Isenhour and F.
Yoder, of the graduating class.
THE EXPRESSION CONTEST
The expression contest Tues
day night drew the largest audi
ence from the city of any event
and the auditorium was packed.
The judges were Mrs. C. C. Bost,
Mrs. Keller and Miss Grace War
ren who awarded the medal to
Miss Hendrix. The following is
the program:
DUO—Walzer N. Von Wilm
Misses Deaton and Norman
"The Minister's Black Nance" Pauline Phelps
Miss Margaret Elizabeth Hendrix
"Nydia," The Blind Girl of Pompeii, (Cutting from the "Last Days
of Pompeii")
Miss Maie M. Simpson
"Aunt Sarah on Bicycles" Phelps
Miss Esther Hewitt
"The Spinning Wheel" Engelmann
Miss Annie Barber
"The First Settler's Story" Carleton
Miss Pearl Fields
"Zingarella," the Gypsy Flower Girl McDowell
Miss Maud E. Townson
CLASS DAY EXERCISES
This interesting program took
place on the college campus, 9:30
a. m. # Wednesday before an en
thusiastic audience of undergrad
uates and alumni, presided over
by C. K. Rhodes, president of
class. After an address of wel
come by W. B. Rudisill, a witty
history of the class was read by
Miss Rhyne. The class will was
read by Will Plonk giving any
and every old thing to the un
dergraduates and class of 1911.
Then followed the class joker,
V. L. Fulmer, whose witticisms
merited him his title.
A splendid short oration * 'To
day and Tomoirow" was deliv
ered by H. C. Miller. A clever
poem entitled "Service" was
rendered by its author, T. L.
Lineberger.
The closing event was the dis
tributing of certain articles of
insignia, tokens characteristic of
each individual. This wasveon
ducted by W, L, Plonk.
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES
Commencement exercises be
gan at 10.45 a. m. Wednesday.
On the stage were President
Fritz, the board of trustees, and
the class of 1910—five young la
dies and ten young men. The
class is fully equal in intellect
and talent to any class that has
ever been graduated from this
noble institution that is doing so
much for education in the Pied
mont of North Carolina. This
is also the largest class of grad
! uates.
The Class of 1910 consists of
the following ladies and gentle
men: Misses Stella May Rhyne,
i Caroline Jones Rhodes, Iva Pearl
| Setzer, Emma Laura Plonk, Bar
, bara Rudisill; Messrs. W. B. Ru
jdisill, F. L. Lineberger, V. L.
Fulmer, H. C. Miller, W. L.
; Plonk, Rufus Isenhour, W. K.
Mauney, F. R. Yoder, R. L.
Plonk, C. K. Rhodes.
Miss Barbara Rudisill received
a diploma of graduation in music,
| while the rest received the A. B.
degree. All of these are from
North Carolina but Mr. Fulmer
, whose home is in South Carolina.
The program began with an
instrumental quartette by Misses
Norman, Deaton, DeWald and
and Hallman.
The salutatory, "Appreciation
of the Beautiful," was delivered
by Miss Iva Pearl Setzer. This
was an appeal for a larger sense
of things beautiful in nature, art
and religion.
Rufus Isenhour spoke on "Dis
respect for Law." His conten
tion, well sustained and argued,
was that this land is suffering
from an over emphasis of indi
! vidual rights to the detriment of
the mass, particularly illustrated
by the disregard of the law by
the rich.
"The dignity and Value of
Man" by William Kemp Mauney,
was an eloquent estimate of man.
Fred Roy Yoder's subject was
"The American Statesman."
This was a historical survey of
the most eminent of America's
great law-givers, and a jeremiad
on the statesmanship of the pres
ent day.
Rufus L. Plonk spoke on "The
New Farmer," pointing out that
this is the day of agriculture, and
all departments of life are recog
nizing the rightful place of the
farmer. The educated farmer
will be the agriculturist of the
future.
"The Lasting Treasure" as set
forth in the speech of Clarence
K. Rhodes is God-given charac
ter.
The valedictorian, Miss Emma
Laura Plonk, chose for her theme
"The Power of Faith" denomi-|
nating faith as the greatest form-1
ative force in human life and
destiny. This speech was fol
lowed by an unst omental quar
tette by four ladies.
Democrat and Press, Consolidated 1905
THE MEDALS
President Fritz at this juncture
presented the diplomas to the
graduates in a speech of con
gratulation and appreciation.
The following medals and
prizes were awarded by Prof.
Martin Stirewalt: The improve
ment prize of the Kuronean So
ciety, $5 in gold, to Geo. C. Good
man; the improvement prize of
the Chrestonian Society, $5 in
gold, to J. J. Stuck; the Philale
thean improvement prize was
given to Miss Flossie Gilbert, and
that of the Eumenean to Miss
Myrtie Sease.
The penmanship medal, given
by Miss Maggie Woods, of the
Business Department, was award
ed to Miss Irene Deal.
Others deserving honorable
mention were Misses Clara Belle
Yoder, Lucy Yoder, Euna With
er spoon.
The medal in the Art Depart
ment, given by Dr. Darius Neas,
was given to Miss Maie Simpson.
The Junior Orators' medal, giv
en by A. A. Whitener, was won
by R. A. Swearingen.
Medal for excellence in ex
pression, Miss Margaret Hen
dricks.
Scholarship medal —a tie—Miss
Mary Mauney and F. R. Yoder,
Each was given a medal.
The following received diplo
mas in the business course: Clar
ence Holly, Misses Euna Wither-1
spoon, Mary Stroup, Mamie Cook
and Mr. Vernon Leonard.
President Fritz stated that the
faculty and trustees were grati
fied with the year's work and
the prosperity of the school. He
announced that school would
open September 4. Owing to
the probable increase of students,
these expecting to return should
engage their rooms very soon.
After the doxology, the bene
diction was pronounced by Rev.
W. S. Boger, of Mt. Holly, pres
ident of Tennessee Synod.
THE CONCERT
The Toy Syphony was perpaps
the most enjoyed number of the
brilliant concert Wednesday
night, the program being this:
Overture —Lustspiel ... . Keler Bela
Misses Norman, Barber and DeWald, Mr. Plonk
( a Nymphs' Song
Neapolitan Folk Songs bln Dreamy Shadows Lying - Wm. Rees
( c By the Sea
Piano—Tarantelle - Heller
Miss Miriam Deaton
Duet —Sing Me to Sleep - - - * - Greene
Misses Lowman and Morgan
Intermezzo —Cavaleria Rusticana .... Mascagni
Messrs. Mauney and Lineberger
Quartette —Melody in F Rubinstein
Piano—Rondo Brilliant Weber
Solo Piano—Miss Norman
Piano 2—Miss Hallman
Trios—a May Morning FlotoW
b Me Only With Thine Eyes - Vogrich
Misses Hahn, Harrill and Cline
Voice —Serenade - Schubert
Miss Maie Simpson
(Violin,, 'Cello and Piano Accompaniment)
Piano—a Shadow Dance
b Czardas - McDowell
Miss Barbara Rudisill
Part Songs—a Peasant Wedding March ... Soderman
b The Song of the Triton - - - Molloy
College Chorus
Toy Symphony - Romberg
Otis Moody left Monday for
Wake Forest where he will en
gage in selling Bibles. After
spending fifteen days there study-
I ing he will be assigned territory
by his manager, Mr. Allen. Mr.
| Moody is a half-brother of C.
iW. Ellington of the City Bakery
land is studying for the ministry.
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Mr. and Mrs. Austin Wood
? pent Sunday in Platena.
Miss Minnie Williams of Nor
folk Va., is th? guest of her sis
ter Mrs. J. F. Hudson.
Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Hntching
spent a part of last week with
relatives in Lincoln county.
Miss Estelle Sherrill, of Gun
powder, visited relatives in the
city Friday and Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hass, of
Gunpowder, were in the city
Friday and Saturday visiting rel
atives.
The second installment of the
C. & N. W. Auto Mountain Pike
trip is crowded out by Lenoir
commencement.
Mrs. T. L. Henkel and Mrs. W.
L. Gilbert have recently under
gone operations at Dr. Long's
sanitarium in Statesville, and
both are doing well. _
Mr. Dave Henkel, of Gunpow
der, was in the city Friday with
his daughters, Miss Cude and
Mrs. Arthur Hass, who, with
Mr. Ha«s and little son, left for
Durant, Oklahoma.
Misses Mary and Bonnie Lee
Henkel, of Gunpowder were in
the city Friday, bidding farewell
to their sisters, Miss Cude Henkel
and Mrs. Arthur Hass, who left
for Durant, Oklahoma.
A blaze in the ironing room of
Mr. E. L. Shuford's residence
this morning was quickly con
quered by the department. The
report that the house was burn
ing called out a huge crowd.
!
Mr. Q. E. Herman, the design
er and builder, has prepared the
plans for the new West Hickory
Baptist church. Work will start
right away. The church is to be
a neat structure, cruciform, of
wood and with a seating capacity
of 700,
Hickory people regret to lose
Mr. Myron A. Rice to Danville,
111., where he has accepted a lu
crative position. He has sold
his bakery here to Mr. C. W.
Ellington, of the City Bakery,
including his bread wagon,
which Mr. Ellington will run.
Rev. C. P. Moore, wife and
children of Oakland, Cal., are
spending ten days with Mrs. Zeb
Buckhanan, Mrs. Moore's sister.
Mr. Moore is returning from the
General Donference at Washing
ton. On their way back they
will visit her father in Lime
stone, Tenn.
Supt. C. M. Staley, of Hickory,
at the hearty and unanimous re
quest of the county teachers,
backed by Supt. Geo. E. Long,
will hold the county institute be
ginning July 25 at Newton. This
by order of the State Department
of Education. Prof. Staley has
made a thoroughly able and de
lightful institute conductor. Mrs.
Foreman, of Montreat, will assist.
Last Saturday afternoon J. F.
F. Miller, deputy collector, in
company with H. W. Jones and
A. T. Yoder, captured a blockade
still about nine miles from Hick
ory, in Alexander county. It is
said to be the property of Chas.
Hahn. One 75 gallon still and
worm, five fermenters and about
200 gallons of fine beer were
taken. No one was at home and
everything was destroyed.
Sale of Moretz Lots.
The Carolina Development Co.
will sell at auction 40 fine resi
dence lots on the beautiful Mc j
Coy Moretz property tomorrow
(Friday) afternoon at 1:30 p. m*
Terms of sale are easy and
will go at the highest bid*