Newberry College - Newberrian Yearbook (Newberry, SC)

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is 'E'-we '- i-is J:--T.-f v .J ' --- 1'LT3L.. '.,, ,.. ,j 1...- - , nn S - V I K.. -. . Q., , ,157 ..--' . -.-7-N - .zaf- X-' .,. , ' .. -V ff. .f f TM --F , -vgfa. . L 1 , 1l11The history of the efforts of South Carolina Lutherans to found an institution of higher learning began at the annual meeting of the South Carolina Synod in Charleston in 1828. The Rev. John Bach- man, D.D., President of the Synod of South Carolina and Adjacent States, recom- mended in his annual report the establish- ment of an institution of learning, the chief purpose of which was to be the training of ministers for the church. The Synod resolved to establish a seminary and to conduct in connection with it a Classical Academy. This was the original school which some years later became Newberry College. T h e first session opened in February, 1831. 1lflAt the meeting of Synod in 1832, Lexington, S. C., was chosen as the loca- tion for the institution. From 1833 to 1853 the Classical and Theological Insti- tute of the South Carolina Synod was guided by the Rev. E. L. Hazelius, D.D. In 1854, the Synod considered it advis- able to seek a new home for the institution and to secure a charter constituting it a regular college with power to c o n f e r degrees. Proposals were received from Newberry and Walhalla and in 1856 New- berry was chosen. At the Synod meeting this year the school was known as Luther College and Theological Seminary, but in the following year the present name, Newberry College, was adopted. The college was chartered by the General As- sembly of South Carolina on December 20, 1 856. . At the meeting of the Board of Trustees on january 13, 1857, the contract was let for the erection of the first college building for the sum of :S18,000. The preparatory department was opened in October, 1858, and the college proper began operation in lfebruary, 1859. The first president was the Rev. Theophilus Stork, D.D., of Phila- delphia, but on account of sickness he returned North in the Spring of 1860 and the Rev. James Allen Brown, D.D., Pro- fessor of Theology, was elected as his successor.

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5111 iilivmnriam SIMON RAY GRIMM H892-1951, For his friendliness, his unfailing humor, his sympathetic understand- ing and will to help, his fine Christian life and devotion to his church and communty, Dr. Grimm will long be- remembered by those who knew him. 5

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f Dr. Brown returned North in February, 1861, and the Board of Trustees elected as President the Rev. J. 1'. Smeltzer, 11.11, who guided the perilous fortune of the struggling little college during the war and the period of Reconstruction. In the sum- mer of 1865, the college building was occupied by the Federal garrison. In order to secure funds to keep the college open, Dr. Smeltzer baked bread and peddled it to the Union soldiers who would always make him eat a portion of each batch of bread that they might be sure he was not trying to poison them. Now came a crisis in the history of the college. Because of the damage done the college building by the 1 edera1 soldiers, it was considered un,- Nvmhrrrg Qlnllrgr 1831-1552 safe for occupancy, and there was no money for repairs. Endowment funds, invested in Confederate bonds, had been wiped out. At this time an offer was received from XValhal1a and the college was moved there. The people of Newberry could not long endure the sight of the ruins that had been a college. Grim and gaunt, the crumbling walls of that lone building on the hill beyond the town was a constant challenge to their enterprise. 1n 1876, the citizens of Newberry raised enough money to bring the college back home. 1111Under the wise administration of the beloved George W. Holland, 15.11, who served as president from 1877 to 1895 the J 'f .1 --- --- - --, 1 4,1 H -'- '- ' -- -lg-P? ' Ei? -gl K 47: i -- x:2-'FETT-vf...t :JI'L. -1 .til 5- N N N ---H -'----Q .e TL .-.ree-,:i - N - 'l'-EF-7'::-'fi-4' '-'.:.-I. -..--' - .- J- Pc?-5773-lfllv - it 6- -- - . T -'L tlf--5: '--..,.- -1'--f -N. 'C-T-,.,-L1 -N12.. -----1-X 5 -71'-:.Ti 5..-. -ff - -f . ---- 7' - ' ' 1 ' 'f' 7- - - '.L'.1H:L:'Tf1 fix ft 3 ' -.25 F1 .i- - A -- PL:-5.5-,f3rlf,:, :LX ' ' f -: , , , ,..,.-..-- '- '.-f- , --- -- , f-if . 11...-... sing- X ' .I - i' ef- - - 'l' 'M ' ' L 5' ' -.- 1 - ' I 07 fx fig' ill? --? ' zz: -1. I r. -tif-ia..-1 -, --1. IT- I5 2, ru :- - ,:tl:L T- cL'L T,1' TC' Fc ' l'-'C l-Y xl, ,,,,, :LL -an - sf' ff- lf f f .ers uv? gf? N 591'-rn ..V-,QV 1 EL- Li' -' + - G 9 ! 1 L- -- f I 7 4 . - .. , -- 7 . '- - - q L ' -, fr ' 3 3 7-7+ - - ' 71 W L , 'gf 3 LH 'W 1 llllfri ,- -:-- 'vhfw 1... ff: ,jx x 2 1 I ,, ,Q 1.2 , lg, lg, niagw v,tt1 - 1' .1 G , hr., 4 ' I, 4 r I 2' Lil- - !'M'sl 1f' ll, fyjxhff' I g rim I 4'-Q--f' I 0 l .-X,-, Z ' mn' ,r agff A rg Qc ' . - is 1 ,UV V. fl 1 7f.W'f'f 2,1 e 'Q 'figm '---'-- 'awquffg ,zfffzf '- - -Q h XM- ff., 4,-2 - s f -f fld s. V Z7 ' V ' .7 1-vflfi---,,,,f'ff 77 , .-.- 1 ,- . f- 62,51 1 1 x- f- .9-J-I-fhfjz My-'gf , f, -' f ,- s,..- k ...- a--,,,? ' ff- ,..- f-v --1.1