Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1860-03-07

EI- We give place to the following com
munication with pleasure; first, because it
~corrects a misstatement unwittingly made by
%ourself; and secondly because it brings before
the public an Institution worthy of the fos-
tering care and generous support Of our citi-
zens-one that we sincerely feel partial to on
account of its being the pioneer College in
North Carolina for offering the privileges of
a thorough education to those Of moderate
means, it having been chiefly confined hitherto
J to the children of the wealthy.
We were in error, it seems, about the
/ Preachers and the Orators last year and the
year before being al from the State Of Vir-
ginia. We thought one was from Alexan-
dria, another from Norfolk, &c, and we think
| so yet-though we may have forgotten that
North Carolina was also represented. Ger
tainly this year, all the announcements made
are from Virginia. However, let that pass.
Ns'haye no prejudices against the Preachers
and Orators of the Old Dominion-thcir SER
mons and addresses honor any Institution be-
9 fore which they are delivered, But we
thougSit a little, strange that AZ Of them
Should be selected from that one State. The
Communication below explains the matter,
d and certainly exhonerates the Students from
blame in the matter. We hope this much
good viii grow out of our calling attention to
it; that when North Carolfniaas are invited
to speak or preach, by OR home Colleges,
e they will feel it to be both@a duty and pleas
h ure to comply. But to the Communication :
Id For the Spirit of the age.
lie Wake Forest College.
Mr. EpIroR In your issue Of the 29th ult
re you announce the Preacher and Orators tor Wake
Forest College, at nSzt commencement, and no.
4" tice and comment upon the fact, that they are all
is from another State.
AS injustice is done US, Internationally, of
% course, you will, 1 know, c~heerfully give place in
1T. your columns for q statement of facts, and for the
correction Of mis- statements, mad yertently made
T. the more readily, as you wish well to old
lis Wake Forest College"
no You say Every thing from another State
Same thing last year" The gentleman selected
to deliver the Address before the Alumni Associ.
it alton, this year, is a native of North Carolina, an
Alumnus of Wake Forest College, and was a res
10 ident of tho State up to a recent period. Last
see year, it is true, the Preacher was from another
:. State; but both the Orators Were from North Car
OtinG Again you say " Last, and we believe
ks the year before, Preachers and Orators all came
A. from Virginia and now this year the same
Instead Of the Preachers and Orators all coming
hts from Virginia last year, none but the Preacher
tn was from Virginia-both the Orators being from
~ this State. And as to " the year before" instead
the of heir 4" all coming from Virginia, tkey rere ALL
ok from North (~arolinG.
Going back for the last FIVE years, l find that
out of the eleven Preachers and Orators who have
lgh participated in the !" honorary distinctions here
he'd from other States. and one Of these tour Is a ma
ugh tive of North Carolina.
Still, there might seem to be some ground for
ign your complaint, were it not for other facts, witt
vo- which you and the public are unacquainteu The.
~ are these
Du' The young gentlemen here often find it Difficult
the to procure Preache. s and Orators from n. c., ant
vet are therefore forced to go to other States. Al
most every prominent man In the State has beef
God, invited, at one time or another, to deliver our An
Z &c nual Literary Address. Some of them have &C
cePtsd, and haze given US able speeches; bu
most of them have declined, on account of tn
I'd is pressure of professional engagements. Last year
no less than four different gentlemen of n. {
H. were invited to deliver the Address-the nth on
p elected, accepted. This year the invitation was e.
$50 tended to ttO North Carolinians, both of who,
hhi declined, and then a gentleman from Va. was ele,
press TED. 30 1T has been every year and so it is,
rlor doubt not, with most or all of our Colleges.
You see, then, that instead Of "ignoring" nc
into tire talent" the students here have shown a hg
! or appreciation of it; and have selected their speaI
> ers from other States, lin the few instances whe,
or they have done SOL with pleasure, indeed, bI
<ers only after they were unable to get them at home
-, L have no doubt but that from your "siI
I his cere desire to promote the interests of the Co
tho ltge." you will now read these literary geptleme
d. hl:te a lecture on their duty to home instfr,
alnSt ton By so doing, we win hold ourselves vo,
man. mrch bliged, humble servants and next We,
we may be able to procure an Orator from Nor
0 the CarClll a.
anon Inc ZANE statement hold in regard to the Al
nual Preachers. Nearly all our prominent Nj
listers have either oficiated, or been invited TO
so. This year, and last year, and every year. a
own Preachers have been invited, before going
other States. Generally, the members of 4
graduating class are members Of the Bant
1atch Church, and frequently many of them have \
mont Ministry in view. They therefore prefer Preacbe
- OF their own denomination and when thew ca
We not get them at home, they must look for thu
abroad.
Perhaps l ought to say that our Commencems
rojec- exercises have never lost in interest by the mr.
the ence OF Orators and Preachers from other Sat
neither has the College been mined ON tbis
TAIN count; and we have had no cause 70 regret su
.bo,t visits. g"
only profted by the SENIOR a T%ds . entertained a
New ented gentlemen from Virginia. at our next Co
,LaeO mencement. Hoping, Mr.. Editor, that YOU n
De here to enjoy the feast,
ny to lam, very respectfully, yours,
We T. ii. IVEY
we Wake Forest College, March LIST, 1860.
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