The banner-enterprise., 1883-06-14
OUR SCHOOLS.
ZION WESLEY INSTITUTE,
fCor. of the BANNER ENTERPRISE

ICor. of the BANNER ENTERPRISE
At half-past 10 o'clock a large
number of citizens and friends from
abroad assembled at Zion Wesley IN
| stltute.
The exercises w,re onened by sing
ing by the school, and prayer BY Rev
|. c. Clinton, of South Carolina.
After u few remarks from the
President, Rev. J. q. Price, he in
troduced
RT. REV. $ t. JONES, L. D,
the one selected to deliver the an
nual address. Subject of his address,
"1he Lrrepressibiiity and Hopetut-
ness Of Tie Negro
The venerable Bishop came for
ward (amid APPLAUSE in his usual
calm and deliberate manner, and held
his audience spell.bouud for quite IN
hour. His address SAomed great
ability and thought. For fear OF
doing the. Bishop an injustice We will
not attempt to comment upon his ad
dress, but say that all seemed to be
greatly benefited, and would have
been glad had a large number OF
white citizens been present to have
heard the Bishop. | think some of
them would have. changed their mind
as to the Negro being incapable Of
learn;ngf He proved to us that he
was a great man, a great thinker and
a profound scholar. After the Bishop
had concluded a reces was given
from IL o'clock m. until 2 O'Clock
p. m. At . o'clock, sharp, after a
beautiful piece of music from the
band, Prof. Price 'came forward and
stated that the hour having arrived
they would at once take up the pro-
gramme Of the day.
Miss Esther Csrthey delivered the
S|slusatory Address. We need not
say it was good F.; for she at once gave
us to know that we were there 70
have a grand literary treat. We have
neither time nor space to speak OF
each one separately, but we will men
ton the name of only a few of the
many that reflected credit upon their
school and MISUNDERSTANDING them
we find Miss Eliza j. Houser, Of
Charlotte, n, C., d.. IL. Bingham, OF
Salisbury, N. C., w. ID. Clinton, Of
Lancaster, 5. G., w. l.. Henderson,
of Salisbury, N. G., and j. B. Col
bert, the valedictorian, of Lancaster,
S. C. The speeches and essays from
the students showed excellent train
ing, and a great and good work on the
part of the teachers. After the pro.
grrmme had been exhausted several
distinguished gentlemen were listened
to with marked attention. We are
sorry to note that Bishop Lomax just
arrived a little too late to participate
in the first grand commencement OF
Zion Wesley Institute, owing to the
misconnection Of the Georgia trains,
We are impressed with the idea that
Zion Wesley is destined to do a great
work for the American Negro The
good people of Salisbury feel greatly
blessed by having such an institution
of learning in their midst. The good
people OF Salisbury feel greatly
blessed by having such an institution
of learning in their midst. With such
an one as Rev. j. c. Price, A. NJ
President, with his great ability as
an orator, a scholar and thinker, as
sisted by the accomplished scholars,
Rev. G. r. Harris and Prof. f.
Moore, and the pious and intelligent
matron, Mrs. NJ E. Harris, Zion
Wesley cannot afford to stand still;
she must move on and accomplish the
great, good work that is waiting for
her to do.
Respectfully, &c,
w. Z. HENDERSON.
Salisbury, June 5, 1888.