The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-27
AWaking Oavsuson,

|, i net unlikely that 'hou, ands ofuu
readers. iu Eastern Car ira. aui man
thousands out Il the state. d. not re-
member. Il they ever dii thar the Pres
byteran, have college IN Nor i Car
Ina, "a venerable aui stately irslitl
ton WIN h might be, auI ae1t / b.,
and perhaps j. destined 20 b.. the Head
Centre oi Presbyterian Eiucstlona. lntiu
enec IN he South Atlantic Section. mr
a Wake Forest and Triui'y 10 their re~
pccti>e denominations
You my be aware that Davidson
College belongs to the pre>byteriau
oyn0ds in North Carohna, South caro-
ina. and Geprgii, ami is governed /
Trustees from those States. X, suit.
an alb sence OF State pride, individual Gu
ergy IN the mana ement The annual
meetings OF Trustees usually cyoil e,
some talk more talk mos, talk aud
hide el-e Yet tie Colele ought to hsv,
thrlve1 Ii has done much thuroug h
work Ia mad DR.. Drury Lacy. pr VI
Phail Gen T. II Hill, Prof Bl ke. and
now Rev III. y Hepburn II i,
delightfully."- located 10 a yilage of it, own
gathering, milway between Charlotte
aud Statewide, IN one OF the finest see
tions Of the State ) miles from the home
Of John Mex nit Alexander, aud many
other Scotch Irish Presbyterian pauivt>
Of Revolutionary days.
The railroad passes directly past III,
Immense campus which is ercen at d
shadv.-a veritable scn' for the Muses.
and for study.
But DavidsoYa a doze' years ago adop
ted the plodding policy -staid. modest
respectable. but slew drcaitully slow :
The seed-iact that printing INK Is an indies
able step, If not the very key step,
of success, was slow to take root. You
can hear men any day sueering at New
paper Puffery," but the best argulpent
per contra is to point 10 those who dis
card the use of the press, and those who
make regular and justitable use Of it
The one will be found sinking out Of
sight, (which is out of mind; the 9th er
will be pushing forward even though
less capable than the 'Pokey y
Well, the day for awakening seem,
to have come-even to Davidson Pres
byterians have been getting inpatient lol
these many, many years. SO at the recent
commencement new note was struck
Three OF he Professors bad re igned 1t
was pity to lose them, bat the loss III ay
prove gain; for the places have been
given TO three new men, who even If uo
abler than the retiring professors wl
bring new friends, new leas, new energy.
The best fruit we ever ate came from q
vigorous young limb, grated upon al
hearty old stock.
Another move was the organization o
Davidson College Improvement Asso
clatlon.-at So admission fee. Every
weli-to-jo Presbyterian is wanted as {
member FIVE thousand memb bers vii
give $25, 900 for improvnr the college
and grounds You may doubt if they
ge any such nun Der but The Trustee
wi ely put at the head # lie movement
wi h committee Of Ii : "wl choice
Geo. Allen, Esq, OF NeNbrrn. Who ha
the energy to act, ana III. enthusiasm t,
talk it up The Committee Is naincd
Geo. Alien, E>q, chairman, Nc"tcin
5. II. Wiley, Esq, Barker, Salisbury
Col John L. Brown, Charlotte, CO
Thos. W. Holt Mai. Ksueit Elr4han
Congressman II, Eyins, of South Car
olina, Congressman y. White, Rev. DIR
Hepburn Rev Dr. j VI Ma X. Stror
men, all of them