The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1886-02-18

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it does not the title would assist in ar
rving at the conclusion that the Act, like
It Latin verb. has lenses present and fu-
ture ! render thanks that the past can b.
put out Of yicW.) The present Is t. es-
tabish the future is to maintain
First Then--The Establishment.
Let is deal with the present. that Is 70
say, the establishment. From the list Of
the competing towns, | will take, for ex-
ample Raleigh. That town offers So 900
in cash-a site for the buildings-the old
Exposition buildings worth from 81, 900
to -, 600, and the use of twenty acres of
land The Board Of Agriculture sets aside
- 600 for the first year. Therefore we
have for the establishment:
City Of Raleigh, cash, $1,000
g & material 5000
Board Of Agriculture, cash, 5000
Total, cash and material, $13, 900
in addition to free site and the use of
twenty acres Of land.
BY the Act Sec. l. ''The Board of Agri-
culture is hereby authorized and directed
to seek proposals of donations for the es-
tabli,hment mot maintenancel Of an IN
dustrial School" ''and when any city
shall donate III lands, buildings,
machinery OR other materials or money
IN amount adequate IN the judgment Of
maintenance Of said Industrial School it
shall be t.lcir Duty to locate the same at
such place"
There are two things to be noticed about
this act First the Board is "DIRECTED"
to seek donations and second, when in
their judgment the amount donated is
adequate to establish mot maintain) the
school il IS THEIR DUTY to locate the
same. Therefore the only demand for do
nations is for establishment and of course,
the only matter submitted to the judg-
ment Of the Board is, whether or 10,
$40, 000 in money and 50, 600 in material,
with a site and twenty acres of land IS
enough to start on Now to the Doctor
who has charge of an institution nearly a
hundred years old, with large number of
handsome and costly buildings consider
able annual revenues, derived from the
United States the State and private dona
tiOns, educating 900 young men, with a
large corps of Professors and Tutors, eX-
tensive libraries, laboratories, apparatus
and Instruments, all representing the ac-
cretions Of time and State pride, this may
appear not to be ''adequate," but | ven
ture to say, that the sturdy old gentlemen
who, in 1895, launched the University on
the career which (barring the war and re
| construction has been so prosperous, and
so distinguished, and which promises so
much under the able management of the
Doctor, would have decided without hest
taton TO establish on this and to trust to
hard work, good sense and. if need be, to
luck for maintenance.
What was the Legislatures idea Of es-
tablishment? That of the Doctor seems to
be clear" that the donation by the sue
ctssfuI city OF town for establishment
''shali approach in value that offered by
the state for maintenance. that is to say,
inasmuch as the State gives $1,000 per
year, which represents principal Of SS:,
333 33, the highest bidding city or town
must donate a sum approaching that.
Converts the Act into a Felo-De-Se.
To begin-su construction necessa
rily converts the act of assembly into a
fe!o-de-se. There isn't a city in the State
which could possibly, under any present
circumstance donate so large a sum-with
Wilmington, Iialeigh and Charlotto-ou
chief toWns-oWlng an average debt OF
5000 0O0, which involves an average taxa
tiou Estate. county and town. Of Two PEI
cent facts d which the legislature must
be presumed to have n&d some knowledge:
such legislative intent becomes impossi-
BILE. unte>S q want of familiarity with tbs
condition Ot TIE State be attributed to heI
legislators which would amount to stupid
; ity and which would hardly be just to the
gentlemen Who compose the present as
,
! Sembly.
But such construction is by no means
necessary when consideration is given t
, the relative cost Of establishment and
maintenance. And, just here again, the
: Doctors logic cannot be measured by the
rule in the books which if have not for
g0ttenl runs as follows:
Barbara Cclarcnt Darii Ferioque, &c.
Because he says, ''it is clear in my Opin
, | ~ ct
proach in value that of the State" Where
{ as, if he will carefully read, together, see
tons one and four Of the act, he will dis
! cover that the town donation is to be uset
! only for establishment; while that Of til.
! State shall apply to the establishment
u and main nteuunee." The legislative inten
: is manifest The town donation is to b,
utilized, 50 far as it will 60, towards es
; tabIishment alone but this, not expected
, to be sufficient, is to be assisted by tht
J State Donation which is to be applied botl
nance Of the School.
I How to Start the School.
| remark here that the provision tina
the State donation, though applied to th
; double purpose, shall not, for the present
exceed 50, 900 per annum, grows out of thu
} Inherent conservatism of North Carolin;
I character, and declares distinctly that th
{ and places beyond conjecture the legisla
} tive intent that the school in its infanc.
: shall be humble anc. Grow to strength an(
J size as time goes on.
{ The object Of the school is to provide in
u structiOn in ood-work, metallurgy
= practical agriculture, and in such othe
e branches Of industrial education as ma
be deemed expedient."
u | am somewhat afraid that the Docto
|, has been unduly alarmed by the rathe
y high-sounding words used by the draughta
;, man of the bill. Let us think about ii
:. Keeping in mind however, that we are t
II begin humbly' and expand gradually
IL Wood work. What does this mean
: In the art circles it might include tn
y fashioning of an exquisite mosaic, com
le posed of many small pieces of wood c
)f different grains and colors, so deftly pu
le together as to present the az pearance of
T, beautiful flower growing naturally in
t panel OF polished wood, and which sold i
er the markets of the rich might bring thot
)r sands. Or. in the more useful walks {
life, it might mean the construction of OIL
of those picturesque buildings which som,
O. times decorate country gardens. | tai
! it, however, that the woodwork instru
IS ton, intended by the act is that whicl
III after two or three years OF lntellige1
ID study and labor will give us a good ca
III penter. who will respect himself and