The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-06-28
SENATOR VANCE.
HIS SPEECH AT WAKE FOREST
An Able and Scholarly Address Full
of Sound Truths and Pract ical Sug-
geStionS

Senator Vance delivered the an.
nual address at Wake Forest on the
9Th. We find the following synopsi:
of his speech in the STATE CAronieke
Senator Vance said he never ap.
peared before a North Carolina au.
dience without emotion. His chic
desire was to say something thai
would assist in doing good. He was
unwilling to speak merely for the pres
ent interest.
His subject was Modern Education
and its Tendencies. In educating a
man the first thought was to be given to
his material surroundings The body
is the tenement of the soul, and ought
first to be cared for. First bread must
feed the body, and then educating
must feed the mind.
Without surplus-which we call
] Capltal-there can be no intellectual
growth. In other ages, no surplus
could be put aside and nothing could
be done to ameliorlte the condition oi
the people. Ignorance of the physi.
cal laws prevented any advance.
There is no more interesting history
than that of our race and their slow
progress towards better condition.
He traced the progress and described
the condition of the people in the days
of good King Alfred. Here the Sen
ator secured applause by saying that
cups were made of a horn, whence
came the saying "Let's take horn y
With the inconvenience Of that day,
he coltrasted the present improved
condition under Queen Victoria, the
Emp e;5 Of india. Misery has been
relieved, and blessings have come
from a knowledge of the physical
world.
Queen Victoria went into raptures
over her first pair of red silk stockings,
and sent to Spain for the material,
and declared she would wear no other
kind. "Young gentlemen said the
Senator :" do not know how many of
our American queens @ear them-I
have no means of ascertainlng, This
| do know: they do not consider
themselves dressed without them. "
Laughter.
The Senator spoke at length of the
value of scientific. knowledge in the
progress of mankind, speaking specially
of the invention Of the mariners com
pass, the printing press, the appllca-
ton of electricity, of chemistry, etc.
The equality and brotherhood of
man began to believed after the in
vention of the printing press and the
Democracy taught by Jesus Christ
came to be practised. People then
began to think there were others than
kings and soldiers. The printing
press gave knowledge to all-and
all equal.
The value Of steam was commented
upon. The Senator said that steam
power had revolutiOnized the work of
the world. He contrasted hand labor
with steam labor, and said that steam
labor had carried countless comforts
to the poor, and made former luxures
prime necessities.
The importance Of study of science
cannot be over estimated. 1t is more
important now than all others. Every
man ought to make the important part
of education to be to seek the truth.
In an especial manner is the want OF
scientific education needed in North
Carolina. The want of skilled arti-
sans is great. The deficiency of me-
chanical skill is largely due to the lack
of scientific knowledge among our
people.
The Senator said: {: \ little educa-
ton is good, though the poet has said
otherwise" The schools of technolo
gy are modern. They have succeeded
elsewhere and are needed in North
Carolina. We are On an age of great
progress, and that progress will
chiefly be found in the scientific edu-
cation of our people. The State i:
not wanting in moral or physical re
sources. He spoke at length Of The
productiveness of North Carolina anc
its advantages and resources, giving
many interesting and valuable fact
and figures Among other remarka
BILE things, the Senator said that scien
lists state that there is more gold ii
North Carolina than there ever wa:
in California. We only need difu
sion of the knowledge of nature tc
utilize our resources.
The Senator did not join in the CRY
| that we must have immigration anc
| foreign capital. He was unwilling L
confess the inferiority of our people
He thanked God our forests are un
/ touched Let them be an heritage Il
our children. Let Us welcome th'
stranger who comes to us, but let u
not wait for him. Let our educated
brain develop our own resources
| After physical science had beer
conquered the next study IS that 0
Political Economy. He discussed
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