The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1889-09-06
THE PEABODY FUND.
TIIEBIG HEARTED DPIII.ANTURo
PiSI'S AID TO THE YOUNG.
Hr. Curry Gives II Review OF the WAY ii
Is Applied ard the Great Good IL Has
Done Inc Southern Y Ouths.
[FrOm AshtVille Citizen.

address before the Winthrop Training
School at Columbia, 5. g., on the l2th of
last May. Like everything sad ana writ
ten by that gentleman, the address is ulc-
CANT, scholarly and instructive.
ilf- Curry Is row one Of the trustees of
the Peabody fund, and is therefore enabled
TO give lis a Gear insiSh, into the motives,
PRINCIPLES and aims of that munifceut
benefaction; originating in the pure, en-
lightened benevoencc of Mr. Peabody,
seeing the grlevous wants that were cry
ing for relief, bat with majestic magnan-
unity, disclaiming all control of the be
nevolence, leaving it to be applied ana
directed by those who were to become the
true bencfclaries; unlike the Blair so called
henefacuon, genuine trojan horse, seek
inr power under the guise of generosity.
and sappng the foundation of iHdcpen
dence under the sham of enlightenment.
The gifts and cndowmcnlS OF Mr.. Pea
boGy were more Timely and more efficient
fhan even their uLquestioned magnitude
have gained credit for. In the after dayS
OF prosperity, in the sunshine OF Il settled
peace, IL IS easy and natural to forget the
years Of struggle with poverty the DAYS of
contention and the better experience Of
oppression. This is the happy constitution
OF the human character Those who now
survive The Illuminating ard impoverished
period succeeding the war, live with duh
memories and blunted sensibiliIies, and in
the enjoyment of restored peace and pros
rerity, almost question the realities OF a
past experience. 10 whose minds those
til4,s prcson. themselves Us a DISTRESSING,
nightmare, a dream rather than 4 serig9
OF StlesSfui facrs. Auoth< series Of ac
tors has come upon thc field 10 whom
those experiences nave 40 meaning al all,
lof relatively their young lives daWHvi
INTO maturity and action under environ
ments pleasant and natural, however new
and unnatural they might appear to an
older generation.
IN bis address Dr. Curry pictures the
times lmmol.0tely succeeding he war, IT'S
trials, It's miscrics, it aspirations, its
humiiiations, its poverty. Lessons 50 I'M
pressive it would seem would be Inel.acea-
Die; yet we have seen in political as Noli
rs III material experiences, how those les
soHs are forgotten in the peeyish contrr
tion# with present trifes, and how child
caldInicies from which they once freed
themselves, eithcr through apathy, o. rs
prompt way TO tide over some present, IL
c0nra,ably lesser grievance.
Perhaps some viii recognize the truth
OF lJr- Curry picture OF the aclual condl
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