The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-06-11

waiting for the report OF the commit
tee. Nj. Leazar, for the committee,
subsequently, introduced the bill which
became the Act of 1885. The bill
passed the House by q vote Of 81 to
IL. In the Senate Messrs. r. w.
Winston, Willis R. Williams, Capt.
S. B. Alexander and Major John Cat
ling, deceased, we're its special cham
pions. 1t passed by a vote of % to9,
becoming a law on the 7th day OF
March, 1885.
The time will come when posterity
will demand the ayes and noes on this
bill, but 1 will not call them to day.
The bill became a law not without
considerable difficulty. Some opposed
it because they were fossils and oppose
everything; some feared it would
ultimately draw the Land Scrip Fund
away from the University. 1t was
the general opinion of its friends at
the time it was passed that it would
have failed if it had called for one
dollar from the general treasury.
The main features of the Act are
interesting at this day. 1t provides:
lst. That the Board of Agriculture
should seek proposals of donations
from the cities and towns of North
| Carolina, and when an adequate dona-
| ton should be made by any city or
town, there the school should be
located, giving the place the prefer
! ence which offered the greatest in
| ducements.
I'd. That the school should be under
the joint control of the Board of Agri-
culture and directors from such town
or city.
Sd, That the instruction should be
in wood work, mining, metallurgy,
practical agriculture, and such other
branches of industrial education as
may be deemed expedient.
4th. That the Board of Agricul-
ture should be authorized to apply
annually $4,000 of the surplus funds
of their department to the establish
ment and maintenance of said school.
Pursuant to Act of Assembly, and
authorized by resolution of the Board
| adopted October 18th, 1885, Mr.. Nc
| Gehee, Commissioner of Agriculture,
advertised for proposals. Charlotte
responded, offering an eligible site and
$4,000 in money; Kinston offered
$4,000 in money; Raleigh offered
$4,000 in money Increased subse-
quently to So, OOO), the Exposition
Building, valued at $4,000, one acre
of land donated by Mr.. VIM. Stronach
conditioned upon locating the school
upon it,, and subsequently the use of
twenty acres donated by the Directors
of the State Fair, situated in the
western part of the Fair Ground.
At this meeting of October 18th the
Board of Agriculture passed a reso-
luton i%nstructing the Director, DR..
Dabney, to prepare and submit at
their next meeting a report upon the
cost and character of an Experimental
Farm, and also upon the conduct of
an Industrial School.
Not satisfied with the progress made
since the passage of the Act, the
Watauga Club on November 4th
passed a resolution calling for a mass
meeting of the friends of industrial
education throughout the State. With
the aid of the citizens of Raleigh,
acting through Messrs. Primrose and
Latta, a great mass meeting was called
together on the 26th day or Novem-
Der. Capt. Octavius Coke was made
chairman. DR.. CLANCY, from Atlanta;
Major R. Bingham, w. Fl. Kerr and
others addressed the meeting. Great
enthusiasm prevailed and the follow
ing resolution was adopted:
awe, citizens of North Carolina, in
mass meeting assembled, feeling a
deep interest in the material welfare
and prosperity of our State, and we'll
knowing that intelligent labor is the
basis of III civilization; believing
that our people are of right entitled
to an institution where the best
methods of manual labor may be
taught and its dignity faithfully i'm
pressed upon the minds of our youth;
deeply sensible of the necessity of a
system of education which will train
the mind and hand together, and of
the truth that pure theoretical and
literary education is not of itself suf-
fcient to meet the demands of the
people or the necessities of these times;
profoundly conscious Of the fact that
the venue of livelihood to men
trained only for literary pursuits are
already crowded, and holding as we
do that it is the duty of the State to
her ons as she increases their de-
mands upon society by education to
open up to them and multiply the
avenues of legitimate occupations;
therefore resolved,
81. That we ought to have an In
dustrial School.
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