The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1890-11-19
high rank among our education.

al institutions. He gave to i
all that q great brain and {
warm heart could bestow, anG
when he laid down his life work
a Crowell was found to take i
up. Did time permit it woulG
} give me pleasure to speak of the
noble professors and instructors
who stood by the brave Craver
in his heroic efforts to make
Trinity a College worthy of hi:
denomination and of his State
Some of them worked upon
meager, half-paid salaries rath
er than desert this struggling
institution when they might
have been better paid by going
} elsewhere. The College had its
dark days before and after the
death of Craven cast a gloom
over it's prospects, but in al
these days of trial, generous
friends, with patriotic hearts
and noble purposes, came to its
rescue, and, at no little costs to
themselves, lifted it out of the
grave embarrassment which inn
paired it's usefulness. The story
of these days and the names and
| the deeds of these good men will
always interest the friends of
Trinity and will always form
an important part of its history.
But / must forbear to repeat
this story to-day lest for want
of full information l might omit
the name of some one which be-
longs in the list of those who
should be gratefully remember
ed.
The Trinity of old Randolph
has done a noble work notwith-
standing its youth and it's en-
barrassments. Scores and hun
dreds of trained young men of
well-formed Christian charac-
tiers have gone out from its
halls to elevate humanity, to
bless society and to fill impor-
tant positions in church and
State. But a feeling has grown
up among its friends that its
sphere of usefulness might be
greatly enlarged by its removal
to a more accessible locality.
In obedience to this feeling,
which grew and increased as the
matter was discussed, the eneces-
sary orders have been given for
its removal and we are here to-
| day, with loyal hearts and lov-
ing hands, to transplant our
cherished institution into this
progressive community and to
dedicate anew our sacred honor
to its support and maintenance.
And need notappeal to our Dur
ham friends to be faithful to the
institution in its maturer years
which our Randolph friends
nourished so tenderly and de-
votedly in its infancy. l am
sure not. They have already
given the most substantial as
surances of what we may expect
of them. Nor need | appeal to
those who oppose this removal
to join US in expanding and ex-
tending the influence which
their own beloved Craven put
in motion up in the hills of old
Randolph. Whatever may have
been their feeling and opinions
before the removal was decided
upon, l know their love and de-
votion to the College will follow
it and uphold it in its new home
as Loyalty as in its old; and !
think | risk nothing in saying
that its accomplished President
and his able faculty will have
the cordial, united support of
the Methodists of North Caro-
lima anywhere.
But. my friends, we all know
that suitable buildings and ap.
paratus and money to pay
teachers are necessary parts of
a successful educational work,
and that the men who supply
these requisites are worthy coad.
| tutors of the presidents, profes.
sOrs and teachers of our schools.
Hence, i'm the very beginning
of this address, / linked the
Dukes and the Cars and the
Cravens and the Crowells in the
good and far-reaching inhuen.
ces of Trinity College, And
Twas l not right? How can
schools be kept without suitable
houses in which to keep them:
How can teachers be employed
unless they be paid? The rich
have their responsibilities for
the manners and the destinies
Of the poor. If men of fortune
withhold their means from all
enterprises for the education
and elevation of the poor, they
are asserting to the perpetual.
ton Of the cruel slavery Of ig-
norance. II they contribute OF
their means to these noble causes
they are assisting in breaking
these CALLING shackles, in carry.
| iur Iiuht into the dark places.