Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-06-05
CHAPEL HILL.
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES AT THE
NORTH CAROLINA STATE
UNIVERSITY.
Alumni Day-Prominent visitors Present.
Colonel w. n. s. Burgwyn's Ao-
Jress--A Business banquet.
nccr,s, telegram to tho Dispstoh.l

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RALrIoH, n. O., June 4.-The commence.
ment exercises at the State ,Unlyersity, ~
Chanel Hill. began to-day. The attenu-
ance was below the average, and the aay
was entirely devoted 10 the Alumni va nc
cordance with resolution recently ADOPT
ed by the trustees. Tho exercises "eIe
held in the NOble~Memorial Hall. Among
the prominent Alumni and visitors present
were Governor Fowle. SecretarY-oi,,St9to
Saunders, Superinterdent-Of-Pu Dhc-IliI
struction Finger. Junan s. Carr, samuei
+. Phillips Of Washington, DIR. A. Il. Lee
doux Of New York. and James GRANT OF
California. Walter l.. Steele, president OF
the Alumni Association, presided. il1r-
BILE tablet. the gift Of the trustees, IN nelh-
ory Of Professor Charles Phillips, was pre-
sented by Richard II. Battle and q tablet
in memory Of Professor Balph, II, u Idss,
was presented by j. w. Peele. Inc audIess
of the day was by Colonel W. II. 5. Bur
gwyn, of Henderson.
COLONEL BURGwYS's ADDRESS.
Tho subject Of the address Of Colonel Burgwyn
was tho necessity Of preserving tho memorials OF
the past and OF transmitting 20 ponteTlV Just
and impartial history Of North Carolina. Inc
address was n plea for the establishment NJ me
State University Of q separate CHAIR OF history.
IL was shown that az carly IS 40 the Generel
Assembly pessod an act appropriatlng E9'VJJiOr
the endowment Cf pubic schoOl lVr luo
province. aud that "a carly as 1854 Colonel james
lnnee, Of the Cape Fear, who commanded the
expedition against tho French and Indians IN
i53-'D, bequeathed tho most OF MS large pro
perry for the "use Of free school Tor tho bene-
III Of tho youth OF the state" Attention was cali
ed TO the fact that in the Constitution Of the state,
adopted as carly as November, lao, IL was en-
joined upon the Legislature to establish " one or
moro universities The Colonial period 1866
I77h, was then sdvertod 20. and tho side OF tho
people In their various controversies with Their
proprietary and royal Governors was defended.
II was Inserted that all the so-callod rebellons
aud disturbances arose from the efforts OF tho
people 20 resist illegal and usurped authority
and that the colonial history Of North Carolina
shows people loyal and Submissive TO loyal
authority. bold, enduring, ana iDdomiiable IN
resistance 10 Illegal usUrpatiOn. The spirit OF
the revolution was born in colonial North Caro-
lima, and defiance OF British authority had exist
cd practically in ths State half n century before
the Declaration OF Independence.
The battle Of Alamenco Q1D) was mentioned
and the uprising OF the regulators JUSTIFIED ana
Governor TryOn's inhumanity in hanging six Oh
the ringloadcrs condemned.
WAR OF THE REVOLUTION.
The battles Of MoOre's Crock, the Cowpens,
Kings Mountain. aud Guilford Courthouse wore
discussed, and the contention set up mat Kings
Mountain rather than Saratoga should nave bceu
selected by the author Of the fifteen decisive
battles Of the world "a the turning point in tho
war of the Revolution. GuilfOrd Courthouse was
q drawn battle, though CORVALLIS held the held.
Tho result forced the British General TO retreat
and made possible his surrender at YORKTOWN.
The reasons for the Stateis delay in ratiiying
| the Constitution we're stated and her position
defended. II was shown that so soon as 10 WAS
| apparent that certain amendments 10 the Con-
stituiIon would DO adopted, which would en-
| brace most OF those she epntonded for, the Con-
| silt utiOn was ratified. ltW0s stated as sOthe-
what remarkable fact that ono OF the amend
menis requested by North Carolina, but which
failed 10 receive the approval OF Congress, was
one to prohibit Congress from interfering In mo
times. places, and manner OF holding elections
| for Senators and Representatives, or either OF
them" &c, &c. The speaker then depicted
North Carolina In peace up 10 1901. mo chA-
racter Of her people was plain, modest conser-
vatyc, religious. FREQ from crime, hom lsms,
| from extreme poverty or wealth, sociablo, KIND,
and temperate. The bost society was TO be found
| elegant. Dolisned her statesmen incorrupttbie,
slavery was mild, and until the agitntoTs in the
North commenced thcir crusade against slave
properly, the free coored man had all tho rights
Of the white man, Including the right OF Suffrage.
NORTH CAROLINA AND TIE CIVIL WAR.
North Carolinas position IN the civil war was
stated 70 DO love Of tho Union. There was 70
luctance 70 secede. but when Lincoln made his
demand for North Carolina's quota OF mo 13'uJJ
men 10 DO raised 10 cOcrco the seeding states
back into the Union she followed her kindred
aud sister States. Though slow 70 take tho stop,
when once tskon there was no looking BACK.
With a voting population Of 1900 IN 1861 she
equipped and sent % tho field l2ouVl nghtlng
mon. she sent more soldiers W the Held in pro-
portion 10 her male population than any south
crn state. and lost more in killed and wounded
In proportion IMAM any anu menus INC iA't VI
those commands which sustained the greaiest
regmental loss In any one battle. as well as mo
other lst-that OF the greatest percentage OF loss
sustained in any one battle, This percentage IN
one command at Gettysburg reaching the al
most incredible figures Of sc $40 per cent. ahl
that her total loss in killed and WOUNDED anu
died OF disease amounted 20 over IS per cent. OF
her entire military population at tho breaking
| out Of the war.
RECONSTRUCTION.
Brief mention was made Of tho days OF recon-
strtcton, and the celebrated remark OF tho Chief
Justice, when his writ Of hdbfds c0rpns was dls-
obeysd, that "the judiciary is exhausted was
adverted 70. and the subsequent release OF the
prisoners by United States DisTictJudge george
W. Brooks
CHAIR OF HISTORY.
A brief account OF the present attitude OF the
various colleges and universities In the matter
of the study OF American history was then given.
IL was shown that sfter Harvard College SGT the
example Of establishing separate professor
ship of history, In 1879, ana appointeu Jhrsd
SPARKS. the biOYrapher Of Washington, IS It's
professor other higher institutions were not
GLOW to follow Haryards example, until now al
most every institution Of the higher education
have courses In American history, ana hol
few have specially endowed chairs where
history in connection with literature, or 20
ltical science are taught as separate depart
ments and as much time given 10 lhese stu1leS
a. 10 any. 10 was shown that history had become
a technical study and must DO pursued a. such
That 10 should DO taught IN connection WIN 20
liticai science: that II could Do taught ohiy 10
the best advantage In the Sale thlFerslly.
which should be the roof aud crown OF the states
system Of education; that such study Is not
called for in schools below tho rank OF uni
versity. 80,
alumni 10 aid in the establishment OF chair OF
history, where the memorials OF the Rlofles OF
the state should be gathered, and win an ihyo-
cation TO those graduating not TO leave Nor.h
Carolina, but 20 remain at nome anu help 10
mako the Stato PROSPEROUS ana great
BANouETING AND BUSINESS.
At the conclusion of this address there
was a BANQUET of the Alumni In GraTd
Hall. This developed into business meet
INC the object of which WAS the raising OF
%b0. 900 10 endOw q char OF history at the
University. Many subscriptions were made.
Judge Grant. of California, and ID. II.
Worth, of Wilmington. each gave Sl,oOO;
MANY other subscriptions were made, ana
the students graduated since 1910 pleugeu
themselves for $1,000
Judge Grant increased his gift TO $4,000
and Julian =. Carr, of Durham. gave SlO,OOO:
Twenty-Five thousand dollars was raised
during the afternoon.
The banquet was concluded by toasts,
which were IS follows:
THE President of the Association, re-
spondcd to by w. l.. Steele.
North Carolina and the Federal Con-
stitution," response by Governor fowle.
"Old Times in Chapel Gill" responses
by Judge James Grant and Colonel IL. Is.
Creecy
The University" responses by John A
Gilmer and John w. Fries, ESQ.
THE Alumni Association" response by
Professor G. ID. Mclyer. =,
"A Chair of History in the University"
response by General Rufus Barringer,
The University and the state" re-
sponse by W. A Guthrie.
The University and the Publlc-School
SYSTEM" responses by Hon. ). N. Finger
and Professor j. Y. Joyner.
THE Press" responses by henry a.
London and Josephus Daniels.
Tho University and Agriculture ana
Mining in North Carolina" response by
DR.. A. Il. Ledoux.
DEGREES CONFERRED.
The trustees to-day elected Horace ID;
Williams, OF Gates, to be professor OF moral
philosophy, TO succeed Rev. Dr. A. W.
Mangum. who died last month. ,
The degree of Doctor of Divinity Will be
conferred upon the Rev. Frank l.. keld,
editor of the Raleigh Christian Adoocaie.
and Rev. j. H. Gordon of Raleigh.