The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-10-17
EDUCATIONAL MEETING.
MORE ELOQUENT SPEECHES
THAN RALEIGH HAS HEARD
IN A LONG TINE.

tiou in Council--The Resolutions
Adopted.
At tbe educational meeting last night
the attendance Owing to bad weather) |
was not large, but it was composed of !
distinguished educators. Among them
we noticed Maj. S. NJ. Finger, State
Superintendent of schools; Hon. K. P.
Battle, LII. D., President, and Prof.
Geo. Z. Winston, LII D., of the Univer-
sity; Prof.J. B. Carlyle, of Wake Forest;
all the faculty of the A. & M. College;
the faculty of the D. D. and B. Institu-
tion; the faculty of the Raleigh Graded
School; Maj. Robert Bingham, of Bing-
ham School; President Crowell, of
Trinity College; Prof E. W. Kennedy,
Durham; Professor Charles D. McIver,
President North Carolina Teachers
Assembly, Prof. J. Y Joyner, of Colds
boro; DR.. c. N. Mason, Superintendent
Car eret county; Prof. II: Morson, Prof.
@ B. benson, Raleigh; DR.. J. S. Long,
New Berne; Prof. W. L. Poteat, Wake
Forest; Prof. F. P Hobgood, Oxford;
E G. Harrell, editor North Carolina
Teacher, Raleigh; W. J. Ferrell, Wake
field.
DIR. WinstOn's Eloquent Address.
Introduced by W. j. Peele, Esq, Prof.
Geo. T. Winston, L L. D., took the stand
and delivered an interesting and telling
address abounding in facts and argument
that fell with weight. 1t was trench
ant address, full of force and elegance
and in the versatile Professors happiest
vein We shall give this speech to our
readers in a later issue.
Maj. S. Nj. Fingers Address.
His theme was 1.-The Needs of Com
mon Schools" It was full of meat
bold, plain and straight forward. He
argued end proved that there was pres
sing netd for an increase OF taxation for
public schools
: Ex. Gov Jarvis
Was EeXt introduced. His deepest
sympathy goes out to the common
schools of the State in which the SONS Ot
tie poor are to be educated. He COM
batted the absurd idea that our public
schools are IN any sense charity. He
! pleaded for better public schools and
pledged his efforts to make them more
efficient and especially SO in the agricul
ture to levy q snffiient tax to give am
n pie school facilities to the children IL
n every district in the State. He believed
that tne school tax was the least burden
some one We pay. The Governo
spoke in ringing and patriotic tone
g this subject Which lies 50 near his heart
A and upon which he has never given fortl
> any uncertain sound.
: Prof. Alderman's letter.
A bright aud vigorous letter was reaC
: from Prof. E. A. Alderman upon th
e need of our public schools.
- Let us Have d Larger Fund.
II Ga motion Of ". J. Peele, ESQ, ia
= following resolution was adopted;
- - RESOLVED That it is the sense Of thi
: meeting that the taxation for publ
: :. schools in North Carolina ought to +
= increased.
- Prof. Chas. ID. Mcfver.
" This popular young educator address
T. ed himself to the necessity of instructlt
i of the teachers Garfield said that th
ne best college he had ever seen was Mar
is Hopkins on one end Of log and he 0
the other He said that majority
the teachers do not take q neWspape
They are unframed, and they know i
The State has not given them prop
,ss employment and encouragement
ne we can only have good teachers whe
we have longer terms and place whe
teachers can be trained. His argume
in favor of the education of women W
n. impassioned, eloquent and irresistab
and unanswerable.
Prot. J. T. Joyner,
;: Superintendent of the Goldsboro Gr
ded School, was the next speaker.
ne. spoke strongly and eloquently for
til training school, and emphasized t
ter truth that no school could give ami
'bo facilities without efficient teachers.
Sc. Prof. John F. Crowell.
he President of Trinity College, spc
his on the subject of Co-EducatlOn.
sti- saw no reason why any class OF u
will should train one division Of society a
ter give no chance to the other. There
cess no reason for one degree of training
pile one and another degree for anoth
the He entered protest against the pres
state of things which gave little or
advantages to women. Physologics
speaking, there were grave reas
against CO. education, but the girls ou
0e- to have an equal chance with the be
John S. Long, LID,
of New Berne, was introduced.
light most cordially endorsed the proposit
'eks that the sexes ought to be educated
NOR gether. Common sense and christian
ter, alike demanded CO education. b
tor more professors say that where boys
eph- girls 60 to school together the scho
rnor are the best to be found. It encours
par discipline and good behavior. He
edl- up the objections to CO education
urn answered them eloquently and a
'day He was most happy, ornate and Wi
aus Prof. j. B. Carlyle
'po1 Was next introduced. He rejoice
ono the intellectual revival of the State.
Jo.u J.a gloried in the career Of the Unlvel
rev. and the colleges. They need more mo
49, c,o so they can put their advantages Wi
~ the reach Of every boy ia the State.
10 eloquently touched upon the posslbil
'no of the poor boys of the State. We
deeper interest in the common sch
u of the State We must begin at the
tom. Prof Carlyle is a genuine or:
The last speaker was
Mo; Dobor. Dioyhom,