Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1892-07-14
A WELL MERITED HONOR
A BANQUET TO PREPAYMENT
GEO. T. WINSTON.
spec Ches OF "a High OrdCr-IDiiu
ence of the university ia North
CarOlina-T:Cluca Of Body as
Well aa Mind and F42Rrt.

honor to President George T. Winston,
OF he state University, arose FROM the
table.
The occasion was in every sense q
most pleasant one
Those present were President Winston
Maj. Chas. M. Stcdman. II. {. Hunt
J. =. Arthur, Col. ]. L. Brown, l., Mad.
dux, w. W. Jones, L. X. Hampton,
(SylvaD Chas. McNumcc, Nj. Il. Garter
A. Whitlock, !. w. Starn,s, l.. Y. Whit
lock, w. Rollins, ,Dr. llannis Taylor, Mo
bile, Judge {. L. Fenner, (Ncw Orleans
{. A. Moore, w. II. Penland, G. S. Pow.
ell, L. d. Carter, ]. IL Rumbough, (Ilot
Springs). W. W. Barnard, II. b. Garter
II. A. Gudger, l.. +. McLoud, w. L.
Hume. J. D. Murphy, N, Newly, (Bryson
City,, {. A. Webb, Lock Craig, =. =
ClaXton, X. l.. Cooper, ( Murphy, ]. =
Kerr.
The supper was after Battery Park S
best style, and it was near twelve o clock
when the smoke curling from cigars an
uounccd the approach Of the higher and
nobler feast of reason.
Maj. {. Nj. Stedman was toast mas
ter, and, like any other positionto which
lie is called, fitted exactly. His remarks
introducing Winston were most appro
pirate and eloquent. Winston ssubicct
was "rhe University" and he began hi.
remarks by reading from manuscript
but as he warmed to his subject thi.
was discarded and he made splcndiC
speech, in substance us follows:
The Universi,y.
"ln time OF greatest peril the human
heart instinctivcly turns to the surcst
means of defence. The patriots of tn,
revolution, as they faced the gathering
storm of war, looked with clear vision
beyond the battlciields of Guiford anC
Kings Mountain, and realized that lib
crty would be won in vain, unless Tn,
new republic would be built upon the in
destructible foundation of popular intel
ligcnce. Sword in hand they framed tn,
organic law of the state; and knowing
that the sword would some day persl
and that liberty must be guarded b,
learning and virtue, they placed in the or
ganic law the mandate that AN usetu
learning shall be duly encouraged and
promoted by one or more Universities.
President Winston then rapidly and
cloquently skctched the hisloty OF our
University and the influence OF her cuI,
turc. "From the chief magistracy of tn,
United States" said President Winston,
"to the humblest position of trust or la
bor;lfrom he venerable bishopof the class
OF 1921, who as Acknowledgement fell
mortaly wounded in the butte OF Pin,
Mountain, to the beardless boy who left
the university in 1861 to die upon the
field OF Gettysburg; from beach and bar
and pulpit; from field and factory and
shop; from Florida to Missouri, from,
Name to California, ono continuous and
honorable answer has been uadc fol
nearly Il century in lives that were given
to humanity, whether in peace or in war
with genuine manhood and intelligent
fidelity"
Speaking further to the especial topic
of University culture, President Winston
said:
university culture not only elevate.
and broadcns the spirit; but it enlarge.
the mind by enlargng knowledge. II
goes amid the stars and sees new world.
coming into life, shaped by the hand o
the Creator for the habitation OF man; il
searches amid the rocks in the bowels o
the earth, and reads the plan OF God it
the endless succession OF life, whose iossi
forms have been photographed in tn,
camera of ages; it finds life in the dark
est depths OF the ocean and the smdlcs
drop OF water; life every where con
trolled by the incXorable law of environ
ment, and struggling for higher existence
1t recognizes the struggle OF men through
out the ages for noblcr and pure
llie; it follows Moses to Sinai, and IcSu
to Calvcry; it wceps with SophOclcs ant
laughs with Plautus; il svmpathizc
with the worm that craws i'll the mud
and the insect that floats in the thin al
of the lofticst heights. 1t sees i'll every
thing the power and intelligence o! God
Such culture is net merely an nstrumcn
for success in life; not merely docs ii pro
mote individual power and influence; bu
it increases happiness by increasing wis
dom, it increases religion by increasin,
intelligent reverence, and it increases pet
sonal influence by increasing persona
sympathy and cnlarging humanity.
Great changes have been wrought i
the life of our state and nation durin
the last quarter of century. Modern lii
has become as complex and as power
ful as modern machinery. The modcr
steam locomotive is no more diilcrcn
from the ox-cart, than is modern liI
| from ancient. Greater demands AZ
made upon education; and new system
have superseded the old. The ne,
education deals rather with principle
than with facts; but it arriv,
at knowledge Of principles by Il
theory of facts. He strengthens his min
by scli-reliant investigation. He is il
spircd with the spirit OF truth. From i
olatcd facts he proceeds to gcncraliz;
ton, and finally he searches for the Iii
dcrlying principles. This then is IL
modern method of education. 1t trait
the mind by using it, it trains the so
by inspiring it with a zeal for trut
The student is now ready to study Il
problem of life; crime, poverty, intempc
ancc, war, government, religion. He b
comes wise statesman instead of a pt
house politician, an intelligent rcform
instead of supcrServiccablc zcalot,
healing physician instead Of a quack,
lawyer instead of a pettifoger and q
editor who studies and strengthens pu
lie opinion instead of a blatant idiot.
"Thc new education applies to the d
vclOpcmcnt OF morai character the san
process that is employed in dcvelopil
the mind. Rules. preccpS, threats, cor
mands and arbitrary laws have Civ,
place to ideals OF manhood voluntari
established by the student body.
"The new education cultivatcs Il
body no less than the mind and the SO,
And here, too, the same process is CT
ployed. Intelligent systematic and cal
fully planned exercise is employed. N
only is health promoted but also sc