The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1892-06-02
THE UNIVERSITY.
COMMENCEMENT DAY MARKED
By GOOD SPEECHES.
OratiOns by the Seniors, &c.
Special tn the state Chronicle

Orat1Ons Dy the seniors, &c.
special to the State Chronicle.
CHAPEL HUI, N. c., June 1.-Fine
weather has lent it charms to this
ninety-seventh annual commencement
of the University. To-day was com.
mencement day proper, yesterday hav-
ing been dev0ed to the alumni exer.
cises. Great numbers of people ar
rived, not onlyon the trains,but from all
the surrounding country, in all kinds of
vehicles. ByI1O o'clock that noble
edifce, Memorial hall, was filled.
The excrcises were opened by
prayer by Rev. DR.. Thomas Hume.
The hymn F'Awake, my Soul,
Stretch Every Nerve" was sung by
the University thoir. The next event
was the deliver of
The senior Orations.
Although the senior class numbers
sixteen members yet only seven were
allowed to speak Those were selected
partly for scholarship and partly for
oratory. The peeches as a whole
were unusually thoughtful, and the
subjects discusse. were worthy of the
University.
Mr.. w. f. Rollins, of Asheville,
said truth is etenal, but mans knowl-
edge of it progressive, hence at differ
ent periods herss have arisen to re-
veal truth; thatEis Buddha in India,
Socrates in Greee, and the Hebrew
prophets in Isael. Ignorance and
superstition haH long barred the He
brew prophets rom scientific study.
They must be stuffed like other men.
The thought with they contributed to
the world was that of the ethical
kingdom as Distinguished from the
national. They worked out the key
thought of Prote eantism, that is per.
sional religion, poo years before Mar
tin Luther. tt Hebrew prophet was
able to accomplh this great work be.
cause of his chtacter. He was the
true type of mar He was ever open
to truth. He1as full of reverence.
He acted upon the truth revealed to
him. This type oman was the life
of Israel. 1t is tn true type, is essen.
tial to all true preress. 1t may be
seen to-day in the cue statesman, the
true press, the ore,her, the ordinary
walks of life. Tn, prophet type O
man North CaroliR's greatest need.
Mr.. Rollins was prsident of the Y. M
G. A. last year; an it is said that he
, is to be missional.
! Mr.. George w. ;onner, of Wilson
!, said that the histW of human pro
gress is the historyf development. Ii
r this development the are two forces
ever at work, and O. of their conflict il
:, born true progress. The efforts of al
| men are to discoverruth. Conserva
a tism looks for truth in the past, bu
y often Identifies tru with tradition
e and institutions. adicalism insist
- that institutions arenly the forms o
l. truth, and as truth ,ows and expand
:. these forms must chlge. Truth mus
It not be identified vii institutions, ye
l. conservatism playsa great part il
q human life, for witfut its forces ther
e. could be no stabilirof social and pc
litical institutions. Yet, radicalisn
is does the greatest w,k in human civil
II zation, and the trueadical is the grea
j man of history.
. Mr.. G.. H. Grove, of New London
lg said that greatness $ legacy left u
D. by the fathers if weill but take it a
a our ideal and meare it steadfastly
" The Greek and Rom ideal was pei
fection. 1t produc Plato and Aris
ct totle, Seneca and Iarcus Aureliu:
n- Our ideal is greaterlan theirs. 1t is
Id "Nobility binds to nile conduct" ]
ed is standing to our c.victions of trut
i'll and duty. 1t is beb true man, liv
ce ing a pure life. Go0ess is greatness
lis There is something kher than earthl
as ideals. Living andacting like Go
Sc makes life. To pc. rate the depth
to of the future, and tie hold on Go
and eternal things paes us strong an
manly. That is theue ideal. Ths
n. is the whole of man. Mr.. Crowell
to be preacher.
be Mr.. L. G. VanNoen, of Durham
1is Subject: "False Versts of Our Hi
zee tory" gave many resns why misre]
of reservations have net been rectife,
IN He criticized the fall verdicts as t
ate the Culpepper rebelh, North Car
ed. lina's resistance to Il stamp act, tt
ed war of the regulator the Mecklel
nd burg declaration, Nth Carolina
ly. the revolution, NORTH Carolina in tt
vs., late war, &c. He hi been a speci
ac- student in history Ding the yea
ex- and has written someery creditab
re- papers on special su bets in Mort
tor Carolina history.
oe; Mr.. Plato Collins, Kinston, sa
,ey that growth developh ht, is unive
'rm sal law of nature. lis illustrated
red the awakening Of nate after the wi
fic. ter's sleep, in the daling Of the ne
in day. All remarkable ents have the
on heralds. Newton was sreshadowed
a galaxy of scientific hts; Green al
haff Sholoc-oo,