The state chronicle., 1893-06-08

luis morning broke dark and
dull with lowering clouds-Eastern
Special increased the visitors bv
good number.
The weather holds at home the
usual number CT country visitors
who are so wont to fock to com.
mencement. The programme to.
day will consist of the graduatin Q
exercises, speeches by the gradua,
ung class which numbers "a men.
The annual Grafton by Hon. R. P.
Dick. A game of ball in the evening
concert by Glee Club tonight.
Ihe hrst. Senior speaker, Mr.. O
l. Walser, OF Yadkin College, took
for his subject "The Man of the
World" Napoleon was pre-emi-
nently such a man. Born in the
midst OF great intellectual and
political revolution, be became the
recognized leader of the political
world His success grew out of his
surroundings as much as his own
genius, and the decay of aristo-
cratic institutions lent power to his
| cause.
MIR. A. II. Koonce, of Richlands,
described THE Ideal State" re-
pubic whose constitution always
expresses the bsst life of the nation.
and has for its aim the best deyel-
opment Of individual character. A
Ieutonic race will some day pro-
duce this republic.
MIR. F. G. Harding, of Greenville.
told us OF "Mazzini, the Prophet Of
Italy" The mission of the prophet
has produced two results, one re-
iatlng to the church, the other TO
| the state. The earlier mission. re.
hgious in its nature, was to estab-
llsh the true relation between
the individual and the uni
Versal God. The later mission, polit-
Cal and social, was to establish the
relation between the individual and
humanity. Mazzini, the type of the
religious prophet, fastened on the
unity of Italy by social and relig-
loas reform. Religion is the ms pi-
ration OF politics, and the modern
republic is the outcome of the phil.
osophy of Christ,
Mr.. '. 3. Whitlock, Of Asheville.
spoke of "Robert Browning, a
Prophet OF the Age" The tendency
to give the intellect a supremacy
over the soul, to subordinate feeling
to understanding, is strongly op-
posed by Browning, who pleads for
a higher development of feeling.
He is prophetic in protesting against
meaningless symbols in life, in de-
manding a spiritual awakening, and
IN denouncing the faults of his age.
lnterprets definitely human ideals
and longines. Uncertainty an essen
tial element in all progress. spirit.
ual and material.
Mr.. d. III, Wilson, of Lemon, had
for his theme, "The Scholar in
Politics s-Milton Type" The
| practical, utilitarian spirit of
| the age has SO affected our
| politics that the ideal has
| become the practical politician" not
the statesman. Milton, the most
distin guished literary character Of
his day, was also the best type Of
the true statesman. There is s. cry
ing need of the scholars influence
in the politics of today, and the only
solution of the problem of selecting g
competent and trustworthy public
officers is in elevating politics to q
learned profession.
The theme chosen by Mr.. How
ard E. Rondthaler, of Salem, is ga
Reform School, North Carolina's 8
need and duty"
After showing that the great les
son taught by the progress of Chris
tian civilization has been that the
duty of the strong, physically, men,
tally and morally is to care for their
weaker brethren, he pictures the
condition of the youthful offenders,
those morally weak, in our jails,
penitentiary and chain gangs, clos
ing with an appeal for the estab-
lishment of q juvenile reformatory
to remedy the existing evils.
Mr.. J. O. Biggs, of Oxford, had
for his subject "The True Ameri-
can" The American of today is a
product of the union of the Cava-
alier and the Puritan. The former
sprung from chivalry, the latter
the outgrowth of free thought.
The Revolution failed to unite these
diverse elements, and true union
was impossible until the principles
Of one had surplanted in some de-
gree those of the other. After the
memorable debate of 1880 the
North and the South we're politi-
cally partisan, and partissnship
meant sectionalism. No compro-
mise could be accepted, and the
civil war, which was inevitable,
rendered possible the fusion of Cav
alier and Puritan principles into
the fall-rcunded American.
Mr. ". P. Wooten of LAGRANGE,
discussed "Local Self Government
the Life-boat of Liberty" The
only way to guarantee liberty to a
people is to grant them the right of
local self-government. Every no.
ton which has ever enjoyed real
liberty, has granted this right to
its people. The desire of this right
was the hidden principle which