The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-06-15


which Pre.i,.eat Chas. - T4;.J. l.
.. OF Wake Fofe-t College had PIE
pared Tor th. late Senior Cis.-. 90
the approach OF . storm re1derin.
It necessary that the exercises D.
made - brief ss poCslul. II va
omitted.
PRECEDENT TAYLoR's BACCALAU-
RKATE ADDRESS.
YoUN0 GESTLKMES.-The Jun.
number OF The Fornn, which ha,
just reached as, contains q remark
atle article from The pea ol Pfest
tcn, .hwlng. of OHIO. In order /,
estimate the comparative chances OF
eminent success IN lif~ OF the meu
who have graduated =, college
and of those whe have not, he ha-
taken TIE tlouOls TO examine IN de.
, 'alI the six volumes Of Appleton'r
CyClopedia Of American Biography.
TIE results Of bis Inve.t,gatlon
seem to me TO be very remarkable.
Out OF the more than $4,000 men
who have been deemed worthy OF
mention ID this collection, tbirty.
nve per cent have been college m-n.
Ills estimate attaining to eminent
distinction, are in proportion oi Que
TO ten.thOusanH. The chauces o.
tbs college man are one IN forty, OF
two huD.tr.i and fii,y umes a..
great.
have venturen to call y2nf at.
sentlon to these results, not TO Hat.
tef .yon with bopes which may be
deluslve, not to ssinulAte any em-
bition which NAY be uuwoi'f.y, aud
least OF all, 10 foster pIlhe vh'c1,
tonii surely be foolish and unnoly.
out With tio hope that, az YOU pOD-
der them, you may Set how wide If
the pathway winch opens before yOn
"a pathway OF eminent nset0lness
tOyOuf fellow men. This 10 not
empty sentiment, or the rhetoric OF
Commencement OratOry. 1t II a s.ie
deduction from an exhaustive study
yf ti,s facts, a cold and careful Cal.
culatlon. that tbe chances Of the
men who have really avalIci them.
selves of the opportunities which, :;
:cilege offers ale Out of all propo
ton to the chances Of the men Y hO
have not enjoyed thvt5 privilege.
Your almer mater will have tie
right to expect that you Will be
leaders in the world OF nsefui
thought aud useful acton.
The results OF the inveetlgatlO 8
to which l have Just alluded at first ;
me. hat ~ this c"mparG.
tivsI. rev coOntry, the verv pars.
dise OF the SOCIAL d, self-made mep,
snd vhlcb, for the first century OF
It's hi.tory, afforded lew facilities
for college training, that thee
should he such large ratio OF col +!
lege-bren men to o,Lpr6 among
those who have obtained the !ecog.
nition Of mention III tbs great cy.
augsesfs at 6r thought
that some mistake must nave bx, =
made either in he collection OF the
facts or in the lnfelenc. f;".a them.
Aud yet, when rememte. what
liberal culture ,s, v ;.aE Il = ms r" do
and often accOmp'l>nre. snipIlse
aDh lncreHullty Desiu ~ >anisii.
What has The college sought 10 do
for vcuf W hat has been the !, gh
end to which during these by2uDe
years professor and student have
labored together harmonic. sy.
success siull, il. lecture
room and laboratory III b-s;
account that | have ever >.er "i II
is gwen by Prof. Huxley, III or o:
his clay Sermons" He says:
"Tnat maD, l think, ha. aeA
liberal education who has been SD
trained III Youth that his body I. the
ready servant Of bis viii and does
with case and pleasure all the ork
that, as mechanism, 1t 10 caDable
uf: whose intellect Is = clear, .Oln
logical engine, with all its parts Of
equal strength, and 10 smooth wn!k.
ing order; ready like . steam sH-
giDe to be turned t. Coy kind Of
worK, aud spin tbe gossamsr a. we'll
as forge the anchors OF the uind;
whose mind 10 stored With knowl-
edge of the gleat and fundamental
truths of nature, and of tho laws Of
her operations; one who, no stunted
ascetlc, is full of lite and Are, but
Y hose passions are trained t. cs NE
10 heel by 2 vigorous will, the ser
want of tender conscience; who
nas learned TO love oil beauty,