The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-06-20

At the North Carolina College of Agricul-
ture and Mechanic Arts--The
First Graduating Class
Hon. Henry Wat

Inc A. q Nj. COltSS5 HAS JUS" U0AAS~
out the first class of graduates, consist
ing of twenty one bright young men,
who. no doubt, will reflect credit upon
the college and be a welcome addition
to the great army Of educated people
in the State.
It is needless for THE PROGRESSIVE
FARMER to inform its readers that it is
a friend of education. They all know
that, and every teacher, great and
small, in North Carolina will testify
that the paper has always stood by the
friends of education, There are too
many good colleges and schools in the
State for us to give special favors to
any of them, only doing our work in a
general way, always endeavoring to be
on the right side. However, the A. &
nj, College, for boys, and the Green's
boro State Normal, for girls, have been
the recipients of special attention from
this naper, not because they are better
schools than others of the same class,
but for the reason that The Progress
sIvE FARMER stood alone and fought
for the establishment of these schools,
all other papers in the State at that
time being strangely silent when the
subject was mentioned. The idea was
to establish schools for boys and girls
in which they could get a first,class
practical education, graduate and be
on equal footing with the graduates of
the more expensive colleges. The bat
tie was fought and the splendid build
ings at Raleigh and Green sboro, filed
with pupils and managed by able facul-
ties, are proof enough that the victory
is one to be proud of. Best of all these
schools have not injured other institu-
tions in the State, for since their estab-
lishment the cause of education has
been very progressive in every a
But for the scarcity of money our col
leges and high schools would be
crowded far beyond their capacity.
AS it is they are full to overlooking.
On the afternoon of the 18th friends
of the A. & NJ. College were invited to
visit the institution, inspect the build
ings and the mode of instruction in the
mechanical departments. All were
well pleased with what they saw. The
blacksmith shop was first visited
There the boys were busy shaping iron
into many useful things, and the way
they handled the hammers left the i'm,
preston that they had been thorough
ly instructed. Among other things
noticed was a small steam engine made
entirely by the boys in the college. l.
was'running as. nicely as any engine
could. In the woodworking depart
ment there are twenty different lessons
and the students must become thorough
in the use of tools and working in wood.
They are learned the art of designing
and constructing buildings of all kinds
and bridges, etc. Many of the pen and
brush designs made by the students
show hat they are first class archi-
tects. In the chemical department
they are taught the use of chemicals,
how to analyze water, food, fertilizers,
plants, etc. In addition they do prac,
ticaI farm work and gardening on the
grounds. At the same time they get
a complete college education that Will
fit them for the avocations in this life.
Wednesday was commencement day
proper. The graduates were as follows:
Mr.. Robert W. Allen, OF Arson
county. Subject: Science of char
acter."
Mr.. s. E. Asbury, of CASTOR county.
Subject: Nitrogen in some of it's re
Iations to agriculture"
Mr.. H. E. Bonitz, of New Hanover
county. Subject: What is expected
of the young men,"
Mr.. G. D. Franks, of Onslow county.
Subject: ELECTRICITY"
Mr.. Chas. Williams, of Camden
county. Subject: "Idea of an edu-
acted farmer"
The others graduating were: f. E.
Floyd, Granville county E. M. Gibbon,
Mecklenburg;G. P. Gray, Edgecombe;
@. B. Holiday, Wake; W. NICK.
Lytch, Richmond; w. J. Matthews, J.
W. McKoy, Buncombe; F. I. Meachum,
Wake; @. Dewitt SeIlars, Alamance;
@. E Seymour, franklin; B. W. Will
liams, Halifax; w, H. Turner, Mont
gomery; L. 7. Marlborough, Caswell;
S. M. Young, Wake; w. M. Lytch,
Richmond; B. w. Thorne, Halifax.
President Holiday then read the
HONOR ROLL.
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