The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-04-19
biblical Recorder.J

4 - needed and he i. Proud of Them all
& Ifhe were a Baptist he Would b. Proud
OF the State University.
Biblical Recorder.J
To the Baptists Of North Carroll
sna:-N Various communications have
appeared recently in the Recorder
atnd other papers, suggesting either
lirectly or indirectly that the Uni
versity is not friendly to the Baptist
people and their interests. Iherd
Gems to be feeling in some quart
rs that the success Of the | University
means the failure Of Wake Forest
college. Such Il result has not been
: produced in other States, nor does il
! eem likely in North Carolina. OIL
he contrary all Of our colleges have
lourished together. From 1868 til
I SO the University was practically
4 :losed. But Wake Forest did not
siourish during this period. With
sthe re-op"ning of the University IL
SlS15 began an educational revival
Since then Wake Forest has not de-
aged in proportion at the Cniyersl
y has grown. On the contrary III
has doubled the number of students
saud trebled its endowment.
As an educator and "a citizen oil
: : North Carolina rejoice that Bap-j
ati8t philanthropy, Baptist energy and
baptist seIf-sacrltice, lii establishing
land endowing Wake Forest, have ad
lded over "a quarter of a million doll
lars to the educational wealth Of the|
State, thereby enabling some two
hundred young men annually to en-
10y the benefits of higher education
Instead of aiming to cripple or destr' y
ssuch d college, | would rejoice to seej
twenty ike it in North Carolina
he State is made richer and ourI
people are made better by all it,
schools and colleges. There is need
for every one Of them and more. II
/ Irejolce in the prosperity OF the A. II
NJ. College, with its two hupderdI
students, Of Trinity, of Davidson, oil
sWake Forest. of EIon, of Gulf ford, of
SIadkin, of North Carolina, College,!
If tawba, of Neavervllle, of Ruther
Stord, of Peace, of Salem, of St. Ma!
ry, Of the Greensboro Normal andI
industrial, Of the Greensboro Femalel
1 'ollege, Of the Oxford Seminary, of
/ he Chowan Institute, IN short of ALL
l. hools from the log cal il up. Therel
slS need for every school or collegeI
hat has students.
J Were ] a Baptist, | would reJoice
IN the success of the State Universi-
S-y, | would rejoice and be exceeding
glad that so many BAPTIST boys are
Enjoying its great opportunities; that
Che two best scholars in the Univer-
,ity are Baptist boys, devout church,
snembers, boys in humble financial
condition, Gle d painter he son of al
painter, now educating himself byI
loans from the Deems Fund and|
from private sources; | would rejoice|
that so many of the leading trustees
] stnd that five full professors in thel
sFaculty are Baptist. | would thank
aGod and take courage that the Bap
lists are sei2ing and using such tine|
/ opportunities for culture and i'm
sprovement. | would tell my people
hat they needed not only Wske|
Forest College and a great Baptist
Female University, but also the a.
! K NJ. College, the Normal and In
sdustrial School for woman, the Uni !
versity of North Carolina, Judson|
College and as many others as we
could use for the improvement of
Baptist boys. would cry out "open|
wide the doors of learning and|
let the Baptist boys and girls go
| have never desired nor attempt
ted to toll away students from Wake
Forest. Last summer my clerk dis
tributed $4,000 catalogues, circulars
and pamphlets GALL printed) in North
sGarolina, Virginia, South Cardinal
] land Tennessee. They were sent
broadcast. About ten thousand
went to pupils in schools and col
sleges, among them, Wake Forest. Il
sdid not single out Wake Forest nor
any other school or college. | order
! ed them sent to all. | neither ex-
spected nor desired to entice students
sfrom other colleges. AS a matter of
fact there is only one student in the
University, pursuing non=profession,
: all studeuts, who came from Wake
Forest. My purpose waS.to advertise
our professional schools and graduate
courses. Were it possible, | would
put a University catalogue in the
hands of every man and woman,
every boz and girl in America. The
! fact that such documents were sent
/ to the son of the President of Wake
Forest College ought to show their
wide distribution and the entire ab-
6sence of hidden designs on my part.
distinctly state that | have never
: knowingly solicited any student to
come from Wake Forest to the Uni
syersity. On the contrary | have
Edistinctly advised several not to
scome,
University scholarships have been
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