The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-06-11
Eight A. and M. College Gradu'
ates Receive Diplomas.
COL. GREEN'S ADMONlTlON
The Prizes and Medals Con-
ferred for Excellence.
MR.. ED. CHAMBERS oMi n
In Presenting the Medals He Improved
theOpportunity to Get in Dis
course on Free Silver

Coinage.
Yesterday morning the closing eN-
ercises of the College OF Agriculture
and Mechanic Arts were held IN the
Academy of Music. An audience
largely representative of the loneliness
OF Raleigh women graced the occasion
The speeches were interspersed Wlth
music.
Col. w. f. Green, w. K. Capehart,
J. b. Coffield, Dr. j. II. McOlelland, DIR.
C, Thompson, d. A. Tompkins, ii. 4.
King, Frank Wood, n. b. Broughton,
w. S. Primrose, Henry Il. Fries, +. a.
Aiken, j. S. Nelson, members OF the
Board of Trustees, We're ON the stage,
as were also Justice Walter Clark, DIR.
Chas. ID. McIyer, Josephus Daniels, Or.
Eugene Daniels, S. l.. Patterson, /. IL.
Bruner, Ed. Chambers Smith, Esq,
President Holladay and the members
of the faculty of the college. The
graduates also had seats on the stage.
Prayer was offered by Rev. DIR.
Daniel, of the First Presbyterian
church.
THE GRADUATING SPEECHES.
President Holiday announced the
young graduates who would speak in
the following order:
Mr.. Daniel Allen, son of Mr.. w. o..
Allen, of Wake county, made the first
Grafton on Agricultural Progress. .
The prosperity or adversely of the far
mer profoundly affects every calling.
The farmers are studying the him
ORANGES to agriculture. The cultiva-
tion of cotton must be continued, and
-
at less cost rather than abandon
crop to which the land and climate is
SO we'll adapted. The TRUSTS have
bad effect upon farmers, but those who
raise their own supplies cam in a meas
ure protect themselves against their
exactions. The lack of system is a
source of waste. The farmer must be
educated, and practically educated.
Experience is necessary but education
and skill are required. The farmer
need not be able to translate Virgil,
but he should master the instruction
OF the kind impaired by A. and NJ. col
leges. When farmers are technically
trained, once again will the farm be
the home of the best craftsmanship.
and prosperity Will again smile upon
us.
Mr.. II. G. Mewborne, of Lenoir,
spoke on ''Edction as a Moral Agent"
There has been a progressive move
ment i'm fiction both in Thought and
form. First came the narrative, then
the reflective, and then imaginative.
With many, novels have been forbidden
fruit. but to-day the value of fiction is
known and appreciated. He paid
tribute TO the usefulness of the books
of Dickens, nhackery and George Ell
lott, inclting us to higher aims. So
tar from being an immortal agency,
fiction rs a moral agent. 1t makes us
see beauty and glory where otherwise
we would never see it. The influence
of loyalty and elevated passion are up
lifting, and the effects can be but bene-
clal. Fiction adds to our lives a spirit
that gives us breath and DESTROYS mar
fowness and provinoialism. Even fic-
tlon dealing with immortality may be
beneficial-it enables us to see more
clearly the evil of ignIoble deeds. He
lnveioo'hed AGAINST that literature that
taught the tearing Gown of the safe
guards that wisdom and experience
have erected
Mr u. r. Whitfield, of Alamance,
spoke on 1.-The Iron Age" With the
discovery of iron civilization advanced.
This is the iron age not only in it's
use, but in its capacity for sustain
ing strains. Life is lived at tension
that would have put our ancestors into
madhouses. The extended scope of
business, the strain of competition, of
great wealth and great poverty side
by side, the Tobacco trust among
others, the insurance companies con-
troll much money,-all these are the
strains the iron constitution of the
country has to stand. Should an in
dustrious dominicker hen from Rham-
katie desire to sell its eggs it must
come in competition with an ordinary
hen from Tennessee. The small man
has been crushed out by the big manu-
facturers and skilled artisans are
forced to join the great army of
tramps. The progress of the few is OBJ
tanned by the sacrifices of the many.
This iron age is noted for its flexibiH-
ty. 1t can fit itself snugly to new con-
ditions. We give up old ideas of farm
ing for better ones. This age is also
like iron in that it is without heart.
Formerly the laborer and employer
came into personal contact, and they
worked for each other. Now employees
are machines to machines. Employers
know nothing of the individual. No
man would dare to start cotton seed
mill. 1t would be crushed. Consolidated
capital knows no individual. There
are indications that there will be
new age of love, when man shall be
brother to man, and the crucifix of
human love will take out all that is
selfish or gross.
Mr.. John Howard, of Edgecombe,
spoke on Weighed-Wanted." In no
era has there been such demand for
men as at the present time. 1t is be-
cause no age has been confronted by
such problems which every year are
more difficult of solution. The pro-
blem in regard to the liquor traffic is
pressing. What shall we do to destroy
mans greatest enemy. Three things
have been tried: /. Confinement to
wine; 2, Local option; 3, Dispensary.
All OF these solutions have been weigh
ed and found wanting. The relation
of labor and capital, and its proper