The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-06-05
Jour COUNTRY" HiS,THEME
EX-SENATOR JARviS'S ADDRESS
AT RALEIGH MALE ACADEMY.
Or. Hubert Royster Presents the Ken
drick Medal to Stonewall Adams
Close of the Schools Most Success
full Year.


in colleges and universities. They have
here been we'll grounded for the higher
education.
The Young man who delivered the
Nesbitt- KendricI medal yesterday is
the only Southerner since the war who
has been president of his class at the
University of Pennsylvania. The WIZ
ner of the debater's medal and two eli
the honor men at the Agricultural anu
Mechanical College this year went out
from this school. The graduate OF
Trinity College THAT President Cmwell
selected as head-master of burlington
High school was prepared for college
here. The two medal winners at Wake
Forest College were prepared at this
school. The students who went from
this academy to the University, rank
high.
This is not the result of accident,
II comes only froan the most thorough
and earnest effort.
The academy yesterday closed fhe
most successful session in its history,
with an enrolment of more than hun
dred. Mr.. High Morson and Capt. I.
Is. benson, are the instructors, and nave
been assisted during part OF the year
bv Mr.. Morrison Brown
Rev. w. c.. Norman opened the com
mencement exercises with PRAYER yes
terdav. The main rooms We're filled
with the pupils, their pareHfs ana
friends.
CAPTAIN benson read the distinctions,
first homer as follows:
Greek: Grammar, Kemp Lewis; COM
position Kemp Lewis. reading Keno
phon), ernest Graves, Second Greek:
Grammar, Philip Busbee; composition,
Philip Busbee.
Latin: Grammar, William Syme;
composition, William Syme: reading
Cicero nd Horace), Spier Nhitaker;
composition, Philip Busbre reading
fVirgil), Kemp Lewis; Third Latin,
Grammar. Charles MeGee Heck; com
position. Charles Heck reading,
Frank Ballard; Beginners Latin,
grammar and exercise wer<, Charles
4. Johnson.
English: Grammar, Irey Lewis;
second grammar, Charles Latta. Read.
ing from general history, Murray Ali
len; reading from United States his,
tory; A. W. Haywood: reading from
Holmes readers, Delmar Ellington:
photography, Iyey Lewis; second or
biography, Andrew Bowen; third or
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biography, William III. Pace.
Mathematics: geometry, Vernon
Whitaker; algebra, Kemp Lewis; Sec
ond algebra, Ernest Graves: third al
zebra, Philip Bushee; fourth algebra,
Harris Fetner; arithmetic, Philip Bus
Hanff; second arithmetic, Philip Bus
bee; third arithmetic, Harris Fetner;
fourth arithmetic, William Morson;
primary arithmetic, Winder Bryan.
History: General history, Frank Bal
lard: UnitedStates history, Charles Il.
johnson.
Geography Maury's Manual, Henry
G.. Turner; second geography, William
Aorson.
Bookkeeping: First, Stedman Thomp-
son; second, Fred. K. Boylan; third.
William Ellington. fourth, Roy o. Aus
tin.
Penmanship: John Z. Watson, j. Il.
Cheshire, Rufus McAden, Harris Fet-
ner, Thomas w. King.
Defamation: Philip Busbee, Ivey
Lewis, Rufus McAden, Frank Faison,
\. w. Haywood.
Composition: Kemp Lewis. i. Bridg-
ers, Charles johnson, William Leonard,
Chester Cole. Distinction special pri
mary class defamation, Henry John
son.
The beautiful Nesbitt- Kendrick med
al, offered by Mrs. ". B. Kendrick lin
memory of her dead SOM for the boy
who shows the most Improvement in
department during the year, was
awarded to Mr.. Stonewall j. Adams,
and was presented in witty little
speech by DR.. Hubert A. Royster, a for
mer pupil of the school, who graduated
with the highest honors at the Univer-
sfty of Pennsylvania.
Hon. Thomas j. Jarvis delivered the
commencement address. His subject
was: Our Country: Who Constitute
its Sovereignty; for Whom and by
Whom Shall it be Goyerned?'
In monarchial governments, he de-
clared, the sovereign or supreme power
rests with the King or emperor, and
whatever of privilege he chooses TO ac-
cord them goes down to the people. In
our country the power is derived from
the people, and every citizen is himself
a sovereign. The ultimate decision OF
all matters rests with the people. We
commence with the people, and work
upwards. The question of taxation is
one that vitality concerns the people:
the question of money has engaged the
thought and attention of statesmen
and thinkers from the time of Abra-
ham, and year after year the people of
the United States discuss it, and it is
the topic of Presidents and cabinets;
and yet it remains for the people to
finally determine these questions
When we come to pass upon that great
question the man who drives the Presi- |
dents carriage, and the man who
blacks the boots of the Secretary of
the Treasury will have the same power
in the decision as the Chief Executive |
And every citizen, black and white, |
has the great privilege of putting into
the ballot-box his decision on every
question that affects our country's well |
fare.
Our country should be governed for
the people, in the interest of the great |
masses. When the government is turn
ed aside from it's proper course and adj !
for the benefit of a favored
few, discomfort is bred, and the seeds |
of revolution sown.
The people are soyereigms under
government of the people, and for the