The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-06-10

ed for one thousand dollars Will be Cull~
ed upon to pay two dollars additional
property tax and sixty cents on the
poll. An examination of the tax
books in your county will probably
show YOU that not more than one man
in ten will have this much additional
burden placed upon him and for that
slight additional burden the public
school facilities of his community, as
| said before, will be almost doubled
Don't be satisfied to be on the right
side of this question yourself, but try
to make the people of influence and
wealth in your community stand on
the right side. They can afford to
vote this money, IN fact they cannot
afford not to do so, and / believe that
if it is intelligently put before them
they will see it as you and | do.
Let it be your aim to he a. good all
round citizen of your State. If the
people see that during the four years
in which they have paid for your edu-
cation at this institution they have
been strengthening the head and the
heart and the hand of n friend they
viii cheerfully vote it all the money II
! needs. but if they see that they have
| paid for your education at this place,
| simply made you a Gift, and set you
M in business in advance of them
| selves. and that you do not even rec
oonize your obligations to them, they
! would with equal pleasure, and with
| equal Justice take away the approprla-
| tons now given and tear down the
very walls of the institution which
| they have erected.
What is a good citizen? The best
definition | have ever seen was gwen
by a young woman in the civics class
AT the State Normal and Industrial
School when she was asked on exam
nation to give her conception OF the
ideal citizen. She said: 1T is a man
who works, who earns his own sup
port and the support of those depen-
dent upon him, who pays his taxes
cheerfully, who obeys the laws of his
State and country, and studies these
laws in order to help improve them.
He must love his country land be will
ing to give his life for it, if need be,
in time of war, and, in time of peace,
he must not object if he is called upon
occasionally to give quarter for
torch-light procession or free bar.
becue."
Remember. that the object of all
Dublic education is to improve the cltl-
zenship of a community, and whether
II he YOUR lot to teach children in the
school room or to teach men in the
active pursuits of life, no patriot can
fail to support heartily and enthusi-
asticallv whatever will improve the
citizenship of his community.
Resolve now that you will discharge
The debt which YOU owe by virtue of
the help given you here by becoming
| a public spirited, useful, loyal citizen
| of the commonwealth.
have spoken with some enthusiasm
about learning to do things. This IN
stftution necessarily lays stress upon
| the material side OF education, and
properly SO. but | hope that nothing
will ever drive from your hearts the
kindly and generous sentiments OF
Youth, and that you may never
achieve that kind of success which
will make you lose faith in right and
Justice, and that you may never come
| to that conclusion, in case fortune
should favor you, that the clay out OF
which YOU are made lis radically dill
ferent from that used an constructing
the rest of humanity. Have ta1th IN
truth, have faith in yourself, and cul-
tivate faith in rather than suspicion
toward your fellow man. Cultivate
| tolerance towards the weaknesses OF
others and patience towards what may
appear to be stupidity and slugginess
| in others. Search diligently for the
grain Of good, passing by, as if not
| seeing them, weaknesses of your fell
| low1nen; and ii your ne,ghbor Or your
| State should f4I 10 keep pace with
your hopes and aspirations, be at least
| as generous as the little boy was who
prayed, Now / lay me down to sleep;
| | pray Thee Lord my soul to keep. Ii
| | should die before / wake, l pray Thee
| Lord my soul to take; and o.! Lord
make me good little boy, And if at
| first you do not succeed, try, try
| again
| | do not know of any better advice
10 give to any young people than is
| contained i'm the beautiful letter of
| Thomas Jefferson to his grand child,
written just before his death:
| This letter will be to you as one
| from the dead. Before you can weigh
| its counsels the writer will be in his
| grave. Your affectionate father has
| asked me to write you something with
the nope that it might influence the
current of life you are to run, and /
| too am interested in that life, being a
| namesake.
| Few words will be necessary with
| proper disposition ON your part.
| adore God. Obey and serve your
| parents. Love your neighbor as your
| self, and your country better than
| yourself. BE just. Be true. Do not
| murmur at the dealings of Providence,
so that this life into which you have
| just entered may be but the portal Of
| one of inetfable and everlasting bliss.
| And if it be permitted to the dead to
care for the things of this world, you
| may be assured that your every act
viii be under my tender regard"
| ALUMNI AT THE COLLEGE.
| Yesterday was Alumni day ait the \.
| and NJ. College. Quite number of the
alumni from different parts of tine
| State We're present, and most OF the
former students from the city We're
| there.
At eleven O'Clock yesterday morning
Mr. W. j. Matt heWS OF 1.-THE class OF '93.