The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-05-21
OAK RIDGE INSTITUTE.
Close of the Most Successful Session
In Its History,

rial Correspondence IIS IiilliC VI
Holt is an honored one in North Car
dina. No family in the State has done
SO much for industrial progress as the
sons OF the late Edwin NJ. Holt, who
have carried Alamance plaids into all
quarters of the globe and made Ala
| nance county the foremost county OF
the South in cotton manufacturing.
| This family Of Hollis has given en-
| pl0vment to labor; built great indus
| trial enterprises; been bulwarks OF
| coed government; and made the name
| honored in every section Of the com
| monwealth In an address, delivered
| while he was Governor, the late Gov
| ernor Holt said that the best admoni-
| ton to be given to men of wealth would
! be. Invest in Immortal mind" This
| expression should be remembered as
| long as the waters of Haw river turn
the busy spindles in the great mills he
| erected.
Useful as have been the services of
| the Hollis in great industrial enter
| prises, the Alamance Hollis cannot be
| said to be more useful than the ster-
| ling men of the same name, Allen and
| Martin Holt. principals of Oak Ridge
| Institute, one of the leading schools in
| the South. They have literally taken
Governor Hollis advice before it was
| uttered, and have invested their all IN
the splendid educational institution Of
this lovely section, making their sole
investment "in immortal mind
Nowhere in North Carolina have !
seen better school equipment and IA
cilities. better location, larger or more
calnmodious Buildings, of greater sue
cess than marks Oak Ridge Institute
under the progressive and successful
management of Profs. j. ~ and NJ. ii.
Holt. Six miles from any railroad, this
school has not only made this section
like a city set on a Hill, in it's educa-
ton and uplifting, but has sent It's
rays to cheer and lift up the people of
three score counties in this, and In
many other States.
During the session which closes to-
day. more than 240 students have been
enrolled, and they have come from eF-
cry section of this State. Its gradu-
ates come this year from twenty coun-
ties and three States. a large number
OF the students residing east of the VIII
miNgton and Weldon railroad. 1t is
manly looking student body, and the
speeches of the graduates would have
been worthy Of the graduates OF the
University.
Among the students are three Japan
eSe. | asked Mr.. NJ. II. Holt how they
happened to come to Oak Ridge. "Oh,
he replied, "they read our advertise
ment in the Toxic Daily News and OBJ
server. and we're so well pleased with
the advantages of Oak Ridge Insti-
tute that they came over on the first
steamer" A graduate of Oak Ridge
is missionary in Japan, at the head
o. a mission school, and a wealthy Jap
sent these boys to the mission school
to learn English. The young man rec
commended that they be sent to Amer
lea. where in addition to the instruc-
ton in the books, they wodld be i'll
daily association with boys and young
men and would thereby learn the lam
guage better than at any school in Ja-
pan. His advice was taken, and the
young men have been here two years.
When they arrived they could hardly
speak a word of English. One of them,
no is called Peter Cooper, delivered
an grafton on THE Songs of Nature"
that is deserving of the highest COM
DtGIiudIIOils III WI III lJdlE anu OttAdti-
ful in diction breathed a spirit of
knowledge and love OF nature, and was
well delivered. The other brothers are
accomplished musicians, and all are
good Students. They have an allow
ance of $1,000 per year while obtaining
their education.
The commencement exercises began
ON Sunday when Bishop Cheshire de-
lighted the large congregation with
an able and plain presentation of the
text: Il write unto you young men be-
cause, you are strong" On all sides |
heard the warmest praise OF the
Bishop, who delighted not only the
professors and the leading citizens Of
the community, but the young people
as Wen ''He is a fine man." said
youth to me who had never heard
bishop before, land is just as jolly as
any ordinary man, and heap nicer"
The. Bishop may receive, as he has,
warm commentator from the ablest
of the clergy in the land, but he will
never receive more sincere praise.
The crowd on Tuesday was very
large-so large that the big and hand
some auditorium could not begin to
hold tho people. In the morning there
was a contest for the gold medal be-
tween thirteen members of the gradu-
a5ing class. The speeches were far
above the average, ard half dozen
Of them would rank with the best pro-
auctions OF the 'cum maXima laude"
of the highest UNIVERSITIES, The sub
iects chosen embraced a wide realm
from X rays to advocacy of union
Of forces by the South and West to
lick Wall street. s'he speeches were
interspersed with delightful music
rendered by an excellent band com
posed of students.
In the afternoon, the commencement
address was delivered by Mr.. Josephus
Daniels, editor of the News and Obser-
YER.
Ex-State Senator y. f. Aycoclp, of |
Wayne, addressed the graduates in |
presenting their diplomas in aespeeeh |
full of wise admonition and happy |
graduation, eliciting from students |
and n1I1ipppa warm anpl1nSa for his |