The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-06-11


and full of faith to meet ana solVe
these and other great questions
Mr.. Geo. S. Traps, of Ralelgh, was
the next speaker. His subject was
Food for Plants" The mind of man
is full of inquiry. What is the 1000
of nlants? WATERMAN and dew. Inc
air giyes water to plants. The sun
shine gives growth and fragrance TO
flowers. The smoke from the chm
new and the burning of wood give ne
and greenness.
Water and carbonic gas build up nine
tenths of the plants. The otner ere
ments are drawn up by the roots IRON
the earth. The food from the son -
the most important. The ar gives
carbonic acid gas alike in every ciiine
Plant food from the roots varies WiOl WI
the soil. The knowledge OF the Io oSl
of plants is Power. 1t VIII uniock Ul0
wealth in the soil and supply 'he Aee''
ed constituents.
PRIZES FOR WORK DONE.
President Holiday announced that
or;zse for those who earned most ny
1abor. outside Of work hours would DE
presented. Mr.. Jas. \. Hood OF way ne
ronntv. won the ten dollar in gold
nrize. and Mr. W. c. Sugg, OF FIlI
county. earned the $500 prize, given
for the second most money earned.
These prizes We're conferred by 70
Chambers Smith, who commenced ms
short remarks by pleasantly saying
that he was opposed TO TINS Solu
standard. and would change the goid,
giving half in gold and bali In silver.
He told the Young men that the parity
would be maintained If you want
the gold the Secretary of the Treas
urv will sell bonds TO get gold 1or
YOU" Look at these great questions
that are agitating the public mlnd'
not from self interest, but from the
rood of the whole. The milllonalres
have everything by the throat. | am
not opposed to men because they nave
amassed fortune. What we complain
of is that legislation enables some to
make money at the expense OF the
others. There is more earnestness
among the people than ever before.
Study these questions that divide the
voters and quit you like men.
Col W. I. Green, president OF the
Board of Agriculture, awarded the
diplomas in a speech packed with wise
admonition and helpful counsel. \
man of practical wisdom and wide
information, his advice was a model
after which every young man might
well pattern his life.
COL. GREEN'S ADDRESS.
1T is my pleasant duty to present to
each one of you his diploma Greek
word, letter for letter, Anglicised and
meant to signify anything folded
double. Later ca letter or writing con-
ferring some privileges, honor or au,
tho1ity Now almost wholly restricted
to certificates of degrees conferred by
universities and colleges. They are to
uhe world letters patent-credentials
and testimonials of learning and schol-
arship given to you by authority of the
State of North Carolina.
''In view of the fact THAT you have,
by manly conduct, while here, in re-
citation aoom, i'm mechanic shop and
field, and by diligent application TO
the courses prescribed in art, science
and literature, won such measure OF
proficiency and success as deserves dis
tinctiom, / now, in behalf of the presi-
dent and professors ofyouralma mater,
present to each one of you his merited
letter patent-not thing folded
double, but certificate of truth from
learned and honorable men, commend
ing you to the esteem and confidence of
all men everywhere"
Then speaking for the men who had
for years stood in the relation of I'M
structors and struggled and toiled
with Those who were about to bid fare
we'll to the college walls and enter
upon the duties of real, active life, Col.
Green pointed out the high perfection
already reached by man in art, science
and literature, and the yet greater
possibilities lying before him. He said
that the very words used by God in
mans creation seemed to suggest
council of the Trinity in his sublime
=, ~, ,a.n,ning, his grand endowment of
Godlike powers and dominion over the
earth and all creatures n u as ms -
heritance. In view of this nobility Of
the human race, the speaker urged his
hearers as their first and highest duty
III life to know Him, ito keep the stat
utes and commandments He gave to all
men.
Though it is granted to no one to
know the future, one OF three Things, he
said, would comet0 each of the class Just
2'Itbd uahlng-fallure, success or emf
hence. Shakespeare has said that some
are born great, some achieve great
ness and some have greatness thrust
upon them. We have no persons born
great i'm This country, and few have it
thrust upon them, SO that if amy man
attains greatness in this land he must
achieve ut for himself.
You ask yourselves if it is possible
for you to achieve greatness, to rise
above the common level of your fellow
men? L answer emphatically yes
if you will it and make the honest,
earnest effort to do so.
"You say, you have no long line of
illustrious ancestry to help you climb
the steep and rugged heights where
flames proud temple shines afar.
Caius Marius had none, and when a
candidate for high office in Rome and
tainted with his humble origin-he
said the trophies he had taken in bat
tie and the sears of wounds he had
received in defense of the honor and
safety of his country were the insig-
MIA of his nobility. Does one say pow
erty stands at the door and keeps it