The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-05-27
GEN, RANSOM SPEAKS,
AN ELOQUENT GRAFTON
RyGGESr ENROLMENT IN HIS
TORY OF COLLEGE.
ppom,NEnr VISITORS PRESENT
The Baccaiaureate Sermon Preached
Last Night by Pew. Dr.. Mcdonnell
II Was an Able and I'm
pressive Discourse.

It Was an Able and I'm
pressive Discourse.
Wake Forest, n. c., May 26.-(Speciai)
The trustees, the faculty, the alumni
and the friends of Wake Forest College
have abundant cause for the JOY when
animates them this week. review OF
the record for the past year shows that
more students have been enrolled during
the session that has just closed than at
anv time in the history of Wake Forest
College.
When the war closed, there remained
nothing of the S125, 600 endowment but
about twenty thousand dollars, and that
was difficult to collect. But the one
building was repaired, the college doors
thrown open. and students invited TO
come in. With no liberal contributor
able to give largely exFpt Mr.. Bostwick,
the friends of the college have wrought
wonderfully here. and to-day the cndow-
college corporation IS worth every cent
of three hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars. Most of this money has come from
those in moderate circumstances-men
who made sacrifices TO give it.
A member of the Board of Trustees
told me this morning that no worthy
young man was denied admission to col
lege because he had no money He is
given credit for his tuitien, and in many
instances he is helped to pay his other ex-
perises. The spirit of helping those am-
bdtious young men who unaided cannot
secure an education has taken hold Of
these people, and that is the secret of the
!, largest aenroIiment in the history OF the
college.
Prof Carlyle said to me this morning:
This il the cheapest place IN the State
to obtain college education. There are
not a few boys here who board on. three,
sr four dollars a month; very many WHO
pay six dollars; some who pay eight, apd
the highest board paid by any student IS
by those who board at the hotel, nndtlfat
w ten dollars a MONTH" He gave me i1u
stances OF young men who had been
through the four years course, made the
money during the summer to pay all'their
expenses except tuition, and would lesfve
college practically out OF debt except tsn
the college. s,,s., |
There is here a spirit of high thinking
and plain living that is conducive to large
attendance. Extravaganza and display
find no sympathy and no encouragement.
and the young man who stands highest.
is he who is the best student and shows
that he is here to fit himself for the Sc
rio,ls duties of life. o, that the rich and
solid citizens, who have done nothing
for the education of the youth, would
awake to their duty and endow this and
every other institution for higher educa-
tion so that thousands could be helped
in money as well as in tultion to fit them
selves for life's duties
VISITORS IN ATTENDANCE.
There is a large crowd in attendance
upon commencement from all parts of
the State. It was a very distinguished
hooking body that fringed the rostrum
this morning at II O'Clock just before the
entrance OF General Ransom, the orator
Of the day. Among those | saw were:
DR.. II. r. Skinner, president Board of
Trustees: Cary J. Hunter, secretary; w.
N. Jones. attorney; II. FL. Briggs, treas
urer: J. w. Bailey, editor Biblical Re
corder; NJ B. Broughton, Rev. }. E.
White. Rev. DIR. Simms, Of Raleigh;
John Il. Ray, r. e. l.. Yates, j. ID. Bou-
shall. ,Josephus Daniels, Rev. X. IL.
Marsh, ID. D., of Oxford; II. G. Dockery,
of Rockingham; DR.. l.. G. Broughton, of
Roanoke: T.. T. Aydlett, of Elizabeth
Gity: Rev. G.. NJ. Duke, of Nash; Hon.
w. II. Kitchen, Rev. r. L. Vann, ID. d.,
Noah Riggs. of Scotland Neck; j. u.
Snair,hour. of Watauga; Il. j. Biggs, of
Baltimore: Rev. l.. M. Curtis, of Aulan-
der; E. II. HilIard, of Scotland Neck; Dr.
Mcconnell, of Lynchburg, Va; John e.
Scarborough. DIR. John Mitchell, PrOf.
John B. Brewer, Dr. Hufham, II. a.
Foushee DIR. j. B. Boone, MAJ. >. Nj.
Crenshaw and many others.
Shortly after eleven o'clock, ito an In
spring air by the band, Chief Marshal
Fred N. Cooke, OF LOuisburg, entered
the hall with Gen. NJ w. Ransom, Hon.
Chas. M. Cooke, and DR.. A. b. HaW-
kins. The audience received them stand
ing.
President Taylor announced that the
exercises would open with prayer by
Rev. X. L. Vann, and that eloquent di-
vine among other petitions prayed for the
distinguished speaker of the day.
Hon. Charles NJ. Cooke was happy in
his Introductory remarks, opening with
the sentence "We have with us to-day
the brave soldier who followed through
four years OF our noble past our
furled and unstained banner; a great
Senator; a wise and polished diplomat;
and, better than ALL a State-loving son
Of this Republic.
"He comes to speak on the priceless
liberty enjoyed lby the American people.
This is the third time he has delivered
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