The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-02-11
INAUGURATION Of
Or. ALDERMAN
As Pre- SioENT Or TINE STATE UnIvER.
SIY-HE RECEIVES rhe CHARTER
AND SEAL Feourne eovf anoa


AND SEAL Fsourne sovf Rnoa
dueaion-rhs osvsrsss's speech Rs~si.-
ed Win Nigh Css
Batter also Makss aa Isisssstsss
Haih-rhs L~sisi.s.rs rrss.ss o. n.sy
A DsiiEh,faI DC zasion.
This article Was crowded ou, Of last
weeks issue, but We publish it thi,
week, it bring Of much interest TO our
| readers.-Ep
CHArEL HILL, Jan. - This morn
ing the campus At Chapel HUI present
ed one OF the prettiest scenes that ma
| ture can make. Sleet was falling in
minute particles and the tree. had
been covered with the beautiful white
crystals. The ground Was white with
the icy blanket. At first the prospect
| OF large crowd WAS baui.h-d from
| the minds OF those already on tn. hill
| but before the morning had begun
we'll, the people frorc the country
towns around began 10 come in. AND
At III o'clock the special train from
Raleigh, bearing the members OF The
General Assembly, came in with five
well-packed cars.
Amidst the downpour of sleet the
crowd from the Raleigh train was dri-
| ven to Gerard Hall, where the in
| augGral exercises were To be held. They
poured in the hall and almost filled the
middle block Of pews
| At once the hall iilled with boys.
tOwnspeOple and visiting GU. sts. Ev-
cry seat was occupied, aud many stood
in the aisles. On the right and left
aides ladies sat.
| At twelve O'Clock sharp the process
sion that had formed in the preside mt s
office, came in, lead by Governor Rus
sell and President, elect Alderman.
They marched in arm in arm amidst
great and loud applause. On the ros-
trum sat Governor Russell, Dr. Dixon,
DIR. Battle, DR.. Turnbull, OF Durham
Prof. Nichols NJ. Butler, Of Columbia
College, New York; DIR. Kemp T., Bat.
tie, Col. ThOs. s. kenan, Prof. NJ. G. s
Noble, of Wilmington, and Rober,
Wright, OF the senior class. To tn.
right of the stage the Mandolin Club
consisting OF twelve members, sat and
at intervals discoursed sweet music
To the left sat the Glee Club.
Col. kenan arose aud asked the au.
dience to rise and be led in prayer by
, the Rev. DR.. B. F. Dixop, after which
3 Glee Club sang a hymn. Mr.. Rober
! Wright Of the senior class, represent
, ing the student body, was then intro
. duced and welcomed the visitors and
told Of the love of the student body fO
> the president about to be inaugurated
Col. kepan introduced Kemp ?. Battle
D who poke in behalf Of the faculty q
q no TVniuopsifu Ia sE
? years ago, in the days when Senate
= cock, Craig, and many other men VIII
!. are In pubic life today, were here.
had the honor of introducing Hon. I
j. Jarvis to lecture. He was her
,. with the Morgans, Ransom and Vanc,
II In the days of Butler, McIver, etc. "
= had boy that my Imagination led m
r to believe would be a preacher, thou z
: he had shown no inclination in tina
n way, or l saw him as learned la Y
!, yer. But no; it was not true. II
took work that he saw was in gre,
need of men with brains. He got int
broader and more open field. II
y saw the need of educated men in ii
It schools of the State. He was one to z
10 into the work with all of his heart an
n soul. That man is DR.. Edwin Ande
son Alderman DR.. Battles speeC
Il was we'll received by the audieuc
- When he had closed the hall rang vii
- : hearty applause.
IL After DR.. Battle had taken his Sc
n Col. kenan introduced the Hon. Dal
le iel L. Russell. Governor Russell sa
le that he would first address the men
it bers of the legislature and the aud
ence and then the president. He sail
n IL had a speech prepared for the aud
ence and the presidept-elec but d
Battle has made almost every poi
u that l wanted to make. l will Q,
g that you have made a good and wi
er decision in selecting a teacher inste,
t. of alawyer or politician. The Un
4; versity has great record behind b
and has q greater before her. Her so
A. have gone from here cultivated al
learned and able to confer benefits I
20 those around them. The power q
VI tained here by men has been mantle
in field aud farm and in cabinet. L
ne up hope that Mr.. Alderman will ha
IL the sciences pushed here to the er
or Let it be an institution of high lear
1e ing and where manual labor will
al honorable and poverty no sham
Then he handed President Alderm
the charter and seal. Governor RI
as sell made a characteristic and al
le- speech of a few minutes. His wor
ry were those of highly educated m,
Dr.. Alderman came forward .
to received the charter and seal fr,
to Governor Russell, and made
nj charming speech of thanks, af'
10 which the University Glee Club sa
I'D song.
ler Prof. Nicholas Butler, Of Colu
ial bla University, New York, was II
'as introduced by Col. Ksnan and sa
Ks, Il consider it an honor to be b,
ra- at this historic Institution l
Us. glad to say that / know the n
ird Who is inaugurated to-day. The St
University is the child Of the st
q and of Democracy, and without
al public school to teach and prep
ed the child no form Of Democracy
re- exist. Thomas Jefferson Just q c
tury ago wrote to Washington 4
all said that Europe had two eyes,
'er- at Genoa and the other at Edinb,
ner the two great colleges there.
ing to- day are able to return the glal
ads with hundreds Of eyes. The ri
WI teentn century ls drawing ~ cls
l Its achievements will soon be NJ
om- bered in the pages Of history. Wht
,re- er We number them in science or
/ to they are wonderful. But above
be- this it is the age of great popI
han public education. It was the
feat of Napoleon that brought
dill, people to educational consciel
the and now the move has spread over
one country and public education
uch been introduced into all civili zed
had tions. Public scholars alone like
uch inspiration of higher education. T
sad- the State University plays the l
nird that no other institution can pl,
lgly The speaker went on to say that
State university was indispe
q BILE. It had q field tn It no Other