The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-06-03
THE R. A. M. CEOSES
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herited right to vote. The capacity to
govern oneself and participate in the
government of others alone determines
suffrage right Since i'll this country
the voter is the ruler. mt least thcoreti-
cally, then by invincible logic it follows
that if the ruler be ignorant the govern
ment will be bad. Freedom ends where
intelligence ends. \ free people must
he thoughtful people The school
house is a better guarantee Of liberty
rights of property and happy social
order than courts, judges or standing
armies. The plea | make is that The
right to ut least the rudiment of ed
ucation ut the hands of the State is a
primary and an inalienable right far
more than the right To vote. Deprive
me of the ballot and give me the power
TO think and the ability to Fnow, and
can he n king and governor of your
thousands who cannot think. who can
only vote Fear as much as we please
to apply this principle to present issues
and local conditions, there is an inevi-
table movement in this world from
which North Carolina cannot escape for
long. which in the life time "s s0Iae of
us will make this demand upon citizen
ship:
1.-THE twentieth century will also de-
mand Il working citizenship. The breHI
and butter question is the issue of today
as it will be that of tomorrow. As pep
ulation increases and congeStS the battle
will more and more rage around the
cupboard, pantry and the smokehouSe.
There is going to be no room for tie
tramp and the non-pr0ducer. The right
to eat involves the duty to work. ms
principle will rise up and choke chicken
hearted charity and mistaken philanthro.
py. Along with this will come the recCg-
milton of labor as the only badge of
aristocracy. The man who does nothing
will be given to understand that he can
get nothing.
young gentlemen. the Goth century
will demand Christian citizenship. BY
this is not meant church MEMBERSHIP,
nor even the deeper truth OF personal
salvation. What ever may be mems
views on these points, the il1n who
meets the problems of the 10th century
SUCCESSFULLY and does his share towards
their solution, must recognize the prac-
teal value of Christianity as working
philosophy
Upon the conclusion of the address
the honors were awarded by Mr. Nor
son. Mr. Morson announced that there
were TWO meda.s to be awarded.
First. the Nesbitt Kendrick medal
given for department This was won
to Mr.. Bennett Taylor Johnson.
Second, the medal for excellence in
composition given by Mr.. w. Harry
Heck. The paper of the competitors for
this medal were submitted to Professors
Sledd and Poteat of Wake Forest and
they decided in favor of Charles Earl
Johnson.
These medals We're presented in an
extremely happy and touching manner
by Mr.. William Il. Snow. Mr.. Snow
expressed his feeling of pride at being
an alumnus of this school and paid Il
highly deserved compliment to Mr.. Nor
son as an instructor. He spoke of the
early. and lasting, friendships forHsi
while a student here and asked that he
be permitted, on this occasion, to ada
his word of praise to the memory OF
school mate whose name was now hon
ored by nation and spoken by NH
lion tongues Mr.. Snow pad glow
inc tribute to Worth Bagley, whose HE
was the embodiment of truth, honor ami
reverent love. for his mother. lie sad;
There comes before me III vivid clear
ness the bright and happy faces or my
School-day friends, and the mention or
one whose image fills my mind more par
ticularly than all the rest may be par
dCncd by you as it is justified by the
occasion. Though his name is daily
spol,en by many millions of men. though
his deeds are heralded throughout all
cimes, though his praises are sung by
Il worshipping people throughout the
land of his birth, yet will i presume to
add the simple praise OF one whose great
privilege it was to know him iii his boy
hood as friend.
when | say that TO my mind Worth
Bagley represents the embodiment of
truth. gentleness, honor. S2lf-respect,
charity, devotion to duty, and lastly,
tnat which in him was always first. rev
erence for his mother and her God. |
beg you to believe i do not eXaggerate,
but frankly speak the conviction of my
mind formed upon an intimate aSSocia
ton which is now to me but Il sacred
memory.
He needs no monument ON earth to
perpetuate his fame, and in Heaven his
name is written in the Book og God.
His life was a glorious tribute to this
school, and to all young men / would
point him out as an example they may
well afford to follow, an ideal worthy
of their imitation"
The Nesbitt- Kendrcli medal was wen
10y Bennett Taylor johnson, son of Mr..
ID. Il. Johnson and the Heck medal by
Charles Earl Johnson, son of Mr.. Chas.
Il. Johnson
Mr.. Morson announced that Mr..
Brogden would be with him again next
year also that Messrs Louis and Fred
Mahler would give mathematical medal
next session.
DISTINCTIONS.
Mr.. Morson read the grades obtained
by the pupils in their respective classes
commenting upon the different branches
of school work. In the list of classes
appended below all obtaining So per
cent. or over are ranked as passing with
distinction. Those making from 66 %
to 80 pass with credit. The two highest
of each class provided Il grade as high
as 50 is made, receive the honors of the
class.
First Spelling, with distinction,l
Earle Goodwin, Hubert Haywood, Her