The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-07-07
PRESIDENT GEORGE T. WINSTON.

repeat what is said Of this distinguished
educator when he left the State III 1876
to accept the presidency of the Unlver-
sity of Texas. His conduct of that
institution has since more than Justlhed
the estimate of him by this paper July
2, 1896:
Or. Winston is a man OF the hignest
natural endowment and to TINS auds the
best education to be had III the unlver-
stiles and schools of America. re
was the best scholar at Horner 5 famed
preparatory school, lead his classes at
the United States Naval Academy; and
was the best scholar at Cornell umver-
sity. Upon these foundations, his CON
slant habit of mastering all problems,
supplemented by travel in this country.
France. England and Italy where he
studied old world methods of education
and civilization, have enabled him to
build a structure of scholarship that
gives him rank among the foremost col
lege presidents of the United States.
president Winston is not only we'll
equipped by mature education and sue
cess as Il college president he also pos
sesses executive ability of Il high order.
He has the genius of directing strong
and vigorous minds. and makes his i'm
press not only upon the student body
and the faculty, but upon the public
cas- well. He is an organizer of great
capacity. having in the five years of
his presidency of the University of
North Carolina, nearly trebled the atten-
dance of students. the number growing
from 200 to nearly $50. Naturally this
evidence OF his success as college
president has given him great popular
ity and influence in the State. tie
numbers his friends by the thousands
and there are few enterprises or inter
ests that have not felt the value of his
counsel and cooperation. Whatever
makes for the glory or prosperity OF
the people has found in him an earn
est supporter. DIR. Winstons social
gifts have made him always welcome in
the homes of the people. One of the
most accomplished women in the State.
who has intimately known public men
in this and a dozen other States at Il
dinner recently made this remark: The
nearer you come in contact with great
men the smaller they seem. | know
hut enc man who is not warped hy init
the better you know him and as this is
the surest test of real ability and
scholarship, / count President Winston
the foremost man | have known.
president Winston does nothing by
halves: he throws his whole life into
whatever he does, He has never known
such a thing as failure; he despises
half success. When he became president
of our university his high ambition was
to make it take rank with the first
in the land and he saw that large at
tendance as well as Il high standard was
essential to this high end. He leaves
the university at high water-mark in
numbers as well as in scholarship. The
secret of the great success achieved by
DR.. Winston lies in his breadth. There
is nothing narrow about him. He has
broad sympathy with life. He is a
scholar but not a recluse. He is a man
Of the people, Il man Of affairs. lie
has had the best culture that life Of
fers but has still kept in touch with
life in its deep strong currents. He
loves humanity. believes in the people
and labOrs for their uplifting and edu-
cation. He has mot confined his inter
ests in education to increasing the at
tendance and usefulness of the Univer-
sity. He has been influential in all edu-
catiomal endeavOrs, going into the re-
mote counties, as well as in the cities.
stimulating the people to deeper inter
ests in education from the little log
school house to the university. He is
one Of the most effective platform
speakers in the South. combining the
humor and pathos of the orator with
the fulness of information of the pro-
fessor and scholar. He talks education
like statesman talks for his party, like
he believes i'm it and is terribly i'm earn
est. He is a power for public education
and has made his influence felt from
| ocean to mountain. 1t is well for aspiring
politicians that he did not go into poll
tics. He would have won the educated
by his learning and captured the plain
| people by his direotness, democracy and
| fund OF anecdote. In his life work he
| is a fisher of men for higher ideals
| llobler thinking and better living He
| is an optimist. He believes in his
country and his people and he means
| to do all he can to prove his faith
We have only to add that DR.. Winston
will find at the A. and NJ. College a
| field Of usefulness in no wise less OK
| tensive than that which awaited him
when he was called to the head of the
| university of the State. That his sue
cess will be equally signal we entertain
no doubt All friends OF education will
lie glad to have DIR. Geo. r. Winston
| back as a moving and constant force in
| educational matters in North Carolina
| What he has done is but an earnest OF
what he will do.