The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-06-06
NO GREAT NORTH
CAROL|N|AN
Has Lived Because There is
Too Much of SociaIistiC
Spirit Here.
so SAYS DR.. KIlGO
IN HIS BACCAlAAUREATE SER
MON HE EXALTS INDINID-
UALISA, DENONUCES so
CIALISM AND DEGREES
EQUALITY.
CIGARETTE TRUS r BUYS QUITE. ]. PARRISH
Seventh Anniversary Of The Passionate of Rev
VIC. Tyes. A Runaway Mach Be-
tween Parties of High Stand
ing. Commencement.


Durham. \. C.. June 5.--(SpeciaD.
About fifteen hundred people assembled
in the new Craven Memorial Hall Sun
day night to hear the baccalaureate adj
dress delivered by DR. j. c. Kilgo be-
fore the graduating class of Trinity Col
lege 4 picked choir from the various
churches Of the city, under the direction
of Prof w. J. Ramsey, and assisted
by some Of the members of the Rich
mond band, rendered the music for the
occasion.
Am |, Il Soldier of the Cross was
impressively sung, after which DIR. Xii
go led i'll a fervent prayer. Miss Eliz-
abeth Taylor sang III Il sweet and touch
ing manner abide With Me"
Or. kilgo started out in his remarks
by saying that great changes had taken
place during the year just past. So rap
id have the changes been that you can
scarcely outline them There have been
changes in the history of the world i'll
fact Admiral Dewey changed q large
portion Of it one morning before break
fast BY rapid changes Roosevelt pass
ed from Il private citizen to Il great mih-
tary leader, then back to a private citi-
zen, and thence to the gubernatorial
chair Of the great State of New York.
The subject of DIR. Kilgos address
was Joseph the Successful Young Man"
Joseph was the only man in the Old
Testament of which there is recorded
much of his youth. When Jacob de-
ceived his father, he was perhaps GO
years of age. Joseph was about II
years old when we first hear of him.
The life of this young man has its APP
pIcation in the closing days Of this cen
tlny as much as in his day. The vision
of Joseph shows that Il great destiny
discloses itself to one i'll early life. The
dreams of early childhood are the init
nations of swaying empires, of unsung
songs and of uncaryed sculptures. L
know of no more sublime picture than
that of the NaZarine as he propounded
questions from his own conscience. Be
yond the visions of that home there is
not page of history to be written. Do
not scorn the dreamngs of all because
the ambitions of Il few have wrecked
empires These meditationS, no doubt
call to your mind dreams of early youth
when you thought of Il larger world and
a larger manhood Providence does not
permit Il man to come up without an init
nation of the life's work A great deal
is said about calls to the ministry. | be-
lieve that any one who has a call gets
it before he is ten years of age. But
calls are not confined to the ministry
alone-men are called to every work.
Joseph was always honest with his
f.lfh tla fo{l, 6s, tnt In
blamed for liking him best. He did not
try to conceal the iniquities of his breth
rem. He told them of his dream of do
minion over them and incurred the
wrath of his brethren for no other rea-
son than that he was destined to rule.
Socialism sets aside all individuality
and inserts in its place a lazy nothing
ness. If God sets value on anything
more than another, it is on the individ-
uaity of man. Socialism looks to the
equality of man and of things. ignoring
the fact that the laws of the universe
are governed by the inequality Of things.
God has appointed everywhere lndlvid-
uals to predominate There is inequali-
ty in the forests. in flowers, in bird life,
in the world of horses as well as i'll the
world of man. Centuries are sometimes
crowded in to one man. There was on
~ one Alexander to change Europe; one
julius Caesar and one Napoleon. There
was only one Plato; there never was a
nation of Homers, nor society of
Shakespeares and Dantes. All>the 9th
or men of the world can do is to sit
AT their feet and learn This is true IN
politics, i'll the ministry and III the bus
mess world. TO talk about equality Is
falsehood | warn YOU not to think that
YOU are equal to all other men of the
world No man has Il right beyond the
power he possesses. A great man never
comes out of an atmosphere OF equality.
The reason that North Carolina has new
or produced great men like Washington,
Clay, Webster, etc, is because there is
too much of the socialiStic spirit III us
to permit having Il great man.
The speaker alluded to the race prob
lem, and said that the responsibility was
made greater by the late war. The
problem is one of the greatest of the age.
They are here brought here by white
men, and there is divine responsible
ity on us that we must meet. Legisla-
ton cannot solve it. Take away the
ballot, and the problem is still with you.
1t is Il deep question and must be set
tied by the same process by which all
similar questions have been decided.
At the conclusion of the address. the
benediction was pronounced by Rev. DR..
Il. III. Parker, of Morganton.
TRUSTEES MEET.
The Trustees Of Trinity College met
late this afternoon and held Il session fol
two hours. Thirty out Of thirty-siS
were present Only routine business
was attended to. The reports of Pres
ident Kilgo and the treasurer were very
gratifying and showed that last year:
work was the best in the history of The
college. These reports were referred t,