The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-05-14
THEYGET GOOD POSITIONS
SHOWS THAT 1,HE TRAINING IS
FIRST RATE.
THEY DO NOT HAVE TO WAIT FOR WORK
Manufacturers, Farmers and Business Men
feel Perfectly Safe in Entrusirg their
interests TO A. & N. CO..
Iege Graduates.

Nothing better illustrates the useful
work that the Agricultural and Mechani-
cal College is doing for the young men
of this, and of other States, than the
important and lucrative positions its
graduates are being called to fill. Gen
orally, after young man has graduated
from college, he has to spend several
years learning something to do. The stu
work when he is graduated. The desir-
able appointments that have recently
been received by the young graduates of
the A. & NJ College show the esteem in
which the institution is held by the prac-
teal manufacturers and business men
who are keeping up with the details of
its work, and who feel perfectly safe in
entrusting their commercial interests to
it's recent graduates. Among many we
single out a few recent appointments to
show the character of the work done.
ID. f. Asbury, of Burke county, who, a
few weeks after graduation last June,
took position with the big naval con-
strnction company at Newport News,
and who was promoted in few months,
has just been offered by his company a
position in the Sandwich Islands ut $I
day and all his expenses He is about
twenty-five years old
S. +. Beck, also of Burke, walked to
Raleigh to enter college Before he was
graduated he received notice that a po-
sition in the same company awaited him
upon his graduation. He now has
fine position in the draughting depart
ment.
I. Sugishite, the young Japanese, who
graduated in the civil engineering depart
ment last June, was a month ago en-
ployed by the Japanese government to
assist in building national railways. He
gets salary of $1,000 year.
A. r. Cohoon and III. M. Curran re-
Gently received appointments in the for
estry department Of the State Geologic
Survey. Both these young men will,
thin summer, take the examination for
entrance into the forestry division Of the
Uhated States government.
L.kR. Whitted. of Alamance county, a
graduate in the civil engineering depart
ment and also for one year post
graduate student, passed the rigid exam
nation to become a government engi-
neer, HAS assigned to duty at Port
Royal. He was last week promoted to
a $1,2O position in the draughting
rooms df the navy yard at Norfolk.
While in Port Royal he designed and in
stalled the electric light plant there.
r. s. Boyd, Of Mecklenburg county,
was few weeks ago elected as super
intendent of the new cotton mill at
M0oresville,
G.. Il. Kendall, Of Anson county, Just
after being mustered out Of the army
MS first sergeant Of the Greensboro COM
pany, was engaged as a civil engineer
BY the Seaboard Road.
Lea Watson. of Raleigh. is now max
Ing arrangements to accept position
offered him by the d. A. TOmpkins Go.
He goes to this company as draughts-
man. n. L. Gibbon is also employed
by this company. and has recently been
sent to direct the putting down of the
machinery in the new cotton mill being
erected on the Catawba river.
Mr.. A. II. Oliver, of Duplin, is win
ming much praise as the superintendent
of the Rockbrook farm, in Transylyania
county.
Mr.. ]. Il. Smithwick, of BERTHE, re-
ceived on Thursday an appointment III
the government service. He goes to
Port Royal for electrical work.
The fact that these young men get and
hold such positions shows that their
training is first-class and that the college
has great career ahead of it,