The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-09
MANY VISITORS PRESENT
INITIAL APPEARANCE OF BAND
HIGHLY COMPLINIENTED.
LECTURE ON PUSH, PLUCK, PERSEVERANCE
Young Women From Peace institute and ST..
Mary's Schools Present at the Drill.
Society Well Represented. Mr..
Tompkins to Speak.

Mechanical college yesterday afternoon
and evening were most decidedly a sue
cess. The ladies of Raleigh were well
| represented at the military parade, and
| the chapel last night was thoroughly
| filed when Mr.. Wittkowsky began his
| lecture.
| At 4 o'clock in the afternoon the coli
! lege campus was alive with fair young
women from this city, the number being
greatly increased by the arrival of the
entire student body of st. Mary's school
| and Peace Institute. In the driyeways
We're many carriages and traps which
| brought out a large portion Of the social
| life of Raleigh. President Winston and
the faculty, with their ladies. viewed the
| drill from the college windows.
| Company drill was first executed under
| the supervision of Commandment Stansel
| and Major Hugg.ns, and then the battal-
ion, headed by the drum corps corps of
buglers, and the college band marched
on the field to tuneful air which was
| dispensed in creditable manner by the
| band
| The battalion was drawn up for re-
| view and just at sunset THE Star
| Spangied Banner" was rendered and the
Administrative building.
| The officers composing the staff of
Commandant n. II. Stansel are as fol-
| lows:
| II. A. Higgins, Major
Il. y. Ross, First Lieutenant and Adj
| jutant.
$. A. Vest. First Lieutenant and
Quartermaster.
A. Il. Smith, Captain and Chief Must
clan.
The non commissioned staff are as fol
| lows:
X. Alexander Sergeant Major
e. Il. Harrell, Color Sergeant.
j. E. Ramsay, Drum Major.
j. T.. Turner Chief Trumpeter.
r. V. Moss, Color Corporal
The company officers are as follows:
Company A.
j. II. Bum. Captain Il
j. w. Shore, First Lieutenant.
J. 0. Schanb, Second Lieutenant.
Company B.
j. r. Hall. Captain.
j. T.. Porter, First Lieutenant.
NJ. NJ. Harris, Second Lieutenant.
Company G.
r. NJ Wagstaff, Captain.
T. G. Berry, First Lieutenant
| G.. Jones, .Jr, Second Lieutenant
Company d.
Il. l.. Bernharit. Captain.
il. III. Mann, First Lieutenant
q. III. Whiting, Second Lieutenant
The members Of the band, who, by the
way, are deserving of the highest praise
for their successful efforts are as fol-
| lows:
Captain A. L. Smith, Solo BIB Cornet.
Sergeant L. II. BaInhardt, Slide
Trombone.
Sergeant f. O. Smith, Eb Clarinet.
Sergeant J. f. Ramsay, Drum Major.
Sergeant j. r. Turner, Tuba.
Sergeant u. NJ. Bowden, Second Tenor.
Sergeant b. O. Hood, Snare drum.
w. Il. Hinton, BIB Bass
w. G. Cook, BIB Clarinet.
i. i. Allen, Picolo.
p. c. Belts. Solo BIB Cornet
G. d. Whitehurst, First BIB Cornet.
j. J. Nichols, First BIB Cornet.
j. j.. Morrow, Second BIB Cornet.
j. T. Parker, Second BIB Cornet
w. e. Snow Solo Alto.
j. T. Rose, First Alto.
G. 4. Bernhardt, Second Alto.
IN. ~. lJRILeF, lJdFIlOHe.
- Bright, First Tenor
w. III. Smith, Bass Drum.
The afternoons drill was pronounced
the most inspiring scene ever witnessed
on the college campus. The cadets are
well drilled, discipline is shown by their
soldierly bearing, the drum corps and
bugle corps are the best in the history
Of the college, and no military school in
The State has ever had such band as
that which made its debut on yesterday.
MIR. WITTKOWSKY'S TALK.
The college chapel was crowded at
o'clock last night, the entire student
body and a number OF visitors from the
eity, being present to hear the lecture of
Mr.. S. Wittkowsky. of Charlotte, on
| Push, Pluck and Perseverance"
| As announced in this paper yesterday
| the lecture would be the story of the
| life of Mr.. Wittkowsky himself, and it
was so pleasantly told that the attention
| of the audience was commended by
The speaker throughout the entire Ice
| ture
The story Of Mr.. Wittkowsky's lie
! is especially interesting to young men
in that it appeals ito those who have
ambition and who wish to win success
from Dame Fortune. BY push, pluck
and perseverance he gradually rose from
| clerk with q very small compensation
! to be proprietor of a mammoth establish
ment which yearly yields a fortune.
The length of Mr.. Witt6owsky's lecture
| prevents re-printing in these columns.
| He impresses the necessity Of living
within ones means, avoiding the evil
temptations to win money by dishonest
dealings and proves that those men who
| begin in subordinate positions and rise
/ to positions Of responsibility are those
who work with the interest of the en-
| ployer at heart and not each day with
an eye on the clock counting the min-
utes until closing business and until pay
day. lie cited many instances, lives OF
men with whom our local public Is
familiar, to substantiate his claim.
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