The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-05-31


Timberlake Jr.. of Lousburg; for best
Grafton in senior class to O. l.. Powers,
of Pender county.
The Eu. Society medals were presented
by j. d. Bcushal. of Raleigh. For inn
provement in oratory and debate to #. j.
Gold, of Cleveland county: for best ora
ton of senior class to A. w. Cooke, Of
MurfreeshOro. \. G.
The Tom Dixon medal to J. Q. Adams.
of Wadesboro, y. c.. student essay
medal to j. f. Register, of Raleigh; stu
dent medal for best piece Of fiction to
II. V. Scarboro. OF Murfreesboro; pre-
aentcd by Josephus Daniels. of the News
and Observer.
In the afternoon. there were reunions
Of the two societies. AT night. the an
nual sermon was preached by that great
orator, Rev. }. b. Hawthorne. D. d.. on
Visions His text was II was not dis
Cbodient to the heavenly vision" 1t was
4 magnificent effort.
Thursday the graduates speak and
Thursday night there will be a concert
end social
The alumni address of Rev. J. W. Will
lard. who has come to be one of the most
rominent ana eloquent Baptist ministers
IN Baltimore. made a fine impression.
md is warmly commended by all who
heard it,
After the introduction which hastily
eketched the life of John Ruskin. Mr..
Willard drew from his life and labors
W no cd
Iluskin's legacy TO men upon the verge
&C the twentieth century. His sermon to
/ he world was that men should be pure.
helpful and honest This he urged in
writings that are models of beautiful die
ton and knightly speech. Racy as the
words Of Junius flowing like the style OF
Addison. eloquent as the diction Of
lIacauley, bis prose often as poetic as
ne lines of Tennyson. all should read
this master Of style in order TO be ac-
cuainted with one of our greatest En-
Slish writer's.
ought" We will not get at the truth
and secret that lies at the heart of life
Until we learn that life imposes obliGa-
ton.
This wealth has learned. for men of
wealth have poured their millions into the
lap OF learning.
How much more should ii be learned by
ncn Of education Thousands dig. ditch
and sew tat the few may study, and
those few who have deciphered God S
thoughts wr'ten N rock and tree and
wave oe ether owe it to the masses to
place before them that which they have
Famed. We live upon the verge of the
human century when praise is given 10
The man behind the gun rather than to
he admiral upon the bridge. For the
first fifteen centuries of our era. men
thought Of God. the Madonna and the
Saints. for the next three centuries they
thought of philosophy and logic. The last
century was the material century when
men thought of wealth and studied
science We have won our victories over
matter. One great field remans-man.
Study the age in which you live so as TO
be of service to those who need your help.
Men of education must also think. feel
and plan for the State. Instead of the
State ministering to men of higher edu-
cation, men Of higher education should
minister to the State.
In order to this higher helpfulness. the
only thing worth having is character He
who makes the most of self is the one
who makes something of others, The
South IS on the verge Of most stipend
Gus awakening. And she will need men,
For this character we need first Of all
preparation. There are many office build
ings ten and twelve stories high building
in Baltimore. vet | notice they spend
most of the time upon the foundations.
Know myself. The circulation of the
heavenly bodies was discovered before the
circulation of the blood. Study the per-
mutation of your own endowments so as
to rightly order them to the production
Of that of which you are capable.
We next need purpose which makes all
the difference between the gambler and
philanthropist. We measure life not by
! success. but by effort. Most OF us must
do the ordinary thing but do it in Il con
spicuous way.
But most of al do we need power.
Brilliancy without warmth is nothing.
Man is like the statue of Memnon that
waited ever for the rising sun and the
whispering w.rds Of dawn 10 wake its
silence into music SO does the soul wait
for the breathing Of that wind that
bloweth where it listeth. the promised
strength and help of Heaven.
"There is no little enemy" Little i'm
puritieS in the blood are sources of great
! danger and should be eypelled by Hood 5