The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-05-30
TRUSTEES HOLD MEETING
They Receive the Report of the Exec.
utive Committee.
THEY HOLD ANOTHER MEETING TODAY
The Graduating Exercises Come Off Today at
lI0'cIock. Twenty Three Will Re-
ceive Diplomas. Several
From Raleigh.

Today at II o'clock the graduating ex-
| ercises OF the A. and NJ College will take
place.
The following young men will receive
| diplomas and take their place on the
| broad field of lfes battle: l.. L. Allen,
| X. Alexander, r. l.. Bernhard, l.. G.
| Perry, j. II. Bum, p. Collins, S. M.
| IIanff, G. r. Harrell, II. A. Higgins, G.
| Jones, Jr, L. II. Mann, r. H. Morrison.
| W. NJ Person, j. e. Porter, r. F. Rich
| ardson, w Z. Rose, f. d. Rose. l. o.
| Schaub, ]. w. Shore, w. T. Smith, S. A.
| Vest, R. M. Wagstaff, G. H. Whiting.
| Yesterday at noon the Board of Trus-
| tees of this institution held their regular
| meeting. There were present Messrs. w.
| S. Primrose, Raleigh; A. Leazar, Moores
| Vile; T. B. Twitty, Rutherfordton; J. c.
| l.. Harris, Raleigh; L. c. Edwards, Ok
ford John w. Hardin, Jr.. Raleigh; II. E.
Bonitz, Wilmington; j. z. Waller, Bur-
| lington; w. Fl. Raglan, Hight point; David
| Clark, Charlotte r. l.. Smith, Albemarle;
| p. J. Sinclair, Marion; w. j. Peele. Raj
eigh E. Y. Webb, Shelby; W. c. Fields,
| Sparta; j. Frank Ray, franklin Geo. T.
Winston Raleigh.
| The report of the executive committee
| for the past year was read. This report
| is for the whole of the past year and is
| quite long, and consumed the entire ses
| sion of the board. The trustees meet
! again today and will consider any further
matters that may come before them.
Last night the commencement address
was delivered by Dr. Ira Remsen, of
Johns Hopkins University.
| DR.. Remsen is one of the most famous
| scientists in the United States. He is
| the author of a series of scientific text
books that are widely used. In addition
to seemingly inexhaustible store of in
! formation on scientific questions, DR..
| Remsen is a graceful and pleasing speak
er. His speech last night was a gem.
it abounded in deep thought the Illus
trations used were apt and the language
was chaste and explicit. DR.. Remsen has
the happy faculty of stating scientific
truths in language so simple and free
| from technicaities that they are not
| only Ineligible to average audience.
| but even interesting. The address was
| worthy of the foremost scientist of
| America. DR.. Remsen said in part:
| "A certain lady whom | know better
| than any other has told me that, should
| she ever be permitted to marry a second
time, she would not marry a scientific
| man. because scientific men are so terri
| bly, accurate. | often hear the same gem
| cral idea expressed, and it is clear that
| accuracy IS one attribute of science, ae
| cording to prevailing opinions. But ac-
curacy alone is not science. When we
| hear a game of base ball or of whist
| spoken of as thoroughly scientific, l sup
| pose the idea here, too, is that the games
| are played accurately, that is, to use the
| technical expression, without errors.
Again there are those who seem to
| think that science is something that has
| been devised by the Evil One for the
| purpose of undermining religion. This
| idea is not so common as it was a few
years ago, when the professors of scien
| tiic subjects in our colleges were gen
| orally objects of suspicion. The change
which has come over the world in this
respect within my own memory is simply
astounding. In general terms an agree
ment has been reached between those
| who represent religion and those who
represent science This agreement is
| certainly not final, but it gives us a
modus vivend, and the clash of arms is
now rarely heard. Religion now takes
| into consideration the claims of science,
| and science recognizes the great funda
| mental truths of religion. Each should
strengthen the other, and in time, no
doubt each will strengthen the other.
Probably the most commonly held idea
| in regard to Science is that it is some
thing that gives us a great many useful
| inventions. The steam engine, the tele-
no toll
stuffs, medicines eXplosives-these are
| the fruits of science and without these
science is of no avail. | propose farther
on to discuss this subject more fully than
l can at this stage of my remarks, so that
| | may pass it lightly here. ] need only
say now that useful inventions are not
| a necessary consequence of scientific
| work, and that scientific work does not
| depend upon useful applications for it's
value.
Science then has for it's object the ac
emulation and standardization of knowl
edge, the discovery of truth. The astron-
| omer is trying to learn more and more
about the celestial bodies, their motions,
| their composition, their changes
The geologist has, on the other hand
confined his attention to the earth, and
of it's composition and structure, and of
| the processes that have been operating
through untold ages to give us the earth
as it now is
| And so l might go on pointing out the
general character Of the work done by
different classes of scientific men, but
| this would be tedious. We should only
| have brought home to us in each case the
| hot ha caian "
| be with which we are dealing, it's disci-
pies are simply trying to learn all they
| can in the field in which they are work
| ing.
Scientific work in it's highest form does
| not pay directly. Those who devote
| themselves to the pursuit Of pure science
| do not, as rule, reap monetary reward.
But because it does not yield Immediate
l monetary reward TO the worker. should
the work stop? Surely not. Our only