The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-06-05
COLLEGE commandments
at State Agricultural College
Industrial Training of Young Men.
North Carolina xhibit at Paris Ex-
position.
Messenger Bureau,
Raleigh, y. c., May 80.


Raleigh, n. c., May 80.
Today was commencement day at
the Agricultural and Mechanical COL
lege here. The twenty-three graduates
made a good showing. The prize Win
ners among them are as follows: Agri-
culture. r l.. Bernhard, Of Salisbury;
science, 1. o. Schaub, Of Stokes county;
mechanical Engineering, K. NJ. Wag-
staff, of Person county.
President Winston, who has made a
stirring campaign in the state this
spring in the interest of industrial cd
ucation, has addressed many thousand
people, and has conferred scholarships
upon bright pupils of the high schools.
He, in his report, strongly urges the
establishment Of a manual training
school like that at Hampton, to be ul-
timately developed into a great school
for training white boys and girls. He
says this state now contains at least
10000 young men not earning over 30
cents a day by unframed labor, who.
with a year or wv OF learning, could
earn from $500 to $500 a day.
The total enrolment at the college
is 302; from seven states and seven
ty-five counties in North Carolina. No
less han $50 students have paid their
own expenses by money previously
earned or by work during session
t~hirty-One earning it as farm laborers.
The trustees will ask the legislature in
JUNE to pass the bill, which has al
ready passed the house, establishing
the Vance textile school," The agri-
cultural department has been well
managed. Sales of wood and farm pro-
ducts paid it's expenses and there is a
balance on hand. The military depart
mani 10 M q foafIIro TNba Caninr class
for the first time, graduated in uni
form. Paul J.. Collins, of BERTHE, won
the first prize for earning the largest
sum by manual labor in agriculture.
The senior class orators were 1. o.
Schaub and R. NJ. Wagstaff. F. NJ.
Barnhardt was the chief marshal. The
graduates We're L. l.. Allen, K. Alex
ander, B. L. Bernhardt. L. G. Berry,
]. H. Bum, P. Collins, S. NJ. Hanff. G..
r. Harrell, H. A. Higgins, G.. Jones,
Jr., l.. H. Mann, r. H. Morrison, W. M.
Person, j. E. Porter, R.. F. Richard
son, w E. Rose, F. D: Ross, l. Q.
Schaub. J. w. Shore, w. t. Smith, S.
A. Vest, r. NJ. Wagstaff and G. w.
Whiting.
National decoration day was observ-
ed here quietly. Late this afternoon,
as usual, the Grand Army post and a
number of citizens assembled at the
beautifully kept national cemetery.
luSIl dIIu OCSdpy ll6 1lOi( oSoN
at the speakers stand were the con-
federate veterans from h soldiers
home. The orator of the day was Lieu
tenant George G. Round, of Manassas,
Va, and his subject was a sketch of
the happenings of t~hirty-five years
ago, when he was Genera Sherman's
signal officer here and had his station
on the dome of the capitol. The signal
corps amp was on the square on
which the executive mansion now
stands.
Secretary Bruner, of the state agri-
cultural department, who has just re-
turned from Paris, says hat after a
careful inspection of h exhibits, he
is entirely justified in saying h a next
after California his state has the best
exhibit. California always leads. In ad-
dition to its exhibits at the eXposi-
ton, it has two special buildings in
the city, in each of which it has mag
nificent displays of its products.
Many Raleigh people went to Wake
Forest college today to hear the an
nual address by DR.. Small, of the
University of Chicago, and the bacca-
laureate sermon by Rev. DR.. Haw-
thorne, of Richmond. Tomorrow is
commencement day. There will be ora
tons by the graduates. There are thlr-
ty-four of these. The concert by Kess-
nich's band, of Richmond, and the So
cial gathering will end the commence
ment. The college has had the most
prosperous year in all it's history. John
A. McAnister and B. H. Browning are
the chief marshals on the part of the
two literary societies, and o. B.
Bagley is the president of h senior
class.
The graduates and their degrees are:
Master of arts, A. w. Cooke, A. r.
Dunning, w. F. Fry, E. F. Mum
G. S. Sanderlin, D. G. Washburn;
bachelor Of arts, l.. w. Alderman j.
B. Bagley, r. c.. Barrett. E. ]. Britt.
". C. Coffey, J. E. Crutchfield, T. S.
Crutchfield, ]. L. carp, G. F. Edwards,
j. u. Eure, G.. A. Foote, S. E. Garner,
c. NJ. Heck. j. Y. Irwin, G. w. May,
F. c.. Nye, o. L.. Powers, w. o. Rosser
]. F. Royster, r. c. Sears, G. E Spruil,
d. M. Struggled, G. r. Taylor, B.
Trantham.; bachelor of law, A. w.
Cooke, J. T.. Davis. A. T. Goodwin, E.
W. Pearce.
The commencement exercises of st.
Mary'S school here began today. 1t has
bod n x,o-y ~y,oooSSfpl form