The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-06-12

Ino alms along Franklin avenue.
every form of vehicle was there IN trout
Vas n saily decorated chariot drawn ~
rour Arabian steeds selected from Ilck-
- rtables. guarding each bit. with
hand upan the rein for sake of SIIet!.
we're expert horSemcn Of the. Nniiluiaii
race. reSpiendent from crown 10 Toe III
college colorS. II was the car Of TRIUMPH
In il. side by side. the one with SauSIa'-
lion of victory which even great Her
,nI,.s might envy. the other a feeble
echo and n silent shadow. sat the captain
of the victorious football team ana the
president Of the rejoicing University.
The organization of The alumni must
not be omitted. for the new thiNtf>itf
realized that she must grow WIN the
helm of her sons. Local associations
were organized throughout the STATE anu
the central association was tulthetieu
into new life and energy. Meetings. were
held. with banquetS, toaStS anu SltetHeS'
where college memories We're re'lNt",
good fellowship was strengthened ana
uIanS for the growth and extension al
the University We're set forth by the Visit
ing president. At the annual commence
mem the alumni We're gathered together
i'm large numbers and the alunlil pan
quet became the most attractive leatult
Of commencement. Class reunions were
organized ut intervals Of five. ten. flfteeh
and twenty years. and great occasions
in the past life Of the University were
celebrated with due preparation ana
great enthusiasm. On one OF these oc1,
o~asions III celebration of the centellhii'
of the charter. Il fund was raised Tor the
endowment of the chair of history. ana
later. at the centennial celebration IN
1919. .of the rcopening of the University
one Hundred years before. amid ntlcli
enthusiasm. 4 movement was Start'o
for the erection of alumni hall. anu Il
large fund was subscribed for that pur-
pose. Previously TO this the enthusiasm
and devotion of the alumni had manifest
ed itself in The erection of this splendid
building. as Il memorial to the dlStll-
euiShed sons Of the University. who IN
peace and in war gave their lives 10 the
service of the State. Thus the new M
versity wisely organized into active
beneficence the devotion of its alumIil
Recently Il loyal son. born IN tins VII
lagc within the sound of the college bell.
mindful of the happy hours which youth
and childhood brought him here, and
mindful of the duty which goes with
wealth and power and talent. has added
to the gifts of other sons anu 10 other
gifts from his own generous heart. i
splendid dormitory, to be the home OF
future generations of North Carolina
and to stand as a perpetual me-
mortal that a mothers love is sometimes
euualled by Il sons devotion. Fifty years
ago the name of Carr was written upon
a little store in this humble village. 1t
Is 11lSCflbou lOudN uI)On Ills sly.
and in the coming years it Will grow
brighter and more enduring.
Lack Of time permits me to mention
only one more problem solved by the
new University. the problem of public
influence. or the direction in which the
UniverSity's life should be eXerted. |
have already discussed the problem of its
and the problem OF its organiza-
ton. and now | will speak very briefly
of the problem of its line of influence.
There was Il great temptation for the
new University in 1879 TO turn its life
into new channels and devote itself to
industrial and technical education. Had
the reOpening been postponed until now.
ii is more than probable that this change
would be made. During the past twenty
into new fields of industry, with large de-
mands for skilled labor and technical
the opportunities for wealth
have become so varied and so large for
Of industrial talent and training,
and the public recognition of the nuceS-
Sity for this industrial revolution has
been so clear and so general, that it may
well be doubted whether, if Il beginning
had to be made now, the requisite funds
could be obtained for rcviving the new
University solely along the lines OF gen
eral and professional education. 1t is
the world has shown that there is
loss Of power to both institutions when
ever universities for general culture and !
colleges for technical training are blend
ed together.
But the new life of a new State pro-
dnced another great necessity. which the
new University undertook to supply, and
did supply, with excellent results. This
was the promotion Of education. TO this
the new University devoted itself
faculty canyassed the State. Its sum
mer normal schools furnished enthusi-
inspiration and power to teachers
IN a hundred communities. Its alumni.
iuil OF enthusiasm. conducted teachers
superintendent city schools,
secured increased taxation for public
education and became the recognized
leaders in the great movement for public
schools. The establishment of its chair
or pedagogy was the first recognition
yer made IN North Carolina, or in any
university. of necessity for the
distinct and special training of young
men for the teaching profession.
ne great work of the new University.
IKE that of the old. has been in Tie
t!rectlon OF general; to fit men for tech
neal ana professional education by broad
ana thorough general education: to ham
mer iron into steel before fashioring if
.ntO tools.
NO words can describe the labors and
iiihcnlfles that has attended the life OF
his University during the past twenty
I'VE years Of its childhood. The presence
1t tins time on this platform of four
presidents of this university. each re-
'oiclhg III The work that they have all
wrought: a scene probably unpara llaled
II the history of colleges, t~estiiies to the
great and eNacting labors required. as
we'll as to the University's powers 70
her own leaders. All four are
practically her sons.
l need not call the roll Of those that
aid these enduring foundations. Some
ire sun mere, laborlng with zeal. fidelity