The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-03-16
ADDRESS TO GRADUATES
Commencement Exercises of the Pro-
fessional Schools.
TWENTY.oNE MEN RECEIVE DIPLOMAS.
Thirteen Of Them to Be Doctors, Six to Be
Druggists and Two to Be Lawyers
A Notable Address by Rev.
Dr.. Winship.

fessional schools of Shaw University, for
the eolored race were held yesterday at
noon in the university's auditorium.
The professional schools are those of
Medicine Pharmacy and Law, and in
these yesterday there were twenty-one
graduates, as follows:
Graduates in Medicine:
william B. Bouware, South Carolina.
Eugene Dickerson, Virginia.
Dayton c. Hill. South Carolina.
Charles II. Hines North Carolina.
Walter w. johnson, Virginia.
James E. Mills, Virginia
George W. Peterson. South Carolina.
Joseph ]. Quares, Virginia.
William E. Reid, North Carolina.
John w. shellcroft, New York.
William S. Strother, South Carolina.
Anderson n. Williams, Alabama.
Jay P. Williams. South Carolina.
Graduates in Pharmacy:
Virtis II. Jenkins. Alabama.
William A. Jones. North Carolina
John H. Love, North Carolina.
Huston H. Tatum. Texas.
William E. Thomas, South Carolina.
Henry E. Williams, South Carolina.
Graduates in Law:
Samuel F. Edmead, New York.
George H. Mitchell, North Carolina.
The exercises of the day were of
most interesting character, consisting of
an address by Rev. A. E. Winship, d. D.,
Editor New England Journal of Educa-
ton; awarding of diplomas and comforting
of degrees, by Rev. M. MacVicar, L. l..
D., Superintendent Education, American
Baptist Home Mission Society; and the
presentation of prizes and parting address
to graduates, by the president of the
University.
The prizes awarded and those who won
them were:
The Mckee Prize. N. W. johnson.
The Knox Prize, W. E. Reid.
The Goodwin Prize, ]. P. Williams.
The K. P. Battle Prize, W. A. Taylor.
The Lewis Prize, A. N. Williams.
The Pickel Prize, G. W. Smith.
These prizes are awarded for excel
lency in scholarship by the professors in
the schools of medicine and chemistry.
For the Lewis prize two students, Eu-
gene Dickerson and A. N Williams tied,
and it was impossible for a decision be-
tween them to be reached except by
drawing lots. This resulted in Mr.. Will
liams' favor.
In addition to the above regular prizes,
special prizes given by friends of the
institution were awarded to Chas. H.
Hines, Walter w. Johnson, William E.
Reid, John w. Shellcroft, Anderson M.
Williams, ]. P. Williams and Samuel F.
Edmead.
AS valedictory DR.. Walter w. John
son, one of the graduates in the School of
Medicine, sang Goodbye Sweet Day." a
solo with piano and violin accompani-
ment.
After the exercises the benediction was
pronounced by Rev. DR.. Pittenger rector
of the Church of the Good Shepherd.
The ushers for the occasion were:
Timothy Williams, chief; J. A. Kenney,
]. W. Walter, w. Larkins and S. Bass,
assistants.
Quite a number of the leading white
people Of the city attend these COM
mencement occasions at Shaw, and find
them always interesting. Among those
present yesterday were: DR.. James Nc
Kee, DR.. w. I. Register, DR.. K. P. Bat
tie, Jr., DR.. A. W. Knox, DR.. r. H. Lewis,
DR.. Hubert A. Register, DR.. A. w. Good
win, Mr.. VIM Simpson, Rev. DR.. Thos. E.
Skinner, Rev. DE-. 1. NICK. Pittinger, Rev.
A B. Hunter, Capt. c. B. benson, State
Treasurer w. H. Worth and others
Music was furnished by an excellent
orchestra.
ADDRESS BY REV. DIR. WINSHIP.
The exercises began with a prayer by
Rev. Thos. E. Skinner who invoked the
divine blessing upon those who manage
the institution and asked that strong
friends be raised up for it all over the
land.
President Meserve introduced Rev. DR..
A. E.. Winship, the orator of the day.
DR.. Winship is editor of the New England
Journal of Education. He is a middle
aged man of noble presence and pleasant
speech. His address was a very fine one.
He spoke without note or manuscript,
and for more than an hour held the
closest attention of his hearers. He an
nounced no subject for his address, but
he took the common every day things OF
life and incidents of the world and drew
therefrom lessons of great value. And
through the whole address there ran a
rich vein Of quiet humor that made it
most delightful.
"It is a great privilege to stand in the
presence of earnest men and women"
were his first words.
"And this privilege never meant so
much in the history of the world as it
does today" he added, and these two
sentences proved an admirable text for
what followed.
MANY hundred years ago when the
Spartans were defeated by their ancient
enemies, they asked those enemies what
they would be required to do. They were
prepared to give up territory, to pay trib
ute. But the victors did not ask this
Give us fifty Of your boys, they said.
The Spartans replied, We will give you
n hundred of our eminent men, but not
one boy. Rather than that we viii renew
TIE fight and end 1t only with the death
Of the last man of us. And our reason
for this is that we know what our men
are and will do, but the gods only know
the possibilities in boy
This is particularly true today, when