The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-12-28

cation now lays bold on man himself The
sum total of it all is the exaltation OF the
individuality, the bringing into play OF
the personality of the teacher The
school is no longer a machine, but the in
ner possibilities of tie pupil are brought
out and developed to their highest az
fainment.
IF l read history right, Socrares knew
something Of this method. If l read the
Word of God right. Jesus thus taught as
He made glorious the rugged Peter. He
did not make a new John. but brought
cut all the over that was in him. He
sought The soul lie, The new method
seeeks TO GCH,l op the inner life the best
expression Of the man himself
Now 4 TO the Demo"' rt'yati0r Of edu-
cation. We have NOT always been edu
eating everybody in this wholesale man
ner. 1t is only a short time since this
tremendous tidal wave of universal edu
cation swept over the world and our
country Now schools are everywhere.
This IS = fact we must reckon with.
have thought of the State building as
high as she can and reaching possibly
lower than she ought. and | tell you it
is a very dear thought to me. With
this movement there has come develop
ment, with the general spread OF cduca-
ton has gone out a deepening OF the
sources of knowledge and a broadening Of
the opportunities of acquiring them. Look
at the growth of our great universities.
Chicago, Yale, Harvard, Columbia, Leland
Stanford. everywhere save in the South,
and we want to damn the men who would
do likewise n the South. In the summer
icc nd
great institutions offer are the oppor-
tunities for the teachers of North Caro-
lima who have been trained in the old
school. teacher must learn.
Il believe that in this achievement
this characterization of education ard
great expansion of our advantages We
have the browning glory of our age. 1
! believe that the 10th century will go down
in the annals of history greater in moth
ing than in this, that our statesmen have
made way for the great educational ad-
vantages enjoyed by all the people.
think the Democratic party undertook
great task when they promised to edu
cate every white boy in the State SO that
ne could read and write b. 1908; but
| believe we ought to do all in our power
TO bring about the fulfillment of this
| pledge (Applause.) But this universal
free education has a tendency to crush out
the other schools. You must stand
against this for the existence of the
academy The academy has a distinct
mission higher and better than that OF
the free school. You can never reach
| the individual in so great mass. This
is the inherent defect in the free school
system. Jesus Himself chose only twelve
apostles. We have yet to make people
understand that the academy has it's mis-
sion, that there are grades in education
We have got to fight those people who
| call for cheap education. This idea OF
getting things cheap is the curse of our
State
ut seems to me that the remedy for
he injury caused by the characterization
lies in complying with the terms of the
| revolution itself. The solution is the
| adequation of the academy with the
changes that have come about in educa-
tional methods. The free school can not
10 this The new methods are expensive,
but the academy man is naturally ex-
elusive. In order to cultivate the spirit
If research and thought instead of mere
memory, there must be libraries, labora-
tories, and observatories connected
with the schools You may laugh when
I say we need an endowment, but such
is the case. What a Sne thing It would
be as the head of a academy 10 have the
income from 100000 in Standard Oil
shares. There is no telling; you may get
it some day. You may go riding with Mr..
Duke, like DR.. Kilgo, never dreaming of
his wealth, and suddenly find yourself en-
dowed, and have the whole state cursrg
you out most blessedly.
Mr. Bailey closed with beautiful reror-
alton that produced profound impress
sion.
PROF. KELLEY'S ADDRESS.
The next order was the Presidents an
nual address. Prof. John E. Kelley. the
president, said the address was rh' re.
He compared himself to the colonel whose
duty is was on one occasion to reprimand
an officer before the regiment Not
thinking of anything suitable to say, he
announced to the offending officer: Con
slider yourself severely reprimanded," So
Pref. Kelley told his audience to consider
themselves severely annually addressed.
However, he went on to say that Mr..
Bailey had SO inspired him that hG could
not refrain from saying something along
the same line He referred in very glow
ing terms 10 the Work or DAVID Caldwell,
whom he called the grandest man that
ever trod the soil of North Carolina. His
log cabin, he said, was the college and
theological seminary of the State at one
period. Apprenticed in his early teens
to a carpenter, and working at his trade
until he was % years old, he finally took
a degree at Princeton, and came to North
Carolina to live in q little log cabin and
preach 70 the people. From this log cabin
he equipped five of the ablest governors
of the Southern States and fifty of the
greatest divines, to say nothing of the
congressman and politicians. His great
zeal is a proof of what a strong belief
in the religion of Jesus Christ can accom-
plish. Judge Murphey is generally con-
sidered the father of public education in
North Carolina, but David Caldwell gave
Judge Murphy to North Carolina and the
South. His life eXemplified the fact that
you can't make a great man without first
making a great animal; for his training
had made him strong physically, and he
kept up his health by outdoor work in the
fields. He was a great farmer, a great
preacher, great teacher, and a great
DOCTOR for he had to minister to the
Dhyscal needs of the people