The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-05-30

| " MS lips anu cnuckleu most OF all. some
day he vii get too lazy to swallow and
then he will utilize a coffin.
He spoke of the habit of utilization not
sparing the most beautiful things, even
using the streams, branches and rivers
! once so beautiful. Like fair ladies' -
said he, "all that these had to do was to
look pretty, be merry and bright, and
run on forever. Now we make them do
| service.
In the course Of his excellent Grafton
he stated that the water power of North
Carolina. with it's mountains on, the west,
amounted to 100000 horsepower. This
is enough power to turn eight times as
nancy spindles as there are in the Uni
/, ted States. Enough power to spin so
many yards of cotton sheeting that it
| would give each of the 1900 girls in Raj
/ eigh 1850 900 dresses Of ten yards each =
| The speaker proceeded to name many
| ways in which water power might be
/ utilized and the happy result its intelli-
| gent use would have upon the people of
| the State.
COLLEGE TRAINING FOR MEN.
| The fourth Grafton was delivered by
| Mr.. II. w. Bonitz, of Wilmington, whose
| subject was Things a College Does for
| a Man" He began by telling of a re-
mark that boy at seventeen with manual
training outstripped college man and
said that later on the boy without the
college training lamented that he had
! not received it. AS reason for a man
needing college training he said, First,
it broadens a mans mind and soul as
nothing else can. and broadens them when
they are susceptible to the broadcast ex
pansion.
Second 1t creates power of abstract
and concentrated thought that is invalua-
BILE to a man in future life.
Third. 1t gives man self-reliance
and a sense of preparation for duty that
more than compensates for a later start
than the man who did not stop for a
collegiate training.
Fourth. man in college of today
gets a habit of industry, for he is drop
ped from college if he fails to do the
required amount of work.
In conclusion Mr.. Bonitz aptly re-
marked: "a college education enriches
a mans life; it deepens and broadens
his view of truth; it enobles his aims; it
strengthens his choice in the right; it
clarifies his vision of and his love of the
beautiful. The college pours oil into the
lamp of character and makes it's light
more radiant and lasting. These quail
ties represent the best things that col
lege can do for its student"
WHAT BAD ROADS COST
The fifth and last speaker was Mr. F.
H Barnhardt, of Norwood. The subject
of his grafton was What Bad Roads
Cost" He said that bad roads were i'm
passable barriers to progress of all kinds
and that civilization and culture have al
ways gone hand in hand with business
relations and social intercourse. The more
closely men are brought in contact, the
more they learn to appreciate the good
there is in all, and to recognize the COM
mon bond which should unite them into
one great brotherhood
He told of nation and State recognizing
the value of canals, rivers and railroads
and said that there was the same need
for good country roads. He gave Stats
tics showing that the vast cost of bad
roads in North Carolina each year
amounted to $8,627 800 Nothing" said
he, showed the progress of q people more
than good roads" He said that with these
would come the advantages Of free rural
mail delivery.
AS to what was necessary he advocated
based on that of New Jersey, which would
bring wide and good macadamized roads, !
and the appointing of a State Commission
of Public Roads and Bridges consisting of
at least three competent. enthusiastic and
experienced road and bridge engineers to
take charge and overlook our roads and |
to build good macadamzed ones and pay
for them by taxation of the people whose !
lands were on the thoroughfare.
DIPLOMAS AND HONORS.
After music Dr. Winston made the an
nouncement of prizes and honors. There
were" he said, twenty three graduates |
and the class had been the very best |
in the history of the school, So we'll |
had the members done that on behalf /
of the faculty he thaned them for the !
aid they had given the school authori- |
ties"
The prizes for work in agriculture were
awarded to Leonidas Joyner and James /
Clarence Temple. These are given by the |
Trustees, the first being ten dollars and !
the second five dollars.
The Chamberlain prizes of IS each, |
given by Mr. A. l.. Chamberlain, of West |
Raleigh, were awarded to Mr.. Walter
Lindsay Fulp for the best kept account of |
expenses and to Mr.. Hugh Pierce Foster,
for the least unnecessary expense. Mr..
Foster had not spent one cent for I'M
necessary things. He had earned $40 him
self which he had brought to college with !
him and during the year had earned |
$113.06. After paying all his necessary
expenses he had gone home with $27 in
his pocket.
The honor roll was next read by DR..
Winston An average of 80 per cent or
over was required to be on this roll, and I
to be on the punctuality roll the student
must not have been absent or tardy dur
ing the session.
HONORS IN SCHOLARSHIP.
Senior Glass: Fletcher Hess Barnhardts
William Pescud Craige, William Dollson
Faucette, Martin Kellogg, William Frank
lin Pate, Walter Stephen Sturgill.
Sophomore Glass: John Elliott Colt, !
Walter Lee Darder, John Howard Glenn
CASTOR Wilder Rogers, Edwin Seymour /
Whiting
Freshmen Class; Frank Hamilton
Brown, James Benjamin Harding, Ernest ,
Edwin Lincoln.
Short Course Class-First Year: Odis
Hildreth Henderson.
HonorS for Punctuality: William Lewis