The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-06-09

appropriate during commencement days,
and SO often quoted:
'Ye youth of Carolina, / call upon you
now
To add one single jewel to the crown upon
her brow.
You are entering from her college, the
battle fields of life,
And her fostering care has armed you
right nobly for the strife;
Walk onward, then, to glory; seek liter
airy fame.
And with the pen Of history write Caro-
lna's name
What editor now days permits his
textbook to speak so eloquently to our
boys and girls? Had my wish, that book
would be reset and adjusted to modern
educational methods and placed in every
North Carolina school
LAS State Superintendent of Public In
struction, Calvin H. Wiley stands out as
worthy model. His office in Raleigh
was not only arena in which he Waged
war against the ignorance of the children
or the indifference of the parents. In
one of his reports he modestly states that
once in the spring time OF 1853, he stood
on the sandy shores of Currituck and
spoke to the fishermen down there for
the education of their children, and in the
early days of the following autumn he
was pleading for the same cause with
the hardy mountaineers of Cherokee.
He had an old buggy to which he used to
point and say proudly: In that buggy l
have visited every county in North Caro-
lima preaching the cause of education.
What man, since his day, with all of the
modern conveniences of travel can say
as much? No daily paper heralded his
coming, but with heroic devotion to his
chosen work he went quietly about his
holy ministry of education and paved the
way for whatever progress has been made
since in North Carolina. A grander
chariot than that old buggy a triumphant
Roman general never rode in, and a more
glorious march or holier crusade was
never made by king or prince than the
one he made in that humble vehicle over
the sandy plains of the earth, the rolling
hills of the center and the lofty noun
tains of the West. Not only did he go
into every county in the State, but he
visited many of the 5000 schools estab-
lished during his term of office, and so
we can pardon his proud shout of triumph
as he says
The temple is erected and it's 5000
lamps are burning in every dark valley
and in every cove. in every marsh and
bog and fen. Each one is, admit, dim
Pickering light to those Immediately
about it. and who see only it's dim light,
but to behold them, as it has been my
business and pleasure to behold these
5000 lights grouped in one grand chan
delier, and from the ocean to the Smoky
Mountains, penetrating every square
foot of $4,000 square miles of land of
shadows with cheering beams of knowl-
edge, is we'll calculated to fill the cold
est breast with emotions of enthusiasm,
and to arrest the hand of the most daring
invader of this constellation of hope
Il am glad that the memory of this
able leader is perpetuated in the name of
one of your new school buildings, and
take pleasure in presenting to you, gen.
tlemen of the committee, in behalf of his
family, his portrait, which will serve as
an inspiration to the children gathered
within the walls of the Wiley school as
they learn the story of his pure life and
noble service"
After musical selection Flowers of
Italy" the flag presentation address was
made by Mr.. A. ]. Field, who was present
ed by Mayor Powell.
In his speech Mr. Field told of the
handsome United States flag being pre-
sented by the editor of the Youths Com
panion with his regards for the South,
and that it was received in the same
spirit. He talked of the great interest
taken in public education in the State,
and declared that great tidal wave was
now sweeping over us, and that it was
due to the work of the Legislature, the
State Historical Association and to Gov
ernor Aycock, the champion of the COM
mon schools of North Carolina. He told
of the eyes of the State and the nation
being fixed on the young children and the
interest felt in them. AT the close of his
eloquent remarks he said the flag was
presented in the spirit of education, of
patriotism and of progress, and in that
spirit he presented the flag.
AS the music from THE Founders"
sounded the flag was unrolled and the
portrait of Calvin H. Wiley was uncov
cred AS the music ceased Mr.. j. w.
Bailey was presented and he accepted,
on behalf of the children of the school the
two gifts. In his speech he spoke of the
grandeur of the flag and the greatness of
Mr.. Wiley and told of the lessons con-
veyed by "Old Glory" His tribute to
Mr.. Wiley was warm one, as he accept
ed portrait and flag.
The exercises closed with the benedic-
tion by Rev. w. ID. Hubbard, and another
school wear for Raleigh was ut an end
Mrs. Calvin H. Wiley was present at
the exercises. The picture of her hus
band was remembrance from her to the
Wiley school. After the close of the ex-
ercises many sought her acquaintance and