The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-05-31

! immortaIs. Our thoughts may take a
wider range and embrace the thousands
who have been, not famous, but faithful,
the man in the ranks who carried his
riue from Bethel to Five Forks the man
who, in the same hand that grasps the
throttle carries the lives of a hundred
passengers-the man who guides the pillow
and Yields the hoe-Fame builds no hall
for these. And yet all honor TO these
unbrevetted and unheralded toilers.!
They are successful men in their several
spheres and no successful man is unre-
warded. The sense of victory and self
approval are no unworthy wages. But,
l repeat, your ultimate success will be
largely independent of where you begin,
but not of how you begin. 1t matters
little whether an eagle begins his fight
from valley or from mountain top His
eyes are upon the sun and he will soar
above the clouds
Your knightly quest need not take
you to strange lands nor even to other
States. North Carolina needs all her sons
and daughters. High time that the drift
from our borders should be stayed. A
few weeks ago. at a great gathering of
Southern people, | amused myself by
asking number of gentlemen If one of
their parents or grandparents had been
born in North Carolina. Fully three
fourths replied in the affirmative. No
little of our best native production, which
IS human brain and muscle, has CONS
to the building up of other States. Had
half of these emigrants remained by the
hearthstones of their fathers, our State
would now be one of the most populous
and prosperous in the Union. That it is
destined actually to become so within a
few years is due to the fact that young
men are beginning to learn that there is
no better State in which to make their
careers
And now. farewell. There are thoughts
of higher, more nobler, moreI tender,
more transcendent import which | would
fain express. You know what these are
and what are my wishes and hopes for
each one of you. May the blessing of God
abide with you all. Farewell.
REPORT OF PRESIDENT TO BOARD OF
TRUSTEES.
President Taylor in his annual report
to the board Of trustees reports the most
successful session of his entire incum-
bency The number of matriculates GOD
has been larger than ever before, and
much Improvement have been made in
buildings and campus. The center of the
old dormtory building has been rebuilt
and made into handsome offices and reel
tation rooms, while new gymnasium,
which has already demonstrated its inn
mense practical value, graces the campus
between the Library and Dormitory
buildings.
The School of Physics under Prof. Lake
has increased in size and use. About $SOO
have been expended for apparatus, max
ing the laboratory we'll equipped for it's
purposes.
The work of Mr.. S. f. Mordccai in the
Law School, who has delivered two lee
lures a week from the opening of the
session, has been of great value to the
Law Department.
The School of Pedagogy, introduced this
session. under Prof. Crittenden, has done
good work. There were q matriculates,
and the work will probably be much
broader next year
1t was recommended that an infirmary
be erected as soon as practicable.
TO POSTPONE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT
AT the trustees meeting this afternoon
it was decided to defer action upon the
Medical Department, and the matter was
turned over to the executive committee,
consisting of Cary ]. Hunter, Chas. M.
Cook, ]. N. Holding, H. G. Dockery, T.. Il,
Royal and r. T. Vann.
MRS. SWEPSON THANKED.
A committee was appointed to draft
suitable resolutions appreciatiye of the
gift Of the late Mrs. Swepson to the col
lege and the same to be spread upon the
minutes of the board
DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACY.
The executive committee was directed
to make all necessary investigation for
the establishment of the Department OF
Pharmacy and at a proper time, If need
be, to call meeting of the trustees, for
the election of a suitable man to have
charge of this department
OTHER MEDALS AWARDED.
At the close of the exercises of the
morning, President Taylor awarded to
Mr. Earle Fowler of Wake county, the
medal offered for the best story pub.
lished in the Wake Forest Student dur
ing the past year, and to Mr.. r. 10.
SentelIe of Haywood the medal offer
ed for the best essay published in the
Student.
DR.. Skinner in the course Of his re.
port from the board of trustees said;
Il look for growth of this college
in the next twenty years greater than
in the sixty-five years of its life.