The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-05-31
ONE A BACHELOR OF LAW
Strong Addresses by Members of the
Graduating Glass.
PRES, TANLoR'S ADVICE TO THE CLASS
Honest Faithful Work Leads TO Happiness
and Success, Remain in the Old
State and Aid in Her
Development.
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Wake Forest, N. c., May 3O.-The ex-
ercises of the 65th commencement closed
this morning with the speeches of the
graduating class and the presentation of
diplomas. The class this year numbered
thirty-one, of whom seven were Masters
of Art, and one Bachelor of Law. In be-
ginning the mornings exercises Rev. T.
O. Adams, of Reidsville, offered fervent
prayer for the success and well being of
the graduating class after which Mr.. j.
@. Adams, Jr., delivered the salutatory
address.
I'm behalf of the class of 1901 he said,
Il have the pleasure of welcoming you
most heartily to the exercises of this
morning The class which salutes you to-
day has toiled through four years of
hard study has threaded with pain and
difficulty the narrow road of learning, and
yet today how insignificant is their toll,
how great their reward as they see gath
cred before them such visions of beauty,
the young womanhood of North Carolina,
who are the fairest of the fair. =
The class of 1901 stands at the parting
of the times, at the dividing of the cen
old The vast strides of civilization and
science during the last hundred years
were but stepping stone to the UNI
dreamed advance of the Twentieth CEN
fury, and with the old century has passed
the Old South. The New South steps forth
in wedding garments to meet the new
century,-and who will predict the fu-
ture?"
M = n ID
N. c., spoke on the Dignity of Labor. "
He very truly said: "Since Divinity has
declared that man must labor, toll has
been stamped with the great seal of the
Eternal. A young man, in this day of
specializing must let his energies take
one bent. and have one single aim. indie
cision is fatal. Hope encourages young
man. Young men can gather inspiration
from the figures of the past. Success
more than counterbalances failures. The
man who has been taught the dignity of
toll, cannot make a failure. We are
inspired to mightier efforts by the ex-
amples of successful men. There is no
prize which fortune will not yield to per-
sistent and tireless effort. Doors of OPP
portunity swing ajar on golden hinges
to the touch of the princes of labor
and TOLL
Following Mr.. Flournoy was Mr.. N. l..
Gaskins, of Craven, whose subject was,
1.-The Commercial War Drum" He drew a
birds eye picture of the progress of
the Nineteenth Century and showed that
morality, benevolence and religion had
failed to keep pace with the material de-
velopment of the age. 1.-THE laboring
man." he said docs not claim that his
circumstances of living are worse than
they were one hundred years ago but he
does claim that human wants have not
been supplied in proportion to the ma
terial developments of the age. Hence
we find the two great forces of the uni
verse-labor and captain battle array
The patriots of the Twentieth
century must solve the problems of cap
ital and labor
The next speaker was Mr. r. e. SEN
telle, of Waynesville, N. c., whose sub
iect was "The Nineteenth Century Trans
formations" He pictured the condition
of our country in the time of or fore
fathers when simplicity was the dominant
feature of life, and when the great hand
of science had not begun to move in its
great orbit. He told how our grandmoth-
ers spun and wove the garments which
clothed the whole family, and described
the social condition of our forefathers.
And with all this he contrasted the won
derfu progress made in all branches of
life, of the wonderful inventions scienc,
has given to mankind. the wonders of
Aladdins tabled composition are not more
strange than those of modern science and
invention" "These blessings
and comforts are our heritage. We are
nIi ,1f +ho mo l.
ization the world ever saw. But
what will become of this civilization no
one can tell Thoughtful men claim that
they can see perils on our national hori-
zon. But let us hope that in the future
will dawn brighter day and that this
civilization will be able to cope with its
attendant evils and continue to build
up Gods kingdom on earth"
THE Citizen and the State" was the
subject of Mr. e. w Timberlake, of Louis
burg, N C. He said:
THE United States is the leading world
power. Our greatest danger is not one
that arises from international relations,
but lack of true civic virtue among our
population.
The power that must meet this dan
ger, and at the same time the basis upon
WnlIu ouI ueSIlly TcSIS, 10 SUuCdCtu lhICi-
ligence."
He laid down as a principle the ethical
relations of citizen and State, and APP
piled 1T to our own country, showing
wherein we fail Public duty not dis
charged by strict adherence to party creed
nor by the cast of the ballot. The ruin
Gus effect of bitter partisanship on the
welfare of the nation.
Truth is a requisite to good govern
ment 1t lies in the power of the intel
ligent classes alone to disclose the truth
and to uproot political deception. The
time has come for North Carolin8ns to
sheath the sword and to lay aside that
and poison as factors in politics.
What constitutes the ideal State?
not a government of display and false
show but
Men who their duties know,
And know their rights, and knowing dare
maintain"
The next speech was the valedictory,