The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-03-14

that there are great possibilities IN the
colored race; that they can accomplish
what others can do. We have Deen MAI
ing a great experiment in this country,
and believe the test of this experiment
| is in the average morality and inteih-
gence of the whole people.
THE sneaker paid a splendid compll-
men+ TO Dr. Kilgo, saying that his au-
dress had in it many Of the quantities ol
an unabridged dictionary If it were 10
no studied. there would be found in 1t
whole library of knowledge
az want" he continued, ito thank DR..
Kilqo for his use of the word practical
The object of Shaw during all THESE
wears has been to do something practical
| 7 ask YOU now if it is not a practlcal IL
Iustration of what has been accomplish
ed to have such an audience as thls' ap
preciating and applauding such an az
dress as that was.
Rev DIR. Fl. L. Morehouse Field Secre-
tary of the Society, was the next SPEAK
| er. He said in part
.T am reminded that this is the TWEEN
tieth anniversary of the founding OF the
| Leonard Medical school. Well do re-
member when Dr. Upper came peIofe
+be Board of Trustees with his plan, anu
laid it before our society, and We sane
toned it. The growth of the institution
has far surpassed our expectations; IoF
it was a feeble beginning let US not
forget that the success of this Leonard
Medical school depends, not so much upon
the money that has been put into 1t as
uDon the brains that have been put INTO
If nv this noble band of instructors.
| Their work has not been pertunctory-
# has been done with the motives re-
ferred to by the speaker this morning
| want these men to know this morning
that We appreciate from the bottom or
our hearts the magnificent work that mas
been done by them.
Some of you young men and women
who have suffered with the cold this
winter will be glad to know that we
have got $4,000 for a steam heating
plant.
"What power for good there is in
these young men who graduate in medt-
cine! 1t is a noble service. l look upon
it as next to the ministry, and it is II
ministry in itself.
President Meserve then called upon
Mr.. John f. Ray, one of the trustees to
add word.
Mr. Ray said that he would be glad to
add word if he knew what word to
add. He would prove that a long man
could make a short speech. daughter
DR.. NJ. T. Pope, colored, also trustee,
was requested by President MeserYe to
make a few remarks. He said he would
only say "amen" to what had been al
ready said.
DR.. whittier, of Boston, who was
among the guests on the platform, was
introduced by the President as man
who did great deal of thinking, but
very little talking. He said in part:
This is my first visit to Shaw, but
trust it will not be my last l feel that
in this audience / am looking into the
faces of as intelligent colored people az
could be gathered together anywhere in
| this country.
| II think one of your greatest fields in
the future is along the line of proven
| tive medicine. In talking with your
president, / am simply amazed at the
work that has been done in the short
space of time since the founding of this
College"
President Meserve then requested all
to rise in welcome of Mr.. Herbert f.
at is very hard, after all the pins
have been knocked from under me, to
expect a boy to interest you, but whether
| interest you or not, l am very much
interested myself. l have been here
perhaps oftener than any other man, ex-
cept possibly DR.. Roberts.
81 am taking my third days vacation
in four years, and l came to Raleigh TO
fo1y Pol iUb
any other spot on earth next to my own
| home in Massachusetts"
| Announcement was made of the indus
trial exhibit by the young men in Prof
Bruces lecture room.
After some fine singing by the male
quartette, the President called upon Hon.
| Josephus Daniels. Editor of the News and
Observer, as Shaw's nearest neighbOr,
| to address them. Mr.. Daniels said in
part:
"A few years ago a preacher in Il
back woods district of North Carolina
took as his text: "Who is thy neigh
bor?" and kept repeating it so often, as
he looked at an old man in the amen
corner that he said at last: Well, if
you must know, Tim Prendergast is my
highest neighbour So it is my pleasure
| to be Shaws highest neighbor.
Il wish to say to these gentlemen from
| the North that amid all the troubles they
have read of in the South between the
races, they have never seen the date
| line Raleigh We have always lived here
| in accord and concord, and we attribute
this to the fact that we elect such men as
Charles B. Aycock, and have such in
| situations AS Shaw University.
Il am one of those men whom DR..
| Klgo referred to as having bought
handful of type, press, and rented
dark room, and sitting in judgment
upon college presidents. Governors, law
ycrs, doctors, ministers and all events
of the world-a tribunal from which none
can escape-so with your kind permits
sion l will ask leave to print my further
remarks"
Rev. DR.. A. c. Dixon. of Boston, who
had come in while Dr. Kilgo was speak
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