The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-05-20
CHARLOTTE CONFERENCE
unht the Governor at the Closing Ex-
cruises of lit. Moriah Academy.
.#.rRAST MADE A BEAUTIFUL BLtNOIN6
..,.s,ehbDe Power Of the Great Educational
1.y-meg, Has Now Invaded the Rural
Districts, and Viii Wipe Out
lIIiteracy.

..rar Avcock calls it a crusade"
.I.la.r terms it a new educational
...ng. Or. McIver thinks it is 4
educational revival: Mr.. Walter
.,.. that it is a revolution" This
...v educational movement in
.... Carolina, whatever it is, il has
.. fl. 1t has powerful energy and
...vtion in it. 1t has an irIesist-
. .,...a behind it and If you don't be
.... trat il has this life power and
u.r get in front Of it and stand
.... .r.fng TO stop it for q year or So,
... what becomes of you. This
..r question took root in our cities
... wears ago and our splendid graded
...r- were the result. 1t spread out
... .t. towns and from these to the
.#..- Now il has invaded the rural
..-.s and il is going to sweep litter
from our COCA old State and make
.... is already the brayest and best
..I.u.Lip i'm the county among the most
....tr.td and most prosperous in all
. land.
..H..I the greatest fact before us to-
.. is %orth Cardinals educational re
O. is wonderful to what heights
til, has risen, 1t is wonderful what
...-3 our people have gotten upon
#roblem. We have realized the
coming OF education as never before.
Iary come nearer giving it its true
.. i'm our life than ever before. We
So. thrown our souls into it as never
.|..a. We are ready to make greater
..r.9ccs than ever before. 1t is a great
.u. which our educators. led by our
g.. Governor. superintendent of Pub
instruction and other officials have
He'd. and one does not wonder that
has attracted the attention of the
...I. country. and that the outside
is saying that it is the greatest
....mcu in the South since the war.
Il. the special efforts which We are
skiing for the betterment OF our public
auu5S we are apt to lose sight of the
.u- that our educational revival covers
FIR wider sphere. Our teachers a
.r.at it,. There has been a great
.AtEeuiHE in our leaders themselves.
..uy Of our teachers under the stimuli
# tua movement have taken up their
.e- A few years ago nearly all of our
cocks came from alien authors and pub
-aua-. Within the past three or four
...- Iozens of North Carolina teachers
.us. written books which have proven
credit TO themselves and a credit to
U. State: others will do likewise. This
.4 educational movement Will stimulate
.r people i'm every phase Of life. our
atHstIies will expand. our resources will
|rIl TO intelligent investigation and
development, and our State viii be richer
ri better. our cities, towns and the
.l#I country have already felt the new
Weakening and all classes are becoming
at.u,stel.
Some two weeks ago l had the pleas
.. of accompanying Governor Aycock
P" 'h" city Of Charlotte, in which city
.a Icing held a great educational con-
... ..n. made up of the leading educa-
.r- and others of Mecklenburg and
grounding counties. During the past
."a / attended with him and State
Treasurer Lacy the closing exercises of
Nt. Moriah Academy. located in a
.ttF rural community a few miles
Auburn. in Wake county. There
WIS 70 contrast between the two meet
uut it was one of those contrasts
make up a beautiful blending, The
Ha"eting was in one of the storm
...'.- Of Southern Industrial and edu-
1868 3' ~ tDBII4tul It = Sp'ttii GIi'A
mingled with the hum of spindle
. Room. The second meeting was in
""a.rF school house in a grove sur
"..l by field and forest, closer to
..'". bat farther away from the cleo
VOLTS. the Whirling spindles and the
".a@ throngs.
". came first on the programme
"a meeting. At Charlotte it was
I- -- nrJ
a church choir. 1t was beautiful.
.. H If the rapid thrill of the busy
." E"rrent that cnyironed it. At Mt.
lt was a gentle charm of en-
."E melody. akin to the quiet har-
d. The surrounding wildwood. The
In Charlotte was held in a
.. ""Ht hall in a costly building of
"I interior and exterior design, in
great crowd was seated in opera
At Mt. Moriah we met in the
building. comfortable but not
n which only one or two hundred
#'"t on school benches. But the
I the Two meetings was the
Il" theme OF the speakers was
"5. thc text Of the sermon was
.-.'' B." light" The powerful and
ing floguence OF Governor Ay-
""I lpllp Mingled with the IN
.Aa pathetic utterances Of DR..
'-."Is Smith. the eminent Presby-
...lnc Of Davidson College, and
""'lah. with the touching and
discourse of Rev. Mr.. w. r.
'"@ very able and talented
...lur Of Wake Forest.
banquet was spread in the
.. maui Of the Manufacturers
."@ Charlotte meeting, around
'"@"IN. teachers and others
10 partakc of a feast prepared
.. 'h'f, while under the beau
near Auburn the rural
spread snoW-White cloths and
... mem with tempting viands pre-
... .ir country Aomes, by the
Themselves.
...|"'ie We found a system of
Co.,. .'""Is With an enrolment of
'aI "ith a corps of 81 teach-