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

II be becomes a mechanic, he owes to his
labor fidelity that should know no re-
lenting. If he goes to plough in the held'
he owes to the soil a heroic attention.
| Wherever he may labor, he must LABOR
| To be trifer would be to compromise
| every claim of the educated man TO the
| right of social respect, and men would
| Justly suspect the worth of education.
There has been a tendency among edu-
Gated men to usurp what may be called
| the easier and cleaner lines of labor.
| They have learned the hereSy of MP
pant society that gentleman must never
| toll at those things which strain MS
| body harden his hands and blister ms
| brow So that, in the harder lines OF me-
the educated man is too rare. He may
have no taste for toiling in politics among
the low and degraded striving to elevate
| them to a nobler order of craftsmanship.
| He NAV have no taste for the loneliness
| of the country, and the pain of the farm
he NAV has no taste for the restraints
| and burdens of merchandise; he may nave
no taste for the dark and damp tunnelS
| of the mine; but it Is not a question Oh
| taste. but a question of consecrated IMAM
hood to those things which are of neces-
| sitv. and he who follows only those things
that are pleasing to his lighter tastes
| is a slave to a selfishness that Is as
Ubiquitous as it is hurtful
At the conclusion OF DR.. Kligo
speech a beautiful solo. ITO the Lord
| Our Cod" was rendered in fine tenoE
voice.
GOVERNOR CONFERs DEGREES.
| In introducing Governor Aycock, Presi-
dent Meserve referred to him as Horace
| Mann. because of his great interest III
the subject of education, and paid a
high tribute to his energy in so frequent
| Iy going out to speak in that great
| cause
| The Governor commenced by paying n
very graceful compliment to Dr. kiigo,
and continued in part as follows:
1--WE are in the midst of an effort in
| this State to educate the entire people,
| and this is no small task. 1t is almost
| an appalling one. 1t IS task that can
NOT be accomplished by the Governor, the
Superintendent of Instruction, or by
| every official of the State; but only Dy
| the people themselves. There are among
us a number. of honest, sensible people
| who say that we are doing too much TOT
education, who say in regard to the ed
| ucation of the cOlored race that they
are not improving by their education.
But | have yet to hear of a graduate or
Shaw who has not taken an honorable
place in the world
us it true that the colored race has
not improved with their education? If
| it is not, it remains for every colored
| man and woman so to act as to prove
| that it is not by his life. 1t is we'll
! known that in your race there are twice
| as many crimes committed per capita
! as in the white race. Here is task for
you and for me- Coming fresh from the
| attainment of liberty, you have yet to
learn the truth that only those are free
| who have learned to restrain themselves.
There is one thing I would say to
you graduates in medicine. / glanced
| through the health statistics OF North
Carolina yesterday, and noticed that the
| death rate among whites was IA per ,OOe.
while among the colOTed race 1t was -
to the 1000. This is a loss to the
strength and effectiveness of the State.
! If you who are graduating in medicine
want to devote your lives to a noble
! cause, you can devote yourselves to in
vestigating the cause of mortality among
your race
At the conclusion of his brief speech,
| Governor Aycock presented the diplomas
to the following graduates:
GRADUATES IN MEDICINE.
Jacob S. Allen North Carolina.
Ulysses G. Bourne, Maryland.
James A. Brown, Connecticut.
Taylor ]. Frierson, South Carolina.
Alphaeus B. Green, Virginia.
| William H. Higgins, New Jersey.
Benjamin F. Hutchins, Virginia.
| Richard c. Jacox, North Carolina.
| |. Alfred Lawrence, Pennsylvania.
Eugene w Lomax, Virginia.
| George E. Loverette, Virginia.
Thaddeus p Martin, South Carolina.
| William w. Scott, Pennsylvania.
| Frank S. Simpson, Alabama.
Leon w. Smith, North Carolina
James P. Thompson, Georgia.
| John w. Walker, North Carolina.
| James NJ. White. North Carolina.
| Oscar A. Williams, North Carolina.
Allen B. Wilson, Virginia.
Samuel H. Wilson, North Carolina.
GRADUATES IN PHARMACY.
| Southall Bass, Virginia.
Prince S. Leboo, North Carolina.
| John T. Scott, Alabama.
GRADUATES IN LAW.
| Stephen l.. Dawson, Pennsylvania.
| Daniel w. Perkins, North Carolina.
PRIZE WINNERS.
The prize winners were then an
nounced, as follows:
| The Mckee PRICE. w. LomaX.
The Knox PRICE,. w. Lomax.
The Goodwin Prize-T. p. Martin.
| The K. p. Battle PRICE,. w. Lomal.
The Pickel Prize-F. w. Avant.
| The competition for the Lewis Prize
resulted in a tie between James 4.
Brown and Jacob S. Allen. 1t was drawn
| for by lot, and fell to Brown.
The prize in pharmacy, given by Mr..
William Simpson, was awarded to Join
| 7. Scott.
After the distribution of prizes Presi-
| dent Meserve made his farewell address
to the graduating class, as follows:
PRESIDENT MESERVES ADDRESS.
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