The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1902-05-29
PROF. ALDERMAN AT WAKE FOREST.
Alumni Address Delivered by Him
Monday Night.

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Prof / j Alderman delivered the
alumni address at Wake Forest Col
lege Monday night. Hon. Clarence
d. Ashley, dean of the law school Of
the University OF New York. who was
tn address the law department Mou-
day night. failed to arrive owing TO a
mistake in his schedule, and Prof
Alderman was called upon to deliver
the alumni address which was on the
program for Tuesday night. The
Raleigh Post OF Tuesday, in its &C
count of the exercises. SAYS:
Mr. Alderman spoke as follows:
"Brethren of the Alumni Associa-
ton. we have come together TO share
in fraternal union, to enjoy again the
mutual good will of former years, and
to extend welcome to the young
men who are candidates for admission
| into our brotherhood.
After exhorting the Punishment Of
cares he paused TO pay a touching
tribute to Chief Justice Faircloth,
whose place in the alumni ranks has
been made vacant within the last
year
The speaker then recalled some Of
his own college DAYS and related some
Of his own college experiences.
MIR. Alderman then took up frater-
mites in general and traced them in
the historical days Of mysteries, men
tlUning instances Of their existence
among the Jews, Greeks and Romans.
The pf II
upon fraternal feeling then occupied
the speakers attention for some mo-
ments, in which he touched upon the
relation Of capital and labor of today.
Finally he discussed the probable
ltv OF universal fraternity, holding
that if it was ever Realised it must be
brought about through the Anglo
Saxon race-people who lead in every
thing. The closing words of the
speaker were those beautiful lines
from the plougman poet, Burns:
Then let us pray that it may come
AS it will come for a that,
That man to man the world DER
Shall brothers be for a that.
1t was a mastery effort and unfor-
tunate in that so few of the alumni
were present, it being on the program
for Tuesday night instead Of tonight,
The News and Ojscrrcr says this:
PROF. ALDERMAN's ADDRESS.
Memorial Hall was filled to its ut
most capacity tonight to hear Prof.
j. L. Alderman, superintendent of
the Henderson Graded Schools. de-
liver the Alumni Address. 1t was a
powerful plea for the brotherhood Of
man, marked by passages of great
beauty and eloquence.
After brief introduction Mr.. Alder
man referred to those alumni who
have died during the wear. among
them being Chief Justice FairclOth
and Mr.. S. q. Flournoy. who within
one month after his graduation was
drowned, and Mr.. 2. w. Johnson,
Gen. Thos. F. Toon, Rev c. G.. Jones,
of Covington, Ky. He then spoke Of
the class of 1880, his own class, and
called the roll.
He announced as his sub cct. The
Ancient Mysteries and Modern Fra
ternity." Beginning with the ancient
Hebrew mysteries, the speaker traced
| the origin, development and pur-
poses Of them all through the Egvp-
tan, Eleusinian, the Essences and
others. From these mysteries the
tendency to organized fraternity
through the succeeding ages was
shown, the speaker saying: The
searching after truth finds delight in
| tracing the footprints Of the ancient
order. which is wonderful in its un-
| paralleled history, its secret influence
for good, its perpetuity, in spite of
the most bitter prosecutions. From
it originated the various orders of
| knighthood which influenced the civil
| lization of Europe.'
| Mr.. Alderman referred to the great
cathedral builders of the middle ages,
and asked the question, who were
those master builders? Whence came
they? They We're" he said, an or
der of workmen, bound together by
strong ties of brotherhood. contain
ing in their midst master builders
| whose minds had been stored Will
the learning of the ancient mystel
| les
The speaker then passed from thu
discussion of the purely fraterna
association to that unhappy condi