The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-02-15

Phi's and Eus Meet in the Arena of
Debate.
TWO STRONG oRATloNs APplAuOED
Subject OF Debate Was Resolved, That Labor
Organizations in America and England
Have Been More Beneficial
Than luxurious.
(staff Correspondence.)

Wake Forest, y. c., Feb. 1.-THE neg
atiye wen in the debate this afternoon
and q great crowd heard two excellent
orations by Messrs. ". A. Dunn and A.
J. Bethea.
Wake Forest College was thronged yes
terday afternoon and last night. Within
.ts halls were gathered many visitors,
and the scene was one that inspires
/ The occasion was the slxty-seventh
anniversary celebration Of the Phloma-
,hesiau and Euzslian Societies. This an
nual event draws great crowds and yes
! terday saw even a greater attendance
! than usual.
! The debate between representatives OF
the two societies began at two O'Clock.
| This Was presid,d over by Mr.. Freder-
| lex @. Barbce, with Mr.. b. +. stafford
as secretary.
The query OF the debate was: Resolved
THAT Labor Organizations in America
| and England have been more Beneficial
! than Injurious" Tor the Phis the de-
batter on the affirmative was Mr. Delos
| w. SoFrel while Air. James Royal was
on the affirmative for the Eus. The
negative side Of the debate was conduct
cd by Mr.. Oscar P. Dickinson for the
Phis ana Mr.. Charles NJ. Beach for the
Eu's,
The marshals for the afternoon and
night managed the occasion admirably.
| For the Eu's these were Messrs. James
c. Little. chief: tJhn &. CGddell, William
c. Blcens. while the Fhi society was rep
resented by Robe:t II. Burra, chief; Benz
jamip w TGrham and William f. MIDI
| dleton.
In The evening care the crations. The
hall vas crowded and the interest was
| great The En- orator was Mr. William
Albion Dunn, the Phi being represented
py Mr. Andrew Jackson Bethea.
MR.. DUNN's GRAFTON.
The subject Of Mr. Dunn's oration was
Backward Chances, Present Tenets and
Future Possibilities" He spoke In part
as follows:
The history OF the past is behind us.
The experience of the present Is with US.
The future that visionary and unexpored
space Is before us. 1t is not my purpose
10 take up the pessimlstic cry OF the
calamity howlers who mistake the MUIR
mur of their little for the great
wave that echoes round the world but to
look with an unprejudced eye upon the
past, the experience OF the present,
and point with pride TO our National
prosperity and to the future OF gov
ernment, rocked In the cradle OF free
dom, which has for It's foundation Chris
tianity, and for its motto. In God we
Trust"
The men who founded our government
were liberty-loving soldiers of the cross.
They left their homes in civilized
country and came in to the wllds OF an
unknown continent that they might wor-
ship their God according to the dictates
of their own conscience And when they
felt the hand Of English oppression
weighing heavily upon them with such
leaders as Patrick Henry, Thomas Jeffer-
son and John Adams. they met in lnde
pendence Hall in Philadelphia, and in
spircd by the words, Give us Liberty, or
Give us Death" the embattled farmers
stood and fred the shot hear around the
world"
Freedom gained, the colonists formed
union upon foundations OF equality
and self government The war OF 1912
was the tie that bound the States in a
firmer union. The forty years that fol-
lowed We're years of paper money, in
tlated values and delusion. AS early as
1860 America was a land of wonders, in
which everything was in constant move
ment. Dotted over the land were mag
nifcent cities where only a few years
before We're wildenesses. Our flag was
respected throughout the confines OF the
world. Our trade was competing with
that Of England and our untold resources
made us sure Of a lasting and ever pres
ent place in the roll call Of nations
Abraham Lincoln had asserted that our
strength was invisible; that only through
our own acts would destruction be our
lot Those words were hardly uttered
when the mufled thunder OF war so
long rolling in the distance, came nearer
and nearer Driven on by the cruel
winds of destiny the storm burst in all
its fury upon our old ship OF state. tore
II from it's moorlngs, drove IL upon the
bleak rock of dis-union, ard plunged the
American nation into four long years Of
blood and strife But this same calamity
has proved our salvation, for the war
was to maintain the Union. The sword
once sheathed was sheathed forever. The
South came back with the determination
to make the American Union what our
fathers intended 1t TO be; the glory OF
America and blessing to humanity. To-
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