The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-03
GEORGIA INDUSTRIAL COLLEGE.
Second Days Exercises and Y. M. C.
AS Anniversary.

| AS Anniversary.
The second day of the commence
ment exercises of the Georgia State
Industrial College consisted in a me-
chanics conference in the afternoon
| from toe O'Clock, and the anniversary
exercises of the Young Mems Chris
| tian Association. The former was the
first of it's kind in the history of the
college. 1t is designed to be as helpful
to the mechanic as the spring farmers
conferences have been to the farm
ers. Many colored mechanics were
present, blacksmiths, choemakers,
bricklayers, carpenters. painters, etc.
From all the speeches praise was CIV
| en- the college for the young men that
| are entering the trades Without ex-
ception the college boys have been
able to take their places or equality
with other working men. Rather than
any antagonism between labor in gen
| eral and oollege-trainAd lsbpr. here is
the heartiest community of Interest. All
seemed to look to the school for the
future leader of the cause of l9bor.
The principal speakers were Presi
| dent Wright Prof. L. B. Thompson,
| John A. Snyder, A. Verges, James
Knight, Jasper Anderson, w. CHS
| holm, NJ. Anderson, Rev. ]. NJ. Simms
! and Prof. ]. S. Hines. Several short
talks were made. A committee on res
/ olutions was appointed by President
! Wright, consisting of Messrs. Verges
j. Anderson and NJ. Anderson, Cohen,
| Chisholm, Battise and Thompson. APP
| propriate resolutions were adopted.
At night the Young Mems Christian
Association was given a very eloquent
| and practical address upon "Manli-
ness" by Rev. P. H. Travis of Atlanta
Like the baccalaureate sermon of the
day before, the address made no at
! tempt at evolutionary display or
learned exposition. 1t was simple and
plain and its eloquence was it's truth
and appropriateness. Virtue and
manliness," said Mr.. Travis, "are
equivalent terms. If we know what
virtue is, we know what man
illness is" The chief qualities of
manliness are temperance, truthful
ness, chastity, fortitude, good temper,
benevolence. All of these lead up to
goodness" This sentence was the gist
of all the address, and in various ways
the speaker impressed it upon the
young men. THE example of the true
man was Jesus Christ" Carrying out
this thought, the speaker showed the
duty of the true man to himself to
women, to his parents, and to society
in general.
The address was illustrated by ex-
amples from the lives of many famous
men; and the Bible was held up as
the best and surest guide to high man
ly ideals. The other exercises were:
Anthem. by College Choir.
Grafton, Conquest Depends Upon
Sacrifice" c. w. Prothro.
Essay, mo Land Touches the Sky"
Matte A. Stringer.
Solo, 80, Paradise" Benjamin A.
Judkins
Grafton. Moral Progress" w. W.
Gordon
Essay 1.-The Power of Music,' Ger
trude L. Mcintosh.
Grafton, 1.-The Negroes Opportunity
1. NJ. Jackson.
Duet, RAISE Me, Jesus" Isabel
White and Phillis Mitchell.
Chorus 1.-THE Belfry Tower" Col
lege Choir.
To-day will be held the anniversaries
of the literary societies. The Phillis
Wheatley Society will hold it's exer-
cises at 4 o'clock in the afternoon,
when an address, will be made by
Lucy Laney of Augusta At night
the Phi Kappa Society will be adj
dressed by DR.. L. B. Palmer of At
| lanta,