The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-06-10
A TAR BEL AT DARTMOUTH
Addresses By Pr3f Hitchcock. Pref Colby
ana Col Dennis Worthinctor

49, OcAbls "O~EtAlIEt9H
To the Editor 1T Is refreshing Ia visit
tho picturesque valley Of tho Connceti-ut.
the rive! OF the Shenandoah ans III.
French Broad in the grandeur OF nature.
Here The crests Of the eternal hlls arc
"rCathed With eyorgreons. here the
arches Of the sky appear wi.A I.tlian
s%oftness as the sun dips its luria 3.sc be-
mind the brow Or the Green mountains
and BIDS Us good night. The handiwork
Of Him who makoth tho mountains to
skip as lambs" IS beautiGel with land
soapes that ravish the sight and force
- 10 ,Xclaim in our aaEncss-in cur
nothirgness, What is man that thou art
mindful of him or the son ar man tfat
Thou visiteth hime' As I stroll through
these classic grounds and over these YER
dure Lid hills which point as the flgers
Of God upward. whittier cur aspirations
turn, l wonder how man coull, at any
time. be at variance with his fellows.
The echoes Of the clamor or battIe. OF
the clash Of reSoun3ing arms must have
cC1n2 10 their cars with almost i divine
rathOS from tho bosom OF the ripping
waters Of the Connecticut from the fs-
sures CT these rockcd-ribbed mountains.
How could the ancestors Of these people
think Of a war of invasion whom God had
given to them His bencdiction and peace
in fertile lands, purling streams and
fragrant valleys and surrounded them
with such af1uence ana civilization. The
richest Jewel of New HAMPSHIRE is the
renowned Dartmouth College. Here She
r~eclines TRANQUILITY in the lap Of the
mountains, whilst she hathes her face in
the waters OF the Connecticut that go on
and on never resting. never h~asting,
until fhPv ODin0la SVvHatly with tho ,[o1.
restless ocean.
Dartmouth College, what an association
Of ideals. Dartmouth and Webster,
Webster and our American IDEAL Of Re
publicanism, Webster who centralized
The yagrant powers OF thirty-threc States
in q union indivisible, indestructible in
the famous declaration Secession here IS
Accession elsewhere, Webster, who. With
prophetic Ken, saw the spheres shoot
out Of their orbits. ana who heard
IL his day, tie blasts of bugles calling
the nation to arms, and who read with
the vision OF the seer the proclamation
preparatory to the mortal combat OF
brothers.. Here, too, IS the ever filing,
ever flowing fountain Of knowledge. Here
the votarias gather TO drink until they
arc filed to rcplcticn. Here the Titans
Of a past age Jeremiah Mason. Ichabod
1i- - -i'CE'A '1Ri01h' = AAoNt'
Samuel j. Tildon. came 10 learn in The
concrete what are the rights Of man and
10 assimilate powers and principles which
in great. pressing exieency made their
lives ar influence. virtuous and Efficient.
Last Wednesday night the Dartmouth
Library Society met in Bartlett Hall.
The first address was made by the ro-
roWned yulcanolcgist. Prof. Hitchcock,
III. D., urcn the subject Of volcanic dis
turbancos. 1T was a great effort and
worthy the fame OF the distinguished
speaker. The next address was by Prof
Colby. IL. D., dean professor CT the Law
Department of Dartmouth, upon the
Changes made in the organic law Of
New Hampshire within the last cen
fury" This ~eview or the law in logical
sequence justified his reputation as q
profound thinker, a ripe scholar, an emf
nent lawyer.
The taird address was by the writer
upon "The changes wrought in the Con
stitutional laws of North Carolina, since
its admission into the Union" The speak
- made patriotic allusion to tie great
work now heinS wrought by our young
and alert governor to make effective tha
amendments to the Constitution and 10
diminish the percentage Of illteracy. For
himself he could see that the only re
1ardation TO the complete success or the
work Was the employment Of white chill
oxen within school age in the factories.
This OWL however Will be aEerted toy leg
i~siation. He spoke also encouragingly
OF the negro. that his happiness and
prosperity ley in the pathway Of indus
trial eaucation; that in his hands the
SAW. hammer and ploW were potent m
strumertaIities Of civilization than the