The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-05-06
MANKIND LOVtSW ARRIUR
Chief Power of the World Has Been
the Power of the Sea.
1uf AMERICAN SAILOR OUR CHIEF GLORY
The Average American Seaman Has EVER Been
the Most { Efficient Sailor Upon the Sea
by Virtue of His Superior
Manhood.

President was SItdlIy pl'd'C0
Winston's address at Annapolis, ana
added:
In the chapel, where the address to
the graduates was delivered, ne ap-
plauded vigorously certain sentiments
and laughed aloud at the witty remarks
of Dr.. George T. Winston, President OF
the North Carolina Agricultural College
and Mechanic Arts"
The Evening Capitol Of Annapolis
saws that mr.. Winston's entire address
was listened to with marked interest.
The address was exceedingly witty, ana
was punctuated throughout with loud and
hearty applause. the President himself
entering into the spirit of the occasion
and applauding at telling points III the
speech
1t seems from the "Capitol's'' report Of
the speech that DR.. Winston prefaced his
formal address by a fusilade Of Win
stoniana. in the style made so famous
at the University by himself and the
late Colonel Walter L. Steele. 1t was
this fusilade that set the Cadets and the
President a roaring. President Win
ston's formal address is printed else
where in our columns.
To a reporter Of the News and Observer
DR.. Winston expressed regret that some
of the papers and especially the ASsO-
ciated Press, had given exaggerated en-
phasis to what he said about Admiral
Sampson. THE only reference I made to
Sampson he said. cor to Santiago, was
in recalling my experiences OF thirty
four years ago as a midshipman at
Annapolis. | said: Among the pleas
ant memories of my life is the fact that
| lived a year on the "Cld Constitution"
under the tuition of Dewey, and crossed
the ocean twice in the famous Mace
DOMAIN" with Sampson as navigator.
How wildly l now recall them. The one
with the nervous agility and brave
spring of the lion; the other, with the
ddol STEADY, patient t%enacity of the
bull dog. Surely no two heroes We're
ever better fitted for the great work that
they accomplished than Dewey and
Sampson" OF course, it would nave
been indecent for me to take part on
such an occasion in the Sampson-Schley
controversy, and of course, l did not do
so.
President Winston says that North
Caroline is most honorably represented
at the Academy. Lieutenant Command
er Parker, Of Halifax, is one of the in
structors; Oscar F.. Cooper, Of Clinton,
and Adolphus Station, of Tarboro, are
among the most popular and distinguish
ed graduates, while in the lower classes
are David Worth Bagley, Jack London
and others who are wearing worthily the
name of Tar-Heel.
DIR. WINSTON'S ADDRESS.
Here is DR.. Winston's address:
Gentlemen of the Graduating Class:
Among the thousands of young men who
will graduate this year from the various
colleges and universities OF the world. it
may be doubted whether in the results
OF training already secured or in oppor-
tunltles Tor life careers there be MANY
comparable to the graduates of this
academy. 1t is said that one-third of
all college students in the world die
early in life from mental strain and lack
of physical exercise, that another third
perish from dissipation and vice, while
the remainder control the destinies OF
the world. There is reason to believe
that you belong to this noble third.
Your education has furnished both pro-
fesslonai training and general culture:
/ has produced a sound mind in q sound
pooy' ana, above all it has stamped
upon every fibre of your nature the
image and superscription of q gentle
man. Among the nations of the earth
Viii VI IlGIiUOOU
that rings truer and shines more unfair
nished thar the sterling character OF
the American naval officer.
Young gentlemen, you enter TODAY the
profession of war, a profession much
abhorred and abused, but in it's highest
ana tfueSt spirit, the nOblest of all pro.
LESSONS. One of the greatest soldiers
OF our race has declared that wal is hell.
and the dream or statesmen in every age
has been an era Of universal and per-
petuai peace; but mankind, which cannot
err in its final Judgments. loves and
honors most Of all its heroes. the war
rior. 1t loves him, not because he takes
the life of others, but because ne IS
willing to surrender his own. whose
ever loseth his life shall save it. and
"hosoever saveth his life shall lose it."
Among the nations of the earth the neo-
pie tnat are willing to fight and to die
in defense Of the largest number Of
things, Will enjoy the largest measure
of liberty. There is no slavery for a
brave people, and there is no hope for a.
PEOPLE who will not fight. Our mighty
union, rent in twain by rivers Of blood
was cemented again only by blood. The
vanqulShed South, though seated again
in nails OF Congress, in Cabinet chairs
on supreme Court bench, though sharing
again with victorious North every political
and legal right, still sat in the ashes of
grief and refused to be comfort2d until
invited to shed her blood again in defense
of humanity. When the battle SCARED
veterans Of Lee and Jackson charged
up San Juan Hill with the gallant Rough
Rider, the heart of the Soutt. was
i touched at last. The magic thrill OF he
roism, which makes all men akin. weld
ed South and North together IN cornmon
defense OF humanity. Love and wal dwell
! ever side by side, and love and death
I go hand in hand. Greater love hath no