The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-05-29
A MEDICAL COURSE
FOR WAKE FOREST
Commencement Day in More
Senses Than One.
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70 BUILD ALU NM HALL
Brilliant 0rations Delivered by Mem
bers of Graduating Glass.
THE FINAL SOCIAL GATHERING LAST NIGHT
The COnfering Of Degrees and Presentation Of
Portraits Board of Trustees Decide 10
Establish Two Years Course
in Medicine.
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Wake Forest, n. c.. May 2S-The Wake
Forest session of 19O1-19O2 is over and
with its closing comes news that is very
welcome. Two great new movements
have been started, one by the alumni and
one by the trustees. The first is the
erecting of a fine. up-to-date alumni
building; the second is the establishment
of two years medical course at the col
lege. It is hoped that by next fall both
of these new undertakings Will be well
under way.
1t was last night at the alumni meet
ing that the decision was reached to
build a Alumni Hall The suggestion
came from Mr.. ]. w Bailey, OF Raleigh
Mr.. w. e. Daniel, of Weldon. was chosen
chairman of a committee to canvass the
alumni for the purpose of raising money
for the erection of the hall. The pur-
poses of the building will be determined
upon after a conference with the faculty.
Each of the two literary societies, the
PhilomaJhesian and the Euzelian, has al
ready on hand a fund devoted TO this
purpose.
| 1t was also decided at the meeting last
night to have a big alumni banquet in
| connection with the next commencement.
/ Mr.. ]. W. Bailey, of Raleigh, editor of
/ the Biblical Recorder, was chosen alumni
orator for 1903, with Solicitor G. w.
I Ward, of Elizabeth City as alternate
This morning at the meeting Of the
Beard Of Trustees, the movement for the
Medical Department was inausurated. II
was decided to establish a two years
course of instruction in medicine and
committee was appointed to make all
necessary preliminary arrangements to
this end. such as selecting available men
to be elected to the faculty by the trus
/ tees. 1t is not proposed to give degrees
! in medicine. but merely to establish such
two years course as will DC accepted
at any of the great universities and be
counted for the work of the first two
years. The desire is to have the depart
ment ready to open by next fall, and the
! Board of Trustees will be called togeth-
er bv the chairman of the committee for
the purpose of selecting a faculty. when
ever the preliminary arrangements shall
have been made. The committee consists
| of Rev. Livingstone Johnston, of Cary,
chairman; Mr. ]. W Bailey of Raleigh;
and Mr.. w n Jones of Raleigh.
Both of these movements mean much
! for Wake Forest and for North Carolina.
The commencement season of 1902 will
! be 4 memorable one in more ways than
one Not only will it be recalled as one
of the most brilliant in the history of the
college. but also as the time WREN some
| OF the colleges later history was made
COMMENCEMENT DAY.
This morning occurred the commence
raent day exercises proper. A tremendous
crowd filled Memorial Hall beyond its
real capacity, and the scene was a beau
titul one, with the great number of ladies
in the audience with the light colored
summer dresses and flowers and picture
hats, the dignifed and august faculty
! upon the platform with the graduating
class in academic gowns and mortar
boards and at the back Of the hall, in the
gallery. the Richmond Band, one of the
hest bands in the whole South, pouring
forth sweet melody.
First came prayer, offered beautifully
by Rev. J. A. Campbell. of Buie's Creek.
Then, after music by the band. came
The orations of the graduates. as fol-
lows:
The Renaissance in the Orient-W. A.
Dunn. Halifax county
North Cardinals Call for Men in the
Twentieth Century-R. p. Walker, Orange
county
Cecil Rhodes. Empire Builder-Jno. C.
sykes. Jr., Union county.
The ustiiable Trust-G. T. Stephenson,
| Northampton county.
Wade Hampton-A, J. Bethca, Marion
county S. c.
The Onward March of Freedom--D. W.
sorrcll Durham county
The Educ3tcd Farmer-H. V. Scar
borough Hortfcrd county.
Tho speeches were all of a wonderfully
high degree of excellence and argued
wei for the splendid training received in
tho two famous old literary societies Of
the college Mr.. w. e. Woodruff. Of Sur
ry county who was to have spoken on
the The Dynamics Of Truth. was un-
fortunately prevented by illness from de-
livcring his oration,
Degrees were then conferred bv Presl-
dent Chas. e. TAYLOR. as follows:
MASTER or ARTS-C. M Beach. cum
laude: !. +. McSwain. cum laude
BACHELOR OF ARTs-P r. Alder
man. magma cum laude; J. NJ Arnctto,
magma cum larlde; =. O. Barbee G. N.
Beach, cum laudc; A. }. Bethel, magma
cum laude: T. e. Browne. magma cum
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