The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-05-22

BASED upon the teachings of Jesus Christ,
| saying that if they started with this in
view that a path straight onward would
| bring them back at the close of life to
| the same condition in which they entered
Upon the duties beyond the school room.
An interesting fact in connection with
the exercises, spoken of by President
Dinwiddie during the exercises of the
day was that three of the graduates were
daughters of alumnae of Peace and their
mothers were in the audience. These
ladies were Mrs. J. NJ. Baker, of Tarboro;
Mrs Irene Marsh, of Marshville, and Mrs.
| z. R. Lacy of Raleigh. Miss Mary Lacy
| who was among the graduates, is not only
| the daughter of an alumnae, but is the
grand daughter of a former superintend-
| ent Capt John B. Burwell. and the great
grand laughter of Rev. Robert Burwell,
| an carly superintendent of the school, her
great grandmother Mrs. Burwell having
| been also a teacher in this famous insu-
| tuition.
PROF. ]. B. CARLYLE'S ADDRESS.
Then came the annual address. dellV-
cred by Prof. j. B. Carlyle, who was
presented by President Dinwiddie.
The theme of this address was ''Wo-
II,
faced by expressing his high appreciation
of the honor of addressing school,
whose daughters, found in all parts of
North Carolina, hv Their conduct and Gull
ture reflected credit on their alma mater
He smoke of the successful session just
closing. and said that the institution was
| blessed in having for its head man so
able in leadership, so thorough in ad-
ln1 Nj a
President Dinwiddie, surpassed by no
educator in the State, whose short bac-
calaureate address he complimentcd as
the best he had ever heard
Entering upon his theme Prof. Carlyle
in abiding to the cultured women sent
out bv Peace Institute, said that so long
as the fires in the temple of Vesta on
the hanks of the Tiber were alight the
CITY of Rome and the country were held
10 be safe. Il have thought said he
I-tbat so long as schools like these, SEND
ing out educated. cultured and noble Wo-
men kent the Vestal fires of purity and
natriotism burning. the old State would
be safe from sediuon Wlthln anu lloli
attacks from without.
1.-The old century's progress ana ue-
veIonment have been wonderful, but this
wonderful progress. AS we face 1T we
can see that the issues to be net Will
he solved the duties done and the bat
Ties fought along three lines, which n
them have the elimination of the TWEEN
tieth century"
THE first of these is that it will be
life of strenuous effort. 1t is no acct
dent that to begin this century there IS
q
embodiment of this strenuousness. i1
will be an age of push, progress, perse-
yerance, mems energies being devoted to
noble services and sublime deeds.
Second. 1t will be an age of hope
fulness. We will reach the highest plane
of optimism and enthusiasm while pes
simisr will have no place in the earnest
horefulness of the new century For us
the golden age is behind the sunrise;
the best 10 be is yet to come.
"Third. The century will be marked
bv a spirit of continual expansion We
will reach higher ideals and these viii
constrain men to deeds of philanthropy,
while Christianity will unfold its life,
dogma yield to loving humanity and
duty, clad in nobler garb will march
forth to new fields, seeking new laurels
and new victories.
Into this new century, young ladies,
YOUR life will take you as you take up
'sWoman's Work" 1t is not to BE- done
at the ballot box. Your work is too
great in it's scope, too grand and too
sweet to be married by mingling in the
mud and mire of petty party strife. 1t
is not to be in what is termed Woman
RIGHTS" That woman has rights none
b,,f 1,hnn TCn6prc
her tickle and fippant, they are no
longer rights to be coveted, but wrongs
to be summed
'Woman's work IS to be done in the
realm of the spiritual, and only here
can famous monuments be reared or
lasting results achieved. Carthage.
oueen of commerce. built on materalisn,
is only a memory, while Athens, whose
existence was marked by matters spirit
ual wrought in a literature that grows
with the passing centuries. SO 1t is
with woman. She may not promulgatH
new political or social theories, she may
not amass great fortunes, nor be the
captains of great combinations of cari-
tal nor build great industrial empires
like Cecil Rhodes. but in the realm OF
spirit, in the sanctuary of mans soul,
woman may build a monument that VIII
abide after the wealt of Rockefeller,
Gould, Vanderbilt and Morgan has passed
away.
I'm this great realm of work there are
rive things woman must do, and the first
of these is that she must utter a pre-
vailing protest against the spirit of ma
terialism. The dollar must not be
deified, nor on its altar must. the best of
life be offered. Through her the world
must learn to magnify the spirit of the
man and of honor and not the trade
mark of the dollar Hers must be the
magic wand to dissipate baser ideals,
hers the magnet to attract to higher
things. TO lift man above mammon.
Secondly, wcmans work is to cul-
tivate love for the aesthetic and beau
tiful in life and character. The passion
for beauty was implanted in woman's
heart by the great Creator fOr bene-
ficent purpose. II is laudable tut when
beauty is sought remember that beauty
Of face and form without beauty of
character is like flower without frag-
rance or a tree without fruitagc 1t is
no mere chance that caused the Greek
words for beauty and purity to be nearly