The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-05-31
GIFTS TO GOILFORD.
One thousand Dollars From.
a Citizen of Raleigh.
Another Thousand from Friend in Phiade,-
phia---CIcSe e Commend. en-
Awarding Of HonOrs
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.Guilford College, N. c., May 3O-On the
2cth the sixty-seycnth year of the opera
ton of Guilford College was brought to
a close. A large company of intelligent
people were present to hear the closing
exercises of the class of 1903 and the bac-
calaureate address by Dr. D. w. Dennis,
Of Richmond, Indiana.
Among the visitors was the venerable
Mr. b. G. Worth, of Wilmington. who is
an uncle of Dr. Dennis, and who was
educated at this school in the carly days
of its history
There were brief orations by four mem
bcrs of the class and the bachelors de-
gree was conferred upon Charles L. Hol
ton, Philip d. NJ Lord, Ida Eleanor Mills
Irwin T. Blanchard, Edgar Thomas Snipes
Flora X. Harding, Rufus William McCul-
loch. Maria E, Bristow and Charles NJ
short The Bryn Mawr annual scholar
ship of $500 was awarded to Flora X
Harding, the HayerfOrd College annual
scholarship of $500 to Irwin T Blanchard,
the Henry Clay Society orators prize to
Philip D. NJ Lord, the Henry Clay I'm
provcmcnt medal to Thomas Deans, the
Websterian orators prize to Eugene j..
Ccltrainc, the Websterian Improvement
medal to r. Cabell Lindsay the Philago-
rcan orators prize to L. Gertrude Viii
son, the Philagorean Improvement prize
to Annie L. Hcnly Gifts to the library
during the year: $50 volumes by R. J..
Mendenhall Of Minneapolis; Hastings
Dictionary of the Bible vols, by Alfred
c. Garrett. Of Philadelphia; Hlprecht's
Explorations in Bible Lands American
Animals. and Anne Hollingsworth Whar-
TONS Social Life in the Early Republic,
3 vols. by Joshua. L. Baily. OF Phiiadcl-
phia; the Doukhabors, 1 vol. by the au-
thor. Joseph Elkinton, Of Philadelphia.
Valuable contributions to household needs
hsge been made by Mrs. Sarah NJ
Skull. Wistar Brown and Joseph ElFln-
ton, all of Philadelphia.
Mr.. w. w. Mills, Of Raleigh, in honor
of his wife who was educated at Gull
ford, and whose son has been student
here during the year has just made a
subscription Of $1,000 towards the estab-
.lishmcnt of an electric hight plant. The
announcement OF the donation of a thou
sand dollars towards the electric light
plant was received with great applause
and very cordial expression of apprecla-
ton of the splendid gift was made by the
president.
The address by DR.. d. W Dennis was
one of the most forcible presentations of
the doctrine of universal education that
has ever been made at Guilford College.
The speaker in a masterful and charming
manner showed the power Of the teachers
profession by alluson to Alexander the
Great the son of Philip Of Macedon, who
was taught by Aristotle, and Aristotle
bv Plato. and Plato by the great Socrates.
With the same and even greater cogcncy
the speaker showed from history IN
stancing Horace Mann, how the great
forces in the world have been developed
by careful training.
On Monday night the alumni address
was delivered by Rev. J. G. Leonard, OF
! Lexington. who made an excellent speech
on Intellectual Leadership.
The association is taking active meas
ures to push forward the work Of putting
! in the electric light plant and com
mittee of the association has been az,
! pointed TO cooperate with committee
OF the trustees.
| On the morning following commence
ment day $1,000 was received from a
| friend in Philadelphia as a contribution
: towards the raising of a fund as me
mortal Of Harriet Green, Of England, a
distinguished preacher in the Society Of
Friends who was buried at Guilford Col
! lcge IN March. This fund is intended as
am endowment Of chair in Biblical study
at Gulford College. and to be known
as the Harriet Green Memorial Endow
ment. English Friends as well as Amcri
can are contributing to this fund.