The farmer and mechanic., 1903-06-09

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the noise OF a pm dropping
Dr. Holland was prepared for the Uni
versity just before the war, but TINS great
catastrophe prevented his entering the
walls All the same he ! considered d
loyal son OF Carolina's great university.
DIR. W. D. HOLLANDS ADDRESS.
DR.. Holland spoke in part sfollows:
Mr. President, Gentlemen OF the Uni
vcrsity, Ladies and Gentlemen: 1t l. with
feelings of pleasure that | stand before
YOU this morning While by the accident
Of birth / first sa W the hight OF the sun
under the skies OF >ihe tropics. l am a
North Carolnian. my father having been
at the time of my birth a citizen of this
State, descended from one of its early set
tiers.
My home was in your State IN my boy
hood l remember the terrible years OF
civil strife which rent our unhappy land
a generation ago, and among your clu-
zens there are a multitude of those whom
deem it a high honor TO claim the
friends of my youth. for whom I cherish
the warmest lersonal friendship and
esteem.
In casting about for a subject upon
which l might fttingly address you on the
present occasion, | have taken counsel OF
several of your distinguished faculty, and
have resolved to speak to you IN relation
TO the opportunities and duties of edu-
Gated men in rela ton to the South of the
future.
GAS the possession OF wealth political
power, social influence brings opportunl-
ties and creates obligations, SO also the
possession of cultured mind and the
power to think clearly brings with it
duties and of necessity begets opportunl-
ties. Learning, trained intellect, are gifts
for the proper stewardship of which So
ciety justly holds men accountable. The
man who lives merely for the sake OF
getting, whether his acquisitions be gold
or knowledge, mlsconcelves the whole or
duty. To give and to give freely as we
have received, is the law of the highest
life. Kingship is found In service. He who
is greatest is he who is the servant of all.
United in one body, what Is done III one
part of our land necessarily affects the
people of other parts of the land. We
arc, SO to speak, members one of another
If one member suffers, all the members
suffer with it, if one reioices, al the
members rejoice with it. You will not
deem it an impertinence if l. one of the
children of your dispersion, long resident
in the greatest manufacturing centres of
the world, turning my face again to the
home Of my youth, speak TO you young
men, who are just entering upon the ac-
tive duties of life in reference to some
of these questions which it seems to be
must inevitably present themselves for
your consideration in coming years.
"Your State and the Southern States
as a whole, are exceedingly rich in ma
terial resources. There are magnificent
opportunities which will come and are
waiting here and now in this Southern
land for men of brain, Of enterprise who
will seize these opportunities. Let me
dissuade you, young men, from imagining
that because you have heard of successes
achieved by others in far away places
that it behooves you to forsake your
present environment and in distant pOr-
tions of the land make your home. l
know that Northern men of capital are
beginning more and more to think that
right here in the South are fortunes await
! ing those who have the power to make
them. More and more in coming years
think you will discover that capital will
| look toward your section Of the country
as furnishing a fruitful field for invest
| ment.
Let me ask Of you, young men, that
| you will encourage all right movements,
l
| the resources Of this fair section Of our
| Union.
''In this connection permit me to plead
with you to use your best efforts to second
| the endeavors of thosc-some Of them
identified with the faculty of your own
| University-who have in recent years been
| cndeavoring to impress upon the national
! legislature the Importance of creating
within the heart of the Appalachian re
| gion a great forest reservation This
| should be done not simply because it Is
desirable to preserve the riches of the
people in our woodlands by judicious APP
( plication of the arts of the forester, but
because unless the denudation of our high
lands is prevented the flow Of waters IN
] our great rivers, and incidentally our
commerce, will be materially affected.
81 was talking the other day with the
Secretary of Agriculture of the United
States. He told me that in the South
there are vast agricultural possibilities as
yet wholly unrealized to which it is one
| of the objects of the general government
| if possible, to call the attention Of the
people of this section. An old acquaint
ance of mine l understand, IS already
| engaged in your sister commonwealth of
South Carolina in growing tea very sue
cessfuly, and his tea is being marketed
commands high prices. There is no rea-
son why tea should not be grown in South
Carolina and Georgia as well as it is
grown in Japan and China Silk culture
deserves attention. The conditions fol
the successful production of silk appear
to me III your section to be as favorable
as they are IN France or in Italy.
You are rich in mineral resources
The wealth OF your mountain ridges IL
ores and earths which the world needs
and the riches of your coalfelds have al
yet scarcely begun to be developed. Her,
Is an opportunity for the man of affair
who combines necessary knowledge Will
energy to make great advances and t
add greatly to the wealth of the nation
Have you ever reflected upon the fac
that the coast line Of what are common
ly known as the Southern States greatl
exceeds IN length the coast line of 81
other portions of our land if Alaska b
excepted. At multitude of points alon
this line of coast are admirable harbors
The invitation comes to you from tn
highway of the seas to enter upon tn