The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-06-09

/ - al ~ u 80 A1&~ ~ 1855
70 the statement CT tho rich New YORKER
| and BE- rich enough to Come back 10
North Carolina 10 1--we a. he wanted 10
lre. | recall 3 remark MADE last night
~ Mr.. John Spruut Hill. who net Only
wished u come back from New York 10
1--we in North Carolina. but has TctuFned
and MADE his home IN Durham. lie >al4
II tile recent North Carolina banquet
in New York was talking with cute q
ccmpanv Of North Carollnlans a me
| METROPOLIS. all OF whom are succeeding
f.nely. They were cong atulatlnE me
that | was going back home. Without
exception they all expressed the wish
that they could do likewise. They SAID
| they were waiting to get enough money
TO 20 back 10 live comfortably. One man
SAID. I have saved up thlrty-seycn tho2-
sand dollars. As soon a | set hfty /
| an, gong TO drop everything here ana
90 back to North Carolina. Another had
| accumulated twenty, but he wanted thlr-
ty-fve. Others had laid BY various SUMS
but all Of them felt that they had not
yet saved enough 10 warrant their re
turning 10 tie state with enough money
TO live az they had planned. Whether aay
| Of them come back 10 North Ce~C3:na~or
not-and very few Of them ever Viii como
the fact that III their hearts thes retain
this affection for their state and have
| the mind to return will always keep .hCm
in touch with the old mothe: AMI VII
make them love it more and more with
the passing Of time. Mr.. Hill i one OF
the few North Carolina boys who, hay
ing succeeded in the METROPOLIS, have not
only wanted TO come back but have act
ually returned. AS a stud NJ here lie
was one Of the most popular men Iho
graduated at the University fT twenty
wears. He has lost none OF HI love Tor
his Alma Mater during his residence ~
another state. but bears toward II an
affection that is as loyal and a. warm
as any son feels for his own mother. The
u elcome he received here NUT have been
very gratifying to him. His speech dc
livcrcd with much grace and power made
a fine impression and his generous coma
ton. giving a practical demonstration &
his devotion to the University, was re
ceived with high appreciation hy The trus-
tees and the alumni. The practical sug
g~estions IN his speech for he growth and
expansion of the University VIII be con
sidered by a committee of the alumni II
ar elaborate paper to be presented At
the next annual meeting. This commit
tee viii be appointed shortly and. "atle
it is not hoped that it will rank with the
paper Of Archibald d. Murphy, it j. hoped
that the paper will deal with the educa-
tional system Of the State today and its
reeds as extensively as Murphy's paper
did with the conditions in his day.
DR.. Charles Wyche, of st. Louis, has
provided for an annual medal in memory
of the late Hunter Lee Harris. an in
structor of the University, who lost his
life by drowning a few years ago. lie
was q bright promising young man. The
medal viii be given for the best piece OF
fiction published in the University Maya /
zine during each year. Mr.. Haync DAVIS,
an alumnus OF the University, now living
IN New York. wrote that he had arranged
to have presented annually a medal for
the best essay bearing upon the hague
tribunal.
The two medals that are most highly
appreciated by the young men who OK
rect to nave a public career are The
medals given for o~ratory. First, the
Bingham medal, competed for by the IN
uergraduates in the debate between the
two societies, and the second, and C
course the most highly priced, the Wylie
P. Mangum medal, given to the graduate
who delivers the best grafton. The Dng-
ham medal was won by Mr.. A. II. John
son, whose speech in favor o. the elcc
ton Of United States Senators by the pco-
pie was a magnificent production for an
undergraduate. Indeed it would have
been a magnificent production for a graf
uate or a member of Congress. He le-
llyered 1t with great ease and grace and
was warmly applauded. Tho Wylie p.
Mangum medal was won by Mr.. Charles
E. MaGdrcy, Of Orange county, who is a
remarkable young q He Is a native
OF Orange county and has educated him
self by his own eICrtions and at the
same time has earned cnoug, 70 FAY Tor
the education of his sister. He IS county
superintendent of public schools OF Or
ange county, pastor OF the HIllsboro Bap-
fist church, and has been a teacher. lie
has a striking face and magnificent eyes.
You would take him for a poet, or an
orator, or an actor, and he IS perhlps All
three. Certainly his speech here today
on The Duty Of the South to the Coun-
try BOY showed that he was an orator
or no mean powers. Mr.. Maddrey j. a
Baptist preacher and under his adminis.
as county superintendent Orange
county has made steady progress in de
%velopIng its educational system. He j.
made Of the right stuff and will be heard
from again in North Carolina.
At the alumni dinner a statement hav-
ing been made that one of the grad
yates, Mr.. Edward Ray, was blind. the
first instance IN the history Of the IN
verslty where a blind man was in the
graduating class, some one asked how
he has managed to keep up the course,
not beng a man Of means and able 10
employ somo one to read to him. Dr.
Kemp Battle stated that during the en-
tire session members of his class had vol.
unfairly read to him all the lessons and
thereby assisted him to get his degree
That vas a labor Of love on the part OF
those students that cannot be too highly
commended.
The impression prevails here among
those most likely to know, If ANYBODY out
SIDE the selecting body can be said to
know about a matter that is~to taFe
place IN the future, thai President Ven
able may be serving his last term