The farmer and mechanic., 1903-06-09

the accessibility OF Its ports 10 Aa'S
Of the world but by the inteiiectuai anu
moral character of IFS inhaol.ah.~
As legislators your duty Will be TO see
- = that 81 far as possible the physiea.
,,.all he,ng of the masses Is concerheu
san;.ar- conditions not merely IN school
ho,sss hut in towns cities and on iaFm.
deserve the attention of the state All
Iss,.fa-ion looking toward the conserNa-
ton and the Improvement OF puoic heai.h
: educational legislation. when tehds |"
the bettering of manhood.
..Rut II Is not enough to ann at mere
physjcal well being. as you all know. ~
supreme care OF the State should DC the
cultivation Of the intellect. In TINS Souti.
TO be great you must see 10 IL tii'' =
peoplc are educated and In pleading iol
education here l plead Tor the .eouc"' "'i"''
of all the people within your borders, u
respective OF race or condition A. 'te
result of events in the past historic
forces at work-your population here Is
even as our population N the region from
which I came composed of exceedingly
diverse elements You have with you an
African race even as also have IL WIN
us while We have added TO II IN past
numbers an immigrant population Foih'ie
Ia MS ont of homes of squalor and wretch-
edness from all the dark and drear places
of Europc and OF Asia. inherently =
problems from an educational stahdPoih'
which confront the South do not stfiAe
me as being different from the problems
which we must meet IN the North. What
* to be done is to so raise the average
of intelligence among all the people that
the institutions founded by our fathers
NAV be conserved and that the blessings
which they are intended to convey from
generation to generation may be reapcd
in happy harmonious and prosperous
national life Gentlemen OF the UnlVer-
sity, the burden that Is laId upon your
shoulders is the burden which is lald uron
patriotic Americans everywhere through
out our land today-it is the white man
burden.
1T calls for the spirit Of self renuncla-
ton 1t calls for the outgoing of gen
crous kindness. 1t calls for hope. 1t calls
for charity 1t calls for the spirit OF
brotherlv kindness and of love. As =
Southern man, full of the high and gea-
erous impulses of our race, l know tina
when | ask you young men IN coming
years as patriots to plan and toll for the
uplifting Of all men among US, my plea
| will meet a responsive chord IN your
hearts You will in coming years do your
best confronted with difficulties that at
| times seem almost insaperable to BRING
about conditions which will make the
| lives of all men within your borders,
whether they be white or whether
| they be black, prosperous and happy.
| / should do violence to all that /
| knew of Southern men if | were even TO
! nsinuate that anything else could be.
| In the prayer that taught to make
at my mothers knee when l was a child.
was a petition in which l besought the
| blessings OF Heaven upon two persons
whose faces were black as ebony, VINO
| loved me and who, because they loved
me had a right to be remembered before
the throne of Heavenly grace when
pleaded for me and mine.
| ''Once again let me plead with you that
you will endeavor to secure the educa-
ton of the masses, intellectually and also
morally Mere intellectual culture without
culture of the heart rs in vain We shall
fail to do our duty citizens of our
| land if having done all that we can Tor
| the bodies and for the minds of men. We
fail to teach them the blessedness Of
| doing each to the other he would also
that others should do unto Him. Young
men, standing with ardent brow looking
| forward into the coming years, let me
incite you by all the love that you bear
to our common land to be strong and
! courageous filled with holy purposes of
| duty, aCtuaJeQ by sentiments Oh tHc
broadest mercy and highest philanthropy.
Yours is the blessed heritage of oppor-
tunity. God grant you wisdom and gra CO
to use these opportunities Alright to acqult
yourselves like men and IN the broad
arena of life so to discharge each task
! that those who come after you may rise
up and call your memory blessed
LEE HARRIS MEDAL ESTABLISHED.
| Al fcncl11Sn of DR. Hollo nd "a al
dress DR.. Venable announced that the
Hunter Lee Harris medal for the best piece
lof fiction published in the magazine was cs
tabshed This medal is open to all con
testants and will be awarded for the first
time one year hence. This medal was es
Itablshed and will be given by DIR. Charles
Wyche, of st. Louis, Mo. That, through
the efforts of Mr.. Havne Davis, of New
| York a medal for the best essay bearing
| upon the Hague tribunal and that a fel-
lowship in North Carolina History will
be supported by Mr.. John Sprunt Hill
value s24O.
The following men have been appointed
as instructors for the coming year: NJ
| Marriott, assistant in chemistry; L. B
Lockart, assistant In chemistry; L. 3. New
lell, assistant IN anatomy and pathology
j. =. Cranmer, assistant in anatomy: w.
u Gordon, assistant in French Mr.. r. O.
f. Davis was made full instructor in chem
istry, Mr.. E. K. Graham was made asso-
ciate professor of the English language.
DR.. Thos Ruffin was made full professor
Of law, DR.. George Howe was elected pro-
lessor of Latin.
The diplomas were delivered by DIR
Nenable, assisted by Dr. Alexander. Prof.
Gore, DR.. Baskerville and Judge MacRae.
The benediction was pronounced bv Dr
Howard E. Rondthaler
John Sprunt Hill, ESQ.,, De-
liVers The Alumni
I Addrn,.