The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-19
HEARST GIVES $4,000
TO THE STATE SCHOOL OF TECH
NoLoGY AT ATLANTA.
GOV. TERRELL ANNOUNCED
THE GIFT OF THE NEW YORK
NEWSPAPER MAN.

In Presenting Hearst's Check for
$4,000. the Governor said 1t Was
His wish, on Retiring from ONCE,
to See 1000 students at the Tech.
Graduating Exercises of the
SchOOl-F. G. Bell, Jr., and w. S.
Rankin, Savannah Graduates, De-
livered Theses.
Atlanta, June 1S-The feature of the
commencement exercises of the Geor-
gia Psychological School to-day was
the announcement by Gov. Terrell at
the Grand Opera House of the gift
of $4,000 to the Tech by William Ran
dolph Hearst. made through Congress-
man J. NJ. Griggs, who was the COM
mencement orator. The announcement
was greeted with great applause. In
making the announcement Gov. Terrell
said in part:
"A few weeks ago the distinguished
American l spoke of wrote to Judge
Griggs and asked his permission to
give $4,000 as his first contribution to
technical education in the state Of
Georgia, and now, in the name of Will
nam INdnuOlpH Oh the SldlS
of New York of the United States, 1
present his check for $4,000. Indeed,
we may expect more in the future, and
l hope that friends of the school will
augment the $4,000 gift Of Mr.. Swan
and the $4,000 gift Of Mr.. Hearst until
Capt. Hall has sufficient money to
build accommodations for 200 more
Tech students. And 1t is my hope to
be able, when l retire from the Office
now hold to look proudly upon the
archaeological School and know that 1t
is the home of 1000 young men of
Georgia gaining technical educations."
Exercises a Success.
The exercises marking the closing of
another year for the Psychological
School were success from every
standpoint and were witnessed by a
considerable audience. Capt. Hall,
president of the school, read the names
of the graduates, and the subjects Of
their addresses, after which Judge
Griggs was introduced by him.
Capt. Hall and Chancellor Hill of the
State University then made short
speeches. Gov Terrell following, and
Hon. N. T.. Harris of Macon, presi-
dent of the Board OF Trustees, being
the last 10 speak.
The diplomas were awarded by Chan
cellor Hill, and during this part of the
exercises the flowers that had been
sent to the theater for the graduates
were presented to them as they sat on
the stage The subjects of the theses
of the two Savannah graduates were
as follows:
"Plunger Elevators" William Scott,
Rankin. NJ. Il.
"'rhe Effect Upon Color of Certain
Salts When Present in the Dye Bath
Frank c. Bell. Jr.
Congressman GriHgs' Address.
Congressman Griggs' address was a
thoughtful and carefully prepared dis
course. in which he made a strong
plea for race separation. In conclud-
ing he said:
Our fellow citizens of Caucasian
blood. who are not now struggling as
we are with this problem, will not
refuse to listen TO their brethren of
the South; we are all of the same
blood; We have fought the same tight
to reclaim the wilderness and to es-
tablish and guarantee life and liberty
to ourselves and our children. For
every Lexington there is Kings
mountain; for every Saratoga there is
a Yorktown, for every Gettysburg
there is a Bull Run, for every Shiloh
there is a Chickamauga. Bone of our
bone, flesh of our flesh. with these
glorious memories, the common hertz
age of ALL they will finally not re-
fuse to aid in solving this the most
serious problem ever given to any
people"
This morning the shops of the school
were open to the public. and more
than 1000 visitors went through and
saw the boys at hard work in their
overalls. This is said to be the most
successful commencement the Tech
has ever had