The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-04-23
Converse College CeIe-
brates Founders Day.
OUR GOVERNOR SPEAKS
Presented in a Brief, Brilliant Address
by Gov. Hayward, He Makes a
Strong Speech on Education.
Exercises of the Senior
Class.
Especial to News and observer,

CIdSS.
Especial to News and Observer.)
Spartanburg, S. c., April 21-Founder's
Day at Converse College has occupied the
attention of the city today and the ex-
ercises have been of a most interesting
characer.
The birth of Mr. d. E. Converse. the
founder of the college, was celebrated in
most fitting manner
The two principal features of the cee-
bration were the senior class day exer.
cises on the campus Oh the college this
afternoon and the addresses by the two
governors followed by reception tonight
The class day exercises consisted OF
professions of the Converse girls by
classes through the CAMPUS before the
governors and staff, songs, decoration
ceremonies, the planting of the class tres
and at the end an open air play.
The address of Governor Aycock was
listened to by about one thousand PEG
pie the -arDe auditorium being nearly
filled. His speech was pronounced by all
one of the ablest addresses ever delivered
i'll this city, one of the most effective.
Governor Heyward's staff in full uni
form escorted the two governors out upon
the stage and they were greeted with en-
thusiastic applause.
PRESIDENT PELLS ADDRESS.
President Pell made brief address in
opening the exercises of the evening,
stating the meaning of founders day and
setting forth the ideals of the college as
refreshed and nourished on such ap occa-
sion as this. He said that among all the
facts touching. upon the development oil
the South, among all the facts which are
brought prominently before the people Of
this time, none is more important than
hot Al, l. <rl~ sc
OF governor must be first of all friend
OF education, and that among all the gov
ernors, none could lay higher claims to
this qualification than the two dstin-
guished governors here tonight.
GOVERNOR REWARDS SPEECH
President Pel then introduced Governor
ieyward, who made brief address. pay
ing beautiful tribute to Mr.. Converse
and the college he had founded He then
$50 49, Aycock in the following
an suspicious occasion,
tanburg of South Caro-
lverse college has gone
yht l have the honor and
,ducing to your distln
gulShed Southerner and Carohnan who
comes to us as our welcome guest, our
orator and our friend. He comes from our
sister State just across the border. Even
from ante-revolutionary days have the
together and we now feel that the tide
is closer than ever. He comes to us ladeh
with honors by the people whom he has
served, and he is well worthy of such
hOnors He comes to us as one who hos
made an impress upon his day and time,
md who has writ his name upon the
pages of his country history. He comes
to us. not as a stranger in a land of
strangers, but as a great Southerner in
the land of his nativity. and we give him
arty greeting He comes
patriot as one of the
of the need and value of
its broadcast and deepest
an and will speak to US as
holity.
have the honor and prlvi
ng to you the orator of
ur illustrious guest, the
rles 3. Aycock, Governor
ma.
.OR AYCOCK SPEAKS.
cock expressed thanks for
reception he was receiv-
ute to woman saying how
nd feared her because he
knew her, and then he began his address
upon the needs of education in the South
He said that educatiohS is valuable in
the vegetable kingdom. Irish potatoes
ere not good until they were refined and
ltivated. Education is valuable in the
hound must be trained and so must
pointer. He fittingly described the pro-
sses of training these animals and com
red the educated with the uneducated
les. Then how much more should the
imam being be taught, but they must
1t all be taught alike. Teach every man
ccordmg to his power and teach him to
DRY in work well done.
Honor is due, he said, to a man who
uilds house well to the man who
lives in it. provided he do his work.
The burden of Governor Aycocks address
was this text: You cannot get the best
out of life unless you give others the best
there Is in life"
He dwelt upon the necessity of educat-
ing the MASSES of the people, saying that
it is no use to write books. to paint pic
lures, or to compose music unless you
cultivate people to appreciate these things.
He said that the reason the South did
not write books was not because we did
not have educated people. Eve have al
ways had these, but have not had
enough of them What we must do is
TO put everybody in school.
He made an eloquent and effective illus
tration here by describing how the record
in trotting horses was lowered, not BY
training one horse, but by training thOus
ands of them till bye and bye one horse
made low record and then another and
so on.
Speaking of the things of real worth, he
said that one name il South Carolina was
worth more than all the wealth OF this
wealthy country. Tine name of the ables.
logician since the Apostle PAU, John e..
Calhoun. Yet when the people here are
educated and shall take hold of things
the first and best OF things as is then
rightful place, then they shall see riches
here for nc declared, the riches are here
all around us. Education is the key,
that which will open the peoplc's eyes TO
see it, But. we mIlst drudge, he said;
nothing in this world worth having car
be had without work. mo man ever did
anything worth doing that I'D not give up
the present for the future.
Speaking of Southern women he said.
"A Southern man may trip and fall, but
hn vii moi ll1,NI- in he mud