The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-04-10
THE MOST IMPORTANT EVENT OF
THE WEEK FOR NORTH CAR
0LlNA.

The most important event in North Car
Gina during the past week was the in
spring and grand public meeting 81
Guiiford College when more than twenty
seven thousand dollars We're raised to
clear that old and honorable institution
Of debt. President Hobbs and Allen
Jay had been at work since January
10th to accomplish that result ard the
M citing broke forth with joy wien it
W2s announced that the necessary money
had been raised. 1t was an important
event in the history of the college and
appropriate exercises were held in Mem
Crial Hall Speeches were made Sy
President Hobbs, Allen Jay, J. EIwood
Cox, c. P. Frazier, Dr. Ralph Parker,
Miss Julia White and others
In the course of the speeches the found
ing Of New Garden Boarding School was
referred to as being an important event
in North Carolina Yearly Meeting Of
Friends, and reference made to the fact
throughout it's history, it has b~cI. open
to both sexes.
TIL school was established in 1881, aIi
has had a continuous and succ essiul oper-
alton ever since. After the close of the
Civil War. the Friends renewed their cf-
forts to improve the institution by addi
tional buildings and equipments, and in
1888 it was changed to GuIlGord College
and a charter was obtained from the Leg
islature accordingly.
Special reference was made to impor
tant work of the late Francis T. King, a
distinguished Friend of the city Of Ralti
more, who was a lifelong friend to the
educational work of North Carolina Yearly
Meeting, and who contributed largely Of
his means both for the enlarg 1aent OF
the college and its endowment. An excel
lent photograph of Francis T. K,nG made
on his 10th birthday and presented by him
to the college was placed on the platform.
An interesting fact was noted that nearly
forty years ago Francis King was the
means of bringing to North Carolina the
distinguished Friend, Allen Jay. In those
early days after the war Allen Jay spent
the nine best years of his life ia the
work of education in North Carolina, lie
beng also n distinguished preacher IF
the gospel; and it is not little remark
able that upon one occasion Francis r..
King requested Allen Jay in case the col.
| lcge should ever incur any Indebtedness,
TO return to North Carolina and help re-
| liCve it. For this purpose he ca ne to
North Carolina on the 18th of last Jan
uary and began the work of raising sub
lscriptions to liquidate the Indebtedness.
1t was shown in this meeting thai near
| ly ten thousand dollars of this sum had
been subscribed in North Carolaa, and
that the remainder of twenty-seven taor-
sands had been contributed by member
of the Society of Friends in Philadelphia,
New York, Baltimore, Indiana and Iowa
| Yearly Meeting of Friends.
The chairman of the board. Mr. ]. Ell
| wood Cox, in his remarks gave some fore
cast of the future Improvements to be
made renovating Archdale Hall, the build
ing of new kitchen and charging the
dining room, the erection of a library
building, and girls diorn:tory, all OF
which he expected to see in the near
future.
| Allen Jay gave a vivid account of the
work which he has done within the
past three months, expressing his warm
| interest in education in North Carolina
and his earnest desire to see more youne
people engage in the ministry of the Cos
pei He reviewed his work in the State
| tkirty-cight years ago, and stated that
he had right to his close attachments
to Southern institutions being descended
nom North and South Carolina stock.
| L is rot alone at Guilford College, theii
chief educational institution, but every
where that the Friends have manitt stcd
| their deep interest in the cause Of educa
ton. From the earliest settlement Of the
colony they have ever been the friends 'oi
public education and hayc been influential
factors in the Educational progress of the
State
| Long life to Guilford College and may
its light long shine III North Carolina!