The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-11-13

home. OF all the living alumni about
South and one in every eight laid
down his life. That is one-fGurth OF
al of those in active service were kill
ed. | do not believe this record is
equalled anywhere, North or South
But not only did the boys, the youth
the student class, rush to arms. but
their teachers did not finch in the
hour Of peril and sacrifice. DR.. Ven
able SAYS, and he is Virginian born:
Fourteen members of his faculty had
left him (the aged President Swain)
and half of these were killed. / con-
fess that the story stirs my blood like
some glorious legend of the days oil
Rome"
North Carolina was treated badly
in the distribution of officers. Lead
ing far any other State in the number
ST it's soldiers as we'll as in the NOR
tality, it had much fewer officers OF
rank than Virginia had. But the
University had indeed splendid roll
There were, l quote from Dr. Venable:
"One lieutenant general, one major
general and fifteen brigAdier generals.
Oul of The seventy-GlX regular regi-
ments furnished by the State of North
Carolina. forty-eight We're at one time
or another led by sons of the Uni
ycrsitv as their co!onels ANA in all
ninety-three colonies and lieutenant
colonies We're furnished to the Con-
federacy May the call for such pa
triotic sacrifice never come again.
4he University is ever alert. 1T was
the first TO establish Summer School
E, ~, I CT,
to mae it plain by iteration what the
great State University has done lat
terly in these piping times of peace. "
DR.. Vcnable tells us that "of the
new county SuperIntcndents, more ELI
cient and interested in their work. the
University mas .iupplicd about one
fourth and nearly threefourthS of the
graded school superintendent and
principals The first summer school
for teachers IN the South WAS estab-
lished at the University and through
il some 1000 teachers have been
helped and strengthened for their
work. Chiefly through the persistent
efforts of University men the Normal
College for Women at Greensboro was
established and they have aided in the
rise Of the States great technical
sci and OthersfIlbr ,-greal. -hetaOnn
school,
Before closing this work of love l
desire to cite q passage from the able
paper read on the same occasion that
called forth DR.. Venable's capital dis
cussioh by Prof. G. Alphonso Smith,
of the University faculty, and one of
its ableSt and most accomplished
members. His theme was, Some
of the Average Amer
lean" The selection | make fits the
hour as to duty, and brings to the
n Carolina l.
ity The gifted writer says:
Perhaps the average American
needs still to be reminded that lib
erty is not license, bu; opportunity
for wider services that true freedom
is not a legacy but a daily conquest,
not a donation but an achievement.
"AlI men are born slaves" says
Hegel, that they may conquer free
dom" We need to know the hush
as we'll as the hurrah of liberty; we
need to dwell upon its responsible
tics as well as its possibilities
Let me remind you that peculiar
and distinctive interest attaches to
North Carolina history because she
is the most homogeneous State in the
Union. The problems of a Self-goV-
erning Democracy, built upon purely
institutions, are being
worked out in North Carolina un-
der fewer lettering conditions than
anywhere else in the world We
expect much of North Carolina
said President Nicholas Murray But
Ter, Of New York, because she is
hood of States. ="
l suppose that in 1904, there are
not more than 5000 people living in
North Carolina who are not native
here and to the manner born'-who
were born beyond seas or in other
lands. Twenty ODD years ago, in
literary address before the Wilson
Female Seminary | Ventured to pre-.
dict that when Liberty had been de-
stroyed in every other portion of the
United States that it would survive
longest in North Carolina. / do not
doubt it.
When / saw the death announced
but a few weeks ago of Lafcadio
Hearn which occurred in Japan, in
which country he had lived for some
ten years or more, | was regretful,
for / knew then that one of the most
truly gifted of living writer's had gone
to the world beyond. He was a gen.
ils and had a style of marked Pc
culiarly, individuality and excellence.
| had learned to admire him years
before he left the United States to
make his home among a people not
rich, distinctive neculiarities, no little
inventiveness, wonderfully progress
sive during the last thirty or forty
years. and who within few years
have developed into d great fighting
poWer---a people of astounding cap
abilities, and at once heather and un
reliable the most inveterate deceptive
liars living among nations. But | do
not purpose discussing the Japanese.
but to write briefly of the splendid
mental endoWmentS of Mr.. Hearn. He
was not an American, but came TO
our country many years ago when but
lad He was born in the Ionian
Islands on the 27th of June, 1850.
His father was Irish and q surgeon
in the British army. His mother was
Greek. 1t is not surprising that
man born of such parentage should
be remarkable in some way and be-
come distinguished. He was of very
trail constitution and had malforma-
ton of the eyes, which made him