The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-06-08

mer's Swamp-Root and the address,
Binghamton, n. Y, on every bottle.
slaves: this is the rational of human
soul bondage. He who makes his de-
cision as to lfe-Work. or change of
work with chief reference to the
money to be. gained, is sounding the
depths of abjectness; he is the slave.
TO measure your value by salary is to
sell yourself for the biggest bride.
'To take the true view of duty, one
must get right definition of success.
He who honestly asks will get for
answer: Success is achieving the best
manhood, physical, mental, moral;
clean body and a pure mind. and UNI
buyalle personality. For almost any
man this enforces the simple life OF
plain food. clothes. shelter. And this,
in the last analysis, means to rail-
back on the soil and ones own Drawn.
But that means poverty. 1t means TO
meet life unmortgaged, to enter on It's
strenuous campaigns un1mpeded, ana
there is no such wealth as that. A
cottage, some rough utensils a Few
acres and strong heart and hands
nature and God on your side, 1t is
moral billionaireshp.
1.-THE final test and attainment or
self oWnership is the power 10 Stanu
alone Not many hear this call, but
il is the crucial test of manhood. the
initiation into the masters degree.
Meeting of Alumni Association.
This afternoon at 4 o'clock the an
lual netting OF the alumni association
was held. It was largely attended,
there being a large number OF ora
Trinity men in Durham and about the
campus. 1t is a jolly, happy set. some
Of Trin
ears ago and still find on the campus
students who were in the lower classes
when they left The same faculty, or
nearly all of the old faculty are here.
| But there are others whose heads are
| white and whose limbs tremble with
| each step. But they are all happy.
| Che aged roam about the college,
new college to them-the society nails
| look with great admiration at the
| beautiful buildings and they are happy
to see us so great an institution in
| stead of the weak school when they
| left Old Trinity, Randolph county,
wears ago. 1t is all a happy picture
and one that one never tires of look
| irg upon.
| The alumni meeting was like the re-
| union of a great family. MIR. Davis
| Goodwin Ellsworth, who graduated
with the class of 80, was the speaker
| of the day He spoke in a reminiscent
/ strain and referred to the fourteen
| manly, big hearted fellows who grad
uated from Trinity now almost quar-
! ter of a century ago when he left her
walls. He spoke of how the class APP
/ pcared and of the hopes, ambitions
and pride that filled each breast. "Old
| trinity, he said, had trained the in
| tellect and fired the ambition
| He spoke some forty minutes. 1t
was Just such an ardor as is appre-
GATED by those who gather at their
| alma mater for reunion on an occasion
| like this.
Tomorrow afternoon there will be
! another melting of the alumni associa-
| ton, this time to gather about the ban
u,Iet board. The banquet will be given
| inllonor of Col. J. W. Alspaugh, of Win
! .ton, one of the Oldest living graduates
| { Trinity and the oldest member OF
! the board of trustees, from the stand
point of service on that board. lie
reached here last evening and was one
| of those who gathered at the alumni
meeting this afternoon.
Contest for High HOnors.
The contest tonight was between
| four members of the graduating class
| for the Wiley medal This medal
| given by Hon. r. T. Gray, of Raj
| eieh. in memory of the late Wiley
| "
| the Confederate war, is one of the
highest and most coveted honorS of
college course. The contestants were
| Mr.. H. B. Adams. Jr., of Monroe; Mr..
| CT. H. Smith, of Anderson; Mr.. j. p.
| I'rizzelle, of Ormondsville and Mr.. L.
FL Gibbons, of Jonesboro.
The subjects of the orations, which
were handled with talent and skill.
were, 1.-The Strength of the Old South,
- n q n
| Religions and Christianity" by G.. Fl.
| Smith, Breadth and Effectiveness"
| oy w. b Adams, Jr.; and THE Spirit
Of Cancellation" by j. p. Frizzelle.
| AS the result of this spirited
though friendly contest, the Wiley
| Grav medal was awarded Henry b.
| Adams, Jr., son of the Hon. H. b.
prominent attorneys of the State. The
| presentation of the medal was made
| bv Governor Aycock. The judges were
| the Governor, j. G. d. Trye, of Char
| lotte. and Henry A. Page, of Aber-
deem. The Governor in his usual
| fluent and entertaining manner talked
| for several minutes, paying a hign
! tribute to DR.. Kilgo for the latter's
speeches in California.
In Society's Circle.
| Tomorrow evening the annual re-
ception to the graduating class prom
| Uses to be a swell affair. There will
be a large crowd of society folks and
friends of the college generally in at
] tendance. There will be several out
~ town people in attendance.
| Last night the Kappa Sigma frater-
nifty gave an annual banquet at Hotel
Carolina. 1t was a swell affair and it
was after the midnight hour when the
merry makers left for their homes.
| Tonight the Alpha Tau Omega fra
ternity gave banquet at.the Carolina
and at the same time the Kappa Alpha
fraternity gave banquet at the col