The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-20
THE PATTERSON MEMORIAL CUP

! ~, a. Ea;tar. The idea of having
tho President deliver the Patterson
Memorial Cup, originated with q lduy
we'll known in literary circles In inns
and other States. Her idea Seeiheu "
| no that if would add to the interest Oh
| the Gift for the President TO preSeh'
| it especially a president OF sucli us
| tinguished personality as Mr. hoose-
velt 1t would at the same time 1uf-
nish a snectacular episode at the Fair,
which would add to the entertainment
of the multitudes III attendance anu
| MIGHT not be out of place there, pc
| cause the Fair is popularity supposed
! to he mainly for their enjoyment. II
| the President, in his address, alluue 70
| the educational progress OF the otd,e
and to Raleighs great twin industry
schools and literature, or our eighteen
! nevspapers Will allow me to designate
| tbeir nroduct by so high a term as
| literature) the presentation OF the cup
! might well be a fitting climax to what
he would say He is q patron OF ed
| ucatiOn and . man of letters. anu
! what is more and better enters nalur-
ally with full human interest INTO tne
| entertainments, the Sports ana the
local interests of the people, among
whom he finds himself. If the people
or any considerable portion OF them,
1
| stir up additional interest in the MS
tory and literature of the state, ne
would enter into it with real Zest and
would enjoy the fun of putting the
| poor convicted literary man who had
! won the cup under the fierce glare of
ten thousands unsympathetic eyes.
The fear expressed that the cup
presentation (Which would perhaps
take as much as five minutes) would
| -
mize the other attractions of the falr
is. / think so entirely ungrounded
that | offer stanza of rhyme (handed
| TO me by q friend) who said he invest
ed it to keep the humor of it green
| in his memory.
| The spectacular glare
At the coming State Fair,
OF the President presenting cup.
! Will be SO much in the way
On that illuStriOuS day
| AS to swallow the program up.
| Since writing the above, a lady mas
| written to a member of the AssocIa-
ton suggestion that the cup be pre-
scented i'm Music Hall of the Olivia
| Raney Library and a gentleman, who
has had great experience at falfs,
| writes me OH postal card that the
cup presentation SHOulu NC III eAiS
Capitol Square and should occupy an
the time left after the breakfast with
the Governor, his purpose beng 10
keep the President out of the Falr
grounds for fear that he and the
army of newspaper reporters, VINO Ioi,
low in his wake, will be disappolntea
at the exhibit of the States agrlcui-
tural resources. He also Tears tIid.
these nonresident reporters may nay
bad enough grace to publish exactly
what they see, or rather ran 10 see
to the cold and uncharitaDie world
outside of our dear old State My
own opinion is that it Will be 1mpos-
| sible to keep the reporters out of the
Fair grounds on account of the vast
variety of other attractions which are
so TO monopolize the Presidents time
as to preclude his giving five minutes
to literature and education.
These collateral attractions so null
tiplied in a certain fair to the west of
us. il is said, that the agricultural ex-
hibit dwindled down to a bull and a
pumpkin. The bull broke into the
vegetable department, ate the pump
kin and jumped out of the grounds
and the agricultural fair was gone.
W. j. PEELE.
Raleigh, N. c., August 10.
Golden silence is often more to the