The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-06
First Exercises Began at
Durham Yesterday.
in MEMORY OF DUKE
Or. KiIgO Delivered Powerful Address
as Tribute to Dead BenefaCtOr of
CoIIege---Board of Trustees
Meet, Receive Reports, and
Elect Officers.
Elect Officers.
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Durham, N. c.. June 5.-1The sixty
eighth annual commencement of Trim
ity College is now on. The first fea
ture was the address of DR.. J. G.. Kill
go, president of the college, which was
delivered yesterday This was MEM
orial address in honor and memory of
the late Washington Duke, who gave
to Trinity, directly and indirectly,
more than million dollars during his
life The second feature of the COM
mencement occasion was this after
noon at 4 O'Clock, when the annual
meeting of the board of trustees of
the college was held in the office of
the president.
The trustees met at o'clock and
the session lasted nearly two hours.
During that time the annual report of
President Kilgo was submitted and
referred to a committee. This COM
mittee will report at the meeting to
be held tomorrow morning.
The following officers of the board
were elected: j. H. Southgate, Dur
secretary, and j. A. Gray, Winston,
treasurer
The old executive committee was re-
elected with the addition of the name
of Col G. w. Flowers.
DR.. j. G. Kilgo was reelected presi-
dent of the college and each member
of the present faculty was re-elected.
The following members of the
board were present: V. Ballard Dur
ham; Col J. F. Burton Wilson; ]. A.
Long, RoXboro; Rev. Z. F. Mari,
Charlotte; Rev. S. B. Turrentine,
Greensboro; DR.. w. C. Bradshaw.
High Point; DR.. e. T. White, oxford;
Rev F. A. Bishop, Raleigh; J. G..
Brown, Raleigh; Rev. J. N. Cole,
Rockingham; Rev. NJ A. Smith,
Wadesboro; c. w Toms Durham;
Rev H. B. Adams, Monroe; Rev. j. b.
Hurley, Fayetteville; r. l.. Durham.
Charlotte; Rev. T. n. Ivey, Raleigh;
b. n Duke, Durham; H. A. Page,
Aberdeen; w. r. Odell, Concord; j.
III. Southgate, Durham; f. Stikeleath-
err Asheville; Rev. A. p. Tyer, Eliza
beth City; r. A. Mayer, Charlotte
Hon. f. M. Simmons, Raleigh
Tomorrow morning at IL o'clock the
annual sermon will be preached 10y
Rev. Richard Wilkerson Of New or.
leans. This will be preached in the
Craven Memorial Hall. beginning at
IL O'Clock. Rev. Mr.. Wilkerson
reached here today. Another feature
of tomorrow will be the speeches by
representatives of the graduating
class. These speeches will be at
night.
On Wednesday the annual COM
mencement address will be delivered
by Prof. Francis Greenwood Pea
body, of Harvard University This adj
dress will be at II O'Clock. This ad-
dress will be followed by the gradual
ing exercises Wednesday afternoon
the annual meeting and banquet of the
Alumni Association will be held. The
alumni address will be delivered by
Rev. G. T. Rowe, of Concord. who arr
rived in the city this morning.
The fraternity banquets will be a
prominent social feature of the COM
mencement occasion. Two Of these
banquets-the Kappa Simga and Kap-
pa Alpha-were pulled off tonight.
The Kappa Simga held forth at<Hotel
Carolina, while the banquet of the
Kappa Alpha was given in the ban
quet hall of the new dormitory at
Trinity College. Tomorrow night two
other banquets will be given. These
will be the Alpha Tau Omega. which
will be given at the Trinity banquet
hall, and the Pi Kappa Alpha given
at the Carolina.
There are a large number of peo-
pie in the city for the purpose of at
tending the commencement exercises.
The Memorial Service.
Yesterday morning the Craven Hall
at the college park was packed to the
doors. There were quite thirteen hun
dred people in the hall, probably four
teen hundred were inside the walls of
the building. The occasion was the
memorial address Of DR.. j. G. Kilgo.
president of Trinity college, in mem
ory of the late Washington Duke.
This address took the place of the
regular baccalaureate address to the
graduating class. 1t was a great e.
fort of very fine speaker.
Prior TO the address of DR.. Kilgo
DR.. w. p. Few, member of the faculty
read an expression from the faculty,
telling of the high esteem i'm which
the deceased was held by that body
The musical feature was especially
fine The choir was one picked from
the various churches, and were among
the best musicians in Durham
The expression from the faculty
was read by DR.. w. p. Few
DIR. Kilgo's Address
DR.. Kilgo followed DR. Few. His
address was one that told of the vir-
tues of Mr.. Duke and of the things he
did to make life better and greater.
the entire discourse the
people were held by the magnetic
speaker. Among other things he said: ::
Living through a period of intense
sectionalism and bitterness, he WAS
Catholic in his feeling and his judg-
ments. He helped churches and hos
pitals, schools and colleges. men and
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