The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-02-23
THE DAY HONORED
Special Exercises Held
Agat the University.
Mr.. J O. Carr. an Alamnus OF the In
stitution, Orator OF the Day.
Several Students .DeIiv-
er Addresses.
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Chapel Hill, n. c., Feb 22.-.
Washingtons birthday was observed
at the University of North Carolina
by Il suspension of lectures in the
academic and professional schools and
by public exercises held in Gerard
hall at eleVen-thirty a. m. A large
number of the university students
and the townspeople were present at
the exercises, which this year were
of added interest on account of the
fact that the custom of having some
prominent alumnus of the university
to deliver an address was instituted.
MIR. j. @. Carr OF Wilmington. was
the orator selected from the alumni.
He was graduated from the University
i'm the class of 1895 and also COM
pleted the law course at this inStitu-
ton. He represented Duplin county
in the legislature of 1898 and is one
of the most prominent and most sue
cessful young lawyers in Eastern
North Carolina.
The program of exercises was as
follows:
Music by University Orchestra:
prayer by Rev. NJ. 7. Plyler pastor
of the Methodist church, welcome by
the president of the exercises. Mr.. j..
Kenyon Wilson; music by orchestral
address by Mr.. j. Sprunt Newton. of
the Phianthropc Society; The Uni
versity Student and Southern Prob
LENS" music by orchestra: address
by Mr. j. Buxton Robertson. of the
Dialcctic Society: George Washington
-Sidelights on his Character: music
by orchestra: annual address by Hon.
j. o. Carr, of Wilmington, class 1895.
The addresses showed careful
thought and preparation and were de-
Of 4 ,a n oh MaGC1.C
Newton and Robertson. the represen-
tatives of the two literary societies
are among the best orators in the
student body and well sustained their
reputation with the creditable
speeches they delivered.
Mr.. Carr's address was one Of the
best heard at the University in long
time. His talk was OF great interest
to every university man present and
at its conclusion he was highly COM
,plimented by many present for his
able effort.
ii would indeed be a pleasure to
| reproduce MIR. CarEs address here.
but as lack of space forbids we can
present only one or TWO paragraphs
He said among other things:
"1'hc greatest achievements Of ma
| ton and its greatest men are INSOFAR
able-the one is the product of the
other; and the greatest tribute that
we can pay to him whose birth we
commemorate today. Is to ack1ioWl-
edge that his farewell address" af-
| ter a century OF national growth and
DEVELOPMENT un uaralleled in the his
| tory If the world can he read without
| the change OF q sentence or the mis-
application Of theory. IS teach
| ings are Us fundamental and as sound
as the Constitution !tseif, aul otter
| I InH i'm lac m grl M
! narrow way when the Constitution
| had failed. When Washington de-
! clared that foreign influence was one
| of the most baneful foes of Republic
| can government and warned the peo-
pie against too great friendship Or
dislike for a foreign power, he sound
| ed the key note and set the precedent
| for a century of our national great
ness No man better UnG arst0od than
! he the merits and dement's of the
| American and the French Revolu-
| tions-the one was fought for tn >
glory of Napoleon: and when we were
almost drawn into entanglements
| with European nations he led us into
| the paths of peace and security with
coHsUranante wisdom and statesman
ship.
AID, following this foreign policy
which was begun by Washington,
America mas never struck 4 dow Tor
tongues. nor has she ever stayed her
hand when freedom was threa tened.
| IS q result we hold n high place
among the rations OF the world, and
standing on a pinnacle, as it were, we
can study unmolested the great queS-
tons of ;he East, unparalleled except
by The French Revolution.
pleasing feature of the exercises
was the music bv the University or
chestra. This orchestra has been well
trained by the director, Mr.. Charles
Il. Woollen, and is one of the most
creditable college sorchestras to be
found in the South.