The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-01

leave a telling effect upon the future
/ literature. The South is destined to
/ play an important part in the upbuild-
| ing of American literature, and South
/ ern effort, thought and history will in
! the future permeate American liter
allure.
| The next speaker was Mr.. James Q.
] Morgan, who spoke on Agricultural
| Advancement Due to Scientific Inyestl-
CATION" The fact that plants like ami
mails he said could be improved Dy
| cultivation by science, was discovered
| during the nineteenth century. Man
| had said that soil could not be I'M
| proved, but science said it could, ana
| has resulted in the West and South
| in added millions of dollars to the
| country's wealth. This has been dem
| onstrated in crops and fruits OF all
| kinds All methods of propagation
was discovered in the past few years
crop rotation has been found to be the
solution of perplexing and expensive
| problems, and has been taught ln@
| agriculturist during late years. me
animal, live stock industry. is now one
of the most highly developed and
| profitable in agricultural pursuits. and
| this was caused by scientific inVeStlga-
| ton. Not long ago the farmer con-
sidered the soil dead, inan1mate
! matter but soil Investigations have
discovered remedies for barren soil
increasing its fertility and removing
the danger that threatened the future
of mankind The laws of animal in
tuition have been found out and ap-
piled to plant life by chemistry and
new avenues to prosperity have been
opened up. Bacteriology has done
more to revolutioniZe the agricultural
industry than any other science. The
knowledge and the control of bacteria
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successful farming could not be well
achieved without this knowledge.
Agriculture is a philosophy, a science,
dependent upon chemistry bacteriol
ogy horticulture. and other recent
sciences. and these will bring to man
kind unlimited joy and happiness.
Mr.. Arthur T. Kenyon's subject was.
as the Human Race Degenerating
Environment, he said. plays the
major part in the shaping of character
and lives. The environment of slavery
in the past has been abolished, and
has been removed from modern
society. The nineteenth century was
prominent for humanity, science. art,
literature, and the average life of man
has extended from 80 to 40 years.
This fact of longevity is an argument
from which appeal cannot be made.
Human society is healthy at the top,
and the average length of the life CT
great men of this century has been 60
years and 8 months. These facts
prove the efficiency of modern santa
ton. medicine and habits of men, and
no age has surpassed this for human
symmetry.
Mr.. Oscar L. Bagley, the last speak.
en- had as his subject THE Aristocracy
of the Dollar" The two objections
usually brought against technically
trained men are that they tend to pro-
duce machines rather than men, and
believe more thoroughly in the aris-
tocracy of the dollar than in men.
These are misconceptions, the first Isl
easily set aside by existing facts, and
the record of the A. & M. College,
and against the second argument, he
asked if men trained for law and med
icine and other professions,
were trained to be only dollar lovers.
The money spirit has been caused by
the pretense to aristocracy by men who
have seen the downfall of the aristo-
cracy of birth, and wealth would give
them this position. Wealth today is
an alarming problem. To some the
possession of million dollars means
happiness for life; to others it is a step
towards the poor house. One of the
problems that threaten the American
republic is the migration of rich men
from cities to the country, and the es-
adjustment of an ariStocracy of
wealth and the establishment of
feudal system. However, he said,
there are hardly dozen men in Amer
lea who are known chiefly by their
wealth; and millionaire receives no
more attention than an ex-governor,
but if a poor peasant singer, or bad
ly circumstanced writer, or talented
but not wealthy actor should visit the
town. the populace would become en-
Unused and pay dearly for the privilege
of seeing him or her. If a young girl
or boy after childhood's years spent
in toll writes a good book or poem.
regardless of wealth, he or she will
awaken soon after to the conscious
ness of being famous. In conclusion
Mr.. Bagley said that the time was
coming when there would be no aris-
tocracy of the millionaire, but an arts
tocracy of men.
After selection by the band Pres
ident Winston announced the names of
those receiving 80 per cent. in scholar
ship. Those receiving these honors
were as follows:
HOnOrs i'm Scholarship.
For four years: j. Rhodes Smith.
For 1901 '5-Senior Class: O. l..
Bagley, J. B. Harding, j. [. Heritage,