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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-12-08
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Gated and pious laymen. loyal to the
religious principles instilled in them
here, who have done much for God 3
Kingdom. Wake Forest College has
performed a large and important part
in our past and she must perform
large part in the future work and his
tory of our denomination.
Her mission and sphere will expand
and her influence will increase with
the progress of our great State and
the growth of our great denomination.
1t was to spread the Gospel of Christ
and to perpetuate and propagate the
great truths of the Bible as Baptists
hold them that our fathers founded
this school. for this we support it, and
to this she must ever be cOnSecrated.
For learning and culture she has stood
and must stand but first of all she
must stand as she has stood for the
Bible doctrines, held sacred by its
founders and builders and for vital
godliness as eXemplified in their lives.
1t has been and will be a fountain of
truth and wisdom but it is a Chris
tian institution and must teach as
truth that which accOrdS with the
supernaturally inspired and divine
revelation of the Bible: and that wis
dom that begins in the fear and ends
in the knowledge of God. Such is the
college bequeathed by the fathers TO
this generation of North Carolina
Baptists; and entrusted by them to its
present Board of Trustees. We
realize that it is a precious treasure
and sacred trust committed to us. be-
cause so much that is dear has been
put into it, SO much has been accom-
plished by it and so much depends
upon it. To superintend and direct
such an institution with such tradi-
tions and with such a history involves
grave responsibility indeed. We.
the trustees. felt this very keenly when
it became necessary to choose sue
cessor to DR.. Taylor. whose admins
tratiOn had been so wise and faith
full and successful. Very earnestly did
we ask God to direct us as He directed
others who chose the former President
so wisely for we knew that much de-
pended on our selection. 1t was re-
lief and qualification to us that we
were not compelled to call from
distance a man unknown to us and our
people and so make an experiment as
to his fitness for this important and
responsible position. There was
gifted alumnus in the faculty, who for
a long time had served. the college
with great devotion and ability and
who had also been a very useful lay
man in the general work of the de-
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of college history The combination
of cowardice and brutality in a dis
guised crowd to take mean adVan-
tage of single handed opponent is
intolerable. and the Christian stand
ard which we maintain justifies eX
tremest measures to make it impossi-
BILE.
What / have been saying is only the
application in detail of the great regu
lating principle of the Christian coll
lege,-the supremacy of Christ. The
enthusiasm of it's teachers and the as
pirations of its ardent youth it brings
to him. It's equipment and endoW-
ments it lays at his feet. Whatever
light it has against ignorance or
guidance for life's intricate pathways,
or power for social good it submits
to him. as embracing all human need
in the scope of his compositions, as
controlling all life under the breadth
of his law. as foretelling, in the per-
fectionS of his own nature, the acme
of the human achievement.
The Place of the Christian College in
The Modern World.
Are we not met on the threshold of
this inquiry by the incompatibility
of the Christian COLLEGE and the mod
ern world? The modern world is a
very knowing world, in high conceit
with lISeI1 on UnG score o. IT'S EllON-
ledge; a disillusioned world. which
has banished al superstition along
with witches and elves and fairies II
is. besides, a free world with the pride
of freedom, impatient of restraint, of
moral restraint as of other forms.
And it is q prosperous world, self
seeking and materia liStic. with d sneer
on its heavy lin al your impractical
college idealism, and quite content
with it's crude doctrine of progress and
physical comfort. Old MontaiSne
speaks of certain visitor "a pedanu-
call gull" who yet was "a man or
letters and reputation, a graduate, and
wore a goodly formal long goWne.
Has the Christian college a place IN
such a sneering world as this. such
a coldIy practical emancipated world
We need to remember that the
modern world is after all the same old
world. II has rs phases and moods;
the mechanism and aDourtenances OF
its life have greatly changed lattefly'
but its life is fundamentally the same,
it's needs are the same and the condl-
tons of az permanent and noble Work
in It. Again, it is the ideal forces In
human history that have controlled
it's development. They are still SUI
preme. in spite Of our preoccupatlon
with the earthly connections of our
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into living relation with the highest
ideals in Jesus Christ.

into living relation with the highest
ideals in Jesus Christ.
It would hardly seem necessary to
add that the Christian college is per-
Vaded by the Christian spirit of mu-
tual helpfulneSs. 1t will show itself
in the personal relations of faculty
and students. The teacher is APP
proachable, sympathetic, generous He
is the students best friend. thoroughly
committed to his success all round,
partner with him in the noble enter
prise of culture. The student, on
his part, cannot but be respectful and
responsive. And when the association
is ended the lectures may grow dim in
memory and then drop out, but the
lecturer never The lessons go, but
the impulse towards all noble ana
beaut full things remains The mould
ing, cultural agency is not the teach
ing. but the teacher, in whom the
highest demand is manhood and in
spirational power. Titles count Tor
little against personality.
| may be permitted to remark in
cidentally that, as regards this per-
sonal factor in education, the small
college has the advantage of the large
Not necessarily, as l think, for the aV-
erage number of students to each
teacher need not be larger in the large
college than it is in the small. Be
sides. special devices may be aValla-
BILE to check the tendency in the larger
institutions towards cStrangement be-
tween teacher and student. as for eX-
ample. the preceptorial system lately
introduced at Princeton. In any case,
| shall hope that the increase of our
numbers here, which | confidently an
ticipate with the consequent widening
of our service. will not involve the loss
of the cordiality of friendly inter-
course between teacher and student
which for these years has character
lied this institution. 1t must not.
But in a Christian college this spir>
it of mutual helpfulness will show
itself not less in the personal re-
lations of the students among them.
selves. 1t demands kindness without
either coddling or subserviency. 1t
lends a hand, and with the greatest
alacrity where the need is the deep
est. 1t will hardly be denied today
that hazing, no matter what form 1t
takes. is in it's essence a breach OF
the Christian standard. The singular
momentum of the tradition which, ev-
en- in the enlightened communities
which colleges are taken to be, brings
the practice so far down into the era
of courtesy and honor in social re-
lations, is one of the curious features
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PRESIDENT POTEAT'S INAUC-
URAL ADDRESS
Wake Forests New Leader Speaks Eioquenty Of the
Broadening Relation OF Christian Education
to Society,"

minds. it is the guardian of the cul-
ture. of manlxind it is the apparatus
by which each generation is brought
up into sympathetic appreciation of
the total achievement of the race. In
its internal aspect, a college is body
of associates i'll pursuit of the higher
things of life, q brotherhood in which
character takes form in the atmos-
phcrc of culture, in which mind
comes to its own in the process OF
dealing with the finest products of
mind,-a mutual benefit society yield
ing dividends in efficiency and char
acter. QuietneSS and repOse and
openness to all the suggestions and
moulding influence of external nature
are best suited to this time of germi-
nation and growth IN such a free
dom from distractions and the inSis-
tent appeal of commercialism, the
vision of the ideal world comes more
surely and its sway is more firmly es-
tablished For the college is at once
the minister and the symbol of the
supremacy of the ideal world and the
note of ideaiism shares with the
note of fellowship the dominance of
college life.
Now, in what sense may such an
institution be described as Christian?
Are the liberal arts which the college
cultivates Christian arts? There
were seven of them in the mediacval
scheme of ducation-geometry. as
tronomy, grammar, etc. Is the Latin
syntax Christian? Is mathematics
Christian? Are the Hebrew Scrip
lures the textbook in the new as
tronomy?
1t must be allowed that geometry,
for example, is indeed an abstract
subject. Plato, 1 believe, held it to
be so abstract that even to facilitate
it's demonstrations with material
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Wake Forest of what she was and is
and what she will become. students
knocked on the door. walked in, spoke
TO the president almost as to fellow
student and without the suggestion OF
constraint Little jokes of the day
and of the small confines of the col
lege world passed between them with
the fresh and sympathetic interest OF
old things perfectly understood. Yet 1t
was noticeable that business was being
dispatched that there was no delay,
that work was going on. In this stu
dent intercourse one saw the executive
and felt the man. The two qualities
merged in a personality as distinct
as it is indescribable.
We were looking over the program
for the Inauguration exercises. At
the bottom in brackets. were these
words Of significance and of warning
for the visiting speakers among the
educators VINO were to take part:
C'Academic Costume will not be
used"
| looked at DR.. Poteat and. sur
plusage that they were the words
bore in the light of his personality an
exquisite humorousness. To glance at
this alert, plain, frank, working man
and think of his sturdy legs Tapping
the folds of a clinging black gown,
to imagine that round and vigorous
head adorned as to its left ear with a
tassel of red nodding like the top
knot of a spinster's haiti was to
laugh,
DR.. Poteat laughed too and aloud.
his big mouth wrinkling itself at his
recollections. He anticipated com
ment:
''They made me do it at Chicago for
ten days." said he ruefully. "but |
don't believe in it"
ITS an innovation in America, is it
not?"
mo" came the quick reply. Il
should say it was a survival sur
vival of distinction which we have
wiped out-the setting apart of the
college from the people. It's clerical
i'm IT'S origin What the college of to-
day should seek to do IS to multiply
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cause in the day when it was built
they could get exactly the wood they
wanted, and that now there is no such
material to be had It's an old organ,
fitted over with modern improvements
Others have the pitch and the volume,
but not the sound. There is not anoth-
er like it!'
The old wood, the modern improve
ments, the pitch-but not the sound
Did Dr. Poteat, back from a long
absence and his heart attuned to the
story of the pictures on the walls ana
the little village struggling around
the ugly track and the rather precise
campus with it's spruce and magnolia,
realize the parable which he spoke OF
the college itself-this thing of mod
ern pitch and old timber and inimita-
bic tone?
The New President.
DR.. Poteat, himself, is intensely
new and at the same time true TO the
old fibre of his faith with an impreS-
nable Inconsistencies. One would
say that he was man who knew
what he wanted and went after it by
making himself useful In the mean
time he has neither time nor lnclina-
ton for self-eXDloitation. His vanity
which his success of course implies
lis practical. His use of the personal
pronoun is always correlated with
something else. Yet he he is entirely
frank, so approachable as to stop
just short Of over-stepping a perfect
ly natural and uncultivated dignity
and so talkative that he is not to be
interviewed He is not to be tricked
into dogmatic utterance or pat phrase.
He is impervious to the temptation to
pose. The very nervous energy which
plays almost visibly in the muscles of
his round. thick body is half-conceal-
ed by the admirable poise of a man
whose confidence in his ability to ac-
complish much work enables him to
take his time without fretting. While
we sat in his office and talked OF
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FOR THE TRUSTEES
Pres. Tyree's Thankful
Address at DR.. POteat's
Inaugural.

Wake Forest College means much
to North Carolina. Baptists. The MAX
ing of the institution is one of their
greatest achievements. In nothing
that they have undertaken and accom-
pIished have they been more clearly
led or more signally blessed by God
They began this school seventy
years ago for the glory of God, be-
cause they saw it was necessary for
the advancement of His Kingdom. The
undertaking was the result of much
anxious consultation and earnest pray
er on the part of a few of our faith
ers, upon whom God imposed the re-
sponsbilitY. and to whom He gave ths
privnege of projecting the work. Its
importance and significance they did
not fully realize. with all their far
reaching wisdom. In the noble and
heroic men who consecrated them
selves to its establishment God pro-
vided a splendid foundation for the
great structure which was to endure
so long and perform such an import
ant function in His great plans. 10y
atty to Christ consccration. self-sacri-
flee and faith are the four cornerstone
of this college, because in its founders
these virtues were personitied.
Little did Samuel Wait suspect the
purpose when God by His providence
led him to North Carolina and by a
stern sense of duty compelled him to
remain here. To him it seemed an
unfortunate accident involving a mar
row escape from death. when soon
after he and Dr. Stanghton left New
Bern their horse took fright and de-
molished their buggy But this proved
to be a link in the chair by which God
drew the chief cornerstone to its
place AS a result of this accident DR.
Wait settled as pastor of the New
Bern Baptist church and this led to
his selection as the first President and
in a sense the real founder of the COL
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affection descended TO me with these
keys, | could take them up with less
trembling.
There is an old Spanish maxim
which warns us to beware entering
where there is a great gap to be filed.
But he whose withdrawal has made
this wide gap has done the work OF
his hands so wisely that the task of
his successor is greatly lightened. IN
der his guidance the traditions and
ideals of the college have been es-
tablished in right directions. lie has
led it out of the wilderness and put
the song of progress in its mouth
Moreover, | take comfort in the fact
that the wisdom and generosity TO
which L am already deeply indebted
are still within reach of my perpleXl-
ty. | hail him today with honor and
affections and felicitate him that his
name is written large on the bright
est page of Wake Forest history.
Another reflection gives me heart
for this new position. 1t is not fool
ish. and l know you will forgive me
if | recall in your presence the hope,
realized today, of father long pass
ed into the skies. If he is pleased,
l am content
But the considerations which have
mainly determined my decision are
Ine JuuSIlGHl VI the trustees ana the
promise of wider service of the
Kingdom in the cause of education.
OF the first l need not speak further
The second has suggested the topic
upon which | now invite your
thought-the place of the Christian
College in the Modern World.
I. What is Christian College?
Let me remind you that the term
college was originally used of any
body of associates having a common
aim and work This use is not en-
tirely obsolete at the present. time.
for we still speak of the college of
cardinals and the college of electors.
But the term is now distinctively used
of an incorporated institution organ
ized for instruction in the liberal arts.
In it's external aspect. the college is
the promoter and conservation of the
liberal arts. those subjects which en-
gage the interest of enlightened
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figures was, in his opinion. derogato-
has no relation to Christianity; there
is no Christian geometry considered
in itself But geometry considered
as an instrument of education is
quite another matter. The highest
educational thought of the time in
sists that the function of the teacher
is the total forming of the human be-
ing, the bringing of the child into
lively and harmonious relation with
his whole environment physiC ll, in
tellectual, and spiritual. Character
is the teachers crowning achieve
ment. If now the Christian principle
is the germ and guarantee of the
highest character, clearly geometry
taught in a distinctly Chri;.ian at
mosphere as an agency in the realiz-
ing of this Christian aim. uccomes
as truly Christian as anything inca
pabIe of faith can be. AMI so Of
science. we may sey, with HaCckel,
that sit has nothing whatever to do
with the subjective ideas Ct fifth
There is no Christian science. The
absurd caricature called by that name
is not science, and IT is hardly more
Christian than the tonsured Guido,
who cliprad his top hair and thus far
affected Christ.
Bue when science is laid hold of
bv tho Christian college for the pur-
pose Of education. = becomes in the
sense have indicated Christian
science. For the ''climate of opinion"
and sentiment IS nonn the less positive
and .otcnt because It is unobstrusive.
Indeed. the power of christianity is
never more distinct and effective than
when i produces a psychological at
,,oepbaro favorable to the Christian
life
Rut the Christian COLLEGE is not con-
tcnt with the creation of such an at
mosphere and the results of its subtitle
influence. important as these are. 1t
relies not simply upon indirection and
sweet contagion of Christian exam
pie to establish the Christian charac-
tor. If uses these but goes beyond
them. supplements them with posi-
tive instruction and guidance, whose
undisguised aim is to bring the student
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nomination. that possessed the desired
and necessary qualifications for the
presidency. The service he had rem
dered and the relation he sustained to
the college and denomination. together
with his noble character, genuine
piety. great ability and growing repu-
tation in the State and out of it made
him peculiarly suitable and qualified
for the place. We decided to put him
at the head of this institution ana
commit this sacred trust to this pifted
alumnus, DR.. William Lewis Poteat.
In no other way could we express
greater admiration for his talent or
more confidence in his integrity and
piety than by putting him in this po-
sition When we did so we assured
him Of our loyal support, our hearty
sympathy and constant prayers. To-
day we ask that he may receive the
same from the brotherhood of the
State.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-03-29
DR.. YOST'S
ACCOUNT

Dr. John d. Yost, U. S. A., who
volunteered to go on the relief expedl-
tion to Pelekunu. and who was the
medical man I'm charge gives the fol-
lowing very interesting account Of the
medical features Of the trip. He says
the Board Of Health provided every
facility and adopted every suggestion
The men Of the hospital and artillery
corps, as well as the trained nurses,
did excellent service under difficult
circumstances. These men were: Ser
geant Anderson and privates Galway,
and EaSin, Hospital corps and privates
Parke and Snyder, Artillery Corps.
At Halawe. DR.. Yost says, lthey
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-03-29

The House at three O'clock this af-
ternoon reconsidered its postponement
of action on the Sunday law, and took
vote on the proposition. The result
was that the governors veto was over
ridden by a vote of q to Z, twenty
votes being required for such action.
At the opening of the session of the
Legislature this afternoon, Governor
Garter sent a message vetoing the
Quinn Sunday law.
After the reading of the Sunday bill
Veto in the House this afternoon, Re
preventative Mahikoa moved to sus-
tain the Veto Lilikalani seconded
the motion. Quinn moved to post
pone consideration of the matter until
next Monday and Mahelona seconded.
"On Monday 1 shall make motion
TO override the veto" said Quinn, "and
1 desire to have all the members pre-
sent" There were a number absent
this afternoon.
The motion to postpone was carried.
The message is as follows
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-03-29
DIVIDENDS
INCREASED
HAWAIIAN COMMERCIAL AND
SUGAR WILL PAY SIXTY FIVE
CENTS A SHARE a MONTH.

Alexander & Baldwin this morning
received cable advices that the direc-
tors Of Hawaiian Commercial and Su-
gar Company have voted to Increase
the monthly dividends payable on the
stock Of that company, from fifty cents
a month to sixty-hve cents a months
for each share.
This action has been expected for
some time. Indeed il was expected by
some that the increase would be to
seventy-fiVe cents a month
This Is one Of the first increses OF
DIVIDENDS expected to be made by ISL
and Dantations as the grinding sea-
son progresses and the directors feel
justified IN making increase OF divi-
dends.
1t Is not expected that this increase
Df dividend viii have much effect on
the market quotation of the stock as
1t has been discounted I'm large mea-
sure on the expectation that the in
crease would be made,
The local stock market was very
quiet this morning
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Continued on page eight)
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

Pail pointed out mildly that the ques-
tion of the women leading men dated
back to the Garden of Eden. He
thought that the young men themsel-
YES were to blame II the girls were taxi
ing their positions. The girls We're to
be praised for qualifying themselves
while the young men were spending
their time in driving round IN buggles
or playing seven-eleven.
Kaniho had few words to add sup
porting the bill. He had been told that
many of the lady typewriters In gov
ernment offices in Honolulu We're Am
orleans. They are getting large sala-
ries, he said, and 1t was a shame that
aliens should be employed when there
are Hawaiians here anxious to get the
work
The debate was not over when the
House took recess for lunch.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-03-29
SEX AGAINST SEX
IN JOB HOLDING
DEBATE IN THE HOUSE IN THE
BILL TO KEEP WOMEN OUT OF
PUBLIC OFFICES.

First on the order of the day came
Broads bill 10 prohibit females from
being employed in any public offices
provided that there are male applicants
for the positions. Broad moved to sec
ond reading. He made a speech ap-
pealing to the House TO save the un-
happy men who he said are being driv-
en- out of their positions by voracious
females who take their jobs In a short
time he said, the ladies would take
possession Of all the mems jobs instead
of staying at home looking after the
babies. 1t was an outrage to find the
women in Hawaii leading the men thus.