The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-05-29

Responded 10 toaStS- ftF nuns : =
If south Carolina. spoke on what the
,nf,f.+- ,az dara for me college. Mr..
L.. II. smith. president Of the Sapil~t
Estate convention Of south Carolina.
responded aud his subject vas y
tvoice from the business alumni aF
IJohu Charles Mcneil was the next
iaIumnuS called upon. lie h-ouEht e
no-ragr from the nrc~5 The banquet
lers applaudcl Mr.. Mc%ciIi when Ht
IroSe but more 80 when ne had con-
Icluded his talk. which was fult Of
Wholesome advice and humoT BIT.
!~IiaYtwcl Scarborough brought 4 mes
Usage from the farmers. He warmed up
Ito his subject and gave a good toast.
Mr.. Liston Jackson. If Dillon. : 60,
spokc in behalf Of the class Of i4'6.
lDr. Bliss Perry was called upon and
spoke some pleasing words. Il
thanked the people Of the college for
1.-The hospitality accorded him here. ard
ISaid that he was unable 10 tell which
were the most hospitable. the Baptists
or the Methodists ~ North Carolina
He said thar from what he had heard
Iat the banquet all seemed 70 be for
righteousness and scholarship.
President Potcat speaks.
President Poteat was the last man
calIed upon. He made q talk on The
Outlook Of Wax Forest. lie spoke
with enthusiasm of the support given
1.-THE college by all its constituency. Of
Its excellent ana encouraging condition
and of its boundless possibilities TO
the future. He said. in part:
First. the college is we'll established
financially, that is. it is no longer an
experiment. our equipment. | am in
cIined to believe. is d little better than
we sometimes him
The other day there vas a gentle
man here from Philadelphia. / took
! hit,, tb-at,oI, M nayx- Alumni hniII-
ing and asked him how he thought il
would do as a biological laboratory for
a small college. Small college, he
exclaimed. 1t is good for a big col
lege. The biological laboratory at the
institution where | graduated was not
so large. and this institution is one
Of the leading universities of Penn
I~syIvania.'
The moral foundation is Well es-
t~ablished." continued DIT. Poteat. =
nean that it is we'll established III all
the educated public everywhere. h
college has won universal respect of
all who know her. She is founded and
her success assured III the support Of
the alumni of the college. There is
something strong between this col
lege and its friends. | met a man in
Virginia not long since who said he
couldn't understand Why Wake Forest
had twice as many students as Rich
III CoIltSo HIi'I liz ~
ton looked so much better. Is it not
because the Virginia college has not
the supper of the BaptistS of the State
as has Wake Forest College?
4 have never seen a harder student
body, and these men continue to take
q high stand in the world. You may
go to any meeting in the South which
stands for righteousness and scholar
ship and you will find Wake Forest
men. AT the Southern Baptist CON
VentiOn in Chattanooga, | shook n
with at least fifty-eight Wake Forest
men. Some one at the convention
asked a friend to pick out from among
the men who were taking the most ac-
tive part all the Wake Forest men,
and after awhile he exclaimed, We'll.
| believe they are all from Wake For
est
"The educational awakening can be
traced back. | think. to when we We're
preaching for Christian education. We
spoke for, and struggled for, the edu-
catiOn of all.
ION such a foundation what an out
look! The opportunities for the old
college to. Christ and the State are
boundless."
When President Poteat finished one
of the most pleasant meetings of the
lalumni came to a close. The toaStS
were all good, the refreshments We're
delicious and every one spent an en-
ijoyable evening. The adjournment was
after midnight.
Chapel Exercises.
The regular morning chapel services
have been q source of much pleasure
during commencement. They have
been held in the Wingate Memorial
Hall every morning at $50 o'clock.
Some visitor is asked to conduct the
services. There is usually special
music. In these meetings the warm
Christian spirit which exists betWeen
the fathers, sons and friends of he
college is felt more than any where
else. This mornings exercises We're
conducted by Prof. T. Neal Johnson.
From the chapel services to the be-
Iginning of the cOmencement exercises
the First Regiment band of Virginia
furnishes music in the shade of the
large oaks or the campus. Crowds OF
,children and visitors sit around on the
~rustics and listen to the music while
lgroups of old friends stand about dur
ling his time and talk.