The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-06-05
GRADUATING DAY
At A, ( NJ. COLLEGE
Diplomas Awarded to
Fifty-Four.
ELOQUENT ADDRESSES
Patriotic Address to Graduates by Col
]. Bryan Grimes. Wise Farewell
Words of President Winston.
Five Strong Orations by
Seniors.

The largest senior class in the his
tory Of the North Carolina College III
Agriculture and Mechanic Arts was
graduated yesterday morning after
impressive exercises. There were grad
yates from every department of in
struction in the college, and the large
class was composed Of noble looking
and intelligent young men.
The exercises were held in the
Pullen Building, which was filled with
the friends of the cadets and of the col
lcge. The addresses by the five Sc
niOrS chosen tC speak upon that Occa-
sion because of their literary and ora
torial accomplishments, were unusu-
ally interesting, and delighted the
large audience. h speakers master
ed their subjects which were ON
great modern problems, and spoke
with becoming grace and ease. These
addresses We're far above the ordinary
commencement orations. and their eX-
ceIlence was a pleasant surprise to the
hearers.
Hon. j. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of
state. delivered the address to the
graduates and presented the dfplo-
mas. As q popular orator Col. Grimes
is growing in strength, and yesterday
he held his big audience in &pelIbound
attention. The patriotic sentiments in
his speech thrilled the people, and his
wise words left their deep impress up
on the hearts of all who heard him.
IN his farewell words to the seniors,
President George r. Winston over
flowed with knowledge, wisdom and
experience. lie was listened to with
profound attention. for in his message
was the secret Of success, a prophecy
of triumph, and promise of achieve
no ~ ~nry- I'd e H. -1ra-l- T.
spoke be needed. He made a rapid
sketch of the recent growth of the
college. paying q splendid and we'll
deserved tribute to the work of Sow
ernor AycOck, his Council of State and
the state Board of Agriculture in talk
ing the institution and developing it
from a poorly equipped school into
a real high grade college. DR.. Winston
expressed the hope that the admins
tration of Governor Glenn would lift
the college still higher, and that 1000
students would be the result.
During the past year there were 49S
students. The graduating class num-
bcred sd.
DR.. Winston paid a glowing tcib-
ute to the working students of the
college, telling how they earned last
year over $4,000. by every form of
labor, from ditching. grubbing, half
selling shoes and barbering, to repair
40 ~ A''A t'iii T. CIV - III
half the students in the college are
working students. and without being
able to speak precisely, from rs to so
he said, meet all their college expenses
by labor at odd hours.
These facts tell the spirit of the COL
lege. h college is prouder of the
working spirit that prevails in it than
of anything else connected with it,
and this spirit is one of the best equip
ments of it's young graduates as they
so out into life.
DR.. Winston said he had reliable
Information that A. n M. graduates
command higher salaries because of
their Willingness to work. and take
hold anywhere. than the graduates of
the more highly endowed and better
equipped chronological colleges of
other States.
The Graduating Class.
The graduating class was as fol-
lows:
Bachelors of observation-disclosures
Claudius Beavers, Mark Hopkins Ches-
bro. Alexander Doane Cromartie.
William Carlyle Etheridge, Shirly
Watson Foster, Horace Smith McLen-
don. Lewis Tayloe Winston, Joseph
Graham Morris. Charles Franklin Niv-
en-. Lola Alexander Niven, Lewis Mil
Ton Oden, Freddie Jackson Talton,
Robert Peel Uzzeii.
Bachelors of Engineering: In Civil
Observation-Disclosures Stewart Aber-
nethy, George Page Asbury. Kenneth
Leon Black, William Andrews Buys.
Samuel Herbert Clark. Latte VanGerion
Edwards, James Allen Higgs, Jr., Joe
PoindeXter Lovill, Thompson Mayo
LYkcs, Raymond Maxwell, Lacy
Moore. Angelo Battlena Piver. William
Sidney Tomlinson. Reid Tull.
In Electrical observation-disclosures
n Cl3r1V lanes Rppkptt Fy-1 ri
Horace Lester Hamilton, jackson Cor
pening futile, Clarence Wilson Hew-
lett, Jesse Clarence Myrick, Richard
Henry Tillman.
In Mechanical Engineering-John
Washington Clark, Wiley Theodore
Frederick Hanselman. Thomas JEFF
terson Oghurn. Lillian Lee Vaughan.
In Textile Industry.-George Gil
deroy Allen. Albert Edward Escott.
Durant Waite Robertson, James Har-
leigh Williams.
Bachelors of Science: In Industrial
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Erie BeII.James
Duncan Clarke. Jr., Duncan Archi-
bald Cox. Arthur Wyns gregory Will
liam Graham Knox, Clyde Ester Par
ker. Samuel Oscar Perkins. William
Crawford Piver. Peter VaIaer, Jr.
Civil Engineer - Carroll Lamb
Mann. &. S.
aeS..B, RGG, -Yo'gWe shrdlu hrdIu rdlu
Announcements of Honors.
Before Colonel Grimes spoke Presi-
dent Winston announced the honors
Tor l9o5-o6, which were as follows:
Post-Graduate-J. G. Temple.
Senior Cias&-G. 2. Asbury. A. It.
EScott, {. w Hewlett, J. p. Lovill. Il.
Maxwell. l.. L. Vaughan.
Junior Class. Eldridge. c.. l..
Garner, J.. r. Gilbert, H. K. McCon-
nell, W. +. Fruit.
Sophomore Glass;. II. Brown. r.
Il. Eagle, +. i. Carney. y. Y. Hagan.
II. w. k~ueffner, Z. Z. Smith, J. l.. Won
Calm.
Freshman Class. w. Harrelson,
+. {. Mason, W. 4. Rose.
Second Year Short Course Class-K.
c. ConneIl.