The farmer and mechanic., 1906-06-05

/ Ter many 2 year a% monument .r
man vha @as blind
alIl nr~ tel yr- ~ Y Har~ar
/ 8 10 was bind. ApT4uS C54aAi.s The
f&pptan way Na- buti- - trf@ man
and they named + after hsfr. Il ysas !
h.iud man Who planned ,he nrH. s.
| ."~@ great roads lie aa~ ar idea
Ia-lS'ocrat and fsr-rearhlng state@rnara
80 opened the temples n Rome -
aFe~. giving them tEe rAan-. -
Iar~hip God IL gave the fresssrs.ra
+ voice IL public affairs arl If pas
curing his tlrnc That the corrupt. z
IIaFerHUeat passed away Arps4-
/ tauHiu+ laid the foundation y Hou4as.
literature. H. BIZ aa- said 'Fxsr4 mar
tH' architect of his gat# fortune,
I he was bIiu4 man
am going u Tell yoa ot a grea.
Neni'ian s tilud man and ia hl~ aes
aIe of the greatest men of Eurafsf.
lie was born - noble Parents hat
great wealth and splendid talents. Al
Gt#eHiE-ilNe years OF ago ne wert out
- see The world. Al t'susfantinof =
as violated the laws and he was pun-
shed being compelled to gaze ufsr
glazed vessels that burned out his
eyes At thirty gears II age he fe-
turned 10 Venice blind man II.
became profound student threw
himself into public affair AMI III Ihe
age al seEenfE-pne s.arS he WAS made
the bpEe of Venice Ite hefa III
political and financial eeiu- II Europe
lie Was made the head NJ i great arul4
and marched upon opu~tanfInople aut
sic" the Empcror, getting his revenge.
and ne himself was offered the high
dignity Of Emperor
Ny hen ] was 4 student i'm Prince
tom mad i ClasSmate named Fent-
fess. He was a scholar. orator. ana
stood among the first thirteen of ii
class of thirt&-five. There was nothing
that feutress would not undertake
When nc left Princeton ne went -
Baltimore 10 serve a church and when
ne died he was not only tie pastor of
r great church but the editor of a re-
lgious newspaper. / think he Ms
blind from his birth.
Edward Gray. that Tar Heel hoy.
studied in blind school IN TenueSs.e
graduating i'm 1896. He stood nigh
est ia his classes here, graduating in
1899 with high nonors. lie Went t..
the University of North Carolina and
graduated with distinction. and he Is
now about To graduate from Harvard
University. and the Boston papers re-
late his remarkable requirements his
high scholarly attainmcntS and his
magnificent mind.
4 need not tell YOU OF Helen k.l-
Ior | viii not. She is the second you
think Of The other is Fannie Crosby
She was the author of about one-third
of all the hymns in a certain hymn
/ recently picked up. ] had the honor
Of being her pastor for eight
years. She was blind but was fdII Of
sunlight, gladncss beauty tpEd sweet
ness. Blind from a child yet woman
of history. She lives as long IS Ameri-
can hymns will live.
Il refer You again to that saying
among the Greeks, those having mis-
fortunes the gods compcnsat by su-
periOr endoWments But We can Say
better that our Heavenly Father VIII
compensate if we walk in the light of
His providence. protection and care
The diplomas to the graduates were
presented by Hon. Joseph +. Poguc
I resident Of the Board Of Directors
after which Principal John l.. Fay
read the names of the following .oung
ladies upon whom the first distinction
il fancy work was conferred:
Misses Minnie Mac Hyle. SuWannee
Phillips, Annie Pool Eliza beth Willis
ValIic Woodward. Cornella Handy
Bette Wells Girtha Koontl Belle
Robinson.
The benedictiOn was pronounced by
DR.. Bumpas, concluding the exercises.