The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-06-04
Handsome Building at.
the University.
mAS0NS IN CHARGE
Grand Master Winston O~ffciates with
Other Grand Officers Assisting
An Excellent and ApprOprf-
ate Speech by the Pre-
siding Officer.
siding Officer.
Especial TO News and Observer

fspecal TO News and Observer.)
Chapel Hill. N. c., June Assist
ed by the local lodge OF Masons. Lieut.
Governor Francis D. Winston mos
tworshfpful grand master Of the grand
lodge OF Masons laid the corner stone
fpf the new Carnegie Library building
This afternoon with the very impress
xdve ceremony incident to such occa-
IiohS.
The building was made possible by
tho munificence Of Mr.. Andrew Car
xeE1e who agreed to give fifty thous-
Ind dollars Under condition that an
additional fifty thousand be raised
among the friends OF the University.
President Venable and other mem
aers OF the faculty Immediately set
10 work and their untiring energy
enabled them to raise the requlre
amount. This makes the building which
Ss neatly designed after the most i'm
sproyed style of modern architecture
Cost one hundred thousand dollars
1T Is rapidly nearing completion, Work
on 1t being pushed rapidly IN order
TO have it in readiness for
by the opening of the session next
fall. The building is constructed of
compressed salt and pepper brick and
when comp leted will be one of the
handsomest pieces Of architecture on
the campus Of any Southern 1nstltu-
tion.
lulI in the of rain with
which Chapel Hill has been visited
all day enabled the Masons 70 carry
out the elaborate program which they
had arranged without interruption.
The most important eature. in the
program was the eloquent address Of
Lieutenant Governor Winston. The
Governor had his subject well in hand
and the masterful way in which he
presented it excited the rapt a~ttent1on
OF his hearers and elected applause
from all sides. He spoke in part as
follows:
Grand Masters Speech.
"Men and ethre here assembled:
Be it known unto YOU that we be law
full Masons, true and faithful to the
laws of the cOuptry; and engaged by
solemn obligations to erect magnif-
cent buildings to be amlcab1e to the
brethren. 20 comfort the widow, care
for the fatherless; and to fear God,
the great architect of the universe.
We have among us, concealed from
the eyes Of all men, secrets which
cant be divulged and which have
never been found out. But secrets are
honorable and lawful and not repug-
nant to the laws of God or of man.
They were entrusted in a place OF
honor to the Masons of ancient times
and having been faithfully transmitte
by them to us, it is our duty to carry
them unimpaired to the latest post
Gritty. Unless our craft were good and
our calling honorable we should not
have lasted for so many centuries,
nor should we have been honored with
the patronage of. so many ilustrious
men in ali ages, who lave ever shown
themselves ready to promote our in
terests and defend US from our ad-
verSarieS.
We have assembled to-day in the
face of you all to assist in building a
house which we pray God may deign
to prosper by becoming a place where
ambitious and deserving youth, schol-
arly instructors and iscerning sages,
may consult the collected wisdom of
the ages and upon the foundations hid
den therein erect a strong citizenship
for our state and Nation. The geneT-
osity of a stranger makes possible the
building you will complete here. An
drew Carnegie comes from the land of
John Knox and is a representative of a
race the most liberty loving. the most
religious, and the most intellectual
that the world has vet produced. He
understands that true conscience is
based on true thought, and true
thought on true knowledge. No man
ever illustrated more gloriously the
power of education. It's people have
conquered a bleak climate. a barren
SOIL, a savage coast. They have con-
structed into a mighty river a small
stream which q century ago was ford
able; and have constructed upon its
banks the second commercial city Of
Europe. In her Universities have been
born the ideas that have changed the
destiny OF man and will shape civiliza-
ton for centuries. It is a land that has
felt most positively the power of uni
versal education. From this land
came Andrew Carnegie, a Scotch lad,
to build a colossal fortune and to dis
burse it himself for the benefit of his
fellows His unique benefaction chal-
tenged the wonder and admiration of
the world. They confer lasting and
practical benefits.
The library as q working tool in our
complex life is new in North Carolina.
Within half a dozen years nearly
two thousand public schoo libraries
IN rural districts have been establish
ed at a cost of s15o,O0O. In 1715 at a
meeting of the biennial assembly OF
North Carolina, at the house of capt.
Richard Sanderson in Perquimans
county, an act was passed for es-
tablishing the town of Bath and for
Thomas parish in Pamlico. It is a
far cry from then to this hour. The
library spirit in North Carolina has
slumbered long. but it has at last
awakened, and it will grow in power
until the State puts in the hand Of
every citizen free of cost a useful
book.
The Grand Lodge of North Caro-
ma Is no stranger to the history OF
TINS great university. 1t is pleased to
come again and be associated with so
momentous an event in it's life. One
hundred and fourteen years ago amid
prlnneVal forests, sweet gums and ma
pies, golden hued in the autumn sun
on TINS sacred hill, our grand lodge
tald the foundation of yonder build
ing and marked the rise of this insti-
tuition which has been the most DO
tent fcrce in North Carolina civiliza-
non. My predecessor on that occa-
son was William Richardson Davie,
seven times Grand Master of Masons
n North Carolina,
Permit me to quote an extract
rom a graphic picture of the scene
lraWn py one who loves every spot
Z, Norm Carolina, and above all
loores the University. Kemp Plum
Her Battle, scholar. historian, Chris
Ian who retired from active work
,no rests on the reward prepared for
De scnool men by that same Scotch
nah VINO makes possible this build
ng. freely testify to the great ser
zee Dr. Battle has rendered the state
I North Carolina and in the nane
the alumni wish him many Years OF
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