The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-05-28
Large Class Of Men
Graduated.
SIX MAKE ADDRESSES
announcc tire PurtS3-~ to
Press tie Campaign for $1,000
Endowment .mnh-~a5al In
t-crtainn1cut nt 1To~c 90
tic pay

AG&8F@sh& k0 -NFNH &AAs 3&@F tFH
Wake Fores, college. slay - is,
alumni banquet. held last night *
tended into the srnalI hours ~ tae
night II was one II the hes; ever
held The t1a<is were all uuusuall1
good.
DR. Leonard c. Broushton. II At
lanta. Ca. was tnAstmesJer and served
well Those who gave toas with the
subjects OF their toasts were as fol-
lows
Rev G +. Jones. % IIenaersunyll~
Dressings from the class ~ sixty
The Class or Ninety seven. AIR
Thoma \. Hayes ~ Wilkes county
The College IN the Commercial be
yelopment = the state MIR. Norman
II johnson. OF Raleigh. The Best
College" Charles Lee Smith. ~ Raj
eigh. Wake Forest College IN the
Southern Baptist Convention Br ]
" Willard. ~ lanta Ca Wake
Forest in Public Education" Mr. J MI.
Bailey, Of Raleigh
Dr. Poteat spoke Of the possibilities
ana needs Of the college.
Prof John Il. Carlyle. who is rails
ing the increased endowment or tA2
college announced al the banquet that
a member Of the class Of SO had coE-
tributed $4,000 to the endowment n
stated tnAI the tOaltElDutOT was INth
MIR. Jones. OF Hendersouyille who
made a toast ut the begLnninG of the
banquet.
Prof Carlyle also announced that
Mr.. H. L. Wigs. Of Atlanta, Ga, a
member OF the present graduating
class had just contributed $1,000 70
the endowment.
Both OF these greetings were met
with much applause,
Chapel exercises were attended this
morning by a large crowd. They Wcr"
led by DR.. II. II. Hutton. OF Charlotte
First Baptist church. one feature ~
these exercises Yesterday morning and
this morning was the singing Of 4
quartet b. the faculty quartet which
consists OF Prof. las. L. Lake, first
tenor; Prof Darius Eatman. second
tenor: DIR. w. l.. Poteat. first bass, and
DR.. Chas. f. Brewer second bass.
This quartet has n wide reputation
for It's excellent music and-added much
to the impressiveneSs Of the com
mencement chapel exercises.
At II O'Clock the trustees and fac
ulty marched in a body into the Me
mortal Hall and took their seats on
the rostrum. The large graduating
class. numbering ffty-two. then
marched in and took seats immediate
~ in front of the rOstrum.
The commencement day exercises Of
the present session were then begun
before a hacked audience Of choice
people from all over this state and
from other States.
After music by the First Regiment
band of Virginia. which has been furn-.
ishing music for Wake Forest com
~mencements for twenty-five years or
more. o%ratiOns were delivered by six
representatives Of the graduating class
in the following order:
Graduating Orations.
w. II. Weatherspoon, Of Durham
county. The Emancipation Of the
Laborer.'
T. H. Beverly. Of Robson county
THE Hebrew as q Factor in Human
Development"
o. r.. Mangum, of Durham county.
"Religion and Social Development"
T. y. Hayes. Of Wilkes county,
"Civic Duty of Educated Men"
W. f. Speas, Of Yadkin county
The Industrial Development Of the
SOUTH
o. ]. skies, of Union county. JET
ferson Davis"
The following degrees wore then
conferred upon the class of 1907:
Master of Arts-G. Il. Edwards. J.
w. Novel;. G. p. Weaver, Rufus Ford,
Jr.. J. b. WeatherspOOn. II. l.. Wigs.
Bachelor of Arts. Z Allen.
Charles T. Ball. 3. s Bazemore, T. II.
Beverly. ]. b. Bridges, c.. Y. Brown.
T. b. Caldwell. s. 3. ConIey. Edwin
Cooke. r. II. Terrell. A. T. Fletcher.
Jesse Gardner, j. r. Greene. T. y.
Hamrick. T. \. HAYES, Burder Hips.
s. J.. Husketh. ]. G. Jones. w. o..
johnson. A. v. Joyner. w. Lennon.
G. A. Leonard, G. b. McBrayer. J. y.
McIendon. G. G. McSWain. G. X. Man
gum. a. H. Eanney. r. =. Pearson.
/. NJ. Powell. O. J. Skies. M. y. Spga~,
Z. p. TAYLOR, J E. Turner. " II
y-a-- w II y-an+Ie--rnnn VA
Whitley. Jr.
Bachelor Of Sciencc-E. T. Morgan.
J. " Vernon.
E.ache,or of Iaws-D G.. Brummitt.
J.. ~. Bum. b. T. Holding. r. A. Lyon,
]. r Morgan. r l. Sigmor- g. ]
Spence. f. a. Turner. i f Ward, II.
/. Wigs. s. T.. Wil.on.
Baccaicaureatc Address.
After the comforting of degrees the
President William Louis POteat fol-
lowed. DR.. POteat said:
Gentlemen. graduates of 1907. the
paths which for four years have flowed
together in the nigh road OF college
opportunity and fellowship begin to-
day to diverge. Forgive me II / detain
you thus at the parting Of the ways for
a very brief fnal word
Years ago James Russell Lowell
said that America was tho most COM
mOn-SchoOled of the nations and the
least educated. We are still FAR from
the ideal condition as regards general
intelligence. It viii be MANY years
before wc can reach the status. for eE-
ample. of aberdeen in SEQ land. whose
parliamentary representative receives
not one llliteTate vote. Nevertheless.
the educational advance which lre are
making is now become one or the dis
tinctive ~eatures of the time. Even
more striking is our progress in eco-
nOmic directions.-thc elaboration 5f
industrial life. the growing compieXity
of social relations. the wider sphere
and the greater peril Of our civic ana
political Institutions. 1 congratulate
YOU. You pass on - win your,piac--
in the world at a most interesting pc
rioG of rs history. You are just in
time-in the nick OF time. YOU train
ing here sets YOU n the crest of tho
educational wave. The movement Is
all In your direction Moreover. the
world in which yoJ trained powers
Will do their work is not a stagnaut
world. but alive with the wild JOY r
thousand plunginC currents. The
questions are not all settled The con
tinent Of knowledge which hes been
discovered is not all explored. and who
knows what continents wat behind