The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1909-06-04
PROGRESSIVE NORTH CARO-
LINlANS.


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ricultural and Mechanical College To-
Gated in Greensboro for the education
of the young men. 1t is perhaps the
only real agricultural and mechani-
cal college in the country and the
young men who graduate from the in
%stitution are doing a great work. 1t
may be said to the credit Of many of
the states that there are A. & M. col
leges for the education Of the youth
of the race, but they are not confined
to that particular branch of work. At
the head of the A. & M. College here
. Prof. j. b. Dudley, one of the
most noted educators of the race, and
a man of ability. He has been at the
head of the school for a number OF
years, and is devoted to the work.
Each year there are improvements,
and larger classes turned out. The
commencement exercises started last
Sunday morning with the baccalau-
reate sermon by the Rev. Mr.. j. r.
King of Raleigh, rector of the Epis-
copal church there. This sermon
contained some good advice to the
young men. He was eloquent and at
the same time practical. The college
chapel was crowded to its limit to &C
commodate the large crowd. Several
of the city churches suspended serv-
ices.
Sunday night the address to the Y.
M. C. A. was delivered by Chas. Stew
art, A. M, of Chicago, the newspaper
correspondent. A large crown was
present.
Monday night the exercises of the
Agricultural Literary Society took
place. There were several orations
delivered on the subject and the
principal address was delivered by w.
S. Hagans, Of Goldsboro, who is one
of the most successful and prosperous
farmers in the state. His address
was practical and contained good adj
vice to the young men who were to
graduate.
Tuesday night, Prof. G. A. Edwards,
of shaw University; Raleigh, N. c.,
delivered the address to the Mechani-
cal Literary Society. Prof. Edwards
felt thatdt was a high compliment to
be invited to address the literary so
ciety1 inothei school from which he
graduated but a few years ago. His
theme was composed of one word,
Success which he expressed vol
umes in the handling of it. He told
the young men going out in life how
to achieve success and greatness in
the world. Reliability" was held up
as the watchword and they were told
L. l. t1ok an With ~, 1hI ct,.xy ond nlICh
Wednesday night it seemed that
everybody in Greensboro, and for
miles around tried to crowd into the
chapel. One Of the features of the
commencement for several years has
been a drama which has been written
and staged by Mrs. ]. B. Dudley, wife
of the president of the Institution.
These dramas have been of particular
interest because they portrayed some
phase of the race question, and told
in words of the success and progress
the Negro was making for himself,
This has had much to do with draw
ing a large crowd rs we'll as the abil-
ity of the author. "The Negroes Quo
to in the Development of the Coun'
try was the drama Wednesday night
and one which will be an important
factor in racial development in North
Carolina. The A. & M. College song
which was used throughout the com.
mencement was also composed by
Mrs. Dudley. Every train coming
into Greensboro Thursday morning
brought large crowds. This was com
mencement day, and this is the time
when the people come, to town. The
orations of the students were Of 8
high order. Eighteen young mer
graduated and the address was de
livered by Mr. J~cSCllhis Daniels, I'd
itor of the News enc Observer, l:al
eigh, N. G. He male a good address
He spoke to the students of tho N
~stitute, not asa white men or BLACK
men, but as men who must fill theil
places in the world. Mr.. Daniels IL
addition to being one Of the lcadiEg
editors in the South, is also a grea
orator. His address Thursday morning
was eloquent and scholarly. The di
plOmas were presented by Presiden
Dudley.
Prof. Dudley is putting forth
strong effort to have the young mel
of his race remain in school and be
come useful men. He could see tina
the future of the race had much to d.
with that. He appealed to the peopl,
to create a fund or to pay for a schol
arship out of which the young mel
could receive some assistance. Man,
were the responses to the appeal
One of the largest business concern
controlled by members of the race
the North Carolina Mutual and Prov
idant Association sent q check 70