The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-01-26

III Ia @'' ~rs
uul y C.. Jan. If M
has been a day of days On
In ire long history there are
da,,s that stand out like hh'"''-
ke as for instance the day 60
| delivered his memorable coIaHti5unts
- oration. the visit Of fFe9'" -
mem 'DInbanau and Johnson -,
~ rial Celebration. ana pit -
'.nrale Of the presidents. ~
niutt3rv the foremost ti4lN orinca-
norira have come here anu praoi-
tnn cave the University us NJ ~nrofrs-
1an1 .nd q number OF Its Of Presi-
sors. The visit ana IF princeton,
,TGnt Woodrow Wilso@l' . from
u'HC ,ar notable contribution H.
- rotnn stimulating the lhl,arol
Ia life and e~uer8iZin& uh9
farca IF this institution. Will
The visit today OF f,Iitation
son. who had acGeooS" rthda holi-
80 snaak on the Lee ; bIietrdd 10 with
to SPEC haan looked forWard 70 ~
daA' re" Nv the faculty, the "a
pieaSuie tba residents of THIS oell9n,
~ -" [.iIIage. 1t was heightehJu mam-
,,Taeence of a majority 81 ~ NV and
hers of the Genera "a hear tn
thars who had come 70 -,m,arsitv
"IlltI nd To visit tn" lhiN' "a
spe"hCi nlLtrs of the Leglslalui. -
o"Iar before had the opp amatifad
49, hare and they Were nnh-
,pat i was made possible o.. Mid
lie holiday. They NlSat'f IN commons
nus ale with the BOYS IN ror out
l4ST' aI,nirpd the Library, drallh
fia!t, ~nnllaee well, enjoyed 'he ~
VI ven rendered by seven 80
va 'hoys without a trace Of
n ir ~ admired the architeeeh 70
no new buildings, maue ~ annre-
~ ho,e in the society mans, opPl
the poS9 ,nnv pleasure and sincere
claieu NV president Nenable' anu
Nelo br;lIad and lifted up W q
"oLnar nI4raa by the noble address ~
XWyy0oodrow Wilson. use tne w" o;I
.,nnhle' in the sense MI "lLooa hn
- nc address that word Shouiu "
~ nvad He told his audience nc
S M me unlettered people nao ua 1
eninnination in the use OF the VIZ
l.a,.aat' and the word Inoh'S-
- Of great is general ana Is uSt"
indiscrfminately as "a great wnrd
M nv "a GREAT man. but the "olo
an" &c nsed only about a charaG-
+hat loses self in devotion to loealE
oaa nrincinles, 1t is often enpi"S'
ta inetlv describe Lee; 1t coulo 10
h annlied to a man whose selSa'
10 the world consisted oil accuill u n
mo a mighty fortune. The WoTus -
spring and uplifting; which nadras
sppr describe Mr.. Wilson'S azores
atS haan so often applied to aa
dresses that were ephemeral tnat III
nnIv word that describes 1t Httlhsl
10 the word he applied u Lee
"\ohle"-of the nobility OF chardcte
and worth. He whose sreatlte9 -
said Mr.. Wilson. is not speh' y
himself becomes noble :.
IL in a matter Tor regret that tn
man who invented the LlnotSp.
machine could mot have invested
With life so tina the fire that max
: The metal moulten could make tn
r Grafton touch the reader as II III
? the addres of Mr.. Wilson was mere
III ~scaffolding of his speech an
= those Who read it only saw the hhlln
s ished building. Those OF us Wh
y heard it saw the turret and the spli
1 and the cupola and felt the warm
of welcome from the heated ana sdl
nished completed edifice. The seaot
e got the speech as Mr.. Wilson had dlC
tated it to his s~tenographer ana SCI
TO the Dress. The nearer got the speed
it was clothed upon by the sincerl'
of speech and glow OF soul ana nor
IS esty Of conviction n strength
purpose and hig ana SEN
II of responsibility that made the wore
living things. His sentences We
a yascular-if you would cut them TIT
T would bleed. There was not a su
plus word. a1 illustration that q
not illustrate, a lowering at any POI
q of the lofty plane upon which Il
address was keyed. There was I
( trace of stills or pedantry or reacl
ing after effect. There was Simp
the unaffected earned man OF gre
reserve power who sought to inst
intO1the souls of his hearers the purj
in" fire that had purified his idea
and his life and mad him as fit I
eXamplar OF youth as h noble cha
O acter of whom he spoke. | do n
believe there was a father who hea
!: MIN who did not wish his son cou
ne trained by such a man so that h
life would be Strengthened and e
5 riched by the lofty sentiments whi'
the speaker incarnated. 1t max
e very little difference what o. study
[ said Emerson, but it is in the hig
B" est degree important with whom "
study" The professor who is a ma
ter Of his subject is wanting in t
n matter of supreme importance WI
S is not also master of himself. al
n who does lot m his Studer
: to high thinking and solid faith
c noble things. You ranlo imagi
Mr.. Wilson discussing fundamenl
o questions to ambitious students wit
out profoundly interesting them a.
t giving them faith. He is an inves
{ gator and a student and a thinkt
e but he does not unfold to the plasl
: youth the skeleton of his investigate
: and leave him with a question ma
I as to principles of government al
: taTation. He has learned the rig
Ne wn ssss aTlsr L Mifh 1 1hihmspeetY
" couid not imagine his going to a, cla
e IN political economy and teachi
v the ldise doctrine of protection
: pracGeed today any more than v
could imagine General Lee stonni
70 ndlance the arguments as
Whether he would go with his Ste
= or flght against Nirginians. Hn u
. settled that question by study and nr
o ms convictions are founded mon
n rock. 0 could not imagine him
q ctass on psychology balanci,
incomes and neglecting the onpo
tunity to breathe vitalizino "a
mat makes character into :,
You could NOT !,
aslhe MN speaking without ir7nras
ing truths that he has learned !
: sud- n by living hem AS I Zoo,
} nlr. WATSON ans glanced into the go
l aces OF the flower of our vof7
drinking in his words | felt to saw
John Bright said when he Went
t oxford How glorious it Would ha
e elgnteen yea"s old ana be cont,
t mere. If 10 be young is very baaTa,
70 SIT at the feet of an Instructor III
I Mir. Wilson is to be lifted mn - ~