The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1910-11-03
FOUNDERS DAY OBSERVED
At State Normal and Industrial Col
Iege-Greetings to the Alumnae
Scattered Abroad.
Greensboro Y. G.

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and Industrial College that are scattered
abroad, Greetingsl
Founders Day has come and gone,
but the memory OF it will not soon pass
away.
The morning OF October twelfth dawn
ed bright aud beautiful and all day the
weather was perfect. Early in the morn
ing Dr. McIver's grave was decorated
with beautiful flowers which had been
carried to the cemetery by committees
OF the Faculty and the several college
classes.
At eleven O'Clock the Faculty and stu
dents. with large number OF alumnae
and friends, gathered in the College
Chapel to do honor to the memory of
our great founder. After an appropriate
| introduction of music and prayer, fol-
lowed hearty fraternal greetings to our
College from the University and the
State College of Agriculture and Me-
chanic Arts, delivered by Professor NJ.
IS Noble and Professor W. A. Withers,
respectively Then Mr. Josephus Daniels
made a great speech, his theme being DR..
McIver's ideal of womanhood and his
unselfsh, tireless zeal in uplifting the
women of North Carolina. This por-
trait OF our beloved friend and hero was
q simple, faithful representation by one
man OF another whom he had known in
timately, loved sincerely, and admired
wholly; and Dr. McLver's "girls' recog-
nized with love and sympathy every line
| in the picture.
President Foust read ffty-nine letters
and kilograms in which scattered alum
nae sent greetings of love and loyalty to
| the College In the closing song, "CarO-
| linz - tho hearty SiDrrinor 0f tho oT1ionao
| testified that everyone present felt the
| inspiration of the hour.
At three o'clock in the afternoon, our
vice-president, Mrs. Minnie McIverBrown,
| opened the meeting OF our State Alumnae
Association. At her request, DR.. Foust
| spoke q few words. The Alumnae were
delighted with his hearty welcome
| and by the simple manner in which he
explained few OF the immediate needs
OF the College. 1t was gratifying to
learn that there is now in the student
body q smaller proportion OF "new"
students than ever before. This shows
that the College is inspiring her ma
triculates to move steadily forward from
the Freshman to the Senior Class. 1t
was appalling to hear that the number
OF young women who had failed to gain
admission to the dormitories was larger
than the number of new" students ad-
mitted.
The visiting alumnae heard with de-
light OF the extension work which Miss
Anna Meade Michaux is beginning in the
rural schools of Forsyth county, OF the
bulletins soon to be issued by the various
departments of the College; in the Sum
mer Session which the College con-
templates inaugurating, etc, etc In
free discussion of those matters, the
members OF the Association seemed eager
to help in the wise distribution of the
bulletins on Domestic Science, Vocal
Music in the Public Schools. etc, and to
assist in spreading information about the
serious work OF the Summer School. In
this school will be offered not only the
regular College work, but courses in
Pedagogy, Manual Arts, etc, for teach
ers who can not come here during the
winter or late-spring, and a strong
course in Domestic Science for any women
in the State who desire it.
The rOll-call Of alumnae by counties
was taken, each delegate renewing her
allegiance to that 'ipse dixit:" mas
much as our Alma Mater is the servant
OF the State, her worthy daughters must
| be loyal servants to the State
The association unanimously adopted
the lOllOWlnS RESOLUTIONS.
On this day, when visitors and alumnae
join with the students and the Faculty
| OF our College in honoring the name OF
DIR. Charles ID. Mclver who 80 magnani-
mously gave his life to upliit the woman
hood OF our State and who said, "NO
State which will once educate it's moth
ers need have any fear about future H.
literacy," it seems especially appropriate
that we, the Alumnae of the State Nor
NAL College, who feel an untold debt to
our Alma Mater and who wish, in any
and every way, to help her blot out the
| llllteracy of our State, should form the
following resolutions:
First. That we shall use every op-
portunity to make the State feel the
needs OF our College and to secure from
the State liberal maintenance for our
Alma Mater which has, every year SO
far, been forced to close her doors
against women who, without the help
OF the State, must go without an educa-
ton.
Second. That we. by our daily lives
| and work, shall endeavor to emulate
and to infuse into the lives of others that
spirit OF service, of self-sacrifice, which
was so beautifully taught and practiced
by our founder, DR.. McIver, whose mes
sage for US is Live more abundantly
through more abundant service, striving
hopefully for the larger things of life
Third That we Alumnae who are
present at this meeting shall ask the
county associations of Alumnae through
out the State to join with US in striving
to live lives worthy of our Founder, and
to bring about the day when, with proper
aid from the State, every woman NAV
have the opportunity of an educatioR
Thus ended a beautiful day. But
eight thirty O'Clock found us in the
Chapel again. Some Alumni of the Uni
versity of North Carolina had painted
for our College handsome portrait of
Mrs. COrnella Philips Spencer. As Dr.
Nenable, President of the University.
after a few well-chOsen words, unveiled
the portrait, the entire audience rose in
respectful silence. When they were again
seated, our own Mr.. Joyner gracefully
accepted the picture. Then Dr.. Hannis
Taylor, who in his boyhood had been a
pupil OF Mrs. Spencer and who, after an
| absence OF forty years had returned to
his native State to do his first teacher
honor, gave us his recollections OF Mrs.
Spencer and held her up as a heroic
model, whom womanly women every
where would fain resemble At the close
OF his address, the University Alumni of
| Gulltord county gave banquet in our
dining hall. Among their guests were
| prominent representatives of Church and
State, from such institutions as The
Greensboro Female College, Davidson
college, Emery and Henry, Wofford,
Trinity, The State College OF Agriculture
and Mechanic Arts, the University of
Michigan, Johns Hopkins, Princeton,
London and Berlin. 1t was inspiring to
be guests among so many men of many
minds differing in political and re-
llgious creeds, but Onein their determine
tlon to be true to North Carolina and to
try to give all her sons and daughters a
enance at the only true education:
That which enables one to do what he
knows he ought to do, at the time he
ought to do it, regard less of the CON