The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1910-11-11
DIR. few IS INAUGURATED
PRESIDENT TRINITY COLLEGE.
IMPRESSIVE Ceremonies MARK HIS INSTALLA ALTON.
MANY DIGNIT ARIES PRESENT FROM ALL
PARTS OF The COUNTRY
THE INAUGURAL ADDRESS
ADDRESSES BISHOP KILGO GOV. K1TCHIN
AND DR.. JUDsoN MADE PROFOUND IMPRESS
SION ON THE GREAT AUDIENCE.

science has added to the worlds store
house. The light blue robes of the
doctors of pedagogy and the deep
green of the doctors of medicine al
though fewer in number, added their
share to the resplendent coloring of
the stately line.
The Induction.
The large crowd which poured into
the Memorial Hall completely filled
the big auditorium, and in a few
minutes after the delegates and all of
the third division of the procession,
excepting the trustees and aids, had
taken their seats on the rostrum, all
the seats in the hall were taken and
all the available standing room was
occupied. Memorial Hall has been
the scene of many a brilliant college
occasion, but the spectacle offered
yesterday eclipSed every ent
that has been enacted within its four
walls since it has occupied the pre-
mier position as the theater of Trini-
tvs imposing ceremOnials. Never be-
fore in its history had the large hall
enclosed within it's confines a body
of men so distinguished in the world
of education as that which graced the
rostrum in robes of purple, black and
gold, and never before SO widely
as that which filled the big auditorium
on this occasion. 1t was a scene
that brought pride to the heart of
every Trinity student and supporter,
and imbued him with spirit of love
for the old college and a sense of
ownership in her glory.
The Invocation was offered by the
Rev. Stonewall Anderson, correspond
ing secretary of the Board of Educa-
ton, Methodist Episcopal Church,
South 1t was followed by the cere-
mOny of induction and the presenta-
ton of the charter and seal. In per-
forming this duty. retiring president
John c. Kilgo, now Bishop of the
Methodist Episcopal Church. South
made what is generally admitted to
be the most eloquent and touching
short speech ever delivered at Trinity
College. He referred to his own con
. nection with the college, and to the
, years of faithful service to the insti
tuition that has marked the life of the
new president a labor which has, as
Bishop Kilgo put it, "been one of the
leading factors in its remarkable pro
, gress.' He spoke briefly of the con
! fidence with which the friends and
. officers of the college committed the
/ virtue of the college into his keeping
and congra tulated him upon comm:
! into possession of so large an organ
O and SO great an agency through
which to serve his day and genera
a ton. in presenting the new execu
: tive with the charter, seal and cor
9 stitution of the college, he reminde
. him of the dignity and power whic
: they conferred upon him, conclu6lin
= ing chosen you to the presidency @
>. this college, l now by their orders il
= vest you with all the dignity, priv
= leges and authority of the office an
! pray that Almighty God, the fathe
II of our Lord Jesus Christ, may gran
you wisdom. patience, courage an
;. strength faithfully to do all tn
r. things required of you" The pres
q dent replied with an appropriat
f. speech of acceptance.
1f The ceremony of Induction was 70
- lowed by speeches of congratulate
- by William Walton Kitchin, the Go
# ernor of the State, in behalf of til
=. Commonwealth, and Harry Pratt Ju
IN son, president of the University
ct Chicago, in behalf of the delegates.
re The inaugural Address.
OF When President Few arose to d
he liver the inaugural address a motto
e. able stiffness pervaded the large a
es semb1y, and the audience listened a
a tentively, almost anxiously, to hes
1g the words of the new executive, fet
ing instinctively that they would
fraught with interest to the friends
10 the college. He spoke with his usu
ID warmth and intensity of feeling, il
N, pressing upon the listeners the co
cn viction that they were listening to
ne man fully alive to the responsibiliti
ic of his new position and imbued wi
ng the desire to employ his powers in
ew half of better, saner AND more chara
ial ter-buifding educational methods tn;
3D. those which seem to characterize n
De- a few Southern colleges today.
fe- gave in full policies which the ADM
lty iistration under his leadership W
ne stand for. and the ideals which t
in Greater Trinity has set for itself.
On simpler speech, and oneS more fr
ne from the disheartenng generaliti
ny that mark so many speeches on oc'
.ha sions of this kind, could hasdly ha
nd been ina gined.
en- THE herAdictior vas delivered
lat Frederick William Hamilton,l pre-
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