The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-06-06

ecceliastical vestments,
80 and beneath II pray for
ALL Next him Is a soldier in uniform
and beneath II fight for all" By
his side is a farmer who ruefu,ly ex-
claims. II feed all"
Since it is true hat the child of to.
day is the citizen Of tomorrow, It may
safely be claimed that the woman cit
teen Of the State laboring in h home
and school, combines all four.-she
rules all, prays for all, fights for all.
and INTERNATIONALLY and literally feeds
81. Since she occupies such an import.
ant position in relation to h futur
citizenship Of the state, it is Of SUI
preme Importance to every State that
she be properly trained for her great
work I
Early in her history, our State, an.
t~icipating MacauIey's motto, the first
business of a State is the education OF
her citizens" established a system Of
public schools, and a University for he1
sons. But it remained for Dr.. Nc
liver to show our State hat her
daughters were also citizens-yea
more-the most important half in hef
educational economy. and to convince
her that the key to the solution Of this
business problem" is the Introduction
of trained teachers n every county,
every school and every home.
Prior to 1893 the State a made
no adequate provision for training
either men or women for treaching,
though she had recognized the need
of it by establishing, with the aid Of
the Peabody fund, summer normal
schools at the university and elsewhere
and later county Institutes. So IA
miliar are the facts leading to the es
Enlistment Of the State Normal and
Industrial College for women that any
mention Of them must risk the fate OF
q twice told tale. North Carolina has
given us this college. our woman's uni
sity, which, together with the univer-
sity at Chapel Hill. and the A. and M.
at Raleigh, form the real university
OF the State. and she seeks to maintain
and enlarge the institution, which is
not only evidence of the popular APP
preciatio of the college, but is preg-
nant with promise.
College life is full Of pleasantness
and variety. and the education and
manner of living especially at the State
Normal n Industrial College, is we'll
suited to the majority Of clever girls.
They learn to stand on their own feet,
they Learn the responsibility to their
fellow students, narrOwness is shed as
an outWorn garment: they learn what
they can and what they cannot DO
in a word, they find themselves It
is something to have had before the
heat and struggle, these years in which
we develop high ideals Of professional
and social ambition. It is something
TO have learned nee those student
habits which can never be quite for
gotten, but remain an ever present
refuge in later years. But it has never
been the mission Of our college to min.
lister to Se%lf-Culture for its own SakI
alone. but rather to stimulate to ac-
i've work serviceable tasks for wide
spread good.
From its very beginning. our college
may be said to have adopted and fol.
lowed out this motto: Social service
Is the duty Of all; education makes
this service intelligent and fruitful;
without service. education defeats its
own ends; hence the plea for social
service" And so we who owe alleg-
isnce to this institution, though talents
hlI1er and pathways of service depart
In the many spheres of life, find par
tlcular satisfaction in knowing that we
are all agreed upon serving the State.
Our State has founded and support
cd colleges, universities and other in
situations Of learning. What answer
can be given should she now ask:
What direct return has been made to
me for this assistance? Have those in
Whom | have invested kept in mind
shear debt to me, and the dignity and
needs of my s~ervice?" While it ma
De stated as a general result that the
State has been we'll served by all her
institutions of higher learning, yet in
order to give a reply of some definite
sort to this perfectly legitimate Ques-
uon' | shall answer only for the col
iege represented by the Alumnae here
convened.
mos who have given the subject in
.eiligent consideration are agreed that
under the leadership of DR.. McIver,
Inc college contributed a large part to
me educational awakening of North
carolina. In addition to his own per-
soHai influence. he was able by some
Wine alchemy. Of enthusiasm to
thoroughly Undue all students with the
LOea OF universal education. and his