The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-12-03
AYCOCK MEMORIAL, DAY
ON SIXTH OF DECEMBER
In the Schools OF North Carolina There Will Be Tribute
Paid to Memory OF the States Beloved Sen WHO
Was Its Great Educational Governor

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schools having already acted. and the
same Is the case as to .Alleghuny coun-
y ana Moore county. In number
OF counties the exercises will take
place on December % among these
N the counties of WASHINGTON Hay
wood, Chatham. Johnston. Davidson
sampson. Cabarrus. Buncombe Per
zlUimans, Staniy and Wake.
For the \ycock Nonument
AycOck Memorial DaE VIII nave
two features CT celebration, and both
are important. one viii be in
Speeches and readings which tell Of
the man. The other viii be i'll the
receiving Of contributions which Will
be used IN the construction Of the
Avcoek Memorial, q monument OF the
states great governor to be erected
on the grounds Of the State Capitol.
The children OF the schools are asked
each 10 contribute some amount no
matter OF what size, and to secure
subscriptions from others IN this lat
ter work attractive receipt cards nave
been sent to the various counties to
be given to parties subscribing ten
cents and over t. the AycOck fund
and the school children have been
invited to sell these souvenir receipts
which have on them Il picture OF eX-
GOV ernor AycOck in attractive ar
ranScment, and his last words to his
people:
Equal! That i the word
The equal right Of every child
born on Garth to have the Oppor-
tunity to burgcOs, out all chat
there is within him.
Program Of The Day.
The program for the exercises has
been prepared by r. d. w Connor.
secretary Of the North Carolina His
tOrlcal Commission, this being sug-
SeStiVe one as follows:
l. Worth Carolina Day. Let
some pupil read the law setting
apart North Carolina Day, and
explain it's origin and n,,~~ose)
2. The Old North State. (To
be sung by the schooD.
5. Charles Brantley Aycock. "a
biographical sketch written and
read by some pupiD.
4. Universal Education. (This.
or one Of the other extracts from
Aycock's speeches printed in this
pamphlet, to be declaimed by
some pupil-a boy preferable>.
S. Educational Progress dur
ing Aycock's Administration. CA
paper by some pupi).
s. The AycOck Monument and
! Why the School Children Of North
Carolina Should Contribute to it.
Can original grafton by some
pupil. Perhaps information about
this can be obtained from MIR.
George c. Royal, Goldsboro,
n. c..
7. Taking up the Contributions
Of the Children.
g. America. Go be sung by the
schOOD.
Features of The Program.
The program is one which has dis
tinctive features. AS a defamation
there is an adaptation of Ex-Governor
Aycock's speech on The South Re
gaining Its Prestige entitled Uni
versal Education." Then there is ir
brief form the biographical data Civ
! ing the salient points in the life o.
| Aycock, with fuller synopsis Of thi:
attached. Following this is the ad
dress of State superintendent Joynel
l delivered at the AycOck memOria
meeting held in the Raleigh Audito
rum on April II, 1912, entitled, "Ay
cocks Contribution to Education
ernor Aycock's speech or The Dig
nity of Law and from his Other
! speeches, and various stories which
have to do with his life. AS the con
GLIDING feature there is given in th'
I booklet program his speech on Rober
! Edward Lee. delivered IN talelgh a
January 19, 1912.
From Some of His Speeches.
The speeches of Charles B. Aycocl
were many y-Siueu anu toutHeu liie
various angles. A reading OF these
shows that his heart beat tor the peo
Dle. that his life work was for them
+ Hare are some extracts which SHOW
Universal Education.
"When the glorious day OF universe
aducatiOn shall come, our state VII
stand among those in the tore RAM
Of the nation, our opinions upon al
questions will be ascertained betor'
. action. our. writer's shall do justic'