The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-02-18
A DAY WITH THE
AT BARlUM
By HOWARD \. BANKS.

the greatest school OF learning IN
Prof. John was
accustomed 10 take off his hat and
bow 10 the scholars whenever he
came into the class room, "a great
condescension in those pedantlc
times" We are told. n colleagues
Of Or. Trebonius one day expressed
their establishment and received TINS
answer: There are some monSst
these youths whom God will one day
raise to the rank of burgomasters,
charceIlors, doctors and magistrates
Though you do not now see the out
ward sign of their respective dlgnlues,
1t Is yet proper to treat them with re-
spect."
One OF the students who sat under
the don of Or. T~reDOnluS nat was
Martin Luther.
one cannot but think of the oppor-
tunity OF the teacher when one stands
face to face with the 18o children OF
the Barium Orphans Home. This,
at least, was my i~rnpresstoE on the
occasion of a visit in 4 delighted COM
pliance made at the request of h
Board OF Regents Of the Orphanage.
It was q cold January day wnen ]
rot off the train at Ri.rium, n a
clustering wine was dyring p the vet
Elnd-clay road. which 1redell county'S
$4,000 00 bond isue has recently help
cd to build. threading the orphanagc
village on its way fro StatcSvillc.
four miles D~orthward, TO MOorcsvilie.
The numerous red brick buildings on
either side Of the Dad looked snug.
like huge Rhode Island Reds, shelter
ing their little brOOdS. l wondered II
when poor homeless JOIN Howard
Payne wrote, ""There's 40 place like
homc,' be would be willing 70 except
an orphanage.
The MOthcrlincss ~ .lsarin,u.
u1c rothnr clad thar INV fret sight
Of the children was at the dinner
hour. There they were-upWards of
lS5-standing back of their chairs in
the big dining room Of Rumple Hall,
waiting for the blessing to be asked.
AS VIZ entered and were pausing by
h doorway. l saw two tear drops in
a little girls eyes. ! knew what it
meant. even before some one said to
superintendent Walker: is our
little new conner" These tear drops
were in sharp contrast to the joy in
scores OF bright faces all about. The
little wet-eyed girl was Geneva Marks
OF Salisbury, ten or eleven years old
lately bereft Of both father and moth.
er. I was glad Geneva had como tt
stay the day 1 had come to visit, be.
cause Ii gave me the chance to take
notice OF the motherlineSs of Barium
the tenderness with which the womeI
folks OF the Orphanage family sough
to staunch no bleeding OF that LITTLE
stricken heart. When. later on, thu
children in the cottage in which &c
neva was to live marched into tn
parlor to sing into the ear Of visitor
The sweet Christmas carols which the,
had not yet forgotten, we overhear,
n OF n teachers, who had an arm
flung easily around the child's should
er. tell her that she toe would 500,
be a member 70 that bonnie choir. A
NY NVAvEnr lad tho snr> fl~o v1Ap
room Of this same cottage, dollie
were left scattered over the floor an
he was nobbed in an affectiOnate as
sault by the baby girls of the orphan
family. seemed TO enjoy tn
riotcus attack OF love.
Schooling and Training.
I felt certain before I went to b
rium that the Presbyterian orphan
Of North Carolina were we'll house
as far as brick and morter were col
cerned, for / had never passed IL
place on the train without q certai
satisfaction over the glimpse OF tn;
cluster OF red brick buildings. B
homo is infitely more than floor III
wall and roof. The Presbyterian pc
PIE Of North Carolina will be glad
be confirmed in their confidence tin
Love lives at Barium. not rs lavish
. mothers, of course. but as gcnuin
~ concerned for the present and +
lure welfare OF the cn1l0rCn.
The compensation to the ophan +
the loss OF the sweet influences a
memories Of home lies in the fact tn
At Ia ~orpEanaGe he gains immense
in educational advantages. The {
phans are those usually Of poor pa
entage. for none are taken who ha
means For thcir own support and ed
cation. / made free to go into t
school rooms When Mr.. Walker VI
called away bv numerous infopr,,
tons. The teaching seemed to
thorough. The school work cor,
spends TO the work in the pub
schools Of a city. That it see,
To be ~inSpirational Is attested
the fact that out of eight OF I
orphanage graduating class Of
year. FIVE are pursuing their edu.
tion in higher school.-one taking
business course. while one has entel
Red Springs Seminary and Conser
tory OF Music. one Statesville Fem
College. n the state Normal n