The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-09-15
ElR COOPERATION
LEADERS PLEAD
PRESIDENT Graham and Dean
Stacy Speak to Cardinals
Largest Body
<. n. WINTERS.

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,.l Hfl. Sept. 12.-Prophetic Of
.r.stricted cooperation between
u".,I,v and student, expressive Of a
nnit-working institution Tor the sell
un = OF the student, were the
u'ute ~ President Edward Is. era
w., and Dean NJ. RI. Stacy, in the
higc exercises of the 10th session
- ,rr University of North Carolina
- thursday. The exercises were
Nn1,cred in Memorial Hall at noon,
~, the capacious building was eccu-
- hv the 500 students here for The
ipailaoiate yea The registration num-
10 stands al the $50 mark-94 stu
ants IN Excess of the numbers matri-
cnlatins for the corresponding period
last session.
president Graham opened the exer-
o,eas which set the wheels Of the
19otb wear in motion when Rev. w. D.
Mss pastor of the Presbyterian
eburch. was asked to make the invo-
oat,on Following the invoking of
divine guidance, President Graham
briefly reviewed the changes under
GONE during the summer months, in
The yav of additions to faculty, and
improvements in physical equipment
~ the plant. The promise of the
beginning Of the erection of the new
athletic stadium, along with the re-
marks by President Graham that he
had a bunch that the beginning Of
the new athletic field would end the
old athletic record brought forth APP
plause. Too, no longer would the
University Of Virginia athletic teams
spell terror to North Carolina.
Dean NJ. III. Stacy, the newly ap-
pointed dean of the college Of liberal
arts. was presented by the president
as one whose sound and welI-sea-
soned judgment eminently equipped
for the duties of the office. The ini-
nal remarks of Dean Stacy sounded
the spirit expressed throughout the
opening eXerCises-that there nigh,
be a harmonious working together O.
the students and faculty Throughout
the year. He expressed no sympathy
with the view that the interests of Z
college faculty and student body wer,
antagonistiC. The only line of de,
marcation he ventured was that O.
age-and the older brothers were di
recting their younger brothers in tn,
path Of knowledge. The great worl
Of the student body is seTf-develop
ment, and it is the plain duty Of eacl
and every student to do his part il
this plan Of self-imprevement.
Coco Teacher Defined
tHdTdcltflSllc OIL the SJr1klf2 az
dress of Dean Stacy was the simpl
illustration which he drew from lif
as to the duty Of the school teacher
it was while on a trip in Madiso,
county that he spent the day in
humble cabin in that mountainou
country. There in that mountai
home, sandwiched between two va
ieys, the interior Of that hut contain
ed Two simple decorations-in an er
closure were the words God bles
our home; On the opposite wall hun
the picture Of Zeb Vance. The moth
T or that home in introducing lie
ron 10 the University teacher mad
ahls SIMPLE, but eloquent statement
want YOU TO help him make a ma
OF himself This simple statemen
considered Dean Stacy, the finest def
nllon Of the duty of a teacher tha
ne mad ever heard. From h~encefort
.e mas brushed aside all book-defn
IONS OF the duties OF a teacher-th
iar SURPRISING them all.
\ Wider Interpretation.
NppiSlng the phrase of the man VIII
i'ldIhed that he knew a COLES
mah who was living in a ditch
rt"ut woe. President Graham en-
r"aSl"ed To the student body the in
run1h,e Of Interpreting their lives
Wv widest sense. He urged that the
NV" lhelr perspective behind a
books, routine drudgery and teache
"mu TAKE a world view Of things
tateh The significance of life in tt
"InueSt standard of measurement
tVSldent Graham was Of the opil
thn mat IN spite of all it's ghastline
lee european war was holding up IL
ast o'oh IN vivid terms that our inte
should not be restricted by ma
VS. n shortsightedness.
lon"e are not taskmasters but
n~br"othcrS, was the emphat
cd as : IN which the president direc
in ~ attention Of the student DO,
that sing mat they accept the vie
wor,tthe faculty and students we
working in cooperation For a cor
mon end. ''ioh ior d COZ