The Denver star., 1915-12-11
NEW PRESIDENT OF FISK.
Dr.. Fayette A. Mckenzie Believes Notice
School Has Great Future

SChool fdS oTeatsF utuF0.
Nashville. Tenn.-I'isk university, in
this city. was founded by the American
Missionary association at the close of
the war and was dedicated to the high
was not long before it outgrew its
original home in the old army Barracks.
In order to raise sufficient funds for n
better equipment it sent out the fa-
nous Jubilee Singers on "a tour
through the United States and Europe.
by which means the sum of Sl5o.Oo0
was raised With this money the
campus of forty acres was bought and
Jubilee hall. the largest of the present
group of buildings. was erected. Liv-
ingstone hall was soon added through
the generosity of the American and
English friends of David Livingstone.
the African missionary and explorer
Recognizing the value of Fisk's
work, the General Education board two
years ago pledged 100000 toward a
fund of 100000. which was completed
with the aid Of contributions from the
late ]. r. Morgan. Andrew Carnegie.
Charles A. Hull and others. Although
further money is needed for the cxpan-
sion Of the Institutions work. Fisk is
now ready to enter upon the second
stage of its development as univer
sity.
Many men of prominence took part
in the exercises at the recent inaugural
tion of DR.. Fayette Avery Mckenzie
as president of the institution. Among
the speakers We're Governor Rye of
Tennessee. j. III. Kirkland. chancellor
of Vanderbilt university; DIR. William
o. Thompson president of Ohio State
university; DR. Henry Sturgis Drimlier.
president Of Lehigh university. Dr. Nc
Kenzies alma mater; DR.. Bruce Payne.
president of the George Peabody Col
lege For Teachers; DIR. Thomas Jesse
Jones Of the federal bureau of educa
ton. and DR. Stephen NJ Newman.
president of Howard university at
Washington.
In his inaugural address President
Mckenzie in part said:
"Fisk university has two important
fdeals-culture and service. Culture
Is not antaSonistic TO service, and it
is not autagOnistic to industry. Cui-
ture should give. does give. power for
industry and spirit for service. Cul
ture is not a bar to special forms OF
industry. Culture should be the her
itage of all classes Of men. The cul-
tured man should be not only Il hap
pier farmer. Il happier mechanic. IL
happier merchant. but lie should Ike Il
better farmer, mechanic or merchant.
as well as more useful citizen.
Poverty in the United States and
especially in the south finds its CHIEF
cause in ignorance. Fisk university
claims the right to say that it will be
one of the chief factors in achieving
larger prosperity for the south. Every
dollar spent here in the creation OF
power may mean a thousand dollars OF
increase in the wealth OF the south
within a single generation.
To-day fifty years Of great history
look down upon us. We are under
bondage to the men and the women. to
the work and the ideals Of the past.
Shall we shrink from so great a CON-
pulsion? Let us dare to be big.
Friends. trustees. faculty. alumni and
students. let us commit ourselves to
the task set before us. Let us dare to
expect large resources. TO plan large
things Let us say. not pleasure. but
achievement: not comfort. but power;
not ease. but struggle, Let us dare to
be university"