The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1915-04-29
EDWARD K. GRAHAM
ISPRES|DENT U.N.C.
FORMAL INAUGURATION AT.
TENDED BY THOUSANDS OF
NOTED EDUCATORS.
SPIRIT OF SERVICE LEADS
North Carolina University Fully
Realizes That Its Duty is to
Serve the State.

Chapel Hill.-In the presence of a
great gathering of educators, SCENT
lists, dignitaries, alumni and visitors,
DR.. Edward Kidder Graham was in
augurated president of the University
or North Carolina. He is the tenth
man to be at the head of the Oldest
state-supported university in the
United States. Governor Locke Craig
presided over the exercises and Chief
Justice Walter Clark administered the
oath of office. The retiring president,
DR.. Francis Preston Venable, present
ed DR.. Graham
The monster parade of notables
formed at 1890. Parades rarely make
thrilling reading, but this one thrilled
the thinking observer. In line were
leading educators from all over the
East, a faculty that takes second rank
to none in Southern Universities
in cap and gown, the student-body
age, wisdom and experience. Youth,
hopes and it's blessed enthusiasm.
In Memorial Hall Governor Locke
Craig presided over the exercises, first
calling on Bishop Edward Rondthaler
of the Moravian church to invoke the
Divine blessing on the gathering. The
venerable churchman fervently and
eloquently gave his thanks for Presi-
dent Graham, man of great quail
ties, for the cordial spirit between the
students and their leader.
Governor Craig then spoke of the
dedication of man to his work and
of the welcome given the visitors who
had come to honor Mr.. Graham, a
man worthy of the University's glo-
rious past equal to the opportunities
of the greater future, to the work in
addition to ability, bringing pure
and earnest life.
President Powell Of Harvard, who
was to have delivered the first address
of the day, was detained because of
a death in his family; but the greet
ings and congratulations of Harvard
University were read by Professor
Charles H. White.
President Frank J. Goodnow, of
Johns Hopkins, treating the general
theme of ASPECTS of Lifes Educa-
tion," devoted himself to "Research,'
explaining it's function and place in
American colleges.
Addresses were delivered by DR..
Frank J. GOodnow, president of Johns
Hopkins University; DR.. Edwin An
derson Alderman, president of the
University of Virginia; DR.. John H.
Finley, president of the University of
the State of New York.
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the president by DR.. Francis P. Ven
able, the administration of the oath
of Office by Chief Justice Walter
Clark, the induction into Office by Gov
ernor Locke Craig and the presidents
inaugural address.
Greetings to the University were ex-
tended by DR.. George H. Rennl, pres
ident of the University of Alabama,
on the part of the State Universities
and DR.. William j.. Martin, president
of Davidson College, on the part of
the colleges of the state.
In the afternoon at 2 o'clock a
luncheon in the University dining hall
was given, plates for 600 being laid.
The academic procession was nota-
BILE in every way. Distinguished dele
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ed societies, the governor of North
Carolina, members of the supreme
court of North Carolina, various state
officers, members of the board of
trustees, members of the general as
sembIy, hundreds of visitors and
alumni, more than 1000 students
swelled the attendance into the thou
sands. Those in the procession wore
caps and gowns signifying their rank,
making a picturesque appearance as
they proceeded in long line from
the various buildings to memorial
hall.
Edward Kidder Graham, who was
fnaugurated as tenth president of the
University, will not be 80 years old
until October II. He was born in
Charlotte, the son of Archibald and
Eliza Owen (Barry) Graham, and was
prepared for college in the public
schools of Charlotte. He entered the
University in the fall of 1894 He
was graduated in 1898 with the de-
gree of bachelor of philosophy. Mr..
Graham spent one year as teacher in
the Charlotte graded schools and two
years pursuing graduate studies in Co.
lumbia University.
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