Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1928-08-16
Humility Gives
Way to Boosting
Extract From Address to Summer
School at A. S. N. S. August H.,
by Josephus Daniels, as Printed in
the News and Observer

important and steadily increasing
usefulness of this institution to re-
call that it did not reach its present
tultous circumstance. 1t owes its
high position to the spirit OF many
good men and women. but mainly to
two men-President Dougherty, who
with his brother, began to teach mere
as mere boys, and Capt. Lovill,
chairman of its board of trustees.
They and others saw that the su-
preme need of this mountain section
was trained school teachers. But
educators alone cannot bring about
the permanent structures we see to-
day. Working with these teachers,
this section and the whole state owes
lasting debt of gratitude to the
late Capt. Edward +. Lovill, brave
Confederate soldier and able legisla-
tor, who early and late gave himself
to it's welfare. AS president of the
board of trustees, he paralleled the
great work done at Greenville, North
Carolina by the late Governor Jarvis
in laying broad and deep the founda-
ton of like normal institution in
Eastern North Carolina, which under
DR.. Robert Wright, like Appalachian
and Cullowhee in the west, have
made possible much of the education
al progress that has caused this old
state to have new birth in the
notable advance in fulfilling its OBJ
legation to all the children from the
mountains to the sea.
Sometimes we make the mistake in
North Carolina in giving most of the
honor to progressive governors and
Officials for our educational awaken
ing. Sometimes we give the dis
tinguished service medals all to
teachers. Such division of honor
shows only half realization of the
recompense due. 1t is rather true
that educators and legislators and
executives and editors and other
leaders have worked together and
the commendation should be awarded
in proper proportion to all. While
the big captains, who did most in
day of comparative poverty and
against great odds, were the two
Charleses-Mc1ver as teacher and
Aycock as the citizens voice crying
eloquently, they would be the first to
declare that their Efforts would not
have borne the fruit we see today if
they had not been associated with
like minded and unself;sh men and
women.
North Carolina is proud of all its
educational institutions, those like
this and others, the creations of the
state, and those founded by churches
and individuals. Speaking here to-
day at the Appalachian my mind is
upon the three youngest of our state
schools-the three newest establish
ed to train teachers-the Appalach-
ian here, the child of Dougherty and
Lovill, helped by all progressive men
and legislators of this and other sec
tions; Cullowhee over in Jackson
county, with like patronage and
early friends; and East Carolina like
wise blessed with the friendship of
an eminent statesman and able
teacher. Let us pause to do honor
to Thomas j.. Jarvis and Prof. Rags
dale of Greenville, who were to the
institution what Capt. Lovill and
Prof. Dougherty to Appalachian;
Prof. Madison were to Cullowhee.
The Greenville school was the child
of Governor Jarvis old age. He saw
every brick go in the structure and
its birth in the mind of Prof. Rags
dale calls an old time patriot
teacher whose memory is fresh in the
minds of his section. AS SPEAKER OF
the house, Judge Walter E. Moore
labored to make the dream of Prof.
R. L. Madison, pioneer patriot
teacher come true at Cullowhee, just
as Capt. Lovill and Prof. Dougherty
were yoke fellows here in this b5au-
tiful place to start this school on its
overwhelming mission.
1t is only in recent years that we
have come to give the recognition
| deserved to the men who had the WIS.,
ions which have been translated into
modern educational institutions. We
gave high sounding names of the
great of other commonwealth to the
halls and school rooms, neglecting
honor to whom honor is due OF these
among us who carried out the vision
splendid. Now nearly all towns are
naming their school building for
home men who led in progress, and
we are doing the same in our state
! institutions. We have fewer Wash
/ ington and Lee and Lincoln schools
and more McIver and Aycock
schools, and have Jarvis and Rags
I dale and Moore and Madison and
Lovill and we will have buildings
named for Wright and Dougherty
and Hunter and or heads of our
three newest teacher-training schools
who are doing in their day and gene
ration what will do much to make
the North Carolina of the future
greater than those Of us now living
can vision or prophecy. If it is true
AS l verify believe-that the pres
ent "outburst of industry is largely
due to the improvement in public
j education as Aycock predicted would
i be the case, how much greater will
be that organized and growing indus
trial North Carolina due to the train
ed minds and hands going out every
! year from our crowded educational
i institutions.
!; There was time when we gloried
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