Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1929-10-31
TRIBUTES PAID TO
PROF. .DOUGHERTY
More Than One Thousand Gather to
Pay Respects to Memory of Noted
Educator. Portrait Is Unveiled as
Gift of Students.

memory of the deceased college CO.
founder, was held in the auditorium
of Appalachian State Teachers Col
lege Saturday evening. More than
one thousand came together for the
exercises and the feature Of the eve
ming was the presentation on behalf
of the former students of portrait
of Mr.. Dougherty, executed in oil by
Mrs. Rufus Gwyn, of Lenoir. A COM
mittee composed of those who ma
circulated during the early days of
the Appalachian Training School was
in charge of the program.
Although the seating capacity of
the main auditorium was taxed by
the great gathering, desirable seats
had been provided and reserved for
the family, for pioneer benefactors of
the school, and especial attention was
given to the matter of seating the
faculyt, as well as the employees in
every line who had worked faithfully
and long hand in hand with Profess
sor Dougherty. Professor |. G. Greer
introduced the speakers.
Rev. w. l.. Scott, pastor of Ruth
erford College Methodist Church,
said the invocation. Rev. Scott was
the first student to register at the
A. T. S. when the institution was es-
tablished in 1901.
Following the invocation, Mrs Ed
gar Broyhill, the former Miss Sadie
Hunt, a member of the Glass of rs,
rendered a special solo. Mrs. Broy-
hill was accompanied at the piano by
Miss Ruth Coffey, talented director
of music at the College.
Rev. w. R. Bradshaw, Morganton,
perhaps one of the closest friends of
D. D. Dougherty, in characteristic
Bradshaw style paid tribute to the
life and character of his fallen COM
panion. The eminent pulpit orator
went back to the days when he and
Mr.. Dougherty were students at
Wake Forest, and reviewed the ca
reer of this great scholar through the
many years following his college
days. His work as builder, student,
scholar and Christian gentleman was
stressed in Mr.. Bradshaw's eulogy.
sd. D. Dougherty had as much moral
courage as any man | have ever
known" said the speaker, however,
owing to his retiring disposition, few
men were privileged to know him as
did |. Had it not been for this dis
position, Dolph Dougherty would
have been recognized today as one
of the greatest mathematicians, as
tronomers and naturalists in North
Carolina. His life was an unusually
busy one. Despite his manifold du-
ties, however, he was at all times
thoughtful of others, always willing
to help out his fellow man, and Con
tributed literally of his time to
church and other Christian activities.
A man could have had no better
friend than he, who we revere this
evening"
Following a vocal rendition of "The
Holy City" by DR.. Sykes, of Green's
boro, a student of the A. T. S. Of
other days, DR.. Sykes and Mrs. Broy-
hill sang "Some Day the Silver Cord
Will Break" one of Mr. Dougherty's
favorite hymns.
Two granddaughters of the late
professor, Lille Alene and Elizabeth
Brown, children of Rev. and Mrs. o.
L. Brown, Of Greensboro, unveiled
the portrait, which was presented to
the college in the name of the former
students of the institution by Attor-
ney A. H. Casey, North Wilkesboro.
Mr.. Casey discussed the life of his
former tutor from the viewpoint of
a student, presenting him as one of
the greatest friends to the youth of
the hill country, and recalled touch
ing incidents of the manner in which
he had always extended helping
hand. Throughout his talk, the well
known attorney referred to D. d.
Dougherty as "your friend and
NINE"
William R. Lovill, local attorney
and son of Captain Edward F. Lovill,
for almost quarter Of century
chairman of the board of trustees of
the college, and active in this capa-
city until his death accepted the
painting on behalf of the trustees.
Mr.. Lovill recited in detail the trying
days when State appropriations, inso-
far as the mountain section was con-
cerned, were unthinkable, and re-
counted the seemingly insurmounta-
BILE barriers which the Dougherty
brothers, D. d. and B. B., brushed
aside in their struggle to make their
school the leader of Northwestern
North Carolina. He cited the mil
lion-dollar college plant as proof-pos-
tive that their work was not in vain.
The deceased man was referred to
as zone of deep vision, of fixed pur-
pose, deep thinker, scholar, build
er and one of the Safes most color
full pioneers in the field of education.
A man like d. D. Dougherty can nev-
(Coptinuad On poro Ql