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, a The scns^er. VOL. 2. WINGATE, N.G.,AUG. 2, 1915. NUMBER 20, imi luiii BiLLy «■} ■y.e.c/uffiOLi. m V*iSr ' fed 1(18 iiiofi oi Old Siodeois of llie Wloyais Scfiosl. On Friday ijmrning, July 23, at 10 o’clock, a large company of folks from far and near gath ered in the auditorium of the Wingate school building to listen to .messages from old students and former teachers of the in stitution and other noted men of the State. Rev. E. C. Snyder, chairman of the Board of Trustees, began the program by an address of welcome. He then in troduced Rev. L. M. White, pastor or First Baptist church of Monroe, who conducted the devotional service. Mr. White based his remarks on these words ■of Paul to Timothy: “For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of pow er, and of love, and of a sound mind.” The purpose of Christian education is to instill the power of self confidence. 1. Christian education must instill in to the life of the individual the power of living and of the life to come. The speaker declared “We are not in the spirit of war yet Germany has instilled into us the power of culture.” “Amer ica is to give to the world Christian ed ucation.” The world is looking to America for the message of life and also for peace. Again Mr. White declared, “A man minus God was nothing, but plus God is everything.” “The time is coming,” said he, “when men will stop and have a talk with themselves.” God has given us the spir- ^/ss. a£/?n'jt it of power and since we possess it we must cultivate it and use it for the cause of the Kingdom. We must as we talk with ourselves think the thoughts of God. 2. Man must cultivate the spirit of love. Man with all his faculties is most wonderful. In cultivating this spirit of love one must first have love for God; second, have love for man. In conclu sion, the speaker said, refering to the future, “We cannot disregard God from our text books.” Rev. E. C. Snyder then introduced Mr. R. P. Beasley, of Monroe, who delivered a very interesting address on the early history of the Wingate school. The speaker delig-hted his audience as he told about his connection with the school, and how it came to have its name. The way the name was originated was in this wise: Dr. Sikes, of Wake Forest College, was in the meeting of the com mittee, when the matter of naming the, school came up, and after quite a bit of discussion, he sug,gestad that it be called the Wingate school, and so it was. The committee at that time thought the school was being named for Dr. Win gate, but later Dr. Sikes mai-ried a Miss Wingate, and it now remains a question as to whom the school was named for. The speaker reviewed the story of how the school came to be and how its friends had made great sacrifices to make it possible, naming some of the men who were very liberal in giving of their time and thought and means in behalf ot the school. He then told of Prof. Dry’s connection witli t'ne IVingate school as its first teacher, how he had stamped his character upon ti;e school and how he had ministered to the need.s of the situation. In speaking of Prof. Dry, the speaker character ized him as being a man “unpretentions, solid, no ble, and true.” The speaker mentioned the people of Wingate, showing how they, for. the most part, had been and are yet loyal and true to the school. In conclusion, this fact was brought forth: that Richardson, perhaps, more than anyone else, in sisted on and used his influence toward Wingate mss p£/f»v ms. HiNRY J.LANGSTOfI M' mss. c/!fiouN£ wessre/t mss OS££ LOM6 WINGATE SCHOOL FACULTY. school being a Baptist school. At this point Rev. C. J. Black was introduced and who in turn introduced Dr. R. T. Vann, Sec retary of the Board of Education in North- Caro lina, the main speaker of the day. Dr. Vann’s theme was training or Christian education. Dr. Vann said “Women as well as men stand behind great enterprises.” He said, “Education is something which helps one to get the best out of life.” At this point he quoted Aycock’s words, which W'ere, “I believe in universal training.” The speaker then review^ed the history of a number of our plants which had to be sent to school and trained before they became useful in bearing fruit which could be used both as food and clothing. The tomato, tiie potato, and the cotton plant were ^-Ome of the examples used. Again he took up the process of education and making useful the dog and horse; how these ani mals had to be trained,before they became use ful in helping- man to perform his duties and to get more out of life than otherwise. At this point he took up the matter of train ing children in our denominational schools and colleges, and he showed how important it w^as thar the young lives of this country be trained and educated. He showed how impossible it was for State institutions to educate and make Christians of the boys and girls of the State. The State schools can make cit izens, but our deribminatioual sc’nools make citizens plus something else. In other words the denominational school does all the State school does hnd more. When the speaker liad driven home to the hearts of the people the importance of training the young Baptist lives of the State and the position of the denomina tional schools, he then called to the at tention of the people tiie present debt and how necessary it was that the peo ple of Wingate to put forth every co operative effort to pay this debt so that the institution might be of the most pos sible usefulness to the denomination at large. In referring to the type of training one gets at the Wingate school Dr. Vann declared “that the school needs a science department well equipped in every par ticular.” Following Dr. Vann’s address, Mr. Maness was introduced and told some interesting stories which gave one at-, insight into the life of the student body —the types of students which made it up-^and also some things about the types of people which were in the vil lage at this special period. His talk was full of good common horse sense as well as full of the funny thing.s of life.. In his concluding remarks, he pledg ed himself anew to the support of the school and paid high tribute to Prof. Dry and" others connected both directly and indirectly with the school. After Mr. Maness’ talk, dinner was sprved. At 2:30 in the afternoon a large num ber of students gathered in one of the society halls for the purpose of organiz ing an alumni association. In the ab sence of Mr.-'Sikes, of iVionroe, who was appointed to lead this meeting, Mr. H. J. Langston called the meeting to order and stated why the old students had been called together. After his state ment the matter of officers was taken up and tlie following were elected: Mr. J. C. Jones, President, Wingate, N. C. Miss Mattie Gaddy, Vice President, Wingate, N. C. Mrs. J. G. Carroll, Secretary-Treasurer, Win gate, N.‘ C. A committe is to be appointed by the Presi dent to formulate by-laws and constitution which will govern this new organization. This is a good step forward and we would en courage the old students in this matter and insist that they put for every effort to make this new organization count toward making the school bet ter and creating a boarder interest throughout the State in behalf of the Wingate school. The regular afternoon session began at -3:00 (Continued on fourth page.). \
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