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PRESIDENT'S A DDR PISS."
Delivered by Doctor Kilgo
Sunday . Nigh Memorial
Hall Filled to l'jiicily to
Hear Mis Lust, Address as
TreMdent-'Tl.e I'urutloxcH
of Life." -
Dopiie con(iiu al shown s, "a
.arc and a'Unt ve a.u'if i;c fi led
Cravin Meinor.al lull Sunday
evening to hear the lmccalaureati ;
address of PrestUni J. C. Kilgo,
to the graduating classand the
last message he will deliver to
students before taking up his
work in the bishopric.
The music, this ear, was per
haps the best ever rendered there
by ti e well selected choir of
Durham voices Hie commence
ment music ts always a distinctive
and pleasing feature ot these oc
casions, and this year it is char
mingly so. -
The subject of Dr. Kilgo's ad
dress, which was one ol his most
thoughtful and (Jtc4 of reasoning,
, tliat he has ever delivered, may
be called "The Paradoxes of
life.; '
Life is full of paradoxes. Day
is onset by night Strength is
opposed by weak lies-s. Joy by
grief. Life by death. Every
way you look, is one ot contradic
tion. One cannot grew rich
without wme one growing poor
The foundations of things are in
sorrow. Back of honest endeav
or and being is a multitude of
suffering. The world's success is
foundad on pain and grief. Music,
sculpture and poetry are oftimes
the responses of a despairing
spirit How far wt.I we take ad
vantage of the sorrows of nature?
The comforts and luxury of a
pullman car is at the anxictj. ol
the hand of the man at the
throttle. The warmth of your
cosy home is by the poor fellow
who dug out your heat hundreds
of feet in the ground. All civi
luation is between the things
that build op and the things that
tear down. It is a battle of cou
quests. Every endeavor is but
the chamber of conquests. Mor
ality is a matter of paradoxes in
civilization. We must take on
the bonds of master. Liberty is
bondage. You are free to do as
you please so long as no one else
is on the island. When another
cornea on you are no longer free.
The ethics is not of ruling, . but of
"ministerine. Death should be
come the throne of power and
the birth-cfcamler of success.
The law of the natural order of
things is deeper than the appear
ance of things. The great task
of every age is to conquer its
conquests. Master the mystery,
Kvery victory is turned round to
be a new conquest. Every
achievement is a ne ojjx;tion.
Through medical science we have
developed imaginable wealth. Is
it a conquesi? Is it a victory?
Are we not in dangtr of being
wrecked by the pwcr we have
gained In this twentieth century?
Young gentlemen, and young
women, you art not the solution
if anything. The world 'titut
sole jon and tu must .solve
jounwlvts Tav rJcr f paia
doxvUa fcnat You
c.innot ma n a n thU nvettittnt
without flitting all t: x time ft.r
i;s txistt-ncc. HjcI this twentieth
century jxiT made the man
s'.rutig? iW.d thegre t, jre C
ms ls-m i,f t. e U ccts have
Ihi-saine th'i'gi i tlmu that
nude t! eir foufulur f.cc llic
dat'gets and fight the battle
they did iu times tost? Tht re . is
something going out of uj. Tlicre
was somcth i;g like a rock moun
t tin in the breasts of the Puri
tans, in Caegir, in Columbus, and
many others inijjht be mentioned.
The tweutivth century civiliza
tion may be a leech sucking the
blood from your veins. Forget
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not the work in the old log
school house. Are modern means
making us better? As compared
with the old, are we putting out
a better intellectual product? Are
you not in danger of finding your
intellectual diath in intellectual
opportunity. Are we less grasp
ing than Jacob when he took
what was worth a life-time of
service? Are we any less jealous
than when Cain raised his hand
against bis brother? We have
educated men who have gone
forth to wreck banks, destroy
municipalities and tear down in
stead of build up.
Young men, I have not rev ew
ed these things to discourage
you; but direct your attention to
them to encourage you. It is
the state of the world into which j
you are going. You must work
out .your destiny, out of these
things. Will there be a civiliza
tion that will stand? I suggest
to you in solving your destiny,
And much work in religious ser
vice. There is one master. If
you serve well, you must serve
with Christ It's the man who
works 'with Him and through
Him that makes a success. The
greatest builders of the republic
have been the ministers. Here
the speaker compared Paine and
Ausbury; Socrates and Wesley;
Nero and St Paul, and others to
show how the christian religion
had overcome the unreligious
works of men. , Dr. Kilgo's final
words to the class weie very ten
dcr and expressive and impres
sive. After the address the doctor
said he wished to speak a word
to the large concourse present
in other words, hoped he would
be pardoned for making love to
his own people. He wanted to
express his appreciation of the
kindnesses shown him and the
college by the people of Durham
during his administration. He
lovtd Durham, and could live
here in splendid fellowship. He
praised the fine audiences on com
mencement occasions, and the
THE CLASS , REPRESENTATION
Crators froa Senior Class la Asssal
Ccclesl Icr Klley-Cray KsiiL
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freiisat U!;a Presented Vita Lc?-Ct?-Tt8
Ccst&t u loca
tion ot &s Grcvta cf Trinity.
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Last night in the Craven Mem
orial hall was held the annual
Senior orations. For years' this
has been one of the main feat-ires
of the commencement program
and has always attracted a great
deal of interest These men are
selected by mens of a prelimi
nary contest and this fact is but
another indication of the growth
of Trinity.. There used to be a
time, when with small graduating
classes, the entire class was re
quired to deliver an oration at
commencement time. The growth
has been such that this would
now be impossible and four are
selected as representatives.
To add 'zest to the contest
there is annually given a medal
known as the Wiley-Gray medal.
This medal last night was award
ed to Mr. C. & Warren. While
the judges were out deciding Mr.
K. C. Goldstein, of the law school,
and last year's winner of the
medal, came in and presented
Dr. Kilgo with a beautiful loving
cup, a token from the student
body of their love and honor for
him.
A synopsis of their orations fol
lows: Subject: 'The African Cross."
Although ranking among the
youngest of the nations. America
has developed many institutions
which are peculiarly her own. Of
some of the institutions she may
splendid music furnished each
year by the talented voices of the
city. - The doctor was deeply
moved in bis remarks on the
severing of his ties with the col
l:geand his relations with the
p oj le of Durham.
W. T. BROTHERS, '
Elizabeth City, N. C.
well be proud, of others she
should forever be ashamed. In
this later class lynching finds its
place. It is a custom peculiarly
American and with the exception
of a tew places in Russia is prac
tically unknown in Europe.
There are- conditions which
give rise to lynching in this coun
try, and which make it today es
pecially a southeru problem. The
first of these conditions being in
our government; the people, be
ing sovereign, have little hesi
tancy in setting the Jaw aside. A
second cause is found in the great
laxity of the enforcement and ad
ministration of the law. In ad
dition to these two general
causes we find other causes in
the south, iu the temprement of
the southern people, and the exis
tence of an inferior race in our
midst In these causes we find
the reason for but not the justifi
cation of lynching.
To justify lynching, it must be
shown that it tends to the better
ment of society, that it is in ac
cord with the highest principles
of government that it gives jus
tice to all, that it lessens crime
and increases patriotism. Lynch
ing cannot be defended on any
grounds. The mob which lynches
a brute will reach the point where
it will lynch, with equal fury, an
innocent person who may be the
object of its suspicions. ,The mob
spirit becomes more infuriated
with each taste of blood.
The people of the South realize
this, but the lawless work con-
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Washington, D. C. Raleigh, N. C.
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