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VOL. LII. NO. 69.
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Leads all Worth Carolina Dailies in Mews and Circulation
TRINITY ISCHARMED
BY DOCTOR VAN DYKE
He Speaks On “Literature
and Life”
IWENIY-SIX GRADUATES
Eight of Those in the Graduating
Class Ladies.
WINNER OF THE WILEY GRAY MEDAL
The Young Tennessean Who Won it Once
Before Again Receives the Prize,
The Past ar.d Present and
Future of Trinity,
(Special to News and Observer.)
Durham, N. C., June 4.—Trinity, the
♦d<| and the new, what a difference, and
y< t what u dose relationship exists be
tv n 'lie two. •
Tin; old Trinity that nestled in the
rural forest of Randolph, with everything
meag. r and inadequate, except character,
purpose and achievements; the new Trin
ity built in the inidst of a stirring city
■with everything complete anti adequate,
including character, purpose and achieve
ments. Craven, the founder, the self
made scholar, the great tutor and maker
o' inn: Duke, the perserver, the self
male king of commerce, the maker of
money, the philanthropist; Pegram, the
tie that, binds together the old faculty
an : the new. The church, the great
Me'ho list church, which stood guard in
tin days that have passed over the old
institution in the Randolph forest, and is
.imling guard today over the great, new
i iuiutional structure on the western
I- t lor of the State's magic city.
\: f look upon the scene here today, as
this beautiful morning—as bright as the
prospects of Trinity are bright—ushered
in unotlu r Trinity commencement, I re
*..ll th • first commoncemi nt I ever at
t> n i i ~t oi l Trinity in Randolph. There
i; a difft r< nee. Oh, yes, in some par
ti ul.tr. thre is a vast difference, but in
t! most. • important essentials there is
no diff* rence. There were more of the
old cirevit riders at the old Randolph
* ommeii'ement and perhaps fewer pre
ssing elders, and there are more presid
in'-- elders here today and fewer circuit
rid' r \ hut may be this is a natural con
: ' qu« nee. There is about as many peo
; 1 in the beautiful new auditorium here
mdny as there was in old Trinity hall.
*1 ' >-rowd at the old commencement
were full of joy, inspiration and hope—
tie vast crowd here is. if possible, fuller
of joy, enthusi:. : d hope. On the
im at old Trinity sat Braxton Craven —
ih founder •' 1 lilder of old Trinity—
on the stage i: i sits Washington Duke,
tin' pm-rver and benefactor of new Trin
ity, each of m striking examples of
most wond< rful self-achievement. Native
and to the :::ancr born, each starting life
without v. dh, oclal or other distinction
each cii :p different rugged roads
to tn« i i: 'of fame. Craven became
tin' in. . intellectual science, the ex
-1 minder apt 1 truths, a genius of
]< rn;i a ; r (.f the world’s most dassi
<.d i i aie. th. founder of a great In
stitution. Duke has become the master of
hu it s science, a great expounder of
■ ractlcpl knowledge, a genius of finance
and commerce, a peer of the world’s most
mu '•■ - ful business men, and the preserv
er of the great institution that Craven
1' ■ ; led. No man need write the bio
■ ii • hies of these two North Carolinians.
•' n. v are engraved in the very founda
i ns ii| on which this college rests and
1 i rested. Their lives are interwoven
into s he very fabric from the
I -inning until this bright day,
ar.d will remain there so long as Trinity
lives and that will be so long as time
J > iHere he history that is fit to study,
th re l"’ biography to inspire youth. Here
1 > patriotism, toil, struggles, benevolence
Mid charity fit to emulate. Here be
greatness, individual greatness attained
hv few and surpassed by none. Here be
i.-niinisconces of the past as fragrant as
,v« r bloomed in memory’s garden. Here
r.re present realizations that elicit our
loftiest gratitude and appreciation, and
here he future prospects that will with
in 1 opposition, evolution or, if need be,
revolution.
Gorge I. Seney was asked by a friend
after he became poor, what was the
pn al< «t treasure remaining to him.
He replied: ‘The money I have
~«ven away.” Had some friend
j'«k<d the late Dr. Craven the same
question just before he passed away, his
v. !.• would perhaps have been, “The
.orifices I have made for my fellow
n u,” and I could see on the countenance
»f Trinity's benefactor, Washington
today a like expression, and I have
i.o doubt of the fact that instead of his
7 .i ini being on the great manufacturing
industry he planted just a block away,
iad of tiring his weary brain by
, .uniting or recounting to himself his
r* a’, table thousands or millions, he was
j . yarding the scene about him, which he
h. done so much to establish, as the
ri> st of all his accumulated treasures.
The old Trinity was a maker of men,
to:ip men. useful men, men who have
' i n and are being heard and felt along
,\<iv avenue of our industrial, profes
,,ai and religious life. The new Trini
ty Is making men of like strength, of
liT-,. ability, who are being heard from
f! .rj wi'.l hereafter be felt and appreciated
along these same avenues of life.
<K the former I might recall Simmons,
• Norman, the Pastor; Brown,
L-.r Ranker; Lockhart, the Jurist; Barbee,
\the Colton Merchant; Berry, the Con-
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gressman; Odell, the Manufacturer; Tur
ner. the Lawyer, Lt. Governor;; Arm
field, the brilliant lawyer; Page, the
writer; Overman, the statesman; Tillett,
the brilliant attorney; Tillett, the great
teacher, and hundreds of others. Os the
men who have come out and are coming
out from the New Trinity I might men
tion Durham, the manufacturer; Culbreth
and North, the already eminent young di
vines; Flowers, the tutor; Lyon, the mer
chant; Ormond, Brown, Smithdeal. and
many others who will become factors in
our future upbuilding. But I started out
to write something about this year’s
commencement at Trinity, but what's the
use? It is only one of the illustrated
pages in the history of the grand old col
lege.
Great sermons have been preached by
Dr. Crowell and Dr. Buckley, two of the
church’s most powerful pulpit orators.
A great annual address has been deliv
ered by Dr. Van Dyke, of New York, one
of the world's brightest thinkers and
strongest orators.
Grand music has been rendered by a
choir of talented young men and wo
men. led by Prof, and Mrs. Bryant, of
the Southern Conservatory of Music. If
I could make those cold type ring with
even the echoes of this soul-inspiring
vocal harmony, I could sell this manu
script for millions of money, but I can’t,
it had to be heard to be appreciated.
The board of trustees have had their
meeting, heard reports, etc., and every
member came out of the meeting with a
smile on his face. There were no deficits
to make good, no delving over knotty
j ioblems of financiering this that or the
other department of the institution, and
yet no criticisms to make about elaborate
or unnecessary expenditures.
The establishment of four new chairs
was announced—the Chair of Political
Economy, Chair of Romance Languages,
the Chair of German Languages, the Chair
of Applied Mathematics —all these estab
lished and endowed by Mr. Benjamin N.
Duke, one of the staunchest and most
liberal friends the institution has.
The new library building, the finest in
the South, now nearing completion, was
good to look at. It is a grand, imposing,
commodious structure, costing $50,000, the
entire amount donated by Mr. J. B. Duke
with an additional donation of SIO,OOO to
wards supplying the new building with
the choicest books.
The large now dormitory building, just
beginning to rise above the surface, an
other donation from Mr. Benjamin N.
Duke, was another point of interest for
trustees and visitors.
The graduating class comprised twenty
one young gentlemen and five young la
dise. Eighteen of these won the degree
of B. A. and eight the degree of M. A.
The declamations were of a high order
and won merited applause from the cul
tured audience. Dr. Kilgo s address was
full of wisdom, of healthful thought, and
sound counsel.
This commencement occasion has been
cue of the most enjoyable in the history
of Trinity, and the departing throngs
that have attended go away with greater
reverence for the Trinity of old, with
more love for the Trinity of the pres
ent and with higher hopes and greater
expectations for the Trinity of the fu
utre.
A million dollar school is the Trinity
of today. Grounds, buildings, and plant
worth more than half a million and an
endowment fund approximating $450,000.
Perhaps they would not wish me to say it,
but I'll say it anyhow, that seven-tenths
of this entire amount or about seven
hundred thousand dollars has been dona
ted by Mr. Washington Duke and
his sons, but some will say, you can't
build colleges with money alone. Oh, no,
no more than you can build character
with money alone, but there is some
thing here besides money, there is learn
ing here, there is devotion to princi
ple here, there is love for the past, grati
tude, for the present, and inspiring hope
for the future. Every member of the
faculty may not be perfect in every phase
of his mental, moral and physical make
up, but they are able men, learned men,
men who have dedicate*! themselves body
and soul almost to the great work of
education. The college is strong finan
cially and otherwise. It is growing and
will continue to grow. It is ntaring that
point where it can take care of itself;
the church behind it is strong, powerful
and influential and will look over the af
fairs of Trinity hereafter as heretofore.
If heresy enters here, the institution is
strong enough to shake it off, and if the
institution don't do it, the church will,
and if the church don't do it the Lord
will. If there should ever be worship
here of aught else save what is holy and
heavenly, the spirit of Craven and the
magnanimity of Duke will rise up in the
institution and the church and crush it
out.
F. B. AREN DELL.
The Closing Scenes.
(Special to News and Observer.)
Durham, N. C., June 4. —Trinity Col
lege commencement came to a close to
nigiht with the annua? reception to the
graduating class, which was attended by
representative people of Durham and
from all parts of the State.
The exercises today consisted in the
commencement address by the learned
and eloquent Dr. Henry Yaa Dyke, of
New York, and graduating exercises
There were twenty-six in the graduating
class, eight of whom were young ladies.
Eighteen received diplomas in th<* bach
elors art degree and eighteen tne master
arts. The Wiley Gray medal, given for
highest scholarship, by R. 7. Gray, Ral
eigh, in memory of his brother, was won
by E- C. Perrow, of Tennessee, and pre
sented by Rev. S. B- Turrentine, of
Greensboro- This !s she second time
Perrow has won this medal. James W.
Scoggs, of Greensboro, was valedicto
rian.
The largest audience that ever attend
ed a commencement here greeted Dr. Van
Dyke in Craven Memorial Hall
this evening. Many of them had read
his book and heard h*3 lectures. All of
(Continued on Page Five.)
RALEIGH. NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY MORNING. .JUNE V 1902.
BIRDS WIPED UP
IDE SEA GULLS
Raleigh Turns the Tables on
Wilmington
SCORE FIFTEEN TO TEN
The Red Birds in Batting Clothes
Yesterday.
SEVENTEEN HITS LINED OUT
Durham Won From Greensboro Seven to Onz.
Charlotte Did Ntw Ben Up to
the Tune of Eight to
One.
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
Won. Lost. P. C.
Chariot c 33 3 (sS -
Durbarn .5*13
Raleigh 15 12 * r>sG
Now Bern 12 15 .444
Greensboro n ,4^7
Wilmington 3 23 .115
Raleigh roosted on the necks of the Sad
Sea Gulls yesterday in great shape and it
is now a «till greater wonder how they
managed to take the two previous games.
W ilmington was not In the game at any
stage yesterday.
Mathewson was in the box for the visi
tors until the sixth inning, when he was
relieved by Pisher. In the fourth in
ning he completely let down. Eleven men
wont to the bat and lined out eight hits
which netted seven runs. In the, fifth in
ning Fisher, for the visitors, landed a
home run, making their first score. In
this inning Raleigh went out in quick
order.
In the sixth inning, by two hits, a base
on balls and two errors by Raleigh, Dom
mell's lucky hit emptied the bases, which
wore full, and he scored himself. In this
inning Fisher went into the box but the
champions pounded him almost as badly
as they did Matthc-wson, getting five hits
and four runs, one a home run by Hook,
who placed the hall in the right gulch. In
the eighth inning Sweeney, for the visi
tors, made a home run.
It was Raleigh's slugging day or the
pitchers were badly off, as seventeen hits
were lined out. Up to the fifth inning
Childs, for the home team, pitched pretty
speedy ball, hut after then he appeared
to let up and was a little wild.
From the score it would appear that
it was a pretty rockv game, yet the visi
tors made only three errors and these
did not cost over two runs.
Captain Kain was in the game yesterday
and held down centre. His presence no
doubt had a great deal to do with the
playing of the home team, as they mani
fested decidedly more spirit than on the
previous days.
SCORE BY INNINGS.
Raleigh 2 0 2 7 0 4 0 0 x—ls
Wilmington 0 0 0 0 1 4 3 2 o—lo
Hornets Again Do Truckers
(Special to News and Observer.)
Charlotte, N. C., June 4.—By a score
of S to 1 Charlotte again defeated the
Now Bern team. Brandt’s pitching and
home run were lhe features of the game.
Score by innings. R H E
New Bern.. .. 0 1 0 000 0 0 o—l 2 5
Charlotte .. ..1 I*o 020 2 2 x—B 9 3
Batteries: Bass and Foster; Brandt and
Lehman.
Greensboro Gored By Durham,
(Special to News and Observer.)
Greensboro, N. C., June 4. —Greensboro
put up a crippled team and were easily
gored by the Durham Bulls to the tune
of sewn to one. The game was very well
played and the work of the new umpire,
Upchurch, gave general satisfaction.
Score by innings. R H E
Durham 01002 0 22 o—7 10 3
Greensboro .. ..001 0 0000 o—l0 —1 5 6
Batteries: Greensboro, Suggs and
Brockwell; Durham, Morris and Curran.
Umpire, Upchurch. Time of game, 1:40.
Attendance, 300.
Raleigh Amateurs Victorious.
The Raleigh Amateurs defeated the
Orioles yesterday in a fast and furious
game, by a score of 15 to 3.
The Amateurs showed up in fine form
by their heavy hitting and fast fielding.
Score by innings. R H E
Amateurs 1 0 3 0 4 2 1 3 I—ls 12 2
Orioles 0 0 200000 1— 3 4 4
Batteries: Amateurs, Harris and Simp
son; Orioles, Sawyer and Thompson.
Struck out by Harris, 11; by Sawyer, 4.
National League Games.
(By the Associated Press.)
At Brooklyn— R H E
Cincinnati .. ..0 0000002 o—2 8 6
Brooklyn 10300010 x—s 12 0
At Chicago— R H E
Chicago 0 00110100 o—3 7 3
Now York 200001000 I—41 —4 6 3
At Boston— R II E
Boston.. ...33000001 x—7 12 3
St. Louis 11 000 0 0 0 I—3 77
At Philadelphia— E H E
Pittsburg 2000 11 0 1 2 —7 16 3
Philadelphia ....0 00301 00 o—4 S 3
American League Games.
At Philadelphia— R H E
Chicago 1 0 Oja 0 0 0 0 2—3 «J 0
Philadelphia ..0 0 0 0 00 0 0 o—o 4 4
At Baltimore— R H E
Baltimore 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 o—2 6 5
St. Louis 0 0200031 o—6 11 3
At Washington— R II E
Washington. ..43000204 x—l 3 14 1
Detroit 0 0000303 0— 6 lt 2
At Cleveland — R H E
Cleveland 00020110 x—4 6 5
Boston 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 o—3 8 2
Southern League.
Little Rock, 7; Nashville, 1.
(No other games today.)
THE MEDICAL EXAMINERS
The Board in Session at the Seashore Hotel
Wrightsvill*.
(Special to the News and Observer.)
Wilmington, N. C., June 4 State
Board of Medical Examiners met today
at the Seashore Hotel, Wrightsville
Beach, and will remain in session until
Tuesday of next week. Dr. E. C. Regis
ter, of Charlotte, president; Dr. J. How
ell Way, of Waynesville, secretary, and
Dr. T. S. McMullen, of Hertford, a mem
ber of the board, arrived last night, an 1
Drs. I). T. Tayloe, of Washington; Thos.
E. Anderson, of Statesville; Albert \n
derson, of Wilson, and J. C. Weaton, of
Reidsville, came today. The session to
day consisted merely of oragnization and
the registration of appllcats for license,
the number whom is said to be over a
hundred, although not that many have
registered thus far. The examination
will be submitted in some blanch of
medicine tomorrosv and so on each day
until the end of the week.
COMMENCEMENT HE
ELON COLLEGE
Baccalaureate Sermon By
Rev. C* S- Blackwell
The Literary Address 8y Hop. Lccke Craig of
Asheville, Possibilities cf North
Carolina.
(Specia.l to News and Observer.)
Elen College, N. C.» June 4. —'she com
mencement exercises of Elon College
opened on Tuesday evening with the
baccalaureate sermon by Rev. C. S.
Blackwell, D. D., of Wilmington, N. C.
Preceding the sermon was an anthem,
‘‘King All Glorious” by the college
choir. Following this was the invoca
tion by Rev. Dr. J. U- Newman, of the
faculty. Scripture Lesson: Matthew
V, read by President Staley.
Prayer by Rev. W. G. Clements, of
Morrisville, N. C.
Dr. Blackwell was introduced by
President Staley. He took for his text,
Rev. 12:20, saying that he selected this
verse as a text net because of the great
line of thought suggested bv the verse,
but because it contained the wortl
“book.” He stated that it was his pur
pose to present ‘ this book” (the Bible)
ir. all of its fragrange and sweetness.
He compared the Bible with the modern
novel. The main difference, he said, be
tween the Bible and the novel of today
is that the modern novel describes the
personal appearance of the characters
whom it portrays; the Bible tells nothing
of the color of the hair, the shape of the
mouth or the fashion of the dress, but
toils wihat moral and spiritual senti
ment dwelt in the human heart
. If we would enioy the reading of the
Bible we must read it as we read the
novel—from lid to lid—and not a verse
Here, a verse there. The Bible is the
most charming, the most romantic novel
ever written. Tn it wo read in all the
beauty of romance, the biography of
every living man and woman of today.
On Wednesday the exercises began at
12 o’clock. The Philolosian, Clio, and
Fsiphelion Societies marched into the
auditorium in a body while the band
discoursed appropriate music. The ex
ercises were opened with prayer by Rev.
P. H. Fleming, of Burlington. Hon.
Locke Craig, of Asheville, who delivered
the literary address, was introduced by
President Staley. Mr. Craig began bis
address by expressing his appreciation
o( the privilege of appearing before a
body of students on a glad commence
ment day. Advancing upon his subject
lie reviewed his usual graphic way the
achievements of the past century ar.d the
influence of this progress upon the char
acter of our race. Ho called r Mention
to the influence of the little country
school house on the hill in shaping the
destiny of tho nation. The boy or the
girl who goes out from college walls to
his old country home reshapes the lives
of all with whom he comes in contact-
True to his patriotic spirit, Mr. Craig
dwelt at length upon the possibilities of
North Carolina in industry, education
and wealth.
Mr. Craig reached the climax of his
powerful address by proclaiming the
fact that all men are good and noble,
and it is this qualification which gives
to mankind the possibility of accom
plishing anything great. The pagan re
ligions of the world are evil, but it is tha
little good in them which brings the
millions of souls to bow before them in
superstitious worship.
The greatest achievements of the com
ing century will not be accomplished by
wealthy men and fashionable women,
but by the plain, awkward country lad,
or the homely girl who educates himself
or herself and a life to a noble purpose.
Joliet, Ills., June 3.—Joliet is in the
grasp of the worst flood in its Vtfttory.
All the lower portion of the citaf Is under
J DM Os ORATORY
HT THE UNIVERSITY
Graduating Exercises in Me
morial Hall
THt BUILDING THRONGED
Honorable Hilary Herbert on the
Trend Toward Socialism.
A POWERFUL AND THOUGHTFUL EFFORT
A List cf the Prize Winners and Medalists.
Orations By Members of the Gradu
ating Class. The Conferring
or Datrrees.
(Staff Correspondence.)
Chapel Hill. N. C., June 4. Com
mencement day proper arrived bright,
clear and beautiful, and with it a great
crowd by railroad and private convey
ance. Chapel Hill is full of visitors, and
every event of commencement is moving
along splendidly.
From all surrounding sections, in all
manner of conveyances the people ar
rived all during the morning and at the
graduating exercises in Memorial Hall
the building was filled to its capacity,
while out on the campus, under the
shade of its beautiful trees, lingered
many others.
The graduating procession formed in
front of the Alumni Building at 10:15
and proceeded across the campus and
into Memorial Hall in this order:
Band of music, the graduating class
in cap and gown, the faculty of the col
lege, the trustees, headed by Governor
Aycock and Rev. Dr. S. M. Frost, and
the visiting alumni.
At the door of the hall the band en
tered the band stand and the procession
passed around the stand, at the door,
the class opening ranks so that through
these the faculty and trustees might pass.
Here for the first time the young lady
graduates led the class procession, for
as the lines turned in they passed to
the front of the class line into the hall.
The invocation, an earnest plea for
God’s blessing on the University, its stu
dents, graduates, alumni, faculty, trus
tees and friends, was made by Rev. S.
M. Frost, class of 1852.
GRADUATES AND THEIR THESES.
Then President Venable announced the
theses and orations by candidates for the
baccalaeureate degrees, as follows:
Claude Oliver Abernethv—Tho Dealings
of the United States with the Cherokee
Indians.
Thaddeus Awasaw Adams—-Govern
ment Ownership of cur Railroads.
David Clark Ballard —The Menace to
Our Institutions.
Tod Robinson Brem—The Occurrence
and Treatment of Mineral Fertilizers.
Walter Monroe
Ownership of Railroads.
Christiana Bushee —Greek Civilization
at the Time of the Odyssey.
Minna Curtis Bynum—The World as
Feeling and Emotion.
Charles Metcalfe Byrnes—The Relative
Individual.
Albert Marvin Carr —Origin and De
velopment of Our Equity Jurisprudence.
Rufus Benjamin Christian—The State
and Its Origin.
Joseph Blount Cheshire, Jr.—The
Causes of the French Revolution.
Brent Skinner Drane—Good Roads for
North Carolina.
Julius Fletcher Duncan—The Crisis in
the Life of Caesar.
Richard Nixon Duffy—The Unity of the
Physical Forces.
Simon Justus Everett—Federal Govern
ment Control or Ownership of Railroads.
John Atkinson Ferrell—Operations on
the Coast of North Carolina in 1861-1862.
Gardiner Marion Garren—Religion; Its
Basis and Utility.
John Frazier Glenn —Police Power of a
State.
Robert Linn Godwin—The Conflict of
Ideas: A Review of Burke’s ‘‘Reflections
on the French Revolution.”
Eugene Price Gray—Medicine in the
Middle A~es.
Louis Graves—Moliere and Sheridan:
Resemblances.
Quentin Gregory—Life and Service of
William Richardson Davie.
Mary Groome —The Passion Play of
Oberammergau: Its Relation to the Me
diaeval Mystery.
Pinckney Broadfield Groome—Southern
Poets.
John Steele Henderson, Jr. —A Brief
Discussion of the Theory and Uses of
the Rotary Converter.
Robert Stuart Hutchinson Some
Phases of the Cotton Mill Labor of
North Carolina.
Charles Andrews Jonas—Centralization
and Democracy in tho United States.
Alonzo Commodore Kerley—Our Im
perial Policy.
Whitehead Kluttz—The Next Step in
the Evolution of Punishments.
Fred Henry Lemly—The Department of
Salts of Pure Thorium and Allied Ele
ments with Organic Bases.
Ivey Foreman Lewis—The Migration of
Birds.
Robert Arthur Liehtenthaeler—The Cli
matic Condition of Past Ages; Its
Changes and their Causes.
James Harry Mclver—Universal Edu
cation for North Carolina.
Robert Amsei Merritt —Citizenship and
Education.
Eugene Grissom Moss—Efforts to Pre
pare Lanthan-Alums.
Edgar Joseph Nelsom—The Right of
Eminent Domain.
Thomas Clifford —Pyrites Deposites of
North Carolina.
Benjamin Franklin Page—HistoYy of
the Alkaloids.
Warren Stehbins Prior —Religion and
Science.
Birdie Pritchard —The Power Behind
the Throne.
Frank Abton Lunsford Reid—The In
fluence of Christ.
Henry Moring Robins —The Louisiana
Purchase.
Guy Vernon Roberts —The Subsidizing
of our Merchant Marine.
Edward Duncan Sallenger —Federal
Ownership and Control of Industries.
Janies Thomas Smith —Vergil’s Aeneid
as an Epic of Human Life.
Henry Blount Short, Jr. —Modern Ten
dencies of the American Democracy.
Marvin Hendrix Stacy—The Growth of
the American Idea.
William Faris Stafford—The Real Lord
Byron.
David Pony Stern —Does the Modern
Trust Threaten America’s Welfare
George Phifer Stevens —Heredity and
Environment.
Rcston Stevenson—The Ethical Idea.
John Edward Swain —The Church and
State in Education.
Buxton Barker Williams —The Veto
Power.
Robert Ransom Williams—lndustrial
ism.
Thomas Clemson Worth—The Diffusion
of Roman Law.
Next came the theses by candidates
for the degrees of A. M. and S. M., these
being:
Lester Von Noy Branch —A Resume of
the Development and Present Status of
the Theory of lonic Dissociation.
Jacob Warshaw—Matthew Arnold et
Sainte-Beuve: leur methode critique.
Minna Curtis Bynum—The Ideals and
Ethics of Rome.
Julius Fletcher Duncan—The History
of the Louisiana Territory.
Clarence Albert Shore—The Early De
velopment of Toxopneustes, ThalasSema,
and Asearis.
John William Turrentine —The Prepara
tion of Pure Praeseodymium Compounds
and the Behavior of Some of Them.
Louis Round Wilson—The Works of
Lyly and Green and the Pastoral Comedy
of Shakespeare.
Following the reading of these lists,
which names the graduates of the Uni
versity, were the four orations by the
members of the graduating class.
SOUTHERN POETS.
Mr. Pinckney Broadfield Groome was
the first to speak, the subject being
Southern Poets. It was most interesting
ly presented, in part as follows:
Mr. Groom presented his views in part
as follows:
They poured out their music on a
sleeping world. The «outh has a litera
ture —a classic literature.
Among the first southerners who touch
ed the lyre of poesy was William Gilmore
Simms, a South Carolinian, a man of
quick and energetic nature, who wrote
much, perfecting little. In different
vein the pure, refreshing songs of Pinck
ney fall upon our ear. awakening lighter
moods of feeling, while Pike rings in the
chorus with the heaven-born notes of
this mocking bird. O'Hara wins his way
to the heart’s emotions, leads glory forth
to guard with solemn sound the bivouac
of the dead. With Hayne we catch tho
outlines of the pine trees and hear their
ceaseless moan.
In Karon Hope the chivalry of the
South breathes anew, and Henry Timrod
discovers for us the handiwork of (lo'd
in the tiny cotton boll. With naive
touch Cook weaves for us a glory verse
‘‘Better known are Ryan, Lanier and
Edgar Allan Poe,” he said, and gave
some of the splendid vqrse of these pcety
makers, and told of their impulses and
ideas, using pure and choice words and
speaking with effect.
His final words were given to a de
scription of Poe’s ideals, ‘‘Beauty meant
more to Poe than an appeal to the aes
thetic sense alone. He thought of
beauty, which is hope, he idealized 1 is
poetic images, thus, contrary to his
theorv, bringing them into truth’s realm.
There is something never to bo under
stood about this being who held his soul
in his hand, as it were, could bid it soar
on angol wings.
GROWTH OF THE AMERICAN IDEA.
The second speaker was Mr. Marvin
Hendrix Stacy, whose subject was “The
Growth of the American Idea.” Jt was
an eloquent and finished effort, much
applause being given the speaker, who
is the class president. In part he said.
Philosophic historians have formulated
two theories as to the cause of ihe
growth and development of the American
republic. The former of these schools
attribute to Washington, Hamilton, Jef
ferson and their contemporaries the hon
or of inaugurating a new system of gov
ernment, the consolidation of thirteen
weak, incoherent and dependent frag
ments into a rounded and symmetric unit
and the final elevation of this new crea
ture to the exalted position of a posi
tive. dignified, a.nd unified force in world
politics. The exponents of the latter theo
ry see in American institutions only an
extension and amplification of a deep un
derlying force that has been working for
centuries among the Anglo-Saxon peo
ple.
In support of the latter view which,
without any derogation, we may call the
ancestor theory, it may be said that
there is a marked parallelism between
the nature of the struggles of the Eng
lish kings with th<Hr parliaments and the
contests between the royal governors and
their colonial assemblies prior to the
American Revolution.
The support of the opposite view, which
without violence to facts, we may call
the heroic theory, rests largely upon the
individual initiative of a small band of
American patriots. Its advocates would
claim that every beneficent movement in
the history of mankind, whether in morals
or in politics, has been the fruitage of
the toils and labors of some master mind
and this product has always been a re
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IHUCE FIVE CENaS.
MORGAN PLEADS FOR.
AN MIAN CANAL
A Speech of Three Hours in
the Senate
MAKES A SIRONG APPEAL
Free Delivery For Cities of Five
Thousand Inhabitants,
ANll-ANAdCHY BLL IN THE HOUSE
The Legal and Constitutional Phases of the
Question Discussed. Messrs. Jer.kins
and Parker Contend That the Bill
is Not Sufficiently Drastic.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, June 4. —(Discussion of the
project of constructing an Isthmian canal
was begun by the Senate today. Mr.
Morgan, of Alabama, chairman of the
Committee on Inter-Oceanic Canals,
opened the debate, speaking nearly three
hours. A considerable portion of his
speech was devoted to. an examination of
the recently suggested danger to '.he
Nicarauga Canal route of seismic disturb
ances. This danger, he concluded, after
a careful review of many authorities,
existed only in the imagination of those
who desired to defeat any canal propoct.
His study of the situation had convinced
him that really there was £Teater dan
ger fom volcanic and eathetuake disturb
ances to the Panama routee than to
the Nicarague route: but he, was satis
fied that little danger to either was to
be anticipated.
Mr. Morgan reviewed at length the
political conditions in Colombia, finding
in them a grave menace to th« United
States in the construction of a canal by
the Panama route. He presented, also,
the present phases of the diplomatic
negotiation looking to the building of a
canal by both the Nicaragua route and
by the Panama route. Mr. Morgan said
the failure of the United States to build
the Isthmian Canal would be a nexhibi
lion of moral weakness, influenced either
by powerful private interests or bv some
connulsion of nature which appealed
strongly to the imagination. He closed
with a stiong appeal for the passage of
the Nicaragua Bill.
Mr. Money, of Mississippi, questioned
the accuracy of a statement made re
cently by Mr. Hoar in his speech on the
Philippine Bill, on the origin of the
Monroe doctnne. Mr. Hoar stated that
John Quincy Adams was the father of
the doctrine. Mr. Money contended that
the doctrine was the result of consulta
tions between Mr. Canning, the British
Prime Minister, and Mr. Rush, the
American Minister to Great Britain.
Mr. Bate, of Tennessee, a member of
the Military Affairs Committee, crotoet
ed aga nst the vast extents of improve
ments proposed at West Point, aggre
gating, he said, $.,,500,000, the increase
provided by the Serate being about $1 -
000,000.
Mr. Quay called up the bill authorizing
the promotion and retirement of the
present senior Major General of the
Army, General John R. Brooke, and it
was passed.
A bill providing that the Postmaster
General may extend free delivery to
cities of 5,000 inhabitants or $5,000 gross
income,, instead of 10,000 inhabitants, as
at present, was passed.
Cartaret Settles In Full,
i Special to News and Observer.)
Beaufort, N. C., June 4. —The board of
county commissioners, . at their meeting
yesterday, ordered the county treasurer
to pay the last installment of the bonded
debt of the county. It will be recalled
that, when the building of the Atlantic
and North Carolina Railroad was pro- *
posed Carteret county voted $160,000
worth cf bonds for the purpose. Later on
a compromise was offered of 25 per cent,
and accepted by the county. The order
of yesterday settles in full the county’s
indebtedness and leaves a good snug sum
in the county treasurer’s hand. The board
also ordered the jail repaired and a house
built for (he keeper of the jail. The tax
rate, which has been $1.25, was ordered
reduced to SO cents,
Hon, H, L. Cook Withdraws.
(Special to the News and Observer.)
Fayetteville, N. C., June 4.—Hon. H. T».
Cook, in a card in today’s Fayetteville
Ovserver withdraws his name as< a can
didate for Congress. Hale’s friends say
this gives Cumberland to him unani
mously. They also claim strength for
him in the upper Cape Fear counties.
Cook ’’n his card offers his services to
committees in any part of the district.
Messenger Boy Ran Over.
(Special to News and Observer.)
Charlotte, N. C., June 4.—Ed. Freeland,
a messenger boy for the Western Union,
was run over by an electric car at 8:30
tonight and it is feared received fatal
injuries. The little fellow was dodging a
street carriage when he was struck by
the car.
Mr. R M. Phillips returned to the city
today after a short visit to his old home
in Randolph county. Mr. Phillips comes
back laden with fish stories and camp
life.