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We may never see the day that
ours is an honest to goodness
college town, but once In the
Gay Nineties this proud village
could boast of the New Bern
Collegiate Institute.
There were 245 students from
New Bern and Craven County
enrolled for the 1891-92 school
year, along with two from
Cumberland County, seven from
Pamlico, eight from Carteret,
four from Hyde, two from Jones,
and one each from Pitt, John
ston, Forsythe, Lenoir and Ons
low.
Even Wakefield, Mass., and
Frankford, Del., contributed a
pupil each to the student body,
so you see word had really got
ten around about the Institute.
It was a good beginning, but un
like Hickory’s Lenoir Rhyne
College that opened Its doors
the same year, the local venture
was doomed to die.
Before It withered on the vine,
such well known New Bernlans
as Albert Bangert, Wade Mea
dows, Lizzie Hancock, Albert
Willis, Rom Nunn, MarkSteven-
son, Sam Dill, Steve Fowler,
Tom Kehoe, Closs Barker and
Nettle Fowler attended classes.
So did Anna Hanff, John Su-
ter, Leo Sultan, Inez Styron,
Bradley Hanff, Laura Suter,
John Tolson, Ernest Wood, Fred
Whltly, Faith Brock, Mami^
Don Roberts and PrecT
Richardson. All of them studied
hard and learned a good deal.
John S. Long was president of
the Institute’s board of trus
tees. On the board with him
were Charles S. Clark, E. H.
Meadows, Alex Miller, N. S.
Richardson, J. P. Holland, A.
T. Jerkins, W. G, Brinson, L,
H. CuUer, WilUam Hollister,
W, H. Oliver, and H. C, White-
burst.
Also William M, Watson, Cle
ment Manley, T, A.Green, J, A,
Meadows, H. R. Bryan, F. C.
Roberts, George Allen, John D,
Whllford, J, A, Gulon, George
Slover, F. Ulrich, and J. B,
Hu^es. It was a ^stingulshed
group indeed.
Students still living will re
call with understandable fond
ness a faculty comprised of
Gustavus Troy Adams, MaryL,
Allen, George W. Neal, S. G,
Bragaw, John Stanley Thomas,
F. E. Morton, Nellie Walker,
Aurora Mace, Janet Hollister,
Mary D. Gooding, ana Mrs. A,
B. Ferebee.
Then as now, Itpaid to adver
tise, and New Bern’s leading
business firms welcomed the
chance to proclaim their wares
In the Institute’s booklet. The
ads, needless to say, were
somewhat different tlian the
ones we see today.
J, C. WMtty and Company, a
firm still in existence here,
let It be known dial It was head
quarters for hardware, agricul
tural Implements and boat
chandlery, while Thomas C.
Howard proclaimed the facili
ties at his sectional marine
railways.
Barrington and Baxter al
lowed as how their special
ties were fine "hand-sewed
shoes and gents’ underwear.’’
In die absence of detailed In
formation, we would assume
that the latter were long handled
nifties that warmed the wearer
but accomplished little In the
way of adding to his charm.
Mrs. S. H. Lane had a word
for the ladles. She emphasized
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The NEW BERN
PUBLI9HBD WIIKLY
THl HIART OF
VOLUME 9
NEW BERN, N. C., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1966
NUMBER 26
NEVER A CARE—Some of us may be saddened a
bit by the lengthening shadows of Indian Summer,
but not Tracy Ballard, daughter of Carolyn and Bob
Ballard of 731 Circle Drive. Autumn, winter, spring
and summer are equally joyful for her. During the
31 months she has been dwelling in this world of
ours, she has found life constantly exciting. Where
those older and supposedly wiser find ugliness, she
finds beauty, and we fervently hope that she will be
a long time discovering the'unpleasant aspects of
human existence. Childhood is a fleeting thing, and
as Victor Herbert aptly said in one of his lyrics for
“Babes In Toyland,” once you cross its portals you
may never return again. To be young in Autumn, like
Tracy and other girls and bovs. is a most important
privilege.
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