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CHARLOTTE DAILY OBSERVER, FEBRUARY 10, 1903. : WITH 'THE - CAROLINA : COLLEGES 1 ' '.hi' ' ' 1 - I " " ' ' . ; university;-; , Correfpo;ena The Observer.'' ' Chapel Hfll. Feb. $. The Dialectic Society representatives won a unant moiia decision - In the annual soph- . Junior debate held In Qerrard Hal) last night. The Df en everet Messrs. Frank P. Graham, of Charlotte, and J. W. Freeman; the Phi men were Messrs. J. W. irmstead, Jr.. of Dur ham, and J C Kerr, of Clinton. The - ,iuery was: "Resolved, That the Unit ed Statesgenatora should b elected by "direct vote t the people," and the winning teem-defended tho nega tlve ride of the question. The de baite of a very high order and. Aough all of the speakers did excep- '7 nally welv the., feature was the fch of Mr. Graham. It wai his . vtrt lrfter-sciety ', debate, but he handled his question quite like an old , staler. ' President Venablo win. probably i leave for New Yorlc Monday, whence he will sail on the 5th for Naples. He will return to tb hill during the lat ter part of March. Mr, J. D. McLean has been Initiall ed into tha Alpha Tau Omega fra ternity. Mr. Lawrence Simmons, '09, la very 111 with pneumonia. -Mrs. W'.' B. Hod man, of Charlotte, who has been vis iting; her son, N. F.-Rodman, for tha past week, returned home Monday. . She m as accompanied by her son. Mr. J. B. Avhittlngton, who waa re cently successfully operated on for : nnnendlcltis. returned from Halelgh. Wednesday. Messrs. Mercer and. Jack Oate . received a . tele gram " Wednesday night, ap prising them o f the death of then? father, which occurred at Tarboro. They left Immediately for home, driv ing through tho counitry to Durham. At a meeting of tho Historical So ciety Monday night,' Dr. Venable read a paper on "The .College UTesldent . One Hundred Tears Ago," treating es pecially of tho life and times of Dr. Caldwell. I ' The Philological Club met In tho Alumpt BuildUig Tuesday night in regular monthly session. Prof. iB. K. Oraham discussed "Byron a,nd By mnlsm In America." and Dr. J. V. Jloyster gave some notes, on St. John's College Oxford MS. 84. ' ' During the prevalence of grip and pneumonia m college for the past few week tho regular corps of nurses at the Infirmary was assisted by Miss es Landls and Maynard from the hos pital In Durham. MIm Landis left for Durham Friday and Miss Maynard Saturday. Mr. C. J. Katzenstein, 'OS, seems to be having troubles of his own. A card from Mr. Q. R Mills, of New York, arivlaes ,that the Columbia de baters of which Mr. Kaitsonsteln Is one, are confronted by a proposition in the shape of a co-ed debater on the Cornell team. : It seems that the Co lumbia men aro on the point of kick ing out of the (races rather than meet the lady. Fear is expressed on all sides that f.taM old Chapel Hill is bout t' have forced, Mip n it reign of terror. . in the way of "clUfled doln's," for a moving picture' show has come 'to town and the exhibitions are being given In the rha(5ct brrmnrT.'Sn a. a: Building. Tho .ajjola. a chargo .of Mr. J. A. rotkeius, of Henderson, and a right creditable show it Is too. Perform ances were given every right "ri this: week from :S0 till JO. and with; "Bl" Rankin and his corps of able assistants doing missionary stunts It is needless to say that the attendance was large. The weather has been cold and the ponds have been froxen over and stu dents have been borrowing alarm clocks. Tuesday morning a number of students sallied forth to FUher's pond. And tho skating "was good, though the Ice was thin. It broke and Messrs. "Buck" Davis, Avery and Waters tasted the Joys of an early morning bath out In tho open with the north wind playing a tune among tho trcetops. "Avery and Waters were near the shore, but Davis , waa out near the middle. The swimming was difficult, hut he made It. and tha fcunch did track stunts towards the dear old campus. The election of T. M. C. A. Officers Tuesday night resulted In the choice e,f tha following: F. F. Graham, pres ident; H. P- Osborne, vice president; . - ItnhAniA Smith ' Messrs. S. B. Turrentlne and A. M. Scales were re-elected to the advisory committee Bn Rev. Kenneth Pfohl ani Mr. W. D.i Weatherford . were chosen as new members. - , , Tha preparations for the presenta tion of "The Rivals" February 20th go merrily onward. The histrlonlq ' artists mean buMnesS, fof a rehearsal is held cverr night. -The said artists are working hard under the direction of Mr. X. U Potter and though the success' et "Antbropophyeiamelbome : ehane," tlie'play presented last spring, is still spoken of with appropriate comments it is certain that in the romlnc nerformance there will be more action anrf better acting. The local color will, of course, bo absent hut ihn manv funnv scenes in he Rivals." will, to say the least, be more pleasing to the faculty hearers than were the local hits indulged in last year. ,' The costumes will be rented from Van norn & Son, of Philadelphia, The style will be that of about a hundred years ago wheif Kheridan wrote the play and the appearance of powdered queues, ruffs, knee trousers and long -coats will In Itself be an innovation for staid old Chtlpel Hill. . It is the present Intention of the management to take the show on a week'c trip to the eastern part of the State, and posstbily a three days' trip to Greensboro, - Winston-Salem and Charlotte. . The January issue of The University M8gaicine, which appeared Tuesday, is quite a creditable number, it con tains abotrt the usual amount of fic tion, together with two or three light essays, and some excellent verse. The feature' of this number is .an essay, "Dreamland." . hy Editer-ln-Chlef Telrerton, though "The gllent Watch es, '. a poom by Mr. B. H. Lyle. jr., Is a close second. The poetry of Mr. lyto-ias come to be a regular feature ft T.e .Mapaslne. This young poet, though only about Is years old. al rrady has an enviable reputation. He wrote a poem Is-t fall called "The Coming of the Shadow," which has been declared by competent judges to be the best production written at this savk Moxrr nr mrrivo cham berlains curoir uK.MEuy Ton will py J'"' rnueh for a bottle of ChnmlTlKin C'oujch Jtemt-ily as fur nv of the nlitrr oit.glt fneillt-iniw. but veu save nionev In buying It. The saving "t In whm o'i g-t. nt lit u pav. Tti" sure-in-etire-yoii fialUy Is i,i evtrv boille of this remed. end yew set r.t rrnlts her you take it. Neulwtt-d C"l.i fiiirn dutli'P serious com'ltlons, and -hn 'U buy ctxiph ni"d:ciiie yon want to e surn yoa srr geltlm, ,t t,;,j wiil ei"v jour ol'l. "hiuniertaln' I'orsh Ime.l nluT! enre. ITle rij rr'iin a lltle. Far sale by W. U JJand Co. University In, many years. Other stories and essays In The iuagazina are: -jutt a job, Dy -Uj Phillips; 'The College Kewapa'per Its Pains and Its j?leaurea." .by H. U. Ounter, editor-in-chier of Th Tar Heel; 'The Babes lu the Wood." by J. B. Reeves; and "The Way of a Wom an," by K. D. Battle.. The depart ments are very, good, especially tho editorial and the dook review depart ment, the latter f which contains an excellent review of Dr. Battle's "His tory of the University," by Dr. Raper. C. Li. GUILFORD. Correspondence of The Observer. Guilford College, Feb. 8. The market etreet road Is graded to Guil ford College. The Hne weather which continued through last month great ly favored thi work anj It was pushed along rapidly. The road has been widened aa well as graded and will make, after the macadam la adif ed, an easy and a much shorter way to Greensboro. The college hopes for a trolley line sometime in tne near future. This , would make It a suburb' of the city and place this rapidly growing community, within easy access of the stores and markets and other -opportunities of that place. Mr. Jesse A. Henley, f leep Riv er, has taken the place at the col lege of Gulldford'B former efficient superintendent, Cornelius tJ. Knlaht. Mr, Knight, after several years of service In thhi capacity, decided that private' life upon his own good farm was a more aesirapie tning ior mm. Ho has returned thither with tjhe kind feeling and bewt wishes of the college community. Mr. Henley is a farmer or the experience of all his past life, having been reared upon a farm 'and since his manhood pursued that calling. In his bands the col lege farm (Will continue to prosper. Professor Jay has so Improved the Interior of the "north cottage" that one cannot imagine liow It looked before. , It makes not only an attrac tive but a beautiful little home. The "south cottage" is to be moved from Its present station almost under tho eaves of New Garden Hall, to some suitable place and be fitted as a resi dence for another of the professors. The class work Is goinj on with very little friction, and If there Is some slight Inconvenience tha kind ly spirit and hopeful expression of all overcome this and things are mov ing more smoothly than one; could have imagined possible iMiSs White, the librarian, deserves great credit for the manner In which she collected what seemed the tat tered and forlorn: remnants of tha splendid library and Installed them in the parlor at Founder's Hall.. In a few days these were neatly and ac cessibly arranged on temporary shelves and made quit an Imposing appearance. .. Miss White gathered such books and - magazines as could be" donated from libraries In the vicinity and soon -had quite a decent working library. As the books which liad been s ordered 1 or the present term -were not In atthe'thue of the fire, they have been added and such othera as are pressingly needed have been ordered Nearly a thousand volumes have been sent' from Haver 6rd College, contributed fcy the col lege and by professors from their private libraries. ; . ... ri . The students, are igolng forward with their preparations ..for MeDates. When material fails them here, they repair to the city library of Greens boro, for whose librarian they have warm words of praise; . and to Jhe library of the State Nprmal College, whose librarian la a graduate of Gull ford who has done all In her power to help "fill the breach" made by the ire by aiding Guilford .student in their researches there. Several donations In . money for the library have been received. The last meeting of the Joseph Moore Science Cluh vas full of in terest. Professor Flyd read a most Interesting paper on tho development of the electron theory and gave vwhat may be termej the ancient history of electricity, extending back, say. five hundred years B. C. This will be followed by two more papers on the same subject, bringing the his tory up to the present date. The Guilford College Literary Club, which '.meets every two weeks, met last at the home of President and Mrs. Hobbs. There are twenty-three members. The first act ot Hamlet had been assigned as the exercise for this evening and different persons were selected to read the parte. First, obscure passages which hd puezleJ any one were brought "out and ex plained, and then the act was read. During refreshments, ' which were served by little Gertrude, the slay was more extensively discussed and a most enjoyable and. instructive ev ening was spent,. ' Rev. K. . Crosland in hero under the auspices of the Y. M. C. A. hold ing meetings with the students. ' His presence Is very acceptable an! his Instruction is calculated to do much good. ' Tho Wcbstcrlan Literary Society holds Its meetings In the auditorium in Memorial Hall, and the Henry Clay In the. Y. M. C A. room. They are both making extensive plans for the equipment of their new halls. These societies are of great advan tage to the students and to the col lege and deserve the h-arty support of all who wish well to Guilford. Dr. U, M. Jones, of Huverford College, Is expected here In a few days. Ha la professor of philosophy and come to deliver a course of lec tures upon related subjects.. He will also deliver one lecture at the fftate Normal College. T President Hobbs expects ' to, attend the banquet of Havi-fvrdian to be ttiven at the .Hellevue-StriUfnrd 'in Philadelphia during' this month. . He is to deliver n address upon this oc casion. 1 The department of muiltc was never In a more prosperous condition than at present under the - very capable management of Mis Fapworth. If alt the students do hot learn to sing, it will be their own fault; for her chorus clauses wllltraln them If they will allow. - Mtepa . art 'being taken toward the rebuilding of King Hall, H laidcslr ed to -make this the eentrM of the literary, as Founder's Hall Is of the family and social, life of the college. The necessities of the eolWe are so expandej since King Hall was built twenty-one years ago that a much larger and better arranged building Is needed. It Is the Intention of the management to furnish Jnnt the pnsper amount of room tor the va rious purposes, . and we fully expect to fee a building on this ommnnding Rltiwtion entirely in keeping with it location and the uses ta which It Is to te devoted. M!wi Benbow Is 'regaining her strength end Is to be seen about the halls giving attention to the thous and nn, nn thinj 'which she so. Fiiperlily msnnees. Several small woolen building . about the college are to he moved or I put out ot commission. Among them is what is known aa the "old gym, which lstobo moved to a -different location,. A night watchman now adds to the comfort and induces sounder sleep. ERSKINE. Correspondence uf The Observer." Due M eat. S. C. Feb. 8. The Eu phemian semi-annual celebration will be held in the . auditorium Friday night. February 14th. Music will be furnished by Chambers' Orchestra of Anderson. The exercises will con sist of declamations, orations and a debate. The declalmers are from the sophomore class, Messrs M. R. Plax co and C. K. Williamson, from- the freshman class, Mesr. J. S. Moffatt and W. K Huey. Mr. J. W. WJdeman Is the oi 'or from the senior class. The sublet of his oration is "After the Dark Cornea the Light.". Tha eub tect to be debated Is: "ResoIved. That the lack of idealism Is the bone of our natlonal llfe." On the affirmative are Messrs. J. 8. Plaxco, '09, and W. A. White, '08; negative, Messrs. J. M White. '09. and J. L. White. '08 Many friends and visitors are expect ed to be on hand for tnis occasion. Mr. O. N. McCormlck, manager of the baseball team, has given out the following -schedule of games for pud ADrll 2d Presbyterian College, a't Clinton. - , April 3d University of South Caro Una. at Columbia, Anril 4th Newberry College, at Xewberrv. April 7th Presbyterian Cellege. at Due West. - ' April 10th University South Caro lina, at Due west. AdHI. I3th Charleston College, at Due West. April: Hth Anderson (League), at Anderson. April 17th Clemson, at Clemson. April 18th Furman University, at Greenville. April 21st Mercer-Gibson, at Due West. April 23d Furman University, at Due West. . April 25th Clemson, at Due West. April 28th Bingham (Mebane), Duo West. - May' 2d Newberry, at Due West. May J 1th University of Tennessee, at Due West. Besides these games the m.fiager hopes to give the teamrseveral prac tice games with nearby leagues. Coach Buck Pressly w ill, rake charge of the team February 15th. Bird, one of te strongest and most muscular boys in college, bids fair to make a fine show ing in the box. This Is the only weak ened point in the champion team of last year. While Bird has not played much ball, his friends aro urging him to try for the team.' He has for some time had his arm In practice and hA developed a terrlflo speed, which tin der careful -training promises to come up to that of Ersklne's "Big Moore of last year. The Ladies Missionary Society held an anniversary meeting at the parson age bf the A. R. P. church last Fri day afternoon. Tha kind ladles turn ed tno meeting-Into house-warming for the pastor and family. Various glfts-of use and value were left fiy dif ferent members of the congregation.. Dr. J. I. McCain, professor of Eng llsh end literature In Erskine, deliver ed the first of a series of life-work addresses, before the Y. M. C. A. Sib bath night. Hit theme was the loneli. ness of Christ as considered In rhos Ing a life-work. It was conceded by all to be one of the most Inspiring addresses t?r heard before this body, , Dr. McCain waxed warm and eloquent a ho worked up to bis plea, Several ministers who were present said;,thejr reit ashamed or them selves after hearing Dr. McCain. The picture-taking fpver Is on in full now. Mr. MeAdams. the local photographer has been maklnf class ana society lectures this week. Mr. Wi M. Wheeler.' of Greenville, will he In town the coming week for the same purpose, v Photographers always make money hero among the students. There ar'; a few cases of measles In college, but nothing Mte epidemic. However, Booie few students have gone home till the conditions are tetter. There Is tlo serious Illness among the students. Grip has - been plentiful.' Professor Lee. near town, has been quita unwell, but was better at last .report. . . WAKE JF0REST. Correspondence of The Observer. Wako Forest," Feb. . The series of "Inter-class basketball games, which Professor Croxier recently arranged, has been unusually interesting and successful. Mr. Croxler's object In having .these games played was not only to' break the monotony of the past few weeks and .furnish amuse1 ment for the students, but more cs peclally to bring out the. undeveloped material that- Wake .Forest has . for basketball players. In these games no one who had. played for the ,flrat team waa allowed to Join a plans team, and thua an opportunity was, offered those who had never plaved a gtune to learn how. , The games have not only, furnished recreation to tlw) students and cttl ets of the hill and given Mr. Cro- rier a greater supply of material with which to work In the future, but they have1 don6 more to create class spirit una enthusiasm than any form of ath letics or society work has ever done The first and last games were, the most Interesting of the series. The freshmen In the first game put up a splendid fight and showed great abil ity in their work, but the sophomores by their fast passing and sure goal shooting won by a score of 13 to The, juniors and seniors met next, and while the game was Interesting from the first it was evident that the sc. nlora had the stronger and : faster team. Finally, Wednesday night the two winning classes played. The seniors were heavier and fatter than their opponents, but the plucky sophs made up for their lack ef flesh by swiftness. - From the first the game was a battle royal. ' Carrlck, the sure and speedy centre of the lower dais, was held down by Griffin, the mus cular centre of the seniors: little Allen and Daniels, forwards, had two heavy guards: who played a splendid game. Freeman and MtCullers, guarding for the sophomores. gve -Creech and Bryan, the crnek forwards of the s- nKors. a fight that won for the wearers of lilac and whiu. '. Allen's goal NEIGHBORHOOD FAVOIUTE. Mrs. K. D. Ctisrles. of lUVbor. klalne. speaking of E!er1c Huters, rays: '-t Is a nllilMiiiool luroriie liere wltli lis." JljleswrvfS to he a favorite evry wners. It gives juli-k relief in drfftp ia. liver cnrnplnlnt, kltlney deransment. malnutrition, nervousnens, rrtkmwi and genrrnt debility. Its anion on the blond, s a thorough pin-lller rrotkra It eperlullr n-ful a -a spring medlrln. This grand alterative tonic l sold under giaratit at all drug stores. . Sm. , ... .... throwing, the guarding of Freeman and "McCullers. and the fouls of th seniors won the game. The final score was II to f. Pocetbly ibe knowledge that Mrs. Will Dixon was going to give an oyster nupper to the winning tevm helped the sophs to play harder,-- -The Une-op was as follows: Seniors. Griffin Creech Bryan ftuart : ' Kophomores. Carrlck. . Allen. Daniels. Freeman. - c. r. f. A ' r, g. McMillan 1, K- McCullera. Next Monday night the Baraca ba ketball team, which Is composed of the second team men, will meet t victorious sophomores. The proceed m oe given to tne college lnnrmary. Mr. V. F. .Couch, manager of the first team. Is making arrangements for a Southern trip, .which win be taken in a few weeks. The cities that will probably be visited are Asheville. fpartanrurg. g. c.. Columbus, At lanta, Macon and Auguta, Ga.. and Birmingham, Ala. The team has been doing tine work, since Christmas and will he able to uphold the reputation that it has won. The students here believe that Wake Forest Je going to. put out a winning baseball team this year. Tem ple, who pitched such great ball for A. & M. last year, has laid' aside' the red and white of the State college and Is now wearing old gold and blacly He has a great, arm and knows how to twirl a ball and he says that if Wake Forest does not win this year it will not be hi fault. In addition to Temple several new men have come In who will strengthen the team con siderably. At a recent meeting of the student body an athletic assoolatlon was formed, to be known a the Wake Forest Athletic Association. Several gentlemen made speeches, among whom were professors Brewer - and Hlghsmith. and Mr. J. W. Bailey. They spoke of the possibilities In th athletic field that were open to this college, of the material yet undevel oped, of the support that Is necessary to success and they gave tho boys many words ef encouragement. Mr. F. D. Brown waa made president: Mr. Li M. Weathers, vice president; F. H McMillian, secretary and treasurer, and Professor Timberlake, faculty member of the finance committee. After the meeting thoso Interested in a- track team remained and dl cussed plans for future work. A man ager for this team will b chosen at me next meeting. The prospects In athletics for WTake Forest were, nevier better and the oth er State colleges would do well io look, out, for on the ball diamond track and gridiron they are going to meet with an opponent that will mako the contests rather Interesting. ssnlors, Juniors, sophomores, fresh men and "preps," professors and clil xens ,of the hill are looking to annl versary with great pleasure. The boys will "nave their, sweethearts, and the older folk their friends. Old ac quaintances will be renewed and new friendships formed. The Invitations are out, and everybody Is getting ready to receive the. largo crowd that will hoar the debate and rontlons; see tne basketball game and be present ar me concerts and reception. A sne clal train will be run by the Beaboard Air Linn from Raleigh Friday night. A letter was received from Baylor i-niver.sity. Texas, several days ago, asKing ror a dobata with Wako For est some time during tne spring. Al though the trustees allow the siu dents only one debate a year, It Is be ueveu mat arrangements will be made by which Wake Forest can meet Baylor. Those who aro going to apeak at tne preliminary debate, which takes piece two weeks after anniversary, are working hard on their speeches, and eTieh Is determined to represent Wake Foreet In the Mercer debate In March. Dr. W. R. Cullom, of tho chair of Bible, has begun a correspondence course In Bible study, which Is me. t Ir.y with great success throughout the Ftate. If there are any who are in terested In this work and care to g.t Information with regard to It, Dr. Cul lom will be glud to answer any ques tion. Mrs. M. Walker, who for several years has been running a club for the ftudents. died very suddenly last fiat- uraay night. She was a woman nf in-e nignesi christian type, tha friend and adviser of the boys, and her death came as a great shook to her manv menus ana aumtrers. The funeral was held SunriHy afternoon In Wlngate Aicinormi jian. ur. Taylor made a beautiful talk on the -life .n of this woman. Mr. Ben Lorghle. one of the students who was one of "Mrs Walker's boys." spoke also of th- heip and strength that the students had received from her life. TRINITY COLLEGE. Correspondence nf The Observer. whiJ k1"' th- , Tha revival which began here last Sunday under the auspices of the Young Men's Christian Association continues, and cugo crow us are Hearing R(v, O.'T. Rowe, wtio la conducting tho servirp. every night. - A great deal of Interest im uciug manirestea in the revival, and tha probability is that It will con tinue until sume time during he com. Ing week. Services are announced for Sunday morning at 11 o'ulock In Craven Memorial Hall and for Bun day evening in the Y. M. C. A. hull at 7:80 o'clock. . Dr. Merlo T. AJklns, Trinity' new baseball roach, arrived on the camp us last Tuesday and will begin his work of training the season's tesm at once. Thursday Capt. T. B. Suiter called for all those expecting to play for places on the team to meet In the Angler Duke Gymnasium, and quite a large number of those who played last year and new men also showed UP- Dr, Adkins, who comes to this college very highly recommended, la an experienced baseball man, and It la believed that the athletic council and the management are fortunate In se. curing his services. last Thursday evening from un til 7:30 o'clock Mie old members of tne team, -Manager J. AT. Daniel and Assistant Manager II. C. Doss, Captain fuller and Director W. W. Card, of the Angler Duke Gymnasium, gave a dinner to Coach Adkins, and quite a Jolly time was had by the baseball men. The affair took place at the Corcoran Hotel down town and the men who played last year and the managers and directors had a great opportunity to get acquainted. Hlnce the nw coach has come, ex aminations ere over, and the men who are to play for the team, this year have time to practice, the prospects for the season's team are' naturally Wing Inquired about, and much Inter est la already being manifested Ih the team's prospects for the year. .Al though Dr. Adkins has hardly had time to look into the available ma terial well yet and. has offered no Vonjecture an to the u!lo"k for the team, he sem io be Well pleast-d with the situation. ' Manager Daniel 111 Soon have roiri pl'td his sched ule of games. hlch will be given to the press soon. He ha been Work ing on the sr-htviiile fr.r some time and h. almost completed It. ' Dean William I. Few.' ef the de partment f English, has returned from South Carolina, where he went to deliver a lecture before the fac ulty and students of Lander College Greenwood, of which Institution Dr. Jphn O. Wilson Is president. Dr Few also vUitod relatives In his native State before returning to the camp us. The February number of The Trln Ity Archive has Just come from the press, and reflects credit on Its man agement. The table of contents Is an attractive ion, the entire literary mat ter being devoted to North Carollni history, consisting of letters and r1 pers prepared by members -of the Trinity College Historical fiociety, whleh is doing much work In this di rection. The title of the articles at they appear In the table of contents are as follows: . "Selections From the Correspond ence of Bedford Erown." by Dr. W KU Boyd, of the department of histo ry, who Is .president of the historical Hoc-ietyl "J. H. Hathaway: A Gleaner in North Carolina History," by Willis gmitn, of the sophomore chus; xioxc of Sharon Church," by It. T, Hower ton, Jr., of the senior class, and "WII liam J. Hicks," by R. L Ferguson, of the sophomore claws. Mi s Fannie Hick, of Durham, a member of the class of 180T, was pre vented on account of sickness, from standing her final examinations with her class last June. The faculty de elded last spring that it would rec ommend to the board of trustees that It authorise the awarding of the d ploma whenever she passed success. fully these examinations. The action was authorised, and the diploma was awarded her as a member of the class of 1907, she having finished her ex umlnatlona dnrlnir the naxt week. Rev. A. I. Tyr, of Washington N. C, a member of the board of trus tees, has been on the campus recent ly, the guest of President Kilgo. He Is chairman of the board of education of the North Carolina Conference, and is making - arrangements to call a meeting of this board at an early date, the place of meeting to bo decid ed Inter. The librarian's report, which la be ing prepared for the new catalogue on which tho publication committee Is now working, shows that tho li brary has received a large number of accessions recently. The report ifitr the year beginning February 1st. 107, and ending February 1st, 1808, thaws that there have been added 1, 85 bound volumes and 1.416 pamph lets. In addition to these large ord ers have been sent In, and during the present college year tho additions to the library will bo far ahead of the preceding years. Prof. B E, Oreenwood, of tho de partment of romance languages, has returned, from Asheville,- where he went to visit Mrs. Greenwood, who is spending spirto time there for her health. After reaching that city Pro fessor Greenwood was taken sick with grip and his return to tho college was delayed for a few days. President Kilgo went to Greensboro Thursday, where he participated in a banquet at Greensboro Female Col lege Thursday night. He returned to the college Friday morning. Director Card, of tha gymnasium, has Issued a bulletin or schedule of gymnasium hours for the month, in which some changes from the regular order In which classes are held are made. The gymnasium hours begin at I o'clock lasting through until nearly 8 o'clock, during which tlmo the reg ular gymnasium work, basketball and huselutll practice, etc.. take place. Until the weather gets better the baseball team will practice In the gymnasium. The men will go on the field, however, Just as 'on . aa the weather permits. , . " ' , . Rev. T. N. ivey, of the "clas of .'79, a member of the board of trustees and editor of The Raleigh Christian Advocate, has Issued a Southern Methodist Handbook, devoted to the work of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Houth. The book contains a great deal of valuable Information and has been highly praised by the press and public. At a meeting of the debate council a few days ago It was decided to post pone tho Trlnlty-Unlverslty of Ten nessee preliminary which was ached uled to come off here Saturday, Feb ruary loth. It will now take place one week later, at which time, quite a number of students are preparing to contest for places on the debate. The contest proper will take place Faster In Craven Memorial Hall. This Is the second of the first series of three debates with th Tennessee Unlverst ty. The jlrst decision was given to Trinity Messrs. A. W. Horton and L. Her bin, members of the senior and Junior classes, respectively, who were chosen lust' fall to represent Trinity In the Trinlty-Vanderbllt debate., will leave here next Wednesday for Nashville, Tonn., where the debate will occur Friday night. Tho representatives from this college are well prepared for the contest, and think It will be hard fought. This will bu tha be ginning of the second series with Vun ilerbtlt. Trinity won the first series. Mr. J. M. Culbnth. a former Trinity student, but now a student In thu the ological department at Vande.rbllt, Is one of tho representatives of that col lege. . - Headmaster North, of Trinity Park School, preached at Aberdeen last Sunday. Quite a number of students have entered Trinity Park tfchool since the Chrlstmus holiday. The school has a large enrollment this year. Mr, W. S. DeLoatch, of the senior class, left yesterday fur his horsie nt Jackson, having oeeii forced to give up his college work on account of 111 health. He will not be In college this spring, but will likely return to fin ish his work litter. The Alpha Tau Omega fraternity held Its annual freshman Initiation to. nirht from tintlf 11 ociek In Its hall In the Kpwoith Building, at which time Messrs. S. J. Anglor. of Durham; P. F. 1 lanes, of Mocksvllle, I and C. 8. Warren, of Fuyettevllle, Tenn.. all of the freshman class,1 were j eonducted Into the mysteries ef the Malteso cross. After the Initiation had been sutsccsefully finished, the members of thn Incal chapter, quite a number of member elf the fraterni ty from Chapel lull and a number "f alumni members from Durham and other places enjoyed an appetising spread in the hall of the ncal chup ter. Many ef the visiting fraterhity men will spend the duy on the campus Sunday. The February number of The Park Bcnool Gazett which Is published by (he- senior class of Trinity Park School, has Just come from the press. The magatlne Is full of much read able matter, consisting of stories, poerns, etc., and the manner In which It is got up reflect mucji credit on the managers and editor. Wf.'B. O. Oregg, Jr., ef eolith Cr ollna. .who has been In school at the Citadel for the past year, and Mix Mary Stlkehother. of Asheville, who has been a student at Converse Col lege, Spartanburg,' . C hav entered college here, the former entering the frhmn and the latter the sopho more class. I Mr. L. 3. 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Note Our special agent, Mr. A.Ryman, will be at the Elwood Hotel, at High February 10th. Thone calls will receive his prompt attention. up his college work again, Ho wilt return to the college next week. Mis Frances H. Renfrow. of R.tl- eigji, visited at the Woman's Hulldlng last Saturday and Hunda.v, the guest of Miss Mattle Oldham, of tho senior class. Dr. Edwin Mima of the department of Kngllsh, delivered an uddresa to night at the Durham Publlo Library, his subject being. "The Public Library and the Hchool."' The occasion was the celebration of tho tenth anniversary of the library, and besides Dr. Mima address there were other speeches by prominent cltlsens ef the city. Messrs. C. B. Phillip and H. A. Page, Jr., both of tho clus of IS07. have been on the campus recently. Mr. Phillips is now principal of the f!tantooburg High School In Wilson county. Mr. Page itt In the banking business at his home, Aberdeen. ELON. Correspondent' of The Observer. Elon College, Feb. I. The elocu tion department of the Institution gave It annual mid-year recital to night. Thl department is under the directorship of Ml" Anna Irene Heifensteln, and has made wonderful progress under her energetic leader ship. About twenty of the pupils In the department took part In this recital, and all acquitted themwelve with credit. The chapel was crowd ed ani every one went away well pleased. AMer the recital followed a reception to those who appeared on the programme to thu director of the department. In which at the stu dent, member of tho faculty, the villagers and man; friend partM pnted. The annual protracted revlva' ser- PEOPLE'S COLUMN AH advertisements rnsertej In thl column at rale of ten certs per line of six word. So ad. taken ror leu than SO cent. Caali In advauca. WAXTLD WANTED Py young man with expert- enee. waltlot s traveling wiiestnan. South Cnrollna r Oeorgla territory pre ferred. F. O. li.. care Ubaerver. 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