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The Durham Reeordef
VOL 80, NO. 1
DURHAM, N. 0., THURSDAY, JANUAKY 19, 1899.
ESTABLISHED 1820-
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JOHN i KlLGO, A. M , D. D.,
PKESIDENT op TRINITY
OneoftheMoHtSuwessfulCollefire
c hiefs, Imminent and Eloquent
ministers ana Lecturers ot the
South.
Dr John C. Kilgo is a native
of Laurens, S.C.; was educated 1
ai wonora uoiietre and was
afterwards made professor in
DR JOHN C KILGO, D D.,
Prei. Tkinitt Colleob.
the same institution. He joined
the South Carolina Conference
in 1882. In August, 1894, he
came to Durham and entered
upon his present duties at Trinity
College.
The administration of Dr.
Kilgo as President of Trinity
College, has had but one era
that of unprecedented success
which is now five years long.
As an educator, Dr. Kilgo oc-
bit BUAXTO.V CHAVEX, D.I). I.L I).,
cupies no second place amonf
other profMHors of th South.
In his adminintration of Trinity
he early adopted th blif that
a college, like an individual,
must have a character of its
own That if it is merely a col
lection of books, denks, chemi
cal, microncope. rules and
ulations.with profesnors anxious
chiefly "to hold down their
jobs," it does not rise much
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above the level of a tobacco fac
j tory. It has been his belief that
'it is the trait of personality
which .makes the college; that
it is not its vegetative processes,
its teachings of grammar, alge.
bra and the laws of falling
bodies which makes it worthy
of love and trust; that it is the
8pirU of the whoie the influ.
ence of personal characterwhich
makes it a perfect organism.
He has accepted as worthy of
practice the i leas of a college
as expressed by Emerson:
"Colleges can only serve us
when their aim is not to drill,
but co create; when they gather
from afar every ray of various
genius to their hospitable halls,
and by their concentrated fires
set tho heart of the youth in
flame."
Then it may truly be said of
Dr. Kilgo that through his ef
forts t j concentrate the fires of
genius and to establish this in
fluence of personality that bas
more than any one thing con
spired to give Trinity College
this marked character than the
wisely directed efforts of its
President and Professor, John
C. Kilgo, A. M D. D.
When Horace Gre6ly wrote,
"of all home I cattle, preserve
me from the college graduate,"
he was not speaking of a Trinity
man, who at his best is quite
another sort of fellow. Dr Kilgo
teaches that a man is educate i
when he has the kind of school-I
ing needf nl to make a man of j
him. Not the kind which five
hundred years ago was em
ployed to make a gentleman or
clergyman of John Doe or of
Richard Roe. It is the mind
FOUNOEIt OF TKINI TY HtU.EGK
which will civilize tho particu
lar boy of today and which will
make a m m of him.
During the last five yenrs,
from the first day Dr Kilgo as
sumed the reHpontibiliti'M an
President of Trinity, his efforts
have been unrelenting, and, as
results have proved, wisely di
rected, anl have securel for
this institution a Hweep unpre
cedented in the history of any
Southern college. In this, his
individuality has been most
conspicuously noted, and bis
name is destined ever to be as
sociated with Trinity as the
most distinguished and impor
tant factor in the success and
renown so universally enjoyed
by this college.
Not alone in administrative
abilities is Dr, Kilgo renowned.
His reputation for eloquence and
logic in the pulpit and in the
lecture-room is widely known
and justly accredited.
In all the social and business
relations of life Dr. Kilgo is
everywhere recognized as a
model of a Christian gentleman
and a ripo scholar, and deserv
edly enjoys the admiration, love
and respect of all with whom
his lot is cast.
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MR. WASHINGTON DUKE.
Mr. Washington Duke, Trinity Coll" education la pronounced and cm
lege'a Great Benefactor and North Caro-
Una's moat Generous Son. '
Tbe subject of tbls sketch was born In '
Orange county, North Carolina In 1830.
This family of Duke's la of Eng
llsh and Scotch Irish decent paternally,
and maternally, of' Welsh. '.
The name ofWasblngtop Duke as
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and In many foreign countries where
the name of the great Durham manufac
turing Arm of W. Duke, Sons Si C't., Is
Its bead
Ills parents were natives 4 Orange
tnd Person counties.
I He was brought op on the farm Not
1 more then six months of hi life were
: Rpent at schoul
In every s. nw he I a i
self made man He commeua-d
farming as a renter for four jeart he
' lalwred as such. By Imluntry and fr-i :
gallty he wa then able to purchase a
: farm, and cnntluued to add to it until be
owned 300 acres. In 103 be abandoned ' Prt ,f '"!' citizens for edaca-
his farm and enli.te.l as a priva e In the tioiml advantages for their dill
' Confederate army. After a few month , dri'ii.
! servlie he entered the navy and wan The late Itev. Dr. Brantley York
transferred to Charleston, S C, and ; wn prin, i,ia f Union Institute
after sis months service here, to Ulch-
mond and aMlgned duty at Battery
Brook, where be remained until the
army retreated to Appomatot, where be
was captured by theKederals and confined
for two weeks in Llbliy priiitn. At tiie
surrender he was given tranriatln
to Sew Bern. From there be walked
borne, a distance of 13 miles. Like all
southern soUllers. at that time i.e was
bankrupt, wlib nothing lft ave hl
sroa'lfsrm. He spplled hlmwlf to the
culilvailon of bis lands, with a tapltal .f
only 60c and pair of blind mules, the
rc.uw ... n-n .
I. IMS Mr. Itakta.au. son. l-g,n
the manufacture of smoking tobacco in a
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In "tmnlnrn ' tntlH feet
From this small start, be ... enatded
In 1873 to erect a fwtory In Durham. 4s
70 feet, three stories high. In 173 he
aldeil another building Mr. It. I. Duaej
had been engaged In the same iuine
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here for three year. The business of
the two w as now conaolldated from
time to time their factories were enlarged
until today they havo the largest cigar
ette and smoking tobacco manufactory
in the world.
He has been useful ar.d active mem
ber of the M. E. Church since early
childhood. He may justly be called
the father of the Main Street M. E.
Church, not only on account of bis
liberal donations for Its erection and
support, but as well, for bis active teal
In everything pertaining to Its success.
His donations to Christian and educa
tional enterprises are not known with
certainly, but it can safely be said that
they aggregate not leu than half a mil
lion dollars Ills munificent endow
ments to Trinity College alone approil
mate $400,000. Being ,y far the largest
Individual donation of any one man In
North Carolin a. H Is oetlmste of Christ.
Pb"c uch a nan Islndeed a publ e
wne'sctor. Me ( an bonor and a wese-
'' "d country.
When bis last useful dais are closing -
and as be sees for the iaft time, the set-
ftnjr' o& rcSeded llm Trinity's
wfutlowsttnd as b lfsteto the tes
of lla College bell, call': k.f be stu.latu
notes p: in to blm the sweetest mo tic
that ever up m Mf g ears, callieg
him from earthly labor, to enter upon tbs
peaceful and joyful rewards of a life
devoted to charity, benevolenc and
love.
Tin llifttory of the) Collrire,
Trinity Collcce had it nricin in
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jdeniic grade, lxrated in the north
west corner of Randolph (Jounty,
North Carolina. It was ojnsl
ti inctt a local demand on the
froI, the VtMir of iU founda
tion, to 112. liev. It. Craven,
then eli-ik-d principal, remained
in ofliee from M42 to 181.
Willi the Vear 1M5I this inxti-
tutioii entered ujon the oecotid
i t-i 'f hiory. It Was re-
' chartered then an Normal College,
the leading purjiose of which was
; the tmihiiig of leathers for the
i jmblic wIhhiIs.
,.t,TI, t. ,.tl 0f this decade it
. j,,,, ut);roW jfc, slistttscify nor-
, , uriKWW B,i cons derail v en
, a , iM currcuIuiMi , ,g49
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it iieriiiired for the find, time the
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; N"rl1' 'Tmi Conference of the
! M'-HmhIiH hUwnHil Church,
Smith, tlmi etHlVening at Ik-aU
fort, aceeptvd the transfer of the
protierly and re-chaitercd it un
der tho name of Trinity College
The tint class graduated in
1 8.j.1. From that date to the out
break of the civil war, the itintitu
lion enjoyed an unusual degree of
prosperity.
During the civil wsr its pros
perity was of course greatly re
duced. In 18G3, President Cra
ven resigned, and Prof. W. T.
(Sanaway, then a member of the
l aciilly, was placed iu charge as
acting president. lie held the
jHwition till the close of the war,
in 1805, the work of instruction
being interrupted only from tlit
time of the encampingof troops on
h e College grounds in the spring
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of 1865, until the following Jauu-
' ary( an interval of about five
scholastic months.
Dr. Craven was re-elected Pres
ident, and the college resumed its
work in the beginning of January,
1866. Following this, the history
of the college is one of heroic en
deavor to restore its fortunes and
regain its former degree of success.
The building of the college chapel
was begun in 1873, and completed
in 1875. About ine nrei
bequest was made by Dr. Siddle,
of North Carolina, for the endow-.
meut fund. The death of its
President, Dr. Craven, November
7, 1882, was a heavy loss to the
progress of the institution. At
once Prof. W. II. Pegram, then a
member of the faculty, was made
c airman, in which capacity b
served until June, 1883, when the
Rev. Dr. M. L. Wood was elected
President of the College. Id De
cember, 1884, President Wood re
signed, and Prof. J. F. Ileitman
was chosen Chairman of the Fac
ulty. In .I-iue, 1887, John F.
Crowe!!, '., 0 was elected
o the pr
acy, wt ; :h office he
ege w; s moved
. ty to the city
'ohn C. Kilgo
held till 1
In 18V
from Hit i
of Durban
was elected to the presidency Au
gust 1,1894.
Trinity Park and Hiillitius
Trinity College Park' is locate
on the west fide of.thd'ci- of
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Durham, and consists of sixty-two
ana one-nan acres oi latxi. i ne
park is incorporated and is under
municipal government. It has
been laid out in drives and walks,
and otherwise improved at a large
outlay of money. The main en
trance to the park is from the
south side through an iron gate
that spans the entire avenue lead
ing to Washington Duke ttuild-
inc. there is a nan nine ot
graded athletic track, and large
space devoted to outdoor athletics.
The park was donated to Trinity
College by Col. J. S. Carr.of Dur
ham, N. C.
Washington Duke HiilMlnjr.
The Washington Duke Build-
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ing is located near the center of
the Park, and is approached from
the south by a wide a venue. It
was named iu honor of Mr. Wash
ington Duke, of Durham, whose
great benefaction has made it pos'
sible for Trinity College to project
new life into the educational work
of the South. It is a three-story
brick building, covered with slate,
lighted with electric lights, heated
with warm air, and veutilated by
the famous Ruttan Warming and
Ventilating system a widely ap
proved system for supplying pure
air, warm or cold, and removing
vitiated atmosphere from a build
ing. This is the system in use in
over forty of the government school
buildings in Washington, D. C.
It contains fifty-six dormitories
on the second and third floors;
twelve lecture rooms and offices ;
bathing apartments on every floor
except the first; dry closet system;
underground drainage from the
inside and from the surface about
the building ; a basement 208x50
feet, the size of the building, thus
rendering it proof against unsani
tary conditions. It may be well
said i be the "most complete
college building in the State," iu
point tf veutilation, architecture,
comfort and modern conveniences.
The Crowell Science Hall.
'This is a large brick building,
i three stories high.; It was built
Ui rough tl,e K ntfactioa of Dr.
John Frank I m (.'rowIl, Pmident
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of Trinity College, 1887-1894, in j Faculty Homes
memory of his tirt wife, who died The residences of the Faculty
during his presidency of the col-! aud Ollicers of the College are
lege. There are located iu this , mostly on Faculty Avenue, in the
building the schools ot Chemistry, j College Park. They are furnish
I'hysies, Uiology, and Economy. CH1 with bath-rooms, cold and hot
The entire second floor is de-jwaU-r, are connected with the
voted to the schools of Physics and j city water works, and lighted by
Hiology; the third floor l oecu-
pied by the laboratory and class
rooms of the school of Chemistry.
The dynamoroom is in the
basement.
The Kiiwortli Hall.
This is a college building of ex
traordiuary merit, both in archi
k-ctura! design and in (mint of u.
tility. It contains 75 dormitories,
two parlors, the college chapel,
a dining hill having a seating
CIIO WELL SCIENCE HILL,
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capacity of 250, and a waiting
room. It is heated by warm air
and lighted by electricity. Its
sanitary arrangements are corns
plete, including bath rooms on
each loor. This building was a
Sift frm Mr. W. Duke, and cost
,4ii;rty 'housand dollars.
- M iry Duke Building.
Tiis building is designed for the
v.'4 of yung women wno are stus
df a. i" the college. It contains
ele , dormitories, parlor, dining
roorr . ath rooms, and linenrooms
It is VVited with electric lights,
and li 1 with onen grates. In
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DON. J. H. BOUTHQATE,
Pkks Boabd or Tbostees.
every way it is adapted to the
comfort and health of young
women. The location furnishes
the most desirable surroundings.
The College is indebted 'to Mr.
W. Duke for this, tuilding",; " it"
is for so many other tenofactions.
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electric liKhts. Nearly all of the
buildings in the College Park are
lighted with electricity, furnished
by a 720 light dynamo installed
by the General Electricity Com
pany of New York.
Washington Duke Kmlownmen
Fund
Mr. Washington Duke donated
10 Trinity cllg. December the
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