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2 THE WHITE AWE) BLUE [CONTINUED FROM FIRST FAuE.] f *“ “ “*<The NFtv*l r ti i<TrSttr« ' """ “The“ New University.”* He said iir paTtr ‘‘For a hundred jffars on this gihciblu! dajrour State fraV-gafffered here mteami -fug; its beauty and its chivalry t beie a University was christened at thei Consti, f. tuiioual jlltat, aid here decided, bjy,the public ydice; here .the arts brivFqome off ' the pilgrimage'.pt tfceit Bop^.'ritm here laid down .the tfopplfcs Os thejurinmphs; music has celebrated it iff patriotic song; , doqheS;haF tWoSvff oWri’fTOe en- t anted ,ipe}l: society lighted its Urife's yfht ligppincss arid ldvef archi- Su're has clothed, it* ,J ana oter'’all religiqrrrias raised its con secrated hands; .ftfijErtbr one Mtodred years the blpssiffgs oftie'riven HaYri itormt ; ’ Witness to the pleasure rif firm whostj j , w« "“V. ~ J <*J. of I'he.HeVThteerMty’,.. it needs none. , ,Jt needs friends, not flatter#* - work, J not Wofd|| 'ftYdaiy W& : t6rg& the glow ing link thaf 5 T)hsdi centnr}; to 3 century. With a spirit, ‘Wittirig alike to v acknowl edge blessings won bv our ancestors and ‘ te.'yrin pressings tor posterity, witl? reverent harirls and : c6n#drawl hearts we have met to plkce upoff'those founda tions wgich our father’s ofy; stone, Securihg for onrsOlt# that immor : tality, which awaits the builders of this temple. They wrought mightily to sbapri '’vrigiie nopes ‘-tetentfi.' Fferihiftem Mbufftain, and Guil-, ... ~. * J m mae*rr- tca roam 2*3 rr- 1Q j .T* . i'/ l r - A, j&. Ei.liKiK, l O'UTJ J ford and 1 ' YffrktoWD, wi%h- the mighty passion Os liberty throbbing in their nero hiearts; here itr the -’solitude and'shadow of a primeval forest they set tiw beacon of learning. It grew brighter and higher * like the<ristog sun, till the silence and - *sadoess, the dread and darkness of night?; hovered about it: but & night. From the sform swept sky it flashed forth as length apa the shadows fled and still flee towards the West. * - * cip lt' Vas a' new'birth Symbolized by 1 baptism In martyr-blood. And with it was bom a how civilization. The mighty i: fkbric of fendal society which valor and policy had founded on our rich and am - pie plains made here its last stand agafesti the fill conquering new world idea of universal liberty, universal ediif -1 catkin, and hiniversal opportunity, it went * down before the armies of the * North, whose nirmbers and whose : ‘itial energy were irresistible. ■*" *‘By ihe arbitrament of waribur Coh ; - stituteoff was‘ Shattered aHd Shaped anew. Most of the old was rejected, but the’ mandate wWeh CiWated this UhiVersity ’came forward ' cleaner, broader, bolder 1 than before. Seven times Has st : grtne back to the people who gave it, tbtongh the white heat of party passibn/and seveff times tteharmed as the Hebrew-Children, it has stood forth in shining characters upon the enchanted parchment as our Constitution, and, there it now stands, and there it will forever stand as a ‘hinderaooe and ft, rebuke’ to him who would thwart the will of the toiling ruling myriads of the j . State. 7/jI m t. o; mj The speaker then.. toW .bow, during tbati dim, desperate -decade, from ’65 to ’75, the shadow-haunted bails of the Untveiaity had ntood- like a stricken mother, in mute appeal to heaven wait ing for a few* men, with the pittapeq qf the impoverished and in the face .of ancient prejudice and political mdiffer' ence, to rebuild them and bring them again in touch with the people—offering a.n ftpjja l qpr>qrtunity ,to the “lowly home and gentle- bred,” to the sons of the mechanic; and the millioneire. . p. “We know what masters wrought this task, Phillips, Hooper, Mangum, Kim . '.. berly, Graves, Redd, ‘named soilly as the household names of those Vfbom God has taken.’ And what has P. Bat tle been to .'this Uni vers jt' ?' More than any other man., With (he triple lever of tria great head, heari and hand, hg has uplifted and pushed forward this State. Time only ca,o hompissa and. tjie fullness of his iqpr-, tyr zeal and patriot valor., But the new Umveur y 'was not, and is’hot complete. It is more than (he life of one man or of two New epochs call for new effects, and day brings fresh euep gies The Universby has but awakened the peoplb now to Vhe task of their jm ffghtehrheut T<> 1 fashion' existing -methods, to m6et‘ex&ding needs!; teach, that greater than politics and pleasure are purpose’and power*, ideas, morals their ideals- lifd its char acter; deceive the flower of youth, give back the rich fruitage of manhood: make mAh Vuasteri of himself, servant humanity; show wealth ns to give student life its truqurv latibn ; and responsibility to the world; teaub tlm-bi>eadfi*fc culture and expect the greatest results.’’ . r t/J C. Eller tbqn spoke of theidpal U.ui verity* Tim University said ,he, . bidder than sect, section or party myiiie, it is as tread as life and epi,- braeeaaU nature, ,Though the real Cm-, varsity has many it has but, one ' Spj’rit. } i i j; (1 „■ %( Mt was kindled in thp twelfth ceu tWket.St Geneveve, where Aboard Vaught that, authority is ..derived from , Men started up and, thrilled by the throb of liberated thought, followed him in banishment to the wilderness, and there about his stubble built oratory, founded a repub lie of liberty and letters. The past rose up and instructed men with the tongues of Gicero W 1 Homae*- The Piaster minds which bad enlightened one age .broke the darkness of another, Fervent hearts catted for an open Bible, and to the mirror of revelation and reason, man beheld in his own image the likeness of tffl; 1,1 fWtf: 1 ' ¥he ideal ■ was fooadi Te. clotlm.amTcrown man with liber4',learn_ iug and religiop has to this day given to the University .i(a„ aim and its. itQP°X‘ taT)Pft • ‘‘The old world school admitted the qifiiaenVtfc <his f Hifc|t W oew -wnrld reboot hrr all,* wot de* grading the ekvaen but ennobling the mantra pttncipte whuhnlw -oppaiwled day by. day, a»^ ( by century-, since Columbus from nis frail Caravel, looked out ufxAPa Continent fruitful of. all things, save only of tyranny and op- Covenanter, the jveace-loving Friend fol 4<>ms tHo { Penn p the earnest simple souls that shared with *fk!tH ’tfe*to sou] tend they nha igaaedsM John to these snores and each built its Uni ! "ApVm H fttmi’dariofi 1 of its creed." ’'Thdy and (without a prophet's foresight ,qqt have known that a free state could found hiid foster' a '-system of education upon the sAirest the widest wis dom, and the ttwctet toleration; ‘But these - day*} were fall of wisdonu-suited r to the •’ tlfaes. ; Of'¥he thirtoew originaltkates, fmlsftt entered the Uhion witothe Uni versity maivdafte iff their oonstitut ions. North -Caroftaa abreast with Pennsyl ;HrAnia toShk- sher lead. «iucecl7Bo every State has followed In their wake. Here again in 1825 is found sthe first statute establishing' State ■sffpervisiou, and as serting Btdte control over elementary educAtidn. : ’fibble begmmngg in the right fifreetidnUt A precedent already into- ‘fundamental Jawi:and fol lowed by the-Unbroken lines of (forty-five American Btatesi -as they sweep across this spreading republic, planting -uni? ; versal eduetttioff in- "the' fresh fields of ‘ freedom undbr the oleacsky of peace, where in appointed time must copse t'ffTuJheSß and boiripcaness the best "Civilization of this e*rth.” i an ini. i,a-ic, i: :n « 7 ts :s *1 i* “The.progreas"oF Carina to wards this ideal. has been Slow, but thank God It,, has .teen substantial and 4ue... HT may pefint jOu to. tire City of Wjbstou, which of ajl' Os our .cities I know bCst and love, best, £0 u will look upon a scene in which qte blended tW power of progress afiiTth'e poetry Wf pa thos, Tne old ~ Abademy,' once vocal i/rith the light Taughter of yoUth now surrendered to the manuffcw»rfer/ and theboy'sand girl's play grounds, given' over to the printing hoffse and the church. ir ßnt away to %he north, the east and the west, 5 crowning each swell ing hill top, stand the stately -structures •of her public graded schools; free to air, freest to the humblest; stretching from the Kindergarten to thor-University a laddered learning, leading-a rising gen -1 eratio*a uivits shuung connfls t© a clearer view and a wider vision of man’s dread desUny and duty.?’ 1 1 be speaking of State aid to higher edu cation, Mr. Eller said: • m ’ "Dam we leave to charity, and to chance what our Constitution ownmauds and the wisdom and' want* of . the age eompelf Is it rig£t, isit expedient, is fit possible for; 1 the State to provide the highest as well -as the lowest in educa tion? Napoleon Bonaparte designed this system for Franee: Alexander Hamilton engrafted itlupow: the (oonstitution of New ¥ork; Thomas deffereon planted it securely in the Uommonwealth of Vir» gifiia 1 Prince Bismarck sakt: “It is the >oUb thing upon which we can be lavWh.t* The fowr great infieikets of two continents and two centuries, repre senting the monarchical* the imperial, *. the republican, the democratic schools of thought. Higher authority mutt come through revelation. *Tiaa time for the revolutionary voice of Patriek Henry to \ dispel the doubts and fears, put to shame 1 the cowardice and move to action a peo pie, great and brave. ‘They tell ns \ that we are weak, uaablo to;oope with so formidable’ a problem. ‘But wh*b 5 shall-we be stronger ?/U;* Wall it be tlie netri year or the next' century, will it; be when this stronghold of learning is dfc i sorted Will-lt be when generations of i untutrired men have worn, thechains of | ignorance from the cradle to the grave? | ‘Sirs, we are not weak, if we make the I proper use of those means which the God f <ft Natune has placed in :our power.? Two millions of people guided by the i light of liberty and learning, and sus ! tained by -the resources of such a State as That which we possess are equal to 1 any task hieh destiny and duty have set before them.” ( IBS appeal for the University audit* liberal was truly eloquent. Its power, he declared, is already felt; in every school house in the land. y • “Shall it-vmdureit: I appeal to .her Alumni, you who adorn the Executive Chair, the Senate Halt, the desk, the QeM, the forum, the market, the ermine and tlm gown, paaeing from triumph to triumph by force of, the intellectual power whiuh draws its nnspination from her breant and stamping her imprimatur upon all that is lofty m thought, courage ousdn action,sublime.iir devotion. ■*T C apt/eal to' thW patriotic citizens, burdehed by an, nid fast rial flominatioa affd debased by kn J iiltelleotn4l domina 'fibn'of the North,-' wbb haVft paid yeur qfadta of Hie fivCfefllidns of dollars stmt arihudlly from CheNOuth id help North • ’ erff i>e 'your'tu bjection io their fHonght>», who pay for education a sum if Utilized and kept atftomfe woakl give us a University and a System of schools equal to the best iff New Eng land, superior to the best m Hie South'. a l appeal to NOrth ! €atolkia, and ask if this University 1 * shall CndUre 1 You may dfiown “your child, you may strike her dqwri, but when you dff,' you* strike thC one mat has written your name'the higheM:*- -the One that km-spyou best. '' .*u /mo; oj.-«*.<* In i* j • Oil s » !. ;.“Sfarjiliil^tibte'b^ft' , d6ff Vhe^two' grand est cent uriqs of all time,Hlpbff thq can stone of the 010 University (he threshold of. tHq.qew, the bf 1 Opel gi'eat event Che yhhMues of ahqtli.er, oivouaced by the shining path way Os Our hfetory to hear the century roll call of names through whose white lips memory breathes the eloquent echo of virtue aud valor, let us drink deep the inspiration of this The New?*and er June 6. *895.^ day, aud fop^^n^ldferjjV we kuj£, the learning we honor, the religion we hallow, let us go forward till the ideals of otir fathers are realised: fill Hie prayers ©f.4he old and -hpf* of the 'fnifilled: till atesi®fences all art} faA-tr-uHf,' ■ a-anaaliiigii el toe-fulU* aisiliaiiumi, arip foCL atJ)ec_breast; till the radius or Her light has pushed across the dim bordef Jagd.of_,finite matter aid jbjinite mi r d. "till the jargon of nations, the railery or races, the war of creeds are stilled -and ; the pail of; ignorance js lifttd up and ■ clight vovrers the land t*s with a mantle.” t“Tlie ITitlversitjr During the War.*’ ■„ ;jif sketching the history oft he Univer sity duriijg the dirk day 3 of the Sixties * BOffdon said that it Was hbf hikobject I toS’ecofd the heroVc deeds of the Alumni who so bravely Hkffied n “fbr God and ' tlnkr native- laud ,; .in that memorable ' Struggle, nor .; to glorify toe part taken by the University iu tfae-.war. He wish , tray the l»f© te toe .Gbiversity,,during 5 cithat period. : r This,- he sad, jtwould be’ chiefly reminiscent and baaed on the trie* made jiu a- diapy.i While he was a j ".ntudettt. r; : : .1;, ,-r. •>/. o L Mr. London here read followiug ; i-intei'estißg ; siai*isties of, thq, University during the war: :ro UThemumbeiuof students onite cata : ilngue for the oollegiatetyßar 1861-’C2 was 129, divided into elaase.-. as follows: ); 2»seniors,i 29 freshmen, 7 partial esurse students and r JlB scientntie students. Isrilb6‘A-’63 there - was a total of only 7a studeutsy of whom 8 were seniors, 9 juniors, -80 sophomores’/* j 24 (freshmen find 2 partial course Stu dents. In 1863-'G4 there were 10 seniors, 1 rtfi: h.4oitooM. , V / T J 16 juniors, _l3 25 freshmen , and 5, partial qourse students, a - total of And during the lAkt;year, in 1864 .-m there wete' 60 ntA enrolled, and divided into classes' kk folioWs: 15 seniors, 2 juniors, 12 sopK6febri?s, 21 .fresh me Baud 10 partial course students. It may scein strange that in this last year of the war there were more seniors than juniors and sophomores combined. “This is accounted for by the fact thAf, ufitil the* Bitter part of 1864, the seniors were exempt frtmi military duty Afwf no other classes were. “TfrefafauHy during toe war consisted of'T > tesident 3 Swain faffd Professors Jas. Phillips, Mafauel Fett#, William H. Bat tle, F. M.. Hubbard, Ch&s Phillips, Hil Smith, John Kimberly, A. D. Hepburn and Solomon Pobf. They were t£ie active memberil of the faculty aetu ‘ allyptetetft, but in addition to’them the names of several others were pridted in the yearly fcafalo'gffe.” -Who had volun teered and were id the floritederate army, three of ; whom died df wf-u*nds or /disease while itr serviee. * “Those Who" efifefed the army were Prbf. W. J. Martin and TutfAs Fred. A. Fetter, lowa Royster. George B. Jobt;- ston-and George P. Bryan. And just here should be noted, to their undying glory, the zeal ap'd'energy and the pa tient, uncomplaimti£ endurance of hard ships and almost ai*tfral want, so nobly exhibited by the faculty of the Univer sity during teedark days Os horrid war,” “It Tfaß the pfoud boast of President riwain, and be had just cause to be proud toat ’the ddors'of the University were kept open during the entire war. II and that‘the daily duties of college life were tlnhitert upted during the whole of thore four long years. Even after SVr ' man’s army had'taken military posses sion of Chapel Hill, yonder*o!d bell was daily rung by one of the professor s, and mdnfing arid evfming prayers were at tended with all the old time regularity. There is another jus., cause for boasting ' fn connection with the University during the war, and it is tjaat during the poverty and distress of that period free tuition was gladly given to newly students.” In order to'keep open the University duriflg the last year or two of the war, an appeal was made to the Confederate authorities for a relaxation in'that en forcement, of the conscription laws. Here the speaker toad the resolutions phased by the Tfusteeb of the University, field at Raleigh, fictober 8, 1863, au thorizing the President s os the University to correspond with the President of the Confederacy in regafd to 1 the ma'ter. A copy of Gov. Hwain’s letter to•' President Jeffersob Paris, written- iff accordance With this resolution, was also read. “In accoi dance with the above appli catfm orders were issued to exempt froffi conscription the members of the Junior and Beni or classes only. And in J the spring of 1864 an application was made to extend the exemption to the i . l Boph, and Fresh, classes, but this was refused. Late iff the fall of 1864 all ex emptions were revoked and all the stu dents, liable to military duty, left the quiet of college life to confront the dan ?*' ers and effdure the hffrdshijw of a Oon ederate soldier’s life. Only two mem • hers whrft left, in the Junior class, and one of tlterfa had b(Ben in the army and was disabled by wounds, as indeed were several others in the lower 1 classes. Iff the senior class there re -1 mained only one to complete the 1 fiill course, William <3. Prout, now a clergyman in the State of New York. For the entire last session; from January, ’1865, he alone constituted the Senior 'Glass, arid was the offiy student, who had efatatod 'cOHege irU f»81- and remained here throughout the war.' > * :- “He was not, however, the only grad l -* uate attoeTommenefeinent of 1865. tor there were five of us. After the close of hostilities, and we had returned from the army, Governor Swain notified the former members of the Senior Class that grant diplomas to all who would return t<?vhe University and deliver orations at the approaching Commencmtmt. Three of us aeeeptod Jiis. offer, and the„ .Cpanpeyeement JbYereises.of. 1860 faking contrast to Lhoae q£ 1895. All the exer cises of that commencement were new on : One afterfioon f “the' finjf Thursday" im June”)arilcousis ed onlyof theorationk of the who, Vrirefoped in the black silk gowns then always worn j by- the gradqatipg oyato;s, left, as im- | portant as will any of graduating j c(wss to morrow;, wag uo band ot | miopelaus tp'inspire ,and s(i inflate our' oratory, npr pur audteppe altogether j calculated to'arouse the' pleasantest or j ( most paciljq feplings, for a large "part of • audi'etyco ,consisted rs Uninvited ! visitors (rQm the N’ortH “scftdibrs' of ! arnisy. *' r " V -/ V “t)u'ringtho War tile annual cdmrnenee- j .mefff exerd.tes were Weld .as ’regularly | ’tod with as,.much ceri tfiony and fbrtnal-'] Afy as'duping these delightful days so-j 'elciiiietilly described fA-aav 1 . The last corntfaffucembiit during the \val,‘lff J«ne 186,4, was quite.a. grand (jccasiou.* +: * The’ of the ‘State’ (the lamented ytoc%), a.fafd%eyeral other distinguished ’ ptfiyials \tote pretotit, a d the Occasion pa6SecTis,irVß pleasantly that old Gov.‘ time, fbrgfft the cares and troubles oppressing him and was as happj as iff the olden - days of peace and 5 ptosfferityV’ n - ' ; * ! : ft * *» j 1ibo; -fn(. * * u “Thefeoll('ge i! curricuhri»during the-'var remained the it had been before, and the rrigfalations as to rccifiatldns and primers 11 teiphined A unchanged. The arranged as follows : Morning prayete to the chapel at 6' o’clock in the summer and 7 b’elock in the winter; recitations immediately thereafter for au hoffr, then breakfast; another reeitatiofi at 11 'o’clock fop an hour, and dinner at 1 o’clock* the last recitation of the day at. 4 o’cldbk-in the summer arid ft\e M the wuntef, sand then supper. Offe'Of the advantages riujoyed by the SCrriors fas is well 'remembered) was ekemrifeori from - the recitation be fore btoAkfast. This eXemprion from the early recitation was highly eppre ciated, as may be imagined from try, made in the diary before at the beginning of my sjjggidr ymr, the following expresshjriftpi<i3: ‘Went to bed with no dreagfeMaf Corning reci- | tation to disturb “Attendance prayers was obligatory, u un- ; cumfortable at tiffPsjfjp? pfjf. with this requirement. It n °t surte prising that } oi^df*M-5‘ wj|>Buity quently devised the ringing of the morffycgbell. Some morn ings the clapper e<mtd not be found, ; having mysteriously gisappeartd during the night; at ptjier'times the door to the : belfry was soMrricade'dwnd fasten;das | to prevent the ever/faithful servants j from entering. AndOcfahsibnally (as the ] truth of history mustbm»to}d) tHere waSo reasou why the / mQ™pg bell did iifnM ring. Yes, that..diary has m one of its to «{p rAtber personal j to an old servant fffntyUniversity, who is pleasantly remembeted by all ] who have been here ari'any time diQlßga the past thirty live yeaikV/ Xjbis the diary is in the frijLwwir/g wortlvl ‘Wilkes was drunk and aid*9«rt .ring they bell for recitation or ptoj^rk’"-When j attending prayers at thewltosjkrite Fresh class always entered threugn'toe back door (the southern entrance). It unwritten law of colltge life, but the less rigidly enforced, that no Fresh. ] could enter the front door of the chapel. The enforcement of this rule sometimes nearly caused serious collisions between the Freshmen and the Bopi* infffesf who assumed the enforcing it. Oc casionally some High mettled Freshman, would 'lnstigate Ws class mates (0 open , rebellion, ! fij A armed with sticks and r ,clubs tjity would advance to th,e front door in ’a most tor like manner, but upon meeting the Sopbs slnnlariV armed, a collision and bloodshed Would be averted, and the result wotrid be that the Fresh would withdraw with ‘all the honors of war’ and go aiound to the back door. “Hazing or ‘deviling’ the Fresh, was carried on quite extensively and out rageously. A frequent, and brutal mode of hazing was puffing tobacco smoke into a Freshman’s face until he would either faint or become nauseated. The Univer sity of to day is to be congratulated upffn having abolished all brutal 'hazing, and that her students ever treat one another, Freshmen and all, with the courtesy characteristic of trite gentlemen.” * " * ‘i'J * * * * * 7* *- “The sessions during the war the same duration as before. > That is, the collegiate year was divided into two terms, one commencing six weeks after the first Thursday in June and the other six weeks after the Friday sue'eoeding the fourth Friday in November, there being two vacations of six weeks each. The last day of each terra would close with the ringing of the bell ; exactly ’at 12 o’clock noon for prayers. At the mid dle and-the close-of every session a re port was mailed to the parents or guar dian of‘each student, stating*th3 number of times he had been absent from pray ers and redtatioDß and his relative grade of scholarship in his class. “It may be of some interest' in these days of financial discussion to say some thing about the ‘financial question,’ as it existed here during the war. It may safely be asserted that there Were then no ‘free silverites’ nor ‘gold bugs,’ for there was neither silver nor gold, but an abundance of paper promises to pay ‘two years after the ratification Os a treaty of peace between the Confederate States and the United States.’ Having heard so much about regulating prices of everything by law, the • students, at a public meeting held in the chapel, on the 6tb of August, 1863, appointed a committee to fix a schedule, of prices upon fruit aud ’possum suppers. It is regretted that the diary does not record that schedule of prices, but it does record the fact that, on the next day after the schedule was fixed, a loti or fruit, which had been brought into-the campus for sale, was confiscated because thcownerr refused - to sell according to * ' the committee'seohedula-1 uun < 4 t • ‘<o 3 “Thedepueciationiof Uonfuderate cur rency, or the scarcity of lead; pencils, is forcibly illustrated by the entry in my diary (September 30th, 1864,) of having paid $2 for one pencil. The price of tuition was not i: creased in proportion tajh# {frices of everything else. . T|e of 1863-’64 states the%#ce of tuition was then only SSO a session, an increase of only S2O from the ante-hel ium price. The inereadng price Os board, however, was an unfiffliiig [sign of the depreciation of the cm* price -—of board -was $25.00 a month; in the fall of 1863 it was $75, and 4n*-the fall of 1864 ite was s2j9oji j mouth. And even at the last named K'ice the fare was not very appetizing, deed if offered to riiC- students now* | might cause naffsea. As 4m vllustmiiow ' of the diet of that day, it may be stated that it was deemed Worthy of recording j in afty diary that one day at dinner Miss Nancy Hilliard (of blessed ’ memory) 1 treated her boarders to'pfes made of ; Wild muscadine grapes sweetened with \ sfarghnm. 1 The facility fared no better ! than the student*, and - yet (iov. Swain (once boasted that ‘alt .. grew! [fat on sorghum and (-corn : bread.’ i The sorghum of that day • was the I uriversal Substitute for ail kinds off ‘sweetening’ and Was of a very inferior ffuAlity abd greenish color. ‘Sorghum Stows’ Were a substitute for ‘candy boil ingS,’* and wcite the fashionable ‘fitodtiotisti of that day,at which the yourijl folks 'greatly enjoyed. But the favorite feasts of t he students daring thp, war were the never to-be‘forgotten 1 *>poasfam siififfcrs. ’• Oh J bow the saucy recollections ( f thf sc appetizing .’possum suppers tantalize one’s mnJdsl' It should be stated that it was required of every negro, Who brught a, ’possum supper for saley to-be Certain to bring its head soa,s to show- that ho was not selling a cai. “The two literary societies,the Dialec tic and Philanthropic, were faithfully sustained to the four students were ‘ here during the war, and may both of these societies be sustained in the fu r , lure and continue to bo the pride of all who cherish the ‘Jx>ve of virtue and Science’ and love ‘Virtue; Liberty and Science.’ Os each we prayerfully, claim 1 Hsto Perpetual Every student' was required to join onoof tbe societies, and there was considerable rivalry to soliciting the men students to ‘ride the goat,’ as the initiation into either society was termed. There were also (feeveral secret clubs, or Greek letters, riiriUernities, of which the three prin cipal ones were the zeta psi, delta psi, | chi and phi. So secret were thes? : fraternities that even their places of j meeting, or club rooms, were supposed to be a secret, but it was rather an j .‘open secret. ’ There was a more bit ; : fni*rivalry between these clubs than be- Jjfifceri the two societies, and personal Teollisions were not infrequent. “The social life of the students duriug the war was quite pleasant. Quite a nurabg&mf joung ladies w r ere ‘reiugees’ 1 at ChafftnAlill, to escape the Union armfefr&gjfttoctog on their homes, and till? stodito's, greatly enjoyed thtir so ; cifyfq Tndetm, pevefai -happy marriages ris al:qh a i ntance J H WfM, faglt of the students that | there were, Cot many more of these j jnayrUtgcs. ' Olwtog to the small number tjtoi here and the large [uunlher.of iadil» s ';4iip old rule forbid ifMwn to the ladies was re Freshs were Condescending Sophs fear of punish “ But while (.he to,dents enlivened their ! college ufe/4 boys wiil do,’ and the necessity*of these days steals over the i*mind. [ the sweet South breathing o'er a bed of violets. ’ “Yet these were days of sorrow and sa-i ; ties#.' After nearly every battle sad tid J togs .would, come of the wounding or . death of Some ntrident’s brother or be loved frietfd, and there was Coristantly j dread and apprehension o( | everyone’s hearing such'tidings 7 Young men could not be expected to have their . minds absorbed iff their books when ' bloody war was rampant ‘and the con i tineut was shaken with the shock of coij | tending armies. War, ‘grim visaged war v ’ stalked abroad arid ?ts echoes reached even these classic shades. At the beginning 6f the conflict every stu dent feared it would be closed before he ' was old enough to engage in it; but be fore it did cloSe this feeling, with many, changed into an apprehension that the war would not end before they were of ‘ military age. Be it -said, however, to I the honor of those students- who were here at any time during the war, that with ' few exceptions they were as brave and patriotic as any who rushed to ar?ns when the tocsih of war first sounded. Many of them before they arrived at the conscript ago were eager to volunteer, but were restrained by their parents, i who in many instances had already seen i one or more of their Older sons sacrificed ] on the battle field, and were loath to lose their little Benjfa- I min. It did indeed Seem so much like ‘grinding up the ’seed corn,’ when these lads, these striplings, went forth to cruel 1 war and human carnage. * Alas! that so many now All ft soldier’s grave. Uses Mexican Mustang Liniment Om his horses, on his drivers. CENTENNIAL ODE. By .TttMfs I). Lynwh (For the University of North Carolina.) Hail, mother since 4 hundred years i Have spedwhy VdjFNbto this teafive day, rW ought Os caroldwffft. iu-me. k r “"u"*” r i,aiaa ‘* anA lnrnii] r - m "" L , cheers Could magnify the WprTh ofihee, 11 StfqqUijneet tribute to the pay, j And celebrate thy“birt-Ff divine— Decreed, when liberty from a gloom iLxnsi,; tljis ground And laid her sw'Qrd upon A polio’s shrine Fresh ririiri triumphknt strife? I Her bfoW ndW-WKeithed withifame I And kimlled ! She breatimd a longer.breath of lif>* The stars naddighted On her pole To banner the patriot’s soul And to this drnid grove, [ That bhawsoraed m it* warriling prime, I Whose leafy <?F ac lfti lv^ : ha4,shpd I Their dewy prophecies to empty time, rCrimbWodirig’fiis fl'rkf’mte Untßated‘sliK« thwir»Shttpherd sires * Fitted, \vUfi. heavens,-, riy, Qhaldean . vJPM I. 4tt lK.lt , » u And here with sfarrt promises they were * * *wed. *- ■ ' . \ u r rs -*v in 1 i* ** i!!»i \ Old friends from the far away East Broke from the Old World's breast, Aud eawe to the marriage feast, To drink the new wine of the West l ln healths of beaming peace, to ! And‘beuteoits of a rich increase. Hope came in radiant attire, .1: : And Wreathed with the kisses of light | Her eyes fixed high on the spire I That beacons Ambition’s height. And Faith, aglow with the grace. Which heaven had kiss; 6 in her face Came meekly clasping the word u The messengers of God bad heard; And Charity efttne ont of the years Wit<h luminous blessings of deed, Her fingers-still dripping with tears rtihe had wiped from the eyes of need j And Wisdom came gazing in space ! At mysteries he-long bad conned, t And girdled anew lor tbe chase To catch the beyond ano beyond, Aud Piety, foremost• maid, . Hand clasped with Love aud Truth, 1 Her warning-on them laid: ) “Kemetnbetv in tbe days of thy youth.” i Grave W isdom read out the bond; 1 The nuptial sponsors smiled A wreath of blessings bright, .m I And thou, sweet maid of light, j Wast bora their eldtst child. ir * Ye( Fortune thee with a and I frown— if that cari frowning lA*. Wb)cli us stern adversity To teach, us Fqrtuue*s fruitful botys Are plucked alpne by sweating hands I and brows, ; And th,yt‘ the cross is step stone to the crown. I But, ’mid the struggles of thy rise, A Hand reached'toown from yonder skies (•-■Aud wreathed the thorns of destiny | With jewels of thy crown to be, Aud bkssomtog from out the frost Arid fruiting through the beating years Thou riaist alt honored places filled, And all the fields of virtue tilled, That grow the higher meeds of life. Whe revel* patriotism rears Itsfk:rest, rhysotis have been foremost — Amid the Forum’s strife, I And on the efmined bench of right, In hails that ring with high debate, Aud obnr.cils compassing the helm ot j - State, of- nun . r W’ith wisdom's virtuous light, 7 And where God's messengers call, | Thy sons have'honored all. ; - Yet down the‘years I see the weeping ' Ah f sons4n battle claiuu— Oh I mother,itliey died not in vain ; Their glory is iff Glory’s: keeping; 1 They tollowed their great patriot line ; j- They did the duty of their day; They did it well and passed away— Thine is’their glory. They were thine. But, Mother, cease thy backward gaze : With sorrow brooding eyes, : See’st not thy path with blessiugs blaze ? ! Bee'st uot yon vision to the skits ? ! When memory hears that dear old bell i Which so off tollc*d the rmhitig hours I Aerial visions-on me swell. qOONTfcNUED ON THIRD PAUE., •' 1 OMy Head! is like the pleas ant change from darkness to day! ) gnt. i The feeling of atter exhaustion and ma ; bility to work is driven off and the diges- I tlv® organa are toned, strengthened and regulated. Hood’s iHils are purely vege table. safe, reliable. 25c. at all druggists. RALEfou, N. C., Feb. 8, 1895 Lyon,^Uj. Qq., firpqiZyju, f \ v f , Y, Gentlemen;—Having seen Mexican Hustang Lini ment (extensively -advertised here induce# me to tell you pow useful it is to persons In tfce livery business. I have used it-for the past'lß years on my horses for almost every thlngtthat horses arfteubjeebto. Fob sprains and stiff Joints Jdo not think- It .has an equal, and for such things as faarheus sails and rubs ltfswowlarfuL u< , > I once had a very fine driven-who (thrown fuem hlscar riagedn-.a rumfway and #o merely bruised about his shoul ders awl breast that I did not think l«e would ever be able to get on a carriage again. I romyipbeml, however, what Mexican Mustang Liniment did’ for my horses'in case of bruises and had‘tffth'MfeeC It' and in about two weeiks tie was as good a driver as ever. and not an ache or ■pain remained. I know you must get tired of reaving apeh letters, but I thought J w <Hlia H< l' l »uhtnt>re. testimonial to. tpe useful ness of Mustang liniment. Y'ours truly, W. H. LANCASTER For 18 years iu 1.1 very and Transfer business.
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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June 6, 1895, edition 1
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