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SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher Whi\ 'MF XLIX ■ls WILL VALID M RULES AFTER ■H DELIBERATION S e j)oro Court Announced §K,*cnd This Morning, End ■r Case of (treat Interest the State. ■i: \TOKS SOUGHT F TO BREAK WILL Bended That Deceased lias Not Competent to Bow Actions at Time He iAde the Will. N. ( .. April 2.—A verdict ■ the will of the late R. A. Lit- H disposed of an estate val v,.: ii "f SJHO.WIO. was returned u , ( iicr \va» given at 8 :30 this |i t liberation on the case was' and at midnight the ... ,I'ked up without reaching a |H \t dawn, however, they had ■H . hi l ' i .Judge T. I>. Bryson. ~P,|*'d over the special term of effect ; tin outgrowth of caveators H in-, ak the will 1 on the grounds |H,. man . a- not competent to know |Hoii> the rime. niglii session was featured by arguin'nr before the jury of I* m. ..f Raleigh, of counsel for Other attorneys who the jury at the night session 1.. Spence, of Carthage, of for the caveators, and R. L. |H Albemarle, representing the |H nigt -e"i'.n was prolonged on of a de-ire expressed by the - intuit speeches as possible in order that the case might be as quickly as possible. The |H of the jurors have been away homes r-iuce last Monday they wish to return as early crowd was in the courthouse |H and- the case has been followed interest by the spectators. |Hs> ha- prevented ninny of law .and hai tM*eu rontest gH iiniiMiiil legal aigiiK'n by both pov>ible point being olftsely scrutinized by able and lawyers. more than one hundred BB hail been subpoeruied to testify v.iine of thei-e being iuem '’ate wide prominence. The B!K'i> of the parties involved has |B a f m-.re than rdinarv in- HHH r—- - wii.i have appeared in the F. K. Thomas and F. G. Coxe. J.ilm (Sikes, of Monroe; . Candle and Pruett,-of Wades plll -I.endon and Covington, of : .lames H Ron. of Raleigh; of Albemarle: H. F. Sewell ||B I- Bpence, i f Carthage. RBil OF ONK OF COUNTRY’S I WEALTHIEST WOMEN g^ft*arietta King. Aged 93. I>ead at Home in Kingsville, Texas. :<•. Texas. April 1. —Mrs. Hen ggHh.uv. 'do. owner of the world's gH I'ainTi. and rated as one of the wealthiest women, died last proprietor of a ranch border- Cult of Mexico for 100 miles, gßtaiw.'ing I.l’tis.ooo acres, which iier at the death of her husband, gHt' Ri'liar-l King, pioner Texas Mrs. King's fortune rose g^B'‘tioi aiHiis figure through the ad- land valuer from a few cents dellai 'an acre. Her herd vir- M e.ouitle.s.s. more than 100.000 heiig hramled each season. AT CLKMSON 1 » OFFKt.K IS DESTROYED Building Completely De- I in l ire IMscnvered Early This ■^Viing. (dlege, S. C., April 2.—Fire at :10 this morning com |B d'-s'rey.-d rile agriculture build -1 “tuseii -dlege, with a loss esti gß at more than 8200,00. The or- tie unknown. flames were dying out tit an early a> . building was consumed, ’'nldtngv on the campus were not g^BM v f'ndacgered, as the agricultural was about 200 yards from any gB N, ruvture. The cadets fought the a ' >' they were discovered. KB 1 • \M> h\S BEEN l| •‘KKfAKKI) FOR COTTON IB A|»();tnutly Killed by Frost in H|[ ,he Mountain Sections. A|']"l I.—Much land has 11,1 p "tton. Planting has 18,',". 1 ’.;" n the Gulf Coast |H ( l,n ' advanced to Southern s . I J ,r " ; '! ,i ‘ ,U1 ‘‘ ,>( ‘ntral portions of progress and condition ‘"tion in Texas are Bjß „ lli; , , j.'oath, but seeding 'i'«-where because of V “ ! ' a!,areut l.v killed by ■B " ni "' llir n ill sections of North nilT* v in Oasieiua. HBp <■" /April 2.—Two silver |^B*nia \i,offered by the ;n .l‘ m: Association for the K f .-' ' " ,r - v s first choral con BB' o° n dueted througli the to n n . v ‘ r °b ulren are BB ,ntPf 'ins contest. THE CONCORD TIMES BURIAL OF LIVING CHILD RESULTS II ARREST OF INDIANS Charged That Pate Nay Bur ied His Baby Alive With Its Mother When Latter Died From Natural Causes. MEDICINEMAN IS ALSO BEING HELD He Is Charged With Murder ing Man Who Chided Him About Advising Nay to Bury Alive His Baby. * Cortez. Colo., April 2.—An aged Indian medicine mau of the l-te tribe in south west Colorado and his son-in-law were prisoners here today, while “pale face brothers” set in motion laws of civiliza tion to exact penalties for the death of a papoose, buried alive in accordance with tribal rites, and for the killing of a Mex ican. Chided by bringing about the death of the infant. Mormon Joe, a medicine man. tore a leg from a chair yesterday and clubbed Joseph Chavez. Mexican cell | I mate, to death. Chavez who was held for bootlegging, was killed by the Indian be fore other prisoners or the sheriff could intervene. Federal officers were to arrive from Denver today to take charge of the inves tigation as the burial was on an Indian reservation under federal charge. The state, however, will probably prosecute for the killing of Chavez, which occurred" alongside the reservation. The government charges that Pate Nay, his son-in-law, whose squaw recently died, wrapped the body in , a blanket with the child, and buried them, ‘‘on co ercion of Mormon Joe.’’ The bodies were exhumed ou the reservation last week. The verdict of a coroner's jury was that the infant was buried alive, and that its mother died *of a natural cause, l'atc Nay is held on a murder charge, and Mormon Joe as an accessory. JOSEPH ELLINGSON TO SKEAL FOR DAUGHTER Will Tell What He Knows That Might Imficate That Dorothy EUingson Is In sane. , Ban Francisco. April 2.—Joseph El lington, father of Dorothy EUingson. 17. was expected to take the stand today to tell what he knows that might indi cate liis daughter was insane when she shot and killed her mother. Anna Elling son. last January. Witnesses for the defense sere expected to testify as to the girl's early life and environments. The young defendant was remove)! to her cell in the county jail last night after she bad swooned at the close of the day's proceedings, and later was visited by several experts on mental disorders. WILLIE SINGLETON WILL DIE IN ELECTRIC CHAIR Found Guilty of Murder of Henry’ N. Banks, and Will Be Electrocuted Next Monday. New Bern. N. C.. April 2. —Willie Singleton, negro, this morning was sen tenced to death by electrocution at the State’s prison for the murder of Henry N. Banks on March 7th. The date of execution was set for May Bth by Judge C. C. Lyon, who sentenced the negro. Banks was killed and robbed of $1,200 pay roll on the night of March ith. Ihe negro was arrested a few hours later and had approximately that amount on his person. Verdict of guilty was returned last night. . Conference -at Greensboro. Washington, April 2. —Commissioner of Education Tigert today called the fifth annual conference of negro land giant college education for April lbth thiough the 18th, at Greensboro. X. C. The presidents and officers of the seventeen negro land grant institutions of the south will attend, as well as a large group of state and federal educators. Dr. G. r. Zook, chief of the division of higher edu cation of the bureal, will preside. Warns Against Bunion Pads. Washington. April 1. —A warning against the use of bunion pails as a dressing in vaccination against any di*ense was issued today by Surgeon General Gumming. He said this use of such pads “appears to be more com mon than would be supposed, and that as a result several fatal cases of tetanus recently have occurred. Shepherd Again Denied Freedom on Bail Chicago, April 2 (By the Associated Press).—Wm. I). Shepherd, charged with murder, today a second time was de nied freedom on bail by Chief Justice Jacob Hopkins in the criminal court. The judge set Shepherd’s formal align ment for a week from today, after defense attorneys had indicated they proposed to appeal to the State Supreme Court in the question of hail. Booth Pleads Not Guilty. Washington, April 2.—E. F former solicitor of the Interior Depart ment, who is under indictment here with Senator Burton K. Wheeler of M° nta “ a ; 'on charges of conspiracy, pleaded not guilty when arraigned today and was re leased on SI,OOO bail. Will Not Delay Sale of Steamers. I Washington, April 2.—An effort to lay confirmation of the sale of the fi California-Orient steamers to the Dol lar interests, pending a ruling by the attorney general as to the !egal > the transaction was blocked tod a j at a meeting of the shipping boar . She’s Queep of All Queens Mile. Georgette Freigneuix was selected from girte representing as many errondissesnents of Paris as Queen of Queens for the year 1925 tn the mid-lenten fete of Mi-Careme. STEEL FRAME DIRIGIBLE TO CARRY" 100 PERSONS Will Have a Framework of Rustless. Stainless Steel.—Will Be 720 Feet Long. Ixmdon, April 2.—The Air Ministry’s new airship, the R-101. to be used on the Eng!and-to-India route, will have a framework of rustless, stainless steel. The keel probably will be laid in July or August. Another innovation will be a smok ing room, made possible by employment of engines burning heavy oil instead of gasoline. It is partly as the result of experi ence obtained in construction or all metal airplanes here that the designers decided to use steel instead of duralumin in the R-101. aF * f The airship will be 720 'feet long- and 140 feet high, with accommodations for 100 passengers. One deck will carry | two-berth sleeping cabins and the other j general living rooms. The dimensions of the two rigid dirigibles owned by the United States J arc; I,os Angeles, 0.18 feet long, 100 feet j high; Shenandoah. 080 feet long, 00 feet i high. Both have duralumin frames and _ burn gasoline, but the use of helium in- j stead of highly inflammable hydrogen j for inflation eliminates . one of the j greatest perils of airship navigation. MAN AND ttODY STIFFED IN AREAWAY In HLs Pocket Was Found a Savings Bank Book Showing Deposits of SOO.-; 000. New York, April I.—The body of a man containing 2 bullet wounds, and believed to be that of Mack Passwell. of St. Louis, was found today stuffed in< the narrow area way of an upper Park Ave nue tenement house. In a pocket was found a savings bank book showing de posits of SOO,OOO. RESIGNATION ASKED FOR Resignation of Secretary of Cotton Grow-1 ers’ Co-operative Association Is Re-! quested. Raleigh. April 1. —Because of alleged , “indiscretions” iu connection with the North Carolina Agricultural Credits Cor poration. A. E. Bing, secretary-treasurer of the North Carolina Cotton Growers' Co-operative Association, has been re- ! quested to resign his position. Action by j the board of directors was taken late yes- ( terday. j Confidence in Mr. Bing’s integrity and i efficiency was expressed in the resolution adopted by the board requesting his res- J ignation. The nature of the “indiscretions" of Bing was not mentioned in the resolu tion adopted yesterday. With Our Advertisers. Make your dreams come true by tak- J ing shares in Series No. 5.1 in the Ca barrus County B. L. & Savings Associa tion, now open. The big word nowadays ,|s "all stock is non-taxable.” Act today. Stylish coats for Easter, low in price and splendid quality at .T. C. Penney Co.'s. Priced $9.90 to $29.75. In the new poliaires and similar fine fabrics’. Boys, you will find your department at the Parks-Belk Co. thoroughly up-to-date, date. You will find here suits, ties, skull caps, handkerchiefs, knives, watches, whistles, suspenders, belts—in fact ev erything a boy uses or wants, from suits to Jews harps. Every boy buying a pair of Star Brand shoes from Richmond-Flowe Co. next Saturday will receive a good base ball free. Complete outfit for men in all that's best at the Browns-Cannon Co. The Bell & Harris Furniture Co. has a handsome suite of furniture for only $125. Full length davenport, large arm rocker and arm chair to match. See new ad. today. Opening of New Hebrew University in v Jerusalem. Jerusalem. April 1. —Tourists from all over the world, including thousands from America, were in Jerusalem today for I the opening by Lord Balfour of the new Hebrew University on Mount Scopus. Hundreds who arrived at the last hour beseiged the headquarters of the Zionist executives for tickets. PUBLISHED MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS CONCORD, N. C„ THU RSDAY, APRIL 2, 1925 NEGRO ROBBER GANG IS BROKEN UP BY POLICE Charlotte Officers Hold Five Blacks For Many Robberies In That City. Charlotte, March —With the ar rest here early this morning of five ne groes, all said to have police records, local police department officials expressed the opinion that the gang of robbers which has been operating in the city for tjie past several months lms been broken up. In addition to the arrests the police announced the recovery of articles of merchandise, said to have been stolen from local stores, valued at between sl,- 500 and $2,000. The negroes under ar rest are Pat Scott. George Harris, Son Harris, John Witherspoon and Will Lockhart. Detectives now a**rlS6‘*the trail of an other member of the- -alleged gang of rob* bers and believe that with the sixth ar rest they will have in the toils the group that for several months has preyed on mercantile establishments and homes in I the city. Articles taken with the live negroes this morning directly connect them, according to the officers, with a number of robberies here. THE COTTON MARKET r-- Opened Steady at an Advance of 3 Points to Decline of 5 Points With Most Months Lower. New York. April 2, —The cotton mar ket oi>ened steady today at an advance of 3 points to a decline of 5 points, ipost months being lower on private re- I ports of rains or prospects for rains in the southwest, and a report from one of the private crop reporting bureaus, pointing to an increase of 4.4 per cent, in acreage. Liverpool was relatively steady, how ever, while there was further trade buy ing in the local market. After selling off to 24.80. July rallied to 24.90, and Oc tober worked up from 24.28 to 24.37 with the general market about lit unchanged j to 5 points higher at the end of the first I hour. Liverpool was a moderate buyer i here and the continuation of yesterday’s j covering movement was encouraged by uncertainty of adequate rains iu Texas and exiK*ctation of a further recovery from recent severe declines. Cotton futures opened steady. May 24.05; July 24.85; Oct. 24.29; Dec. .24.33; Jan. 24.14. I ——— ! ADDITIONAL RIVER AND HARBOR ALLOTMENTS ! The New Allotment Includes Many Places I in North Carolina. Washington. April I.—Additional riv er and harbor allotments announced to day by the War Department bring the total of such allotments for the current year up to $30,(583.510. or nioi't* than three-fourths of the lump sum at $40,- 000.000 appropriated by Congress. “! The new allotments included: North Carolina, Mebrin river $3,000; Roanoke River $3,000; Scupernong river $1,000; Mantea shallow tag bay $2,000: l’amlico and Tar River $18,250; Neuse river $lB.- 250; Trent river $2,500; through Fair Cedar Bay Channel $5,000; Beaufort harbor $16,250; Core Sound Beaufort waterway $7,100; Beaufort-Jaeksonville waterway $11,650; Cape Fear river, Wil mington and below $329,400; above Wil mington $9,500; northeast Cape Fear $4,000; Black River $3,000. Bus Schedules to Be Considered Friday. Raleigh, N. C., April I.—Bus sched ules between Durham and Chapel Hill will be considered by the corporation commission Friday morning. Also the commission will consider at that time schedules between Greensboro and Char lotte. Deputy Collector Indicted. New York, April 2. —FederaLgrand jury indictments were returned today against seven deputy collectors of Internal Rev i enue on charges that they extorted “hush” money from "business men of l Westchester and Bronx counties. i : A recent survey indicates that the r average girl college students spends . spends four and one-half hours a week r in dancing, or about one-fifth as much t time as she devotes to study outside the classroom. STONE MOUNTAIN IS FREELY DISCUSSED IN BORGLUM SPEECH Noted Sculptor Spoke in Con cord Last Night at Request of Members of Daughters of the Confederacy. AUDIENCE ASKED SOME QUESTIONS And Sculptor’s Address Vas In Reality Answer to Ques tions—Plainly Showed His Interest In the Work.= ■1 .—■ Gutzon Borglum opened his heart to his audience last night at the High School auditorium, j He pouml out his very soul in a talk teeming with pathos and left the listeners on the verge of tears. The noted sculptor took his hearers in what seemed to be a confidential conver sation and told to them the whole story, at times being so overcome with his emo tions that people on the back seats had to strain so catch the words as they fell feebly from his lips. At other times his eyes flashed and his voice hardened as his anger became aroused. The whole speech, according to people who have heard him, was entirely different from his usual address. After an introduction by John M. Oglesby, of this city, in which he said that every few generations produced a genius and that the Daughters of the Confederacy had secured a genius to speak here, Mr. Borglum began his ad dress by stating that he would answer a few questions which had been asked him. In answer to the question “Should the memorial be a work of art?” Mr. Borglum said that the work ou "Stone Mountain could never be done by a plumber or a brick-mason. It had to be done by an artist or it would be a "grotesque vaude ville.” In answer to the question “Shall we buy the coiu?” Mr. Borglum made a lengthy answer. “The South did not con ceive the memorial. The plan was brought by some one not of the South who realized that the war contained a great drama, cost almost your very lives and, meant the extinction of the economic life* of the "section. The story as brought by someone else cannot be left unfinished.” Leaving the matter of the coin, Mr. Borglum continued by telling the story of the Association’s lack of interest in the project. During the entire period he had been carving the mountainside, the As sociation never came to view the work. At a luncheon in Atlanta, he had re marked to one of the members of the Association that he would give SIOO apiece to get them to come and look at the work. The member to whom he was talking said that they would be glad to come and so he immediately sent tele grams asking them to lunch with him on the mountain during the following week. Out of the four replies received, only two accepted and only one of those who accepted came. The “so-called Association,” according to Mr. Borglum had ou it two real estate men, several lawyers, several bankers but no one who knew anything about art. There were no professional men on the committee, no men connected with the universities, and no artists. “I came here.” said Mr. Borglum, in starting his address proper, "on the re quest of several citizens. It is a big thing that your forefathers played the game. It required more heroism to do what Lee did than was required for "Washington to do what he did. Robert E. Lee. with 8()0 years of service to king and country back of him. suddenly finds himself asked to take part in a war against his Southland. Lincoln of fers him the command of the Federal forces and does he hesitate? He asked that his resignation be accepted imme diately. How then can you people hesi tate? My God! can you hesitate about a memorial is to be built? Have I got to go up and down the country making speeches? Yes, because I see how badly you need a memorial. “I am a sculptor. I love every part of this country and try to understand its history. I have studied it from the time John Sihith sailed in the Chesapeake Bay and landed in Virginia. All these things are material for drama, for paintings and | for sculpture. When I came South I found what I had missed elsewhere in America. I found people trying to keep alive the memory of the Confederacy, clinging to the ideals of 18(h). Mr. Borglum then told in fascinating fashion the story of how the idea for making the monument on Stone Moun tain came to him. He had come South at the request of the U. D. C. to design a small monument about 10 feet square to be placed at the foot of the mountain. When he saw the mountain and the way in which the women of the were trying to keep faith, he refused to design it, telling them that it was far too small a thing to commemorate the Con federacy. He then ,went to Stone Moun tain and spent thrCe days and nights ou it studying the situation. He could make, he said, neither a Northern victory nor a Southern victory since this would not be liked by either of the two sides. Then suddenly he had the idea of having Lee’s army inarching northward at the moment when the South rose in defense. The sketches were made and this idea has only been chang ed slightly since the beginning. “For ’ eight years I have worked and have spent over SIOO,OOO of my own money. I found one great concrete subject open (Continued on Page Five) CHAPMAN ON STAND DENIES HE KILLED PATROLMAN SKELLY Defendant In Murder Trial Spoke In Clear Tpnes, Re maining Cool and Collect ed During Examination. TELLS OF^MEETING WALTER F. SHE AN Knew Shean Who Was Pres ent When Skelly Was Kill ed But Says He Was Never In Davidson Store. Hartford. Conn., April 2 i By the Asso ciated Press). —Gerald Chapman lh : s morning took the stand in his own defense on a charge of having murdered Patrol man Jas. Kkelly in New Britain last Oc tober 12th. Chapman, eool and collected, speaking in clear tones, denied that he had been in the Davidson & Levanthal store in New Britain at any time. It was in this store that Skelly was murdered. * His direct examination was brief. Under questioning of Frederick J. Groehl he told of having met Walter I*\ Shean. of Springfield. Mass., who first accused him of the Skelly murder through the agency of “Dutch" Anderson, his pal, in the New York mail robbery. Under cross examination he refused to be rushed inton answers at the hands of State Attorney Hugh M. Alcorn. Al coriij went into the prisoner’s past life over' the objections of Kroehl, who Judge Jennings overruled. Cooly and candidly he discussed his spectacular criminal record 'under Al corn’s urging. He admitted four pre vious criminal convictions and disrupted them dispassionately. When Alcorn asked the unflinching witness if he had a gun when he held up the mail truck in New Y’ork in IJT2I he said he did not. “Anderton had. but I had not,” he said. Alcorn disagreed 1 with Chapman's ver sion of the mail robbery, and the witness looking straight into the prosecutor's eye, said: “I don’t want to argue this matter with you. 1 don’t wish to go into the case at a}].- It has nothing to do with this charge of niurdor.” Be hfl'd TTred a shot at'a MuncTe police man at the time of his arrest because he thought him a holdup man. he said. He said nothing “before he poked a gun into my heart,” he added, stating he was “an unrei>ossing fellow at best.” He acted on the impulse, he said, thinking the policeman a highwayman, and he fired to save $4,700 he had on his per son. The nitroglycerine found in his effects lie said had been bought by him and Anderson at Shean’s repeated urgings. “It was for him and his gang.” he said. “We got it in the Pennsylvania oil fiolds.” So forlorn does Chapman’s hope for acquittal appear, and so great is the fear of what his daring may lead him to do. that when two ten-ounce bottles of nitroglycerine, enough of the pale yellow fluid to blow the-Court House to pieces, were put in evidence. four deputy sheriffs rose to their feet about him as he sat fingering a pencil. They stood silently. Their hands were not. six inches from his shoulders. They were ready to toss him back or shoot him if he made the slightest movement. The bottles were exposed for an in stant. in an open bug, not twelve feet from where Chapman sat. State’s At torney Alcorn lifted them tenderly out of the bag. One after the other lie put them softly on the table. Chapman only glanced at the bottles and turned toward the witness. His right hand touched his chin thoughtful ly. His left lay limp in his lap. Seeking Securities Chapman Stole. Detroit, April 2.—Securities stolen in the $2,400,000 registered mail robbery in New York in 1022 and in which Gerald Chapman, now on trial for his life in Hartford. Conn., was alleged to have been the leading figure, are being sought in Detroit .it became known today. Ac cording to local secret service operatives. Chapman spent several weeks here in March, 1022. and during that time pur chased some real eotate and contracted for furtlwr investments. Payments for I the property, the officers say, were made in bonds and other securities identified as part of the loot in the mail robbery. Smith Has Red Posies Embroidered on Shirt. Albany, April 1. —To the famous A1 Smith smile and the equally famous A1 Smith menagerie add this: A shirt. A white shirt, embroidered with out standing crimson fleurs-de-lis. each a quarter of an inch long, and with collar and cuffs of a roseate hue like the dawn. The Governor wore the shirt w r hen he reached the Capitol from New* York to day, and smiled with pleasure w'hen nlwspaper correspondents congratulated ed him on his haber-dasheT.v. The of New York have seen few shirts like this. Legislator Pays SIOO line For immoral Conduct. Raleigh. April I.—Representative D. P. McKinnon, of Robeson County, in City Court here today' entered n plea of nolo eontendre to a charge of immoral conduct and was fined SIOO aDd costs. The case was the outgrowth of his ar rest last Friday iu the home of Mrs- J. J. Guilfoil. The same charge was entered against Mrs. v Guilfoil who rirfeited her ! bond by not appearing for trial. A bench warrant was issued for her ar rest. $2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance. DUNE UPPITY ’me GRANGES THAT ARE TO COME No Building Program Yet Announced But Prelimi nary Matters Are Being Rapidly Perfected. DURHAM GROWING IN BIG MANNER Changes Seen on the Trip Through Counties Once Backward But Now Most Progressive. BY IV. M. SHERRILL Editorial Correspondent Durham, April 1. —Those who harbor in their hearts a desire to gaze again oni> the Trinity College they knew in this city of culture and tobacco should lose no time in do : ng so. for the plant known as Trinity soon will give way to the step of progress even as the name has done, and ou the sife of " the present buildings there will be erected more pretentious structures, which will form the material background for a university that will take rank .with the larger and more am bitious ones throughout the United States. Duke University of today is not unlike Trinity College of last year, but the re semblance will not continue long under plans being devised here in accordance with the J. B. Duke fund of $40,000,000. Actual construction work ou Duke Uni versity as it will be known id future years, has not been begun yet, but. ou every hand there are evidences indicat ing that the work will be underway soon. One of the largest rooms iu the East Duke building is now filled with blue prints; on a part of the campus near the former home of the late Bishop Kilgo there have been erected sample walls showing the various materials that have beeu suggested for the buildings which are to house the students and equipment of the university; many acres of land jad jojniug the present campus have been pur chased;' trustees of the Duke fund met here Monday for a conference; and there [is an air of expectancy that seems to jienetrate to every part of the campus. I liave’tfor Trinity college the. love and reaped held by-*ll former students for Their alma, materr. y<jt I find in um no sorrow that the college will give way to the university. Fond memories were aroused ps I visited various buildings ou t|he campus today, yet I found in me no regret that more suitable structures will replace those which brought the memo r;es to me. It seems fitting to me that the Trinity I knew should willingly and graciously step aside for the Duke Uni versity I am to know since the latter will ofFer more opportunities to more young men and women. Dr. Few spoke briefly of future plans for Duke University, confining his talk to generalities since full plans have pot been made public by the trust fund com mittee and the university oflicials. The change means added duties and responsi bilities for Dr. Few but in his quiet and dignified manner he showed nothing but pleasure that it will be his lot to play a big part in the organization ami manage ment of the university. I found Dr. Frank Brown and Prof. Charles Markham, who seemed especially .Interested iu me while I was a student at Trinity, working in the room which hous es the,various blueprints. Neither look ed older than when I left Trinity almost ten years ago and each declared he felt no older. Among .the faculty I found ’other friends, some of whom were students with me, but ou the campus I found uo famil iar' faces. That is oAe of the saddest things about returning to college years after you have graduated. I felt almost like a stranger even iu the building iu which I had slept for four years. There is another peculiar thing about visiting a college after you have been out several years—all of the students look like youngsters. As a matter of fact they are youngsters, but somehow one forgets that he too, was q youngster when he was there. • m • Durham in' the. past ten years has ♦•hanged as much as any city in North Carolina, and the. change is not to be re gretted. Business houses now occupy lots where formerly stood homes in which I was often a guest. Properties that were know ft as "so and so woods ’are now thriving suburbs. This morning as I stood on the square trying to realize that this is the city I once knew so well, a band started playing and a question to a passerby brought the information that the baud concert was ft- offertory to an other land sale, despite the fact that many such sales have been held in the and near the city in recent years with prices rising with each succeeding sale. There is some uncertainty about land in some parts of the county, however. (Continued on Page Two.) WHAT SMITTY’S CAT SATB CLoudy to partly cloudy tonight and Friday, little change in temperature. NO. 75
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