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Trinity College, Nov., 1887.
Goe, little booke! thy selfe present!
Spenser.
The movement set on foot by the
Board of Trustees to advance the interests
of Trinity exerts a stimulating
influence upon the College itself. The
students, feeling the impetus given,
have entered heartily into sympathy
with the new management. That another
door to literary work might be
opened to them, they have planned
and, with the approbation of the Faculty,
established The Archive. Its
columns will receive and preserve their
best work. Dull efforts to say nothing
in many words, mild platitudes on ancient
classics, and meanderings through
hazy sentiment will be buried in the
dust of the top-shelf along with “Which
is mightier, the pen or the sword?” A
concise statement, however, of original
investigation in any department,
whether from student or from member
of the Faculty, will be welcomed; for
it has been determined that its aim
shall not be solely a literary one. It
is desired, also, that the paper be a
means of communication between College
and patrons. To this end, the circulation
will be extended as far as
possible over the territory covered by
the North Carolina Conference. Trinity
news, Trinity interests, Trinity announcements
will be made prominent.
The co-operation of clergy and laity,
especially of the Alumni, is asked in
putting The Archive into general
circulation; for Trinity claims as her
patrons the whole membership of the
Conference.
The responsibility of publication is
undertaken by the two Literary Societies.
The two Managers and ten Editors
are chosen out of their members,
and the Professor of English has been
designated Censor. Training in journalism
is a legitimate part of College
work. A proposition, however, to establish
a Chair of Journalism merits the
jocular tone with which the press has
greeted it. The practical exercise afforded
in publishing a paper helps to
make ready writers, and is a valuable
auxiliary to the regular course.
4The College dominates the village,
and liquor cannot gain a foot-hold.
Friends of the institution could not lay
too much stress upon the fact. It is a
comforting assurance to parents that
their sons will not be exposed to this
temptation. Trinity lies next to a
strong temperance community, and
there is no danger that rum-shops will
be set up just beyond the College limits.
Examinations for admission to College
classes will be held twice a year,
in June and in September, on the latter
date exclusively at Trinity College,
beginning at ten A. M. on the day before
the opening. Applicants for admission
in 1888 will be required to stand
examinations on the following subjects:
1.
Arithmetic, including Metric System;
2.
Algebra to Quadratics;
3.
History of the United States;
4.
English Grammar and Analysis;
5.
Geography, Descriptive and Physical;
6.
Physiology and Hygiene;
7.
Latin Grammar, three Books of Cæsar.
All students, on coming up to enter,
will be required to fill out a blank form
of enrollment.
The entrance examinations, though
this year necessarily incomplete, have
secured beneficial results.
The students have in the main fallen
into their proper classes without waiting
for the regular examinations to
show them their mistake.
In the A. B. Course, fourteen hours a
week in recitation will be required of
the Seniors. Six hours will be filled
by assigned subjects, the other eight
being made up out of subjects chosen
by the student. The same number of
hours will be required of those applying
for the Ph. B. degree, but there
will be eight hours assigned work to
six hours elective.
The recitation rooms are full. Larger
ones with more black-board space will
be a pressing need, if the numbers grow.
The preparatory department also demands
that help which its importance
merits. Will the Methodists of North
Carolina see it, too, firmly established
and able to offer all the advantages of
a well-equipped school? Other denominations,
as well as the State, are
doing this. Few boys will remain for
a sentiment; they go where the greatest
inducements lie.
Till Congress meets and while Congress
shall wrangle over measures,
there is daily piled up in the national
Treasury a dangerous balance withdrawn
from circulation. Wall street is
nervous. Some permanent relief must
be devised. High tariff has the majority
and must solve the problem. The
Nation says:
“Looking about for some lamb to
5slaughter or some pig to shear, the protectionists
have fixed their eyes upon
the sugar-planters as the class likely to
yield the largest fleece with the least
squealing. The revenue from sugar is
upwards of $50,000,000; the number of
planters is very small. Although they
have been reinforced to some extent by
the manufacturers of glucose and a few
sorghum and beet-root enthusiasts, they
amount altogether to a very feeble contingent.
Sugar is an article of prime
necessity. * * * * *
“Accordingly we find such admirable
defenders of protection as Senators
Sherman, Dawes and Hiscock advocating
a reduction or repeal of the duties
on sugar, with a compensating bounty
to the growers of cane, beets, &c., at
home. * * * * *
“A bounty of $7,000,000 a year to
the sugar-planters, paid by warrants
drawn on the Treasury, would be a
very different thing in appearance from
a like bounty paid under the operation
of the tariff, although it would be the
same thing in fact. A bounty of $17,000,000
to the steel-rail makers, if paid
directly from the Treasury, could not
last a year. Yet that bounty has been
paid during the present year in the indirect
method of customs duties. We
can think of nothing more likely to expose
protection to irresistible assaults
than the adoption of the bounty system
in any single instance. We cannot believe
that the high-tariff fraternity will
be so short-sighted as to sanction it as
part of their scheme of ‘tariff reform.’
We are persuaded that they will offer
up the sugar-planters and the beet and
sorghum cranks as a sacrifice without
more ado, and be glad to get off so
cheaply.”
It has been reserved for Reed and
Kellogg from the foundation of the
world to catch the Fleeting Thought
and marry it to Geometry. O tempora!
O mores!
English is rich in puzzles. Its orthography
is a conundrum the size of
“Webster’s Unabridged.” The foreign
crew of printers that followed Caxton
made high sport of rigging it out in
fantastic shape. Then old Dr. Johnson
fetched it a heavy blow with his
paw and finished it. Presently China
will offer her 50,000 symbols, or the
pyramids will tender the use of their
hieroglyphs, as a relief from this oppressive
system.
Polydore de Keyser, Alderman for
Farringdon Without, and a Roman
Catholic, has been elected Lord Mayor
of London,
Editorials.
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J. S. BASSETT, Hesperian,
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G. N. RAPER, Columbian,
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Senator Leland Standford has in view
the endowment of a university for California.
His purpose is to build it with
“a sole regard to the poor,” so that
“no rich man’s son will want to come
there.” This is as it should be. When
the poor boys and girls of America
find an opportunity to become educated
men and women, they prove to be the
strongest and most energetic workers
in the cause of enlightenment; and all
those who desire the perpetuity of our
political, social and religious institutions
hail this action of Mr. Standford
with a special joy. Now, as never
before in this century, does our country
need great men at its head; and, if we
survive, must we not look, as in the
past crises, for our statesmen among
the frugal and uncorrupted laboring
class? Then let him who, having accumulated
a goodly fortune of this
world’s goods, desires to be remembered
for his benevolence, not forget that
in the intellectual and moral education
of the masses lies the destiny of the
grandest nation on earth.
Nothing is more vital to the welfare
of a college than a good library. There
is something else connected with the
acquisition of an education, besides
transferring to the mind the contents
of text-books. It is necessary to get
broad ideas and extended information
on each subject. This can best be done
by obtaining the opinion of several authors
on that subject, for it is only
when one has come to look at a subject
from several standpoints that he
can form a correct opinion relative to
it. It is here that the library makes its
influence felt by affording students access
to works which, owing to their
cost, they could not own. Those who
contend that the function of the library
is only supplemental to the college
course, should remember that life also
is supplemental to the college course,
and that the college course is but introductory
to the library function, both
in turn being introductory to life and
all three being links of the chain of
enlightened existence, the removal of
either of which would be detrimental.
The convicted anarchists now in
the Chicago jail awaiting execution
are making, through their friends,
strenuous efforts to have their punishment
lessened. A petition has been
presented asking for a reprieve. The
plea is that the peace will be preserved.
While we boast a reasonable amount
of mercy, still we can see nothing to
7commend to our favor a petition which
is, at the same time, a threat. There
is abundant evidence that the introduction
of anarchists into our country is
for no good, and now is the best time
to strike a blow, which, being dealt
against a pernicious organization in its
incipiency, shall be all the more effective
in crushing it. Many people imagine
that, because eight thousand
names have been secured to this petition,
it deserves consideration; but,
let the sense of the people at large be
taken, and then we shall see how many
million names of good American citizens,
demanding the execution of this
sentence as a safeguard to them in the
enjoyment of their rights as free people,
shall be secured. Where the safety of
a nation is at stake, there is no place
for timid sentiment in the hearts of
those who are custodians of that safety.
Then, since a “jury of twelve of their
peers” has declared the six anarchists
guilty, let them hang and let others of
their organization take warning.
The policy of England toward Ireland
as expressed in her dealings with
O’Brien is peculiarly cowardly. It
should not be the part of unaffected
spectators to express themselves too
strongly on either side of a national
question like this, but no man, sane
and honest, can know the facts in the
case and not feel in his soul both contempt
for the English government and
sympathy for Ireland. That country
is indeed to be pitied whose proud
boast it is that the sun never sets on
her dominion, and yet is under the
guidance of a government which, to
forward its purpose deems it necessary
to resort to such measures as
those employed against Ireland’s patriotic
editor. The history of nations
shows that a policy of oppression toward
any part of a government will
re-act disastrously on the oppressors,
and the rulers of England, if they are
wise, will adopt a conciliatory policy
before they goad to desperation a race
of people who have more than once
shown themselves no unworthy foemen
for some of the proudest armies of
Europe. In the present condition of
the international political affairs of our
neighbors across the Atlantic, an outbreak
in Ireland would mean something
more than a rebellion to be
crushed; and the sovereign, the beginning
of whose reign was marked by
serious trouble in the East, might close
her career with that same East either
entirely snatched from her hands by
her Muscovite neighbor or the scene
of a long struggle for the mastery.
Read the papers and what spirit of
ferocity is often manifested in the
8“criminal columns.” There is an account
of some wretched man who, after
he has suffered death at the hands of
an infuriated mob, has had his body
riddled with bullets. Granting his
crime merited death, there is no principle
of justice in such action. It is a
violation of that right which the English
noblemen obtained from King John
at Runnymede, the right of trial by
jury. Moreover, it seems as if “judgment
had fled to brutish beasts and
men had lost their reason.” Besides
usurping authority, the mob is moved
by vengeance alone to inflict punishment.
Every reasonable man should
discountenance such procedure, but is
at the same time desirous of the just
execution of punishment upon him that
doeth wrong.
The Nestor of Southern statesmen
has recently given to the public his
opinions on prohibition. We heartily
agree with him that one of the strongest
weapons possible for man to
wield against the progress of intemperance
is found in the duty of every
mother to implant in the very souls of
her children the true principles of temperance.
While the children are young
is the time to give lasting life to ideas
which in later years will produce good
results for the suppression of the liquor
traffic and the elevation of mankind.
But this weapon is not used so successfully
as is necessary. We do not agree
with Mr. Davis that any inalienable
rights would be taken from the citizens
by the success of a new political
party with temperance for its issue.
If the State needs and even demands
a reform, if both Democrats and
Republicans are afraid to touch the
liquor problem, the formation of a
party that does not fear to suppress
social evils is a necessity.
Times change, and parties must
change. Moreover, it is no disgrace,
nay, even it shows a spirit of fortitude
for a man to change his politics, if he
finds that he can better promote the
welfare of his country. Slavery once
impeded our healthy development and
it took the organization of a party to
abolish it. The impediment of our age
is intemperance, and the demand of
the times is some political force—call
that force what you may—which will
free us from the tendency toward
degradation.
There will be contests this fall in
several States, between the two political
parties, and the press in its comments
may attempt, as is too often
done, to vilify the candidates of the
opposite party. The best way to secure
success is for both candidate and
editor to treat every man according to
9his worth and not rely upon low ribaldry
and exaggerated invective. The
man who attempts to succeed through
bitter recitals of the deeds of the past
will not only offend the finer sensibilities
of the best citizens but often
stands in danger of defeat among his
equals. Such a person ought to be put
on the retired list and preserved as a
specimen of humanity of two centuries
ago. Every man is expected to be
strong and enthusiastic for his party,
but no man should so far forget the use
of his reason as to call his neighbor a
rascal simply on account of different
political views. When a man’s character
will not bear the test then let the
press expose him. The publication of
prejudiced accusations, and the display
of cartoons devised by narrow-minded
partisans tend only to corrupt our civilization.
It is the purpose of The
Archive to condemn whatever may
be wrong in every political party and
at the same time to maintain such
views as can be considered at least
liberal.
As we go to press, the two Literary
Societies make a proposition to the
Board of Trustees to raise $5000 for a
combined library and society building,
if the Board will raise a like amount.
This proposition will be laid before the
Executive Committee at their meeting
in Greensboro, Nov. 4.
Reviews. — COLLEGES.
G. T. ADAMS, Hesperian,
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D. C. ROPER, Columbian.
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The Practical Elements of Rhetoric,
with Illustrative Example, By
John F. Genung, Ph. D. (Leipsic),
Professor of Rhetoric in Amherst
College. Boston: Ginn & Company.
1887. pp. xii, 488. Cloth.
This book has two parts, Style and
Invention. Part First analyzes style,
elements of style, qualities of style,
kinds of composition. Of the eight
chapters that make up the second half,
the first two are devoted to a discussion
of the principles that belong to
any literary work, and the remaining
six to the practical application of
them, as seen in the leading forms of
discourse. The author attempts to give
only the practical elements of rhetoric,
and in so doing his supreme effort is
directed to the demands of his subject
in order to bring out in its fullness what
is really beneficial to the student. As
old things, in proportion to their living
value, need from time to time to be
newly defined and distributed, so the
author has made a new and admirable
division of topics, each of which he
introduces with a simple and yet strictly
accurate definition. The arrangement
of topics and the treatment of the
same are, to say the least, fine, and
plainly show that the purpose of the
author has been very successfully accomplished,
10both in the expository and
in the illustrative matter. Genung’s
style is clear and impressive. He has
not merely compiled from other authors,
but, for the principles laid down,
has gone to the true sources, the usage
of the best contemporaneous writers,
to verify old rules and to lay down new
ones. He has by no means tied himself
to rhetoric descended from the
classics, his practical standard excluding
on the one hand, points whose interest
is merely speculative, and on the
other, discriminations that are only
named and defined, without directions
looking to use or avoidance. Furthermore,
the publishers have done well
their part, using every artifice to place
the treatise clearly before the student.
It is to be regretted, however, that a
word and phrase index was not added
to the other indexes.
A German Grammar for schools and
colleges based on the Public School
German Grammar of A. S. Meissner,
M. A., Ph. D., D. Lit. By Edward S.
Joynes, M. A., Professor of Modern
Languages in South Carolina College.
Boston: D. C. Heath & Co., 1887. pp.
ix, 322.
While the author has based his work
upon that of Meissner, he has by no
means slavishly followed that Grammar,
but has greatly extended the
syntax so as to suit the higher schools.
In doing this, Prof. Joynes has consulted
the standard grammars of Whitney
and Brandt, and has received the
aid of distinguished scholars. The
subjects are excellently arranged, the
rules briefly worded, but clearly and
accurately expressed. There is nothing
superfluous. It is to be regretted,
however, that Prof. Joynes did not see
fit to treat more fully the prepositions;
for many dictionaries, especially such
as the student can own, are incomplete
in this very regard. A discussion,
therefore, of the prepositions with a
list of their constructions arranged for
reference would be of incalculable
value to the student. This Grammar
is already having a run and will prove
itself a formidable rival to those in the
field. Last but not least, the part intrusted
to the publishers has been
admirably executed, leaving in typography
nothing to be desired.
King Solomon’s Mines. By H. Rider
Haggard. Cassell & Co., N. Y.
This is a book that all may read with
pleasure, mainly because it is something
out of the usual order. Being rather a
compromise between Robinson Crusoe
and the Arabian Nights, you are constantly
catching glimpses of these books
and yet at the same time, reading a
new story. The author takes an Englishman
to South America in search of
a lost brother who, as the Englishman
thinks, has found his way to King Solomon’s
Mines. Guides and other necessaries
being procured, the party set out
across the desert for these inaccessible
11mines. After overcoming many and
varied difficulties, they find the diamonds.
The party is shut up by the
old witch in charge of the cave; but,
finally escaping with many of her
jewels, they by chance find the lost
brother and return to civilization. The
author is not so unkind as to force his
truths upon you, but rather takes it for
granted that his statements will be received
as given, for no other purpose
than that of entertaining. There is a
vein of humor running through it that
makes the whole story very agreeable,
and even when most astonished at his
statements, you are compelled to laugh
at the courteous way in which they are
expressed. In originality of expression,
this novel surpasses the majority,
and adds a full book to Cassell’s “Rainbow
Series.”
The Labor Movement in America.
By Richard T. Ely, Ph. D., Associate
in Political Economy, Johns
Hopkins University. 1 Vol. Thomas
Y. Crowell & Co. pp. 375.
Every one who is even partially acquainted
with the present condition of
the laboring masses and with the
“marvellous war now being waged in
the heart of modern civilization” can
not fail to see readily the necessity for
some one to undertake to solve the
difficult problem with which this volume
deals. In view of this fact, and
being duly impressed with the weight
and importance of this issue upon
which the welfare of humanity depends,
the author has devoted much time and
labor, not only to the consideration of
this problem, but also to condensing
the results into a history, or rather, as
he says, a “sketch” of the different
labor organizations in America. The
work deals chiefly with the main current
of social life, not finding room in
this volume to deal with the many
separate lesser ones. He presents
rather than refutes the important statements
connected with this main current,
although he does not abstain entirely
from criticism.
The topics are systematically arranged,
enabling the reader more clearly
to understand and more easily to retain
the accurate record of facts. His
sketch on “Early American Communism”
and that on “The Growth and
Present Condition of Labor Organizations
in America” are especially interesting
and instructive. His treatment
of the economic and educational values
of the labor organizations is masterly
and explicit, evincing a thorough understanding
of the great principles
upon which our social fabric is based.
In the Appendix are given the Platforms,
Constitutions and By-Laws of the
various labor organizations, which are
read with interest and profit, inasmuch
as the principles and complaints of the
laborer are clearly set forth therein.
The last words penned in the preparation
of the work are addressed to the
12working men. The caution and the
counsel given in this address would
prove of incalculable value to all whom
they concern. Were these heeded, inestimable
benefits would most certainly
accrue to all the laboring classes.
If they would pursue the course prescribed
by the author, they would be
much happier, wealthier and wiser.
They would learn to appreciate instead
of abuse the many blessings of this life.
Then the riots, strikes, boycottes and
outbursts of general discontent, for a
long time so prevalent in the land,
would soon become almost a matter of
history. The author’s abhorrence of
the many objectionable features connected
with the labor movement can
be plainly seen, although he does not
feel it incumbent upon him to call attention
to each one of them; but,
when it is necessary, he does not hesitate
to express his opinion touching
many of the schemes for destruction,
which he regards as “damnable.” This
valuable work closes with the remedies
for the cure of social evils. While they
can not be properly called a panacea
for all the ills, nor an elaborate scheme
of social regeneration, yet, as suggestions,
they are timely and well worthy
the careful consideration of the reader.
Every laborer, either contented or dissatisfied
with his present lot, should
read this book.
Princeton wants to be a University.
Yale is to have a $125,000 gymnasium.
Emery and Henry College, Va.,
wants to raise an endowment.
Central College, Mo., (Methodist)
opened with 89.
North Carolina institutions have
opened finely this year. Those with
the best endowments reap a commensurate
harvest.
Wofford College, Spartanburg, S. C.,
(Methodist) has 70 in college and 35
in the preparatory department. The
experiment of keeping it altogether
distinct from the college is being tried
there. Hence the “Fitting School”
has been removed to a distant part of
the town.
Randolph-Macon College, Va., has
143 students. Of these, 126 have joined
the Y. M. C. A., and ten more have signified
their intention to become members.
Prof. Robert F. Sharpe, of
Rhode Island, has been appointed Adjunct
in the Department of National
Science. The new gymnasium, the
handsomest building on the campus, is
supplied with all the modern appliances,
including hot and cold baths. It
is under the charge of a competent instructor
in physical training.
Exchanges.
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M. C. THOMAS, Hesperian,
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W. A. BARRETT, Columbian,
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The Archive’s visit to any literary
magazine or newspaper may be considered
as an invitation to exchange.
Thus far the Wake Forest Student and
the College Message have been received.
The Archive extends cordial
greetings to all periodicals which may
exchange with it, and trusts that harmony
may prevail between it and them,
and that mutual benefit may be derived.
The College Message, G. F. College,
is welcomed to our exchange list. We
are in receipt of the September number.
It contains some very readable articles
and some matter of a frivolous order.
Its pages, however, demonstrate the
fact, that women can occupy the editorial
chair with ability.
The Archive acknowledges the receipt
of a special copy of The Hot Blast,
Anniston, Ala. The print is plain, the
cuts clear, the general appearance
handsome, and the paper, on a whole,
does credit to the enterprise of the
company. This number is devoted
especially to the interests of Anniston,
and is calculated to infuse her citizens
with life, energy and pluck. The paper
is not a source of local pride alone,
nor is it devoted alone to local interests.
It proclaims the hidden treasures of
Alabama and the whole South. North
Carolina may well be proud that a part
of its pages are the fruits of North Carolina
talent, and it is an occasion of
gratification to Trinity that its city
editorial chair is filled by one of her
recent students.
The last number of the Wake Forest
Student contains an article entitled
“Religious Life at College” in which
three reasons are propounded why a
Christian life and a College course are
uncongenial companions. These are,
first, that a student’s life is wholly of
an intellectual nature and that his religious
duties are made subordinate to
his intellectual work; secondly, that a
student’s associations wield a mighty
influence over his spiritual life; thirdly,
that a student is required to attend devotional
exercises. The first two reasons
are granted, and are too obvious
to need comment. The third is at
least debatable. When a boy first enters
College, he enters upon a new life,
and, as a general thing, discretion, as
to how he shall act and what he shall
do, is just as far absent from him as it
was in early childhood. It is just as
necessary that the Faculty should require
him to attend divine worship, as
it was that his parents should train him
in childhood to attend church and Sunday
school. In most colleges, in which
attendance upon divine worship is left
voluntary, many boys, who have been
14accustomed to attend devotional exercises
at home, drop these duties, and,
from want of their ennobling influence,
fall into wickedness and dissipation. In
all such cases, the Faculty should act
in loco parentis. There is evidence
that a student can but feel the holy influence
of divine worship, though he be
forced into its presence.
The same number of the Student
contains an article headed, “The
Sciences in Our Colleges,” by Prof. W.
H. Michael of that institution. The
Professor displays considerable thought
in his treatment of this subject. He
commences his article by saying, “The
emancipation of science from its servitude
to the dead languages in our
colleges seems every year to be more
strongly demanded.” He then goes
on to state his reasons for so thinking,
and sustains his positions by sound
arguments. An extended review of
the article is not intended, but merely
to call attention to the fact that the
demand for a more thorough study of
the sciences is rapidly gaining ground
in all parts of our country. Some few
years ago, Charles Francis Adams,
Jr., occasioned considerable discussion
among the literary periodicals of our
country by an address which he delivered
before the literary societies of
Harvard, in which he bitterly opposed
the study of the “dead languages” to
the neglect of the sciences, and regretted
that he had spent the most of his
college life in the acquisition of a
knowledge of the classics, while he
had learned scarcely anything of the
sciences. Although Mr. Adams was
somewhat of an extremest in his views,
yet his speech did great good by arousing
the minds of our greatest educators
to the importance of this subject, and
causing them, at least to some extent,
to bestow that thought upon it which
it deserves. Sentiment of late years,
in the higher educational circles, seems
to be changing in favor of a more liberal
study of the sciences in preference
to that of languages. The people of
the present day demand an education
which will both train their minds, and
be of practical use to them in everyday
life. They do not desire to live
mentally, as it were, in the past, but
want to be abreast with the great questions
of the present day.
The Davidson Monthly deserves
praise for the attention it shows to the
Alumni column. Its essays, however,
are long and lifeless, and its pride in
the possession of a “cow-boy” is most
too patent.
The Archive tenders welcome to
The Morning Star, Carlisle, Pa., and
The Binghamite, both of which have
been received just on the eve of going
to press. They are cordially entered
upon The Archive exchange list.
Locals.
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J. C. MONTGOMERY, C.,
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One hundred and thirty-seven students
now on the roll.
Ten Seniors this year.
New faces are still seen making their
way to the President’s office.
Miss Laura Makepeace, of Patterson,
N. J., spent a few days with Mrs. Nannie
Craven.
If you receive The Archive and
are not a subscriber, consider it a personal
invitation and subscribe.
The Marshals and Managers will
hereafter be elected by their societies.
This is a decided improvement.
Mr. W. H. Robbins left on Thursday,
Sept. 17th, for Winston. In a few
weeks, he will leave for Tennessee, to
travel for the firm of H. H. Reynolds
& Co.
President Crowell left on Friday
night, Sept. 16th, for Reading, and,
after spending a few days, returned
with Mrs. Crowell.
A delightful entertainment was given
on Saturday evening, the 19th ult., by
the ladies of this place, for church purposes.
It was the most enjoyable affair
we have seen in some time.
President Crowell gives a series of
lectures on every Monday evening on
Political Economy, and on Thursday
evening on the Gospel of St. John.
The public are invited.
President Crowell received recently
a large box of minerals for the Museum.
They were presented by J. Remfrey,
Esq.
On the night of Sept. 23d, Mr. Clarence
Watkins fell out of the window of
his room, which is on the third floor of
the college building, and broke both
arms. He received no internal injuries,
and from present indications will be
entirely well in a few weeks.
Nature will provide for her children.
As the apples are leaving, the turnips
and “tatoes” are coming in (in the
pillow-slips.)
Prof. Gannaway informed us, and he
is undoubtedly correct, that Trinity
was the only Southern college which
was not closed during the late war.
Some think the Opossum is destroying
a great many chickens for our beloved
boarding-house keepers and
neighbors. We don’t know what others
think.
A bed in a student’s room at the
Hundley House caught fire recently,
causing general panic for a short time
and covering the neighborhood with
feathers.
16All available room in Trinity is now
in demand and more boarding houses
will soon be a necessity. This is encouraging.
J. Hathcock, of last year’s graduating
class, has been appointed instructor
in the Preparatory department, a selection
which pleases all, especially the
“preps.”
The libraries of the two societies
have been combined and will be placed
in the old chapel for the present. In
connection with these, a reading room
will be established.
A young junior of matrimonial inclinations
is in trouble and refuses to
be comforted. What shall we do with
him?
Miss Susie Fields, of Leaksville, N.
C., who has been visiting at Prof. Gannaway’s,
returned home last week, accompanied
by Miss Mamie Gannaway.
During her stay with us, Miss Fields
made many friends, who hope she may
return in the near future.
In Trinity, on Tuesday evening, Oct.
18, at 7:30 o’clock, in the chapel, Mr.
James Robbins was married to Miss
Minnie Edwards. The spacious church
was packed to overflowing with the
many friends of the happy pair. The
couple left on the evening train for
Raleigh where they will spend a few
days. The Archive extends its congratulations.
Miss Ida Shell, daughter of the late
Rev. Lemon Shell, died in Trinity on
the night of Oct. 18th.
There is in the library here a curiosity
in the shape of a large German Bible,
three hundred years old, with huge
wooden backs and grotesque wood-cut
illustrations, also pictures of Luther
and his family on the frontispiece. It
is said to be the oldest book in the
State.
Mrs. Jno. W. Young, of Portsmouth,
Va., and daughters, Misses Bessie, Mamie
and India, have been spending the
summer in Trinity. The Misses Young
are well known here and their many
friends will be sorry to hear that they
will leave in a few days.
As the Base Ball season has about
expired, the Foot Ball, otherwise
known as “the Shin Braker,” has immediately
taken its place. Every afternoon,
interesting games are played
on the campus. It is good exercise
and there is no danger whatever, if one
will keep out of the way.
Boom the new building! All the
old boys are called upon to help on the
enterprise. Circulars will be scattered
broadcast as soon as the committee has
ratified the plan. The students are
full of enthusiasm and determination.
Alumni.
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E. L. MOFFITT, Hesperian,
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W. H. RHODES, Columbian,
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—Information concerning Alumni or
former students is Respectfully requested.
—Hon. B. F. Long, of Statesville,
’74, is Solicitor of the eighth district.
—Andrew L. Wynn, ’84. is now at
the University of Maryland studying
medicine.
—Mike Bradshaw, ’78, is editor of
the Asheboro Courier, and one of Randolph’s
rising young lawyers.
—J. R. Overman, ’87, is principal of
the Woodland Academy. He opened
with a large number of students.
—W. P. Andrews, ’87, is an assistant
teacher in the Norwood High School,
of which his father, Maj. L. D. Andrews
is principal.
—W. E. Fentress, ’87, is teaching at
Pleasant Garden Academy in Guilford
county, and reports that he is meeting
with success.
—Hon. E. T. Boykin, ’74, who made
his own way through college in the
face of difficulties, is one of the youngest
and most popular Superior Court
Judges in the State.
—H. L. Coble, ’84, is principal of the
Shiloh Academy in Randolph. He is
a very successful teacher, and his prospects
for a good and permanent school
are encouraging.
C. N. Mason, ’78, is practising medicine
at Harlowe, N. C. He is also
Superintendent of public schools of
Carteret. The good judgment of the
people of that county, in selecting a
man so efficient, is to be commended.
—G. O. Andrews, ’86, is City editor
of The Daily Hot Blast, a paper published
in Anniston, Alabama, and
owned by a wealthy stock company.
It has the largest circulation of any
daily in the State. Greek is a good
writer, and will certainly succeed in
his chosen profession.
—B. C. Beckwith, ’83, belongs to
the legal profession. He is located in
Raleigh where he has been practicing
law for three years. During this time,
he has held several positions in the
State government, and is now Secretary
of the State Democratic Executive
Committee.
—R. A. Whitaker, ’82, after receiving
the degree of M. D. in Baltimore,
located in Trenton, where he has an
extensive practice. While at Trinity,
he met one of Virginia’s fair daughters,
and, soon after completing his medical
course, he chose her to share his fortune
through life.
Misses Theresa, Persis, and Mary
Giles, ’78, have founded a female college
at Greenwood, S. C., where they
18have been teaching for several years.
Five ladies constitute the faculty. The
Misses Giles, having been educated at
a male college, propose to offer their
sex the advantages of higher education.
—D. N. Farnell, ’82, after leaving
Trinity, entered the Signal Service.
In this capacity he was called to the
principle cities of twenty-six States.
He resigned his position at Rio Grande
city, Texas. Since then, he has been
at his home in Swansboro, N. C. He
contemplates making a trip soon “to
the far South.”
—Hon. F. M. Simmons, ’73, is located
in Newberne, and is one of the most
brilliant and successful lawyers in eastern
North Carolina. In 1886 he was
elected to Congress in the second district,
in which the opposite party have
an overwhelming majority. It affords
pleasure to see Trinity men coming to
the front.
—Frank P. Wyche, ’85, has chosen
the honored profession of teaching, and
now has a good school at Beaufort.
We were glad to meet him at the
Teachers’ Assembly at Morehead this
summer. He is married and has a son
that he expects to send to Trinity some
time in the future. If all Trinity graduates
would only remember her thus,
what a glorious destiny would await
our Alma Mater.
—Dred. Peacock, ’87, is principal of
the Lexington Female Institute. Notwithstanding
the youthfulness of the
institution, its present condition is
flourishing, and its future prospects
bright. He now has enrolled 70 pupils.
Dred’s graduating day was the most
eventful of his life. Not satisfied with
receiving his share of the honors of
his class, together with his diploma,
he had conferred upon him the initiatory
degree of wedded life. He married
Miss Ella Carr of Trinity, an accomplished
graduate of Greensboro Female
College. May a full measure of success
follow them in their new sphere.
—J. Hathcock, ’87, is assistant teacher
in the Preparatory department of
Trinity College, and is taking a postgraduate
course.
—J. H. Scarboro, ’87, is teaching in
the Middleburg Academy, formerly
conducted by Mr. Anderson. The
success of his school is assured by its
large patronage.
—Edgar Gannaway is one of our
most enterprising farmers at Trinity.
—W. D. Keech, ’83, is one of Tarboro’s
many and successful merchants.
—A. M. Stack, ’84, is a lawyer with
good practice in Danbury, N. C.
—Rev. C. W. Robinson, ’86, has joined
the N. C. Conference, and is now
engaged in the active ministry at Yanceyville.
19Dike Book Co.,
Opposite National Bank,
GREENSBORO, N. C.
FINE
Books and Stationery
OF ALL KINDS.
Sets of Books by Standard Authors.
For sale by sets or singly.
Books of great value, including History, Biography,
Poetry, Travels, &c., for young men and students, at
low prices.
FULL LINE OF THE POETS.
Latest Publications of Lovell’s Library, Munro’s Library and others.
BROWN & MATTON,
DRUGGISTS
Next Door to Post Office, HIGH POINT, N. C.
Invite the students and friends of Trinity College to examine their complete line of
Toilet Articles, Perfumery, Stationery,
and all articles usually found in a first-class drug store.
THE BEST. THE BEST.
Holmes’ New Readers, Maury’s Geographies, and
Holmes’ New History are recommended by the State
Board of Education for exclusive use in the schools of
North Carolina. Best books at lowest prices. Every
school should have them.
UNIVERSITY PUB. Co.,
19 Murray St.,
New York.
—FALL OPENING!—
R. J. LINDSAY & BRO.,
High Point, N. C.
Popular Goods at Popular Prices.
POSITIVELY BELOW COMPETITION.
A full and complete assortment of
Domestic Dry Goods, Dress Goods,
Trimmings, Hosiery, and Underwear,
Linens, Towels, Napkins and Blankets.
A Full Line of Mens’, Boys’ and Children’s Clothing
at special low prices.
Hats, Caps, and Gents’ Furnishings.
Shoes for everybody of the most celebrated makes.
Ziegler Brothers’ Fine Shoes a specialty. Umbrellas,
Carpets, Oil Cloths, to all of which we respectfully solicit
a visit of inspection.
MOFFITT & BRADSHAW,
Pharmacists and Druggists,
HIGH POINT, N. C.
Complete and reliable stock always on hand of PURE DRUGS,
Perfumeries, Toilet and Fancy Articles, Cigars, Cigarettes and
Smoking Tobacco. Students give us a trial. We are sure we can
please you.
FRIENDS OF TRINITY,
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THE TRINITY ARCHIVE.
$1.00 per year.
Business friends send us Advertisements.
20TRINITY COLLEGE,
TRINITY COLLEGE, N. C., U. S. A.
Faculty.—Separate chairs in History and Political
Economy, Latin and French, English and German,
Greek and Metaphysics, the Natural Sciences,
Mathematics and Engineering, Business and Pedagogy.
Departments.—Collegiate, leading to Degrees of A. B.
and Ph. B.
Preparatory, preparing for admission to college.
Business, five months’ training for business life.
Pedagogics, lectures and special work for teachers.
Theological, preparatory training for the Christian Ministry.
Expenses.—Tuition, $3 to $5 per month.
Board, $8 to $12 per month.
Tuition should be paid in advance, and books at
the time of purchase.
Special Lectures are given weekly to all who may
wish to attend, free of extra charge, on topics of interest.
The lecture program of prominent speakers
for the weeks will be announced later.
Examinations.—Examinations in course are held
twice a year or at the completion of any particular subject.
Examinations for admission to college in 1888 to
any of the regular classes will be held in June on the
day following Commencement, and in September on the
day before the opening of college. Students are admitted
to the Preparatory and Business Departments without
examination, but to no other.
The requisites for admission to the Freshman class in
1888 are Arithmetic, including the Metric System; Algebra
to Quadratics; U. S. History; English Grammar
and Analysis; Geography, Descriptive and Physical;
Natural Sciences, Physiology and Hygiene; Latin, three
Books of Cæsar and Latin Grammar, including Prosody.
An extra year’s work in Latin and Greek will be required
for admission in 1889 to the classical course only
(A. B. degree.)
Location.—In Randolph county. Reached via
High Point, N. C., over the Piedmont Air Line. Healthfulness
and quiet location render it peculiarly safe and
well adapted to the education of youth and young men.
Information.—Special circulars issued quarterly,
and the regular annual catalogue will be sent or any desired
information given respecting the Institution, upon
application to
JOHN F. CROWELL, A. B. (Yale),
President.
GET THE BEST.
WM. PARTRIDGE,
HIGH POINT, N. C.,
Keeps the best stock of
Boots, Shoes and Hats
THE PRICES FIT YOUR POCKET.
THE GOODS FIT YOUR FEET.
One trial will convince you that we have the largest stock of
BOOTS, SHOES AND HATS
To select from in town.
WM. PARTRIDGE,
Boot, Shoe and Hat Store.
WRENN BROS.,
Dry Goods, Clothing,
BOOTS, SHOES, HATS,
High Point, N. C.
AGENTS FOR
Gold and Silver Shirt and Collar Co.,
ZIEGLER’S SHOES,
Wannamaker & Brown.
TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES
Silently corrected typographical errors and variations in spelling.
Retained anachronistic, non-standard, and uncertain spellings as printed.
