Entered as second-class matter, June I. 1033, at the Postofflcc at Raleigh. North Carolina, under the Act of March 3. 1879.
The University of Long Ago
Some items about the trustees, entrance
requirements, financial arrangements and
other details as reported in the University
catalogue published in 1810.
BILL YARBOROUGH of
Raleigh last week let us have
a most interesting book which
originally belonged to Joseph Mc-
Laurin and was published in 1840.
Among other things it contained
some data about the University of
North Carolina which we believe
many of you will enjoy reading,
so we’re going to publish some
excerpts from the volume.
First we’d like to call your at¬
tention to the members of the
Board of Trustees. There are many
thousands of North Carolinians,
living today, who are related to
these men.
Edward B. Dudley was Governor
and was ex officio president of the
board. Here are the members with
their places of residence. See how
many of these names you recog¬
nize:
Henry Potter, Fayetteville.
William Gaston, New Bern.
Robert Williams. M.D., Pitt.
Edward Jones, Pittsborough.
John D. Hawkins. Franklin.
Frederick Nash, Hillsborough.
James Mebane, Caswell.
Simmons J. Baker, M.D., Raleigh.
Thos. D. Bennchan. Orange.
Rev. Wm. McPheeters, Raleigh.
James Webb. M.D., Hillsborough.
James W. Clarke, Tarborough.
James Iredell, Raleigh.
Lewis Williams, Surry.
John Branch. Enfield.
George E. Badger, Raleigh.
James C. Johnston. Edenton.
Willie P. Mangum, Orange.
Joseph B. Skinner. Edenton.
John D. Toomer, Fayetteville.
Romulus M. Saunders, Raleigh.
John Owen, Bladen.
Solomon Graves. Surry.
Louis D. Henry, Fayetteville.
THE STATE. July 16. 1949
James S. Smith, M.D., Hills¬
borough.
Richard D. Spaight, Craven.
John H. Bryan, Raleigh.
Gen. Wm. A. Blount, Washing¬
ton.
John R. Donnell. New Bern.
Charles Manly, Raleigh.
Thomas Settle, Rockingham.
Wm. J. Alexander, Charlotte.
Col. William Robards, Granville.
Emanuel Shober. Salem.
John L. Bailey, Elizabeth City.
John Giles, Salisbury.
John M. Morehead, Greensboro.
Hugh Waddell, Hillsborough.
William D. Moseley, Lenoir.
David L. Swain. Chapel Hill.
Daniel M. Barringer. Concord.
Charles L. Hinton, Raleigh.
William H. Battle. Louisburg.
John R. J. Daniel, Raleigh.
Hugh McQueen, Raleigh.
Henry S. Clarke. Beaufort.
William A. Graham. Hillsboro.
Frederick J. Hill, M.D., Bruns¬
wick.
Matthias E. Manly, New Bern.
William B. Meares, Wilmington.
Gen. Sam. F. Patterson. Raleigh.
James W. Bryan, Carteret.
Col. Andrew Joyner, Weldon.
Charles Chalmers. M.D., Moore.
George F. Davidson. Iredell.
William Eaton, Jr.. Warren.
Robert B. Gilliam, Oxford.
Col. Michael Hoke, Lincolnton.
James T. Morehead, Greensboro.
William B. Shepard, Elizabeth
City.
Gen. Louis D. Wilson, Tar¬
borough.
Do you recognize the names of
any of your kinfolk in that list?
.Members of the Faculty
And then, here are the members
of the faculty:
David L. Swain, president and
professor of national and consti¬
tutional law.
Rev. Elisha Mitchell, professor of
chemistry, mineralogy and geology.
Rev. James Phillips, professor of
mathematics and natural history.
J Doberniere Hooper, professor
of Latin language and literature.
Manuel Fetter, professor of
Greek language and literature.
Rev. Wm. Mercer Green, pro-
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