The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1844-02-01

jersey collfer. as elrStrd n iAs ko-.
lsssosship Al Msshemaass. for siasA.
ys.r. and ~ eh.se 20 .Esenis he husl 20
lanres. The asb q ll,s Unistrtuy sas
Ghsa deefly cbsrased by elpodr. Sys-
lems &c . elss.ir sopr-e. 81 par1ealag ia.
shte in sLd Il pssdsslisl eo.eInnsrs,
xsrs "a he dssised sai 6llsd; IA woIkln
shieh ale exeresss u Prseuesl wisdom
wss indispensable.
Az chs rr,si,. As. Jassph C. ldsfn xss
snirndreed On he upl,re siashe 1fHsirss.
Tie sss highly sesssnDerdrf Tor his 81.
snl,, hls srl.aIsrsh.P and his Pie.y; snd
Iis hir,ory Jesrssrs speeisl hoiiee. Hs
as korn. AprI 81, I773. ssL.minst r.
N. Irrtey. near Lr4trh al the ksuIzn.
he day sfIer he burial rf be father. rho
bid been Distinguished PhysirIsn. Has
msmrusl grandfather. who Mas Q iieebs-
not lefI France, IN 1854. on he rs,ses-
lion 81 lI,e rides IL Naniz. and sought IN
ssyinm i6 thn eeanuy. Young Caldwell.
sha exb,biIe IN sasly sbd e gsr ,ssie Zoe
lrterstDre. and sapfsme respect for VIZ
toe. entered ne Coils 20 Al P, inre,rn. -
she sfeoi fourteen. In ProVf Of HE So
perior ,ehoisrshlp ard ms borsl sresl-
lence. he WIS sIpniaisd e. dsli,es, al eog-
menera,eni, The Saluisiorv Ola ION IN
Latin. Tins was 10 1891. lie s'br-
sa,ds acquired 50 much rrrsls'ion asa
teacher ip several pieces. list his Alma
Matter elerl-d him tutor. Ffon this
unsl he was called. IN 1870. ss prinei-
pal pToirssorslip IN The University u
Chapel HILL. nut he exerupd With
gres, ability nine years. The interests
I'll rise IaslIiuiian bnghiened srd doutish-
ed under his standardization; ard IN 1904.
iLe rIu,iees elected him Prrsidebt--ihs
Etirsi gentleman they had ever elevated TO
that Office. This chsir he filed with
great acceptance. so'ihe timc IL Lis death
IN 1898; 9th the exception of four yesrs.
between 1912 aud 1910, 10 which period
he retired of sh.ice 10 a Pn,fessorship.
Tor Tho sske tf r,hef from cares and .
greater opportunity 10 study Theology.
Msaniimv the, Presidency uss rxerei.sd
by the Rev Robert II. El,asman. Abrui
The lime Professor Caldwell was chosen
sgain t,ihai office. The College iLal gave
hm lie B.chelar's degree conferred up-
an him Dusiorsie in DlvMiiy. aud he
ihencefJr~ aid tsok an elevated rsrk teta
an.,ai,n Of a...i siess 1A-.:-----
When ME-. Csliweil 6rsi aecspied The
Prois sso,ship Ia l7ee. The coLre Of elas-
SIC in.IIu' ii.n had teen oniy lev months
over year in prog1ess: and every thing
~ interest 20 The insti,uuun snG i,s stu
dents, rruwdcd Ipna his consideration.
Tie college vi pT,nceion was bic easm-
plar; aud The rlssses. IS they rose. we're
arranged into Ssnlnrs, Juniors. Sophie
ores and Fteshmeni; the text books uers
sslecssd, and q coarse Of studies adopted,
quite IN cansonsnce with The usage in The
collegss n New England. The fi,s, an
niveissrv Commence msnl was in lie year
1898, whom he conferred on nine Young
gentlemen the Bachelors degres. The
gre a,ssi good Of tue University VAS .l~sys
he expressing object Of his heart; he
perseverance, was such as never tired; sud
IN the summer aralinn Ct 1911. he na,el-
led over the Sm'e and procured subscrip-
,inns in aid &c is funds TO the smoun, Of
$4,000. This success, through the boun-
" of individuals. paid tribute To Lis in-
tlnence, gave courage TO the irepds of
science. aud ,i,racied 9 greater number Of
students to the University. lie raised the
grade VI 'cb"l4rsb,p. aud convinced The
public Of the peculiar advantages and
honor Of Collegiate eiucaton.
In 1921, the Board OF Trus,ees was en-.
l#ged To six'y,ti.,; the Governor beng
&c oJfcio their President, aud all yscsne
cles occurring. the two Haa, es 81 A.sea.-
bly, hllsd by jnlnt ball {. To fcpIsn,sh
the library, ani to.m cabinets. ID. Cald-
well, under tn patronage If he trustees,
visited Eur pc. in 1921. and procured
very valuable Philosophical apparatus,
wronehi under h,s own in.pec,,on, AMI
obtained considerable a;id,,lon 4, The
library. There ilas since heen added
cabinet Of niasrais. ahich was purchased
~ Vienna DR.. Caldwell hiss been lied
the father 81 The Unhs,s,ty / his cons
naxinn @nh u Mas neatly ior,y year
h's sep'dchre ,s,n The vicin Is az he col.
iegs; and hrs Iv,ises are 10 all The region.
The olasslc course Is fully prescribed
and annually published. To be sam,,trJ
in'o ai'e freshman class, the spplpae imus.
10 eenersI be sixteen years az wye, aud
sns'aa an apr,o.ed TX ,,ninaiion IN The
English, Latin aud Geek Languages, and
Latin I'rneody. u Mam's Introduction or
Andrews Exa'ei,es; in s books of c.
sar's Commentaries: in Gould's ediuon
M extracts G"m the first elk books of
Os.d's Me,an",rhoses; IN vugil's Beu-
c"i'cs, aud Elk fnst hooks Of lie Eneid:
~ Sallust N Greca Mmma, or The Greek
Header; in Arnhmrt,c. and 10 anrien, ana
NJ drrn Geography.
The .md'ts Of the Freshm m are Li,y,
Virgil, Grera Majara. Alscbrs, "a Zero,
uenm' try, aud exercises IN writing Lain.
Thoss ~ the Sonh, mo,es, are Greca