The North-Carolina standard., 1847-09-29
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often thoughLot since, One day. onea The BoaTe
of Visitors of the collcge,a q eGnllemaH advanced
10 life, was addressing their classthen the IN
nier and encouraging Them p perseFefs epd
aim high, for" sayshe, l''you are desiiRed be
our future slatesmen Judges senator's. and perhaps
some of you, president, Of the, United States
There sat "Shocco Iones,n the great fnaDcier %
one or two who afterwards became distinguished
diyines; one or two who nre now eminent law
yers and there, too, sat JAMES x Polk, perhaps
with weltthumbed copy Of Virgil in his hands
My informant says the boys turned, looked at one
another, and several punched their neighboEs with
their elbows, as much as TO- say, g think you
must be that future president [7.,d, 6 ga, hsd
Let US go in imagination 10, the 9 Sl9shes M
Hanover, in the Old Dominion There were
born in the year sl777 two boys; some thirty
years passed aud about the same time they married
From that time their paths lay in different direc<
tions; one moved to Kentucky, where he has ever
since rcsided-ihe other came 10 North Caroline,
Henry Clay, by his practice at the bar, and in the
State Legislature and in Congress, has carved ont
for himself q name and fame that has gone 10
the remote corners of the earth. Duncan Came
ron, also lawyer, had an extensive practice
was appointed Judge Of the Superior Court, Pres-
dent of The State Bdnls Of North Carolina, and is
now millionaire. ..., a,s ,r...,, ,-.,, 80,
$50 the various turns of fortune ponder" o.
understand that the Kenlurky statesman, ff n
conversation with the bank PRESIDENT told him thar
he regretted he had not taken a course similar 10
his, as in that case il would be now much bettgf
for his family. 1lr.. .~ 9..rz q r,, l,.s.s. ..sc
T. That rare poetical genius, the late Robert G.
Sands, of New York, speaks Of the gates of death
as the gates that ope not baek." We may say
the same thing Of life. We cannot return and
live our lives over again, but have TO be contenG
with the present, and look into the dim and
misty future. Is. j5,tzlr.a. alb i..s e-.1aa ~
In a late letter from this place / spoke Of ih6
college here-the University OF North Carolina.
believe mentioned that the president was the
Hon David L. Swain. who was governor of
North Carolina from / s32 to lS35an Gov Swain
is native Of the far famed BuReombe county.
He is fine specimen of the gentlemen of the old
school, and as u classical and historical schoI0r
has few equals. Few college presidents are as
popular among their Students aThel boys of
course, call him g Buncembe,' Z or more famiiqE
ly,;" OLD BUNK" @efatr ao,sTcdY qe.,G0
He has a son, a bright eyed little fellow, Of
some eight summers. = asked him one day what
the college boys called him. and with the utmost
sang frotd he replied, Little fBulbsD The col
Iege faculty comprises eight professors and two
tutors. The president fills the chair of iDtellecuu
al philosophy and political economy; !; Emanuel
FeIter is professor of Greek; Debernia Hooper;
professor Of Latin and French; Rev. Elisha
Mitchell, professor Of Chemistry and Geology3
Rev. VIM. Green, professor Of Historyland Rher
torie James Philips, professor Of Mathematics;
Rev. Charles NJ. F. Drms, adjunct professor Of
Ri--.o-;A, &=n : Indon Wna--H Rattle. nrafesanf
of LAW. Tutors-Charles Philips and .AshWeH
Brown. 80 ii ar.E -, ~rY .i:igs aaGg5 ~
In visits to large number Of American col,
leges al the south and west, hHve no. seen one
lha. pleased me on all accounts as we'll as Ihisa
It is wrH endowed by the State has elegant
and capacous buildings, large and splendid libras
ries and apparatus, and an able aHd experienced
faculty. The situation is unrivaled. A place of
some five hundred inhabitants only, the college
buildings on hill ina grove of magnificent old
oaks, with dry soil, and an agreeable and heal.
thy climate The literary societies of the college,
the DIALEcT1c and PHILANTHRoPIc socIXTIEs
show by :her well-flIed Libraries and the regular
attendance of the members, the interest that the
students take in intellectual aud moral IMPROVE;
ment must bear testimony 10 the gentleraanly
manners and department Of the students. Il have
never visited college where there has appeared
so much order and regularity, and apparently sd
few rigid rules to enforce them. The most perfect
confidence and respect appears TO exist between
the faculty and the students. All this, where near
two hundred students are congregated, speaks
much in favor of the wholesome regulations of
the university, and the personal popularity Of ihe
professors. COMMUNIPAW. gag
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