Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1859-03-02
GREENSBORO. Feb. 5. 1898

GREENSBORO, Feb. 5, 1888.
Ny DEAR SIR: | have the pleasure to
acknowledge the receipt Of the communi-
cation from you in behalf of the Board of
Trustees for North Carolina University, re-
qucstng me to station the Rev. E. Wads-
worth at Chapel Hill, with a view to his
service as Chaplain to the University and
if it could be done with the prospect of
permanent usefulness, equal to that of 9th
er fields of labor, where he is needed and
called for, it would be most grateful to my
feelings to grant the request. Your vii
lage is SMALL and apart from the Universe
ty, presents an insufficient prospect of sue
cessful labor to justify making it a regular sta
tion to besupplied annually e; and to supply it
for the sake of the University, once in four
years, with an interval Of three years, would
not probably Justify the deduction of time
and labor, to be made from our regular
work as itinerant minister's Beside when
our next year comes round, we may not
have at command such a preacher as your
Board would choose for Chaplain. In
these views my brethren associated with
me for counsel concur. You will please to
excuse me, and accept for the University
and for your personal welfare, the best
wishes of, dear sir,
Yours respectfully,
THO. A. MORRIS.
d. L. SWAIN, Esq.
After repeated conferences as to the
course to be pursued, and after arriving at
the conclusion that further efforts to secure
the services of either Methodist or Bap-
tist clergyman in reasonable time, would be
unavailing, the Faculty determined to re-
commend the Rev. William M. Green Of
Hillsborough, for the Chaplaincy. Hewas
appointed Professor of Rhetoric, on the
9th February, 1888, and was the first
Episcopal clergyman called to fill Pro-
fessor's chair in this institution.
On the 8th September, 1888, Board
Of Trustees met at the Executive office, on
the summons Of the Governor, to appoint
a successor to DR.. Hooper as Professor of
Ancient Languages. The LANES of Pro
fessor Henry Tutwiler of Alabama, Pro
fessor NJ. Fetter of New York, and the
late William E. Anderson, Esq, then of
Hillsborough, were proposed by different
members Of the Board. Before the Board
proceeded to ballot, Judge Cameron re-
marked that it was scarcely necessary to
intimate that the last nomination, render
ed his position a delicate one, but that in
the discharge of public duty he would
not permit his course to be influenced by
considerations Of friendship, or ties of blood
That 1t was known to most Of those pres
ent, that he had taken more pains than any
one else to secure the present organization
of the Faculty. That when the President
consented to accept a nomination, he had
assured him, that situated as he would find
himself at Chapel Hill, remote from the
seat of authority, without the presence OF
a single Trustee to whom he could turn on
sudden emergencies, for counsel or support,
he would frequently find himself in con-
diton like that of the commander of a
ship at sea, in the midst of storm, OF
menaced with mutny. For one, therefore,
he would consider him, as holding the right
to select his crew, and that no appointment
should be made to a place in the Faculty
without his concurrence. He added thai
his object in rising was simply to reques
the President to indicate his preferences
among the gentlemen whose names were
before the Board. At the close of judge
Fl Cameron's remarks, Judge CASTOR express
f ed high qualification at the course hi
friend had determined to pursue. He sta
ted that the selection of proper person
to fill the vacant chair, was important t.
the community at large, but to the Facul
ty it was a matter of the deepest concern
The person who might be appointed wa
not merely to be co-instructer, but dai
ly associate. lie must possess the requi
site talents and attainments for the prope
p discharge Of the duties of his chair, an
the moral and social qualities necessary t
! inspire confidence, and produce familiar il
innate intercourse. 1t was reasonable t
f suppose that on all these subjects, the Fac
: ulty were better informed than the Boarc
: aud he repeated the qualification he felt 6
!. having been anticipated by Judge Gamer
n on, in the request he had himself intende
to make, that the President would subm
Y his views to the Board.
; | stated in reply, that the testimonia
q offered by the friends of the three gentI
q men, had undergone a very careful e
!. animation by the Faculty; that neither Pr
N fessor Tutwiler nor Professor Fetter W;
it known personally to any Of their numbe
ID that Mr.. Anderson was graduate of tt
70 University-probably the personalacquai
u tanco Of every member of the Board, al
Il universally esteemed gentleman Of hig
ID and pure character. His attainments ho'
It ever were not supposed to be equal to tho
n. of either Mr.. Tutwiler or Mr.. Fetter, al
in the selection Of a successor to DR.. Hoo
cd er, the interests and reputation of t
7t institution required, that very high attai
il ments should be regarded as indispensab
Of The Faculty entertained the opinion tt
70 the evidence before them entitled Profess
on Tutwier to the highest consideration.
Nv lie would have been appointed by
= nearly unanimous vote, if the Beard b
to- not been surprised, by the presentation
,s- a note, received at the moment Of ball
70 ing, from relative Of Mr.. Tutwiler, reque
t.- ing Judge Nash to withdraw his name
Ill Professor Fetter WAS thereupon elected.
70 Mr. Tutwilor was Methodist, Mr..
hi, derson and Mr.. Fetter Episcopa!i"ns
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