Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-12-17
ClE EUH. As.
Resp eCfSDiIy A6dressets to the La
dies of Nors La arOiIna.

Respectfully A6dreSse,s to the La
dies of Nors La aroiIna.
LADIES: E ghty years ago when the
State University was founded and when
all the friends of education IN tue State
We're looking with fond aud glad antic-
lpatiOn upon the new enterprise, a few
of the ladies OF that day mos bconspic-
uous for social position, refinement
aud culture, came forward voluntarily
and gracefully and presented the in-
fant institution with q par o. gohes
and quadra,t rs an expression of
the.i sympathy and cordial good Isles
for ITS success. It was done by them
without solicitation and was we'll
and kindly done, and their names are
preserved to day witt aftctionate res
pect and gratitude at Chag=l Hill.
Will ths, ladies' of Mort Carolina in
1873 DO a. much FIR the College Which
has educated SO m any of their grand
fathers, fathers. lovers. brothers, hus-
bands and sons for more than two gen
erations; which in educating aud ele-
waiting the men has al 80 eunsiiy. thoug'
indirectly. rlevated and bereitted the
women the Statn, and which after a
period LI cruel misuse and negect, Is
again revived to renew is good work
for The land We love? Have the ladies
Of 1875 as much patriotism, as much
intelligence, as much hbe allty, rs
rnnci: pubic Writ aS the ladies' of
1895? We believe they have more.
Viii they now step forward with grace
and drguI;y I'll their Own, and lend
their aid and c0uutennnce to the gen
t!emen of tue State in their attempt to
refit and refurnish their University 50
a. to put the advantages it offers our
young men on an eqaal footing with
those of any of the frst-cliss colleges
in the Union? This appeal is made to
yon ladies' ii the confident hope that
you will.
The q ,iveraitv scientific apparatu"
is in rains. The gentlemen of tue
Faculty are maragug onG OF the
wreck to make shift ior the present.
but every week III its course brings
them uearer the time when new Out
fit for all the departments of natural
science vii! be lmperutlvtly and una
v1ldably necessary.
" hut arrang= m"nts the Executive
Committee Of the Board of Trustees
may be able to N Ike to meet THIS Call
is uncertain. they talk OF employing
an agent to CANVASS thu Gtate. Mean
while the way is clear for the ladies of
the State by personal effort Iii s"ticlT-
ing subscriptions and by giving iIber
ally themfe.ves to secure them selves
the honor If supplying this pressing
need aud present The Coiirge with an
apparatus second to none III the cOuu
try. Our boys need it aud they must
have it.
The ladies C n do this If they will
There is no doubt of that. Their III
fueuce and their example have worked
miracles before now aud can do 1t
again If the matrOuS Will sanction
and if the young ladies will take 1t mp
organize SYSTEM ,t'catly IN every city
and town, select com mlttees and give
their time seriously for few weeks to
the work of raising mon~y, they eau
easily make thh University II CHRISTMAS
present Of $4,000.
w. suggest that the ladies' of each
town should select some insfrumAnt
or apparatus 10 present, ttlelr natne7 to
be engraved on 1t for ther great
grand -cllildreu to see. For instance
he ladies OF Wilmington III gnt choose
to Civ = foe L .eScnpe; the saiIeN Of
-aty Hpjtz Eiec'rrr mrchine, 'he-
ladies' ia pair of $500 Globes, 'h--
ladies Of ,u Atwood ) machine, the
dies Of EuhiuA uf =, ca. the ia
dies of - a GAivtn;c B sttety, the
ladies uf--a set e Wall Maps. the
ladies Of :. set If Instruments fDr.
Illustrating souaA, light, lee C ty.
g.. th,. lads of ---a NJ t2;'c Ian err
for scientific i..ustr,.tnnS; the l'ila1
OF - might und rtake t. furnish
th. dep .rtment Of ua'vticnl chenjs-
try (Prof. K ,nb r.eys), and the ladies
pf-- that of Elem autary Che mI>1ry,
Geology aud Minera org (Prof tsedd's)
The articles suggested c,st each from
fifty dollars - two hundred dollars or
four hundred doitAr,. The chemicals
auI small pieces needed in the labpra-
tories 30 Du uuerOnS to mention wo isd
cos from $50 to SJU0. Il .ch OF ,ts-
departments OF Nat tlr Il Science neet~
from s., 800 to So 900 expended on it
This u th wosk we se5 heface ur
ladies. Il appears TO the b"Ht 'eilnS
and best principles # "nr common M.
ture aud calls intD exfrc Sc evHry gel-
erous aud tender emotion. d me and
vel! done, promptly aud n0h'y, 1t VII
make the heart Of every bonest ma: and
bnv IN North Carolina tbrob nigher
with pride IN our wuHl-n and resolve
to be worthy of them.
No acs of generosity or ten ierneSs
by woman for man ever went unnppre-
ciated or unrewarded; ana whatever
refiues and exaits and alogils nun must
also inevitably secure her culture
NpitAcr Is 1t a work oH,y FIR Ourselves.
but is to be d permaient b"nsh5 u "u
posterIiy III many ways aad Tor gene
tztIcDS tU cone. Nor DO va nrPt II
merely as i gto3 iuvas meot. Is 1t
uot an Offering prompted by graft ud"
and prcniiar'y grac 'fnl ani beautiful -
iIust Nt.D v"ra So Ia -ety IL arms. q
counted rot their lives deer in defense
OF their country. Iha W MA of She
South 0w.. mpoh to the men of the
South, aud 10 women have ever been
-b!t, to boast of + uer or more gallant
defend rs than the women Of North
Carolina. They repair annually IN
crowd. to lay fresh wreathes Oh the
graves where the yong heroes sleep
VIII they not ems de, this work ais''
a pious duty aud maka 1hls oH--rlng T.
the youths who rem7 an't WI" are
now al great disadvantage to r-pair the
| loss and waste Of war, ami t'IdravDr g.
place he State abreast wlh the cut
Gurc of the age. We b-live they viii
Oommun atoms ,nay be address q
| - Mrs. G. Z. Spencer, a Ca pc! H /,
| North Carolina, who has b; en appoint
ed the agent for the committee on con
tribu'i ions, and who will cheerfuIiy co
operate with the ladies in any way tt~y
may suggest.
THE GreenvIlle (Ala.) Advo :ate
states that five have been arrested IL
| Coffee and Crenshaw, charged witt
the burning of Eliza last Tuesda
night week. Two negro preachers II