The Hillsborough recorder., 1878-08-07

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Tie hest spirits prevail everswllere. I
heard two teachers say that lieretoforcl
their s,.rl Oh, tile extreme n. Il. section
oi State, lipl ratronizcd Virginia Cnt.
lcecs.. bu: that they were fily convinced
that Norih CaIoliuiails must siaud by
NorIh Carolina Institutions, suciai inielr
le,au..l aud naipii,iI, is North Carolipa h
cser 10 assume respectable pusitiaa
among her sister States. heard i lafiy
Methodist say that her brotiisr, 4 graduate
uf Trinity, Offered ia pay hcr cxrensg- y
she wsul,l Stop Al tIse-- Friaity Nershai
Shoui but She ln,s-f,ibs Trinity for charl
iIill. She MAS FROM Irciiell. The Scl"ol
has been abnlldantly supplied with lec-
iurrs this -ession, and Of course these have
Offered line opportunities for gaiialltries
on the part of gentlemen, aching ~ escorts
for Tie ladies. The following gentlemen
havel,clure,i thus far Mai. Bingham,
Judge Dick, Pref. Winston, ptof. Kerr.
DR.. dill. smith, Dr. pritel,ard, Col. Polk
and Prof Grandy and Superintendent
Scarborough.
Prar. Grandy was the "rly Representa- =
five or Science ainang tile lecturers, aiId
right uo.,ly did L.. Il" his part. His theme
was 1.-THE Sprcirosvope," that wonderful
inv.ntinn of these wonderful lines. Pr"f.
Graniy spoke el,aris aud fpicihly s'ld the
au,llrlt,e seemed as uiuri, pleased as "ne
,ntlid expect. Tie lectuis wasof r;our 81,
,roi ,.opular hut sefentiiic dealing with
lact. ale lhelIgitfnl preessesef iudllcii"n
aud dpductiou. @ 1 ..
lie told all about the Srectr"scoi'e, ex-
hihilirg and explaining me beiorr The att
,Iieuce. wniii,i like 10 send yoi al al'-
siract of tile lecture. tut kilow that your
nu,,i rxceIlent and valuable ;,aIer il taken
up silh other matter. | cannot refrain
however from giving his resume Of what
the Sprrtro.cope has accomplished for tis;
Said l,-. This litl!c prism tells us at
o,,ce whether :he substance under TX
aa,iuaiinn il a soliL liquid or a gas, and
wIiellIrr that gas j. under high ar low
pressure; u ,lcieris the nn'>t minute guam
Ties of any snbs,auce; il shows ~ tlIe
SuuIcs ~ known .l.uiepis and discovers
ncw pir=-; 10 ,lei,s.is authorizations In iilon-
sands of things co,Inected with The arts,
manufactures, aud cantmerre; it settles
qarstiols connected with the circulation
81 Ill. blw,d; 1t tells us abnit tile cienical
constitution If tie sun and Stars n tells
us that npl,nlaf aud ruineis ale noillihg
! but nlasses "f glowing vaIor, IL deter,
mines ihe presSufcs existing ~ tiie at
m.,spIleres of the must distant stars; Il h
of grcaI practical use 10 the matter mdyes
il determines tile age Of wiiic>; il gives "a
the callse Of the changes of c"l"r Of tli'
leaves in auIuan; il tells Us Of the mainr,
Of the sIpIs nn Ille suI,; IL calculates tii,
velucity with which various stars are
muviug toor from ~; IL shows US th'
storms on the sun aud the rate at wllicl
| they rest uyer lis urlacr. Yet the Whole
subject isim its earliest infancy aud III
utterly impossible ia fnrcsec what ,lcpth'
| ~ SPACE will mot in tinIe be gagged az,
completely investigated py tlis new
n,cilnnl 1t rrs,archn -sa rsstHsEzz
Prof. t;nndy Is model student and
professor. We understand that his lsap
list brethren all are proud uf him; aii'
well they may lie; FIR hc will bIiug on
them only credit aud honor. .&+ 5s'sse
| ~ -~ "si"S NORMAL.