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been one - o'.- ala days The corner
stone oi the fast DIVERSITY building was
lad on The 18th Of October l.q3; accor-
dingly the cslehraiion 81 University day
should have taken pl re on the i2sh Of lAs,
month; but, hoping p D. able To celebrate
the laying of the Cot der stone os the new
Chapel. Swain Mcmort Hal a, the same
time. the celebration wNs postponed until
today. BY unavoidable DELAYS howevrr
the corner stone of the new building will
mol be ready 10 bc laid within several weeks,
So IL Was decided io have our regular Una
versiiy Day celebration today
Prayer by DR. Mangum WAS followed by
the Foundation Hymn. composed for the
occasion.
PRESIDENT BATrLE
first gave rs a brief history of the Univer-
sity Buildings. The corner.stonc of thc
old East MAS laid n 1898. BY Gen. W'n.
Rtehard-on Davie. He vas surrouudel ~
several distinguished men OF the d. V.
among them Alex. Mebane Thos. Biount
Frederick Harg.it, and others. Rev. nr.
NeCorkle opened with prayer. The cor
ner- stone was lad with Masonic honors.
and Gen. Davie held the silver trowrl in
the same hand with which he wi.lded his
sword so gallantly "A few wears before.
Among the early students who roomed in
tnis building We're Judge Archibald Muir
ply. Gavin Ho.g. judge Donneli. aud
swarm> OF other distinguished men. Five
thousand students have gone forth from
these walls To become leaders in both
peace and war. In lS4s, another story
was added 10 the "Od East" and In the
same year the 'Old West WAS completed,
being exactly the same shape and size AS
the "Old East At the completion OF the
old West" the exercises were peculiarly
Interesting. Addresses were delivered hy
Bishop VIM. VI. Green OF Miss, and by
Hon. Samuel +. Phillips, present L. ).
Solicitor General. Robert Mebane, the
first President of the Dialectic Society In
1898 was present. At the time. President
X. +. Battle, was President of the Society,
Judge Thomas Settle was Vicc-President,
and Prof. w. G. Kerr was Secretary.
Stewards Hall was built soon after the
"Old East" The first year, students were
charged So per month for board. This
price, however. was gradually increased.
In this Hall, tradition has il, old Dr. Cald-
well, and all the professors and students,
arraycd in bottleSreen spike-tails, ruilied
shirts, and silver knce-buckles used TO
thread the dreamy maZes Of the dance
with the beauties OF by gone days. The
first religious building was New Hope
Chapel, from which Chapel Hill took its
name. This building and Stewards Hall
have long since been removed. Person
Hall was named after Gen. Thos Person
the first Revolutionary Brigadier-General
from Orange county. He contributed very
literally towards il erection. The present
Chapel was named after Major Gerard.
another Revolutionary soldier. In 1915.
! The "Old South was completed. Smith
| Hail. commonly known as the University
| Library. was built by donation from
| VIM. Smith. who also served in the Rcvo-
| luiiOnary war in Wa~hington's camp. and
| was distinguished for bravery at Fort
Noultrie. The New East" and New
West" which contain the halls and libra
ries OF the Hhilanthropic and Dialectic
| societies, were completed about 1850.
| President Battle said that he confidently
hoped and expected to see the walls OF
| Swain Memorial Hall reared high by spring,
and that hereafter everybody in North
I Carolina should have a comfortable seat
1t COmme ncement. He furthermore SAID
| hat the new Chapel would he a memorial
| hall, not only in honor OF Gov Swain, but
OF all our liberal alumni and friends, and
! those Of the Universitv's sons who gave
! their lives in defence OF the Lost Ga Sc
'Chming OF the Bells" composed by
Rev. w. A. Belts, class OF so, was sung
by the choir, OF winch Mr.. j. A. Bryan Is
| the skillful leader President Battle then
announced that OF all the families who had
stood by the University in its darkest days,
none was more true or loyal than the one
| represented here to-day by thu
MIR. PAUL c. CAMERON.
! Mr.. Cameron said nowhere in North
| Carolina does there pulsate a heart warmer
in sympathy with everything that concerns
his institution than in my bosom" - The
| First Commencement that he attended at
| the University was in 1918, when he heard
the valedictOry delivered by Bishop Green,
now living at an advanced age in Missis-
s'ppi He was also present when Pishop
! Otey graduated. lie related an interesting
account OF the laying OF the corner stone
OF the first building OF the University OF
Virginia, as it was related to him by Jack
sons old spy, Harry Gilmer. Three ex-
Presidents, Jefferson, Madison and Mon
roe, rode down together from Monticello.
When they were about to lay the corner
| stone, Jefferson walked up and poured in
a cup Of wine, Madison a cup OF corn, and
Monroe cup of oil. After this ceremony
was over, an old free-negro was called out
with his fiddle, and played the old Scotch
song, ''Sngar in the Gourd," while Mr..
Jefferson kept time to the music by patting
his foot,
Mr. Cameron then spoke pleasantly OF
the present state Of the University, OF its
faculty and students, and said that we
must make it what it was in the past-the
best ornament of North Carolina He
spoke Of DR.. Caldwell as martyr to labor,
martyr TO fame, as man OF large heart
and large head. OF Swain, he said he was
like piece of rough granite, determined
to make his way to the front rank, and
that a truer man never lived in North Car
olina.
IN speaking 10 the students ABOUT studies,
he said that he did not wish to break Iances
with Charles Francis Adams, but all the
greatest men in the world would say hold
to the classics.
Mr. Cameron has always been one Of the
University's warmest friends he made the
motion in the alumni meeting last June to
have the new hall built. And although his
locks frosted by age, he yet speaks
with all the fire and igor OF youth.
PROF. GEO T.. WINSTON
was next called upon. After some pleas
ant aud humorous remarks he spoke Of the
Temple Of Vesta at Rome, in which were
centered the affections Of the Roman peo-
pie. 1t was there that the sacred fire was
kept burning, guarded by the Vestal
Virgin. He said that this spot and occa-
sion were sacred TO us that there was no
G.. L.-f Il. 4.