The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1885-07-29

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UPON THE REORGANIZATION
under.the amended constitution TIN
selection Of a Faculty was to thu
Board of Trustees matter Of mo
mentous anxiety. Finally Hon. KEMP
P. Battle, North Carolinian, and /
gentleman whose reputation was BY
no means limited by State bounds
was selected. The post Of duty he
was called upon to fill promised to
prove arduous in the extreme, but
DR.. Battle accepted it with all the
obligations it implied. Through un.
firing effort he secured about $25, 900
in contributions from friends Of the
school, and thus was enabled to effect
sadly needed repairs, for at that time
the University buildings were scarcely
tenable. Since then the State has
from time to time increased it's ap-
preparations on behalf Of the school,
and individuals have also responded
literally, as wi tness the magnificent
new chapel, just completed. Since
1875 the educational appliances, such
as philosophical and chemical appara-
tus ETC., have been quadrupled and
will be still further largelyincreased
this year; the income of the Univer~
sity has been nearly doubled during
the last year; the total roster Of
students for the scholastic year Of
1SS4-S5 has reached 230, an increase
of20 per cent over any year since
1861, and the outlook is considered
most encouraging. With this large
increase in attendance has come an
imperative demand for additional
teaching force; this force now mum.
bers fifteen. but the Trustees will
doubtless add four Professors before
the session opens in August next, sub.
shutting Professors for assistant
Professors, so that the teaching force,
asregards number, will not be materi-
ally changed. The Professorships
and Assistant Professorships thus to
be filed will comprise Professors of
English, of Modern Languages, of
Agricultural Chemistry and Metal.
lurgy, Of the Art Of Teaching, and as.
sistant professors of Mathematics, of
Natural History and Of Engineering.
1t is also proposed to add a new la
boratory during the coming year, and
this will prove the filling of long
and much felt want.
The Faculty Of the University, at
this writing is composed as follows:
Hon. KEMP p. BATTLE, Ii. d.,
President, Professor of Political
Economy, Constitutional and Interna.
tional Law.
Rev. CHARLES PHILLIPS, d. ID.
IL. d., Professor Emeritus Of NLath-
ematics. @ -. @
]. DE BERSIERE HOOPER, A. M.
Professor Of Greek and French.
REV. ADoLPHus W.. MANGuM, A.
NJ, ID. d., Professor Of Moral Philo-
sophy, History and English Literature
GEO. TAYLoE WINSTON, Professor
of Latin and German.
RALPH HENRY GRAVES, b. Sc, C.
and NJ. E. Professor Of Mathematics.
francis PRESTON VENABLE, Phi.
ID. +. c. s.. Professor of General Agri'
cultural and Analytical Chemistry
JOSEPH AUSTIN HOLMES, b. Ayr.
Professor Of Geology and Natural
History.
JOSHUA WALKER GORE, c. E., Pro.
lessor of Natural Philosophy and
Engineering.
EMILE ALExASDER DEscHwEISITz,
ABB, Assistant in chemical laboratory
and mineralogy.
ALBERT LuuES CoBLE, A. B., As.
sistant in Mathematics. @
THOMAS w. HARRIS, A. NJ, NJ. d.,
Professor Of Anatomy and Materia
Medica.
Hon. JoHS MANNING, IL. D.,
Professor Of Law.
JAMES r. MONROE, is instructor in
English; BERRrE c. McIvoR instruct
or in Greek; SOLOMON c. WE'LL in
Latin. ~~
w. T. PATTERSON, Esq, Bursar
and Secretary. --
Il has been charged, over and over
again, by disaffected parties. that the
Faculty has no weight-that its Pro
fessors are simply home educated men
who have been promoted to their
present position from tutorships in the
University. Let US see. Prof. Man.
gum received his education at "Ran'
dolph and Macon" Prof Winston al
the Annapolis Naval Academy and
at Cornell" Prof. Graves at this
University and the University Of
Virginia. Prof. venable at the Uni
versity Of Virginia and at Goettingen
Germany. Prof Gore at University
Of Virginia and John Hopkins college
(of the last he Is q "Fellow.") Prof