The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1886-06-04

i Jersey samuel A. Holmes was teacher
in The preparatory department Cald
well was chosen President in 1901
and hold that office until his death
in 1880 with the exception Of an IN
tcrval If four years from 1912 10 1916.
/ during which occurred the adniul,
/ tratiou Of Eey Dr. Robert II. Chapman
OF Virginia. David /. swain, Governor
Of the state from 1892 70 1885, W.. then
President until SOS ON the adoption Of
the constitution Of 1868, under tho Re
construction Acts of Congress, all the
members of the Faculty was displaced -
a new corps Of whom Rev. solomon '4al
was President, serving until 1874, there
beng however no exercises after 1870. In
1870 the Trustees being elected by the
General Assembly in pursuance Of a con
stilational amendment, re-opened the
doors with a Faculty, Of which Rev
Charles Phillips, ID. ID. Ill. ~. WAS
Presiding Professor. In 1876 Kemp L. Bat
tie IL. D., was elected President and has
held the position continuously since.
The following information concerning
certain Of the officers III this list is Of
interest
David Kerr the first acting President,
after rcsigning his post, became a lawyer,
and by appointment Of President 'Jeffer-
son. a Judge Of the Territory Of NiSsis
sippi.
Joseph Caldwell D. D. IL D., the first
President, most ably conducted the Uni
Yersity through many difficulties caused
by a meagre endowment and a deficiency
Of good preparatory schools He was not
only learned professor and divine, but
was an enthusiastic and efficient advocate
of the public schools and railroad systems
of the State. In 1927 nc built the first
Astronomical Obscrvatoly in the United
States and conducted its operations until
his death in 1S31
David L. Swain, under whose admins
tratlon of thirty-three years the Univer-
slty attained u patronage of 451 students,
of whom IS. were beyond the limits of
North Carolina was at one time Judge
Of the Superior courts and then Governor
Of the State He was eminent for his
knowledge of its history and was author
of valuable monographs of Revolutionary
and ante Revolutionary periods.
The present President, Kemp Z. Battle
Ii. D., was in 1866 '6S State Treasurer.
In 1915, the year before he took charge of
the University, the attendance was 50.
The catalogue of 1885 SO show at least
204 names, notwithstanding considerable
number of students have been prevented
from joining the University by reason of
the failure of the crops in most of the
counties of the State for three successive
years
Charles w Harris was a man Of great
promise but was cut off at an early age
by consumption. 1t was by his sagacty
that the peculiar fitness of DR.. Caldwell
for inauguratlng the young institution
was discerned and by his active influence
that he was elected BY the Trustees and
induced to accept the appointment.
Archibald y. Murphy became an able
Judge of the Superior Courts of North
Carolina and was prominent in the promo
tion of public schools and internal i'm
prOVementS.
William Bingham was founder of the
bingham School, which was continued by
his SON William J. Bingham, and by his
grandSons William and Robert Bingham
! 1t is now under the charge of the latter
as superintendent and is the largest and
best equipped school for boys III the
Southern States.
Ethan A. Andrews Ii. D., and Denson
, Olmsted LII. D., were transferred to lalo
College and We're the authors of valuable
. text .ook, III their respective departments
/ of Latin and Natural Philosophy While
in North Carolina Prof Olmsted made
report on the Geology Of the State, sale
to be the first in point of time IN th'
Union.
Elisha Mitchell, D. H., IL b., was al
; indefatigable and successful worker in tn,
, development of the Botany, Geology anC
Mineralogy of North Carolina. He wa
: the author of many monographs on thes'
subjects of great value. He lost his lif'
' in exploring the highest summit Of tn
, | Black Mountain called in his name.
: james Phillips, d. D, was an acut
!, mathematician and learned theologian
: He died at the post of duty, suddenly, oil
the Chapel rostrum, as he was about t
conduct morning prayers, one day in 1861
o after having faithfully served the nstitu
r ton for fortv-one years.
Q He WAS succeeded by his son, Rev. Or
i Charles Phillips, d. d. Ii. D., who gaines
: great reputation in the South both as al
. instructor and preacher After being su
4 perseded as heretofore mentioned in 1S6
/ he served as Professor of Mathematics i
Davidson College until 1875, when he wa
), invited to resume his chair at the Cniver
Is sity. Accepting the office he acted a
d Chairman of the Faculty until in accoI
If dance with his counsel a President wa
20 chosen in 1876 Three years later he wa
forced by i'll health to tender his resigna
10 ton Of his ProfesSorship but consented, a
! the request of the Trustees, to allow hi
W name to continue in the list af the la4ult
as Professor Emorstus
d Professor Walker Anderson embrace
,d the profession of the law and became Chic
r Justice of Florida
,e VIM. NJ. Green, d. d. IL. D.. is no.
the Protestant Episcopal Bishop of Mis-
" issippi, and Chancellor of the lniversit
is Of the South
ct Charles L. Deems, Ii. IA. ~. H., is pa
30 tor q the Church Of the Strangers, Ne
in York, and is the author of several ab
~ and popular religious works, viz. "Wh
II Was Jesus, The Home Altar, Weight
s. and Wings
he Vim. H. Battle Ii. D., was Judge
IN the Superior Court of North Carolina frol
r. 1910 to 1882 and of the Supreme Cou
a. from 1852 to eGo
~ Albert NJ. ahipp, y. y. L. D., has bee
* President of Wotford College and is no
e. Professor of Vanderbilt University
.lv OF the Tutors John NJ Morehead al
"a VIM. y. Mosely became Governors, tt
1T former Of North Carolina, the latter
or Florida, NJ. F. Manly became Judge of IL
If Superior and supreme Courts of the Stat
Anderson Mitchell and James Mart
Judges of the Superior Courts, Giles NJ
of bane Speaker Of the Senate, Jacob Ihom
ra son attained cabinet positions in Il
No. United States and then the Confedera
nd States. Gavin Iiogg was leader of t
vn bar of the State, Lewis Williams was t
years member Of the House of Represe
he tatiyes, II. G. Jones, Reporter of the 5
I'll preme Courts of the State, Edward
Sims, Professor of the University of Gee