The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1888-09-28
THE UNIVERSITY,
4 PLEASANT VISIT TO THE OLD
HILL.
An Aiumnns Tells What is Going on at
the belONcd HilI-.Therc are I'll Stu.
dents There

dents There
Especial Cor. STATE CHRONICLEl
nave recently enjoyed one of the rich
est treats an Old University boy can have
| a visit to Chapel Hill. Things have some
what changed since you and | were there
together. but the railroad still adiourus
SINE DIE in the mullen patch "a mile from
the college; the Sophmore still Swells with
pride at the contemplation of his own
greatness and the Senior still tells how big
he USED to feel when he was a Soph The
Freshman still looks forward to ''conics" as
a mountain IN his path and speaks with
becoming reverence OF the great ideal of
his thoughts, the leading man of the Senior
class In short boys are the same in all
respects save their faces
Capt Browns genial face and hearty
welcome at the Station made me forget
the few months that have passed and be
one OF 'the boys" again. Then came the
accustomed boss of the carriage driver
and his zeal, as soon as he learned that |
was an old boy, to tell me all the news and
point out all the changes Then as the
carriage passed the stores the usual sere-
made of student voices and even the cry of
Fresh from the Soph who has so recently
attained the point at which he is entitled
to use the cry that he is eager to exercise
bis prerogative on all occasions
Among the faculty changes have come:
but meeting Dr. Battle, DR.. Mangum and
the Others who are still there, we almost
forgot that some were gone and that one,
from whose noble manhood and true gen
tlemanly bearing | learned many lessons.
not less important than the Greek of his
class room, now sleeps in your city GENE
terry. Yes, some are gone but their places
are filled with others no less Jealous in
! for hn Il
charge, and those of the old panel seem
no less active than in the days gone by.
And now the houses, which in Chapel Hill
! are considered constant quantity, show
| signs OF change. Some have Welded to
| the gnaWing tooth Of time and are falling
to decay, and others have passed away by
! the more rapid tooth of fire. The new and
| airy Laboratory has replaced the coal hole
under the library and the large ball room,
nicely fitted up and convenient, has been
! changed into an elegant library to replace
the old society Libraries on the inaccessi-
bic third and fourth stories and the Uni
versity library which was the contempt of
the student. In town Prof. Loves artistic
cottage has sprung from the ashes of the
| Hooper house. Prof. Holmes has built a
neat home upon the lot which he even
then was beautlfyng, and a new and at
tractlve church lifts its spire heavenward.
This church, when completed will be an
| ornament to the village as we'll as a much
needed house of worship. Though many
things have changed, the good people of
Chapel Hill are always the same kind,
genial, hospitable. Their Kindness this
time was in keeping with the lavished ia
vors of four years of college life.
And now the STUDENTS AS usual the
studente are the most impor mt factor in
the little village. At present they mum
Der III. This number is quite good when
we consider that the University has no
preparatory department ard hence the
| great body of unprepared boys who would
otherwise fill its halls are kept away.
was struck with the unusually large al
tendance on prayers and the orderly dc
meanor in every respect. The young men
appear to be highly commcndable group.
The Young Mems Christian Association
has taken on renewed zoal for work
The attendance on the nightly services
averages about sixty, and a large number
Of them are ready to do anything the
President may ask. OF its members one
has but recently become minister, Rev q.
Walter Curtis, and one is preparing for
the mission field in Japan. The zeal with
! which so many young men are working
for Christ is indeed commendable. The
steady character of the Senior class. the
best indication of the character of the
future years work, deserves special at
tention, while the Freshman class, one
or the largest for long time, is looked
upon by the faculty and fellow students
as possessing more staid, manly qualities
than is usual.
But | must desist; my pen would nev, r
tire of telling of my pleasant visit to old
friends and places. Success to you and
| the CHRONICLE
AIUMNTS.