The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-06-05

dents had been expelled ID discussion
aud differenc. arose a,roug some as to
the justice of the sentence upon one of
them, somebody called out, II wonder
how old Ralph voted" This seemed
to fash new light upon the solution, for
when it was ascertained that, in all
human probability, he voted to expel, |
never heard the sentence questioned
further.
He was singularly free from what we
term an emotional nature. He took lit |
tie pleasure in religious fervor and ex-
element. This caused him to doubt,
sometimes, if his faith in the Great |
Architect of the universe was like that
of other men The truth of the matter |
il, that the physical being, which in
other men contributes SO much to all
pleasure, in Him, was wasting before
the fire of genius
We are accustomed to mourn with
greater grief over those whose Jay of
life is ended at mid-noon, and whose
evening quickly descends in cloud and
sorrow, but il 10 not for US to say that
such day is less useful in the economy
Of nature than one which rides full
orbed IN The sunset of old age.
His DAY was brief, but it was bright
il it was short-it shined.
His life of usefulness is ended, his
great labors done, and old nature hath
taken her loved child, wasted with over
work, back into her bosom to rest till he
be restored unto an immortal life by
the long, deep sleep of death.
AnnDNCC
Col. W. II. s. BURawYN was next in
troduced. His address was a long and
full aud careful resume of the most i'm
portant epochs in the history of the State.
"The necessity for preserving the mem-
orials of the past and of transmitting to
posterity a just impartial history Of
North Carolina" Col. BURGwYN began
his address by combating the claim
made by President Haven, that the Uni
versity of Michigan was the oldest insti-
tuition that may rightly be termed a
st .ts in tuition 1t was not until 1877
that steps were taken to establish the
university of Michigan.
The Halifax convention in November
of 1776 declared that a university ought
to be established, and in 1889 the legis-
| l6tuT0 pIOCCCuOu W CdIIy Out CuO AObiC
resolution of the Halifax Congress. The
claim would not have been made if the
people of North Carolina had secured ar
accurate history of the State. COLONEL
BURGwYN then proceeded to give va
; liable account of the most interesting
events in the history OF the State.
The Need of q Chair of History.
, t. ~, oI1.o,c hof~ro Norpall JTp;yorc;
: ty June A, 1871 Prof. D. G. Gilman
: now President of The Johns Hopkln
University, said, ''It will be curiou
: enquiry for some philosophical writer 0!
. the intellectual progress of this countr,
Q to ascertain what we're the themes, th
Q text books, the methods of instruction
8 and tuition which prevailed in the Anne I
. lean Colleges prior to the revolution.
o What sort of instruction atCambridg
! filled Sam'l and John Adams with the i
!. notions Of civil liberty. What sort o
= culture at New Haven brought JONATHAN
!, Edwards to his lofty rank among th
9 theologians of this country and of SEQ,
y land; what discipline at Princeton ftte
James Madison to exert such influence
n upon the formation of the constitution
and what academic drill at Columbia Co
J. lege made Alexander Hamilton th
e founder of our national credit and ou
ts financial system2
D. Though Columbia college claims th
honor OF being the first institution I
recognize history as worthy of profe
sional chair, and in 1717 appointed tt
IN Rev. John McVickar Professor of Philo
n ophy, Rhetoric and Bellies Lettres, VIII
u under the broad @gis of philosophic
r. professorship, protected and encourage
#. historic political studies, yet it W
r. not until 1889 that the first distincti
e, endowment af Chair of History in al
m American college was made. This W
g done by Harvard, and it led the way
tn the recognition of history, as worth
of an Independent chair in all our high
IL institutions of learning.
ne In 1855 Michigan University institute
be department of History and Engli
10 Literature.
ne Yale had no historical professorsh
I'd until 1865.
on In 1857 Columbia College, N. J
called DR.. Francis Lieber from Columt
ne College, S. c., to its new professorsh
ed of history and political science.
on This call of DR.. Lieber marks the I'll
om recognition, by Northern college,
mt history and politics as CO. ordinate scie
lsl ces. This combination would seem
me the best. History is past politics a
me politics is present history. History
q primarily the experience of man in
Dix. ganized societies. Political science
OF the application Of this historical expe
'iet ence to the existing problems of an g
Ten progressive society. History and p'
tics are as inseparable as past and pr
d. ent. ...-..e
ne, Almost every institution for the hi
TO er education now have courses in Am
lean history, and it is not a pleasant
ro- Election for US, that in list embrac
yer, some fifty colleges in the United Stat
mt showing the principle facts relating
ing the study OF history in American I
an leges and universities, the University
I'M North Carolina is not mentioned.
,a- The State University the Place for
ess- An adequate foundation for the pr
of cution Of studies in American inst
way tions can only be made at the Uni
his sity. 1t is not called for in schools
nd low that rank. History has becon
, . technical study and it must be purs
, to as such. The tendency of the ed
in tional work of to-day is towards spec
ias- zation. Technical instruction is
lpli- only instruction that counts in
most world; general information has littl
sort any, value compared with it; everytl
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