The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1891-03-11
UNIVERSITY NOTES
"e'''' " M. Jones' Excellent Addr.
on "Lee and His Men.v
Especial Cor. STATE CgRo,,,o,


CHAPEL HILL, n. G., March 9-Dn.
ham and Henderson lowe ps onon
more for having lent them d;ss; au
gulshed visitor Of ours to lectnro -
Lee and his Men" The "Sola;oo,
Home" ought to have the benat;. ets
him. oeneht of
The University Young Mems Cb,i.
tian ASSOCIATION were indeed favored .
enjoying the inspiration OF those In ~
dlscourses on Religion in the ARM of ~
Northern Virginia and on the Bors u
Gray or The Confederate Soldier %
hnew Him, from Rev. Jno. WiIIior
Jones, ID. D., the enthusiastic soid;a-
and chaplain, who followed Stonawan
Jackson and A. P. Hill and Ganarai
Lee throughout the war. We think tbat
frof. hume, whose old time friend ana
guest he is, put it fty, in introdnc;na
| him, when he said that those who foraa,
or do not honor noble past aro 81. s..
| worthy OF, and will not have, nobe Fl.
ture. Only those who shared the trials
and engers of our "boys" know how
their Christian faith shone in the dart
est hours of the war. 1t was a cod.
send to us all to hear him in public and
private and to realize that a li.tIe
experience both of war and of 70,
llglon is worth all the cavils Of a
cold and sneerlng scepticism. So gener-
Gus spirit and words as his put fresh
heart into US. The students especially
responded to him warmly with their
fresh and glowing manhood.
intermediate Examinations.
The Wretched weather has not damn
ened our ardor in preparing for the Mid.
| die or intermediate Examination which
has just begun. Being somewhat more
extended than the monthly examinations
and not quite SO long and taxing as the
regular finals, and coming, too. within
eight days at the middle of the second
term, they seem to be both less of an in
demption and satisfactory enough test.
The May finals beckon on us still.
The Literary Clubs.
| must not wait the monthly meeting
OF the University Shakespeare Club. The
contemporaries of the great dramatist
were sketched and their influence on him
, indicated, and the Shapespeare Bacon
meeting was we'll VENTILATED" Dr.
Hume, the president Of the club, stated
the question and gave clear history Of
> its rise and progress throughDelia Bacon
Judge Holmes, Mrs Pott, Donnelly anG
: the Review writer's.
The mere statement of the case, giver
so concisely and carefully, showed that
{ he who was vouched for by his contem
+ poraries and his own peculiar mark an(
style was not Bacon. The great cryptic
gram Or cypher was examined and prOvel
TO be WITHOUT FOUNDATION. Mr.. ]. T
nendren, Of Winston, read an interest
; ing paper on Parallelism of Height ant
Style in Shakspere and Bacon, shown
Mrs. Pott to confound them, but tha
style was something finer and deepe
than these occasional resemblances.
Prof. Winston follow ed in humorou
= and entertaining review of the externe
Il Il and internal evidences for and agalns
q q the Baconian authorship. His cipher
u proof that Donnelly and Dogberry ar
the same and that the former was "wri
! ten down. prophetically 'an ass" wa
very amusing
> The papers Of the evening afforded
useful study of the distinguishing quail
. ties that make up an authors indlvidl
ality and they suggested how the exc
! cises of such a club. if pursued accort
Il ing to the printed scheme, may aid
forming much needed critical habit
Q mind and of expression. The very "vo
9 unteer" character Of the work makes
) the most stimulating supplement to th
70 routine of required clan work. a large
proportion of students usually take pal
le in the exercises. The dramatic trea
% ment Of great historical period will
considered next month.
6 ARGUS.