Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-06-04
PRESIDENT WINSTON
THE NEW HEAD or THE UNIVERSITY
or NORTH CAROLINA.
HIS Election Unanimous-HIs Fine Record
as m Observation-Disclosures Com
mencement Exercises
Alumni banquet.
Especial telegram to the Dlspa,ch.l

Especial telegram 20 the Dispatch.l
RALEIGH, N. O., June 3.-The commence
ment exercises of tho University of North
Carolina to-day were interesting and there
was good attendance of prominent men,
among them being several State officers,
judges, and railroad commissioners. The
trustees mad well-attended meeting and
elected Professor Winston president. Suita-
BILE resolutions regarding the Hon. Kemp
Z. Battle, who retired from the presidency
to accept the new chair of history. were
adopted.
PRESIDENT WINSTON.
Professor George T. Winston, who was to-day
unanimously elected by the Board of Trustees to
be president Of the State University, is man Of
marked ability, and comes Of well-known
North Carolina family. lie was born at Windsor,
BERTHE county, In 1852, and was prepared for
college at the Horner School, Oxford. In 1868
ne entered the State University, leaving II In
iooo, having received an appointment TO the
Naval Academy at Annapolis. tie stood No.
IN the examination there before the board Not
liking the naval service he left tho Academy and
entered Cornell University, where he took fnll
course, graduating with high honor in 1874. He
was At once appointed an Instructor In that In
stitutiol.
THE CHAIR or LATIN,
In 1875 the University Of North Carolina was
reorganiZod and Professor Winston was offered
the chair Of Latin. He accepted IL and has since
held II continuously. His work nc the University
has been marked by the thoroughness 80 charac-
| teristc Of the man. He has wide acquaintance in
the state, and has made many addresses be-
sides using othor means OF advancing educa-
tional interests. At the summer normal schools
ne was for years a regular lecturer and teacher
He became prominent I'm the work Of the North
carolina Teachers Assembly, and In lSbS was
Inado president Of this the largest association OF
teachers in the South. In 1889 be went 70 Eu-
rope with the excursion OF the Assembly, that
being his third foreign tour.
BROADLY AND LITERALLY EDUCATED.
President Winston has received broad and
liberal education both from the North and the
south. He is extremely liberal In dealing win
all professional questions, and has proved him.
self 20 he a true teacher. He has the confidence
OF the people and his election will strengthenthe
University.
THE SOCIETY ADDRESSES.
This evening large audience assembled in
Memorial Hall tOhear the addresses by therepre-
sentatives Of the two literary societies. Inc
speakers and their subjects were as follows: OF
the DaIectic Society, II. X Ferguson, OF
Waynesyhe, "Home Rule Not Remedy" ).
l. Davis, Asheboro', The Evolution OF Nations :
4. l. Malser, Yadkin College, "JOurnallsm ana
Law OF the Philanthroplc Society, Roscoe
Num-, Newberne, 1.-The Stranger Within the
Gates; George w. Conner, Wilson, The Ma
tons Law aud the Nations Life; A. II. hoonce,
Richards " Education and Citizenship.
The address before the graduating class was
delivered in Memorial Hall by John NJ. Gallo
way.
CLASS REUNION.
It was followed by n reunion OF the class OF
1891, an incident Of which was the presentation
of the class cup to Kemp h. Nixon, son Of one OF
the class, by John ID. Murphy. Eugene IL har-
ris spoke as the historian Of tho class.
THE ALUMNI
In the afternoon had a reunion aud banquet In
Gorritt Hall. Responses 10 toasts we're made by
Governor Holt, Speaker RUFUS A. Doughton,
Colonel II. +. Jones, and Professor Charles ID.
Mclycr, Of Charlotte.
This evening the society oratlons were de-
livcred.
Tomorrow the graduating class Of twenty-five
will deliver addresses.