The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1893-09-30

equal size. Zach room 10 nave TWO IRE
: places. The rooms were entered from
, doors opening from the passage. A
building committee was o chosen Il
: carry into effect the resolution of thu
society. The constitution provided tina
the principal and all the officers of thu
society should he elected annually by
ballot.
This organization was the beginning
or origin of what is now Trinity college
The 4th of July, 1889, was set apart by
the educational society for laying the
corner stone of the proposed building
On that occasion a large ]concourse o.
people assembled and were addressed BY
Julian f Leach, Esq J. NJ. Leach, Esq.
and the principal of the institution. This
was a day of feasting and gladness, fulI
of hope and prospect.
The work was soon commenced, and
before cold weather the building W: 6
completed and the school removed into
it, and the former building was occupied
by the principal and his family. The in
stitution was now in a tiourishing condi
ton, and in the new building the students
found ample room and excellent accom-
mediation.
Sometime in the spring Of 1910, date
not recOllected, the Union Institute Ed
ucatiOnal society held its annual meeting.
At this meeting two candidates, the
present principal and Rev. Franklin
Harris, offered their services as principal.
The election resulted in the re election
of the former by an almost unanimous
vote, only one against.
In the spring Of 1S41 the educational
society held its third annual meeting.
Two candidates again Offered their SER
vices, viz: The former principal and Mr..
John D. Clancy. The former principal
was reelected by a very large majority,
only two votes for Clancy.
During this year the Rev. Braxton
Craven. a young man of some 10 or 20,
entered the school and soon after was
employed as an assistant teacher, and
continued to o~fffciate in that capacity till
the resignation of the principal. The
school continued to flourish, the number
of students never falling under fifty, but
it generally far exceeded that number.
Early in the year OF 1912 | was elected
the principal of Clemonsville high school,
male and female, and for reasons which
will be given hereafter, accepted the
position, and in due time notice was
given to the educational society that [
would not be a candidate at their next
annual meeting.
According to the arrangement made
between Mr.. Craven and myself, he was
to 60 with me to Clemonsville and still
O~tfiCiate as assistant teacher, but as the
drew near for the election of an
other principal, and no candidate offered
his services, some of the leading mem
bers of the society enquired of me as to
the fitness of Mr.. Craven for principal.
me, yet such were his studious habits and
his ability to learn that I willingly rec.
commended him as a suitable person for
that position; consequently he was chosen
principal at the ensuing election, and has
continued there from that time till the
present (June 90, 1860 except two years
the war, during. which time he
was stationed in Raleigh, Edenton Street
church.
So faithfully and ably has Mr.. Craven
discharged the duties thus devolvcd upon
him that the most sanguine expectations
concerning him have been more than
realized, and Trinity college to day ranks
among the best literary Institutions of
the country.