The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1895-06-27
UNIVERSITY CENTENNIAL.

A recent number Of Harper's
Weekly devoted a page of illustra-
tions to the University of North
Carolina. 1t also contained an
article from the pen of the able and
progressive President, Dr.. Geo. T..
Winston, portraying condensed
history of the hundred years exist
ence of this honored institution.
From this article we make the
following extracts:
The University of North Carolina
anniversary, being the Oldest uni
versity in the South. Up to 1860 it
had a very large patronage from all
the Southern States. Its roll of
alumni includes many names OF
national repute. and it may be
doubted whether SO large percent
age of the alumni OF any other
American college have achieved
eminence in public life. Among
them may be mentioned James K.
Polk, President, and William X.
King, Vice President, of the United
States; Thomas I'll. Benton, United
States Senator, author of Thirty
Years View; William A. Graham,
Secretary of the Navy, Wing candi
date for the e-Presidency; Major
General Francis P. Blair, q. s. A !,
Democratic candidate for the Vice
Presidency; Leonidas Polk, Bishop
of Louisiana and Arkansas, and
Lieutenant General in the Confed-
crate army; James Johnst n Petit
grew. Brigadier-General, G. S. A ;
John L. Mason, Attorney General of
the United States; Thomas Bragg.
Attorney General of the Confederacy;
Willie P. Mangum, President United
States Senate; Jacob Thompson,
Secretary of the Interior; Aaron V.
Brown, Postmaster General; James
e. Dobbin. Secretary of the Navy;
John 81. Eaton, Secretary OF War;
John Branch, Secretary of the Navy;
Francis l.. Hawks, author, president
American Geographical Society;
Frederick d. Lenoe, founder and
president American Academy of
Music; William j. Bingham, teacher
and author; Archibald NJ DaBow,
journalist; Cicero L. Hawks. Bishop
of Missouri; James 81. Otey, Bishop
of Tennessee; Thomas F. Davis,
Bishop of South Carolina; William
M. Green, Bishop of Mississippi;
Thomas Settle. Minister to Peru,
president Republican National Con
vention; John Owen, president Dem
ocratic National Convention; with
scores of Senators, Congressman,
Governors, judges. and generals.
There is no accident in this list. 1t
includes men of all sections, of many
professions, and Of types very
diverse. 1t means that the Uniyer-
sity of North Carolina has given it's
alumni both an impulse and train
ing that have fitted them for leader
ship. Of recent years the patronage
of the university has been confined
more closely TO North Carolina, but
her list of alumni still includes nearly
all men that are prominent in bust
ness enterprises or in public or pro-
fessional life within the State.
In 1861 the flood of war swept
from the halls of the university four
fifths of the students. Professors
and students alike rushed to the
front, and the lecture-rooms were
almost deserted. Their lives are
now commemorated in Memoria
Hall. upon whose walls the marble
slabs, with long lists of alumni killed
in battle, tell the story of reckless
enthusiasm and heroic devotion.
There are two hundred and eighty
seven names, including FIVE generals
and thirty-four regimentaI officers,
all arranged by classes, according to