The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1895-06-27
OLD AND NEW.
THE UNIVERSITY THROUGH THE CHANG
ING SCENES OF a CENTURY.

ING SCENES OF A CENTURY.
4 Resume OF Its History by President
NiHston-TiIc Storm OF Civi! War
Did Not Destroy lt-Long List Of.
Far1o,is Ain1lni-The Centennial
Celebration, E1c.
/ TGeo. r. Winston, in Harper's Weekly,
June Sth.l
I The University of North Carolina is
now celebrating its hundredth annTcE-
! sarv. being the Oldest university il ,i!"
I south. Ip TO I 500 it had Il very large
! patronHge from all the Southern States.
/ It's roll Of alumni includes many names
OF RATIONAL reputc, and it may be doubted
/ whether so large Il percentage, oi the
| Alumni oi any other American college
/ have achieved cminence IN public life.
, Among them may be mentioned James
! X. Polk. President, aud William r. King,
! Nice-Prcsitlent, OF the / nited States;
! Thomas IL. Benton. United States Sena-
/ tor author OF Thirty Years VicU: William
/ i. Graham. Secretary OF the Navy, Mig
/ candidate for the Presidency; Leon
! idas Polk, Bishop OF Louisiana and
/ Arkansas and Lieutenant General III the
| Confederate army; james Johnston Pet
| tigrew, BligadieI-Gcncral, G. s. \; John
/ T. Mason, Attorney General OF the
/ United States Thomas Bragg, Attorney
/ General OF the COnfpderacy: Willie L.
/ Mangum, President United States Sen
! ate: Jacob ThOmps IL, Secretary OF the
! Interior: Aaron Y. Brown, Postmaster
! General: James c. DObbin, Secretary OF
/ the Navy; Francis l.. Hawks, author,
+ pr sdcut American GeOgraphlcal so
ciety; Frederick y. I.enie, founder and
president American Academy OF Music:
/ William !. Rngham, teacherand author;
Archibald VI. DeBow, journalist; Cicero
+ l.. Hawks, Bishop OF Missouri; James
/ II. Otcy. Bishop OF Tennessee; Thomas
/ f. Davis. Bishop of South Carolina;
/ William NJ Green, Bishop OF AisSlsslppl;
! Thomas Settle, Minister to Peru, preSl-
dent Republican National Convention:
tJOhn Owen, president Democratic
| National Convention; with scores OF Sen
atOrS, congressman, Governors, Judges
! and generals. There is no accident IN
this list 1t includes men OF all see
tiOn~, OF many professions, and OF types
very diverse. 1t means that the lnl-
versity OF North Carolina has given its
alumni both an impulse and Il training
that have fitted them Tor leadership. OI
recent Years the patronage Oi the nj
vcrsity has been confined more closely to
North Carolina, but her list OF alumni
still includes nearly all men that are
prominent in business enterprises or in
public or professional life within the
State.
In 1861 the flood OF war swept from
the halls of the University fOur-tiiths Of
the students. Professors and students
alike rushed to the front and the lee
turc rooms were almost deserted. Their
lives are now cOmnenOraJcd III Memo
rial Hall, upon whose walls the marble
slabs, with long lists OF alumni killed IN
battle tell the story OF reckless cnthuSI-
aSm and heroic devotion. There are
two hundred and eIGhty-seven names,
including five generals and thlrtN-1ou'
rcgimcntal officers, all arranged by
classes, according to date OF graduation
from the university. The oldest class
is that of 1921, represented by Lleutcn-
ant General Leonidas Polk, and the last
class is that OF 1861, represented by its
boy Lieutenant William IL. {. y Nebb-
The class OF 1861 graduated eighty-sevcn
mon, Of whom every one volunteered III
the Confederate Army. OF that eager
band the names OF thirty are inscribed
. upon the roll OF Confederate dead. Vt
the reunion OF this class in 1889 the
; eleven members present upon the plat
/ form in Memorial Hall bore upon thciI
| bodies themarks OF twenty-thrcc wounds
, Such was war in the South.
The university is located in the village
= Of Chapel Hill, twenty seven miles north
: west OF Raleigh. 1t is Il quiet, pretty
place. famous throughout the South foi
refined and transformations society ant
delightful climate. The university cam
pus occupies fifty acres, nearly IN The
:, heart OF the village, and the mi; crsIt\
park. adiacent. Includes 100 acres O
! beautifully rolling land, covered viii
= oaks over Il century Old. The building:
= are grouped around the traditional
c '.uuad"anglc,' and around them strctcl
o rich. vcrdant lawns be&utificd by clusters
q Of towering trees and shrubs. There i
some flower in the campus every mOnti
2 in the year.
- The ante jejiiut university was StrOns
g in its presidents and its faculties. Davi,
u l.. Swain in History and Political Sci
5 cnce, Ethan \. Andrews in Ancient Ian
Il guagcs, Dennson Omstcad and Elish;
e Mitchell in Science, are names that be
# long to the roll of honor among Ameri
can teachers. The .avera % student, how
= ever, was less ambitious for scholarship
:, than for leadership among his fellows o
Il for social emincnce. The college bail
/ were famous all through the South, an
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~, halls were cutie deserted. The 'carpc
i ha~mer'' took possession, but learned
~" two or three years that universities ca
w not exist without Students Again Il
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