The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-02-02
FINE LECTuREsAT wAKEFoREs r
The Historical and Other Societies
Doing Good Work.

Wake Forest, n. c., Feb. 1.-(SpeciaD
MIR. T. S. Brockman, College Secre-
tary of the Y. NJ. c., was here on the
21st ult., and held an informal confer
ence with the Bible Bands in the after
noon, and gave an address in the even
ing.
Prof n Y Gulley gave the lecture
in the Bible Band course on the evening
of January goth. His subject was
THE Doctors of The Law"
At Greenville, N. c., Prof. Poteat
gave his lecture on THE Thirty Silent
Years" January 26th.
The Wake Forest Historical Society
held its second meeting last Thursday
evening. Papers were read by Messrs.
J. Gore, j. Pritcbard, and r. II. Nc
NELL. The following gentlemen are
the officers of this new society: Prof.
Gulley, President; Mr.. j. II. Gore,
President; Mr.. II. b. Folk, Sec
rotary. It's meetings are held once a
month.
The School of Law will send up
half dozen gentlemen to meet the SUI
preme Court on the 3rd.
The news of the death of Mr.. John
Heck cast a shadow over the whole
college community. This morning
at prayers President Taylor made ten
der and appropriate mention of him.
Miss Annie Dickson and Mr.. Setter
(student), who have been critically i'll,
are conyalescing. So is Mr.. Owen,
another student.
President Taylor a few mornings
ago called the special attention Of the
students to the death of Mr.. Elijah
Shaw, founder of Shaw University in
Raleigh, expressing the hope that his
name would be held in remembrance
for the sake of the philanthropic work
which he had done for North Carolina.
Last night the Literary Circle held
its meeting at the residence of Prof.
Sledd 1t was of special interest, be-
ing Introductory 10 the study OF
Wordsworth. Prof. Poteat gave some
account Of '.Wordsworth's Country"
the Lake District, DIR. Gorrell gave a
| sketch of the poets life, and Prof.
| Sledd spoke charmingly of Words
| worth as a Poet" His general points
| were that Wordsworth never had been
| and never would be a popular poet,
/ and that, along with great mass of
| merely metrical prose flor he had lit
| tie passion and no critical faculty., he
| had written some of the greatest
| poetry in the language. The even
| ing closed with a reading of Michael
and several of the shorter poems by
some of the young ladies.
| And SO the Wake Forest wedding
| bell will ring again soon. The mar
raige is announced of Mr.. Roy Powell,
of Savannah. Ga, and Miss Susie
Lanneau on the 9th.
| of $50 volumes. They are mainly in
the department of English literature,
1 fiction, essays, letters, etc. Twenty
| five of the volumes were contributed
| by Mr.. d. r. Gore, of Wilmington
| Two volumes of the handsome Fario-
| rum Shakespeare, donated by Mr.
Richard j. Biggs, of Baltimore, bear
testimony to his continued interest in
his Alma Mater.
The number of students matricu
lated is now 257.
Rev. J. Hartwell Edwards, whose
family is now living at Wake Forest
is frequently here, and sometimes
leads the morning worship III the
chapel.
Mr.. VIM. Edwin Hall gave yesterday
afternoon a lecture on "The Mistakes
of Ingersoll' to a small audience.
Mr. T.. A. Beasley, who took his de
gree last June, is here on a visit.
A portion of the burnt district is
offered for sale The city father:
have decreed that only brick buildings
may be erected in the business par
of town.
Our manufacturing industries are
forging ahead. Mr.. w. y. Dnnn''
pillow factory works a portion Of th'
night to keep up with orders. The
Raleigh Spring Bed Company, whose
factory is here, has just filled large
order for the hotel at Pinehurst, the
new city on the southwest side of the
State