The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-04
NOW IN CONTROL OF THE AGRICUL-
TURAL COLLEGE
LAST MEETING OF OLD BOARD
Several More Instructors Dropped.
Board OF Visitors to Meet Monday.
Commencement Exercises Degrees
Conferred and Prizes Awarded-Bfds
to be Called for for Construction of
the Textile Building Professor of
Textile Instruction Elected Cues
ton of Exhibition at Charleston.
Especial to the Messenger)


Raleigh. N. c.. May 2s.-Bids will be
called for for construction Of a textile
building at the Agricultural and Me-
chanical college. The dimensions of
the building will be 125 by IS feet.
The trustees of the college adjourned
sine die today. They abolished the pro-
~fessorship Of agriculture held by Mr..
Irby; also the position of instructor OF
animal industry, held by Professor
johnson, and asked the board of agri-
culture to elect a state veterinarian
who shall give Instructions in animal
industry al the college. H. NJ. Wilson
is made professor of textile instruction
at $1,000 salary. Instructors c. l..
Mamma, r. N. Stancill and F. NJ. Foy
are dropped.
Next Monday the board of visitors of
the college will meet. This board was
a by the last legislature, and all
its members save one were members of
the board of trustees which went out
OF existence today. The board of visi-
tors are w. S. Primrose, C. w. Gold,
w. j. Peele, r. L.. Smith, j. b. Stokes,
d. A. Tompkins, Matthew Moore, w.
h. Raglan, Frank E. Wood. David
Clark, j. Frank Ray, G.. T. Winston and
). l.. Patterson are eX-officio members.
The board of agriculture this after
noon heard the report of Commissioner
Patterson. The board will consider
Friday the matter of exhibit at the
Charleston exposition. Colonel w. A.
Hemphill, of Charleston, will appear
before the board. 1t is not regarded as
probable that the board will fill the va
cancy caused by John w. Thompson's
resignation rs immigration agent, as
there is no need for the office and all it's
work can easily be done in the office of
commissioner of agriculture.
At the Agricultural and Mechanical
college commencement here today
LeonidaS Joyner was awarded first
prize and James c. Temple second prize
for work in agriculture. Honors in
scholarship won: BY seniors, F. Z
Barnhardt, w. p. Craig, w. d. Faucet,
Martin kellogg, w. F. Pate, w. S.
Sturgill; sophomores, John E. Colt, w.
L. Darden, j. H. Glenn, G.. w. Roberts,
Edwin S. Whiting: freshmen, F. H.
Brown, j. B. Harding, E. E. Lincoln;
short course, o. H. Henderson. Gov
ernor Aycock conferred the degrees and
presented diplomas to twenty-three
graduates.
The following degrees were conferred
Bachelors of Agriculture, Martin Kel-
logg. Solomon Vest; Bachelors OF
Science, biology, William Graige;
chemistry, Paul Collins, William Pate,
Beverly Sullivan, Charles Watson;
Bachelors of Engineering, civil engi-
neering, Fletcher Barnhardt, Fred
Bonitz, William Craven, William Eau
cett. Benjamin Hook, Lewis Louge,
Charles Mcqueen, Walter Sturgill, Ben.
jamin Wright; electrical engineering
Solly Bowden. Bedford Brown, Jessie
Lilies; mechanical engineering, Felix
Crutchfield, George Davis, Edward
Smith; textile industry, William Ben
nett; electrical engineer, Numa Stansel