The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-11-08
A GLIMPSE AT CAROLINA
ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO
Some Early Publications. The First Press at New
Bern. James Davis and the North Caro-
lima Magazine
lima Magazine.


famous Resolves of Mecklenburg coun-
ty. Boyd was a son OF Rev. Adam Boyd,
and was born in 1888. He had classical
attachments. He became a minister of
Continental Army. His paper suspended
early in the war. He was Judge Advocate
of First North Carolina Regiment in the
Continental line in 1777. He came of
Presbyterian stock, but entered the Epis-
copal ministry, and served in Augusta,
Ga, in 17911799. He died at Natchez,
Miss, in 1890. There were three papers in
the North Carolina Colony before the first
War of Independence. While some of
what have given is accessible to all, l
have availed myself of an elaborate and
useful volume OF so large octave pages,
published in 1891, on The Press of North
Carolina in the Eighteenth Century"
from the careful. discriminating pen of
DR.. Stephen B. Weeks, a distinguished
graduate OF the University of North Caro-
lima, and q most estimable native of our
State. DR.. Weeks is, / think, a native
of Elizabeth City. l was visiting the
University when he was graduated IN
1883.
The Quarterly Record of the University
OF North Carolina for September. con-
tains items of interest that may entertain
many Of your readers who may not see
{. 1t rejoices the real friends CT this
growing and widening and venerable in
stltution OF learning to know of its pro-
gress and steady increase i'll patronage
It had 5S2 students in its first month in
the new term for the Fall of 1903, and it
will probably reach not less than Gao stu
dents during the year. Its total for the
last year was sos. 1t has 49, Freshmen.
The average OF this cass in age IL 10
years, 212 months, which is more than it
was hack N the fortes. 1t is pleasant to
know that North Carolina is awake and
'ppreciative, and furnishes so per cent OF
he students-all but 80 from other
States. OF other States, South Carolina
eads with &c. New York is second with
/; Pennsylvania and Virginia furnish 5
each. OF North Carolina counties Orange
leads with 80: Wake second with 25: New
Hanover does excellently, sending II. OF
he whole body OF students 64l. per cent
ire members OF churches. Methodists
lead with 1872. The Presbyterans come
next with 40; the Baptists third with
l16, and Episcopalians fourth with 102.
Christians, Hebrews, Lutherans, Roman
Catholics, Moravans, Reformed, DiscI-
PIES Congregationolists and Unitarians
are ali represented. The University has
a long list of its men who are at work in
The Graded Schools of this State OF the
81 who We're graduated in June last, IS
are teaching. Only one is connected with
4 newspaper. Probably they do not like
| The Faber, or are impressed with the
TACT that men do not get rich in that bust
ness il our State. Many OF the Faculty
were active in delivering lectures and add
dresses during the last twelve months.
Many of the students are employed in
positions of responsibility. A $4,000
dwelling is to be erected by the Y. NJ.
G. Association.
On June 18th last, the University of
Pennsylvania conferred on President Ven
able the degree of Doctor of Laws. The
last Summer School was pronounced sue
cess. Forty-four courses were given, in
Guiding vide range Of subjects from the
common schoo. to the college. The in
structors were teachers of large expert
encc. each one a specialist III his subject.
About two hundred students were IN at
tendance during the session, larger mum
Der than usual. Among the Alumni there
were nine deaths for the year ending with
September, 1908 and one reported that or.
CURED III 1902, that of Rev. Daniel T.
Towles, an estimable Presbyterian minis
ter. ] was at the University with him,
and recall him with pleasure, although I
have not seen him in fifty-five years
Harpers Weekly is of the opinion that
book criticism has become very prevail
ent vice Words fifty spoken. The
abuses are enormous, and but few Of tho
critical deliverances as to the quality and
character of books are trustworthy or
sane. The Weekly says easy methods
have been invented and 1.-The very
easiest is to write the review without
reading the book Many of the publish
ed opinions are value'ess because false AMI
prejudiced. Some of the worst. the least
sound opinions are by critics o. distin
guished parts like Swinburne, Henley.
Gossa and Saintsbury. How can the
lesser lights or the small fry" be trusted
OR regarded as authoritative: The more
read of criticism upon currenr fiction.
the more I am satisfied with resolution
formed WITHIN tnree or IOur SedIS-to
read no work that is not fully a year old.
got the hint from two famous writer's
oro a great favorite with me. Thomas
Carlyle. He said no book should be read
before it was two years Old Ralph
Waldo Emerson, the literary and phlioso-
phic apostle and idol of the New England
iterati, borrowed Carlyle's idea to the ex-
tent Of saving that book should not be
read until it had reached years age. BY
acting On this rule ] have already escaped
the reading OF productions that 1 might
otherwise have wasted time in reading.
have seen within four years a dozen or
twenty novels SO very much exalted and
so eagerly announced that | was at first
tempted to read some of them. l FORUM
ately waited, and with the result of losing
all desire or purpose to read them. I
could cite them here if necessary. | found