The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-29
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Especial to The Messenger.)
Chapel Hill, n. c., September 26.-This
yea a series of lectures in Hygiene will
be given by various members Of the fac
les which they will discuss intimately
with Students. The course promises TO
be of great immediate and future value
to the students and citizens of the state.
AS may be seen from the titles Of the
lectures. it is concerned with the in
innate personal care Of the body. the
munity, and laws governing and regu-
lating the individuals in a community.
The first two lectures by DR.. Mangum
On ~"Cleanliness Internal and External
and Sleep will be given Immediately
after chapel. DR.. Mangum will also
lecture upon Exercise" and physical
Exercise" The gymnasium instructor.
Mr.. A. D. Brown, will lecture upon
'Physical Culture" Professor j. W.
Gore upon Lighting. Heating and
Clothing" DR.. Isaac H. Manning upon
PHYSIOLOGY of Digestion" Physiology
and the Circulation and Respiration"
and THE Physiology of the Nervous
System" DR.. Charles Baskerville will
lecture upon "Air and Ventilation" and
Water, Its Publication. and Sewage
Disposal" DR.. A. S. Wheeler will lee
ture upon Food and Food Adultera-
tons DR.. r. H. Whitehead will lee
ture upon Infection" "Disinfec-
ton" and preventive Medicine and
Genera Sanitation Judge McRae will
lecture upon Sanitary Laws, or Ones
Duty to his N%eighbor and Self"
AS usual about this time of year,
elections have been numerous. The
Senior class selected it's officers as fol-
lows:
Presidents. S. Robins, of Asheboro.
First Vice President-W. c. Rankin.
Second Vice ~President-E. A. Council.
Secretary-L. B. Lockhart.
Treasurer-R. NJ. Harper.
Orator-E. S. w. Cameron.
Prophetic. P. Russell.
Historian-W. E. Pharr.
Poet-C. E. Belts.
The Sophomores chose c.. A. Cochran
as PRESIDENT; Leslie Yelverton, captain
Of class foot ball team, and Joseph Arm
strong. of Wilmington, manager.
The lawyers elected A. w. Haywood,
Jr., of Haw River to preside over them.
The other class elections will tax place
soon.
The German club elected yesterday
afternoon the following officers.
M. G. Station, Tarboro, president.
Hal Worth, Asheboro, vice president.
Louis Rountree, New York city, sec
rotary.
Preston Cumming, Jr., Wilmington,
treasurer.
The date of the October german was
fixed for October Goth. Mr.. Thomas D.
Meares, of Wilmington was elected
leader for that german.
The S. A. E. Fraternity gave a very
pleasant informal dance at their hall
last night. 1t lasted from 9 to II p. m.
and the music was furnished by the
Chapel Hill orchestra. The following
were present:
Miss Nell Hinsdale, of Raleigh. Mr..
Berkeley.
Miss Mary Davis, of Raleigh, Mr..
Bahnson.
Miss Kate Meares, of South Carolina,
Mr.. Worth.
Miss Margaret Alexander, Mr.. Meares.
Miss Louise Venable, Mr.. Whitaker.
Miss Frances McRae, Mr.. Pace.
Miss Nellie Barbee, Mr.. Taliaferro.
Stays - Messrs Morrison, Kenan,
Brenizer, Albert Cox, Frances Cox,
Moses, Skinner, Ray Engel, Ralph
Engel, Jones, Calder, Grey, Stedman.
Chaperones-Mrs. j. w. Gore, Mrs.
Holohan, Mrs. Alexander.
While these other departments of the
college are stirring. the Young Mems
Christian Association was also not
| idle. At a meeting on Sunday, Septam-
| Der 10. about seventy-five new members
| made application for membership. On
the following Sabbath, over sixty men
| were enrolled in the Bible classes, Of
which there are ten, conducted by stu
| dents n faculty, in connection with
the association work. The building is
however the most important and alb
sorbing business now before the asso-
! citation. Plans are promising and the
| first car load of bricks will probably be
| ordered in a few days.
Mr.. D. NJ. Swink, of the class Of 1900,
| has recently been made manager of the
city power and electric lighting system
| of Newark, n. j.
Dr.. Venable has just returned from
Atlanta, where he went to attend a
| meeting of the executive committee of
the Southern Educational Association.
The department of chemistry Of the
| university has just been asked to fur
nish a man to fill the position Of labora-
tory assistant in chemistry at Cornell
! university. A similar position is held
| already by a young Wilmingtonian,
Reston Stevenson, of the Class Of 1902.
| TL;e Ia 81 n nn1ioarinn could not he filed
from the fact that men equipped for
such a position all have positions al
| ready. Though nine. UGH applicants
| have been furnished with men, twelve
more have had to be turned down.