The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-10-16
UNITED FOR STUDY
Splendid Progress Made
at the University.
Brief Sketches of the Societies of this
Noble Institution Organized For
the Purpose of United
Research.
ESPECIAL to News and Observer. }


Chapel Hill n. c., oct. 15.-With
between six and seven hundred stu
dents in daily attendance the Universe
ty is going forward in the great pur-
pose for which it was foun led. All
evidence of this NAV be seen from the
many societies now organized and il.
working operation in the several de-
partments of the University.
The Dialectic and Philanthropic Lit
erary societies. the second or third
Oldest OF their kind in America. meet
each Saturday night. These societies
are. perhaps, in the best condition they
have been in for years. They repro
sent about -fourths of the stu
dents in college. and each has about
one hundred and fifty members at
each meeting. AT these weekly moet.
ings the members debate some live
interesting question now before the
people of our country. and in these
discussions you will find and hear
speeches az strong logically and as
convincing as can be found in any
University in the country. All stu,
dents of the University are invited to
become members, but their joining is
entirely volunteer.
The n. c. Historical Society. in the
the Department Of History, is the old.
est society of its kind in North Caro-.
lima, and ranks high among the old.
est of the country. This society was
organized in 1S43 by Governor David
l.. Swain. then president of the Uni
versity, and flourished till the Univer.
sity closed 1t was reorganized in
1875 by the Father of the UNIVERSE.
ty," the venerable and beloved DR.
Kemp p. Battle, now Professor OF
History in the University. This socie.
ty meets once each month. at which
time papers on research and observa-
tory history, are presented. The So
ciety held its first meeting for this
year last Monday evening at 1880 .
M, and the following papers were
presented: A Visit to Marathon. by
DR.. Eben Alexander, late United States
Minister to Greece; The First Survey
by the United States of the North
Carolina Coast, by Professor Collier
Cobb; A Review of Osgood's "The
American Colonies in the Seventeenth
Century, by DR.. c. L. Raper. These
papers were of the highest order and
very entertaining.
The Elisha Mitchell Scientific So.
ciety in the Department of Sciences,
is more than hale century old. and
stands as a monument to DR.. Mitch
ell This society was organized and
is used for research and experimental
work by it's members in the depart
ment of Science.
The one hundred and fifty-fiftt
meeting and the first for this year,
was held last evening in the Chemical
Lecture Room. The program consist
ed in the presentation Of the following
papers: The Construction of a
Double Six, by DR.. Archibald Hendcr-
son: The Geological History of Curri-
tuck Banks, by Professor Collier Cobb,
Molecular Attraction, by DR.. j. E.
Mills
The Shakespeare Club. in the De,
partment of English Literature, was
organized in 1885. This club was or
gained by our scholarly Professor of
English Literature, DR.. Thomas
Hume. Since its organization il has
been a very important factor in COL
lege life, giving impulse and guidance
to scholarly investigation of the great
dramatist. The most important aim
is to offer an opportunity for a COM
parative study of dramatic literature
of the ancient and modern languages
This club has a small collection or
special reference books. 1t holds its
meetings monthly in the University
chapel.
The Phliogical Club, which consists
of the instructors and advanced stu
dents in the language departments of
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