The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-09

for a year or two, prospered greatly
| In 1912 DR. York resigned and Rev
| Il. Craven, then nineteen years old
| was elected To take charge. His salary
| for the first year was two hundred
dollars guaranteed, and all the schoo
might earn over that amount
From 1913 to 1850 the gross income
of the school averaged about $1,000
and the average attendance was about
one hundred.
In 1851 the school was re-charterec
under the name of Normal College
and was taken under the supervision
of the State. the Governor of the State
being made eX-officio president of the
board OF trustees The object of this
arrangement was TO secure better
grade of teachers for the common
schools. A certificate from this col
lege was lawful evidence of qualfica-
ton to teach IN the public schools.
The institution became very popular.
under that arrangement, and the stu
dent body greatly increased. During
the Normal period, from 1851 to 1859,
the average number of matriculations
was 1917, and the average gross income
about $4,000 per annum.
In 1857 the Methodist Conference,
at salisbury, endorsed the institution
and appointed a committee to visit
the college. In 1858 the charter was
again amended, giving the college au-
thority to confer degrees. In that
year the trustees borrowed S10OOO
from the State Literary Fund, which
Was used for building purposes. In
lS56-'5S the management of the coll
lege was transferred to the North
Carolina Conference, and It's name
changed to Trinity College
The gross average income per an
mum from 1859 to 1862 was $500.
and the number of students averaged
2O4. When the war came on DR..
Craven resigned as president. and
Prof. W. T. Gannaway was placed in
charge of the college. After the war.
in 1865, DIR. Craven was reelected
president. which position he held un-
til November Z, 1882, when death re-
leased him from his heavy work.
Prof. w. II. Pegram was appointed
chairman of the faculty until the
trustees elected Rev NJ l.. Wood, d.
D., president, in 1888. DR. Wood al
the close of the term i'm 1884, resigned.
a this time the college was very
much embarrassed, but by the united
efforts of three men. MesSrs. Julian
) Carr j. w. Alspaugh and James A.
Gray, the hard hitch was broken and
the college, under the management OF
the faculty, made considerable pro-
greSs. and confidence was restored. In
fS86-'S1 Rev. j. +. Crowell. being the
president, the standard of instruction
was raised, and. until the removal OF
the college to Durham ii continued To
prosper.
The world knows what Trinity is to-
day, with it's magnificent buildings
and princely endowment AS a tall
oak from a little acorn grew, in the
case of Wake Forest. so, truly, 1t may
be said. large stream from a little
fountain flowed, in the case of Trinity
College. Both are grand institutions
rich and powerful, and are not.
nope, ashamed Of the fact that they
were born poorsand raised hard.
They represent two of the largest
religious denominations I'm the coun-
try. and are what they are because
OF the sturdy manhood and consecrat-
ed Womanhood which constitute the
of those great religious
families. May those families continue
to Increase and their colleges continue
to prosper
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About the time of this writing, July
4th, 1905. IL o'clock a. m. the wealth