The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-06-18
DR.. K. BATTLES
UNIVERSITY LIFE
Valuable Book Soon To
Be Issued.
OTHERS TO FOLLOW
The Distinguished and Cultured FORM
or President OF the University OF
North Carolina VIII Enrich
the states Literature With
Three New

NODIn SdTOIiLh WIN -
the states Literature With
Three New Books.
DR.. Kemp 2. Battle. the distin-
guished former president Of the Uni
( versity Of North Carolina, ami now the
Alumni Professor of History in that
institution. is spending a few days in
the city. the CUES of his son, DR.. K.
P. Battle, Jr., and goes from here to
Edgecombe county TO visit relatives.
DR.. Battle is here to look after the
final revision Of the proof sheets OF a
book which is to be issued from the
presses OF Edwards & Broughton with
in the month, this being "A History Of
h University Of North Carolina from
1883 to 1865" which will graphically
tell of this Institution during those
years. including the times of Cover
nor Swain. in this also being a full his
tory of the "old university"
The publication Of this book by DR..
Battle who for SO many years was the
head Of the University, and h since
that time has been in the closest touch
$1,000 - - - 49, ~ $1,000 ~
wide interest, for wherever there are
University men, and they or their de-
s~cendants will perhaps be found in
every State in the Union, the
Of the book Will be awaited with the
keenest anticipation. While Or. Bat
tie was in the city an opportunity WAS
sought to ak with him about the pub
lication, and what he said of it will be
read with interest in many quarters.
Being asked to tell something of the
book DIR. Battle said:
DIR. Battle Tells of His Book.
THE history Of the University of
which | am The author will deal with
the intimate life of the institution, and
the volume will be quite 700 pages,
with some thirty or forty engravings.
the subject matter dealing with the
University from 1889 to 1868. The
text will deal with affairs in the Uni
versity and with the doings Of distin-
guished men who have gone out from
it's walls, while there will also be chap
tiers telling Of life in the village Of
Chapel Hill. The e~ngravings in the
ook will be of the old faculties, the
old buildings and localities, and the
old diplomas issued. I will follow up
this volume with another telling Of
the University from 1868 to the pres
ent time, and in this I will give mary
personal "reminiscences, while I ala
also getting ready to issue a book
which is to be my own memoirs, and
this will largely be g history OF the
State in my time.
The first volume should be out in
two or three weeks and there Will be
but one thousand copies, these to sell
at three dollars each. Already there
is a very large list OF subscribers, and
If the demand continues I expect the
edition will be very soon exhausted. I
n m rnV- n n at In q q ~ a Y,nnn6iv 1xrhfaI,
will contain the names of all the grad
yates from 1889 to 1868, with other
notes of interest, and most kindly DR..
De Roulhac Hamilton is preparing an
index which will be very full.
Complete in All Details.
1.-The volume will contain a COM
plete history Of the University, with
sketches Of all the professors, telling
also of the various mode of discipline,
the pranks of the boys, and the social
life of the University n the village
Of Chapel Hill. / tell things as they
really occurred and there is no gloss
ing over, the faults and mistakes be-
ing told as we'll as the good things.
One chapter l devote entirely to my
recoiiections of the forties. and l am
certain this will be agreeable reading
TO every M In the book I mention
all the men who were distinguished
at the University, as we'll as those who
became distinguished afterwards,
showing what became of them. and
there are many in both classes. In
this connection [ show the fallacy in
the popular belief hat those men who
do we'll when young do not amount 70
much afterwards, for I tell of high
honor men at the University and of
the success which they achieved in
after life.
The University and TfS CfP1oroIaS
Il give a history of the struggles of
the University, and of the financial
difficulties which confronted it. in this
connection giving a full history Of the
procuring of the recognition from Ten
nessee of the land warrants which be-
longed to the University, these cover
ing lands in Tennessee, which escheat-
ed to North Carolina came to the Uni
versity before the making of Tennes-
see, and which that State hello was it's
property.
Some Creamy Editorials.
"A most interesting part of the vol
ume is that which tells of the Harbin-
ger, the only newspaper ever edited
by the faculty, his being in 1893 and
1884. I give in this connection alb
stracts of some of the editorials, such
as Whether Turkey Buzzards are
Guided by Scent or by Sight and one
concerning the meteOrS of 1893, when
there was a wonderful display of this
phenomena.
The Second Volume Material.
For the second volume which 1 will
later issue | have a rare fund of ma
terial, and this is to bring the history
of the University to the present time.
| ave a very large collection in my
scrap books, and there are the cata-
logues to which reference can be
made. During this time my personal
recollections will add to these and l
expect 1t will be a volume of the pres
ent that will prove Of some interest.
especially to those who have touched
University life at any point. l will en-
deavor to make this complete in every
way possible.
His Own Memoirs.
Later l will issue a book giving my
own memoirs. which will be in reality
a history of the State in my own time.
In it will be the biographies of men
prominent in the life of the State.
and a review of the public
questions with the men who were &C
tors in events of great moment As
private secretary to Governor Vance |
lac much opportunity to be in touch
with Tho o1,antc ~ -