The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1910-01-13
UNIVERSITY NOTES.
D.. David Starr Jordan Delivers
McNair Lectures Short Course
in Pharmacy-Other Items.
respoEuence OF The ttoDesonian.

in Pharmacy-Other Items.
Correspondence OF The ttopesoIan.
Chapel Hill, Jan. 10-Dr. David
Starr JOrGal4, l'i'eS.,.- A. -.c...:.,.
Stanford, Jr., University, deliy-
cred tie McNalr Lectures Fri
day, Saturday and Sunday nights
N Gerard Hail. The aicNul..
Lectures were established by the
viii OF John CALVIN McNair, OF
the Class OF lS49. rhe lecture
fund became available in 13J5.
Inc first lectures We're delivered
by Professor Francis II. Smltn.
OF the University CT Virginia,
upon the subject, "God Manifest
in the Material Universe. Last
winter the lectures We're deliver
ed by DR.. +. L. Patton, ex-
president Of Princeton, upon
The Authority of the DlDie, the
i Church, and Christ Or. Jor-
dan spoke on the Stability of
Truth. Dr.. Jordan has for
twenty years Deen president OF
various universities. He is an
author of national, and d SCENT
list OF international, note. The
university was glad to welcome
to North Carolina centre of
education one CT the leaGing edu-
Gators of the country and one of
the foremost thinkers of his
times.
The department of pharmacy
Of the university is now offering
a course of instruction lasting
over a period Of four months for
those who have had three years
experience In a drug store and
. who wish to prepare themselves
for the State board of pharmacy
5 examination. The tees OF this
l course will be $40 a month. A
student registered for this course
e will have the advantage of all
4 the privileges Of the university.
1 The course, though very biief,
n will receive the painStaking at
e tention Of Prof. E. V. Howell.
e dean OF the school, and Mr.. j. G.
., Beard, instructor. This course
lis a decided departure for the
t pharmacy school and is Tor the
;, sake of the exrerlenced druggists
q who wish a highly concentrated
I course for four months.
q The registration has reached
!. the 800 mark.
= Examinations begin in ten
. days. The whole student body
. is hard at work preparing for
" these examinations.
The University Dramatic Club
presented "El Indiana" during
N the holidays at Sanford, Wash
ington, Hartford, and Elizabeth
City. In the caste were [. H.
Hughes, Joel McAden, Odom
W Alexander, John Reeves, L. N
le Taylor, and Stowe Grouse.
le DR.. c.. H. Hert, DR.. J. L. Mills
is and DR.. w. Deb. McNlder made
re addresses before the scientific
~ societies which met in Boston
is DR.. II. V. Wilson had a paper
p presented before the American
ar Society of biologists and DR.. j
ct J. Register before the Moderl
n Language Association. DIR. L
" L. Wilson read paper before
e. the epartment of libra
Iii RES of the Southern Educationa
It Association on The Librar,
I'd as an Educator. Prof. K. X
a Granam delivered an address
ne before the Association on high
". ar Education and Business. a" Thi
S: address was pronounced by TIT
d. Charlotte Observer to be til
ne strongest address Of the three
e days conference.
IN The delegates to the Interna
d. tiona! Student Volunteer Mis-
wv sionary Convention have return
ey ed from Rochester, n. 7. Tn
y. delegates were Prof. "A. IL. Pat
nd terson, Messrs. E. T.. Barrett, A
nd K. Morgan, ID. Il. Bryan, E. W
60 Turlington, Z. V. Stock ton, an
ut H. H. Hargett.