The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-05-03

died. 27, 1885. He had oeen
president wenty-seyen years ana was
held in the highest esteem. ne a.
tendance fell to ninety-six IN 1880. ~
this emergency a sale was mace o
;rs West Tennessee lands ana an en-
fund OF $150,OOO was req
iZcd after paying all DEBTS. sIVo'oop
of this was invested IN oanh s,oeH
pay'ng 8 per cent dividends. GoVefiloi
was elected President ana lhe
institution entered upon d pe1iou =
great prosperity.
Its faculty included a number O
s~inguiarly gifted men: William Hoop
CT. James Phillips. Elisha Mltcnell'
VIM. NJ. Green, Charles +. Deems,
Manuel E'etter. j. DEB. Hooper anu
Walker Anderson.
Wake Forest College
Wake Forest College was chartered
as Wake Forest Institute, a
manual labor school. IN 1855.
Rev. Samuel Wait was elected fresi-
dent. He had then been c~anVasslhs
the State from house to mouse Tor Two
years in the interest OF the baplist
State Convention, Including eauI@-
ton. After his election as President
he continued this work another year
This was probably the first and Il ost
thorough educational canvass ever
made in the State. The College was
opened in 1884 with $3.50, and TWEEN
ty-fiye boys whose number increased
to seyenty-two the second session. me
faculty were Or. Wait. hoTna Mere
dith, John Armstrong and Charles K.
Merriam. Its collegiate Charter was
granted IN 1888. The needs OF the
College We're kept steadily before the
denomination and considerable sums
were received for its use. A loan OF
$4,000, from the Literary Fund in
1871, was found necessary. This was
-nv,;l -: q fAvy - with interest.
\ division among the Baptists
which began in 1927 caused much
bitterness. Joshua Lawrence in a
pamphlet signed "Clod Hopper" Wig
orously opposed the original Charter
TO this College. 1t passed only by
Speaker, of the Senate. and was not
even exempt from taxation.
Davidson College
March /. 1887. The faculty
consisted OF Rev, p. Il. Morrison,
d. d. President. Rev. z. J. Sparrow
and Mortimer d. Johnston. There
were eleven graduates Of the first
class in 1910. The Institution was
organized in Concord P~resbytery, at
Prospect Church, Rowan County,
March, 1885. Bethel Presbytery,
South Carolina. and Morganton Pres
bytery Joined in the enterprise.
L flfty thousand OOlttifS We're
secured b. August 25. 1885,
and the college was named after Cen
eral william Davidson. There were
forty students IN 1870.
Greensboro Female College
Greensboro Female College was
chartered IN 1898. when there was
only one institution in the State for
the higher education of women The
Virginia NJ. e. Conference ia 1897 ap-
pointed as trustees Moses Brock,
Hezekiah G.. Leigh, William Compton.
Samuel S. Bryant. Peter Doub, John
Hauk, James Reid, Bennett T. Blake.
and William 4. Pell. It Is claimed to
be the first college for women char
tered in North Carolina. and the sec
ond south Of the Potomac.
The influence OF the ~anvass OF
the State for Wake Forest and David
son Colleges. IN creating general In
terest IN education, has not received
due recognition from any writer Of
our history. The house to house
Itinery OF those able men. Of necessity
greatly Influenced public sentiment
The Eplscopalians projected a school
or Seminary intended to be opened
at Raleigh In January. 1894. It's OBJ
ject was to afford a good education
at q moderate expense. The original
plan was abandoned but it's splendid
development as ST. Mary's into y
NV ut
Of the Caroiinas warrants the cony,c-
ton that it bore a part In creatine
that sentiment which gave final sue
| cess TO the Common Schools.
Internal improvements.
An act Of the Assembly was nassau
in 1919, ito create a fund for inter-
nal improvements, and to establisf, q
board for the management thereof
Internal Improvement meant i'm
proved transportation. though some
attention was given 70 The drainage
Of swamp lands Previous to 1ase
nearly $500, 0oe had been expended ar
this fund, without profit. except sl1a-
100 on the Roanoke and Cape Fear
Rivers, and s27.952 for roads. The
Roanoke and Cape Fear Navigation
Companies and the Buncombe Turn
| pike road were paying dividends. The.
injudicious dissipation of the annua,
income, about $4,000, among many
objects, and the consequent lack OF