The gold leaf., 1910-03-17
Letter from Chapel Hill.
To the Gold Leaf.

To the Gold Leaf
Chapel Hill, n. G., March Il, 1910.
DR.. Eben Alexander, Dean of-the Uni
versity Of North Carolina, died in Knox
vile, Tenn, last Friday. He was on a
leave of absence from the University and
was spending the time at his old home
i'll Knoxville. DR.. Alexander was born
in Knoxville, March 9, 1851. He entered
Yale in 1869. While there he was one
OF the most popular and prominent mem
member of Psi Upsilum, the Honor
Order of Skull and Bones, and the schol-
arehip society of Phi Beta Kappa.
After graduating he became tutor in
the University of Tennessee, later pro-
fessor of ancient languages and then
chairman of the faculty. He gave up this
position to become professor Of Greek at
the University of North Carolina in 1887
In 1898 President Cleveland appointed
him envoy extraordinary and minister
plenipOtentiary to Greece .Roumania and
Servia. His service as minister were
commended by leading newspapers in
Greece and America. One Of the many
good things that he did was to have a
part in the revival OF the great Olympic
Games
1T is far cry from the Acropols to
professors chair at Chapel Hill," says
his kinsman, Prof Z. p Moses, in Ashes
Biographical History, but when his
term OF office expired the diplomat
gladly put aside the business Of the ma
ton to take up again his work for the
young men of North Carolina" In 1897
he left the Greek Court to return to his
duties here. In 1900 he was elected Dean
OF the University, position which he
has since held with great honor. He
was buried Sunday afternoon in Knox
vile. Saturday all exercises in the Uni
versity We're suspended in honor OF this
scholar, diplomat and teacher.
vigorous evangelistic campaign was
conducted in the University last week
from Wednesday through Sunday by
four representatives of the International
Committee of the Y. NJ. C. A., ". D..
Weatherford, W. B. Willis, E. c. Mercer
and Clayton S. Cooper. WeatherfOrd
and Willis are student secretaries of the
South. Mercer is the man who has been
telling the story OF his life in the Univer-
sites of America. A graduate of the
University of Virginia, son of a prOmi-
nent Alabamian, with plenty of money
and bright prospects in life E. G. Mercer
drifted into a dissOlute life in New York
City and soon sank to the lowest depths
of New 1Orks degraded life. so low as
to steal the ring from his wife's finger
! to pawn for drink. He happened by
chance into the Jerry McAuley Mission
and like many another man in the New
York gutter, he was Influenced by the
| Mission to become a changed man. 1t is
| the story of this life and the power OF
! Christ to save that Mercer is telling in
| the American Colleges to-day. Cooper
| is the head of the Student Bible Study
work in the world. Under his direction
enrolment in the Colleges of America has
| grown from 10000 to over 10000
| Cooper is man of splendid intellectual
| gifts and makes tremendous appeal to
college men to study the Bible. In the
University to-day are $50 men volul-
tariiy enrolled in Bible classes.
! C. b. Mcintosh and F. n. Cox won out
| in the contest for places on the team to
represent Carolina in the thirtieth inter
| collegiate debate with tn. University oi
| Georgia This will be held in Chapel
Hill the night of April the eighth. The
same night and with the same question
and with the same side Carolina meets
Washington and Lee The same after
noon Carolina will meet on the diamond
in Greensboro, Durham or Raleigh, heI
old rival the University of Virginia
Manager b. Drain has prepared an ex
| cellent schedule OF 26 games with lead
ing colleges and universities of the
| North and South. Two games will be
played with Davidson and three with
Virginia.