The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-11-01
ROAD BUILDING At
TRINITY COLLEGE
GOVERNMENT MAY SEND EXPERTS
TO WORK on CAMPUS or
INSTITUTION.
BIBLE STUDY COURSES
STUDY OF THE NEGRO ~ THE DIS
TRICT OF colt Mia \ RE-
yIvAI. OFF ANTE uELLtM

Especial to The Richmond Nirginian.)
TRINITY COLLEGE. DURHAM,
n. c.. Oct, 3l.--An effort is being
made By the authorities of Trinity
College To have the goN eminent send
experts here to do road building on
the campus. The move IS to be made
more or less as a boost to good roads
in general and the college viii do
all In its power to bring the experts
here.
Never before in the history of the
college at one time has there been
so much improvement going on on
the campus, and, as the drfveways
and walks are receiving their full
share of Improvements, II IS no more
than proper that the experts come
at this time to do the road build
, ing.
The main driveway and the half
mile race track on the campus
! ranges from thirty to fifty feet in
stretches will cost a considerable
! amount OF money AT the 1911 COM
mencement Mr.. E. y. Duke donated
$4,000 for the improvement of the
! park. and 1t is out of this fund that
all the campus improy ements are
/ coming
/ Three courses in Bible study and
/ one In mission study are being or
/ ganized among the students of Trim
( ity College by committees appointed
J for the purpose by the Y. M. G. A.
I The courses that VIII be offered are
/ as follows; THE Social Significance
of the Teachings of Jesus, by Pro-
fessor J. w. jerks. Of Cornell Uni
versity 1t ia very probable that Or.
/ w H. Glasson, OF the department Of
I economics. will teach this class.
New Studies in Acts" will be
taught by some student Ten Great
Psalms" Will also be taught by n
! student The course in mission study
will be based on the text books. Ne
| gro Life IN the South by w, u.
Weatherford, OF Vanderbilt Cniyer-
sity. and will be taught Icy Professor
Il. G. Brooks. OF the Department Of
Education.
The Johns Hopkins studies in his
tory and political science announce
for early publication study of the
status Of the Negro in the District
Of Columbia by DIR. W. t. Iaprade,
\ of the department OF history OF Trim
itv College This was subject of
much controversy in ante-bel|un
days, and has never received a thor
ongh and an impartial study. DIR.
Iaprade has found much unused ma
! IFTiHl III Tue oiltidl icNoiO Us Az Lag
District Of Colu mbia, and his mono
graph viii brow eonsldera ole
light on the treatment of both the
free and the slave negro.
The regular meeting OF the His
torical Society WAS held last Monday
evening DR.. w X Boyd presil-
dent of the society, presided, and an
, nounced several gifts TO the society
museum These include the diplo'
matte correspondence OF the Repup-
lie Of Texas calendar OF the cor
! respondence of Van Buren, on NORTH
Carolina politics, the Quarterly OF the
Texas Historical Association, twelve
> very old and interesting deeds pre-
seuted by Or. J ]. Wolfe. and ar
amusing document called the Miner
Ten Com mandments, presented by r
: J. HARRISON. of the senior class. Inc
literary part of the program con
sisted in the reading or paper 0!
Mr.. w. NJ Mari, OF the graduate
department. on the Cherokee In
. dams In North Carolina"