The farmer and mechanic., 1912-07-02

first thing issued was DR.. Talman's
Notes 10 old Persian Inscriptions.
The new catalogue and the semi
centennial Magazine are both in press,
and being pushed as fast as steam
ran drive them. No such estab-
lishment is connected with any other
college in the South
Students as Business Managers.
Though operated by private COM
pany, composed Of members Of the
faculty, the Press was really an ad
junct to the University proper, and
in the fall Of 1888 was incorporated
into the institution. The first four
years of its existence the shop was
operated at a financial loss to the
stockholders, and in 1897 re-
organization Of the company was ef-
fected. This newly organized COM
pany deemed it wise to issue the
work 10 students Of the college ex-
clusively, with President Venable
serving in the capacity Of managing
director and the direct supervision
Of the shop in the hands Of an active
manager w H. Thompson. DR.. E.
A. Abernathy, Of Chapel Hill; Rev.
Baylus Cade, Of Shelby; Or. c. o.
Abernathy, Of Raleigh; DR.. Hovis or
Charlotte: DR.. r. NJ. McIver, of Jones'
boro; H. B. Gunter, of Winston Salem;
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Gunter, Of South Carolina, and A. l..
M. Virgins, of Durham, for fifteen
years, each in their turn, served in
the capacity Of active manager OF
the University Press. According to
testimonials Of these respective man.
ayers the position of manager Of the
Press has proven far from being one
grand, sweet song" Herbert Gun
ter, editor Of the Winston Salem
Journal, declared it was a proud day
Of his life when he handed in his
resignation. He summed up the bene-
fits derived therefrom in these words:
Two things at least the University
Press did for me: it thickened my
skin SO that the ordinary kicking
rolls off me like water off a duck s
back, and it brought to me the belief
that each man-unless l am an ex-
ception-has a guardian angel that
helps him through many a hard place
in life. This belief was brought to
me through the medium Of two print
ers who had been seized by the
wanderlust and in their journey came
into my life at probably the darkest
places" Nixon S. Plummer, city edi-
tor Of the Greensboro News in his
Memoirs of a Print Shop Manager"
unQualifedly asserts that the most
pleasant experience during his career
as manager of the University Press
was the day that he passed up the
job, for he said, 'On that day l quit
dodgin' the customers Of the Press
This represents only one side Of the
career Of the manager of a college
print shop, and is characteristic Of
the. life Of any man who once dips
the tips of his fingers in printers ink.
Turning to the other side Of the pic
ture we view the valuable training
which the managers of the Press have
acquired, and can, to a certain ex-
tent at least, attribute their success
in after life to the exacting train
ing received from the diligent labor
attendant upon administering the af-
/ fairs Of college print shop.
Some Of Those Trained
Then, too the University Press has
been instrumental in giving valuable
training to those who have for the
| past eighteen years gone out from
| the institution and made good in
/ Journalism. Some have been directly
benefited by the technical training
afforded. while others have sought
the kindly influence Of the Press while
they labored on the editorial boards
of the Magazine and The Tar Heel
OF the young alumni who have gone
into Journalism as a life work, and
who can in part attribute their success
to training received on the publica-
tions and in the University Press are:
q. S. Mills of the New York Evening
Sun; Charles 2. Russell. Of the New
! York Call: Herbert 8. Gunter, editor
of the Winston Salem Journal; w. E
Yelverton, managing editor of The
News and Observer: S. W. kluttZ
of the New York World; \. S. Plum
mer. city editor Of the Greensboro
News; Y. L. Stevenson, of the Char
lotte Observer; S. H. Farabee, city
editor of the Raleigh Evening Times
L. A. Brown, Washington CORE
spondent Of The News and Observer
J. B. Goslen, editor Of the Winston
Republican; S. H. Lyle, Of the Frank
lin Express; s. W. kenney, editor Q
the Windsor Ledger; p. L. st. Clair
editor of the Sanford Express; w. 3
, Thompson, editor Of the Chapel Hill
News; T. p. Nash, of the Charlott
News: Q. j. Coffin, of the Charlott
Weekly Observer; Isaac London, edi