The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-12-09
UNIVERSITY MEN
COMPOSITE BODY
The 600 Students There Rep-
resent All Glasses
RELIGIOUS AFFILIATIONS
Embrace Every Creed Almost
MethodistS Predominatinu
With Baptists a Good Sec
ond, These Two Constituting
Over Half-Motes of Current
Events at Chapel Hill.
(By 5. X.

Chapel Hill, Dec. 6.-Figures brjst-
ling interest are those compiled from
the registration books of the Univer-
Sity of North Carolina exhibiting the
occupations and religious affiliations
Of the parents of the 900 students en-
rolled. AS gathered by the classif.
cations according to occupations and
church membership every walk OF
life industrially is represented and
every known creed has an exponent
in the student body. The classification
as TO occupations Of parents by num-
her are: Farming 266, merchandise
ing l44, law Sc, medicine so, minis
try "a, manufacturing 33. govern
mcnt service 80, real estate %, teach
ing -. railroading Is, contracting II,
banking IL, travelling statesmen 10. in
surance Is. lumber -, druggists IL,
mechanics II, tobacco ., journalism
8. bookkeeping ,, livery s. dentistry
!. cotton buying 4. jewelry 4, hotel 3.
engineering 3, brokerage :, chemis-
Try =, automobiles =. photography 2,
fishing = promoting 1 and tailoring1.
ClasSificatiOns aS to religious aft
liations of parents indicate that all
creeds and religious doctrines find
favor here. AS for many years, the
Methodists head the list and their
NiIlD Ill SSdSoI 10 80 oh AOtc
PA, Presbyterians LAG, E~piscopalians
10S. Christians 16, Hebrews Is, uni
versalists 2, Christian Scientists !,
Unitarians 2. Moravians 5, German
Reformed 3, Friends 8, Adventists 2,
Roman Catholics 8, Holiness ]. Luth-
Grams II, Armenian ! and Conerega-
tionalist 1.
Commencing the religious attitude
al the student body, Acting Presi-
dent Edward X. Graham, in his Uni
versity Day speech, said: mo analy-
sis of the genuinely live interests OF
the present student body could leave
out of account their strong religious
interest nor fail to note that this
takes tangible form in an active
curiosity in practical
and an active concern in maklng l
prevail, rather than in a claim of neg
ative virtue
Oscar Leach, president OF tn
University greater council,
that DR.. l.. b. McBrayer, secretar!
Of the Board of Health OF Ashevlile
and a member of the State Board Q
Medical Examiners, will deliver al
address before the student BODY De
cember II, on the topic OF .freVen
tive Medicines" DIR. McBrayer ha
been the propelling force in the noun
tain city in promoting safeguards 10
better health conditions, n his vlsl
To the University village purpOrt
that the college boys will nave tneI
attention directed to improved metn
DDS for obtaining better health cOhui
tions in their communities. :.
DeBerniere Whitaker, a teacher l
the Raleigh graded schools IN 1913.
now engineer Of the spanish l.ieIl
can Iron Company, Of santiago, ouoe
is IL contributor to the NOVe1hDe
number of The Engineering Magazin
20 NJ, VII Iitx- t(N1lhQn lTOn-DI
Reserves" is his theme, n ne J
in declaring that three Oh
lion tons of iron ore are Tree lroi
trust control close to the Eastern sea
ports Of the United States. Inc eol
tor of the engineering puDllcatio
prefaces Mr.. Whitaker,s article Wit
n statement that in view OF IN
present urgent inquiry into the exter
and control of irOn resources ava1
able for American industry near IN
American seaports. almost tree Iroi
the control OF the United states Ste
Corporation. has a significance ths
needs no emphasis Mr.. Whitakt
concludes his treatise of the suble'
with this emphatic paragraph: IT
question of the quantity OF iron OF
known 10 exist within reach OF tf
steel plants of the United States an
its ownership is now being invest
gated by the government IN It's Su
for the dissolution of the onlte
States Steel Corporation. AS II
availability of the Cuban ores for II
use of the furnaces situated near tf
Atlantic seaboard has been IuI
demonstrated by the Pennsyivan
Steel Company and the Bethlehe.
Steel Company. ii is interesting.
note that "the trust" controls lie
than : per cent of the three and
quarter billion tons of raw materi
listed above
Mr.. Whitaker is Il graduate OF II