The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-01-13

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ington. n. c.: Miss May Hendren. New
bern: Mrs. J. A. Brown, Chadbourn;
Miss irwin Paylor, High Point; Mrs.
Y. Miller, Gastonia; Mrs. lsaac
Morganton; Mrs. I. W. Lingle.
Mrs. E. r. MichauA,
Miss Elizabeth Schuf-
berg, Southern Pines, Mrs. w. +. Par
ham. Henderson; Mrs. Al Falrbrotner'
Greensboro; Miss Edith Royster, Raj
eieh: Miss Daisy benson, Raleigh;
Mrs. Harlee Townsend. Fayettevti!e,
and Mrs. W. G. Rogers, Charlotte.
Good Road Address.
Better Roads, a national good roads
magazine published at Dayton. Ohio.
carries in full the address OF Acting
President Edward K. Graham, deliv-
cred before the fifth annual coEven
ton Of the Southern Appalachian Good
Roads Association in Ashev1lie. the
Relationship OF College n Uni
yersities to the GOOd Roads Move
u,ents' WAS the title Of the speech.
The same unb Of the Better Roads
gives publicity to an article by state
Geoiogtst Joseph Hyde Pratt on the
.Status and Duties Of the Road En-
eineer'' Among other things IN the
article that Dr.. Pratt enunciates
straight from the shoulder. this pare
| graph stands out conspicuous: No
frst-c}Axs, self-respecting engineer
will go into q county or township,
| and stay there. who Is not given ruu
powers in regard to the selection OF
the details OF the location, and the
sooner all ideas Of selfishness and
politics, as connected with the loce-
ton Of the public roads. are left out
Of the matter. the sooner North Caro-
lima will have a system OF public
roads which Will be a public benefit
and not a public burden"
Among the sons Of Carolina paying
a visit to their alma mater during
the past week were: z. f.. Winslow.
OF Rocky Mount: Pat Mullican, OF
Winston-Salem; Kenneth Tanner, Of
Rutherfordton; Louis Graves, Of New
York City; Cameron MacRae. Of
Greensboro; Thomas Battle, of Rocky
Mount: Don MacRae, Of Thomasville:
Fred Morrison OF Salisbury: Guy
Phillips, of Raleigh, and Edgar Story,
OF Blowing Rock.
DR.. Charles L. Raper, head OF the
department OF economics OF the Uni
yersity, is among the speakers on the
program OF the celebration Of Found
ers' Day at the University OF South
Carolina coming on the date OF Janu-
ary Is, In Columbia.
Univcrsity's True Standard.
| A president OF a great Northern
university says that the true standard
Of 4 weil-functioned State university
is two-fold-that Of setting ideals anl
training the States future citizenship
! within the college walls and that Q;
! creative h~elpfulness and scholars
Noteworthy in connection with thi,
G commentary as to a universities tru'
: mission is the recent statement ad
e yanced by DR.. s.. c. Mitchell, OF Fir
Q ginia, formerly president Of the Uni
versisy OF South Carolina, in which
he asserted that the University 0
North Carolina is doing the ines
3 constructive work OF any uHtvessit
: in the South.
y The achievements OF the Universit
faculty in the advancement OF scienc
and literature, cooperating with nat
- ional organizations in these two field
Of learning, have contributed I'm
:. rlersely in gaining for the Cniversit
- the recognition accorded the inst
tuition As being iii the forefront j
constructive work in the South. TT
ae activities Of the faculty during til
~ recent holidays in scientific and litel
80 AIRY meetings OF national breadth a
- tests the merits of their work in ma
parts of the country.
At the sessions Of the America
NJ Pathological Association. held in 30
Of ton, Mass, Or. G. W. Balm. head Of ii
,el department of Greek of the Unive
nd sity. was chosen chairman Of IL
,e- Southern division Of the national o
ms ga%niZation. The Southern wing Of tt
No organization was formed at the 30
no ton meeting during the Christrn
he holidays. Other members Of the III
Inn yersity faculty attending the sessio
nd of this association were DR.. Geor
Howe, DIT. W. ID. Toy, DR.. Re
he Brown, Dr.. j. NJ. Booker and Prof.
he L. Parker.
the The meetings OF the national ASS
Ain Citations of P~harmacoloGy n Biolo
me held in Philadelphia were attend
ide by DIR. w. Is. McNider. professor
W pharInac0logy, and DR.. H. Y. Wills,
.ac professor Of zoology. DR.. McNider
,tas one Of The directors of the Americ
Association Of pharWacology and re
D paper at the meeting.
Irs Prof Collier Cobb and DR.. w.
nes Cocker attended the meetings of
American Association for the !
nity vanccment Of Science. conveniI-g
Atlanta, Ga. during the latter part
December. Professor Cobb read
paper on the subject of "FhySiOo.