The farmer and mechanic., 1915-10-12
EX-MAYOR OF NEW YORK
TO SPEAK AT UNIVERSITY
Special 10 Tne News and Observe )


Chapel Hill. Oct. 9.-An announce |
ment Of unusual interest came from |
the presidents Office TO-DAY. George |
y. Mcclellan, eX-mayOr Of New York |
and one time STRONGLY endorsed a
Democratic candidate for President OF
the United States Will deliver tn.
We'll Lectures in American Ci-.7cn-
ship" at the University OF North caro-
lima next March. NJ Mcclellan i
now professor OF economic history in
Princeton University: ard. for several
years has been voted the most po0-
nlar professor there He served the
Democratic party in the National
Congress fer eight years and for TWO
years as mav0r OF New York Cir&
wNich is the busiest post in the Uni
If TIE President
"Mr. McTlellan is without peer
in the United States in the field o-
economic history" said DR. Archi-
bald Henderson. chairman of the Uni
verSity lecture Committee. "'Thn Sc
ries of lectures which he will deliver
here March 20. 80. 81 bids fair To
constitute one Of the most in7nortan'
events Of the year at the University
Mr.. Mcclellan IS, moreover. On an
thOritv on Italian politics and city
Government. and is the author OF
numerous books on these subjects"
The lectureship that Mr. Mcclellan
| fne is the one held last year by ex
| President Taft This lectureSf , IS en-
titled the We'll Lectures in american
| C'tvanship" It was founded last
| Snring nv the families of Sol and
! Horny Well Of Coldshoro. y c., for
| roanv years devoted friends and henn-
| factors Of the University. ana them
| selves inspiring eyamplarS Of the best
| u,aliteS of American citi2enShip. Rv
| means OF This fonr0ation. tn" students
Of The University will have the OpDor-
trnity of coming in direct contac,
| with the best possible exno ostt'nns o.
| American political thou ught, delivered
nv some Of the leading authorities o.
ri,n country.
! The object Of the We'll LectureShiy
is TO round ont series Of lecture:
| which are already given OF which arr
to be given at the University. Fi~s
in order Of this series. comes 9Th
| McNair TectureS' on s"i~nce and re
Eeion The lecture fund for this wa
| established bV the VIII OF Holm Cat
vim McNair Of f'oe class Of '249. an
| first used in 1908 The ei"ht serie
: delivered up to date. include IN
rames of such prominent persons a
Dr Francis Smith Of the IrniverSit
of Vireinia: President Francis +. Pat
ton. of the Princeton Theoioeica
t Seminary: President David starr Tor
? dan. Of leland Stanford. .1r Tniv"r
! sitv California: Or. Henry NanDykt
l OF Princet on University: PrnSid dent AT
: thur Hadley. OF Yale: DR.. Franci
! Peabody. Of Harvard: Preeder
t George Vincent OF the University {
1 Minnesota: and in 1915. DIR. Joh
2 Dewey of Columbia University. TIL
year DR. r. !. f. Woodbridge. dea
l Of the graduate school and prof"sso
Of philosophy at Columbia, will dc
liver the lectures during the lat-e
> part Of Fehrnarv His suhiect ha
not been definitely announced.
The second series Of lectures wa
y founded last year The purposes {
l this lectureshiD are to promote schO
arship and TO bring the institution
= concerned into a closer relationshi
= through exchange OF ideas in regar
- TO all vital problems affecting a moo
< ern university. The lectures for tn
J wear have not been announced nv tE
Comu1it@ee on University Lectures
- which Or Archihal IN HENDERSON
e chairman. The evchanre lecturer
. the University for 1a14-1a15 was Dea
>, w. NJ Thornton Of tn" University
= VIRGINIA. Dr ,. Vnnah'e. o. y
University Of North Carolina deli
cred the lectures at the University
= South Caro1ira. This exchange le
~ 70 tnreshin by the wav. is between Nov
Carolina South Carolina, Virgin
~ and Vanderbilt.
- In add dition to the lectureshiDs 8
~ ready mentioned. another new one
- | 10 he cctahiichnd this year. II is
% ! he eSta hiiShed this venr II is 20
,, a lect,,rechiD on literature ana q
:, An announcements cf the date and I
IN sneaker will he gwen out Inv nr. He
- darson at the earliest possible m
of rnent.