Record Volume 55 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1907 edition. Excerpt: ... Number 55 Fifty Cents a Year October, 1907 UNIVERSITY DAY OPENING EXERCISES October twelfth is.the birthday of the University. Until last year, however, the celebration of the day consisted merely of a few short speeches and the reading of the president's annual report. But beginning with 1906 the day has assumed a new significance. It is safe to say that in a few years October twelfth will not only be the greatest day in the calendar at Chapel Hill but will be observed in all the public schools of the State. At 10:45 the student body, seven hundred and sixty strong, assembled in front of the Alumni Hall and grouped themselves in the following order: Post-Graduates, Seniors, Juniors, Sophomores, Freshmen, Law Students, Medical Students, and Pharmacy Students. The University Band struck up a lively air, and the procession, a half mile in length and headed by President Venable and Ex-President Battle, with the faculty and student body following, moved across the quadrangle to Memorial Hall where the exercises were held. President Venable made a short opening address, after which Dr. Thomas Hume offered prayer. Then followed the annual report by the president and the address by Dr. St. Clair McKelway, editor of The Brooklyn Kugle. ADDRESS BY DR. ST. CLAIR McKELWAY Dr. McKelway's theme was "The North and the South." He spoke as follows: "My Friends: 1 have been tempted and have resisted temptation. You and 1 are both indebted to the Governor of North Carolina for the fact that I was not tempted above that I was able to bear and that, thanks to the Governor, from this temptation I found a way to escape. I was earnestly movefl within myself to talk to you upon a subject by which North Carolina is affected fora time, under the observation of every...