Queens University of Charlotte - Coronet / Edelweiss Yearbook (Charlotte, NC)

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Faculty

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“Irutum Sfalmwt” %YONCERNING the early history of our Faculty we know very little, comparatively nothing. Our own Southland holds herself fortunate in claiming them for the most part as her sons and daughters, but for the birthplaces of some of these time- honored people we must look far away from their present dwelling place. From the land to the North came Yankee Doodle, with her unalterable notions of light bread and cold baths, while Bennie would fain be classed among the worshippers of “Lincoln and Grant.” As for Hugh Will, the historian, though a Northerner by birth, he has kept in mind the proverb concerning the Prophet of old, and has cast his lot among a people who do appreciate his inter¬ esting and attractive “History of the English People,” and who have already placed him upon a pedestal as high as that of Hume or Greene. It is “the other side” that claims the birth place of John¬ nie Bull an intractable body whose firmness is equalled only by that of Yankee Doodle herself. Again we must confess our ignorance concerning the early temper of these people, but judging the past from the present one might easily be led to believe that they howled and screamed with all the fire and passion of their little hearts when mamma dared to assert her independence, or when nurse plead for an evening off. But whatever may have been the precocities of these our illus¬ trious pedagogues, when our history first discovers them, the South¬ erner, the Northerner, and the Englishman, all belong to the same Faculty in this well-known institution of learning, the Presby¬ terian College; and when the mists of oblivion are completely scat¬ tered by history’s dawn we find them gathered together as one body, bound by the ties of a common determination to quench all independent or insubordinate spirits on the part of their inferiors, a common desire to make the path of learning steep and rugged indeed, and a common wish to be greatly adored and respected by all. On account of constant struggles between themselves and their still unconquered foes, the Faculty has as yet been unable to settle quietly down into a peace-loving body, but when the chief cause of strife has been bound and cast to the devil (printers), which will soon be the case, a peaceful quiet may reign in the land and their rule may become one noted not so much for its stern justice as for its kindness and mercy. 27