University of North Carolina Chapel Hill - Yackety Yack Yearbook (Chapel Hill, NC)

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HON. KEMP P. BATTLE Was born near Louisburg, North Carolina, Decem- ber 19, 1831. He spent his early youth in Louisburg, Raleigh and Chapel Hill, and entered the University of Xorth Carolina in June, 1845, graduating in 1849, with the first distinction in all his studies. After grad- uating, Dr. Battle was for one session tutor of Latin and Greek and was then chosen tutor of Mathematics, holding this position for four years. In 1854 he began the practice of law, locating in Raleigh, and immedi- ately took a prominent part in the public affairs of the day. In 1862 he was made president of the Chatham Railroad Company, and was State treasurer 1865-8. He then retired from political life, and continued the practice of his profession till his election in 1876 to the office of President of the University of North Carolina. By his great zeal and activity he built up the University, then suffering from the effects of the Reconstruction period, but resigned his office in 1891, being succeeded by Dr. Winston, the present incum- bent. Dr. Battle then accepted the Chair of History, which he has occupied since that time. He has written many monographs on subjects of historical interest, and is a recognized authority on North Carolina history. FR. NCIS PRESTON VENABLE. Born November 17, 1856. Received primarj ' educa- tion at the Charlottesville High School. Attended the University of Virginia 1874-77. Taught in the Uni- versity High School, New Orleans, La., 1877-78. Re- turned to University of Virginia for session 1878-79. Studied at the University of Bonn 1879-80. Elected Professor of Chemistry in University of North Carolina 1880. Studied at University of Gottingen 1881, and took there degree of Ph. D. Married Miss Sally C. Manning in 1884. Studied at the University of Berlin during the summer semester of 1889. Member of State Board of Health and Chemist to the State Geological Survey. Author of Course in Qualitative Chemistrj ' , Short Historj ' of Chemistr ' , Development of the Periodic Law. Member of Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternitv. COLLIER COBB, A. B., A. M. Born at Mt. Auburn, Wayne County, N. C, March 21, 1862. He was editor of The Home Journal 1872- 75. Completed school map of North Carolina 1879; fifth edition, 1889. Student Wake Forest College 1 878-80. Student University of North Carolina spring of 1 88 1 and teacher in Chapel Hill school. Principal Waynesville Academy 1881-83. Teacher in Wilson Graded School, 1883-85. Superintendent Wilson Graded schools 1885-86. Student at Marine Biolog- ical Laboratory, Annisquam, 1885. Student at Har- vard 1886-92. A. B. Harvard 1889. A. M. Harvard 1894. Assistant Geologist U. S. Geological Survey 1886-92. Assistant in Geology, Har ' ard, 1888-90. Instructor in Geology and Paleontology, Massachu- setts Institute of Technolog} ' , 1890-92. Instructor in Summer School of Geology of Harvard University, 1 89 1. Lecturer on Geology in Boston University, 1891-92. A.ssistant Professor of Geology, University of North Carolina, 1892-93. Professor of Geologj-, University of North Carolina, 1893. Elected Fellow of the Geological Society of America, 1894. Mr. Cobb has published several papers upon the Colonial Historj ' of North Carolina, and a geography of the state, bp- 23

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sides papers on geology in the scientific periodicals. He lectured in the State Normal Schools of North Carolina between 1885 and 1888. WILLIAM CAIN. Born at Hillsboro, N. C, May 14, 1847, was gradu- ated from the North Carolina Military and Polytechnic Institute in 1867, after which practiced civil engineering until September, 1874. From this date until February, 1880, was Professor of Mathematics and Engineering at the Carolina Military Institute, Charlotte, N. C, then was actively engaged in engineering until Octo- ber, 1882, and then accepted Chair of Mathematics and Engineering at the South Carolina Military Academy, Charleston, S. C. On September i, 1889, took charge of the Chair of Mathematics at the University of North Carolina. Author of treatises on The Theory of Voussoir Arches; Theory of Solid and Braced Arches; Ma.ximum Stresses in Framed Bridges ; Retaining Walls and Symbolic Algebra. Also author of pamphlet on Sanitary Engineering for the North Carolina Board of Health and papers on various sub- jects in applied mathematics, as Trusses with Super- fluous Members; Earth Pressure ; Transition Curves; Method of Least Work ; Theory of Long Columns, etc. Was member of North Carolina Board of Health and now a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers. JOSHUA WALKER GORE. Born January 10, 1852, in Frederick County, ' a. Prepared for college at London Valley Academy, Vir- ginia. Student of Richmond College 1871-73. Entered the University of Virginia October, 1873, and grad- uated with the degree of C. E. June, 1875. Fellow in Mathematics, Johns Hopkins University, 1876-78. Professor of Natural Science, Southwestern Baptist University, Jackson, Tenn., 1878-81. Assistant in Mathematics, University of Virginia, 1881-82. Profes- sor of Physics, University of North Carolina, 1882. Member of Kappa Alpha Fraternity. JOHN MANNING. Was born in Edenton, North Carolina, Juh ' 30, 1830; received his primary education at the Edenton Academy and at the Military Academy in Norfolk, Virginia. In 1847 he joined the Sophomore department of the University of North Carolina, and was graduated with the degree of A. B., January, 1850, was made an A. M. in 1853 and LL- D. in 1883. The year 1851 he spent in South America with his father. Captain John Manning. United States Navy, and returning home in November, 1851, he read law in Pittsboro, N. C-, was licensed to practice in 1853, and settled in Pittsboro. In 1 86 1 he was elected to the state convention from the county of Chatham. In 1870 he was elected to the Forty-first Congress from the Fourth Congres- sional District to fill an unexpired term. In 1880 he was elected to the House of Representa- tives of the General Assembly of North Carolina ; appointed chairman of the judiciarj ' committee, and elected by the General Assembly one of the three code commissioners to codify the public statutes of the state. In the summer of 1881 he was elected professor of law bv the trustees of the University of North Carolina, 24