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

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ber of Maryland Historical Society and member of National Educational Association. Author of Life of William Hooper and A Brief History of North Caro- lina (in press). Has been a contributor to various periodicals and a lecturer on educational and historical subjects. GEORGE S. WILLS Was born in Halifax county, N. C: prepared for college by sundrj ' private teachers ; student at the University 1885-89; teacher, Oak Ridge Institute, 1889-94 ; instructor in English, University North Carolina, 1894-96. GEORGE PHINE.AS BUTLER, E. E., Graduated from Richmond Academy, Augusta, Ga., 1 891. Entered University of Georgia .same year. Graduated 1894 with first honors in Engineering course. A.ssistant principal, teacher of Mathematics and Phys- ics in Athens High School. Fellow in Mathematics, University of Georgia, 1894-95. Instructor of Math- ematics University of North Carolina 1895-96. Mem- ber of Gimghouls and Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity. H. H HORNE. The youngest instructor in the University is H. H. Home, being now just twenty-one years of age, and having been an instructor in modern languages two years. Born on a farm in Johnston County, November 22, 1874, he early learned to appreciate the value and need of an education. The village school was his de- light when not at work on the farm or in one of the stores. At the early age of thirteen he was sent to Davis school, where, in sixteen months, he was pre- pared to enter the University in the fall of 1891. His record here is known to many. As a student, a Chris- tian, a man, he is known and esteemed by all. His society honors were many; among other things having won both the Representative and Willie P. Manqum medals. During his senior year he was president of the Alpha Theta Phi Society, the honor society in the I ' niversity.whose president is that member of the senior class who has attained highest grade during the first three jears. At the same time he was president of the Young Men ' s Christian Association. He was gradu- ated in the A. B. course in 1895, receiving the degree of A. M. and winning the Worth Prize in Philosophy. His life-work is teaching, in which profession he has given the highest satisfaction for the past two years. FREDERICK LOUIS CARR. Born in Greene County, N. C, August 7, 1873. He was prepared for college at Horner School, N. C, 1889- 91, where he was awarded the Washington and Lee Scholarship Prize for excellence in scholarship. He entered the University of North Carolina in 1891 and was graduated Ph. B. in 1895, summa cum laude. While in college he was editor in-chief of the Hcllcnian 1894, editor of the University Magazine 1894-95, and secretary of the Alpha Theta Phi honor society. In 1895 he was elected Instructor in Latin, University of North Carolina. Member of Sigma Nu Fraternity. 27

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the Sorbonne and College de France in Paris. In August, 1885, he entered upon the duties of professor of modern languages at the Universit}- of North Caro- lina. Member of the modern language association of America. His published work consists chiefly of magazine articles on questions of literature and philol- ogy, and an edition of Frey tag ' s Die Joiirnalistcn with commentary. Member of Chi Psi Fraternity. RICHARD HENRY WHITEHEAD. Born in Salisbury, N. C, July 27, 1865. Prepared for college at Horner ' s. Graduated A. B., Wake For- est, 1886. Graduated M. D., University of Virginia, 1887. Demonstrator of Anatomy at University of Virginia two years. He continued study of medicine in Philadelphia and New York year and a half. Came to University of North Carolina to establi.sh the Med- ical Department fall of 1890. Member of Kappa Alpha Fraternity. HENRY V. WILSON, A. B., Ph. D. Born in Baltimore February 16, 1863. After .spend- ing three years in the Baltimore City College he matriculated at the Johns Hopkins University in 18S0 and was graduated in 1883. During the following year he acted as an assistant in the biological labora- tory of that university, and during the next year was connected with the private laboratory (now the Lake Laboratory) of Mr. E- P. Allis, of Milwaukee, Wis. Re- turning to the John s Hopkins in 1885, he held a uni- versity scholarship for the next two years, was made Fellow in 1887, and received the degree of Ph. D. in 1888. During 1888-89 he held the Brace Fellowship, spending the greater part of the year in zoological in- vestigations in the Bahama Islands. During the next two years he was an assistant on the U. S. Fish Com- mission and was in charge of the government labora- tory in Woods Holl, Mass. In the summer of 1891 he was elected to the Chair of Biology in the Univer- sity of North Carolina. Mr. Wilson is a member of the Society of American Naturalists, of the American Morphological Society, and of the Boston Society of Natural History. In the year 1893-94 he was the non- resident elector to the Bruce Fellowship of the Johns Hopkins University. His publications consist chiefly of researches in the field of comparative embryology. KDWIN ANDER vSON ALDERMAN. Born in Wilmington, N. C, May 15, 1861. Was prepared for college at Bethel Military Academy near Warrenton, Va. He entered University of North Carolina in 1878, and was graduated with the degree of Ph. B. in 1882, receiving special honors in Latin and English Literature and winning the Willie P. Manqum medal. Principal of the Goldsboro High School 1882- 85. Superintendent Goldsboro Graded Schools 1885- 1889. President of the North Carolina Teachers ' Assembly 1885-1887. Superintendent Asheville and Newton Normal Schools 1885-1888. From 1889-1892, as state institute conductor, he made an educational campaign of the entire state in the interest of public education, the training of teachers and the Normal and Industrial School. Professor of History and Lit- erature, Normal and Industrial School, 1892-93. Mem- ber and secretary of the Board of Visitors to West Point Military Academy 1893. Professor of Pedagogy, University of North Carolina, 1893. Superintendent University Summer School 1894. Member Phi Kappa Sigma ' Fraternity, Dialectic Society. Honorary mem- 26

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Wstoro of tl)c cndcmtc Jlcpnirtmcnt With unrelenting regularity the Old College Bell has i ealed forth its thousands of strokes marking the approaching close of another scholastic year, and the class of ' go is already on the way to catch up the mantle about to fall from the shoulders of its predecessor. Everything speaks of the beginning of the end. The dignified Senior of thoughtful mien, upon whose mind are just dawning the cares and possibilities of the world, and who realizes with a start the fast narrowing strip that lies between him and the great, broad world beyond ; the Sophomore, carrying upon his shoulders the weight of worlds ; and the Freshman, — Ah ! the Freshman ! counting in his eager anticipation the days, nay, the very hours, ere he shall cast aside his fetters, and tread the earth a free man and a Sophomore. And commencement, too, his first commencement ! what a world of wonder and excitement and dazzling splendor and amazement the very word conjures up in his mind ! A fairy world of enchantment, of bright figures and tumult, while the gray old buildings look down in open-eyed amazement at the unaccustomed gaiety and bustle. Where embryonic orators awaken echoes that have lain sleeping for a year, and old alumni meet again in Society Halls to jest and joke, and remind envious younger members, with a sigh, of the happy hours spent within these walls ; when dances, cotil- lions and banquets crowd closely on the others ' heels, and leave no time forthought, and every care is drowned in a very delirium of joy, while the glorious waltz- music builds and thrills in the souls as rose the sunny dome of Kubla Khan. How hard it is when all else is looking forward to and living in the future, to turn back and rake up the annals of a year that is gone ! Yet when the blaze and splendor of commencement has spent its force and only the dead ashes of memory are left to recall the bright hours that like a meteor ' s flash came and were gone, you find a sad pleasure in turning back if perchance you may find some precious jewel lying hid among the ash ; so here too we may chance upon something stowed away back in memory ' s dark and musty corners, some half-forgotten scene or incident that brought to light brings a feeling of gladness to the heart living over again the days of college life. The past year has been in many respects a most notable one — notable for the long upward stride of the University, notable for the many changes wrought in our lives during that time ; all of which assures us that the year has not been spent in vain, that we are nearer the goal to-day than we were yesterday, and will be nearer still to-morrow. Nor has this growth been one of surface merely. For though we may well point