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

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1848 — The Dialectic and Philanthropic Societies move from their halls in the South building into their new halls in the north end of the Old West and Old East. 1852 — Smith Hall (the Library) completed. 1853 — Chair of Agricultural Chemistry established ; Benjamin S. Hedrick, professor. 1854 — Chair of Engineering established; Charles Phillips, D.D., LL.D., professor. 1857 — Death of Dr. Elisha Mitchell on Mount Mitchell. 1858-9 — Greatest number of students before the Civil War — 461, of whom 168 were from other States than North Carolina ; 93 seniors. 1S59 — President Buchanan attends commencement. The two Societies move into their new halls in the New West and New East buildings. 1864-5 — The smallest number of students under President Swain — 60, of whom there were four graduates. 1867 — President Johnson attends Commencement. 1868 — The new Constitution gives election of Trustees to Board of Education; old Trustees and Faculty replaced by new. Death of ex-President Swain. Solomon Pool, D.D., elected president. 1872 — Exercises suspended by law. 1874 — Constitutional Amendment restoring election of Trustees to the General Assembly. 1875 — University re-opened ; Charles Phillips, D.D., LL.D., chairman of the faculty. 1876 — Kemp Plummer Battle, LL.D., elected president. 1877 — October 12 established as University Day, a holiday. Summer Normal School inaugurated. 1881 — General Assembly grants annuity of five thousand dollars. University Railroad finished. 1885 — General Assembly grants additional annuity of fifteen thousand dollars ; new professorships added ; appropriation for Summer Normal School withdrawn and school ended. Memorial Hall dedicated. Gymnasium completed. 1S89 — Charter Centennial. 1891 — President Battle resigns the presidency and accepts the Chair of History, endowed by the Alumni. George Tayloe Winston, LL.D., elected president. 1895 — Centennial of the opening of the University. 1896 — President Winston resigns. Edwin Anderson Alderman, D.C.L., elected president. 1897 — January 27, President Alderman inaugurated.

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historical jMemorabilia. 1776 — The State Constitution instructs the General Assembly to provide the University. 1789 — Charter granted. 1792 — The site selected. 1793 — October 12. The corner-stone of the first building, the Old East, laid. The village of Chapel Hill established. 1795 — The doors opened for students. Rev. David Ker, D.D., afterward a judge in Mississippi Territory, the Presiding Professor. Hinton James, the first student. The Dialectic Society founded ; James Mebane, first president. The Concord Society founded ; David Gillespie, first president. 1796 — The Concord changed to Philanthropic Society. 1801 — Vice-President Wm. R. King at the University. 1804- — -The first president, Joseph Caldwell, elected. 1812 — Dr. Caldwell resigns the presidency. Robert Hett Chapman, D.D., elected president. 1 8 14 — South building finished. 1816 — Dr. Chapman resigns. Dr. Caldwell again elected president. 1817 — Chair of Chemistry established ; Denison Olmstead, the first professor. 1818 — President James K. Polk graduates. 1824 — Dr. Caldwell sent to Europe for purchase of apparatus and books. Old West building finished. 1825 — Elisha Mitchell, D.D., professor of chemistry. 1826 — James Phillips, D.D., professor of mathematics. Chair of Modern Languages established; Nicholas M. Hentz, professor. 1835 — President Josesph Caldwell dies. Governor David Lowry Swain succeeds. Chair of Political Science established ; President Swain in charge. 1837 — Gerrard Hall finished. 1842— The North Carolina Historical Society established. 1844 — The North Carolina University Magazine first issued. 1845— The University Law School established ; Judge William H. Battle, professor. 1847 — President Polk attends the Commencement. The Caldwell Monument erected. 21

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EDWIN ANDERSON ALDERMAN.