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

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l)nt loyally accepted the res])nnMil)l,. ],i,st of lal)i i- and licmor. His ]iresidency was most successful, rndcr his wise direction tlie number of students steadily increased, the instruction in all the ch ' ]iartiii( nts was widened, an I deejiened. the departments of law, medicine, natural histury, and electi ' ieal eng-ineering were added, the number of laboratories was increased from three to iive, a gymnasium and memorial hall were built, several literary and scientific socie- ties were organized, the University Railroad was com]ilete l, and manv other needed improvements were made from time to time. In 1891, he resigned as President and was at once unanimously elected Alumni Professor of History, which ]iosition he has ever since most acceptably filled. PTis efficiency as President and Professor has been due not merelv to his .scholarly instincts and vast fund of knowk-dgc, but also to his large and varied experience in the business world, where, in addition to the oflices already referred to, he held tlie following: Director of the Insane .Vsyluin. President of a successful life iusurance comjiauy. President of the State . grienltural Society, one of the three founders of the Oakwond Cemetery in Raleigh, X. C, director and one of the tVnmders of the Citizens IS itional Bank, Raleigh, X. C, Alderman of the City of Raleigh and riiairiiian of the Conunitteo of Alder- men which ]iiit the city Hiianres in order aflei- ihe eoiifnsion of 186S- ' f). and President of the ( ' liathani Railroad (hii ' ing ihe ( ' i il War, which, as has been mentioned, was bnilt foi ' the |)nr|iose of getting coal for the Confederacy. .Vs an authoi- he has i-itten many vahud)le historical papers, pamphlets, and addressis, among which may Ik mentiouecl the following: Iflf lnn (if the Supreme Coiirf of Xoiili ( ' uniliiin : l is nn nf llulili li. .V. ( ' .; Ifislori iif ihe Universil ij of Xorlli CnroliiKi : ' I ' ridls mn! .1 itdirinl I ' i ' on ' ediiii s of the Neir Te.sfaiiieiil : Life of dm. .lelhro Sunnier: Old Sehools mid Teaeliers of NoHh CaroliiKi : Ofirm lliinis — I ' linileer mid Ijeijixhilor. etc. Every friend of ihe I ' nixcrsity, and especially those stuilenis who ha ' e matriculated since the n organization in IsT. ), will I ' cad with interest this short sketch of Dr. Rattle ' s long and snecessful serx ' ice for . orth Caiw.lina. As a trustee he has been ever faithful lo llie rni -efsity : a i ' l ' esident he snccessfnlly rescued it fnmi ruin and decay, ami bronglil it Inck to a life of wider nsefnl- ness and deejjer scliolai ' shi|i than it had i -ei- known befoi ' e; and now in the seventy-fifth year of his age, bnoyant as a viaiih, both menially and physi- cally, with a heart beating prondly with love for his n; ' .ti -e Slate, and an indomitalile energy e ' er bent towards tinding onl the truth of history ami exploiting the glorious achievements of the fathers in Slate and Nation, studi- ous, painstaking, ami indefatigable, yeai ' after year, he enthusiastically li ' ads the flower of oni- yonlh to the most authentic sources of historic lore where opinions may 1k ' fcnined without the bias of sentiment or the blindness of prejudice. May he long be found at his ju ' esent post of honorable, ttseful and sympathetic service to his Alma Mater. I. C. S. Noble.

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the Wake Cmmty Union ( ' hili and actively (i])j;n)si ' (l Imtli Lincoln anil Ereeken- ridge, bnt when the great Civil War liroke ont, hi ' i-nibraced the canse nf the South with eqnal zeal and enthnsiasni, and was elected a member of the Secession ( ' unventinn, in which he, tViresceing that the Confederacy wonld need fuel for its navy ami fur its factnries, snccessfnlly advocated the bnildinji (if a railroad to the coal Holds of Chathani, which later became a ]iart of the Ilaleiiili and Angi ' sta Air Line of the ]ircsent Si ' aboard Air Line system. . t ]•( ipicsf of (inveriKir ll■th, he was a siu-cessfnl candiihite before the Legisla- tnrc foi ' State Li ' easnrei ' in lst). i, and in IsCiT was re-tdected practically iinaiiimon- ly, to be tnriK d ont id ' otHc ' by the opci ' ation of the Keconstrnctioii Acts in lS(is. In ISCiL ' lie was made a trnstee of the University, and sonn tliereafter he was ])laced on the Execnfive Conimirtee. in which |iosirioii liis jnve for his Alma IMater at once began to assert itself constrncti -c]y. Tn ISCT, tlic University ( nti red the darkest ]i-riod of its history; its fnnds were rnnning low; and its ]iri:fe- ;iirs wire fast ri siu ' ning. Dr. IJattle, as ciiaii ' num of a conimitfie of the trusties, of which Solicitor-General Siiniiicl F. IMiilli]is and e.x-(jovcrnor Villiam A. (iraliam were members, wrot( an claliorate rc]iort iccommcnding a rc-ni-ganization along the lines of the present svstini. This report was adopted almost nn-uiimonsly. bnt onr dear old Uni- versilv in a slmri time passed into hands fbif failed to keep its door- open to the yonth of the State. In 1 74, the University, whicdi had for eight years been bnt a pathetic reminder of better days in . ortli Carolina, was reached after by the strong ai ' iii of the State and, bv eonsfitntion ' tl amendment, was given b:ick into the. elad bands of its old-time friends. I )r. liattle, one of the new trustees, was electi il Secretiirv and TreasHri r. and, on his recommeiidatioii, siiccessfnl apjdi- catioii was made to the (iinerd Assinddy for $7,. )00 a year, inti-rest on the Laml (irant. With this amount :;s a beuinning and, relying on the University sentiment in Xorlh Carolina, he Ingan a imivemint to re;i])en the doors of onr ancient seat of learning. lirt, its linildings were diciyin ' i-, its beaiitifitl cam- ]ins w:is arowing n]i in weeds, wreck and rnin were on every band, and money must be had to jiiit glass in tl e wimb;ws, stnj) the many leaks in the various roofs, and cnt down the w ei I ' s in the cam]ins. ( ' onhdcnt that the great heart of North Carcdina still bent with lo e for the Lniversity, Dr. Battle appealed to its friends, who gladly answered his call for bilp, and ijave to him $1S,000 with which to make the needed re])airs. In Sejitember, IST. ). the doors of the institution were once more thrown open; sixty-nine students were enrolled; ; ' iid the Univi fsity, with face n])lifteil toward the coming of better days, began its ])resent career of service to the State. After the first year, it was seen that a ]iresident was needed ami Dr. Bat- tle, upon nrgent solicitation, aliandoned a lucrative |)raetice and reluctantly

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Editors ' Preface. A preface to a jmblicatinn, especially ijuc of sncli yiiinii - aiui mileanied persons as the editnrs nt this annual, usually consists of an a]iiilof;-v fur its existence, and a warning as to its contents. We omit the couinionplace apology, as we have tried this ye.ir, in so far as possible, to (h ' jiart frnm the ways of preceding Vacks. Yet we hope that any who may cliance tn glance through this book, may try tn i.iverlook our sins, both of omission and of conuuissiou, and let them consider that the ptdjlication, such as it is, was necessarily edited in two month ' s time. In the way of a word to the wise, the present board of editors expresses its wish and advises from experience, t hat the editors of future Yacket.y Yacks be chosen at the beginning of the fall term, in order that tlii ' v may have the time to get out a Imok truly worthy of the University. If this publication had been dc]iendeut uimn it,-i editors alone, it would have fallen even far slicirt (if wluit it is, and we arc furtunatc to liercby thank our contributors, brth ;it Imuic and abroud, for their kindly interest auil invalu- able assistance. As to the conti nis of this liook, we have attemjiti ' d to present to oiir fellow students and alumni friends, a trtie synthesis of the Fnivt ' i-sity life, with its various phases and its complex nature. Tf thiMX ' be an - who oajinot leani the truth witbout pain, ajid who an ' displeased with the characteristics or knocks attrilmtid tn them, Irf such be not offended, but let them rather iirotit in tlius seeing tbemselvt-s a- others see them. We lio]ic that the Yackety Yack of I ' .Mlii is truly ri ]iresentative of the l niversitv life.