Chapter C: L. Jenkins, class of ’85, spent a few days in Trinity. “Cod Liver”

has many friends and fellow students who were glad to see him.

Every thing, you know, is very dull immediately after Christmas. The Local column must have its share of everything that comes along.

The bulletin-board was a great curiosity to those who made their requisite number. We cannot find out what the balance thought about it.

Mr. Raper has the Book-room in charge. Open from four to five o’clock every afternoon except Saturday and on that day from eight to nine o’clock.

We learn from some members of the Faculty that in a few weeks a “Senate” will be organized at Trinity College. This is something that all colleges should have. Who knows but Senate halls may be filled with Trinity students.

Those who remained in Trinity during the holidays say that it is not by any means the dullest place in the world. With the frolics, parties, &c., every body seemed to have had a jolly time.

We were glad to see our friend, W. G. Burkhead of the _Tobacco Plant_, in the “city” on a few days’ visit to his Alma Mater.

Prof. Henry of the State University will lecture here, Feb. 8th, on an educational subject. Everybody is invited to attend.

Several of our boys on their return found their names on the “black-list” and had to stand some of their examinations over.

Prof. Heitman has been relieved of the Treasurer’s duties in order that he may give more time to his department, and the President is temporarily acting as Treasurer.

Mrs. Linton and child from Philadelphia are visiting President Crowell. Hope they will have a pleasant visit in our little “city.”

Recitation hours have been extended until 5 o’clock, P. M. Won’t somebody “kick” for the novelty of the thing?

Miss Ida Shaw, of High Point, spent last week with Miss Maggie Carr.

No student is allowed to act as agent for any book-firm.

The Trinity Boarding House combination to make 28 days a board month has failed. The strikers were successful.

The Seniors in Political Science will have the pleasure of studying the labor reports. Of course they are very interesting, as every reader will attest.

’Tis now afloat that the Railroad to run by Trinity College will immediately be completed. This may be merely a passing notice to some, but the people of Randolph county have determined no longer to be cut off from the busy world. When she gets her Telegraph line and Railroad she will no longer be classed _Trinity via hackman’s express_.

State Superintendent Finger lectured in Trinity Chapel, January 18th, on the Public School Problem. His lecture was interesting and beneficial and enjoyed by all, especially by the young folks. Our President in conclusion said we were like a little child, when we got a good thing, we wanted more of it.

A Chemistry class in Qualitative Analysis has been organized. Each member of the class has his desk of apparatus and chemicals. Four hours work a week is required, with privilege to spend as much more time as the student may desire.

The Reading-room is flourishing. The Societies have appropriated $50 to it. With this amount and with fees from other sources the committee propose to make it first-class in all respects. Through the courtesy of the State press most of our own papers are received in addition to a fine selection of magazines, dailies, &c. THE ARCHIVE desires to thank them, and still has thanks ready for the remainder of the profession on receipt of their papers.

One of the Local Editors, while visiting at the Hundley House had one of his over-shoes carried off, supposed to have been done by boy or dog. Any person finding the same will please return it. It must have been hard to hide that shoe.

The Concert by the ladies and gentlemen of Greensboro was postponed on account of inclement weather. We hope to have them come over this month. Every body look out for announcement. Be with us when they come, and enjoy a rare treat.

Election for Chief Manager and Marshal took place in the Society Halls on Friday the 20th, resulting as follows: L. L. Burkhead was elected Chief Manager by the Columbian, and E. L. Moffitt, Chief Marshal by the Hesperian.

We are glad to know that Mr. Callum, the groceryman of High Point, has decided to deliver goods in Trinity free of charge. Good for Mr. Callum and convenient for Trinity. Lookout for his ad. in next ARCHIVE.

“To meet, to know, to love—and then to part
Is the sad tale of many a human heart,”

sighed a chorus of students when our fair Pennsylvania visitors took their leave last month. Knowing what joy you brought to our quiet little village, can you refuse to come again in the near future? Here’s THE ARCHIVE’S cordial invitation to our Commencement.

The Hundley House boys say they are all glad to be together again under “Father’s” hospitable roof. His dry and witty remarks are an unfailing source of fun and merriment. He seems to enjoy hugely the German games in Prof. Armstrong’s room. “Father” answers the call of “Herein!” as promptly as the brassiest linguist in the house. Just persevere, “Father,” and you will soon be able to astonish the natives with your Dutch.

$25,000 turned loose in Trinity every year by the students alone! Merchants, ponder over that and remember that THE ARCHIVE furnishes an excellent advertising medium. Let us, again, say to the students that it is to their interests to patronize those firms which are represented in our advertising columns.

RUMOR WHISPERS.

—That red-birds and sparrows were thinned out mightily during the holidays by those skillful quail (?) hunters.

—That “Possum” is as sweet as ever on the girls, notwithstanding recent events.

—That Dick “_Betts_” a certain freshman got left recently.

—That one of our pious theologians was perfectly carried away with the “Scotch-ramble” at a Xmas party.

—That “Ettiquette” was smitten anew during his sojourn at home. Wonder if they correspond?

—That Miss — left just in the “_Nick_” o’ time for one of the boys.

—That the third-story front, College building, is a long way from the Hundley House breakfast bell.

—That Bro. H. thinks a speculative account is one on which a fellow makes a “_speck_.”

Last term the Junior class received lectures from Prof. Armstrong on Poetics. The Bard of the class signed his examination paper in the following strain:

“Upon examination day
No aid received or given,
As on this English exercise
Two weary hours I’ve striven;
And now I sing a weary strain,
I neither laugh nor caper,
The only damage I have done
Is to deface this paper.”

Alumni.

═══════════════════════════════════════════════╤═══════════════════════ W. H. RHODES, _Columbian_, │EDITORS. G. T. ADAMS, _Hesperian_, │ „

—C. R. Adams is engaged in the mercantile business with his father at Fair Oaks, N. C.

—W. H. Nicholson, ’83, is now at the University of Virginia, taking a medical course.

—E. P. McDaniel is farming near Trenton, N. C. He has a daughter at Kinsey’s school, La Grange, and a son old enough to come to Trinity.

—John A. Richardson, who was the most popular Railroad conductor in the State, is now Custom House Collector at Newberne, N. C.

—J. F. Brower, who has more than nine years experience in teaching, has recently taken charge, as principal, of Oak Institute, Moresville, Iredell Co., N. C. Best wishes to Mr. Brower in his new field of labor.

—Cyrus Fascue is farming in Jones county, N. C. His son, Keneth Fascue, who was here in ’81 and ’82, is also farming near his father.

—A. Anderson, ’83, who established a flourishing male school at Middleburg, N. C., and gained quite a reputation as a teacher in that section, is now studying medicine at the University of Virginia.

—C. C. Hinds, ’61, has been a member of the South Georgia Methodist Conference for quite a number of years. He is now principal of the District school at Spring Hill, Ga., and has a son whom he expects to send to Trinity, probably next scholastic year.

—G. D. Ellsworth, ’80, was principal for several years of a very fine school at Henderson, N. C. He now has an office in the Treasury at Washington, D. C.

—H. E. Norris, ’79, on receiving his license to practice law, located at Apex, his native village, where he has been following his profession and farming. In ’85, he was a member of the Legislature. He expects soon to remove to Raleigh, and devote himself wholly to the practice of law.

—G. W. Koonce, ’79, who received the first Wiley Gray Medal awarded, after graduating taught school several years at Polloksville, N. C. He enlisted in the Signal Service for five years. During this interval, he was promoted several times and graduated in law at Washington, D. C. At the expiration of this time, he was appointed clerk in the War Department, which office he now fills.

—D. B. Parker, ’77, having become sufficiently amused with teaching school in South Carolina and Georgia, has decided to settle in North Carolina, and is now principal of a flourishing school at Cypress Creek. His patrons are to be congratulated upon the selection they have made. He graduated with distinction and is a fine teacher. The ARCHIVE extends to him a warm welcome to his native State, and bespeaks for him that full measure of success which he so justly merits.

—O. J. Spears, after leaving Trinity, began the practice of law in Richmond county. Having a fondness for politics he soon entered the public arena and was elected to a seat in the Senate, the duties of which position he faithfully and creditably discharged. At the expiration of his term of office, he returned to his home in Harnett county, and is now located at Lillington, N. C., where he has a lucrative law practice.

—Wilbur E. Ormond is principal of Hookerton Collegiate Institute, Hookerton, N. C., and reports an attendance of 71 students. Besides this work, he has been recently engaged to deliver lectures on Temperance in his section. Noble work, old friend.

—Joseph Kinsey, one of the best teachers in the State, is now principal of a most excellent school for young ladies in La Grange. He has recently erected a large and commodious building for his school, and has five accomplished lady assistants. Mr. Kinsey, soon after leaving Trinity, chose the profession of teaching which he has been following for nearly twenty years. La Grange is indebted to him for the first impulse given to education.

—H. B. Koonce, who was in college in ’81, is merchandising and farming at Richlands, N. C. Notwithstanding his extreme bashfulness in youth, he had the courage during Xmas to stand up with a young lady in the presence of witnesses, while the minister officiated. We had the pleasure of attending their reception and meeting many pleasant friends. From the number of receptions given them, we should judge Henry and his bride to be favorites at Richland.

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—J.C. Brown, D. D. S., ’68, the only Alumunus of Trinity College who is a regular graduate of dentistry, and has the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery conferred upon him, now lives in Ansonville, N. C., and has a paying practice. He has three sons whom he will soon send to his Alma Mata to have them finish their education. Mr. Brown states that there is a fine school building in his village for sale, and wishes that some “good young man under thirty-five years old, who is up with the times in teaching and in the modern style and system,” would purchase the property and open a school at once. This is a good opportunity for some one who has had experience in teaching or desires to engage in that profession.

Miscellaneous.

TIME IS FLYING.

Gather the rose-buds while ye may,
Old Time is still a-flying,
And this same flower that smiles to-day,
To-morrow will be dying.

The glorious lamp of heaven, the Sun,
The higher he’s a-getting,
The sooner will his race be run,
And nearer he’s to setting.

That age is best which is the first,
When youth and blood are warmer;
But, being spent, the worse, and worst
Times shall succeed the former.

Then be not coy, but use your time,
And while ye may, go marry;
For, having lost but once your prime,
You may forever tarry. —_Herrick._

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Princes in their infancy, childhood and youth, are said to discover prodigious parts and wit, to speak things that surprise and astonish; strange, so many hopeful princes, so many shameful kings! If they happen to die young, they would have been prodigies of wisdom and virtue; if they live, they are often prodigies indeed——but of another sort.—_Swift._

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The imputation of novelty is a terrible charge amongst those who judge of men’s heads as they do of their perukes, by the fashion, and can allow none to be right but the received doctrines. Truth scarce ever yet carried it by vote anywhere at its first appearance; new opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not already common.—_Locke._

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There never was any party, faction, sect, or cabal whatsoever, in which the most ignorant were not the most violent; for a bee is not a busier animal than a blockhead. However, such instruments are necessary to politicians; and perhaps it may be with states as with clocks, which must have some dead weight hanging at them, to help and regulate the finer and more useful parts.—_Pope._

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Some divines make the same use of Fathers and Councils as our beaux do of their canes, not for support or defence, but mere ornament or show; and cover themselves with fine cob-web distinctions, as Homer’s gods did with a cloud.—_Brown._

AFRICAN APHORISMS.

BY “UNCLE GEORGE.”

Sho’ me de man what am a-co’tin’ an ugly gal an’ she at de same time po’, an’ I will sho’ you a fit subjec’ fo’ de fool-killer.

When I sees de av’rage student a-contemplatin’ de law, I advises dat student to diet hisse’f on green simmons an’ draw his stummick up, ’case he ain’t agwine to need a very big one.

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TRINITY COLLEGE,

TRINITY COLLEGE, N. C., U. S. A.

FACULTY.—Separate chairs in History and Political Economy, Latin and
French, English and German, Greek and Metaphysics, the Natural
Sciences, Mathematics and Engineering, Business and Pedagogy.

DEPARTMENTS.—_Collegiate_, leading to Degrees of A. B. and Ph. B.

_Preparatory_, preparing for admission to college.

_Business_, five months’ training for business life.

_Post-Graduate_, advanced studies beyond graduation.

_Pedagogics_, lectures and special work for teachers.

_Theological_, preparatory training for the Christian Ministry.

EXPENSES.—_Tuition_, $3 to $5 per month.

_Board_, $8 to $12 per month.

Tuition should be paid in advance, and books at the time of
purchase.

SPECIAL LECTURES are given weekly to all who may wish to attend, free
of extra charge, on topics of interest. The lecture program of
prominent speakers for the weeks will be announced later.

EXAMINATIONS.—Examinations in course are held twice a year or at the completion of any particular subject. Examinations for admission to college in 1888 to any of the regular classes will be held in June on the day following Commencement, and in September on the day before the opening of college. Students are admitted to the Preparatory and Business Departments without examination, but to no other.

The requisites for admission to the Freshman class in 1888 are Arithmetic, including the Metric System; Algebra to Quadratics; U. S. History; English Grammar and Analysis; Geography, Descriptive and Physical; Natural Sciences, Physiology and Hygiene; Latin, three Books of Cæsar and Latin Grammar, including Prosody.

An extra year’s work in Latin and Greek will be required for admission in 1889 to the classical course only (A. B. degree.)

LOCATION.—In Randolph county. Reached _via_ High Point, N. C., over the Piedmont Air Line. Healthfulness and quiet location render it peculiarly safe and well adapted to the education of youth and young men.

INFORMATION.—Special circulars issued quarterly, and the regular annual catalogue will be sent or any desired information given respecting the Institution, upon application to

JOHN F. CROWELL, A. B. (Yale),
_President_.

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TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES

1. Silently corrected typographical errors and variations in spelling. 2. Archaic, non-standard, and uncertain spellings retained as printed. 3. Enclosed italics font in _underscores_.