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  History 
  of 
  Durham. 
  

  

  The 
  Hon. 
  Wm. 
  A. 
  Guthrie, 
  of 
  Fayetteville, 
  N. 
  C.,is 
  held 
  

   in 
  grateful 
  remembrance 
  for 
  valuable 
  aid 
  rendered 
  during 
  

   this 
  memorable 
  campaign. 
  

  

  ORGANIZATION. 
  

  

  On 
  June 
  5th, 
  1882, 
  the 
  Town 
  Commissioners 
  elected 
  the 
  

   following 
  gentlemen 
  as 
  the 
  Durham 
  Board 
  of 
  Education 
  

   and 
  Learning, 
  for 
  a 
  term 
  of 
  one 
  year, 
  viz 
  : 
  Messrs. 
  Eugene 
  

   Morehead, 
  J. 
  B. 
  Whitaker, 
  Jr., 
  and 
  J. 
  S. 
  Carr. 
  The 
  School 
  

   Committee 
  for 
  the 
  District, 
  embracing 
  the 
  town, 
  was 
  com- 
  

   posed 
  of 
  Messrs. 
  D. 
  C. 
  Gunter, 
  William 
  Maynor 
  and 
  T. 
  C. 
  

   Oakley. 
  The 
  Board 
  of 
  Education 
  and 
  the 
  School 
  Commit- 
  

   tee, 
  with 
  the 
  Mayor 
  as 
  chairman 
  ex 
  officio, 
  constituted 
  the 
  

   first 
  Graded 
  School 
  Committee. 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  S. 
  Carr, 
  being 
  Presi- 
  

   dent 
  of 
  the 
  Methodist 
  Female 
  Seminary, 
  declined 
  the 
  posi- 
  

   tion 
  tendered 
  him 
  on 
  the 
  Board, 
  and 
  on 
  June 
  8th, 
  1882, 
  the 
  

   Commissioners 
  elected 
  Mr. 
  Bartholomew 
  Fuller 
  to 
  fill 
  the 
  

   vacancy. 
  

  

  The 
  first 
  meeting 
  of 
  the 
  Committee 
  was 
  held 
  June 
  10th, 
  

   1882. 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  B. 
  Whitaker, 
  Jr., 
  was 
  elected 
  Secretary 
  and 
  

   Treasurer. 
  Subsequently, 
  it 
  was 
  determined 
  to 
  open 
  the 
  

   School 
  September 
  4th, 
  1882. 
  Prof. 
  E. 
  W. 
  Kennedy, 
  a 
  native 
  

   of 
  Tennessee, 
  but 
  at 
  this 
  time 
  occupying 
  a 
  position 
  in 
  the 
  

   Goldsboro 
  Graded 
  School, 
  was 
  elected 
  Superintendent, 
  with 
  

   the 
  following 
  corps 
  of 
  teachers 
  : 
  Prof. 
  C. 
  D. 
  Mclver, 
  Assis- 
  

   tant 
  Superintendent, 
  Mrs. 
  M. 
  E. 
  Mahoney, 
  Misses 
  Lula 
  

   Freeland 
  and 
  Bessie 
  Fanning. 
  Later 
  it 
  was 
  found 
  neces- 
  

   sary 
  to 
  engage 
  another 
  male 
  teacher, 
  and 
  Professor 
  Price 
  

   Thomas, 
  of 
  Tennessee, 
  was 
  selected 
  for 
  the 
  position. 
  

  

  THE 
  SUPERINTENDfeXT. 
  

  

  As 
  the 
  success 
  of 
  a 
  school 
  depends 
  very 
  largely 
  upon 
  the 
  

   capability 
  of 
  the 
  Superintendent, 
  the 
  committee 
  was 
  very 
  

   fortunate 
  in 
  securing 
  tlie 
  services 
  of 
  Prof. 
  E. 
  W. 
  Kennedy 
  

   for 
  this 
  most 
  important 
  position. 
  A 
  fine 
  scholar, 
  experi- 
  

   enced 
  in 
  the 
  graded 
  system 
  of 
  instruction, 
  with 
  superior 
  

   executive 
  ability, 
  and 
  without 
  an 
  equal 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  as 
  a 
  

   disciplinarian, 
  he 
  has 
  given 
  abundant 
  evidence 
  by 
  his 
  con- 
  

   duct 
  of 
  the 
  school 
  that 
  he 
  is 
  the 
  "right 
  man 
  in 
  the 
  right 
  

   place." 
  Devoted 
  to 
  his 
  work, 
  with 
  a 
  determination 
  to 
  suc- 
  

   ceed, 
  and 
  moreover, 
  a 
  close 
  student, 
  the 
  increasing 
  brilliancy 
  

  

  