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  History 
  of 
  Durham. 
  

  

  Board. 
  It 
  also 
  placed 
  the 
  general 
  school 
  fund 
  of 
  the 
  Dis- 
  

   trict 
  (for 
  the 
  white 
  race) 
  at 
  the 
  disposal 
  of 
  the 
  committee. 
  

  

  THE 
  LIBRARY. 
  

  

  Recognizing 
  the 
  importance 
  of 
  a 
  Library 
  in 
  connection 
  

   with 
  the 
  school, 
  on 
  the 
  10th 
  of 
  May, 
  18S3, 
  Profs. 
  Kennedy 
  

   and 
  Mclver 
  started 
  the 
  ball 
  in 
  motion 
  by 
  the 
  contribution 
  

   of 
  a 
  few 
  volumes. 
  These 
  were 
  followed 
  by 
  other 
  dona- 
  

   tions, 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  meeting 
  of 
  the 
  committee, 
  May 
  loth, 
  1883, 
  

   it 
  was 
  ordered 
  that 
  an 
  admission 
  fee 
  be 
  charged 
  at 
  the 
  Ex- 
  

   hibition 
  to 
  be 
  given 
  by 
  the 
  school 
  at 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  

   year, 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  net 
  proceeds 
  be 
  applied 
  to 
  the 
  Library. 
  

   About 
  $125.00 
  were 
  realized 
  from 
  the 
  Exhibition 
  and 
  the 
  

   Library 
  has 
  continued 
  to 
  grow 
  from 
  that 
  time 
  to 
  the 
  

   present. 
  

  

  The 
  Exhibition 
  was 
  a 
  most 
  creditable 
  affair, 
  and 
  was 
  

   witnessed 
  by 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  largest 
  audiences 
  ever 
  assembled 
  

   in 
  Stokes 
  Hall. 
  The 
  order 
  and 
  regularity 
  of 
  movement 
  of 
  

   so 
  large 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  children 
  were 
  wonderful 
  and 
  elicited 
  

   general 
  admiration. 
  

  

  NEW 
  ADMINISTRATION. 
  

  

  On 
  June 
  5th, 
  1883, 
  the 
  Town 
  Commissioners 
  elected 
  as 
  the 
  

   Board 
  of 
  Education 
  for 
  the 
  ensuing 
  term 
  of 
  two 
  years, 
  

   Messrs. 
  Eugene 
  Morehead, 
  J. 
  B. 
  Whitaker, 
  .Jr., 
  S. 
  F. 
  Tom- 
  

   linson, 
  and 
  Geo. 
  W. 
  Watts. 
  Mr. 
  Watts 
  declined 
  to 
  serve, 
  

   and 
  on 
  June 
  18th, 
  the 
  Board 
  of 
  Education 
  elected 
  Mr. 
  John 
  

   C. 
  Angier 
  in 
  his 
  place. 
  

  

  On 
  June 
  6th, 
  J 
  883, 
  the 
  Committee 
  re-organized 
  by 
  electing 
  

   Mr. 
  Eugene 
  Morehead, 
  President 
  ; 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  B. 
  V/hitaker, 
  .Jr., 
  

   Secretary, 
  and 
  Mr. 
  John 
  L. 
  Markham, 
  Treasurer. 
  At 
  this 
  

   meeting, 
  all 
  the 
  teachers 
  of 
  the 
  past 
  year 
  were 
  re-elected, 
  

   viz.: 
  Prof. 
  E. 
  W. 
  Kennedy, 
  Superintendent; 
  Profs. 
  C. 
  D. 
  Mc- 
  

   lver 
  and 
  Price 
  Thomas, 
  Mrs. 
  M. 
  E. 
  Mahoney, 
  Misses 
  Lula 
  

   Freeland 
  and 
  Bessie 
  Fanning. 
  All 
  of 
  these 
  accepted, 
  with 
  

   the 
  exception 
  of 
  Mrs. 
  Mahone3^ 
  On 
  June 
  25th, 
  the 
  following 
  

   additional 
  teachers 
  were 
  elected 
  : 
  Mrs. 
  S. 
  T. 
  Morgan, 
  Misses 
  

   Dora 
  Fanning, 
  Ida 
  Christmas 
  and 
  Eva 
  Cox. 
  August 
  9th, 
  

   1883, 
  Prof. 
  Price 
  Thomas 
  resigned 
  to 
  accept 
  the 
  Superinten- 
  

   dency 
  of 
  the 
  New 
  Berne 
  Graded 
  School. 
  September 
  1st, 
  

   1883, 
  Miss 
  Ida 
  Christmas 
  resigned 
  to 
  accept 
  a 
  position 
  in 
  the 
  

  

  