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Resolved, That our loss is in our view more sorrowful still when we 

 think of him as the christian gentleman, whose heart overflowing with the 

 tenderest sympathies of humanity, made him the ever beneficent friend of 

 the poor ajad wretched ; as the minister of our Holy Faith, dispensing the 

 precious truths of eternal life to the sinful and wayward ; as the watchful 

 friend and faithful guardian of the young, by whom he was surrounded, 

 ever ready to speak to them in gentleness and love,, the wise words of 

 warning and counsel ; as the intimate companion and associate of our- 

 selves, whose presence brought experience to our deliberations, and the 

 cheerful playfulness of innocent mirth to our social intercourse. 



Resolved, That this our faint tribute to the worth of Dr. Mitchell be re- 

 corded on our Minutes and that a copy thereof be communicated to the 

 family by the Secretary ; accompanied with the assurance of the deep con- 

 dolence and the heart-felt sympathy of every member of the Faculty. 



Resolved, That the Rev. Dr. Phillips be requested to deliver in the 

 Chapel of the University, on Sunday next, an appropriate Funeral dis- 

 course and that the President of the University himself be respectfully de- 

 sired to prepare and pronounce before the University an Eulogy on our 

 deceased brother, at such time as may suit his convenience. 



RESOLUTIONS OF THE STUDENTS. 



Chapel Hill, July 22, 1857. 



At a Meeting of the Students held in Girard Hall, the following resolu- 

 tions were adopted in memory of the Rev. Elisha Mitchell, D. D., Profes- 

 sor of Chemistry, Mineralogy and Geology. 



Whereas, The All-wise God as part of his inscrutable dealings with 

 men has seen fit to call our beloved and honored preceptor, Dr. Mitchell, 

 from a life of labor and usefulness ; 



Resolved, That we do sincerely lament his decease, and tender our sym- 

 pathies to his afiiicted family. 



Resolved, That in the death of Dr. Mitchell, the University has sustain- 

 ed a loss scarcely to be repaired ; that we the students miss a true friend, 

 Science an active, able and learned follower ; and Religion a sincere and 

 zealous advocate. 



Resolved That his habits of laborious and patient research rendered him 

 a model for every aspirant for honorable distinction ; that his great pro- 

 ficiency in the departments of which he had charge, admirably fitted him 

 for his office as a teacher ; that his intellect, naturally acute and compre- 

 hensive, and by many years of reading and reflection the repository of al- 



