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Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be filed in the Archives of 

 our Body and that one be sent to the bereaved family of the deceased as 

 the last sad tribute of our respect to his memory. 



Resolved, That we also wear the usual badge of mourning for thirty days, 



J. G. McNAB, 



J. G. MOREIIEAD, Jr., > Com. 



F. D. STOCKTON. 



MEETING OF THE PHILANTHROPIC SOCIETY. 



Philanthropic Hall, July 26, 1857. 

 The members of the Philanthropic Society having learned the sudden 

 and melancholy death of the Rev. Elisha Mitchell, D. D,, the Senior Professor 

 in our University ; to express the feelings which the sad event has inspired 

 us with, have 



Resolved, That in the death of Dr. Mitchell our University and the cause 

 of learning in our Country have suffered a great and irreparable loss ; that 

 we, his pupils, are bereft of a most able, skillful and learned instructor, 

 and have been separated forever from a man whom we admired and a 

 friend whom we loved, whose many kind offices and wise counsels we shall 

 sadly miss. 



Resolved, That we offer our sincere and earnest sympathies in this af- 

 fliction to the family of our deceased friend, and to the Faculty of the Uni- 

 versity which he served and honored so long. 



Resolved, That our Society, of which he was a member and whose inte- 

 rest he always gladly served, has lost a warm and zealous patron and 

 friend ; and that our members wear the badge of mourning for thirty days. 

 Resolved, That the Committee present copies of these resolutions to the 

 family of Dr. Mitchell, and to the Faculty of the University. 



W. S. HUMPHRIES, 

 ADDISON HARVEY, 

 S. D. GOZA, 

 E. S. J. BELL. 



Com. 



MEETING OF THE TRUSTEES OF DAVIDSON COLLEGE. 



Davidson College, July 16, 1857. 

 On motion of Rev. Dr. Lacy, 



Resolved, That a Committee consisting of C. L. Hunter, M. D., Rev. 

 W. W. Pharr and Edwin R. Harris, Esq., be appointed to prepare resolu- 



