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Primary document
Title:
Announcement Denying the Students' petition by David L. Swain,
May 1, 1861: Electronic Edition.
Author: Swain, David L. (David Lowry), 1801-1868
Funding from the University Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill supported the electronic publication of this title.
Text transcribed by
Caitlin R. Donnelly
Images scanned by
Stephanie Adamson
Text encoded by
Stephanie Adamson
First Edition, 2006
Size of electronic edition: ca. 12K
Publisher: The University Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
2006
The electronic edition is a part of the University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill digital library, Documenting the American South.
Languages used in the text:
English
Revision history:
2006-12-07, Stephanie Adamson finished TEI/XML encoding.
Source(s):
Title of collection: University of North Carolina Papers (#40005),
University Archives, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Title of document: Announcement Denying the Students' Petition by David
L. Swain, May 1, 1861
Author: David L. Swain
Description: 1 page, 1 page image
Note:
Call number 40005 (University Archives, University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Editorial practices
The text has been encoded using the recommendations for Level 5 of the TEI in Libraries Guidelines.
Originals are in the University Archives, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Original grammar, punctuation, and spelling have been preserved.
DocSouth staff created a 600 dpi uncompressed TIFF file for each image. The TIFF images were then saved as JPEG images at 100 dpi for web access.
Page images can be viewed and compared in parallel with the text.
Any hyphens occurring in line breaks have been removed, and the trailing part of a word has been joined to the preceding line.
All quotation marks, em dashes and ampersand have been transcribed as entity references.
All double right and left quotation marks are encoded as ".
All single right and left quotation marks are encoded as '.
All em dashes are encoded as —.
Indentation in lines has not been preserved.
For more information about transcription and other editorial decisions, see the section Editorial Practices.
The text has been encoded using the recommendations for Level 5 of the TEI in Libraries Guidelines.
Originals are in the University Archives, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Original grammar, punctuation, and spelling have been preserved.
DocSouth staff created a 600 dpi uncompressed TIFF file for each image. The TIFF images were then saved as JPEG images at 100 dpi for web access.
Page images can be viewed and compared in parallel with the text.
Any hyphens occurring in line breaks have been removed, and the trailing part of a word has been joined to the preceding line.
All quotation marks, em dashes and ampersand have been transcribed as entity references.
All double right and left quotation marks are encoded as ".
All single right and left quotation marks are encoded as '.
All em dashes are encoded as —.
Indentation in lines has not been preserved.
For more information about transcription and other editorial decisions, see the section Editorial Practices.
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UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA,
CHAPEL
HILL, MAY 1st, 1861.
Sir:—
The present is a crisis in the affairs of our country that calls for the best
services we can render in the tented field if necessary, and if not there, in
the sphere in which each one can make himself most useful. Whilst the Faculty of
this Institution have no disposition to quench
patriotic ardour, or to withhold from the public service, at the proper time,
any one capable of performing the duties of a soldier, they beg leave to
intimate to parents and guardians the propriety of restraining the anxiety so
natural to the young and inexperienced to rush prematurely into military
service.
Many young men have left us, in most instances under written instructions from
home and with our permission and approbation, and in others without our
knowledge, and we fear in opposition to the wishes of Parents and Guardians. The
latter we hope will return in due time to prepare for the annual examination
which will begin on Monday the 27th inst.
The Faculty are at their posts, endeavoring to discharge their duty faithfully to
the young men committed to their charge. There will be no suspension of duties,
and no reasonable pains will be spared to render the approaching Commencement
attractive. The graduating class is a numerous one and is regarded as embracing
talents and attainments which will insure exercises worthy of public attention.
The Rev. Dr. Broadus, is to
deliver the valedictory sermon to the Senior Class, and the Hon. Thomas L. Clingman the annual Address before the two Literary
Societies.
The candidates for degrees, except in cases where for special reasons dispenation
has been granted, will be expected to be in attendance by the beginning of
Commencement week.
Yours very respectfully,
DAVID L.
SWAIN
,
President.