Found all the benches in the
Chapel
tarred and just over the place where
"Old Hub" [Fordyce Hubbard]
sits was written in letters of tar
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the
word
"Fordyce"
. The students stood in all parts of
the
Chapel
regardless of Classess.
2
Prof.
[Andrew] Hepburn
gave out that the 3
rd Section would
have him on Compositions immediately after prayers. Nearly all the Section had
heard of it before but he had not given out the notice publicly and I did not
carry my composition. He read out the compositions of
W.
Smith
,
Staton
,
Skinner
3 and two others, the authors of whom I do not know. He
doesn't read out the authors' names but only the Compositions. Not taken up by
Jackson
. Read about 150 pages in
"Grenada"
4;
not having
neglecting to read my task yesterday I had to
make it up to day. I dont like it very much. Taken up by
Mr.
[Hildreth] Smith
in the evening on the review lesson. I got off first
rate. Took a walk to
Piney
Prospect after supper with
L.
Sykes
& my chum.
5 When we got back home we found a letter tied to the door
knob and on opening it found it to to be—An April fool. We suspect Miss
Fannie
Durham
6
of putting
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it there. It was directed "To the
Mr.Whitfield Boyes
Chapelhill
N.C." Before going to bed we fixed up a suitable answer and
fastened it to her door. Got a letter from cousin
Bryan. All
well.