Fordyce M. Hubbard

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1. 1848 Fordyce M. Hubbard is elected professor of Latin After John DeBerniere Hooper resigned the Latin chair, the trustees elected the Rev. Fordyce M. Hubbard, an Episcopal clergyman then heading Trinity School near Raleigh, professor of Latin. He took up the work the following year and held the chair until 1868. People: John DeBerniere Hooper Place: Chapel HillSearch the index · Documenting the American South: Kemp P. Battle, History of the University of North Carolina, vol. I (1907), p. 517-518
2. 1851 Cameron Avenue extended west through the university forest The street now called Cameron Avenue was cut westward through the university's forest and named College Avenue by the village commissioners, and lots along it were put up for sale. Professor Fordyce M. Hubbard persuaded the trustees to build him a house at its corner with Pittsboro Street. People: Fordyce M. Hubbard Place: Chapel Hill · Also mentions: Cameron Avenue, Pittsboro StreetSearch the index · Documenting the American South: Kemp P. Battle, History of the University of North Carolina, vol. I (1907), p. 626
3. about 1851 to 1853; again 1865 to 1868 Fordyce M. Hubbard serves as rector of the Chapel of the Cross While teaching Latin at the university, the Rev. Fordyce M. Hubbard served as rector of the Chapel of the Cross, Chapel Hill's Episcopal church, from about 1851 until 1853. He took charge of the parish again after Francis W. Hilliard resigned in July 1865 and stayed until he left in late 1868. Place: Chapel Hill · Also named: Francis W. Hilliard · Also mentions: Chapel of the CrossSearch the index · NCpedia: Fordyce Mitchell Hubbard · Also: Archibald Henderson, The Church of the Atonement and the Chapel of the Cross at Chapel Hill (1938), scan
4. 1853 University library moved from South Building to Smith Hall The university's books were taken from the president's lecture room in South Building to the new Smith Hall, and Hubbard, Charles Phillips and the librarian were told to prepare a catalogue. At the start of the Civil War the books were stored in a room of the East Building. People: Charles Phillips, Fordyce M. Hubbard Place: Smith HallSearch the index · Documenting the American South: Kemp P. Battle, History of the University of North Carolina, vol. I (1907), p. 634
5. October 6, 1856 The faculty vote 12 to 1 to disown Hedrick's published views Called together by President Swain, the faculty resolved that Hedrick's letter broke the university's custom of keeping out of party politics and that no other member shared his opinions, while expressing personal regard for him. Instructor H. Herrisse cast the only vote against, saying no one suspected the faculty of Republicanism. People: Benjamin Sherwood Hedrick, David L. Swain, Elisha Mitchell, James Phillips, Charles Phillips, Fordyce M. Hubbard Place: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill · Also named: H. HerrisseSearch the index · J. G. de Roulhac Hamilton, Benjamin Sherwood Hedrick (1910), scan p. 19
6. 1860 commencement Archbishop John Hughes preaches the commencement sermon Invited again by the senior class, the Roman Catholic Archbishop Hughes preached the baccalaureate sermon, speaking without notes for an hour and three quarters on love of God and of neighbor. Some Protestant critics attacked the choice, and a Hillsborough Recorder correspondent charged that he was treated discourteously, which the university denied. People: Fordyce M. Hubbard Place: Gerrard Hall · Also named: John HughesSearch the index · Documenting the American South: Kemp P. Battle, History of the University of North Carolina, vol. I (1907), p. 707
7. 1868 to May 1878 The Chapel of the Cross nearly empties while the university is closed When the university shut in 1868 most parishioners left Chapel Hill, and for a time the parish had too few men to form a vestry. Lay readers and a monthly visit from R. B. Sutton kept services going; Sutton was still taking the morning service in April 1878. Joseph Blount Cheshire Jr., assigned to the parish, took charge in May 1878. People: Fordyce M. Hubbard, Kemp Plummer Battle, John Kimberly, Joseph Blount Cheshire Jr. Place: Chapel of the Cross, East Franklin Street, Chapel Hill · Also named: R. B. SuttonArchibald Henderson, The Church of the Atonement and the Chapel of the Cross at Chapel Hill (1938), scan p. 54 · Also: The Chapel Hill Ledger, April 18, 1878, p. 3; The Chapel Hill Ledger, May 18, 1878, p. 3
8. June 20, 1870 Mrs. Fordyce Hubbard and her daughter leave Chapel Hill for good The family of the former Latin professor Fordyce M. Hubbard, whose books had been boxed for shipping, drove away from their Chapel Hill home to join him in New York, one of the last old faculty households to go. Place: Hubbard house, Chapel HillSearch the index · Hope Summerell Chamberlain, Old Days in Chapel Hill (1926), scan p. 210