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David Gaston Worth

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David Gaston Worth : a sketch of his life

Sykes, Robert H. (Robert Hiden), 1872-1950 · 1898 · Dialectic and Philanthropic Societies

Robert Hiden Sykes's biographical sketch of David Gaston Worth, 1831 to 1897, an alumnus of the University of North Carolina, signed at the end by the author and detached from the North Carolina University magazine, new series, volume 15, number 3, April 1898. Printed at Chapel Hill for the Dialectic and Philanthropic Societies.

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  1. Alumni build the university's first gymnasium off university land After the dancing ban, a chartered Gymnasium Association sold $10 shares to alumni and built a hall 110 by 45 feet on its own land, rented to the university for exercise and used for the 1885 commencement ball. The building later became Commons Hall, the student dining hall. People: Julian S. Carr, Robert Bingham, David Gaston Worth, Isaac Hall Manning, Richard H. LewisSearch the index · Documenting the American South: Kemp P. Battle, History of the University of North Carolina, vol. II (1912), p. 313
  2. Alumni pledge money for an Alumni Hall at the centennial banquet At the banquet marking a hundred years since the university opened, alumni and classes pledged gifts toward an Alumni Hall, led by Julian S. Carr with $3,000 and Thomas M. Holt with $1,000. The building, modeled on the Boston Public Library, had its cornerstone laid in 1898. People: Julian S. Carr, David Gaston WorthSearch the index · Documenting the American South: Kemp P. Battle, History of the University of North Carolina, vol. II (1912), p. 523

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  • Alumni Building University buildings and grounds · Chapel Hill · 1 event here

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