The North Carolina Presbyterian . -^^ «ow offert polUhed ,.„g. blac. rubb« ^^^^^i^^^^^^^,^^^^^^ FACULTY / Unspotted. Rev. J B. Sheartr, D. D., , Pre^iden. and Professor of Biblical Instmcilon an( Moral Philo8* J. Martin, , Vice-PresMent, an( Prof, of D. Vinson, M. A., Prof, of Hathematic*W. S. Currell, Ph:D. Professor of Louis Smith, , Professor of Na^ ural Philosophy. C. R. Harding, Phi)., Professor of Greek an< German R. Grey, Professor of Latin am French. \ J. B. Wharey, A. |., G. Little, B. S., Chem. Lftbor
The North Carolina Presbyterian . -^^ «ow offert polUhed ,.„g. blac. rubb« ^^^^^i^^^^^^^,^^^^^^ FACULTY / Unspotted. Rev. J B. Sheartr, D. D., , Pre^iden. and Professor of Biblical Instmcilon an( Moral Philo8* J. Martin, , Vice-PresMent, an( Prof, of D. Vinson, M. A., Prof, of Hathematic*W. S. Currell, Ph:D. Professor of Louis Smith, , Professor of Na^ ural Philosophy. C. R. Harding, Phi)., Professor of Greek an< German R. Grey, Professor of Latin am French. \ J. B. Wharey, A. |., G. Little, B. S., Chem. Lftboratorr As-sistant. Brown, Jr., Gfmnasium Director• Vocal THE NAME VALKYRIE. Its Derivation From Norse Mythology—Where the Goat Comes In. Valkyrie, the name of the Englishyacht racing for Americas cup, is deriv-ed from mythology and pronounced Val-kee-ree, with the accent on the secondsyllable. Its meaning is chooser of theslain, from vair, fallen or slain, andkjora, cognate with the old Germankueren, and the Anglo-Saxonx ceosan, tochoose. The .Century Dictionary pro-nounces the word Val-ki-ree, though itgives as the pronunciation of Valkyriathe sound Val-kir-ia. The Valkyries, old Norse Valkyrjur,were attendants and messengers of Odin,or Wodan, the supreme god in Teutonicmythology. The Valkyries were sent toevery battle-field to select such warriorsas were destined to fall, and whom theytouched with the points of their carried the bodies of the slain intriumph to Walhalla, their heavenlyabode. Poetical fancy represents them in the rmidst of the fight, mounted on swift ^horses, assisting and guiding the heroes, |who are their l
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