The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1868-01-07

we nave the results Ol IuelT INTERPRETATIONS.
before us. The fullest and freest discussion
ought to he elected.
There should be a Gymnasium attached to
the University. Bodily health and vigor
is the first condition of human happiness,
and, rs rule, of success in any department
Hence the trapeze and the paralleled bars
are as necessary to the full development OF
the perfect man as text books and laborato-
ries. There need he no additional expense
for an instructor in this department. Every
Turner Hall could supply an efficient one,
who would take the place and depend upon
his fees, which, as all other fees, would, of
course, be fixed by law.
The University should open with five pro
fessors one for each of the first five Colleges.
The professors will fill the chair of the sixth
College in rotation. Other professors will,
of course be added to the original five,
| from time to time as the number of students
| increases and the revenues of the University
| permit. The method of instruction should be
entirely by lecture andwithout examination.
Each professor should make out a syllabus
| of his course and each student be provided
with printed copy. The syllabus will give
references and authorities and the professor
| will recommend books to be read in con-
nexion with the lectures. The industrious
| student will fill out his syllabus with notes
| from the lectures. in which e: er :.se he will
! soon attain great proficiency.
| Each professor should be paid an annual
! salary of one thousand dollars. In addition
to this, he should be allowed fee OF S., 60
| per term of twenty weeks from each student
| i'll his college. Suppose the University
opens with one hundred students, equally
divided among the first five colleges This
would give fees per year to each professor
amounting, to $4,000. Besides this, Gas
will be seen presently each student will be
required to attend at least two colleges,
! one OF which, must be the sixth, or General
| College Tho fees, then. in this college
would amount to $1,000 per year to lie
distributed equally among the professors,
giving each $4,000 per year more, making,
in all, $1,400 per year to each. As the
revenues increased the salaries of the pro-
fessors should be reduced. One of the adj
vantages of this system would be that, each
professor would not only strive to bring his
college as near perfection as possible, but
would be also Interested in seeing the aggrc-
gate OF students increased, which would not
be the case, if he had only IA fixed salary
and no other iuducement to labor
In addition to the professors, provision
should be made for ii corps of instructors
known as Private Tutors" Upon recon-
mendation of qualification by the faculty
and the approval of the Executive Com
mittee, any person should be entitled to a
room in the College buildings and be allow
ed to give private instruction to individual
students, and receive Il fee not to exceed an
amount fixed by law. He will receive no
other bounty than his room. 1t is not to he
| expected that the professors can have the
time to remove all the difficulties which the
students meet with. They will not visit
their rooms, direct their investigations and
give detailed explanations where they may
be necessary. This will be done by the pri-
vate tutor An ambitious student, who de-
sires to make rapid and thorough progress.
will not neg .ect to take advantage of this
assistance.
The privileges of the students should be
the following. viz:
1. Any person of good moral character
may become Il student of the University by
entering his name on the rolls, agreeing to
obey the laws and regulations and paying
the fees and receiving his certificate of en-
trance in ut least two OF the colleges, one of
which must be the sixth, or General College.
2. Any student, who passes satisfactory
written examination In any one of the first
five colleges, will be entitled to the degree
OF A B. Any student passing a similar ex-
animation in the first five colleges shall be
entitled to the degree OF \. VI. These ex-
aminations to he in the presence of the en-
tire faculty of the University and approved
by them.
3. Any student may apply for his degree
at the annual Commencement; provided
always, that no one shall be entitled to ap-
ply for degree, who has not resided for
one term of twenty weeks within the juris.
diction of the University, and paid all the
necessary fees.
4. a student, who has entered the Uni
versity, continues Il student SO long as he
resides within its jurisdiction and pays the
necessary fees. No student is required to
attend any lecture or exercise.
[ would sketch the outlines of the govern
ment of the University as follows, viz:
1. All the colleges in conjunction shall
constitute the University.
2. The body OF the professors shall bc
known as the Faculty of the University.
3. Let the General Assembly of the State
grant the University court OF record with
exclusive jurisdiction within certain limits
These limits should be certain lesser mistle-
meanors already punishable by statute, and
in addition to these, two thirds of the Facul-
ty should be allowed to suggest other Of
fences and define their punishment, which,
when ratified by ma ority of the Trustees
and approved by the General Assembly shall
be the law of the University.
4. The powers of this Court shall extend
to Judicial reprlmand, fine, Imprisonment
and final expulsion, which last shall be con-
sidered the highest penalty; fines not to ex-
coed a certain amount or Imprisonment II
certain time
5. Any student unwilling to submit to the
judgment of the Court may avoid it by
withdrawing from the University; provided
always that, in this case, if the offence be
punishable by statute, lie should still be
liable to Indictment in the State Courts.
Such are the outlines-and only the out
lines the plan. that L would submit. 1
believe that it is a perfect University system
on a small scale. As a legion, with its in
fantry, cavalry, artillery and engineers is a
miniature army, which may he swelled to a
host, merely by adding to its parts, without
touching its organization, so may the radius
of this ideal University be extended, vastly
charging its circumference, without altering
its form or changing its proportions
The economy of the system is strong point
tits favor. The objection to a University
composed ola circle ofindependent colleges,
like those of England, has not been against
the merits of the system, but against its ex-
pense. We have already seen how much