Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-01-03

taught as we'll as others-English Litera
ture being superior to all others. Aptitude
to teach Logic and Psychology does no
necessarily include aptitude to teach En-
lglish Philology and the Science of Taste
Hence, separate school is recommended
for the latter studies, embracing the struc
ture and history of the English Language
Rhetoric, and history of English Litera
ture.
To the School of Metaphysics are given
the studies of Logic, Psychology, Natural
Religion and Ethics.
The School of Political Science shall
embrace a thorough course of Political
Economy, as we'll as other subjects of Po-
litical Philosophy. To this is also assign.
ed the subject of History, embracing the
| History Of Modern Civilization.
In teaching the Classics, reference shall
! be had to instruction in the English Lam
guage, by requiring frequent translations
to be made from the languages taught into
idiomatic English, and from English into
those languages respectively.
| The schools shall be divided into classes
at the discretion of the Professor, and for
instruction therein, he shall be allowed
eight hours each week, Of which five shall
be devoted to the course for degree of
Bachelor of Arts, and three for the degree
of Master of Arts In the latter course,
| the teacher shall carry the student further
IN his science than is possible in the more
elementary A. B. course. Special atten-
! ton will be given in the A. Nj. course to
the education of teachers, this being the
| Normal School Department of the Uni
versity.
There shall be degree conferred and
6inIOna ac tbareof in oacb ccboo1
to be signed by the President of the Uni
versity and the Professor sf the school. Be
sides this the President shall grant certif-
Gates of proficiency for attainment in any
branch of a school.
A. B. The degree of Bachelor of Arts
shall be awarded to those obtaining Diplo-
mas in all the ten schools OF the Academi-
Cal Department.
3. The degree of Master Of Arts, A. NJ.
will be conferred only on those who have
| taken the degree of A. B. aud shall have
passed satisfactory examination IN three
schools for the special course, organized
for that purpose heretofore mentioned.
To allow choice in studies, the following
degrees will be likewise conferred
B. S. Bachelor of Science on those who
have taken the prescribed course in the
J Department of Agriculture and the Me-
chanic Arts, and also on those who have
taken the A. B. in A. M. courses in Mathe-
MATES, Chemistry, GeOgnOSy and Physics.
B. p. The degree of Bachelor of Philoso-
ply shall De conferred on those who have
taken the A. 3. and A. NJ. courses in the
schools of Rhetoric and the English Ian
guage and Literature, Of Metaphysics and
Ethics and Political Science.
The committee call special attention to
the Master of Arts course, as it is unique
and it is believed an Improvement on the
systems generally prevailing. The advan-
tages claimed for it are as follows
LIST. A more thorough study of the Scien-
ces, than is possible in our Colleges, as at
present organized.
End. Some of the best students will be
retained for an extra year, and their intlu-
ence will work down among the lower
classes.
3rd A kind of Normal School Depart
ment will be incorporated into the Univer-
sity, in which thorough scientific training
may be given to those who go out as teach
ers, and thus,
4th. The University will do its great
work,-elevate the standard of education
in the State.
When this scheme shall be faithfully car
ried out, Schools and Colleges will be eager
to secure the services of one, whose schol-
of Master of Arts of the University of North
Carolina.
The President and Professors elected
under the system above mentioned, SUBJ
ject to the revision of the Board of Trus-
tees, shall arrange the details for carrying
the same into operation, in accordance
with the principles of the foregoing re-
port.
IL The Departmentof Agriculture and the
Mechanic Arts shall be organized to teach
such branches of learning as are related to
Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts, without
excluding other Scientific and Classical
studies, and including Military Tactics, in
order to promote the liberal and practical
education Of the industrial classes in the
several pursuits and professions of life, as
provided in the Act Of Congress, approved
July End, 1862, donating land scrip to the
several States. The committee, owing to
pressing engagements, ask for further time
to enable them to mature the scheme.
III. LdaC Department.
~. Medical Department.
The committee likewise ask for further
time to enable them to mature recOmmen-
dations in regard to these Departments. I.
In conclusion, the committee express the
| opinion that with a moderate endowment,
| the University can be reorganiZed as recon-
mended on a basis solid, endurable and
capable of indefinite expansion to meet the
wants of the future. No scheme for I'M
parting education in the highest branches
of knowledge can succeed without some
annual revenue, in addition to the income
of the institution from tuition fees. The
Committee trust that the people of the
State, acting individually or through the
| Legislature, will not allow an institution
whose past is so brilliant, whose creation
and maintenance are enioined by the fun
damental law, to languish and die, and thus
force our sons to Journey to other States i'll
search of the blessings of liberal educa
| ton.
Respectfully submitted,
KEMP z. BATTLE,
For the Committee.