Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-10-14
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h%f+oR GAE'z ATIOs OF THE UNIVERSE
TX OF NORTH CAROLINA, WITH .,EE-
FERsON DAVIS as PRESIDENT.
MesSrS. Editors The demand for biab
er education in North Carolina is urgent
and it Gun be supplied only by reorooniv
ing the University, for which scheme
should be developed before the sitting Of
the Legislature. Some suggestions ara
offered below, which seem practical and
feasible.
L. Let ell those who are identified with
the measures which have resulted in tba
present degradation of the University be
excluded from its Board Of Trustees md
it's Faculty.
2. Let the University be put in direct
sympathy with SouA.ern feeling, by putting
some Southern statesman at its head and
a6o0e oh Others JEFFERSON DAVIS is
the man for tie position. This movement
will attract immediate ald univerkai al
tention to the University, and will secure
a large patronage ftom the % ton States
to start on. Thus the reOrganized Univsr-
sity will be self.supporting almost from
the very outset, (Which is an excecdineIv
important end TO gain) am iusteal OF Ian
gushing for years to build 10 q patron
age it will come forth like Minerv. IN fnll
paupply.
3. Let the Universe y be put IN dire.t
sympathy with It's olI alumni by securing
such of it's Old FAcul, y rs arc enthusiastic
and successful teachers, and who are still
in the vigor of life--such men as DIR. Chae.
Phillips and Col. Wa. j. Martin. who
would be an honor to any institution of
learning.
4. Let the University be pat nto direct
sympathy with the people IF Moyh euro
lima, by putting into its Fuculty North
Carolina teachers Cf Established STAT rep
utation; enthusiastic and successlu. alen.
in the vigor of life !; and 10y pl:tiuR upon
its Board OF Trustees at least ii reasonable
proportion OF the educators of North Caro-
lima, instead OF filing the Board with nero
politicians.
5. After securing the sympathy of these
three clements, tO.wit: Ist, tic South al
large; "a the Alumni, and 81 Tho people
of the Slate first by the appointment of
JEFFERSON DAVIS as President; sc.
Ond by recalling suitable members Of the
old Faculty, and third b. appointing some
prominent North Carolina teachers TO 10.
sitions in the Faculty or on the Board of
Trustees, or both. Let the Faculty be
handsomely supported by sufficient APP
preparation from the Public Treasury u1--
til such time as the University shall be
come self,supporting, which, with JET
FERSON DAVIS as President, aided by
an able Faculty, will be q very short time:
and surely no use of the peoples money
will be more beneficial TO the State at
large than such an appropriation and on
the other hand IL is simply idle to suppose
that successful men will take hold of the
University without the assurance of ample
pay.
6. Let the professorships which cannot
be supplied from the sources above named,
be supplied by successful educators,
wherever they can be found. irrespective
of Seciaria7a, State, or even National lines.
z. Let the University thus manned be
reorganized upon the regular university
plan, which In the case of the Virginia
University has proved so eminent q sue
cess, and therefore SO eminently adapted
to Southern feeling. Let the standard Of
scholarship be very high. Let the tuition
fees be as high as any in the country, with
suitable provision for INDECENT students
Finally, let the University of North Caro-
lima be The University of the South