Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-10-14
The University of North Carolina.

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published this morning, upon the reor-
SANITATION of the University. we deslre
our ootemporaries to unite with US III
directing public attention to subject OF
tho first importance to the people OF the
State. We hope they will publish Inc
communication and make such comments
thereon as will aid in maturing some prac-
tical and feasible plan for tho reconstruc-
ton of the University.
The plan submitted by our correSpon-
dent, who is a distinguished graduate o.
Chanel Hill. and who is devoted TO the
educational interests Of North Carolina
and fondly attached to his Alma 0la'sT' Is
substantially the one proposed ~ US II our
issue of the 28th September. 1t Is true
we made no specific recommendation Tor
President. and, under the University sys-
tenn, there is not necessarily or usuaily' we
believe, q President 60 n0n'lne, but Simply
Chairman Of the Faculty, WHO IS pro
lessor and performs his duties Us such' as
the other professors. He is merely Inc
presiding officer at the meetings Oh the
Faculty. AS to the gentleman proposed oy
our correspondent for the Presidency Oh
the reorganized University there can De
no difference of opinion. There Is 10 olo
better qualified either in attalnments' eA
ecutive ability, or IN influence II eA-
President DAVIS could be induced to take
charge of the University its success would
he established from the outset, and, with
q Faculty selected with proper care ana
Judgment, it would at once rank among
the best institutions Of learning IN the
world.
In the first place the University must be
put az sympathy tciM tie popular Aea'T q
the country. This may be denounced as
the very essence Of rebellion, but If rebel
lion builds up the University as surely
as modern IoyaIism has destroyed 1t,
let us embrace the rebellion. We want
our boys educated at home, and We want
them as we'll or better educated here as
anywhere else. This is demanded by
parents and required by tho best interests
of North Carolina. Our civil government
may be revolutionized, our laws abrogated
and our rulers prescribed at the arbitrary
bidding Of Congress, but they cannot con
troll the education Of our people. Ten
years Of an educational famine III North
Carolina, with oil the aids that puritanlc
and 7indictive Superintendent Of Pubhc
instruction could bring, has not yet been
able to inculcato what he and his Radical
societies are pleased to denomlnate al
national sentiment" into the hearts OF
our children. Tho ro0pIo have turned
their backs upon his vicious and partisan
efforts his schools langnish, and the Uni
7ersity is but political hospital for i'm
peeunious of1icc-seekors and literary men
dicants.
The University must, also, bo put in
sympathy with It's Alumni, IS our CORES
pondent we'll says by recalling such mem
bers Of the former Faculty as are compe
tent, We can cheerfully endorse DIR.
CHARLES PHILLIPS as a teacher. Colonel
WILLIAM J. MARTIN we only know as an
accomplished gentleman and gallant SOL
der, We are satisfied, however, from the
universal testimony bono by those who
have been his pupils, that he is most
able instructor. But in regard to DR..
PHILLIPS We can speak from our own
knowledge He is the best instructor to
qUAons zoe eUer yecited. This is strong ex-
preston, but it is true DIR. Phillips may
not have been as popular among the stu
dents'as other members Of the old Facul-
ty, but we do not believe that there IS one
of the thousands who were his students,
who would not wish to sea him occupy q
position in the new Faculty.
The fourth point urged by our cores
pondent is in exact accordance with the
views which We have urged. In the re-or-
ganization of the University it would be
most suicidal, both to the efficiency and
popularity of the Faculty, to ignore the
leading educators of North Carolina. This,
we think, is essential to its immediate sue
cess and ultimate usefulness. There was
not formerly that sympathy for the Uni
versity among the people of the State that
there should have been, and we believe it
was owing to the exclusiveness, liter
airy and social Of the Faculty, and the
absence of all sympathy between them and
the teachers of the State. This must not
again be the case, but due proportion of
the Faculty should be selected from this
class, and success in teaching the high
schools of the State should be tho certain
stepping stone to Professors Chair in
such University, as would carry with the
appointment the highest literary honors.
It is of the first Importance to North
Carolina that her State University should
be reorganized at once. We know the
poverty of the people and the condition of
the public credit. Therefore it should be
made aeelf-supporting institution from the
very outset. And this can and must be
done. We must recall our young men
from distant schools and colleges. Those
who are to have the future control of the
affairs of the State should receive their ed
ucation within its borders. A home senti-
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