The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-01-17

its tuition leS ittN
vvi,hou. charge At its CnivetsIt-- mis-
offer is still made although the endo"-
ment OF the University was sw~eptaW2S
nv the desolasiens Of the war.
Most uron,inent among the educators
of TIE Young men of North Carolina Is
! of course. the University O n State
/ situated at Chapel Hill, near the south
ern edge of Orange county. : ihiies
northwest from Raleigh, and Il miles
west of Durham on the North Carolina
Railroad. For many years before the
war this wa one OF the most famous
institutions in the United States. Ii
has at present a largrr Faculty ana the
greater number of students than any
University south of Virginia. The
! Legislature of North Carolina has gwen
/ to il the income flowing from the
land grant made for educational pur-
poses by the United States. and II pre-
SCENTS several attractive and thorough
courses of study for young gentlemen.
The Hon. Kemp +. Battle l. the Presl-
dent. Besides the President there are
nine Professors, who have at their
command we'll furnished libraries.
laboratories and museums.
The Legislature of North Carolina
has also provided means for the main
tenance of a Normal school. h has
been taught during the summer vaca-
ton of the University, and III IFS rooms.
All of these instructions to teachers
are given without charge TO its pupils.
and have been furnished by the most
accomplished Normal school professors
that could be secured. The school for
1877 lasted six weeks and was attended
by more than 200 scholars. The Uni
versity and its Normal school while
controlled by religious men are entire
" without bias from ecclesiastical or
political parties.
Observation-Disclosures in the collegiate
education of young men is represented
in North Carolina for the Baptists by
Wake Forest College on the Raleigh
and CASTOR Railroad. Is miles from
Raleigh, and by the Collegiate Institute
at Wilson. on the Wilmington and
Weldon Railroad for the Methodists
by Trinity College, ) miles south of
High Point, on the North Carolina
Railroad. and Rutherford College at
Icard's Station, IS miles east of Nor
canton, on the Western North Caro-
lima Railroad, and by Yadkin College
% miles north of Salisbury for the
Presbyterians by Davidson College, on
the Atlantic, Tennessee and Ohio Rail
road, 90 miles north of Charlotte J; for
the Lutherans, by the North Carolina
College, II miles east of Concord. in
Cabarrus county, and for the Friends
by the New Garden College, 6 miles
west of Greensboro. These colleges
are of high grade and have Presidents
well known to the public who are as
sisted by faculties worthy of con
fidence.
The classical schools for boys which
are under the control of private per
sons are numerous. Some of them are
among the best in our country. Con
SpiCuouo dllloIS tIIclI1 lIc Dlilp1d1lI
School, which is now managed by the
third generation of "Binghams," and
has always been most favorably known
as teaching thoroughly and disciplin-
ing with vigilance and wisdom. 1t is
situated at Mebaneville on the North
Carolina Railroad, 10 miles west of
Hillsboro. There is at HiIlsboro a Mil
ltary Institute which has ample accom-
} modations for a large number of stu
dents. The pupils from this school
have always proved that their instruc-
ton has been careful and successful.
| The military Institute at Charlotte is
another male academy of a high grade,
| which at present receives the constant
| care OF its accomplished Superinten-
g dent, Major Thomas, surrounded by
{ an able corps of assistants. There is
J also a good military academy at Viii
{ mingtOn. The brothers Horner have
: become associates of their father at his
! we'll known academy in Oxford, and
SO are likely to 81 are in his fame anC
9 influence. Mr.. S. w. Hughes has fol-
! many years maintained an exceIlenr
i choOl on his farm near Cedar Grove
:. 6 miles north of Hillsboro. The Finle,
; High School at Lenoir, in Caldwell
: county, IS miles north of Hickor,
: Station, or the Western North Caro-
i lima Railroad, has for several year
: been a notable and successful candi
> date for public favors. Mr.. Fetter 70
many years professor of Greek in tn,
University of North Carolina, has
school of good repute in Goldsboro
al ub;loo. II