The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1891-06-02
FOX PRESIDENT OF THE INI-
vERSirl NORTH CAROLINA.

institution "a Ill meet aud oae OF the mes,
important matters that viii claim their
attention VII De the election Of a sue
cessor 10 DR.. Battle. No inconsiierate
action, or unwise selection is feared hnt
the State wants the best man we can get
and the public demands that We search
for him. The question coufronts rs,
whc Is the man, aud what qualitica-
tions does be possessfti As 10 his quaii-
tcatious We consider these essential
L He mus: be scholar aud an edu-
Gator oy profession. None other must
be placed in charge OF the University
To deliver the highest educational insti-
tuition in the State into the hands of
one Of any other calling however popu-
lar he may be or successful in his
line Of work. is 10 say that no special
| culture or preparation Is needed for
teaching q vain viii the teachers of
the State strive 10 build up their pro
ttsSiou. II they ale TO wear eternaliy the
| oadSe of inieriority. Poor devil of a
| 'eccher' Is what the teachers of North
| Carolina have been called for 100 years,
and they Will not be called anything
else as long as they acknowledge that
they are not as competent to manage
/ their own special business as others who
have no training or experience. 1t
would be equally as proper to place
| politician in charge of the medical
Interests of the State, the legal interests,
or the religious interest; to make him
superintendent of the Insane Asylum,
or the Deaf aud Dumb Asylum, to
make him Justice of the Supreme
| Court, or Bishop. In all other pro-
| fessions when high aud important
| 0t1 tn ha
made from those who have attained
eminence, and each demands that It's
own members be recognized when
place Is to be filled that is in its own
line Of work Tne teachers of the State
owe it to their profession TO demand
professional men for its highest officers
and honors Every where this is accord
ed except in North Carolina.
2. We must, If possible, have North
Caroinian. Somehow or other it seems
to discredit man in North Carolina to
be North CaroliniaD. II North CIR
Gilman goes abroad and does WE'LL the
State IS really enthusiastic; but if he stay
AT home and does we'll, everybody really
| doubts whether there is not some mis-
take abont it, 1t is time 10 quit this
provincialism. We are a queer people
in some respects We strut around six
days in a week and brag on ourselves,
and wind up by getting down in the
dust and crawling before every stranger
that notices us. Ii is ridiculous and
humiliatlng to the last degree Let us
stop IT. We have to build up our own
state and work out our own salvation.
II is b ID uyh to play second fiddle to
New York, New Eogland and Virginia
in railroads, &, &c, without inviting
some unknown somebody from some
other State to come int, our midst and
direct our systems of thought and cul-
tire. Oar people are as go,d as any on
earth. We have "a good brains, as
god, strong arms and as warm aud
Grav- hcarts. Let us acknowledge il
All we need is to stud up and be- men !;
to stand unite IN our ldeavors 10
build up the Stat9 materially, socially,
intellectually
3. The University must work in har-
mony with the private schools and col
leges of he State. It must, therefore.
be in the hands of one who is in full
sympathy with these institutions.
The University must sympathiza
with the great mass Of the people. There
n ust be no suspicion of aristocratic ten
deucies at the University. lhe growth
of the University will depend largely
upon popular sympathy, and sympathy
from the people will come only by means
Of sympathy for the people.
Our people are eminently religious
and pious. Let, therefore, religion and
| p.ety be cultivated and cherished both as
means of culture and as noble aims in
education; buf let the University be one
place in North Carolina where sectarian
ism is merged in religion. Above all
sects is truth. We must have 10 big
ntry there.
6 Neither do we want parts nshi %.
The Uulvefsi J must be upon so lofty
aud SO gran! plane of thought ano
culture thai al sects and all parties wi
} expect and admire il.
: 7 True manhood mnst be promoted
in our student life Therefore all forms
of rowdyism. all sorts of m Altreatment.
Of "fresh, " such vices as gambling anG
unkenness, must be suppressed ab:o
lutely.
: 8 Discipline must be wise and just
, but as firm as rcck unostentatious
bu- sure and swift
9 The University must be placed Fl
RAPPORT with the higher educationa
movement of the world Its Presiden
must be acquainted al with the great insti
,u,ions of tne world, and be must be
man who can learn from others. Th,
6 University must keep on growing.
must Study the constantly growing ant
diversified demands of our people 70
7 new and better modes of culture, and i
must supply them.
10 Our philanthropy must be quick
! ened and men of wealth must be stimu
lated to sense of their duty to society
We must teach our people the Crane
. duty OF giving.
Ill I l. \
basis of Wha: we now have; On the Nortl
> Caroliua basis of honesty. manliness
conservatism Let us learn from others
i but not surrender our own character. w
- want nc new tangled 'isms in relIg ion
j, social life or political life. w
must quicken our life, but lie
it run in the old paths. The Universit,
belongs to no man, no family no So
= or sect of meB, no party, no locality
! but ALL NORTH CARoIINA It's purpos
: and mission should be-culture, trut1
~ and manl;ness Of character.
North Carolina has son to lead j
this great work. and one qualified to Fl
the high Office of president of the I'm
veraity- That usn is George T. Win
ston His fellow teachers throughou
It the State recognize hin as the peer @
a any in his profession, and none dout
n his ability to fill the place. With sue
: president, and with the co operatio
is OF the friends of the University Mort
e Carolina can make it her pride an
glory. w. S LONG
Is Tell your sisters. your cousins an
/ your aunts," Bradycrotine will cul
&c their headache.