The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-09-25

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8. The University is managedby tr0sS
tees like other State institutions. The
Governor is ex oficio chairman of the
board, the superintendent OF Public
instruction is ex oficio a trustee, and
the other trustees are elected by the
Legislature. The trustees appoint the
officers of the institution, just as the
trustees of the asylums appoint their
officers. The board meets regularly
twice a.year and oftener at the call of
the Governor, when occasion demands.
The board receives regularly detailed
reports of the management of the Uni
versity, including every item of receipt
and expenditure. A special committee
of five trustees, appointed by the Cow
ernor, visits the institution each year
and personally examines its manage
ment, inspecting the accounts, the
discipline, the condition of the prop
erty, etc. The special committee this
year was composed of Rev. J. L. Stew
art, chairman; Lieutenant Governor r.
A. Daughton, w. T. Faircloth, D. e..
Worth and r. T.. Gray, and of the
financial management they reported
as follows: THE books of the bursar
have been faithfully and accurately
kept. No evidence of extravaganza or
Encouragement appears"
6. More and better instruction is given
in the University now than ever before,
and we think it's work will compare
favorably, as far as it goes, with that
of similar institutions throughout the
country. We believe its graduates are
recognizes on the same footing as grad
yates of other leading institutions of
learning. It's professors have been
trained in the best American colleges,
and some of them in European univer-
stiles. It believes that the youth of the
State should have within her borders
facilities for obtaining the highest edu-
cational advantages. That it is appre-
ciated by the people and doing good
work is shown by its recent growth.
The number Of students has increased
in three years from 1913 to 800, and the
indications are that this marked i'm
provement will continue. It is helping
many boys, who need help, to get as
good an education as is offered. The
aid given is by loans, by private schol-
arships and by State scholarships.
During the past years 33 students were
aided by loans from the Deems fund
This fund is not raised by taxes; it was
donated for this special purpose by
Rev. Chas. r. Deems and VIM. III.
Vanderbilt, and it now amounts to
nearly SIG, 600; both principal and in
teFest are loaned and re loaned as fast
as paid, thus keeping up a steadily
growing stream of beneficence.
z. Private scholarships have been eB
tablished by the late B. f. Moore, Miss
Mary Rufin Smith, Mrs. Mary Ann
Smith, Mrs. DR.. Thos. F. Wood, the
heirs of the late Paul @. Cameron, and
the Dialectic and Philanthropic Socie
ties, and during the past term IS stu
dents were aided by these scholarships.
They are paid for not by public but by
private funds, and their recipients are
boys of character who need aid. The
exceptions to this rule are where the
relatives of those who established the
private scholarships ar aided and this
is the case only with the Moore, Cam.
eron and Wood scholarships, of which
not over five have been so used during
any year, although the total number
paid for is fifteen annually. The donors
of these fifteen scholarships have there.
fore been contributing annually about
six hundred dollars to help educate
boys not of their kindred.
8 The Legislature by act of 1887,
chapter 40, transferred from the Uni
versity to the A. and M. College the
income Ga, 000) under the land grant
act, and repealed the provision allow.
ing each county to lend a county stu,
dent to the University free of charge
for tuition. But the same Legislature,
act of 1887. chapter 233, directed the
trustees of the University to grant free
tuition to the following classes of stu
dents:-1, Candidates for the ministry
2, sons of ministers; 8, young mer
under bodily infirmity, and 4, teachers
During the past term there were aided
by State scholarships under this law 2s
students, as follows: candidates fol
the ministry; 8 sons of ministers; Il
teachers, and 1 afflicted with bodily
infirmity. 1t is further enacted in sec
ton 8 of chapter 233 (in reference tt