The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-03-15
UNIVERSITY,
Increase in Students-A wholesome
Condition of Affairs.

Increase in Students-A Wholesome
Condition of Affairs.
Extracts from Report of President Winston to
Trustees
The total number of students en-
rolled during the year is 3S5. The
number last year was 3l6, the year be-
fore 2fS, and three years ago 19S, In
three years there has been gain of
lS7 students.
The area Of patronage includes Is
States and one foreign country, as
follows: Arkansas, Connecticut, Dis
trict of Columbia, Florida, Kentucky,
Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska,
New York, North Carolina, Fennsyl-
vania, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and
Japan. The number of students from
North Carolina is 3o2, Being more by
% than the largest enrolment in the
history of the University. There is
reason to hope for continued increase
in the number of students aS well as
the area of patronage. The State of
North Carolina should supply at least
500 students, an average Of only five
from each county, and our sister
States could easily furnish 500 more.
MORALITY.
Ny acquaintance with the Univer-
sity as student and teacher extends
through 2S years, and | cheerfully
testify that | have never known less
vice, immortality, idleness and disor-
der than during the present year.
This remarkable and most wholesome
condition has been brought about
through the voluntary and harmoni-
Gus operation Of faculty and studel is,
with entire absence Of petty restraint
and annoying surveillance on the part
of the faculty, and OF hypocritical pre-
tense or petty annoyance on the part
Of students.
The University is not a factory
where character, culture and physical
power are made to order and worn like
outer garments Rather is it vital
organism where men grow daily into
large Stathre by self effort, and absorb
into their inner selves the strong
noufishment that feeds only those
who earn it.
HEALTH AND SANITATION.
The health record of the year is
very remarkablc-Only one case OF Sc
rlous illness has arisen. Not death
has occurred, nor has any contagious
disease prevailed. The epidemic, la
grippe, has scarcely touched the Uni
versity; although it has pre,yyailed to
some extent in the village. The Wig
0rous outdoor athletic life of the stu
dents, their regular habits, the alb
sencc Of vice and eXtravagant living,
together with the perfect and sanitary
arrangements recently made, have
doubtless caused US to be blessed with
this exceptionally fine record.
sCHoLARSHP-ADvA WORK.
1t is gratifying to note the large in
crease in the number of students pur-
suing advanced courses of study in the
various departments. These courses
afford facilities for original investiga
tion and require degree of culture
and proficiency beyond that essential
to the Bachelors degrees. During the
present year 16l students have pur-
sued q advanced courses in the fol-
lowing departments. Modern Lam
guages, English, Latin, Greek, Moral
Philosophy, Sanskrit, Chemistry, His
tory, Geology Biology, Electrical En-
gineering. Surveying and Law.
1t should be the policy of the Uni
versty, as rapid as possible, to in
crease and strengthen its advanced
work in all departments. But the
proper accom- plishments of this end
viii require very material enlarge-
ment Of income. The teaching force
of the institution is already taxed TO
its utmost limit.