The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-03-13
CONDITION OF rHR UNIVERSITY
Extracts from President Winston's Re.
port to the Trustees.
NUMBER OF


NUMBER OF STUDENTS.
The total number of students enrolled
during the year is S85. The number
last year was 316, the year before 248,
and three years ago 1913. In three
years there has been a gain of 1877 stu
dents
The area of patronage includes ff-
teen States and one foreign country, as
follows: Arkansas. Connecticut, Dis
trict of Columbia, Florida, Kentucky,
Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, New
York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania,
Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and Japan.
The number of students from North
Carolina is 352, being more by SO than
the largest enrolment in the history of
the University. There is reason to
hope for continued increase in the
number of students as we'll as the area
of patronage. The State of North
Carolina should supply at least 500
students, being 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 80 years, and I cheerfully tes-
tify that l have never known less vice,
immortality, idleness, and disorder than
during the present year. This remark
able and most wholesome condition has
been brought about through the volun
tary and harmonious operation of
faculty and students, with entire alb
sence of petty restraint and annoying
surveillance on the part of the faculty,
and of hypocritical pretense or petty
annoyance on the part of the 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 a vital organ
ism where men grow daily into large
! statue by self-effort, and absorb into
their inner selves the strong nourish-
ment that feeds only those whoearnit it.
HEALTH AND SANITATION.
The health record of the year is very
remarkable-only one case of serious
illness has arisen. Not a death has
occurred nor has any contagious dis
ease prevailed. The epidemic, la grippe,
has scarcely touched the University;
although it has prevailed to some ex
tent in the village. The vigorous out
door athletic life of the students their
regular habits, the absence of vice and
extravaganza living, together with the
perfect sanitary arrangementsrecently
made, have doubtless caused US to be
blessed with this exceptionally fine
record.
SCHOLARSHIP -ADvANCED WORK.
tits gratifying to note alarge increase
in the number of students pursuing
advanced courses of study in the various
departments. These courses afford
facilities for original investigation and
require a degree of culture and pro
1ciency beyond that essential to the
Bachelors degrees. During the pres
ent year 1O1 students have pursued
twenty one advanced courses in the
following departments: Modern Ian,
guages, English, Latin, Greek, Moral
Philosophy, Sanskrit, Chemistry, His
tory, Geology, Biology, Electrical En-
cheering, Surveying and Law.
1t should be the policy of the Univer
sity, as rapidly as possible, to increase
and strengthen its advanced work in
all departments But the proper &C
complishment Of this end will require
a very material enlargement of income.
The teaching force of the institution is
already taxed to it's utmost limit.
A SUMMER SCHOOL AND SUMMER COURSES |
OF UNIVERSITY INSTRUCTION
One of the duties which the Uni
versity owes the State is to aid in
developing its general system of edu-
alton. This duty can be performed
most efficiently by educating compe.
tent teachers, who by their work and
influence will gradually elevate the
entire school system. To this end was
established In the University last June
by your honorable body a department
of the History and Philosophy of Edu.
presided over by Prof. Edwin
A. Alderman, recently of the State
Normal and Industrial School for
Women. Twenty students are now
in attendance in this department. of
whom five have already taught school,
twelve contemplate teaching next year
and perhaps longer, while eight have
selected teaching as a permanent pro-
The work of Professor Alder
in this department., as well az in