The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-11-26

wide one, all these questions VIII NC
settled under given conditions.
Surely all this creates kind OF en-
| thusiasm in one when he considers
how many problems in the South de-
pend for their solutions upon the cot
| ton mill. 1t does seem to be full of
all kinds of good promise. Only these
| few strokes of the picture in sight are
necessary; the fathers of these boys
| can fill out the picture; they know
how to do it better than any one else.
was shown an architectural design
| for an auditorium by young Mr.. David
| Clark, son of Justice Walter Clark,
which was gratifying to see; also /
| was told that one of the graduates OF
last wear went to work in the Car
| Works here day after he graduated;
| the young man, Mr.. Marlboro, gradu-
| ate Of last year, is now in charge OF
| the electric light plant at the State
| University; another young man OF
| last year is in charge of the type-set-
| ting machines in a Knoxville neWspa-
| per office; he had never seen type
setting machine. but he had been
turned out a nachinist; Mr.. VIII. Da-
Wis, a postgraduate, has charge of the
electric light plant at the college.
They know where all the boys are;
they are all at work in places of some
sort as those above mentioned. Some
of them are building bridges; some
are putting roofs on houses; all of
them speak and write good English,
and can size up" and analyze piece
of ore, and can be soldiers when the
time calls. They are refreshing
thoughts to the State--these boys.
Two of them are from Massachu-
sets this year, and a gentleman from
California wrote President Holiday
not long ago that he was going to send
his boy from that State as soon as he
was old enough.
JULIAN RALPH'S ARTICLE.
These three particular instances may
be traced to an article by Julian
Ralph written not long ago, and print
ed in Harper's. He spoke of the A. d
NJ. college evidently with much pleas
ure, and what he said is embraced in
a book by him on the South just issued
by the Harpers. Julian Ralph was the
star-reporter of the Sun paper in New
York and after seeing lots of things
in that capacity, he went around the
world, and does not notice things
much unless they are specially deserv-
ing of notice. So his praise of the A.
q NJ. College comes thus both helpfully
| and gratefully.
The freshmen, to continue about
the boys, are put in the carpenter
shop; the sophomores, in the turning
shop; the juniors, in the forging
shop, and the seniors, in the machine
snop. The exhibitions of skill given
by them are delight, specially when
one is tola hat nearly all the machin-
cry and instruments used by them
are made by their own hands. Next
year Prof. ~raighill proposes to let
| them make dynamo out and out.
THE NEW IMPROVEMENTS.
There are improvements now going
on at the College in which the students
take some hand A new building is
nearly completed containing a dining
hall 40 by so feet; kitchen, 40 by
80 feet, and 20 sleeping rooms A
new steam-heating plant is nearly com
| pleted: there are now laid under
ground 1900 feet of pipe, and 1000
| feet in the buildings; 1000 more feet
Will be laid in the buildings, and 900
| more under the ground. There is aIrea6s
Power-house, and two more boilers
will be put in for the heating.
The dormitories heretofore were three
with 10 rooms each, one with "a rooms.
and Is rooms in the main building
where are also the offices, chemical
laboratory, class rooms, hospital and
society halls. The chemical labora-
tory is handsomely and completely
fitted out, and is doing effective work
| under Professor Withers.
The remainder of the Faculty are
as follows: Alexander @. Holiday,
president and professor of History;
-. +. Massey, G. T., Horticulture
Arboriculture and Botany; ID. II. Hill,
A. NJ, English; i. Irpy, M. S., Agricul-
ture; W. G. Riddick, A. b., G. T., Me-
chanics and Applied Mathematics; n.
j.. Craighil, graduate of Boston School
of Technology, Mechanical Engineer
ing; Lieut.. n. III. Barnes (U. S. NJ,
Physics; r. L. l.. Yates, A. NJ, Adjunct
Professor of Mathematics; i. f.
Emery, b. S., Assistant Professor Of
Agriculture; Charles NJ. Pritchett, b.
S., Instructor in Mechanics: Charles
Il. Park, Instructor in Shops: B. S.
Skinner, Assistant in farm practice
and farm superintendent; F. r. Will
hanson, ID. V S., Instructor inVeterin-
airy Science; s. Il. Asbury, b. S., In
structor in Chemistry; S. T. Yarbo-
rough, h. f.. Assistant in shops; b. f.
Walton, Dairyman; G. ID. Francks, b.
E., Tutor of the sub-freshman class;
Mrs. Sue G. Carroll. Matron; i. b.
Dunn, NJ. d., Physician.
Last year all the counties, except 10,
in the State were represented, the cost
for county students being, for every
thing, $4,000 a year; for out-of-the-
State students, $1,000 year.
The College is doing a great work
possibly, all things considered,
greater work than any other one college
in the State-thongh about this many
will differ. The State will see great
outcome from this institution out
come that in 20 years will be nothing
less than startling. 1t is Il creature of
the farm-loving, Woodworking, practi-
cal people Of the State, and their crea-
ture is growing after the manner of
their conception to the greatness of
their sons and TO the glory of the
State.