Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-06-20

OLD EAST BUILDING. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH
 CAROLINA.
 ing that of Bishop Leonidas Polk of Louisiana, lieutenant general, of the class of 1891, while the last is that of a beardless boy of the class of '65.
 Next to William and Mary, the Uni versity of North Carolina is the oldest college ill the south. James K. Polk, president of the United States; William H. King, vice president; Thomas Hart Benton, author of Thirty Years In the United States Senate;" General Francis P. Blair, Zebulon B. Vance, General NJ. W. Ransom, Francis L. Hawks, presi- dent of the American Geographical so- ciety, and scores of other men who have played prominent parts upon the stage of life ill America were among the grad uates of this university.
 When the war broke out i'll 1861, the students and professors of the Univer- sity of North Carolina very quickly showed themselves to be made of sol dierly stuff, for within few weeks the university's halls were nearly deserted, about seven -eighths of the entire student body entering the Confederate army as volunteers at the first call for troops. Of one large class, indeed, but three re- maincd to finish out the course. Upon almost every field of battle ill the great contest between the north and the south were found these student warriors, for they came from every state of the Con fedcracy and were scattered from Texas to Maryland and from Virginia to Mis- souri.
 Notwithstanding the general exodus of students and faculty to take part in the civil war, the university survived that struggle, though but few dozen youngsters and half dozen professors remained within its halls to keep the lamp of learning alight. In April, 1865, Kilpatrick's cavalry encamped on the college grounds. but the exercises went on, and before the cavalry left-its stay extending over several lmOnths-General Atkins fell ill love with and married the daughter of the president. After the war, during reconstruction days, the college was closed for a time, but in 1875 it was reopened with seven pro- fessors and 60 students.
 At the present time there 470 students and 35 professors and teachers. Fifteen states are represented in the student body, while the faculty is composed of professors from a dozen different Amer ican and German universities George T. Winston, the president, was graduated from Cornell in 1874, where he was n college mate of John Dewitt Warner, J. c. Harding and J. B. Foraker. Winston joined the faculty of the University of North Carolina in 1875 as an assistant professor of literature At the end of the year he was made professor of Latin, and in 1891 Was unanimously elected president. He believes in college disci- | pline, but maintains it rather by force of student sentiment than by harshly exer- cised authority. He is native of North l Carolina.
 In one respect 10 doubt this university is without parallel, for no other col lege probably has ever been able, at | least i'll modern times, to maintain SC large a body of students and professors l as this upon total annual income of less than $45, ,000, nor could it be main. tained here were it not that every dollar is closely watched. The expenses of the students, too, are remarkably low, the average of each being not to exceed $250, while some who have scholarships carrying frSa tuition get through on less than $1O0 a year.
 The college campus is 50 acres in ex. tent, and the university park adjacent covers 800 acres. There are ten univer. sity buildings all told. Of these the old south building is the oldest and one oi the most interesting. It was erected iu 1795, is three stories high and S6 by 12C feet in area. The old west building, built in 1926, duplicates the old east ir size and style. Both are now used aE dormitories.