The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-06-21

CAROLINA.
ing that of Bishop Leonidas Polk of
Louisiana, lieutenant general, of the
class of 1921, 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 in 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 in America were among the grad
yates of this university.
When the war broke out in 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 ighths 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-
manned to finish out the course. Upon
almost every field Of battle in the great
contest between the north and the south
We're found these student warriors, for
they came from every state of the Con-
federacy and We're 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 a half dozen professors
remained within its halls to keep the
lamp of learning alight. In April, 1868,
Kilpatrick's cavalry encamped on the
college grounds, but the exercises went
on, and before the cavalry left-its stay
extending over several months-General
Atkins fell IN 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 so students
At the present time there 47O students
and IS professors and teachers. Fifteen
states are represented in the student
body, while the faculty is composed of
professors from dozen different Amer
lean and German universities George
I. Winston, the president, was graduated
from Cornell in 1874, where he was d
college mate of John Dewitt Warner, J.
G. Harding and J. B. Foraker Winston
joined the faculty of the University of
North Carolina in 1876 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
Carolina
In one respect no doubt this university
is without a parallel, for no other col
lege probably has ever been able, at
least in modern times, to maintain so
large body of students and professors
as this upon a total annual income of
less than $40, 600, nor could it be main
tanned 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
$3.50, while some who have scholarships
carrying free tuition get through on less
than 500 year.
The college campus is so acres in ex-
tent, and the university park adjacent
covers 500 acres. There are ten univer-
sity buildings all told. OF these the old
south building is the Oldest and one of
the most interesting. 1t was erected in
1895, is three stories high and So by 100
feet in area. The old west building,
built in 1925, duplicates the old east in
size and style. Both are now used as
dormitorias-