The daily Caucasian. (Raleigh, N.C.) 1895-1895, 1895-02-10
Total per annum

If all of the 49, students, present this
year, should pay these fees the annual
income of the University from the fees
of the students would be SO. 500. But
DR.. Winston says there are this year
l26 free students. The report of the
Executive Committee, published Sep
tember 10th 1894. said there We're -
free students. But take the largest
Sixty times one hundred and twenty
six will give amount of free tuition TO
be 81 $50. This 81 $50 free tuition will
give the University an annual income
from tuition S30093.
The report of the executive commit
tee, published september 18th 1894,
shows that he | University had an an
nual income from endowment, eschats.
ands rents S,,s21.70. This added TO the
$50 093 from hutton after taking out the
tuition f"t l26 students, the exact
number nrjWinston says are receiv-
ing free tkrNon this year, and the an
ought to bel a5, 5000.
tee. referrea q andF., says: The
salaries of professors, instructors, as
sistants and officers aggregate s3l CPS. .
The annual income as shown above.
wonld pay. according to the report of
the executive committee, Aall salaries
and have a surplus of 81 ,29770.
All this, too, could be done without
one dollar from the State treasury =:
and, in addition, one hundred and
tWenty-siX poor boys would have free
tuition.
| But the executive committee says
ut is believed that $3S, 565.3l is the
total amount required to meet the
many expenses for the year now be-
gun" According to this statement
made September 18th, 1894, by the ex-
ecutive committee, and the figures OF
| DIR. Winston made February Bird, 1895
the University would need from the
State treasury this year only $40 H.6l
THE UNIVERSITY CAN EXIST wITHOu,
| STATE AID.
! DR.. Winston says: "Without Stat,
aid the University cannot exist" But
| this has been tested and it worked
eral and State Aid to Higher Educa-
ton" by the Bureau of Education
| 1890, page 1856. is the following abou,
our State University: "In 1866 tn.
General Assembly granted the sum OF
|
relief of the institution which
toget her with the sum granted il
1890, making total of seventeen
thousand dollars, the entire amount OF
appropriation for the support Of tn,
University from the public treasur,
prior to the date of 1867. during a pc
Rod of lightweight years from tn,
/ date of the charter"
The $4,000 given in 1890, referred t,
above, was at first loan towards tn.
buildings, and afterwards dona-
ton for the same object.
From the date of the charter in l7S
to 1866 the University never had
dollar from the public treasury. excep
the $4,000 ttat ards the erection of tn
buildings.
In "Historical Sketches of the Uni
versity,' published in 1889, page 81
DIR. Kemp T. Battle says: "Up to tn
reopening in 1875. not a dollar of an
nuai appropriation had ever been Sc
cured from the State" The highes
number of pupils ever reached befor
the war was in 1873 and 1859. 46
in the former year, of whom l6S wer
from other States, and in the latter AZ
of whom lis were from beyond OH
borders. They then had no help, an,
asked for none, from the State treas
ury: but now, with 462 students, with
out State aid the University canno
exist"
The largest annual income the Uni
versity ever had prior to 1880. in ad
dition to tuition, was in 1S36-4O, an,
then for a short time, it reached onl
about $4,000.
TWO YEARS AT A TINE
+ DIR. Winston says the money give
by the State to higher education wOult
if given to the public schools, lengthe
1.-the public school term only day an
a half" Let us see. The General AS
sembly meets biennially, and each ses
! sion is, therefore. responsible for al
the mon " drawn from the State Treas
ury for the next two years immediatel
following. Hence the only true wa
to deal with these questions is to Civ
the full appropriation, authorized b.
the Legislature to be drawn from tn
State Treasury for two years for all tn
various schools in higher education.
therefore give them
To the University for 1893
and 1894 5000
To the Normal and Industrial
including loan, for 1893
and 1894 $500
To the a. 4 NJ. Collese,:,aleigh
for 1898 and lse4 1900