The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-06-07
CONDITION OF TRINITY COLLEGE
Report of Visiting Committee APP
pointed by the Trustees.

port on the condition of the college, we
submit the following:
We found the buildings in good con-
dition. showing no damage beyond or
binary wear. The class-rooms and dor
mitories have been kept up to their
high standard. The electric light plant
IS in fine condition, and the lights en-
tirely satisfactory The sanitary sys-
tenn of the college and park is admira-
BILE. We are satisfied that the system
of sanitation at Trinity is not excelled
by any Southern college. Very few can
boast of one so perfect.
We are gratifed to note the great
progress in every line of work at the
college. The librarians report shows
an immense literary taste among the
students, while students and faculty
agree that more has been achieved
along literary lines during the present
year than during any of the previous
years of their college work. A young
man SAYS: Il have worked harder,
learned more and been happier than
any other year of my life
We feel sure that no college in the
South has done as much to put it's in
fluence into the life of the people as
Trinity. Through the Canterbury
Club, the Shakespeare Club, the Social
Science Club, the Historical Society,
the Epworth Leagues at Trinity and
Main Street churches and a course of
lectures, the faculty has reached the
city of Durham and done for it an inn
mense work. Besides these avenues,
The Archive and the Christian Educa-
tor, monthly publications of the coll
lege, have been reaching large pub
lie. The Archive has become, in the
minds of many leading men, the best
college journal in the South. The His
torical Society will publish annually n
volume in the interest of North Caro-
lima history This will be the only pub
LEGATION of the kind in the State. The
immense demand upon the faculty of
Trinity for public addresses, shows the
high esteem of the public for their
character and ability, as well as the
philanthropic spirit of the college.
During the present year the faculty
have delivered more than a hundred
public addresses, and published more
than forty articles. We feel sure that
Trinity College is creating a public
life to the Stae.
Our attention was called othe amount
OF work done in the department. of Sci
ence. The scientific spirit among the
students has reached high point Mr..
HAYDEN, of the Senior class, has con-
structed an electric clock that has at
tracted great attention in scientific cir
cles. An account of it has already been
published in one of the leading scien-
tific journals of the country.
The manly conduct of the students is
not only gratifying to the faculty, but
is the pride of Durham and the friends
of the college. Mayor Peay said to DR..
Kilgo, Trinity boys never give us the
least anxiety" A number of letters
have been written to Dr. Kilgo COM
mending the high tone and character
OF the students. The highest type of
courtesies are observed by the students
in their associations with each other.
Poughness and savagery are unknown
among them. Their ASSOCIATIONS are
cultured in every sense. The pastors
of Durham point to them as high SAM
pies of noble young manhood. The re-
lation of faculty and students is an
ideal relation. The President says:
ssWe trust our students and they trust
us. Our government is not police IN
any respect. No man could make. me
distrust Trinity Students
One thing that impresses all who
know Trinity, us the brave spirit of
the college. No distinction is known
or felt among the students. Mind not
money, is the right of way to the con-
fidence of the college community. The
poverty of young man is not empha-
sized in any way Students who are
making their own way through col
lege, and we learn that there is large
number of them, are never made to
feel that they are helpless by publish
ing their lack Of means TO the world. A
prominent gentleman while on a visit
TO the college, asked the President how
many young men were studying for
The ministry. The president replied, Il
do not know, we make no distinctions
here, but regard them all alike" No
young man of small means can find
better opportunities than at Trinity.
Board can be procured at from So to
SO. per month, and most comfortably
furnished rooms, with every modera
convenience, can be rented for SIS 10
$25 per year.
During the year the college was Wis
tied by great revival. Nearly every
student in the college was converted.
The religious life OF the college is re-
markable.
We are glad to learn of the great
college spirit among the students. DIR.
Kilgo says, when we decided to quit
football, and all eXtrayagant athletics,
many thought the college spirit would
be destroyed, but now it is higher than
| it has been, and grows out of noble
impulse. While other colleges have
been on the road with football and
| baseball teams, our students have not
gone from home a single day. Yet we
have had more healthful and enthusi-
astic athletics than heretofore. Our
students have not lost an hour from
work because of athletics. They are
healthy and happy. Trinity cannot
waste time and money at such sports.
| They are students, not professional
| athletes" We are informed that the
students are not eXtravagant, and no
| kinds of vicious amusements that cause
extravaganza are known at Trinity.
This report would be incomplete did
we fail to mention what impresses your
| committee as constituting the secret
and the fact of Trinity's highest ana
| best success. In associating with the
students and talking with the presi-
dent and mem hers of the faculty we