The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-05-30

sts Rapid strides 90 the Front-1ts sue
cess as An Institution Of M


Written for The Messenger.
The university Is just completing its
104th session. which has been h o
successful OF it's history. both in re-
gard TO the number of students enroll
ed ond the plans taken for charging
its equipment and the spirit and work
OF its inner life.
The total number OF students matric-
ulated this season has been GA. OF
these. lag were registered in the sum-
mer school. leaving 495 as the enroll
ment OF the regular term. Reckoned
by departments the statistics are:
Academic 362. law school 81, medical
school 4S, school OF pharmacy II. 1t Is
especially noteworthy what nusual C.
cess has come TO members OF the pro-
fessional schools who completed their
courses during the past year Eigh-
teen out of twenty men who obtained
their law licenses in February were uni
versity men. Many OF the first stu
dents in the recent graduating classes
in the northern medical colleges were
formerly in the medical school, which
has already become generally known
as the most thorough and effective
southern preparatory school of medi-
cine. The cho OF pharmacy, which
is now ending its second year, is al
ready fully equipped and equals in lis
facilities for practical work any school
in the south. At the recent examina-
ton held by the state board OF phar-
macy 81 per cent. OF the university ap-
plicants passed and only q per cen
! OF outsiders.
! Besides the boys who came TO the uni
versity from eighty-six counties OF
North Carolina this year. there nave
/ hanr N 4.yn- FrA~n a~f
cult Georgia, Iowa, Massachusetts,
New Jersey, New York. Pennsylvania.
South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Nir-
ginia and the District of Columbia.
In regard to the increase of equip
ment and general Improvement, the
years of 1898 n 1899 will become ia
nous in the annals OF the university's
history. Alumni hall has been planned
and partly built, n arrangements
have been made for its completion.
Through the generosity OF Colonel Ju-
liam 5. Carr, class OF '6S, a new DOR
mitory is Don to be erected. 1t will be
called the Carr building. Plans for the
Y. NJ. G. A. building have been receiv-
ed and its construction will begin at an
early date. Another notable improve
ment is the college waterworks system,
which is now being perfected and will
supply an abundance of water TO al
'dormitories and Laboratories. There re-
main W bI biNIlAiolitu "a dN dtdi VI
renovating and remodeling that has
been done in the library and in the la
. boratories OF the departments Of chem
istry, biology, geology, physics, phar-
macy and pathology.
There are two distinct facts about the
university that every North Carolinian
ought to know: First, It's income Is less
and it's student body larger than any
similar institution in the south; sec.
ond, four of every five dollars OF its in.
come are spent, not upon brick and
mortar or upon well Kept grounds. bur
on the boys in the class room.
The people Of the state have seer
much Of the university's faculty durinf
the past twelve months. They hav,
been active in speaking or lecturing IL
various parts of the state and in othei
states. President Alderman recently
delivered the commencement ORATOR
before the medical department OF Tu
lane university, OF New Orleans, ant
also before the medical college Of Rich,
mond. Since his return home Tulan,
university has conferred upon him tn,
degree OF doctor OF laws.
The university recognizes no objec
but the training Of true men. Nortl
Carolina needs men and the %universit,
is supplying the need. Indications poin
to an attendance next year in exces,
of the phenomenal growth Of the las
two years.