The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-08-21

eight miles northwest of Raleigh 1t is
near the geographic center of the State,
and is easily reached by a branch OF the
Southern Railway, which connects with
the main line at University Station.
There are two daily trains making con-
nections east and west. Chapel Hill is
an eminence of granite formation, with
a considerable elevation sufficient to give
it a most healthful climate, perfectly free
from dampness and malarial influences.
The winters are mild and the summers
cool and pleasant.
NECESSAY EXPENSES.
The necessary expenses at the oh'Ver-
sity are very moderate. 1t is believed
that no other similar institution in the
United States offers equal advantages
at so small a cost.
The dues payable at the beginning Of
each of the two terms are as follows:
Annual fee 800
Medical and Infirmary fee........ 3.OO
Gymnasium fee 10
Library fee A.oo
$41.2o
The sum of two dollars must be depos-
tied as security for any damage to Uni
sity property, any balance is returned.
The cost of living for a session of nine
months may be noted from the following
table:
University fees 500
Room and 1000
fuel .............. wv
Board (commonS)... 200
Laundry 900
Books and acknowledgements. 1000
Total cost .$l9o.oo
Students having scholarships or free
tuition should deduct sixty dollars from
this total. The amounts stated above
insures comfort and health. If students
use rigid economy the total can be re-
duced considerably. Board can be had in
the village from $3.50 to $3.50 90, and rooms
at about $3.50 to $3.50 per month. The
Registrar of the University will furnish
a list of persons offering rooms and
board on application.
PECUNIARY AID AND FREE TUITION.
The income of certain requests to the
University affords seventy-eight scholar
ships for meritOrious students of slen-
der means. The Deems Fund also pro-
vides leans fer the very needy who show
unusual merit. Twelve prizes, also, are
offered in competition to students in the
University.
The number of scholarships and loans
are limited, but they are given without
reference to county or State lines, to
students of talent, character and finan-
cial need. These facts must be establish
ed by testimonials. All applications for
scholarships and loans must be filed in
the Presidents office.
Free tuition is given in the college to
sons of ministers and candidates for the
ministry, to young men under bodily in
trinity, to public school teachers and
those who intend to teach.
There is no charge for tuition in the
case Of graduates of colleges. An appli-
cation for an advanced degree must,
however, be accompanied by the regis
t~ration fee Of ten dollars.
Graduates of higher institutions, for the
training of women, are admitted to such
higher classes as the faculty may direct.
Desiring to extend is benefits as far
as possible to all the deserving and capa-
bic youth OF the State the University
charges are less than those of similar Uni
versities. Its scholars have competed
successfully for honOrs at Harvard, Yale,
Johns Hopkins, Cornell, West Point, An
napoIis and the great German universe
tics. 1t gives time when necessary and
lends money to the needy. 1t desires
students of all sections, denominations
and parties, and labors for the good of
all.
UNIVERSITY AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
The University is the logical head of
the entire system of public educatiOnal
institutions. This is the American idea,
and every State in the Union has a Uni
veIsity at the head of its school system.
The University of North Carolina has
always been foremost in fostering and
developing the schools. For the last fit
teen years more than half Of each gradu-
ating class have gone into the public ser
vice. There is a department Of Pedagogy
for the training of teachers and a Sum
mer school for those who are already
teaching and who are unable to attend
it's regular sessions. During the past
year 1S2 Students, who are teachers, OF
intend to teach, attended these schools
Thus, the expense Of a separate Normal
School for male teachers is saved TO the
State. This, in other States, costs more
than our entire tniversity.
THE VALUE OF UNIVERSITY TRAIN
ING.
The practical value of University train.
ing is clearly shown in the lives Of hel
sons, who have been leaders in every
great movement in the State and the
entire South-political, social and indus.
trial; in the pulpit, at the bar, in bust
ness, or in the councils of the State anC
Nation.
Among the distinguished graduates, nov
deceased, mention may be made of Jas. X
Polk, VIM. R. King, William A. Graham
John Y. Mason, Willie P. Mangum, jacob
Thompson, John Branch, z. b. Vance, D
l.. Swain, Archibald D.. Murphey, Francis
p. Blair, William A. Bingham, William