The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-08-19
IORTH CAROLINA INSTITUTIONS OF LEARNING.


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
considerable elevation sufficient to give
it 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 Univer-
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:
Tuition Observation-Disclosures. $4,000
Annual fee Observation-Disclosures. 5.UO
Medical and Infrmary fee........ 800
Gymnasium fee NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 1.25
241.25
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 ...................S $3.50
Room and lights. ................. 1000
Fuel .............. ................ 1000
Board (commons) .................. 700
Laundry 900
Books and stationery. ............. 1000
Total cost ......-.............. .Sl33.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 $500, 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 10 the
University affords seventy eight scholar
ships for meritorious students Of slen-
der means The Deems Fund also pro-
vidcs leans fc- tic 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 b. the regis
tration 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
Bile youth CT 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
napolis and the great German universe
ties 1t gives time when necessary and
lends money to the needy. Il desires
students CT all sections, denominations
and parties, and labcrs 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
veTsity 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 ff-
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
its regular sessions. During the past
year 1S2 students. who are teachers, or
intend to teach, attended these schools.
Thus, the expense Of a separate Normal
School for male teachers is saved to the
State This, in ether States, costs more
than our entire University
THE VALUE OF UNIVERSITY TRAIN
ING.
The practical value of University train
ing is clearly shown in the lives Of her
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 and
Nation.
Among the distinguished graduates. now
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, y. 3. Vance, d.
l.. Swain, Archibald d. Murphey, Francis
P. Blair, William A. Bingham, William