The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-02-22

counted.
Twenty-seyen of the above were regis
| tered in January. 1900, viz, II Fresh
men. . Sophomores. > Seniors, in Law.
and , in Medicine
| Eighty-two counties in North Caro-
| lima are represented. by 49, students, as
| follows:
Orange. SO; Mecklenburg, %; Wake,
u; Forsyth, IS: Buncombe 10; New
| Hanover, a; Wayne IA; Guilford, IS;
Johnston. -; Sampson, l.; Robson. IL;
10 each. Alamance and Durham: 3 each,
Iredell, Moore, Nash, and Rowan: s
| each, Chatham, Cumberland, PasQuo-
tank. Pitt; each, Halifax. Randolph,
Wilson; q each, Arson. Bladen, Ca
| barrus, Duplin. Franklin, Harnett, Hen
| derson. Surry. Vance; ) each. Cald-
! we'll, Davidson. Edgecombe. Castor,
| Uaywood: / each. Ashe. Beaufort.
! Burke, Cataw ba. Cleveland. Granville,
| Lincoln. Macon, Rutherford. Washing
! ton: :, each. Bertic, CaSwell Chowaii.
! Columbus. Craven, Martin, Fender.
Union: , each Brunswick. Camden. Car
| teret. Davie. Hartford, Jackson. Madi-
son. Montgomery, Perquimans. Stokes.
Warren: / each. Cherokee, Currituch.
Gates. Greene. Lenoir, Mcdowell, OnS-
low. Person, Richmond, Rockinghan;.
Scotland. Stanly. Pennsylvania, Watau-
ga. Yadlin.
BY States: Alabama, / Florida. 3:
Georgia. ): Kentucky. L. Massachusetts,
|: Mississippi / New Hampshire, 1;
New Jersey, /; New York. =; Pennsyl-
vania, l; South Carolina, 9; Tennessee,
/: Virginia, . 4S3 out of the 512 stu
dents are from North Carolina.
There are among the students 295
communicates of the different denomina-
tons. the largest number 0OD being COM
municants OF the Methodist Episcopal
church.
THE PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS.
Touching the professional schools Pres
ident Alderman in his report says:
.One hundred and tifty-siX men have
attended the Professional Schools. This
bears an increase over last year Of 3.
The numbers are, Law 81. gain of 0;
Medicine A, Pharmacy 20.
Il believe that the Supreme Court of
the State would act wisely to increase
the requirements for admission to the
bar to two years course for all stu
dents. In this way alone can the ten
dency be checked to debase law schools
from their high function into mere quiz
ling bees for obtaining license.
II wish To commend in the highest
terms the zeal ability and devotion or
the new precCptor i'll Law, Judge j. E..
MacTae, and his associate in the work
of the fall term, Mr.. j. Crawford BiggS.
The best praise of the work done Is
furnish = by the fact thaI every appl-
cant before the Supreme Court was sue
ccssful; even those who did not receive
the certificate of the department. The
department needs better quarters. more
teaching force. and Il better library.
The repeal of the diSsecting law by
the General Assembly of 1899 endan-
cered. and still endangers. the success
of the Medical school. | hope that the
next Assembly will sec the anomaly Of
their position and will remove this re-
proach to the spirit OF scholarship and
scientific research in the State.
THE School Of Pharmacy is in
prosperous condition and its head. Pro
fessor Howell. deserves much praise for
his thoroughness and his ability to utilize
small means To accomplish large results.
BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT.
Discussing the internal life Of the in
st.tution the report says:
The standard of graduation is the
same for all. The University desires TO
stimulate the growth Of the secondary
schools. 1t has had no preparatory de-
partment for years. Its standard is
the highest in the State now, as it should
be. and will he raised as the growth
Of preparatory education iustties change.
The conduct of the students deserves my
warmest and highest commentator.
There has been no serious refraction Of
discipline during the session and this is
a remarkable statement to make of an
isolated college community of o12 MEM
hers
The Carr building. now being con-
structcd by Zachary 4 Zachary. is
rooted in. the report goes on to say. and
will he completed in the spring. 1t ia
IN imposing building of gray brick
stone and will be II splendid ornament
to the campus. a service to the students
and a worthy memorial to its founder.
The contract for the roofing in of Alumni
Building has been given to the same
firm and this will be completed by
June. a new athletic field. 300 yards to
the south of the present one. has been
undertaken and will be ready for use
i'll the fall. Nothing has been dOne in
the matter OF constructing the water
works system. The course was surveyed
and the matter looked into, but the sum
appropriated was found to be entirely in
adequate and was therefore abandoned.
! The original $4,000 asked for would
| barely do the work. In this connection
! President Alderman asked that bids for
an adequate system be iuvitcd--that the
! smallest one be accepted, and that the
work be begun with the funds at hand
| and carrid as far as the funds will per
nit.
! FOR \ CONTINUOUS SESSION.
| The most important part of the report
was recommendation for continuous
sessions of the University 1t is as
| follows:
The plan Of continuous sessions is Il
| part of a larger whole 1t is one mani
| feStation of the University -eXtension-
| spirit-that spirit which. during the last
eight or nine years. has been leading
| many of the more prominent universe
| ties of our county to widen their fields
! Of activity with the purpose of
| bringing the advantages of he university
| 10 those classes of the POI ulation that
| have heretofore been deprived of uni
verSity culture. 1t *. in effect. move
nj Il ho