The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-02-27

Summer School for 1tedcherS l61) are
! counted.
T~wenty-seven Of the above were regis
tered in January, 1900, VIZ. - Fresh
men. > Sophomores, ) Seniors, 8 in Law,
and , in Medicine.
Eighty-two counties in North Caro-
lima are represented, by 49, students, as
follows:
Orange. SO: Mecklenburg, Is; Wake,
u; Forsyth, Is; Buncombe. -: New
Hanover. IA: Wayne. II: Guilford. ID:
Johnston, 10: Sampson, u; Robson, il:
10 each, Alamance and Durham: 8 each,
Iredell. Moore, Nash. and Rowan: s
each. Chatham. Cumberland, Pasquo-
tank. Pitt: { each, Halifax. Randolph.
Wilson: Is each. Arson. Baden. Ca
barrus. Duplin, Franklin. Harnett, Hen
derson. Surry, Vance: ; each. Cald-
well, Davidson, Etgecombe. CASTOR.
Haywood: / each. Ashe. Beaufort,
Burke. Catawba. Cleveland, Granville.
Lincoln, Macon, Rutherford. Washing
ton: 3 each. BERTHE, Caswell, Chowan,
Columbus. Craven, Martin. Pender.
Union: = each Brunswick. Camden. Car
teret. Davie. Uertford. jackson, Madi-
son. Montgomery. Perquimans. Stokes.
Warren: l each, Cherokee. Currituck.
Gates. Greene. Ienoir. Mcdowell. Ons-
low Person. Richmond, R~ockingham.
Scotland. Stanly, Pennsylvania. Watau-
"a. 1adkin.
BY States: Alabama. i: Florida, 3.
Georgia. ); Kentucky, /; Massachusetts.
/; Mississippi. /: New Hampshire. /:
vania. /; South Carolina, 8: Tennessee,
/: Virginia. =: 4S3 out Of the o12 stu
dents are from North Carolina.
Thnr. ~, a,,onr thn c+,lo,+. I)Q>
communicates of the different denomina-
tions.the largest number 101 being com
municantS Of the Methodist Episcopal
church.
TIE PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS.
Touching the professional schools Pres
ident Alderman in his report says:
| attended the Professional Schools. This
bears an increase over last year of 9.
The numbers are. Law 81. q gain Of 8:
Medicine II. Pharmacy 20.
Il believe that the Supreme Court Of
the State would act wisely to increase
the requirements for admission to the
bar to IL two years course for all stu
dents. III this "a alone can the ten
dcncy be checked 10 debase law schools
from their high function into mere quiz
ling bees for obtaining license.
L WISH To tOllliiltllu III tlle llSiltSf
terms the zeal, ability and devotion o.
The new preceptor in Law, Judge ]. G.
MacTtae. and his associate in the work
Of the fail term. Mr.. J. Crawford Biggs
Inc best praise of the work lone is
furnish = by the fact that every appii
| can't before the Supreme Court was sue
! ctssful; even those who did not receive
tie certificate of the department. The
department. needs better quarters. more
teaching force, and Il better library.
The repeal of the di>secting law b!
The General Assembly of 1899 endan
gered, and still ~cndange"S- the success
2f the Medical school. / hope that til,
next Assembly Will see the anomaly ot
their position and will remove this re
proach to the spirit of scholarship anC
scientific research in the State.
The School of Pharmacy is in /
prosperous condition and its head. Pro
ftSsor Howell. deserves much praise fol
his ~thoroughnesS and his ability to utilizt
small means 10 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 II
Ht1iilh4'i1' a. SloNlh VI LIZ SItolDdiA !.
schools. 1t has had no preparatory de
partment for years. It's standard i
TIE highest i'll the State now, as it SHOULD
be. and will be raised as the growtl
of preparatory education juStities change
he conduct Of the students deserves IN,
Warmesr and highest commendation
1nere has been 10 serious refraction o
discipline during the session and this i
:: remarkable statement to make of al
isolated college community Of o12 mem
Lcrs."
The Carr building. now being con
structed by Zachary 4 Zachary, i
rooted in, the report goes on to say. ans
viii be completed in the spring. II /
an imposing building Of gray bricl
stone and viii be a splendid ornamen
10 the campus, a service to the student
and a worthy memorial to its founder
he contract for the roofing in of Alumni
Building has been given to the sam
firm and this will be completed b,
June. A new athletic field. 300 yards L
the south of the present one, has beer
undertaken and will be ready for us
III the fab. Nothing has been dcne i
the matter OF constructing the water
works system. The course was surveye,
and the matter looked into. but the sun
tiFiI tII IdtttI W as loiiIli 10 De entirety III
adequate and vas therefore abandoned
The original $4,000 asked for woul,
barely do the work. In this connection
President Alderman asked that bids 70
an adequate system be iNited-that tn
smallest one be accepted. and that tn
work be begun with the funds at han,
and caTrid as far as the funds will per
NIT.
FOR \ CONTINUOUS SESSION.
The most important part Of the reIor
vas q recommendation for continuou
sessions Of the University. 1t is Il
follows:
The plan of continuous sessions Is
part of Il larger whole. 1t is one mani
f~estation of the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
>pirit-1hat spirit which, during the las
eight or nine years, has been leadIn,
many OF the more prominent universe
ties Of our county to widen their field
of activity with the purpose 0
bringing the advantages Of the universit.
to those Glasses Of the population tina
have heretofore been deprived of uni
v~ersity culture. 1t is. i'll effect. a move
mtut 10 add a wear TO the life of