The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-06-12

Oit.iIdI ,bitStIlutioH@
Iof carnling." with carefully graduated
riders Of society. from cooks, solutions
land nlow BOYS 10 Landgraves. marqnises
and clciqleS.
1t required many years to elaborate
our present system Of instruction. lliee
faculty discussions incident thereto, GOV
ering a great variety of topics. were
usnallv prolonged far into the night with
LITTLE satisfaction to the participants ana
loss 10 the gentle DANES who presided
lover eypectant households awaiting the
return of professional debatciieS from
the joys Of a weekly ldcu!L! meeting
Rnt. if the faculty meetings lost uS "cca-
sinnallv the confidence OF our better
halves. they drew IL closer t. tach ON
az. and threw interesting SIDE l2htS upon
attractive characters. Professor De
Rerniere Ho0pef' said the tate tharleS
Phillips after 4 heated discussion as 10
the righteousness of the Southern cause
and the Justice Of its overthrow III war.
"ProfeSSor Hooper. | cannot understand
how 4 man who believes IN the wisdom.
goodness and power OF -tiIhlSIltE Too
can doubt that whatever lie mas made
10 be is just and right ana lof ihe ptSi-
This was Il difficult problem for a man
whose two eternal y%critleS were Almighty
God and the Southern Confectionery.
wondered what would be or c0uld De the
solution. Or. Phillips. was the calm
and measured reply. Il have gwen much
Sfll1N AKA even DIdN 'ii'lt ttI''
10 this most difficult problem. and am
forced to the reluctant thought. delibpr-
ltp conclusion that the result of the late
unhappy struggle the North
and the South is Z case Of the empor-
AIRY circnmvention of Providence by the
Yankees
Whatever difference Of opinion existed
on matters Of organization. there was
unanimity on one point. that the spirit
of the new University should be. is pos
sible. the spirit Of the old: 4 spirit which
emphasized character above scholarship,
and considered the best equipment for
life to be genuine manhood. 1t IS easy
to find fault with the education offered
in institutions of learning fifty years
ago. Critics are not lacking Of the Uni
versity Of North Carolina: but in the
list of her teachers we find the names
Of Joseph Caldwell, David l.. Swain.
Elisha Mitchell. Denison OlmStead,
William Hooper. DeBerniere Hooper,
James Phillips and Charles Phillips. An
institution which trained for life such
men as James X. Polk. William X.
King. Thomas II. Benton. Archibald
DeBow Murphy: LeonidaS Polk, James
Mason, Francis p. Blair, James John
ston Pettigrew. James G.. Dobbin. Will
liam A. Graham, Willie T. Mangum,
Thomas Ruhin. John NJ. Morehead,
Charles and Matthias Manly. William
II. Battle: William and DeBerniere
Hooper. William l.. Saunders. John w.
Graham. Charles and Samuel Phillips,
James II. Horner. William and Robert
bingham. Kemp L. and Richard Battle.
Zebulon p. Vance, Matthew W. Ransom.
David NJ. Carter, ThoS. Settle. William
Il. Itodman,. Thos. 5. Asle. Il. Z. Dick.
Jos. j. Davis. Walter l.. Steele. Alfred
N. Scales and others Of like character
and ability. Such IN institution may
well take its stand among the great uni
yerSitieS Of the world.
The old University has nobly tone its
work. During the better part Of 4 cen
fury it upheld for State and Nation pure
ard lofty standards Of public and profess
lSional life. Well might its banner float
again over the new laboratories and the
new theories Of the new University. We
! flung it proudly to the breeze: and held
up before 4 new generation Of young
men as the chief jewel for them to seek
that which the old University had always
sought to fashion. the sterling character
Of Il Southern @entlcman.
To complete the organization of the
new University along the lines it is now
following required fulI twenty Years.
Old customs and Old traditions were not
| always helpful. There was Opposition to
every change, and frequently the WiSeSt
measures were accomplished with the
greatest difficulty. 1t required fifteen
years to overcome the inertia of not using
books; TO consolidate into one working
library three separate and
lively useless collection OF books. The
Philanthropic library, located in the top
Of the new east building. and the Dia-
lectlc. IN the top of the new west, con-
tanned tolerable collections in general lit
p%rature. which had been purchased or
donated by students and used mainly for
entertainment and amusement. Much
money had been wasted in foolish rivalry.
and. there was large accumulation Of
| useless GInlic1tnc fEbo Snointy lilra rioc
were open only three hours 4 week -on
hour on Wednesday afternoons and two
on Saturday morning.
The college library. carefully guarded
under lock and key. was never open. eX-
cept when inquisitive students, break
ing down the dOor or climbing through
the windows. disturbed the accumulated
dust and cobwebs, rendering themselves
liable to faculty and severe
reprimand. 1t is said that the latest
book added to the college library had
been some time in the thirties. during
the presidency of DR.. Caldwell. and that
it bore on the fly leaf this inscription.
written in the doctors hand. This book
pertalneth to the library of the Uni
verSlty Of North Carolina.'
The new University realized that a stu
dents life is nourished by books; that
4 real University is Il great collection Of
books. After long efforts and violent
oppos ton the three libraries above
.tllIth We're tollSOiludieu INTO one ana
moved into the present library build
ing. \ trained librarian was employed.
the doors were kept open from s in the
morning till ; III the evening, and a per
petual fun" growing larger year by
year, was provided for its increase and
improvement. This foundation Of Il real
working library made possible a %revolu-
ton IN all departments of the Jniver-
sity instruction. The student was now
sent to the library. where he could be
reader. thinker and critic, as we'll as
listener in the class room. His mental
horizon WAS enlarged, his Judgment
strengthened, and 4 beginning was made
OF intellectual independence. What the
law library is to the attorney. or the
medical library to the physician. the
library of history, literature and philoSo- |
ply became to the college student. Every
study offered subjects Of special inveS-
tigation for which the library furnished
mateTlal; and every student became in
some degree Il specialist and an invcsti- |
gator.
An Improvement equally great in the
work of organization was the provision !
Of scientific equipment. From the old