The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-10-14
The UNIVERSITY
AND THE STATE
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puny words against a spirit as strong as
common sense. as solemn as the instinct
of self preservation, and as restless as
the winds of nature. If this State, with
its central position and breed of strca g
men, permits States to the north of it and
States to the south of it to develop their
institutions, while this stragetic pos
siblty with it's beauty with it's heroic
past is left to starve n mediocrity and is
not turned into a great actuality with a
splendid present, this neglect will be the
saddest instance in the history of demo-
cratic countries, of failure to use a great
God-given opportunity" Looking further
into the service done the State, let us
see what the University has accomplish
ed in these last twenty-five years. Dur
ing this time the number of matriculates
has been 1886, anC the number of gradu-
ates 562 The teachers gathered in the
summer schools have exceeded two thou
sand in number, the actual matriculates,
with duplicates, amounting to 3,4OS. This
in itself has been an enormous Impetus
to the educational development of the
State, but besides this some forty per
cent of the graduates have taught which
means over one thousand trained teach
ers, who have themselves taught other
teachers thus disseminating the influ-
ence of the University in ever widening
circles. Twenty superintendent have
been supplied for the city graded schools
and large number of principals for these
and private schools. The professors sent
out for various colleges in the land num-
Der more than fifty.
GLANCE AT ITS CREATIVE SIDE.
The creative side of the University has
been shown by many lectures and ad-
dresses all over the State. hundreds Of
articles in the periodicals, and number
of books of an educational character.
think that this brief outline is sufficient
to prove the position taken by me that
this University has been great factor
in the educational development of the
State.
Let us now again look at the matter
from the side of dollars and cents. What
sort of a financial Investment has this
been for the State? Even brief eX-
animation will show that no other invest
ment has paid the State so well. II we
consider that fifty students year have
remained in the State who would have
otherwise gone out Of the State for their
education and that fifteen have been
drawn to the State-very moderate esti-
mates both of them-then these two ele-
ments alone mean balance over all APP
preparations from the State. of $4,000
, for the twenty-five years. Add to this
$125, 900 in gifts of money and 0G0 in
buildings, and we have a sum total of
$3.50, OO0-a grand return for the meagre
appropriations-the smallest appropria-
ton given by any Southern State to its
University.
If we balance UP accounts in this way
then we must further consider that the
State has secured without cost to itself
the education of the remaining 1000 stu
dents and more whom we have counted
upon as not going beyond our borders for
their education. And this IS where the
poor man reaps the benefit of his State
University The rich man can send his
son abroad for an education and return
ing home he meets with little competition
for the high places of the land. But
through its University the State of North
Carolina offers to every citizen, poor and
rich, the same educational advantages.
Side by side they compete for academic
honors and to each an equal opportunity
is given to make the most of his powers
and OF his life.