The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-06-08

latest additions are the Carr dormitory,
SIS, 0G0, the Mary Ann, Smith dormi-
tory, $15,500, and the alumni building,
$1,000. In the dormitories about $50
students are accommodated.
Yet more than the growth of buildings
has been that of the teaching force. AT
the head of the University is that splen-
did man. DR.. Venable, fit successor to
Swain, Battle, Winston, Alderman and
the others Two years ago there were
thirty-cight in the faculty. 1t has in
creased fifty per cent. and the coming
session will see fifty eight men at work.
All the departments have been strength
ened and with this force sections not ex-
ceoding twenty five or thirty men of
each class will be the rule.
There is strong tendency shown to-
wards a more thorough training by the
students. 1t is noteworthy that this
Year seven students took the masters de-
gree, and of the forty per cent of the
class who will 90 as teachers, the feeling
was for the thorough training. The lit
erary societies are in an admirable con-
clifton and last years work has never
been eXcelled. About 300 are enrolled in
the two societies, under the voluntary
system, and an increase is looked for at
the coming session. The training for de-
bate has been splendid, and in each So
Ciety large number have entered into
tEiS. The success in debates has been
marked, as The University won against
Johns Hopkins and Vanderbilt and lost
only against Georgia. The system is de-
veloping strong debaters, and present
problems are discussed with the certain
ty of knowledge. The system of the Uni
versity of North Carolina is recognized
as a wonderfully strong one by institu-
tions North, South and West, and con,
slant inquiries arc made about its fea-
lures.
The athletic life is good one On the
athletic fields the contests are making
strong and healthy men, Frequently il
the fall one hundred men can be seen
on the FOOTBALL field, and the trials for
the baseball events bringing out the
strong physical forces of the men. The
control of college athletics by the student
body and it's final oversight by the fac.
ulty committee, which has absolute con-.
troll, keeps the athletic matters in the
best shape. Out of the nine games of foot
ball last session but two were lost and
out of fifteen games of baseball but four
went against the University nine.
The high stand taken by young women
in the graduating class justifies the op-
portunities given them at the Univer-
sity. 1t is only to the graduate of other
institutions or to those who have taught
three years that this opportunity is pre-
scented, but those who have seized it have
done splendid work. In this years class
were: Misses Christiana Rnshee, Minnie
Curtis Bynum, Birdie Pritchard and
Mary Groorne and each of these has taken
a high stand. The appreciation of this
| is shown in the applause given each of
the young ladies as they received diplo-
mas, this applause being begun by Il dis
tnguished alumnus of the University.
The people of the State have heard
splendid addresses yearly at the Univer-
sity, but none better than those deliv.
cred this year by Hon. Hillary A. Her
bert and Hon. E. w. Pou But not alone
were these great speeches, but in the de-
bates and orations presented by the
students We're also found the same bril-
liant efforts, showing training and cul-
tlVation. Then too, the short introduc.
tory male by Col. Thomas Kenan, when
he presented Mr. Pou was of the great
est interest. as We're the remarks of Mr.
+. III. Bushec in accepting for the trus-
tees the gift of the statue Of the Apollo
Belvidere, presented by the Senior Glass
to the University. Couched in elegant
English, enlbellished with fitting quota
lions from the classics. it was greatly
enjoyed and highly complimented.
The future for the University is brigh,
with promise. Already the applications
for next year are coming in goodly
numbers, and already large part of the
dormitory Accommodations have been
taken up. The trustees were more large
ly represented than ever at the meeting
this week. and the spirit of the alumni
is for grander and a greater univer.
sltv. The influence for good of this body
can fardly be overestimated. and their
practical assistance is seen in new build
lnss and in an increased attendance each
year.
As mere matter of investment to the
state the University is factor in dc,
Ve-opmeEt Its buildings are all gifts.
having cost the State nothing, the plant
today exceeding in value by $50 900 every
cert ever given to it from the public
treasury. Each year there is saved to
the State by the pupils from North
Carolina, who, but for the University
would go elsewhere, and by those VINO
come in from other States over s1OC 900
Ibis is no mere guess work. but the
result of actual investigation.
1T is noble institution this Uniyer-
sity, and it deserves a place close to the
hearts of the people. 1t is in touch with
them It's student body comes from,
every class of life, and its graduates 60
out and add to the States labor and
wealth and grandeur in many lines. 1t
is for the people and of the people, and
unfortunate indeed would be many young
men but for the inspiring and elevatirg
influences which have been injected into
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