The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-12-14
DIR. ,KINGSBURY ON THE
UNIVERSITY OF N. C.
Philip James Bailey Festus. Old Age and Genius.
An Estimate of the Late William G.
Norman.

have always felt very loyal to the
University of North Carolina. l take a
peculiar. interest in all that concerns it.
rejoice in its steady progress, in its i'm
proved conditions, In it's increase in fine
buildings, in the large attendance of pu-
pills, in its numerous and well appointed
faculty, in its great and widening in
f1uence in this State, in the South, and
initial remains of the American Union
over which Webster, the New Englander
who spoke in such famous and earnest
words of it's glories and undying perpet-
uity. The University Bulletin, November
1, for the last quarter of the present
year, is before me, thanks to the courtesy
of Hond. E. w. Pou, gifted alumnus
of the class of 1884 He delivered an ad-
dress last June before the Alumni Asso-
citation at the commencement. 1t is a
well wrought, thoughtful, impressive dis
cussion of Individual Responsibility in
Government 1t was well timed and
well suited to the, occasion, for it con-
tains iudicious reflections and instructive
facts for old and young heads. l make
a wholesome extract:
1.-THE University should teach men to
support public sentiment when right, and
to defy it without hesitation when wrong,
and that the individual cannot lawfully
shift his responsibility. No way has ever
yet been discovered by which man can
lawfully do wrong by proxy. AS well
might he hope to escape the consequences
of sin in the world to come, by attempting
to convey away his responsibility by a
deed of trust to another, as to attempt
to evade his responsibility in government
by imputing the effects of his action tC
some other agency. Now let us consider
briefly how utterly fallacious this idea
is
There arc over fifty members of the fac
ulty. The fall term, in its first sfN
weeks attendance, shows $40 student;
present, exclusive of the one medical
school curiously located at Raleigh
This is the largest number that ever re-
ported before. The total for last year was
545. / suppose that during the Univer-
sity year the number will reach 600.
would be very glad to see 1000 there, and
plenty of money to run it on a grand
scale. The Freshman class has 1879, or
ten less than last year. The average age
of this class is Is years, 91A months. This
is a higher average than it was in the
forties, l think. Of the students, 81 per
cent. are North Carolinians. But the re-
mainder are distributed as follows; South
Carolina sends II; Virginia g. New York
8. Pennsylvania 2, Florida 2, Maryland 3
Georgia 2: and Tennessee, Mississippi
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Kentucky
Ohio, Connecticut, New Jersey, and Hol-
land send one each Mecklenburg has 80
representatives, Orange &c. Guilford 90
Wake %, New Hanover %, Forsyth Is.
Talk about Christian education and
Christian influence, how will it appear as
to the work of the University? How many
Of the present students are church mem
bers? The number is 63 per cent. of the
whole. The class that was graduated
last June contained 80 per cent. of church
members. This is a most encouraging
fact, and full of hope and inspiration. The
members are thus distributed as to
churches:
There are 149 Methodists, lis Presby-
terians, 90 Baptists, 119 Episcopalians, IL