The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-01-13

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THE UNIVERSITY.
The University is justly regarded BY
our people as the head of our public
school system. 1t has ever been dear
to the hearts OF North Ca%rolinians. IL
has done q great work and is today doing
the greatest work in its history and has
| its largest attendance. It touches the
life Of the State at every point Its pro-
| gress has been steady and conservative
| maintaining its position OF leadership III
all matters tending TO a larger develop
| ment of the State. | TO your
careful consideration the very able re-
port OF President F. +. Fenabie. FROM
this it will appear that there is a press
ing need for Il chemical laboratory The
department OF industrial chemistry al
! our University stands in the front OF al
| like departments in the Southern States.
Graduates from it have places awaiting
| them upon receipt Of their diplomas
| There are a great number of young men
who desire to take this course who are
| denied the privilege for want OF labora-
tory room. There are other needs CT
| the University. | call your attention TO
them and commend them to your careful
consideration.
THE STATE NJ AND lNDOS-
TRIAL COLLEGE.
This institution is certainly OF as much
value to the State as any other in 1t.
It comes close to the lives of our people
in that it educates the women or the
State and with an educated Womanhood
the children of the next generation will
certainly be taught. The growth of the
State Normal and Industrial College has
surprised and gratifed the friends OF
education here and elsewhere. Its IN
creased attendance instead of lessening
the attendance upon the other colleges
for the education of women, has increas-
ed the patronage of all. More than ff-
teen hundred young women have gone
out from that institution to teach in the
public schools of the State and nave
+aught more than one hundred thousand
children. The spirit Of the college is
all that could be asked. There is in it
a genuine democracy-a desire not only
to uplift those attending the college, but
to extend to all people as far as possible
the benefits which they themselves re-
ceived. Since ] have been Governor of the
State l have visited this college several
times and always with increasing graft
f~cation. You will find the needs Of the
colleges fully set out in the report OF
the directors and the president accom-
panying this message. More dormitory
room is imperatiely demanded. Many
young women are annually turned away
for want of room. The college has reach
ed its limit Of growth until additional
buildings are erected.
NORTH INA COLLEGE OF AGR1-
CULTURE AND MECHANIC ARTS.
Nc~4b Cardinals future is dependent to
a great degree upon the training for
! agriculture and industry. "The chief
business of mankind says Thomas Car
LYLE. us bread and meat" The power
to produce things economically and we'll
precedes the highest culture. TIL Col
lege Of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
is teaching the young men of the State
both to know things and to do things,
and when they shall both know and do,
then will they become true men, for
knowledge and doing constitute being and
this is character. l cannot too cordially
commend to your favorable consideration
the needs of this great institution which
means so much to the future development
Of our resources. The last General AS
sembly put the care of the college in
charge of the Board of Agriculture, the
purpose being to increase the interest in
agricultural training. The wisdom of
their action is manifest in the increased
number OF boys who are attending the
college for the purpose of studying agri-
culture. In 1901 seventeen young men
took the agricultural course; in 1902
ninety-two took it. Our State must for
many years remain largely agricultural.
Eighty-twO per cent. of our population
live in the country and the College of
Agriculture and Mechanic Arts ought TO
furnish instructions to as large a num-
Der as possible of young men intending
to pursue the business of farming. The
college is fairly we'll equipped for indus
trial training, but is in real need of an
agricultural building. Whether the rev.
enues at your disposal will Justify an ap-
preparation for the erection of such build
ing, is a matter which must be deter
mined by you. The building is necessary
and would be of great value.
On the twenty-ninth day Of Novem-
Der, 1901, Watauga Hall was destroyed by
fire. It became necessary to reconstruct
this building, or greatly cripple if not
to close the college. About sixty stu
dents had to go home Immediately after
the fire for lack of room. Upon applica-
ton of the Board of Trustees to the Gov
ernor and Council of State for permission
to borrow money they were authorized
to do so in order to rebuild Watauga
Hall on the old foundations and to build
a separate building for the mess hall,
Kitchen, and Assembly Hall. The cost of
these buildings and their furnishings are
set out in detail in the reports trans
mltted with this message. 1t is necessary
to make provision for meeting the debts
thus contracted. The income of the col
lege for running expenses is but little if
any larger than it was six years ago
when the number of students were scarce
~ one-fourth of the present lumber. In
consequence of the increased number Of
students the running expenses for teach
ers, tools, machinery, apparatus, fuel and
service have greatly increased. On this
account there is a deficit for running
expenses and there will be q deficit each
year for running expenses unless the ap-
preparations are increased, Or the work
Of the college is limited. The enrolment
OF the college this year is about five nun
dred and would be much larger next
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