The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-03
against the emergency of dire necessity

Resolved further that We request that
the State Treasurer be directed to turn
over at once to the Treasurer of the
Board of Directors of the State Normal
and Industrial College the insurance now
in his hands to be used under the direc-
ton of the Board of Directors Of said
institution for the payment of the $4,000
already expended for equipment and tenn
porary dormitory room and the remainder
to be expended in the erection and fur
Their equipment of the new buildings
Following the consideration of the
above resolutions Of the Board Of Direc-
tors of the State Normal and Industrial
College the Council of State passed the
following:
Resolved, That the extreme emergency
and dire necessity contemplated by the
statute appearing clearly and the Attor-
ney General having In writing advised
that it is within the competency OF the
council of State to authorize the Dor
rowing of sufficient funds to meet the
said emergency. it IS ordered that the
executive head Of the State Normal and
Industrial College. by and with the con-
sent of the Board of Directors. borrow
upon the credit of the State eighty thous-
and dollars to be expended in the erection,
equipment and furnishing of buildings to
replace the buildings and equipment de-
stroyed by said fire.
Resolved, further, That the State
Treasurer be directed to turn over At
once to the Treasurer of the State Nor
NAL and Industrial College the insurance
money now in his hands belonging to
said institution to be used as directed in
the resolution of the Board of Directors
PRESIDENT MIVER INTERVIEWED
Dr. Chas D. McIver, president of the
State Normal and Industrial College, was
in the city yesterday. and he was asked
for an interview concerning the matter
of he conditions at the Normal College
and the necessary things to be done. F!c
said:
THE action of the Council of State to-
day giving to the Board of Directors Of
the State Normal and Industrial College
permission to borrow enough money to
replace at that college the dormitory ac-
commodation recently destroyed by fire
will be heartily approved by the people
of North Carolina.
Additional dormitory room was need
ed even before the fire. and to provide
less dormitory room now than the col
lege had before the fire would be a step
backward and would cripple the college
in its great service to the State.
THE building burned was the only
dormitory building belonging to the col
lege. 1t accommodated 305 boarders. The
three wooden dormitory buildings rented
by the college accommodated about 100
boarders.
ITO wait for the Legislature to meet
next January to provide new dormitory
building would have postponed its use
until September or October. 1905, as it
will require at least six months to erect
the building. The action of the Council
of State makes it possible to have the
building ready for occupancy in September
of this year, SO that the college can be-
gin next years work with the usual
number of students in its dormitories
Fortunately for the institution there
remain only about three months of the
present college year, and in addition to
the hundred boarders in the three rented
dormitory buildings, temporary use OF
the unfinished society halls and Young
Womens' Christian Association rooms in
which the students have invested about
SIS, 0G0 made it possible to provide tenn
porarily for $50 of the 3O5 Students who
burned A few of the 305 occupants of
the burned dormitory secured board in
private families near the college, but about
125 remained at home. most of them be-
cause there was no dormitory room for
them
The literary societies and the Young
Womens' Christian Association expect to
use their halls next fall.
'In addition to the interruption of the
work of the college and of the students
who could not return and the loss of prop
erty caused by the fire, there is a probable
net loss of about $4,000 in the income OF
the college for this year.
THE inventory cost of the property de-
stroyed was ISL 900, besides freight on ma
terial Most of this property was pur-
chased between 1892 and 1897 Labor
and material are now from 25 to 33 1-3
per cent higher then they were when the
dormitory building was erected, and to
supply the equivalent dormitory capacity
will require CORRESPONDENCE larger sum
than the original cost.
''The authority of the Council of State
in this emergency is by statute as follows
That in cases of extreme emergency or
dire necessity the executive head OF any
such institution shall upon the recon-
mendation of the Governor and his coun-
ell, have authority, upon the credit of the
State. to make such expenditures as may
be actually necessary to provide against
any such emergency or necessity.
THE people know the worth of the col
lege and will not. I believe, permit it to
suffer for lack of house room and proper
accommodations for the young women,
ambitious to equip themselves for service
to the good old commonwealth
Being asked the manner in which
students were now being cared for at the
college, Dr. MeIver said:
THE Students Building Of the State
Normal and Industrial College was con-
verted into a temporary dormitory by