The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-13
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA
Was Established in 1870 to Prepare Men for Citizenship
and Has Well Filled
It's Mission
It's Mission.

/ building, a beautiful academic struc-
ture where most of the recitations are
/ held and which contains also the or
! fees for the administration.
In the fall the new Chemical La
| boratory. given by the State, Will be
completed. This building has been
very carefully planned SO as to mt IL
| to it's uses and has not its equal in any
| Southern institution at the present
time The work in the Chemical De-
partment of the UNIVERSITY has been
recognized everywhere as one OF the
strongest features of the University,
and the graduates of this department
have been placed in excellent positions
| all over the country.
Two new handsome dormitorles arc
also numbered among the new build
ings. These are equipped IN Hlouerh
style and add greatly TO the accomIno-
dalton of the University. sun win
these the University can accommodate
only about one-half of its students in
its dormitories, the other half finding
| boarding places in the town.
| The beautiful and healthful location
of the University has always been a
! factor in its favor. Built on the bluffs
overlooking the great eastern plain of
| the State, it is one of the healthlest
places in North Carolina and does not
| surfer
heat or cold. Placed apart from the
cities, it is free from many of the
temptations and distractions of city
life and forms a little community of
it's own, giving a historic and aca-
demic atmosphere to the little town
which has grown up around it,
It's location also keeps the expenses
down to as low a point as could rea-
sonably be hoped for, so that its many
advantages are brought within the
reach of every deserving boy in the
State, whether rich or poor.
The Law Department of the Uni
versity has had a distinguished line
of teachers whose ability and person
atty have won for it an enviable re-
putation. w. II. Battle, Kemp p. Bat
tie, John Manning and James c. Mac
Rae have moulded this department
into a training school for we'll
equipped and heightened lawyers and
the department has grown steadily IN
favor until it annually gathers from
ninety to one hundred of the young
men of the State for training in the
law.
The present Medical Department is
of much more recent date. 1t owes it's
widespread reputation to the learning
and thoroughness of that Skilled
teacher-Richard H. Whitehead, who
some fifteen years ago began as it's
sole instructor and has gradually de-
veloped it until two full departments
one at Chapel Hill and one at Raj
eigh-have been established to give
the necessary four year of instruction,
with total list of seventeen teachers
not counting those in the allied
branches of Physics, Chemistry, etc.
T j While the withdrawal of DIR. White
head is felt as a loss to the UniVer-
sity and the State, it will not be al
lowed to interfere with the thorough
ness and effectiveness of the work.
The teaching force at Chapel Hill will
be Immediately increased and other
additions made in the near future, so
that the further subdivision of the
work will secure very thorough and
or more men who now come to the
University to receive their medical
training.
The record of the success on the
part of the students of this depart
ment in the Northern colleges and be-
fore the various State boards is a most
gratifying one.
The Department of Pharmacy is of
still more recent establishment Under
! the direction of Prof. E. " Howell it
has grown into a large and strong de-
ne IdClillleS LOT lHSlTuc-
tion laboratory equipment, ETC., have
been added to every year. and the
work is SO thoroughly done that the
graduates are in greater demand than
can be supplied.
The literary societies are well con-
Quoted and have a large membership.
Thew have won many victories over
southern institutions in debate, show
ing the thorOughneSS of their training.
These societies and the large library
of $4,000 volumes offer exceptional
advantages to the students of the Uni
verSity.
The Y. NJ c. A. has maintained a
strong and energetic organization in
the University for number of years.
With building of their own they are
provided for effective work. The MEM
berS of this organization maintain a
number of Bible classes in the Uni
Versity and have established and kept
up several Sunday schools in the sur
rounding country.
The health of the students is care
fully looked after. A college physi-
clan is provided and an infirmary with
a trained nurse. The University has
been singularly free from serious cpl
| denies and diseases
BY means of its Joan fund and by
scholarships and employment for stu
dents, it has been made possible for
| any young man with preparation for
college and with a determination to
get an education. to secure the full
| benefits of the University 1t is thus
| brought within the reach Of the whole
State. The session of 19O5-1906 opens
! on September 18th.