The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-01-02

TO bring their offerings Of reverence
loyalty and patriotisn.'
/ recall that noticed thirteen mis-
recommendations according TO best
English standards OF 1853. lie mag
haze followed Webster, an authority
7 have never consulted in quite y
ha!f century. Mr. Everett while ut
Raleigh vas the houored guest OF
tha, refined and admirable gentle
man, Mr.. George w. Mordecai. Nv
old col!ege-Elatc and personal friend
Iutil his life closed in his forty-Hintn
wear. Major SeatOn Gales, Of Raleigh,
accplnpi slcd and gifted, i distin-
gu!sAed graduate q the University
Of North Carolina, receiving first hon
ofs III his class, and Il rhetOrtcian in
style Of writing, ana / called together
upon Mr.. Everett, ana were cordially
greeted by both guest and host. M.
lIve,rett and Mi. Webster are the
only very famous New ~Englanders l
nave ever been introduced to and ia
ken by the hand.
While not Il graduate Of the Uni
Versity Of North Carolina | was in the
fCrties q student III il. 1t is to nee of
very special interest, and its growth
ana productiVanass are a source Of
unrepressed pleasure and satisfaction.
Il is vertically a great ornament OF our
grand old State, and has a history
second in Importance and usefulness
to no institution OF learning in all
u WeII-be!OVed Southland, the land
OF the free II she home of the
ETGVe." 1t - the oldest OF all, and
the work accomplished viii compare
with any college or university south
o. New Jersey. It's alumni contain
many men Of distinguished rank and
abilities, Including Presidents, Cabinct
officials, l. 5. Senators. etc. A Cata-
!Oguc of its most important alumni
men of mark in the many vocations
Of Iife-WOu!d be valuable. and would
bear comparison vita any university
Or college il all the South. am glad
the ~WatchWord is inward. upward,
and that the advance in the last few
years hoWs no d~iminutiOn. Its Rec
ord" for October is encouraging. The
last Legislature was wise enough to
increase its appropriation to $4,000,
and also made the first appropriation
the State ever gave to the erection OF
a building, since by Legislative action
it was created. Very strange and mar
VellOUS indeed! S1rne one anG
twenty-five years 2gO the State created
ii by enactment, but failed to make
the needed appropriation for the con-
summation of The useful work prom-
Used. 1t is now in its 111th year of
actua life. and the appropriation OF
w ~ Do41i Il ic' SNDIy
the first sift of the State in
furnishing the nan n important
buildings. In spite of indifference on
the part of the State, the University
has now some seventeen good brick
buildings, [ believe.
Last year-ending in June. 1906
was the most prosperous, the enrolled
students numbering SCI. the largest
number in the long and instructive
aft nrv Of tho T-,iv-a,Si+r GnrOn
changes have taken place lately that
show advance. improvements have
made. The present Freshmen
class is the largest of all, and several
new professors and assistants have
been added to the already strong
faculty. The average age of the
Freshmen class is 10 years. ; months
and Z days. When entered in June,
l847, l was IS years, 9 months old
and [ was enc of the Oldest in the
Now the average of u large
class in nearly 10 IL years. Ninety
per cent OF the students are North
l give some interesting
statistics.
South Carolina sends Is, Virginia
Florida 7, New York 4, Tcnnes-
see 3. Georgia ,, Pennsylvania ?. New
jersey 2, Montana /, South Dakota l,
and Texas /, That is, fifty students
from other States, as compared
with ~fOrty-siX IN 1904-'05.
Counties represented by 10 or more
students: Orange So. Mecklenburg 80,
Wake IS, Gui.ford %. Buncombe 10,
10. Forsyth 16. Wayne Is,
IA, New HanOver IS. Arson
II. Rowan II. Sampson IL, Cumber-
10. Durham 10.
Statistics IN regard to the religious
denominations represented mons the
-,,- 80 tn - ~ +nrnS t. 1nrA - In
213 Methodists. 136 B&ptisCs. 113
Presbyterians, 81 Episcopalians. 10
Christians, I Lutherans, 7 Roman
FathoIics. 9 MCr2vians, 6 Disciples. s
Reformed. 3 Friends, 3 He
l COngregationalist, l Re
formed Dutch.
Several of the faculty during the
past scholastic year displayed &C
'iVitT in contributions Of the pen in
directions. Or. G.. AlpIonso
smith leads n such lab0rs. and in
addresses ana lectures. They number
some ten or more. DR.. Bruner was the
next most productive IN writings. The |
Record" gives the following inter-
asting information:
"At the request OF the Morehead
famiIv, DR.. Smith has written a sketch
Of John Motley Mcrehead, graduate OF
University Of North Carolina and
Governor Of the State from 1919 to
1S45. The sketch will appear in the
History of North Caro-
ina. and also in the South Atlantic
Quarterly for January, 1905. His
Studies III English SyntaN will be pub
ished in December or january. He is
1oW at work upon Language Lessons
and Grammar. a book Introductory to
ais MOdern English Grammar. The /
after book has been adopted without
! dissenting vote by the Louisiana
school board for exclusive use in the
public high schools of that State"
Concerning eminent alumni of the
University I find the following in the
Record that deserves copying IS it
concerns two distinguished North Car