The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-10-08

1 am much pleased at the excel
lent start our noble university-in It's
116th year the oldest of al STATE
Universities in the South, and also
in the entire North with but one ex-
ception, is making. It will soon pass
its 100 Students. The last year
brought to it 1872. and in 1907 II
Will surpass those high figures. l
viii not be surprised at $50 or even
more. 1t has the best climate with
which I am acquainted. 1t is beauti-
full for situa ion, and with it's nine
teen buildings, and more TO come,
it will STOW in numbers steadily until
occupying its halls and pursuing the
studies ir the varioues schools of a
most progressive, earnest and wei!
equipped University, d genuine orna-
mens to North Carolina, and the
pride Of hundreds of thousands Of its
most intelligent and observant people.
The one chief thing needle nov is
money. If it had about two million
dollars of additional income it would
still further advance in all the higher
advantages and blessings belonging
to a genuine University series OF
courses.
The other day the able and sue
cessful President, DR.. Francis P.
Venab!e, was kind enough to send me
a four page circular containing the
Courses in English now offered to
the students at the University. 1t
entertained and shocked me. [ could
but contrast how it was in the for
ties and how it is now in the courses
offered to students in the pursuit of
studies ia English. There are seven
capable instructors with that accom-
3ltshed and able scholar, Prof, c..
Alphonso Smith, Phi. p. LII. D., at the
head as Professor of English Ian
guage and Literature. He is assisted
by six other instructors.
When l. went over the courses Of
fered in the one branch of college
education, embracing fourteen de-
partments, / wondered how it was l
never learned any more and realized
how very ignorant / am now in "a
green ole. age" You must read the
scheme of studies in English to take
in it's swerp and Importance. You
can study the Types of Literature"
(story, including novels, essay, GRAFTON
and poetry of several kinds) History
Of English and American Li~terature;'
''The Theory and Art of Prose Com
position" Rise and Development OF
Engl sh Drama through Shakespeare
introductory Course to Old English
and Middle English;' English Liter
ary Criticism English Literature,
166o,17ss:, English Fiction in Nine.
AlL6 > ANltll1 Z IS
lish Poetry 1SS0-1905. This is a
glance only. but how wide and thor
ough it promises! Public Speallings
is in this course also, embracing de-
claEation, voice culture and debate
theory and practice.
Remember all this is embraced un-
der the Courses in E~nglish."If I
were fifty years younger l think I
would like to have the opportunity of
studying all that is embraced in
such IL engaging scheme of studies.
How bright a fellow could be after
werds provided he had brains and APP
pl.cation equal to the demands.
h University is a great place for
capable and careful seekers after z
genuine education. A North Carolina
boy makes a big mistake to go from
his own highest, really excellent insti-
tuition to another University. 1t is
a misfortune to attend a school where
you will meet thousansd of youths
from all the States, and perhaps eve
sec but very few of them again.
If you attend the University, of
North Carolina, for four years you
will have met a thousand OF fifteen
hundred youth, Perhaps seventy per
meet them all Through life. and such
meetings are apt to be gracious and
b~enignant. [ give the list of
teachers in the English Course:
c. Alphonso Smith, PHI. II, LII. D.,
Professor Of the English Language
and Literature.
Edward Kidder Graham. A. NJ,
Professor Of English Literature.
James Finch Royster, Phi. D, Asso-
ciate Professor of the English an
guage.
George Mcfarland McKie, A. NJ.
Instructor in Public Speaking.
James Moses Granger, A. M, In
~structor in English.
William Frank Bryan. Pr b, In
Smith, but Mrs. Strange that she
saw