The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-09-24
GIRLS SWARM Al
NORMAL COLLEGE
Over Five Hundred at the
Opening
G ROOM FILLED
Eorty-Iaur Members ln the Teaching
Force-IrIbute Paid To the Late
President in the Opening tx
erciSes-Eycry Corner OF
OF state Represented
BY ANDREW y

OF state Represented
BY ANDREW JOINER.
(SpeclaI to News arG Observer)
Greensboro. \. q. sept. ls-An
inspiring scene Ii was his morning
10 behold from the spacious platform
Of the state Normal College more
than five hundred young North Caro-
lima women. enter the auditorium or
the students building without con-
fusion or delay at ten o'clock anu DC
comfortably seated in the newly com
pleted auditorium. It was the occa-
sion OF the oneninS exercises CT the
sixteenth year OF the institutions ex-
istence, the simplicity and dignity OF
the exercises being in harmony with
it's solid reputation. Forty-four mem
bers of the faculty were IN their
places on the rostrum. and So. stu
dents faced them, when AT ten CLOCK
President Foust quietly stepped for
ward and requested that the Doxology
re sung. Every nook and corner OF
the State was represented by earnest,
determined women -eeklns 10 Dc
made stronger and better for service
He spoke of the great satisfaction
it was tc those having the r%esponsi-
bility for the institution's success to
realize by the return or so many ola
students, and of an unprecedented
number of new ones. that others
throughout the State we're willing 70
share in this responsibility.
None of US, none 81 you" he said,
should ever forget the name Of the
man who was the first president of this
College, and who taught North Caro-
lima her possibilities. The State has
offered YOU the Very best opportuni-
ties and you should show your appre-
citation and gratitude by rising to the
spirit of its generosity. To be only
fifteen years Old, and to receive at
the hands of the last Legislature the
same appropriation, dollar for dollar
that was given the University of over
a hundred years growth and prestige,
spoke loudly for the States apprecia-
ton of the work of giving the women
of the commonwealth an equal chance
with the men.
No better tribute to the worth Of
DR.. McIver could be paid, than to en-
ulate his life of service to his State
which brought about this phenome-
nal benificence,
After the singing Of the Old North
state, the registration blanks We~
distributed and the necessary husi-
ness announcements were made, prac-
tically closing the morning exercises.
Nincty-one Counties Represented
While so far there are ninety-one
counties represented, there may be
more. as some students are delayed
on account Of sickness.
So far the question of which is the
banner county in number OF students
attending from unit outside OF
GuilfOrd, is undecided. The registra-
ton this morning shows that honors
are even etwee two counties, Iredell
and Wayne, they leading with an at
tendance of seventeen tudents each.
The following is a comprehensive
statement of the faculty and other
equipment of the college:
Rcgi. tration and Classification.
The sixteenth annual session Of the
North Carolina State Normal and In
dustrial College begins with the regis
tration and classification of students
on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
of this week. More than five hundred
students are already enrolled and ap-
plicatiors for admission are st Il being
received. All the available dormitory
space, including the new wing of the
spencer building with accommoda-
tons for seventy-five students, has
been assigned. The college is now
engaging, for dormitory purposes,
such suitable rooms as are to be had
c~onvenient to the grounds and these
are rapidly being assigned to the later
applicants. Ninety-one counties are
already represented in the years en-
rollment-more thar even before in
any one year, the largest number of
counties heretofore represented being
eighty-nine in 1895. One of the en-
couraging features Of this years regis
tration is the higher standard Of
scholarship represented by the incom-
ing students. Never before have the
students been so well prepared and
this in spite of the fact that the col
lege has recently raised its ~andar Of
admission by the equivalent of two ad-
dl1ional years Of high school work. The
efficiency of the college is
also increased by additional
equipment and by several ad-
ditions to its faculty. In equip
nent. the institution adds this year a
spacious auditorium amply sufficient
to accommodate the entire student
body, three large lecture rooms. a
beautiful memorial room for tn,
Young WOman's Christian Association.
a hall for the use of the Athletic As
ISOLATION and for calisthenic exercises.
tory Accommodations; and the proper
FURNISHINGS for two literary society
halls.
New Members of the Faculty.
The rev members of the faculty are
as Iolio"S: Prof. j. A. Matheson.
VINO for a number Of years was the
successful superintendent of the Dur
nam SCHOOLS. has been elected head
department of pedagogy. Prof.
Matheson is one of the best equipped
sehool men Of the State and his pres
ence at the college will greatly in
crease its strength and usefulness.
MISS 2uena q. West. of Rutherford.
y. j.. has been elected director OF
physical culture. Miss West IS al
of n Of the New York
normal schools. After her gradua-
tlon, for several years she did grade
work in the schools of New York city
she has recently pursued special
courses IN physical culture in the
school of DR.. Savage.
Miss Katherine McNaughton Of
Mlddleville, Mich, viii be at the head
OF the department of domestic art