The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-02-23
Downs Nd PUBLIC BUILDINGS

and at the state caoltd'' 49,
General Assembly made provision loi
1be insane and epilept1cs ana o'ioi'
of the defective class by authorizing
:, expenditure Of 100000 for lands'
buildings and equipment, to be eA-
nended by the Hospital Board IN an
mail sums OF S125,O0O each. IL was
provided in the bill thai II the reVe-
nues Of the State warranted paShleno
of this sum from the regular sources
the money should come IN nat way
but that 100000 OF state bonus
sbould be issued if necessary TO pro
vide for the large plans ordered Tor
the care of these afflicted ones. n
have not a1ofoeo
sufficient returns to make THIS pro
vision and therefore h General AS
semblv's action in 1907 calls for the
;ssne of the bonds authorized in the
act.
There is no criticism from any
quarter eau Of this large eNpehol-
ture for these afflicted ones. Iheir
care and treatment makes the hiSh-
est and first appeal to the States gem
Next to the buildings pro-
vided for in the act Of 1897 TOR "hlca
an issue of bonds was authorlZd,
comes the States educationa. iastitu-
lions. Until the state appropriated
the money a few years ago for the
Chemical Building at Chapel Hill, the
Legislature had never aroroprlaleo
any money to construct a hlilding at
the University of North Carolina.
That venerable institution Of learn
doing a work second TO that o.
institution in the South. has over
seven hundred students and yet has
not dormitory room for more tina
half that number, the students being
to find rooms in h village
and that capacity is fully taxed. There
is real need for new buildings Tor
lass rooms and for laboratory work
o attain the best results. The light
and water systems are inadequate
md the teaching force all too small
the needs. No university in Amer
ca does so much work on s small
an income, and provision ought to
be made for the necessary new build
i1SS anu "AAo
at the states foremost educational
Institution. At the a. and N. college,
q great work is being done-far
greater than anybody realizes who is
in close touch with it. There are
now more than one hundred more
student than can be cared for in the
buildings and they have taxed
accommodations Of West Raleigh.
This is not desirable. In a college
ton is given. all the boys ought to
in the college buildings and be
under the discipline of the command
ant. This college needs more build
new equipment to train the
who are to Lead in the agricul-
tural and industrial development of
the Commonwealth. It was establish
ed with only one small building, and
the additions nave not been sufficient
to keep pace with its needs. Vir-
ginia on the north and South Carolina
on the south give much larger sums
annually to their agricultural and in
dustrial colleges thar this State.
Money put in that institution is money
Well invested. h State Normal
and Industrial College has a phe-
nomenal record. With scant equip
ment to start, it grew into a strong
institution more quickly than any
other WOman'S school in America. 1t
come to be the pride Of the State.
1t is doing a great work and needs
more buildings and better equipment.
The new Teachers Training School
at Greenville has given to the State
buildings worth $15O,OOO that cost
the taxpayers only SIS, 900. Money
has never been SO Well expended as
there. There is need Of two other
to open this school in the
1t will do wonderful things in
providing teachers for tho nuhlio