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2 STATE UNIVERSITY NECFBBITY FOR ITS EXISTENCE A!NI> IIS CLAIM TO SI TROUT BY THE STATE. THE CONSTITUTION DEfflflNOS IT. It is the bcxi Property the State Own*— 1 honeh it costs the Slate very Little thr I’nirtn ty Educate* Many poor Hoys tvho could not otherwise trot an Education—lt is the Head of the Public school System but it Costsench Taxpayer less than I cents a year. I.—The Constitution Demands It. Constitution of 1776 ‘‘All u-eful learning shall be duly encouraged and promoted in one or more Universities. Charter. (Granted in 1789 ) “la all well regulated governments it is the in dispensable duty of every Legislature to consult the h 'ppiness of the rising gen cration and endeavor to lit them f<>r an honorable discharge of the social duties of life by paying the strictest attention to their education; and whereas an l di versity, supported by permanent funds and well endowed, would have the nu-st direct tendency to answer the above pur pose,” etc., etc. The Convention of 1835 retained in the Constitution the requirement- of the University. The Convention of 18*>1 did the same The Convention of 1865 re-enact* dthe provision. The Convention of 18*18 did the same, and declare 1 that ‘The University of North Carolina with its lands, emolu ments and franchises is under the con trol of the State, and shall be held to an inseparable connection with the free public school system of the State.’ The people by an immense majority in , 1873, by a separate vote, ratified the University requirement, and e intuit ed its management to the General Asrubly. The convention of 18?5 re enacted the University requ remeut. and the people ratified t eir action in 1870. Thus at seven different epochs the peo !)le have irapos *1 on the G. uer 1 A-sem >ly the dutytosnj port and maintain the University 4 The present Constitution, Article 9, section 0, says: “The Gentrd Assembly shall provide f- -r the elec ion of trustees of the University of North Carolina, in whom, when chosen, shall be vested all the privileges, rights, franchises and i n dowments thereof, in anyw »■* granted to or conferred upon the truste sos sa : d University, and the General Assembly may make such provisions, laws and regulations, from time to time, as may be necessary and expedient for t he main tenance aud management of said Uui versify. ’’ And section 7 of the same article says: j “The Geueral Assembly shall provide that the benefits of the University, ;ts far as practicable, be extended to lhe youth of the State free of exp-rse for tuition; also that all the property which has here tofore accrued to the State, or sh >ll here after accrue, from escheats, unclaimed dividends, or distributive shares of the j estat«s of decesed persons shall be an- ; propriated to the use of t e University.” 11. The Fiiiversity Is a Stan* Instilii* tion and State I‘roperty. In obedience to the mandate of the Constitution the University was estab lished one hundred years ago. It is not 1 a separate isolated institution, but be loi gs te the State system of public iusti tut ions, aud is as fully the property of the State as the asylums, the Peniten tiary, the Agricultural and Mechanical College, the Capitol or the Supreme Court building Like other State insti tutions it should be guarded, supported aud preperly managed Relying upon the promise of the State to maintain and j guard the University, various citizens have from time to time given lands, buddings, money and apparatus, intrust to be tired forever for the purposes of a Univt rstty. The State has accepted the j trust, anil is bound in honor to fulfill it.. The property can never b“ used for othtr purposes. It includes 600 acne of land, 14 buildings, a library o’ 40,000 books, valuable scientific apparatus and about ninety thousand dollars of invested funds. Its total valuation is about hah a million dollars. Liberal aup[*ort of the University will attract generous endow ment, but scant support will both repel philanthropy and check its growth. Harvard University received support from the State of Massachusetts for 200 yeais, until it attracted a large endow- j ment fund, and needed no further aid. j It now ha- an income larger than the State of North Carolina, and gives away |7o.i 00 annually to poor t»ys. 111. lhe I'liiirrsiq is the llest Prop •nif the State Owns, ,t has added nearly $ *OO, OOO to the educational wealth of the Mate by at tracting do atious of lauds, buildings, books, apparatus and money. It keeps at least 2**o young men from annually j going to Other S ates for an education, thus saving to North Caroliua about ; SIOO,OO > each year. During the suspension of the Univer aity. soon after the war, the University j ts * Virginia, Princeton, Cornell Y»le j and Harvard were crowded witH North Catolm t bovs Now but few of our boys art* abrtvad except in technical and pro f» s iomd si hot Is. The proper expansion of tin University will keep these also at hem-* . The State should aim to furnish with in its own borders complete educational advantages for all it.- citizens. If niversity eou iuues to grow, it aill sixMi attract toils walls hundreds of young m n from other S ates,' bus bring mg into the State annually several hun dred thousand dollars By attract! g atndents from elsewhere Harvard I ti versitv brings into Massachusetts at least two million dollars a year. |Y'. The University Educate!* .Many Poor Hoy'S who Otherwise Could not (irt an FducHtion. During th>‘ past two years <t has lo rs <d $3 Ml) 25 from the I items F.nd, thereby ;vd rg-55 newly students Luring th* oast 20 years it has aided gtv nt s to needy young men by loans or scholarships. It is now giving free tuition to 126 students, who could iot otherwise be educated. Os these fwty two are (re paring to teach. Fully one third *f the ■>tud n s in the University are aided by loan-, scholarships or labor, and over c ue third art? supporting themselves by money which they themselves have earned or l ave been forued to burrow. The spirit, of self help is so strong at the University that thirty three students, even while pursuing their studies, are at the same time supporting themselves wholly or in part by labor. They man age boarding c-lubs, set type, work m laboratories, serve as stenographers and type-writers, sell books and clothing, give private instruction to other stu dents, teach classes in the village, clerk in the stores aud do many other kinds of work. The following brief statements, prepared by the y utig men themselves, will give an idea of the spirit-of teonomy that prevails at the University, as well as the spirit of self-reliance that enables so many poor boys to get a University education. It is not exaggeration to say that the Uuiveisity by its loan funds, scholarships and opportunities for labor makes it possible for any worthy boy, however poor, to obtain in North Caro liua as good an education as rich toys obtain eleswhere. STATEMENTS BY STUDENTS. (No. 1). Started on S2O. N->w is self-supporting. In Sept mher, 1893. I started to the University, having S2O. On reaching there I borrowed SSO from the Deems Fund and afterwards $59 from a friend. 1 made ssl during the spring term by working and by teaching. On return ing this year J borrowed SSO from th“ Deems Fund. lam now teaching pu pils iu the village at odd hours, and am making enough to meet all m* expenses and pay off same of list year’s debt. I have a scholarship. (No. 2) Keeps house, pays ill college expenses, supports wife and three chil dren, all on S3OO a year. I am 33 years old, have a wife and three children, moved here from John ston county and ko p house. My only property is a small farm, yielding S6O a year. I saved a lit tie money from teach ing free school. My m moy will last me until April, when 1 shall borrow trim the Deems Fund. My expenses ar<> $25 a month. This includes house-rent, wood, books, clothing, all for myself anil family 1 have averaged teaching, as near as 1 can guess, fotir months in each year for the last ten years. My ambition is to boa su c 's-fii'teacher. I have a scholarship. (No 3) M ale SBS ou farm aid earns $2 > at University. I saved SBS which I made on the farm and 1 have borrowed $l5O I earn $25 a year by labor here. My expenses le t year were $240; this year (for half a year) SO4 (No. 4). Worked at carpenter's trade. Before coming to the University 1 worked at the carpenter's trade and saved enough to pay three fourths of my expenses. I borrowed the other fourth (No. 5). Assists in a boarding club and lives on $22 75. I am earning my board by-assisting in a club. My total expenses are $32 75 for half year. (No. 6) Saved all bis money teaching public school My total expenses have been S7O 60 (half year), aud I saved it all teaching public school. (No 7) My expenses for half year are $62 90. I made the money school teach ing (No. 8). Lived on one meal a day. 1 entered the University four years j ago and lived for iwhile on one meal a day 1 had only $5 I was kindly aided by the faculty and students and citizens until I got work I have borrowed some I little money from the Deems Fund and from kind friends, and by laboring hard j have managed to pull through for four years. I shall graduate in June. (No. 9). Waits ou table and sets type. I support myself almost entirely by waiting on table and setting type. I I give nay note for tuition. (No. 16). Sets type. Supports him self entirely. 1 support myself entirely by setting type. 1 set type all the time, except when reciting aud attending lectures, I study at night. (No 11). Earns half his expenses by clerical and stenographic work. My total expenses for last term were about $l6O. aud I earned about SSO by doing clerical aud stenographic work at odd hours. (No. 12) 8i Us clothing and cuts wood. I sell clothing by sample and cut | wood. During the summer I sold books, j L-ist year 1 helped cure tobacco I b>r- j rovr a small sum from the Deetns Fund, j (No. 13). Manages boarding club. 1 pay my board by managing a club and all my other expenses with money I earned by teaching last year. Total ex peuses $125, exclusive of board. (No. 14). I made $25 teaching aud bor row the rest from the Deems Fund. (No. 15). I make SSO a year selling j clothing. (No. 16). Painter aud decorator. 1 am living partly ou money earned by painting and partly on borrowed money. Total expenses s*>s 75, (half year). (No. 17). Sold fruit trees and taught school. 1 am paying my own expenses with money that I made selling fruit trees and teaching school. Total expenses (half y ar) S7O (No. 18). A painter. Best scholar in his » lass. I earned some money painting the U nversity bui dings last summer, aud 1 have private classes, which pay part of my exposes. The rest l pay by a loan ’ri withe Deems Fund. 1 have a.schol arship. tl'iiis student is the best scholar in his class.) (So 19) l have been encouraged and helped both by faculty and students in trying to work ray way thrnuvh at the 1 ive'-siry. 1 worked ou a farm and insde some money btfe-re coming here. M ko n.-v b ard by managing a club. Total expet - (half year) $25 (No 20) Couldn't get help elsewhere l . . g ■ -g mi a scholarship aud am to g t ;lo oof SSO. 1a n able to a’- te d*l l.'i;i*vr-ity only on these teirns. C-iUivi net have pos-ihlv attended other wise. 1 ('<'Uld le t h iVe goue to any olh go, as I c- uld > or get such a-cist 1 ance. Fully one half of the men in the Uui ve sity are of the condition and charact. r •U-gested by Jhe ab v? rr -•$ Tae The News and Observer, Sunday, February 3, 1805. list is given as sample* of the sort of men that come to the University id ; the ways that th*y earn a support here. If the University is forced to r.-’y entirely upon tuition fees for its support, it cannot continue to aid the talented jHxir boys of North Carolina The following unsolicited alter speaks for itself. The young man is without a father, is very talented and i.- going through college partly by lab r ami partly by loans from the Deems Fund, lie has a schol rship. “Chapel Hill, N C., Dec. 20, i?9l *‘j President Gfo T. Winston, “Dear Sir:—The first term oft: > scholastic year has ended, and 1 think it my duty to thank you most gratefully for the Help you have given me am! tie* kindness you showed me when I tvs’ came. When i got out of money and had to have books von kindly cut rut some and put yourself to no little im>o venienee in many ways to h Ip ne , when I was naturally homesick and de spondent you gave me so much encour agement and good advice, which could only bo repaid by the gratefulness «>f my heart. Is.*t me thank you again and again for the kindnesses you have show: me and substantial pecuniary aid you have given. Just at the time when 1 was about to give up all hope of a Uni versity education you came to my aid, and now I am determined tha* so h ;.n education shall be mine. Before I came here I had written to so many schools, stating my condition and asking fur work to pay ray way, and being answer ed >ery coldly by all of them but one 1 was disheartened, but you appreciated my condition and gave me the coveted aid. “Feeling a thankfulness in my heart which cannot l>e expressed ou paper, and being determined that my lif•* shall be such an one as to cause you no regret for the kindness you have shown a d the aid you have given me, I am gratefully yours, To shut off such no n from opportuni ties of higher education is to deprive North Carolina of strong bad >rs in a! professions and occupations It is not only false economy but us contrary to the noblest impulses of humanity. But for the University at least 125 p or boys an nually would be unable to obtain the benefits o f higher education. Shall the doors of the institution be closed to such men ;.s these ? What corresponding gain would the State thereby receive? The University Costs the Stnte Very Little aud the Average Tax-payer Contributes Le-s Than Four Cents a Year tor its Support. The University received from the State la-t year s3o,o**o, being $20,000 regular aial SIO,OOO special appropriation. Tite regular appropriation, if • ollected per capita, would amount to 1 ss than 1 1-4 cents per annum to each inhabitant; but the tax is paid entirely by property, and the mass of the people iu the State really contribute nothing to its support. A man who pays o ly pell tax contributes noth ing. A man listed at SIOO pays less than three-fourths of a cent annually to the regular appropriation, at SSOO less than 4 ctents, ar $1 000 less than 8 cents, at $5,000 less than 40 cents. Abjpn.t nine tenths of the tax payers would pay less than 8 con’s a year for an appropriation of $20,0'0 to the support of the Uni ver sify. THE UNIVERSITY COSTS THE STATE LESS THAN SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS ELSEWHERE. The State of Virginia makes the fol lowing annual appropriation (for whites), not including sums appropriated for re pairs: University of Virginia, $ 40.000 Virginia Military Institute, 30,000 State Female Normal School, 1,5,000 William and Mary College and Male Normal, 15,000 Medical College, 5,000 Total, $ 105,000 South Carolina appropriates for whites: Clemson College, $ 50;000 South Carolina College, 30,000 Citadel, 20.000 | Winthrop Normal, 7,500 Total, $ 197,500 North Carolina appropriates for whites* University of North Carolina (being $20,000 regular and SIO,OOO special), $ 30,000 1 Agricultural and Mechanical College. 17.500 ; Normal and Industrial School, 12.500 Cullowhee Normal, 1,500 Total, $ 61.500 North Carolina thus anpropriated last year only $61,500 to the higher educa tionoftiie whites against $*25,500 ap propriated by Virginia and $107,500 by South Carolina. The white population of South Carolina is not half as large as that in our State, and yet the State ap propriates nearly twice as much money annually. Virginia’s white population is not so large as ours, but its appropria tion for higher education is nearly twice as much. For white higher education last year: West Virginia appropriated, SIOO,OOO Connecticut, . . . 80,0 0 Vermont, . . • 82.1*00 Pennsylvania, . . . 130,000 New York. . . . 506.000 California, . . . 194 000* Kansas, ... 96 000 Ohio, . ... 12i,000 Michigan, . • • 851.0**0 Minnesota, . • . 174.000 Illinois 137 o**o Colorado 250,000 Nebraska, . • • 178,000 •Beside* tax of one per cent, ou SIOO for University. The list might bo extended. Appro priations for the higher education of the colored race are also larger elsewhere than in North Carolina. CT~W Faiversitv is the fiend of the Public School System and is Es>sea ti-:I so a Complete System. E -r> State in the Union has a Ur.i ver,ity :»s the head of i*s school 'jstcra Tins s logical and necessary, and North Carolina'cannot afford to lie the only exc -p’ion. It would be economy, indeed, to spend neatlv SBOO,OOO aunu ally on the public school system and then deprive it of its natural and logical head. All the forces aud influences of the University have been to hi an y »x* tted a: 1 are now at work to inc < >e and strengthen the public schol system. To j take away fr m the head f the -\>Hm the small *m» necessary to its su| |>vrt and apply that sum to the bniy «4 the system would work litt’e g » d a* d much eul. The public school term wc ‘.<l n< t be lengthened two dajs. The University supplies the State a a anally with a large number t>f Lackers for both { übiic and j rivato scho k and is now maintaining a special department for the tr it g« f teachers and a sum mer school for the better training of those who are already teaching and are unable t > attend the regular sessions. Durirg the present year 112 students who ate teachers, or who expect to teach, have attended th< se schools. Their work a.-> teachers will more than repay the State f r the expense of their tuition at the Ui iversity. The University thus saves the State the ( \ c se of a separate Normal School for male teachers, w hich in other Spates tost- more than our entire* University. VII. she I nlvernit? is Non- Non-Sectarian, and is E*seuttal to t be State, The State must educate its youth for citizenship It must have higher edu cation «s well as lower. Especially is there need of at least one State .institution for higher education where men of all sections, political par ties. creeds and conditions may meet ou a level of perfect equality, enjoying the very best educational op-ortunities and in>pir. d with a common love of North Carolina and ambition to serve her in terest. The names of University alumni prom inent iu all parties, churches, proses sions, trades and occupations prove that it is an institution of this character That the State needs a University is shown by its growth. The large attendance at the D iversity shows that it is doing its woik faithfully and is supplying a genuine need in North Carolina for such an institution. During tie lost four years there has been mark ed increase, a-s follow*: 1891 . . . 198 student#. 1892 ... 248 1893 ... 816 “ 1894 ... 889 1895 . . . 462 Surely there is need of an institution that attracts 462 students, of whom 102 are teaching or preparing to teach, over 125 are educating themselves either by their own efforts or by borrowed money, over thirty are largely or entirely self supporting by their own labors while at the same timo pursuing their studies The value of such an institution is simply incalculable. Is it any exagger ation to say that the University yields the State larger returns than come from any other equal investment of public funds! And would it not be very diffi cult to show what corresponding gain would attend the dost ruction or crippling of such an institution ? VII. The Necessity lor State Aid—Shall the University Go Forward or Hack ward ? Without State aid the University can not exist. Its regular income is about S4O 000, of which the State regularly furnishes half. The University of Vir ginia has an income of over SIIO,OOO Harvard’s income last year wms a mil lion and a quarter dollars. The Univer sity is just now getting to the point of efficiency; it needs better equipment lu several department*, and it is struggling manfully forward. With an income about one-third as large as the Univer sity of Y'irgiuia our University is doing a work that compares well with that in stitution. The affairs of the University are conducted in the most economical manner consistent with efficient instruc tion and respectable scholarship. AI special committee of the Board of Trtis- j tees visits it each year, inspects itv workings and examines i’s accounts j The committee fer last y ear was com , posed of Rev. J. L. Stewart, Chairman;: Hon K. A Donghton, Ifou. W. T Fair- 1 cloth, D G Worth, Eiq , R T. Gray, ! Esq. Os the financial manag ment they ! reported,. “No evidence of extravagance j or misrownag* ment appear*.” Every department of the Univer-ritv ia managed at less expense than in other institutions of similar grade. The snla rics of the processors ar* lower than in other Southern universities, and far lower than in Northern univer itie* Already the University has lost vahialde men who have been attracted to other States by larger salaries. The Univorsi ty badly needs expansion and equipment in several departments, but laek of me*ns prevents The cutting off of this special appropriation will cripple it. It needs $19;000 annually more than iis present regular income. If we ore to have n University at. all, of what k’rd shall it he? RbaTl it be in ferior to all other Btate Universities, or shall it stesdilv grow until jt is equal to the best anywkere? How will it pro tno f e ed neat ion to destroy or cripple the University? Will other colleges bemad* richer thereby? Can they beln ranee poor boys? AYill the general idea of ed nearion be promoted bv s'rtking down the head of the system of education? The decrease of tho-appropriation below $20,000 will cripple-the University very bsdlv, and force it into more active com petition with th* other colleges; will cause fees to lie raised higher, thus driv ing off men of small means; will render it impossible to aid so many poor boys; and will at one blow undo tn** work of 20 years. What correspondieg gain will compensate for these evils ? Reorgasyzing in 1875 with 7 teachers and 60 students, it has grown and strug gled until now it has 2T t eachers and 462 students, is acknowledged to he one of the leading Universities in the South, and is beginning to attract patronage Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U. S. Gov’t Report RriV2\l Baking Bowwder ABSOLUTELY PURE from all over the Union. Is this the *, iv.e to destroy it! If it is destroyed, wh;»t benefits will result to (be State ? Is it pV'ihle that the saving of three or four cents to the average property holder will compensate for the iWtruo tion of such an institution? The S ue needs rather to build up its entire edue-, tional system, strengthening it at every point, until North G indina's leo ami girls have as g>nwl op{>ortunifie< for edu cation as are given iu other Si » s Answer* to Some of the Objection* Against the I diversity. Objection 1. Fas the State a right to aid higher education ? Answer. Tnis right was expressly given in the first Constitution, and has | U*eu renewed in ( very suhsiMpient Con stitution. It has kvti acred on by North Carolina for 100 years, and is no.** acted jon by eveiy State in the Union. It is a universally established and univer-ally practised principle of government throughout the entire Union. Indeed all civih/ d people have accepted a* d a<l« d jon this principle, from th * time when Moses and Darnel were fitted for the | duties of higher citizenship by tln ir re I spective governments, u> tee time when | Jefferson founded the University c*f Yir i g*nia and Washington proposed a Na ; tional University. The denial of this j right is really the denial of the Slate's j right to establish any school or t(»giv. ; any education; for, if th** State have a j right to give any education, it has th(* i rigid, to give as much education as it I deems proper, exjiodient or nec* -s.uy . Every State has the right to provide t< r its own welfare and perpetuity. and r iu cation is the surest means to that end Objection 2 Is it ex|>edicnt for N rih Carolina to aid higher educat on ? That is. can the S ate afford the expense ? Answer. The aid to the University cost the State last, year $30,000 (s2o,o**o rt g ular and SIO,OOO sjarial), la ing an ex pense to the average tax pay. r of less than 4 c uts a year for the regular ap propnation. The University saves to the Sta'e at l>*ast SIOO,OOO a year Insides adding $5 0,000 to its pennant tit wealth by attracting philanthropy- There is rea son to belbv.* that still further and lar ger gifts will U* mad", if philanthropists are assured that the institution will be cherished and guarded by the State But philanthro fists cannot be expected to aid au institution controlled by ihe State which tip* State its* It refuses to aid Why should private citizens invest m >t i-y in a State institution, U the State for mally declares such institution unworthy of sup[*ort ? O 'jection 3. Has the University a right to be religious? aud, if not, should it Ixi allowed to exis; ? Answer. Tire University has aright to he religious and it is religious. It is dis tinctively Christian, but- i ot denomina tional. In this respect it is like the otlnpr State institutions;, i e., the L gisiarnre, which opens its daily sessions w«li Chris tian prayers aud the Supreme Court, which administers- the oath on the ('hr s tian B hie. This denial of the right to ; bo re'igioe* would destroy the (Utire public scho *i system, would close the uoors of all our State charitable mstitu lions, would }K*tmit the desecration ot the Sabbath, and vould, if carried to its logical end. blot out entirely the Chris tian character of our oiviliaatiou. In | regard to tee moral and religious char acter of the University, the committee I . f inspection for 1891, llou John O. 1 Scarborough, chairman, aav: “Yourcom mittee a bqdy aud individually wete f tvorahly inipvessed with the h-gii moral tone of ihe University, as it applies to ! both faculty and the students. The \ morning prayers--we at tended impress d us as solemnly an- would a family wur- J ship before t ie duties of the day b 4 *g.n. j It was a company of joyous, hopeful, happy youug men.” Objection 4 D.*ea not the University compete with the church colleges? Answir There lire about twenty col- j leges in the State and ono Uiuveraify j There is room far all and work for aU The State aids them all by releasing tin iu from taxation and granting whatever privileges they a**k Seme colleges re ' c(five fully $2,000 a y-aar in tins way. j The State Heel* no monopoly in higher education nor can it yield any. It can j not abandon.the field of higher educa | tion entirely t*> church colleges. Over bait of its citizens ape not ohur-oh mem hers. Every college in th(> State has b en benefit.cd by the grow;h of tie ' Uniurraty. Since 1875, whew the Uni- j versify was re opeaed, one col lego has doubled its numbew and trebled its en j dowmjtnt; three olh.rs have nearly doubled their namiiers; aad all Ivave largely increased. The Agricultural and Mechanical * olloge has siting into life and numb rs 250 students; Elon College has sprung into life with a largo attend ance; and a gr< at haA been given to cdueation all over the State, j Honorable competition is helpful. The University was iu existence long before any college in the State. It does not dtt- : sire to daiqoge any oiher institution. Ohj ctioii 5. Does the University take boys from oth- r colleges by giving them scholarships? An-Wrr. This charge is emphatically denied (>ut.-ide u£ the Ln»w and Medical Si-h'x.ls ouly one* student,, as far as is known, from other colleges atterd d ti e ; University last y< ar, and he paid tuition j and other fe s in full Objection C. D es the University give schol'ir.-hips to ri h Ik*>>? An*wer. Not knowingly. There are several private schol a ships bught and p cd for, the bestowal of which the U* i vtrsity dues t")i ocn r<»l; but all scholar ship-v C'Ctr-'lled >*y t w Uuiveisity rre given, so far as is known, to bojs of! taler t, charaoter hi d poverty. If a few undeserving boys slip in. it is an evil that may and should lie corrcc ed: hut it is.no reason for abolishing or crippling thr* institution. Objection 7. Should not all money n-vw given to the U lb* * sty » ; t*i to the ptiblic schools! Ans er. 1; the apprvpru’l.'ti wuie «v giv.-n the Uuiver>ilj *«m!d la* de-i*>ot'd »ud th#* public sch *1 term i«*ng b re 1 a day and » ' s's The svh<*- 1 >yst# m of the Mate, both public and pri'a’e, would ‘a* w. aktfc.Hl » d damaged by d. sitO'-yttlg its bead Vhe Uim# tsrv, bv its general n fluen.e in K hail of eduo o' *u. by send ing ou m* not ii llueuce favomiJe to public e mat .on. bv -npp' vi: the State wdh leacber* for both the public and private sv (V’s. by mon onii g a regu lar summer school for in .vs by reg ulaily educating at least fi.i teachers an nually (this year 1251, .h** s m>r goo#l to public .schools than the $20,0’“0 would aee *mphsh if appliial dindly t• > tlie schools, for that would support them only a day and a half Objection 8. Is the State being taxed to pay for private achnlwruhip* ? Answer. The scholarships an* of two class(*a. Tboce eoiitiolL d b-. private in dividuals and those i-outr. del by the faculty. F. tell one <>f thesi* schol o-shiiv* n*pn sents either sixty doll *’« a* LU.tlly receive 1 l>y tin* University fr m private lH*nef;\eti.*ns or six’v do lors of inter* at which the University would otherwiseb« in honor bomal to pay upm j ist debts. Not a single scholarship is paid for out of funds received from the v *t<v l here ate no scholarships iu th* f,» * School, and only one in the Modi, al School. This latter was established by the wilow of l>r. Thomas K Wood, as a memorial to her hn.-band, and it i* tnuifem d annual ly u on tha r siudeut in the medical class who is in need of help .and ba> made the best pi ogre.- in hi - studi* s during the year Objection 9 Is the Uuiveisity for the riel; < r the p- or. Answer. The University is for both "rich and poor; and both tne i vv thin its walls on terms of p >rte t eqii di:y. Ful ly one-third of the students tnov at. th* University live on money earned by themselves or borrowed About one* half of the atudeuts »H»ard at $;, $7 50 or per month. Tin* aver g* 1 expenses of the last Soi ior Fl «>s v>a (*ttl> S3OO. Som stud tits live on less than #IOO a year. The poor studi nts ei joy all th* advantages of th* institution. *L r3O sMidents by labor are supporting them selves wholly or partly, while attending tie U iversity rim University cannot help the talented poor boys of the State if required to support itself entirely by tuition charges. Th* re is no i; fituti n in North Caro lina that gives aspiring and talented jxv r boys so much h«*[»e, encouragement and aid ns the Univcrsijy. It is a phus where all s' etd upon the level of man hood aud dm by ihe right of merit. f Woman’s 1 I Perfect I I Health | • can not bo maintained H H without the greatest care. H Eg From childhood to old age it H PI Hhoitid bo guarded jealously — gj B| by parents —husband —loving k«J m friends. H Have something alway* at rSj Ej hand I Something that will H strengthen—invigorate—-cure H H at critical times f “ I Brown’s 8 I Iron | | Bitters | ' has been woman’s friend gl B for twenty years—it never fails M ■ — it. dors give tlic much needed iy| B ctlength—enriches the blood— m £1 tones the nerves. 81 fcl Arc you a woman ? Then H Pi remember that you can (after all B plil else foils) fall hack on Bjuwn’s m Ikon Bitters with certainty cj of relief. It is a comforting thouglit—has been comforting H to many—may it prove notoyoul 9 Sri Look tor cro«*e4 oT Red line* un wr*i y*r. 9 M iss Josi b Hi hun, Bnth, 9 9 N Y ., says: “ 1 was a great nus- 9 serer from general female wrnk- jjya 9 boss Hr own * lrvn Ihlttrt ha» 9 given me great relief.” St B baowk chxmical dalto m*.^B "cartels] ' CURS S!«*k Headitrhr asyi>r«n«»» all th* tronbl«*a «at* dent to «. bllioua »t# i* < f rh« iviinm. ns;* «* DizsinMWi. N*uma. I.r<>n4jrii*»*, DmtroM at tar eating f’ron in tli.« Ki.ir Ac Whita tlM*tr moat. aiicc*»* lim Laan ilmwn la SICK Maadacfca, yet C*nfßß’« I.rmj !.<<#■« arr *>({ll*ll#' *.('•• •!>!»* tn C, r-«tn«ta>a nrla* and pn»v«rtlnr'(- < th/- a’.ao corn. ' ,1: i > .•■! th« i. • ’ i*ow«rr Xx«u U Ut<*> 01. . v -t«* th«jr would U al* m t* thtm aut fortunat# y thotr , . ,'o/*» •!' ** not »n« here, arid 'l> •« whi ( .• .- tr# il '-m ** t** Sad Ohm* Ilttl* |.itl« • alnv u h. no » *»i* wav**ha* •her will not it* -rliL. to do with<-at o>it xf.tr m\ * \ ‘ m 5 i Lot -* *> »! -4 frm •• th* *t*n* of *o Bi*n» Ii ’(j* that ln»r* ** ** *•<•<* *r* tnak* our arcAt Ou* ’*»** * whll* do r -t. CAvrsn'e L»— • t.i**c *’•• - ml And wry *A»y to (•**'•> On* * ' '*• “‘S** • do**. Tiay *.-« **ricU» cvni- ■ de not grips or ptirtio, hut hv / > < tx** B'•*«*8 '•*«* *ll who iuw thoni to »>> * *»-«•» **for#* Hold ovsrr when*. >• I*l *'**• cast?? es.. v- a MflL Sar Sex oft
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Feb. 3, 1895, edition 1
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