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THE UNIVERSITY.

FOUNDATION AND GOVERNMENT. The University was established in obedience to the first Constitution of the State, which was adopted in December, 1776. A clause of Section XLI declared that "all useful learning shall be duly encouraged, and promoted in one or more universities." The Charter was granted by the General Assembly in 1789, the corner stone of the Old East Building was laid in 1793 and the University was opened in 1795.

The title, preamble and first section of the Act of incorporation are as follows:

An Act to Establish a University in this State.

"WHEREAS in all well regulated Governments, it is the indispensable Duty of every Legislature to consult the Happiness of a rising Generation, and endeavor to fit them for an honourable Discharge of the social Duties of Life, by paying the strictest Attention to their Education: And whereas an University supported by permanent Funds, and well endowed, would have the most direct Tendency to answer the above Purpose:

"I. Be it therefore enacted by the General Assembly of the State of NorthCarolina, and it is hereby enacted by the Authority of the same, That Samuel Johnston, James Iredell, Charles Johnson, Hugh Williamson, Stephen C'abarrus, Richard Dobbs Spaight, William Blount, Benjamin Williams, John Sitgreaves, Frederick Hargett, Robert Snead, Archibald Maclaine, Honourable Samuel Ashe, Robert Dixon, Benjamin Smith, Honourable Samuel Spencer, John Hay, James Hogg, Henry William Harrington, William Barry Grove, Reverend Samuel M'Corkle, Adlai Osborne, John Stokes, John Hamilton, Joseph Graham, Honourable John Williams, Thomas Person, Alfred Moore, Alexander Mebane, Joel Lane, Willie Jones, Benjamin Hawkins, John Haywood, senior, John Macon, William Richardson Davie, Joseph Dixon, William Lenoir, Joseph M'Dowell, James Holland and William Porter, Esquires, shall be and they are hereby declared to be a Body politic and corporate to be known and distinguished by the name of The

Trustees of the University of North Carolina; * and by that name shall have perpetual Succession and a common Seal; and that they the Trustees and their Successors, by the Name aforesaid, or a Majority of them, shall be able and capable in Law to take, demand, receive and possess all Monies, Goods and Chattels that shall be given them for the Use of the said University, and the same apply according to the Will of the Donors, and by Gift, Purchase or Devise to take, have, receive, possess, enjoy and retain to them and their Successors forever, any Lands, Rents, Tenements and Hereditaments, of what Kind, Nature or Quality soever the same may be, in special Trust and Confidence that the same or the Profits thereof shall be applied to and for the Use and Purpose of establishing and endowing the said University."+

The University is governed by a board of trustees elected by the Legislature, and is free from sectional, sectarian, or political control. The Governor of the State is ex-officio President of the Board of Trustees.

Article IX of the Constitution of 1876 contains the following provisions regarding the University:

"SEC. 6. The General Assembly shall have power to provide for the election of Trustees of the University of North Carolina, in whom, when chosen, shall be vested all the privileges, rights, franchises and endowments thereof, in anywise granted to or conferred upon the Trustees of said University; and the General Assembly may make such provisions, laws and regulations from time to time as may be necessary and expedient for the maintenance and management of said University.

"SEC. 7. The General Assembly shall provide that the benefits of the University, as far as practicable, be extended to the youth of the State free of expense for tuition; also that all the property which has heretofore accrued to the State, or shall hereafter accrue, from escheats, unclaimed dividends, or distributive shares of the estates of deceased persons, shall be appropriated to the use of the University."

LOCATION. The seat of the University is Chapel Hill, Orange County, twenty-eight miles northwest of Raleigh. Two daily passenger trains run between Chapel Hill and University Junction, a station on the North Carolina Railroad. The site for the institution was selected because of its

* The corporate name has been changed to The University of North Carolina.

† Laws of the State of North Carolina, published by James Iredell, Edenton, MDCCXCI.

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healthfulness, its freedom from malaria, its supply of pure water, its beautiful scenery and its central position in the State.

EQUIPMENT. The University campus contains forty-eight acres of land, affording ample grounds for buildings and for all sorts of athletic sports. The University owns, contiguous to the campus, five hundred acres of forest land, which is partly laid off into walks and drives. The University has sixteen buildings.

The South Building contains two lecture rooms and thirty dormitories. The Old East Building contains two lecture rooms and twenty-eight dormitories.

The Old West Building contains two lecture rooms, the Historical Museum and twenty-nine dormitories.

Person Hall contains the Chemical Laboratory and museum and a lecture

room.

Gerrard Hall is used for morning prayers, for the meetings of the Young Men's Christian Association and for public lectures.

Smith Hall contains the College Library and the reading rooms.

The New West Building contains the Dialectic Literary Society's Hall, the Pharmaceutical Laboratory, two lecture rooms and nine dormitories.

The New East Building contains the Philanthropic Literary Society's Hall, the Biological Laboratory and Museum, the Geological Laboratory and Museum, the Physiological Laboratory, the offices of the North Carolina Geological Survey and three lecture rooms.

Memorial Hall commemorates the illustrious dead of the University. It is used during the session as a gymnasium, and at Commencement for public exercises.

The Alumni Hall contains the offices of administration, the Physical Laboratory and ten lecture rooms.

The Carr Building, the gift of Gen. J. S. Carr, contains forty-two dormitories fitted with every modern convenience.

The Mary Ann Smith Building contains forty dormitories of the most modern type.

The Dissecting Hall, for the use of the Medical School, is apart from the other buildings.

The Infirmary contains five rooms which are properly furnished for the care and treatment of the sick.

Commons is the dining hall of the University. The whole enterprise was made possible through the beneficence of Mrs. Frederick Baker, of New York. Board is furnished at eight dollars a month. Students wait upon the tables.

The Power House contains the electric lighting plant, the central heating plant, the reservoir, filter and pumps of the system of water supply, and the rooms of the University Press.

The general equipment has been improved by a thorough system of sewers and baths, a supply of pure water in all buildings, and steam heat in all the offices, recitation rooms and dormitories.

COLLEGE YEAR. The College year begins on the second Thursday in September. Commencement is held on Wednesday before the first Thursday in June. The summer vacation begins at Commencement, and ends on the Wednesday before the second Thursday in September. There is a Christmas recess of about ten days. The twelfth of October (University Day), Thanksgiving Day, and the twenty-second of February (Washington's Birthday) are holidays.

DEGREES. The degrees of Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Philosophy, Bachelor of Science, Master of Arts, Master of Science, Doctor of Philosophy, Bachelor of Laws and Graduate in Pharmacy are conferred by the vote of the Trustees, after the recommendation of the Faculty, upon candidates who have satisfied the requirements of residence and study at the Uni ersity. Students who are not candidates for a degree may elect any studies they wish, devoting their time entirely to one or two subjects, or selecting groups of such subjects as suit their tastes and purposes.

GRADUATE STUDENTS. Free instruction is offered in the College to graduates of colleges and universities. Women are now admitted to the higher courses of the University.

PHYSICAL CULTURE. Hearty encouragement is given to athletic sports and to all kinds of physical culture. The athletic field furnishes ample facilities for football and baseball. The Lake Track is admirably adapted for running, bicycling and general track athletics. Fifteen tennis courts are located on the campus. Systematic exercise in Memorial Hall under a

skilled instructor is required of all students in the College, except Seniors. GENERAL CULTURE. The University endeavors to furnish such general culture outside the lecture rooms and laboratories as will broaden the minds and sympathies of young men.

RELIGIOUS CULTURE. Prayers are conducted in Gerrard Hall, with the reading of the scriptures, and singing every weekday morning at 8:30 o'clock. Attendance at this service is required of all members of the College, unless specially excused. Bible classes for young men are taught in each of the four churches of the village every Sunday. Religious exercises are held twice a week, or oftener in each church. A series of sermons is delivered annually by the University Preachers, chosen by the Trustees from the various denominations. Bible lectures are delivered every Sunday morning in Gerrard Hall. The Young Men's Christian Association meets twice a week, in Gerrard Hall, for prayer and other services.

DISCIPLINE. The University endeavors to make young men manly and self-reliant, and to develop character by educating the conscience. The Faculty may, at their discretion, admonish, suspend or dismiss students for neglect of duty or for misconduct.

MEDICAL ATTENDANCE. On the payment of a small annual fee, each student receives the careful attention of the University Physician. In this way the best medical advice is to be had at the least cost.

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