THE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY. OFFICERS. EBEN ALEXANDER, Ph.D., LL.D., Supervisor. ANDREW HALL JOHNSTON, Assistant. JASPER VICTOR HOWARD, Assistant. JOHN HENRY VAUGHAN, Assistant. LINDO BRIGMAN, Assistant. ROY MELTON BROWN, Assistant. The University Library contains forty-one thousand two hundred and eighty-eight volumes and about fifteen thousand five hundred pamphlets. The collection of books is being re-classified and re-catalogued according to the Dewey, or decimal system. The Dialectic and Philanthropic Literary Societies have made a donation of their valuable collections of twenty thousand volumes to the Library, and have provided for its perpetual endowment. The official title of the Library is now The Library of the University of North Carolina endowed by the Philanthropic and Dialectic Literary Societies. The funds available for the increase of the Library are expended under the direction of the Supervisor, the Librarian and the Library Committee, with special reference to the instruction given in the University. The annual increase from purchase, bequests and exchanges averages about one thousand five hundred volumes. The books are carefully classified and catalogued by author, subject and title. Extensive improvements in the arrangement and administration of the Library have been made in the direction of better light, more room, and greater efficiency and comfort. The librarian and his assistants are in attendance to give help in any line of research or reading. The reading room is supplied with the best foreign and American periodicals and the leading newspapers of the State and the Nation. The students of the University are allowed access, under necessary limitations, to the bookshelves. The Library and reading room are open on week days from 8:45 A. M., to 1:15 P. M. and from 2:00 P. M., to 5:00 P. M.; on week day evenings, Saturday excepted, from 7:30 P. M. to 9:00 P. M.; on Sunday from 2:45 P. M. to 3:45 P. M. The University acknowledges gifts to the Library during the year from Mrs. J. P. Anderson, R. Arrowsmith, E. S. Balch, Mrs. J. H. Bridgers, C. Baskerville, K. P. Battle, Mrs. C. E. Bolton, Mrs. J. H. Boner, J. D. Bruner, D. L. Chambers, J. H. Choate, Chronique de France Pub. Co., French Government, J. L. Gay, W. Gentsch, Georgia Geological Survey, D. L. Gore, G. W. Graham, A. P. Hepburn, Iowa State Historical Society, John Crerar Library, Johns Hopkins University, A. H. Johnston, G. F. Kunz, Library of Congress, J. MacNie, Massachusetts Bureau of Statistics and Labor and State Board of Charity, Merchant Association of New York, J. C. Mills, Modern Medical Society Pub. Co., H. C. Moore, Nebraska Geological Survey, New South Wales Dept. of Mines, New York State Historian and State Library, North Carolina Government and officials, Mrs. D. E. Osborne, Peabody Institute, Pennsylvania Historical Society and Sons of the Revolution, Rhode Island Supt. Pub. Inst., E. Roebling, E. Seller, E. J. Sellers, C. A. Smith, Southern Educational Board, C. A. G. Thomas, W. D. Toy, United States Superintendent Public Documents and other officials, University de Rennes, F. P. Venable, Vermont Superintendent Public Instruction, West Virginia Historical Society, A. S. Wheeler, Yackety Yack Committee, Young Men's Christian Association of America, Advocate of Peace, American Economist, Asheville Citizen, Atlantic Educational Journal, Case and Comment, Caucasian, Central Presbyterian, Chapel Hill News, Charity and Children, Chat, Chatham Record, Christian Advocate, Columbia University Quarterly, Commonwealth, Delineator, Druggist's Circular, Duplin Journal, Everybody's Magazine, Exchanges of the Tar Heel and of the University Magazine, Fayetteville Observer, Fisherman and Farmer, Franklin Times, Gospel Messenger, Greensboro Record, Harbinger, Henderson Times, Herald of Gospel Liberty, Hickory Democrat, Hickory Press, Homiletic Review, King's Weekly, La Grange Sentinel, Leaves of Healing, Lenoir Topic, Manufacturer's Record, Mooresville Enterprise, Morganton NewsHerald, New Voice, Newton Enterprise, North Carolina Law Journal, Pharmaceutical Era, Polk County News, Presbyterian Standard, Progressive Farmer, Raleigh Christian Advocate, Raleigh Times, Religious Herald, Roanoke-Chowan Times, Salvation, Sampson Democrat, Smithfield Herald, Southern Presbyterian, Statesville Landmark, Sunset, Sylvan Valley News, Tar Heel, Technology Review, Texas School Journal, Texas Quarterly, Trinity Archive, Twin-City Daily Sentinel, University Magazine, Virginian-Pilot, Watchtower, Webster's Weekly, Williamston Enterprise, Wilmington Messenger, Wilmington Weekly Star, Wilson Times, Windsor Ledger. THE WILLIAM PRESTON BYNUM, JR., ALFRED DANA BROWNE, Instructor in Physical Training. The William Preston Bynum, Jr., Gymnasium, the gift of Judge William Preston Bynum, in memory of his grandson, William Preston Bynum, Jr., of the class of 1893, is a handsome, two-storied brick building. It will be ready for use in the fall term of 1904, and will be furnished with modern apparatus, swimming pool, baths, lockers and running track. It contains also the trophy room and the office of the Instructor in Physical Training. Exercise in the Gymnasium is required three hours a week of all the students in College except Seniors. A thorough physical examination of each student is made in the fall, and, in case students desire it, another in the spring. The measurements are indicated in a Prescription of Exercise pamphlet and are furnished to the students free of charge in the fall term. This book contains directions for the developing of every part of the body as well as suggestions on hygiene and personal care of the body; it is free from technicalities and confusing terms. Too much importance cannot be attached to the physical examination, since it enables the student to work intelligently and economize his time. The physical examination is designed to aid the student by pointing out defects, and causing him to direct his efforts toward the correction of them. |