THE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY. OFFICERS. EBEN ALEXANDER, PH.D., LL.D., Supervisor. CHARLES LEE RAPER, PH. D., Committeeman. LOUIS ROUND WILSON, PH.D., Librarian. EDWIN ERVIN CONNOR, Assistant. EDWIN MCKOY HIGHSMITH, Assistant. JOHN WILLIAM HESTER, Assistant. HENRY KOOPMAN CLONTS, Assistant, The University Library contains forty-five thousand and sixty-six volumes and about sixteen thousand five hundred pamphlets. This collection has been largely re-classified and re-catalogued according to the Dewey, or decimal system, and its contents have been rendered serviceable by means of a thorough dictionary catalogue. During the year 1905-6, the Dialectic and Philanthropic Literary Societies conveyed to the Librarian a clear title to all the books formerly belonging to them and, in keeping with their former policy of helpful ness, provided for the Library's perpetual endowment. The official title of the Library is The Library of the University of North Carolina endowed by the Philanthropic and Dialectic Literary Societies. The Library funds are expended under the direction of the Supervisor, the Librarian, the Library Committee, and the Professors in charge of Departments, with special reference to the instruction given in the University. The annual increase from purchase, bequests, and exchanges averages about twelve hundred volumes. The books are carefully classified and catalogued by author, subject, and title. The Librarian and Assistant Librarians are in attendance to give help in any line of research or reading. The reading room is supplied with the best American and foreign periodicals and the leading newspapers of the State and Nation The students of the University have access, under necessary limitations, to the book shelves. The Library is 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. In addition to the general Library there are a number of departmental libraries which are open to all students who work in the departments and have need of special departmental books. With the beginning of the year 1907-8, the Library will be in its splendid new building, and will be furnished throughout with thoroughly modern equipment. It will be provided with large reading and periodical rooms, a North Caroliniana room, and special seminary rooms for work in advanced courses. New endowment funds will make possible the purchase of specialized works and journals, and will raise the average number of acquisitions from twelve hundred to about two thousand five hundred volumes. During the year the Library has received the continued, hearty support of the Dialectic and Philanthropic Literary Societies in carrying on the work of Library re-organization. In addition to gifts made to the University for Library purposes, for which the University has made acknowledgement, the Library wishes to acknowledge the gifts of publications from the Agricultural and Mechanical College, E. A. Alderman, Eben Alexander, American Forestry Association, American Lumberman, American Museum of Natural History, R. Anderson, Atlanta Carnegie Library, Adin Ballou, Charles Baskerville, E. A. Bechtel, Beta Theta Pi Fraternity, Boston Public Library, Mrs. Bridgers, Brotherhood of St. Andrew, Brown University, J. D. Bruner, J. L. Burpee, N. M. Calhoun, Canadian Geological Survey, Carnegie Institute, Charlotte Carnegie Library, Walter Clark, Collier Cobb, J. M. Coleman, Colorado State Government, H. S. Cushman, C. L. Davis, W. W. Elwang, Henry Fink, Gastonia Board of Trade, J. G. de R. Hamilton, W. H. Harris, Harvard University, Indiana State Library, Iowa State Government, Iowa State Historical Society, John Crerar Library, J. Y. Joyner, Kansas State Historical Society, W. W. Kitchin, S. P. Leeds, Lenoir Board of Trade, J. R. McDonald, J. C. McNeill, Library of Congress, Maryland Bureau of Labor and Statistics, Massachusetts State Board of Charities, August Meitzen, New Hampshire State Government, New Jersey State Library, New York Chamber of Commerce, New York State Library, North Carolina State Government and Officers, North Carolina State Library, G. W. Overall, E. L. Page, Peabody. Institute, Pennsylvania State Historical Society, A. L. Phillips, L. S. Potwin, Pratt Institute, Providence Public Library, F. L. Riley, Royal Society of Canada, St. Louis Public Library, C. Alphonso Smith, J. A Smith, Smithsonian Institution, South Carolina College, South Carolina State Government, Southern Conference for Education, Southern Educational Association, Stanford University, State Normal and Industrial College, Trinity College Library, Tufts College, Union Club of New York City, United States Superintendent of Public Documents and other Federal Officers and Departments, University of Chicago Press, Vanderbilt University Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, F. P. Venable, Virginia State Library, Washington Academy of Science, Williams College, H. W. Wilson and Company, B. B. Winborne, Wisconsin State Historical Society, C. T. Woollen, Yackety Yack Committee, Young Men's Christian Association of America, Advocate of Peace, Alumni Register, American Economist, Baptist Courier, Case and Comment, Caucasian, Central Presbyterian, Chapel Hill News, Charity and Children, Christian Advocate, Columbia University Quarterly, Concord Evening Times, Delineator, Duplin Journal, Durham Daily Sun, Eastern Carolina News, Exchanges of the Tar Heel and the University Magazine, Fayetteville Observer, Golden Age, Gospel Messenger, Greensboro Record, Harbinger, Hartford Seminary Record, Morganton News-Herald, Newton Enterprise, North Carolina Journal of Education, Polk County News, Presbyterian Standard, Princeton Theological Review, Progressive Farmer, Raleigh Christian Advocate, Raleigh Evening Times, Religious Herald, Roanoke Chowan Times, Robersonian, Rutherfordton Sun, Salvation, Sampson Democrat, Shelby Aurora, Smithfield Herald, Southern Churchman, Southern Presbyterian, Statesville Landmark, Tar Heel, Technology Review, Texas Quarterly, Trinity Archive, Twin-City Daily Sentinel, University Magazine, Vanderbilt Quarterly, Virginian-Pilot, Webster's Weekly, Wilmington Messenger, Winston-Salem Journal, Woman's Home Companion. THE WILLIAM PRESTON BYNUM, JR., GYMNASIUM. ROBERT BAKER LAWSON, M.D., Director 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, 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 to 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. |