The University of North Carolina record . ssistants. dents are provided with modern apparatus tor observation and study. Each department alsohas a museum, containing collections illustrating the courses inscientific subjects. The departmental libraries contain books ofreference, treatises and journals. There are over five thousandvolumes in these libraries. Societies The Literary Societies offer facilities for practice The debating in debate, oratorv, declamation and essay writing. society of the olden . rr time lives here Each society owns a large, well-furnished hall, with greatest vigor . ^
The University of North Carolina record . ssistants. dents are provided with modern apparatus tor observation and study. Each department alsohas a museum, containing collections illustrating the courses inscientific subjects. The departmental libraries contain books ofreference, treatises and journals. There are over five thousandvolumes in these libraries. Societies The Literary Societies offer facilities for practice The debating in debate, oratorv, declamation and essay writing. society of the olden . rr time lives here Each society owns a large, well-furnished hall, with greatest vigor . ^ . 1 and freshness. the walls of which are hung with oil portraits of illustrious members. These societies have givendirection and force to the enthusiasm for debating which has pre-vailed in the past seven years. There are frequent intersocietycontests, which give valuable training in the art of debate andprepare contestants for the intercollegiate contests in which theUniversity has been most successful. The societies for special 9. culture, the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society, the ShakspeareClub and the Philological Club, offer unusual facilities \v originalresearch and study. Meetings are held monthly, and papers areread and discussed. Students are encouraged to attend and tocontribute to the programs and discussions. The North CarolinaHistorical Society is located at the University. Its work is opento all students and irives access to valuable historical material. Campus and Buildings The ancient oaksnow shade new roofs beneathwhich thrills aneager modern life;here the olden daystands witness ofthe new, and eachhas its lesson toenforce. The University campus contains forty-eightacres of land, affording ample ground for build-ings and for all sorts of athletic sports. There are,contiguous to the campus, five hundred acres offorest land, which is partly laid off into walksand drives. The University has seventeen buildings,which afford ample room for lecture halls, labora-
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