University of North Carolina Chapel Hill - Yackety Yack Yearbook (Chapel Hill, NC)

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(g|ni ?cp§i+vj p)pogpe§§. I AM asked to write of the progress of the Universit}- — the real progress. And the only help offered by the editor is the hint that the progress of a university does not consist in gathering together material things. In what, then, does the progress consist? And, having discovered the content of progress, what shall be our standard of measurement? I suppose it is possible to progress by going backwards. Does the progress of a university consist in adding departments to the curriculum? No. Does the progress of a university consist in raising the standard for en- trance ? For graduation ? No, in both cases. Progress does not consist in quantity. Quantit}- is mass. And mass is always static. Progress is surely nothing less than motion. Progress may reveal itself in the acquisition of material things, or it may not. Shall we say that progress consists in the quality ? A student in his first year does work that is graded seventy per cent.; in his Senior year, he does work graded ninety per cent.; has this student made progress? Not necessarily. Ninety is simply seventy plus twent}-. Quality does not seem to differ from quantity other t han in degree. The progress of a University does not consist in adding another build- ing, or raising another thousand dollars, or increasing the amount of work. Progress is an event in the life of spirit. Progress is therefore a spiritual fact. When a sinner becomes a Christian, we say that man has made progress- When an animal becomes civilized, we say there is progress. When government passes from the objective over into the hands of the people, we say there is progress. When truth becomes man and man become universal, there is progress. Man is truth and truth is universal; therefore man is universal. Therefore the progress of a man is a movement in self-consciousness. Know thj self, said Socrates. The university exists in man. Therefore the progress of the university is in the life of the students. Has the life of the student made progress ? In some respects, there is clear progress. There is here a desire for the truth. A university is a home of the truth, or it is nothing. Our University is seeking the truth, it is therefore making progress.

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1696. Sept. 5 to lo, Monday to Saturday, inclusive Examinations for the Removal of Conditions. Sept. 7, S, 9, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday Examinations for Admission into the College. Sept. g, lo, Friday, Saturday Registration. Sept. 10, Satm day Assignment of Rooms. Sept. 12, Monday Lectures begin. Oct. 12, Wednesday University Day. Oct. 12, Wednesday President ' s Reception. Nov. 24, Thursday Thanksgiving Day. Recess from December 23, 1898, to January 2, 1899, inci usive. 1699- Jan. J, 4, Tuesday, Wednesday Registration. fan. J, Tuesday Assignment of Rooms. an. 4, Wednesday Lectures begin. Feb. 22, Wednesday Washington ' s Birthday. May 28, Sunday Baccalaureate Sermon. May so, Tuesday Meeting of the Board of Trustees. May 30, Tuesday Anniversary of the Alumni. May 30, Tuesday. . Orations by Representatives from the Dialectic and Philanthropic Literary Societies. May JO, Tuesday Senior Class Day. May SI, Wednesday Commencement. Summer Vacation from Commencement to the Second Tuesday in September. II

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