UNC Papers

Oberlin Ohio Aug 31th 1854

To the Hon Governor Swain

Sir I hope you will excuse the Liberty I take in aproaching you in this way as Left NCarolina without seaing you I will hear State what I Aught to hav done befoar I Left but I hope it not too Late if you remember I came to C Hill by your order to contract for fiting up shelvs in the Ball room and after I had made my bill it was found out that Cap Bury Expected to doe the work and got nothing for my Trouble and you promist me if you could hav me aloud pay you would name it at the proper time so if I am to hav any thing you would oblig me by handing it over to Burnett as he has some other busness to [Trasat?] for me

I hope this may find you and your family all well I am Sir

in the mean time Henry Evans

[9-26-1854]

New Haven. Conn. Sept. 6th 1854.

Prof. Charles Phillips. Chapel Hill N. C. To J. W. Grunow

Dr 1. Transit Instrument with case and tripod stand. $100,00 $100,00. Sept. 26th. 1854, Adams & Coy. Express 6,00 C Exchange 1,00 $107,00 Recd. this sum ($107.00) in full from President Swain Charles Phillips. Prof.

Alamance Novr 30th 1854

My Dear Sir

I have this moment received your note of yesterday's date, & lose no time in saying that I am unable to reply definitivly to your enquiry, as John is not at home at present, but at Dr. James E Williamson's, in [??], where he has entered on the study of medicine. I will communicate your note to him without delay & learn his inclinations. I cannot certainly anticipate them. But if they dont accord with my own, he will no doubt reply to you affirmatively. In the course of ten or twelve days I can inform you positively on the point.

I am, dear sir, very truly yours Norman Ruffin

Raleigh November 20 1854 To The Trustees of the University of N.C. Gentlemen, The reciepts at the Treasury of the University within the past fiscal year, embracing a period from the 20th Nov 1853 to 20th Nov 1854 amount to . . . . 13.607:81

which sum being added to 5.843:52 (the balance remaining in the Treasury at the close of the preceeding year) form an aggregate of . . . . 19.451:33

The Disbursement at the Treasury within the same period amount to . . . . 10.657:75

leaving a balance in the Treasury on the 20. Nov. 1854 of . . . . 8.793:58 which balance is appointed in the Bank of the Sate as Raleigh.

The Reciepts at the Treasury as aforsaid consist of the following items.

Old Balance as above stated - $ 5843:52

Dividends on 1000 Charm of Bank Stock . 10.250.00

Intrest of North Carolina Bonds . . 540.00

" Virginia State Bond . . 600.00

" Bonds of Individuals . . 1.102:61

Cash recieved of N.W. Woodfin for Oak of inherited lands of David Allison . 1.000:00

P.N. Winston for escheats of S.R. Oliviera " of Bertie Co. . . . 115:20

making the above named aggregate of $19.451:33

The Specific items of Receipts & Disbursments are set forth in detail in the account current which accumpanies & form part of this report.

Accompanying this Report also & forming part thereof are the statements of the Bursar of the College showing that in Receipts for the year for the Tuition & room rent of the students amount to... $12.350:50 and that he has disbursed this same in payments to the Faculty in part of their salaries, in Bursars' fees & in the payment of other College expenses as stated in his Report.

The whole income of this Institution for the year, at the Treasury & also at the Bursar's Burian may therefore be stated as amounting to $31.801:83 and total disbursements to 23.008.25 leaving said said balance of 8.793:58

Eigtheen students have, during the year, received their education free of College charges according to an ordinance of the Board upon that subject.

The names of these Beneficiaries are given in the Report of the Bursar.

The

The whole available funds & [Accounts?] of the University may be there stated in round number.

North Carolina State Bank Stock $100.000

Do. State Bonds 9.000

Virginia State Bonds 10.000

Bonds of Individuals 23.482

Cash on hand 8.793

Forming a sum total of Principal $151.275

The disbursments of the institution pr annum may be stated to amount on an average to $22.000

The Treasurer would now repeat a statement made to the last annual meeting of the Board for the information of new members & of such as have not turned their attention to the subject that the account Books of thes may my Department communed in the year 1789: and was opened by Walter Alan of Orange County a former Treasurer of the Board & an accomplished Book Keeper.

The

at a glance in an intelligible a lucid order is the while fiscal operations of the Institution from its original incorporation in 1789 to the close of the year 1853 a period of Sixty four years.

All which is respectfully submitted

Chas Manly [?] [?]

There are at present four vacancies in the Board of Trustees to be filled by appointment of the General Assembly.

New Orleans Decm. 8th 1854 His Excellency Gov Reid

Dr Sir Some time since I recieved from Ex Gov Manly a letter informing me that the board of University had instructed him as Treasurer to place me in possession of the claims the state of No. Ca holds as the old firm of Branhider McKenna & Wright of this city and informed me he had placed the claims in the hands of his son Col John H Manly of Galveston to be delivered to me as the [?] through N.O. Col Manly did not see me at the time. Since then I met with him in Galveston and he informed me he had the papers in the matter and was instructed to hand them to me and promised to send them to me at New Orleans he has never done so. If I have the claim by the middle of January I think I can make a portion of the debt. I will undertake its collection upon the terms heretofore stated.

Respectfully Robert W. James

The Bursar of the University, respectfully requests of the Hon Executive Committee, specific instructions on one or two points.

The students are required to pay the tuition money and room-rent in advance. It sometimes happens that after staying a while some one or more, find cause for leaving. The general rule in Colleges, is, I believe, that in such cases no part of the tuition money is to be returned.

The reason of the rule appears to be; not that it is of much inportance to the institution to retain these small sums, but that the occurence of such cases may as much as possible be prevented. The boy may after a while get tired of study; conclude that he would be more comfortable with his fishing tackle or his dog and gun at home, and if he brings back with him a considerable part of the cash he carried away, the old people at home are not likely to object very strongly to his return. The withdrawal of any one under such circumstances produces a depressing effect upon such as remain, dispirits them, and hinders for a while their usual close attention to business. It would be much better for the College that these persons had never come near it. For these reasons the rule has been; here, as I believe elsewhere, that the tracks on the path to the lion's den print all one way. No tuition is returned.

The case of the present excellent President of the University is in print. He came down years ago and joined college. Soon after, he had a letter from his Father telling him that he thought it best on the whole that he should proceed immediately to — over

Raleigh and engage in the study of the law. The question arose — whether his tuition should be returned. It was found on enquiry that he had [??] once; a lesson in Cicero de Amicitia or de senictuti to the writer of this paper; that the tuition was therefore forfeited, and it has never been refunded to this day. It was not however a total loss as that one lesson was probably the procuring cause of his having become Governor of the State and President of the University; as the one lesson in Astronomy I gave to James K. Polk, was, of his being elected President of the United States.

When therefore the student joins college and [recites?] though ever so small a number of times the money is retained.

When there is sickness in the early part of the session, causing a withdrawal for the rest of the time; one half of the moneys have been repaid by the Bursar without authorization by the Trustees.

Also where a student under such circumstances falls back into the next following class he is not required to pay on his return.

I pray for definite instructions on the points noticed. Shall the old rule be adhered to or a new one framed? Two persons during the present session have left after reciting a very few times. Joseph — Johnson of Louisburg and a Mr McGaroc of Tennessee.

Will the Committee sanction by their silence my procedure in the case of such as are taken sick or will they give me definite instructions thus?

All which is respectfully submitted by E. Mitchell Bursar