Title of collection: William J. Clarke Papers (#153), Southern
Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Title of document: Announcement of the Opening of the University
Session, by Solomon Pool on August 18, 1869, July 1, 1869
Author: S. Pool
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Call number 153 (Southern Historical Collection,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
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Announcement of the Opening of the University Session, by Solomon Pool
on August 18, 1869, July 1, 1869
Pool, Solomon, 1832-1901
Page [1]
University of North Carolina.
Chapel Hill, July 1, 1869.
The next session of this Institution will open on Wednesday, the 18th day of August, proximo,
and continue twenty weeks.
The expenses of the session, in currency, will be as
follows:
Board $12.50 to $15.00 per month,
$56.25
to
$67.50
Tuition,
20.00
"
20.00
Room rent, &c.,
5.00
"
5.00
Contingent fee, for repairs, &c.,
5.00
"
5.00
Total,
$86.25
$97.50
The Trustees offer all the benefits of the Institution, free of
charge, to a limited number of young men, residents of the State, who shall present to the Faculty satisfactory testimonials of
good moral character and studious habits. Early application should be made
to the President
of the University.
In addition to the regular undergraduate course of four
years, there have been established a Preparatory Department and a Department
for Normal Instruction.
During the session, a course of University Lectures upon
literary and scientific subjects will be delivered in the halls of the
College by gentlemen of distinction and ability.