C&e mbtarp of the Onioersitp of J13ort& Carolina Collection of jj^ortfj Caroliniana CnDotocti b? 3o&n feptunt l^tll of the Class of 1389 C'STS UCG ^z •v»-.^ UNIVERSITY OF N.C AT CHAPEL HILL 00031653023 This book may be kept out one month unless a recall notice is sent to you. It must be brought to the North Carolina Collection (in Wilson Library) for renewal. Form No- A-369 Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2012 with funding from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hil http://www.archive.org/details/1947generalassem00univ ' HE 1947 GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND HE CONSOLIDATED UNIVERSITY REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES BY PRESIDENT GRAHAM AND CONTROLLER CARMICHAEL V 1 REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES "How did the Legislature treat the consolidated University?" "What ahout faculty salaries?" "Are maintenance budgets adequate?" "How about the Hill-Burton Hospital Funds?" "What about Walker Avenue?" "How soon will State's Coliseum be completed?" "How do our janitors' wages compare with competitors?" "Will the Woman's College get a new infirmary?" Questions such as these — some querulous queries, but chiefly honest quests for information — are asked constantly by trustees, faculty, students, alumni and friends of the three institutions of the consolidated University of North Carolina: State College, the Woman's College and the University in Chapel Hill. In an effort to answer some of these questions we give here the facts and figures on the appropriations voted for the Consolidated Univer- sity by the 1947 General Assembly, and other pertinent information on what we believe the Legislature's action will mean to the University, and through it, to the people of North Carolina. At the outset it might be pointed out that while it is a matter of historic contention that no university in the world has ever had as much money as it needed to supply the services its people demand of it, nevertheless, we feel definitely that the Governor, the Assistant Director of the Budget, and the members of the Advisory Budget Commission, after thorough study of the total needs of our three institutions, did an admirable job in their recommendations to the Legislature. Certainly no other Advisory Budget Commission or Legislature in the history of North Carolina has ever had as many demands for permanent improvement funds and maintenance monies. The Advisory Budget Commission and the 1947 Legislature did a good job. BUDGETS FOR THE NEXT BIENNIUM The consolidated University today is a good-sized business. Including all the self-liquidating projects of the three institutions, the utilities at Chapel Hill and the Experiment Station and Extension Division at State College, the total annual maintenance budgets of the consolidated University amount to approximately $17,000,000. This amount does not include any funds that may be expended for permanent improvements at the three institutions. Of this $17,000,000 the State of North Carolina has appropriated for each year of the biennium 1947-49 approximately $3,000,000 with the following allocations: 1947-48 1948-49 The University at Chapel Hill $1,254,846 $1,239,011 State College 981,221 978,000 Woman's College 983,143 968,617 We call your particular attention to the chart in the center of this report showing the expenditures, receipts and state appropriations of the three institutions for the past fifteen years. The sizeable increases in incomes at Chapel Hill and State College are due, of course, to the large enrollments of veterans at these two institutions. In fact, the statement has been made that from the standpoint of its sources of financial support, the consolidated University, like most other American universities and colleges, is today virtually a University of the United States. LTncle Sam is paying bills in the aggregate amount of over $11,000,000 a year for the 4500 veterans enrolled at Chapel Hill, 4100 at State College and 75 at the Woman's College. (Tuition, fees, books and subsistence allowances). Of course, most of this amount is for subsistence paid directly to the veterans themselves, but a total of over $3,000,000 is paid directly to our three institutions. To the casual observer, the three institutions, particularly the University at Chapel Hill and State College, might appear to be "rolling in money" because of the large number of veterans. Actually, however, despite the payments by the Federal Government, the University loses money on every veteran enrolled. In other words, part of the State appropriation is being spent on the education of our veterans, as is fitting and proper. In this connection, we would like to quote from the recommendations of the Governor and the Advisory Budget Commission to the 1947 General Assembly: "War veterans have literally overrun the facilities of our educa- tional institutions. Everything possible has been done to provide additional facilities at these educational institutions. General eco- nomic conditions have made it impossible to construct needed facilities. The situation is not much brighter now for the school year 1947-48. "Our larger schools like the University of North Carolina at Chapel Mill, State College of Agriculture and Engineering at Raleigh, the Negro Agricultural and Technical College in Greensboro find themselves in a very fine financial position. The Veterans Adminis- tration pays the out-of-State rate of $288 for tuition, plus fees, etc., for the veteran up to a total of $500. This tuition paid cannot by law- be charged to the veteran and in no case can reduce any bonus or benefits the Federal Government may provide for veterans in the future. Because of the receipt of this increased tuition and fees for veterans, who make up the large majority of students at the institu- tions mentioned, the appropriations out of State funds do not need to be increased a great amount. With the resources from students and the State appropriations, in amounts not increased by appreciable sums, these institutions are able to furnish all the facilities for instruc- tion that are reasonably required for the large increase in enrollment. It is necessary to warn that when the veterans have become educated and have been replaced by non-veterans out of our high schools by anything like the total number now enrolled it will be necessary for the State appropriation or tuition and fees to be increased to replace the extra receipts from the Veterans Administration. "The appropriations made for the educational institutions in 1945 were increased to replace receipts lost because of the small enrollments due to war. These receipts have been replaced by the large increase in enrollment, but there has not been any effort to reduce appropriations which were increased by the General Assembly to replace receipts, but instead these replaced receipts and increased appropriations recommended may be used for increasing teaching facilities and doing a higher quality of work." FACULTY SALARIES For many years, now, the primary concern and problem of the Univer- sity Administration and the Board of Trustees of the University has been the low salaries of the faculties in the three institutions. We have been able to keep pace fairly well with commercial organiza- tions and have made substantial improvement in our wage-level for janitors, laundry workers and other employees in the business, utility, and service organizations of the University. In fact, our wage-increase record is one of which we may all be proud. Since 1940, although there has been relatively no increase in faculty salaries, employees in the lower pay-brackets have been increased more than one-hundred percent. Our wages throughout the three institutions of the consolidated University compare most favorably with those paid by similar commercial activities in Chapel Hill, Raleigh and Greensboro. In May, 1944, the Board of Trustees of the University, on the recom- mendation of the President, adopted a new faculty salary scale as follows: Instructors $1800 to $2500 Assistant Professors 2800 to 3500 Associate Professors 3800 to 4500 Professors 4800 to 6000 It is the earnest hope of the University administration that, with the full cooperation of the Budget Bureau, this new faculty salary scale may be effectuated on July 1, 1947, and that at the earliest possible date all faculty members will be paid salaries on the basis of the new salary scale comparable to their relative positions in the old scale. PERMANENT IMPROVEMENTS Due to the exigencies of war and shortages of essential materials, the General Assemblies of 1941, 1943 and 1945 did not appropriate one single cent for buildings and additions to the physical plants of any state institu- tions. During this eight year period a substantial permanent improvement reserve was established. The 1947 General Assembly voted a Permanent Improvement building program of about $45,000,000, approximately $20,000,000 of which was appropriated for the consolidated University. Buildings provided for our three institutions are as follows: University at Chapel Hii.i 1*7,844,800 For the following specific purposes: 1. Library Addition: (a) Building $1,140,000 (b) Equipment 75,000 2. Expansion of Utilities 1,310,000 3. Additions to Lenoir Dining Hall: (a) Building 174,000 (b) Equipment 60,000 4. Additions to Laundry: (a) Building 60,800 (b) Equipment 35,000 5. To retire the loan made to the University of N. C. Foundation for the construction of three dormitories 1,200,000 6. Medical School and Teaching Hospital 3,790,000 Total Medical School $5,290,000 Less: Hill Burton Federal Funds. . 1,500,000 State College of Agriculture and Engineering $".485,333 For the following specific purposes: 1. New Boilers $ 600,000 2. Cafeteria and Dining Hall: (a) Building 333,000 (b) Equipment 60,000 3. General Engineering Laboratory Building: (a) Building 965-333 (b) Equipment 245,000 4. Agronomy Building: (a) Building 800,000 (b) Equipment 100.000 5. Additions to Textile Building: (a) Building 450,000 (b) Equipment 50,000 6. Poultry Building: (a) Building 150,000 (b) Equipment 25,000 7. Renovation of Winston Hall 40,000 8. Two Barns 25,000 9. Four Greenhouses 12,000 10. Head house for greenhouses 40,000 ACTUAL AND ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES, ENROLLMENT, AND COSTS PER CAPH FOR THE FISCAL YEARS ENDE (Average Enrollment is Number of Stu Actual 1934-35 Actual 1935-36 Actual 1936-37 Actual 1937-38 UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA: Expenditures: All Sources Own Receipts Appropriation Cost Per Capita: All Sources . . Own Receipts Appropriation Average Enrollment: Regular Session Summer Session Extension Army and Navy Programs $1,252,586 846,016 406,570 389 263 12G 3,211 2,552 1,576 Av. 396 $1,435,088 824,051 611,037 437 251 186 3,281 2,628 1,402 Av. 418 $1,686,631 1,032,682 653,949 476 292 184 3,541 2,887 1,652 Av. • 379 $1,954,253 1,236,754 717,499 537 340 197 3,639 3,091 1,831 Av. 243 STATE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND ENGINEERING: Expenditures: All Sources Own Receipts Appropriation Cost Per Capita: All Sources . . Own Receipts Appropriation Average Enrollment: Regular Session Summer Session Extension Army and Navy Programs 761,253 563,710 197,543 399 295 104 1,905 1,708 312 Av. 145 953,443 674,277 279,166 448 317 131 2,127 1,783 346 Av. 185 $1,050,461 738,595 311,866 481 338 143 2,182 1,796 666 Av. 181 $1,141,375 799,535 341,840 510 357 153 2,240 1,954 890 Av. 137 WOMAN'S COLLEGE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA: Expenditures: All Sources Own Receipts Appropriation Cost Per Capita: All Sources Own Receipts Appropriation Average Enrollment: Regular Session Summer Session 645,471 451,225 194,246 466 326 140 1.383 1,310 438 778,566 534,965 243,601 485 333 152 1,605 1,515 540 919,445 642,655 276,790 488 341 147 1,886 1,780 636 11,059,430 726,275 333,155 540 374 166 2,000 1,865 810 PER ANNUM (NOT INCLUDING FIXED CHARGES PAID DIRECTLY BY THE STATE) FUNE 30, 1935 TO JUNE 30, 1949 its for a Scholastic Year of 36 Weeks) Actual Actual 1940-41 Actual 1941-42 Actual 1942-43 Actual 1943-44 Actual 1944-45 Actual 1945-46 Budgeted 1946-47 1 Budgeted 1939-40 1 1 1947-48 i 1948-49 1 2,085,000 1,379,526 705,474 $2,054,146 1,393,085 661,061 $2,072,412 1,339,592 732,820 $3,804,471 3,022,981 781,490 $4,862,734 3,967,489 895,245 $3,814,585 2,982,446 832,139 $3,342,865 2,105,451 1,237,404 $4,006,201 3,084,982 921,219 1 $4,476,788 3,221,942 1,254,846 $4,488,558 . 3,284,647 1,203,911 484 320 164 459 311 148 473 306 167 711 565 146 863 704 159 888 695 193 777 489 283 581 421 160 640 i 641 460 ; 469 180 172 4,305 3,676 2,766 v. 79 4,474 3,781 2,781 Av. 131 4,380 3,663 2,762 Av. 129 5,349 2,834 3,304 Av. 97 1,799 5,637 1,634 2,971 Av. 133 3,270 4,293 1,387 4,044 Av. 214 2,018 4,303 2,854 3,364 Av. 219 869 7,667 6,800 3,585 Av. 203 7,000 6,133 3,585 Av. 203 7,000 6,133 3,585 Av. 203 1,249,942 903,592 346,350 $1,467,018 997,497 469,521 $1,430,660 989,726 440,934 $1,681,053 1,138,736 542,317 $2,341,882 1,963,915 377,967 $1,956,184 1,100,117 566,06? $2,121,044 1,263,587 857,457 $3,293,333 2,584,690 708,643 $3,962,921 2,981,700 981,221 $3,956,696 2,977,700 978,996 473 342 131 544 370 174 535 370 165 672 455 217 824 691 133 1,095 643 452 932 555 377 679 533 146 762 573 189. 761 573 188 2,640 2,268 913 v. 220 2,697 2,425 1,015 Av. 103 2,674 2,249 1,002 Av. 258 2,501 1,797 1,698 Av. 63 358 2,843 681 978 Av. 42 1,957 1,331 692 504 Av. 67 488 2,276 1,973 480 Av. 114 109 4,850 4,000 700 Av. 150 5,200 4,250 750 Av. 200 5,200 4,250 750 Av. 200 1,105,383 811,080 294,303 $1,108,892 805,937 302,955 $1,131,868 781,104 350,764 $1,184,038 836,105 347,933 $1,295,196 904,961 390,235 $1,336,682 903,562 433,066 $1,489,883 926,102 563,781 $1,578,530 999,952 578,578 $1,984,856 1,001,713 983,143 $1,970,356 1,001,713 968,643 480 352 128 488 355 133 509 351 158 530 374 156 569 398 171 626 423 203 669 416 253 717 454 263 882 445 437 876 445 431 2,304 2,200 547 2,270 2,165 524 2,223 2,110 679 2,234 2,121 697 ( 2,276 2,181 1,136 2,134 2,038 564 2,226 2,142 605 2,220 2,116 605 2,250 2,200 700 2,250 2,200 700 ii. Repair Shops — Physical Plant 75,000 12. Addition to Electrical Building: (a) Building 200,000 (b) Equipment 25,000 13. To complete Armory-Coliseum 350,000 14. Utilities Tunnel 60,000 15. Mechanical Engineering Building: (a) Building 650,000 (b) Equipment 130,000 16. To retire loan made to State College Founda- tion for construction of two dormitories. . . . 1,100,000 Woman's College of the University of North Carolina $3,1 77,600 For the following specific purposes: 1. Laundry and Shops: (a) Building $ 101,600 (b) Equipment 20,000 2. Student Union: (a) Building 300,000 Total Cost $ 400,000 Less: Funds on hand 100,000 (b) Equipment 50,000 3. Two Dormitories: (a) Building 600,000 (b) Equipment 36,000 4. Dining Hall Renovation: (a) Building 200,000 (b) Equipment 25,000 5. Infirmary: (a) Building 250,000 (b) Equipment 30,000 6. Library: (a) Building 700,000 (b) Equipment 75,000 7. Home Economics Building: (a) Building 520,000 (b) Renovation Present Building 20,000 (c) Equipment 100,000 8. Extension and Renovation of Utilities, Walks, and Drives 1 50,000 The Permanent Improvement Act as passed by the General Assembly provides: "Sec. 8. That the appropriations for permanent improvements as contained in this Act tor departments, institutions and agencies of the State shall not be available for expenditure until the Governor and Advisory Budget Commission shall have determined the time best suited, in their opinion, for the State to secure the greatest benefits from the expenditure of these appropriations and shall have approved the date for starting these permanent improvement projects. It is intended that authorization may be given for the starting of any particular project as provided herein for any State department, institution, or agency at any time deemed wise and proper by the Governor and the Advisory Budget Commission without authorizing all projects to be begun." This provision creates considerable uncertainty as to just when our institutions will be permitted to begin construction on the various buildings and projects. However, the members of the Board of Trustees will be interested in knowing the exact status of the program at each institution. STATE COLLEGE The unfinished Coliseum at State College, initiated in 1941 by the $100,000 gift of Mrs. Charles R. Babcock of Winston-Salem and Greenwich, Connecticut, is to be completed as rapidly as possible. The building is being enlarged by about 40 percent over its originally-planned size. It will be a much-used building — agricultural demonstrations, machinery exhibits, cattle-shows, horse-shows, R.O.T.C. drills, class-rooms and offices, and various indoor athletic events can be accommodated in the commodious structure. Plans for the much-needed expansion of the college power-plant and a new cafeteria for the South campus are now on the architect's drawing board. These are most urgent needs. The Engineering class-room and laboratories building is being studied and plans will be started at an early date. No building in the entire con- solidated University is needed more than this one. The two dormitories started by the State College Foundation are being taken over "at cost" by the College, with funds provided by the 1947 Legislature. WOMAN'S COLLEGE Last Week bids were taken for a student store building to be built at the Woman's College from the funds realized by the sale of the College Dairy. Also the College plans to improve and enlarge the cafeteria at Curry School during the summer vacation. The City Council of Greensboro, with wise educational and civic fore- thought, has closed Walker Avenue (which bisects the Woman's College campus) from Mclver Street to Forest Avenue, the order to be effective at such time as the Woman's College begins construction on the Library or any building which "straddles" Walker Avenue in the area specified. Preliminary plans have been prepared for the proposed Library and a laundry. The infirmary and student union building are being studied and progress is being made on the plans for two new dormitories. CHAPEL HILL At Chapel Hill, construction on the expansion of the Medical School and the Teaching Hospital must await the allocation of Federal Funds and the "green-light" from the Medical Care Commission. Library specialists have prepared basic plans for the Library expansion. Additional utilities are in the study stage and already construction is in progress on the new "heating tunnel" which will serve the three new resi- dence halls at the East end of the campus and provide sufficient additional capacity to take care of the other buildings projected for that area. The new utilities program includes an "ash-precipitator" to eliminate the damaging nuisance of fly-ash that now showers the community adjacent to the power-plant whenever the boilers are "blown out." A new filter-plant for the University and community is planned at the earliest possible date. The present filter is inadequate for the needs of the expanding community. The dormitories, originally financed by the University of North Caro- lina Foundation, are being taken over "at cost" by the University with funds provided by the Permanent Improvement Act of 1947. THE CONSOLIDATED UNIVERSITY Another new enrollment record will be sel by the consolidated Uni- versity in the fall of 1947. II any of the new dormitories are completed by that time total enrollment may reach 15,000. High schools in North Carolina are completing their transition to twelve grades and in the next four years, as veteran enrollment declines, there will be a constant increase in applications from high school graduates. The procurement of competent faculty remains our greatest problem in all three institutions. Competition is keen and the demand for good teachers comes from colleges, industry and government all over the country. Our new salary scale which looked "most adequate" in 1943 is not high enough today to attract many of the top faculty-folk of the nation. We must strive to interest young men and women with an eye to their future eminence and develop them in our own institutions. The Legislature's far-visioned increase from 4 percent to 5 percent in the Retirement Plan for teachers and state employees is a great help; but we must not abandon the Trustees' plan to provide an endowment fund to supplement faculty retirement allowances to assure our faculty members an income of at least $150 a month when they have completed their years of service to our people. The "needs" of the consolidated University are many. Our shortcomings and "lacks" are numerous — too numerous. But we are making progress. Individually, in the past fifteen years, the Woman's College, State Col- lege and the University in Chapel Hill, each in its own orbit and by its own attainments, has added distinction to its own reputation, as well as to the family name. Collectively, as one great coordinated State University, our three allied institutions are rendering inestimable services to the people of North Caro- lina and the South — acquiring meantime national, even international recogition as it touches and benefits the lives of more and more people. Frank P. Graham, President W. D. Carmichael, Jr., Controller MAY TWENTY-SEVENTH, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-SEVEN