Bücher der Reihe University of North Carolina Sesquicentennial Publications

The authors conceive of the humanities not as fields of study so much as modes of study, believing that every course in a university can appropriately embody the humanistic ideal and can thus inculcate attitudes and habits of approach characteristic of informed and mature persons. This series of essays traces the development of humanistic studies and attitudes at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.Originally published in 1945.A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.

Recounts the development of the graduate school; describes the university's facilities for the promotion of research and publication - its expanding libraries, its scientific laboratories, its periodical publication, its permanent institutes, and its university press; and presents a list of publications from the founding of the graduate school to 1945.

These papers were presented during a Conference on Research and Regional Welfare, part of the Sescuicentennial Celebration of the university. The subjects covered include nutrition and public health, the humanities and social sciences, the physical sciences and industry, and the biological sciences.

Here, in one volume, have been collected, in as far as possible, the names of all those who have taken graduate degrees at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the titles of their dissertations and theses. First published in 1947.

This volume is the sesquicentennial issue of the journal Studies in Philology, published by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. This journal established a national reputation for the university as a centre for sound humanistic scholarship, and it is now recognised internationally as one of the leading journals in the field. Originally published in 1945.

Offers a cross-section of the work of the Carolina Playmakers from 1919 until 1945. It tells of the work of the founder of the Playmakers, Frederick Henry Koch, and of the accomplishments of the young playwrights who made up the group's membership. It is a record of past achievements and future plans of the organisation. Originally published in 1945.

This vital history of the School of Law includes the development of the library, reminiscences of the early twentieth-century law school, a discussion of the teaching theory and practice of law, the changes brought about by World War II, and an evaluation of the future of the law school as an integral portion of the state university.