This volume 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. Originally published in 1946. 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.