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C. Editorials Salute
William D. Carmichael 1
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Volume LXIX, Number 87 II
THe Legacy Of William Carmichael
Is In The Minds And Hearts Of Men
There is more than a grain of
truth to the saying that the meas
ure of the man is in the legacy he
leaves. Not, to be sure the legacy
that is counted out in terms of dol
lars and dimes but, rather, the
legacy that is imparted to the minds
and hearts of men.
If such a legacy is of greatest
worth, then that of William D.
Carmichael is rich indeed. For upon
his sudden, unforeseen death last
Friday he had left his mark upon
the past, the present and the fu
ture of the State of North Caro
lina and, in particular, its stu
dents. Only rarely is a man born who
comes to feel the dedication to this
University that William D. Car
michael felt, and even more rarely
does this dedication take form in
concrete action. Yet this man, who
was a success in private business
before he was forty, came to Chapel
Hill, sacrificing an extremely high
income and an enviable position,
and gave one-third of his lifetime
to the service of the Consolidated
University of North Carolina.
Through his untiring efforts be
fore General Assembly budget
committees and in private fund
raising the University grew to
greatness in the twenty years he
servde as finance officer and vice
president. The' Morehead " Plane
tarium, N. C. Memorial Hospital
and the Atomic Reactor at State
College stand among the perma
nent monuments to Mr. Car
michael's financial leadership.
But buildings alone do not ex
press his influence. It can be found,
as well, deeply imbedded in the
principles which the University
embraces. He believed in the vir
tues of scholarship and the fruit
fulness of a good education.
And, perhaps above all, there is
the legacy left by W. D. Carmichael
the person. His cheerful good
humor, his delightful after-dinner
speeches and his unfailingly funny
jokes, his warmth and concern and
sympathy these are the qualities
that mark the man in the hearts of
those who knew him.
That all of North Carolina re
sponded to the news of his death
with grief and sympathy is the
greatest indication of the love and
respect he had earned. North Caro
linians will never forget what he
did or the devotion with which he
did it. ;
Every student, every faculty
member, every Chapel Hillian and
every North Carolinian owes much
to William , D. Carmichael. The
brilliance with which 4 his, memory
is and will be sustained is proof of
that debt and h'eVtHankful spirit
in which it 'is accepted
His life was a good and full one,
and his -legacy is a great one. To
say thus of any man is to say much.
On One Who Has Served Well
The appointment of Fred Weaver
to the post of secretary of the Con
solidated University of North
Carolina will undoubtedly be a
boon to that administrative organ
ization, but it is a real loss to the
students of the Chapel Hill branch
of the C.U.N.C. x
Weaver's tenure as Dean of Stu
dent Affairs at Chapel Hill has
been marked by progress and in
spiration in the area of student life.
To be sure, he met the usual
amount of student criticism and
griping, but this would probably
go on no matter who sat in the hot
seat of that position.
Primarily, Weaver has strength
ened and secured the reign of stu
dent freedom that has been so im
portant to the University. He has
demonstrated, time and again, a
willingness to let students try to
work out their own problems and
to do and speak as they see fit.
Occasionally, the student body
has betrayed this trust. On other
occasions and in other ways it has
JONATHAN YARDLEY
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Managing Editor
Edward Neal Riner
Assistant To The Editor
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News Editors
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Frank Slusser Sports Editor
Harry W. Lloyd Asst. Sports Editor
John Justice, Davis Young
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Tim Burnett
Business Manager
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shown itself unable to meet the
challenges of self-government and
free expression. But the oppor
tunity has always been there, and
the censorship moves came only
rarely, and invariably in minor
cases.
We are sure that the Consolidat
ed University will benefit tremen
dously from the acquisition of
Weaver's talents. His drive, en
thusiasm and intellectual inquisi
tiveness will stand him in good
stead as he embarks on a difficult
task.
The loss of William D. Car
michael Jr., will make Weaver's
role in the Consolidated University
all the more important during the
battle of the budget and the other
affairs of a new year. We know
that he will prove invaluable.
It is to be hoped, as well, that
Weaver's successor will benefit
from the previous application of
his talents. The job of Dean of Stu
dent Affairs is one that is grow
ing in scope and influence daily: a
firm mind and strong convictions
will be needed to meet the chal
lenges of a growing student popu
lation. The new Dean of Student Affairs
will be met with a number of
problems that Weaver handled
with considerable skill: the role
and freedom of The Daily Tar Heel,
the power of student government
and the student judicial system,
and student activities, among many
such matters. But there are other
matters, ones which have not been
handled with as much skill, par
ticularly student-faculty relations.
These will be the property of the
next Dean of Student Affairs.
To Fred Weaver we wish suc
cess and extend our thanks for a
job well done. To his un-named
successor we extend the hopes of
a student body that wants to con
tinue the record of the past and
improve upon it.
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System Defended By QotmcU eadM
Mr. Yardley, in his attack of
the Honor System, stated that
". . . no individual is sufficiently
prepared in the law ... to pass
judgment on his fellow beings."
No, we are not in law school; but
the law under attack seems to
bethe Honor System, which is
"piart of the University's educa
tional "philosophy."
Students do take part in the
governing process. A broad, gen
eralized statement was made
that they do not. Statistics of all
three councils should have been
investigated before this state
ment was given. Of the past
twenty violators of the two cam
pus Codes who have appeared
before the Women's Council, only
one has been reported by a facul
ty member. To me, this proves
the effectiveness of the dual sys
tem. The punishments of offenders
established by the council are
aimed to balance justice with
mercy, striving to .fulfill , the
council's responsibility to the
campus of enforcing ' the rules
under which we all live, and, at
the same time, remembering the
individual, . trying to aid her in
the learning process and in as
suming a sense of personal re
sponsibility. Our cases are not made public;
however, the council does not
hide behind a mantel of campus
ignorance in determining a pen
alty. The defendant may have a
public trial if she so desires. If
a violator does not wish her of
fense to become campus news,
each council member certainly
respects her wish and is on her
honor not to disclose any facts
about the case.
No student court has the
power to expel a violator. As each
student is ". . . acquiring the
education which will, at least in
part, prepare him for the life he
is on the threshold of fulfil
ling . . .," what could be more
important than an aim at devel
oping to its fullest individual
character, moral integrity and
honesty? We must have these
goals before us and not just say
we are too young and inexper
ienced to strive to achieve these
goals. At what age do you sug
gest we begin to develop our in
tegrity? A monitoring system
certainly would give no impetus
for assuming responsibility. It
would be a manner of pamper
ing students, removing from them
the responsibility of facing the
true facts about life that every
thing is not rosy and honest
and removing from them the
stimulus for each to determine
within himself what is important,
valuable, and true.
"Inasmuch as obtaining a 'C
average is held to be consider
ably more important than con
ducting oneself with honor . . ."
was a comment made; This state
ment may reflect the attitude of
some students, unfortunately, but
not all of them. A person-to-person
ipoll should be made to de
termine the facts before such a
derogatory remark is made to
encompass the entire student
body. The facts need to be pre
sented before a just attack will
be received.
r Mr. Yardley has given the
campus many thought-provoking
statements. Each student now
must determine his own feel
ingsf for our Honor System; each
student must think and not just
exist in a complacent state of
apathy or of oblivion.
I believe in the Honor System,
its philosophy, its purpose, and
its effectiveness. Yes, the Honor
System does- need strengthening;
j,t is not perfect, but it is the",
most vital component in the life
of each Carolina student.
; Graham Walker,
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Readers Join Controversy,
Evaluate Honor & System
To.. The Ediior:
The recent series of editorials
in the D.T.H. calling for a re
evaluation of the Honor System
is very much in order, and the
questions which it raises might
well be pondered by students and
Administration as well. We
should acknowledge the unpleas
ant fact that Honor Code viola
tions are not infrequent on this
campus, and that these violations
are not on any sort of decline.
They have happened within the
direct experience of a surprising
proportion of the students here,
and a majority of the offenses
have gone unreported.
The Honor System has failed.
Why? Because many of our stu
dents come from high schools
where it is no great discredit to
get away with academic dishon
esty, and conditions here are not
always the most conducive to the
reformation of the weak. Be
cause this is a large university,
conducting its pursuits in an age
of moral values badly blurred
by psychological chicanery and
moral relativism. The truth is that
people have ceased to operate
according to the code of values
under which the Honor System
was formulated.
Which is to be stronger, our
Southern Honor or our Southern
tendency to see things as we
would like them to be? If this
university is to continue in good
conscience and true honesty, we
must reform both our policies in
the examination room and our
organization of the Court along
realistic lines: mentors in the
examinations, and mature, re
sponsible men and women in the
court.
It is an unpopular thing to at
tack the Honor System: it is tan
tamount, in the minds of many,
to attacking Home, Motherhood,
or Honor itself. We all value
honor; now let us undertake to
put a value on honesty.
Daniel Garrison
To The Editor:
It is not my intention to make
a rebuttal to your editorials on
the Honor System. I hope to pre-
sent a positive view of this vital
issue which will make people see
more clearly why we have an
Honor System.
It was not the contention of
the founders of our Honor Sys
tem that all of us were born
with honor, or learned honor in
our youth. The founders of the
system were aware that honor
could be taught and thereby
learned by intelligent young men
and women of college age.
The basic philosophy behind
this great University is educa
tion; teaching and learning. Stu
dents come to Carolina to learn
those elements of education
thought best for students whether
in General College or specialized
and professional fields. It has
long been the contention of the
Administration, Faculty, and a
large number of students that
honor can be taught and learned,
and that Honor is one of the fin
est things any student could hope
to gain from a college education.
For those many students who
say that "book-learning" is not
everything in college, I say to
them that the best thing learned
from their association with Caro
lina is the appreciation and ac
ceptance of Honor.
The Honor System has been
for many years the backbone of
our Student Government. It is
necessary for the proper func
tioning of the IDC, WRC, and
other branches of Student Gov
ernment which are responsible
for governing housing units. The
many students living in dormi
tories should have a personal
code by which to abide, for it is
impossible for the Administration
to hire enough personnel to po
lice a dormitory in which there
is little more personal responsi
bility than that possessed by stu
dents who first come to Chapel
Hill.
WTe need the Honor System. W e
need to learn honor and how to
live "with our fellow men. We
need changes in our Honor Sys
tem, not its destruction. We see
its illness; we ask all students to
help us find the remedy.
Swag Grimsley
ASHEVILLE CITIZEN
It's hard to realize that Billy
Carmichael is dead and harder
to reconcile the fact. The Billy
Carmichaels are too vital, too ac
tive, too indestructible to die at
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But Billy Carmichael is dead.
And the University of North
Carolina loses a distinguished son
and servant, as the state loses a
valuable citizen.
As a -student at Chapel Hill,
and later as controller, then vice
president and finance officer,
Billy dedicated his waking mo
ments to advancement of the uni
versity and improvement of its
various branches.
He was not an' educationist, in
the stuffy sense of the term. He
was, in truth, a brilliant, able
man who made a successful
career on Wall Street before he
returned to the service of the
University in 1940.
Billy was a charmer. A talent
ed speaker who knew how to em
ploy wit as an effective instru
ment and logic as a persuasive
force. He often could and did
convince legislative committees
that the college walls would
tumble unless the budget requests
were granted.
Ironically, he dies on the eve
of what may be the University's
major battle for funds to enrich
its program. But he leaves a
public image that will long be
influential in Chapel Hill and in
North Carolina.
We'll miss Billy Carmichael.
We mourn the death of a friend.
DURHAM HERALD
William D. Carmichael Jr., to
whom death came unexpectedly
Friday morning,; was one of the
most beloved Tar " Heels of his
generation. There is a double
reason: first, his own genial,
friendly personality; secondly, his
wholehearted and indefatigable
service-to the Consolidated Uni
versity of North Carolina.
Billy Carmichael possessed a
unique charm which made it a
delight to be in his company.
That charm was no less winsome
when he addressed a civic club
or a Carolina alumni gathering
than it was in private" conversa
tion. He could draw menVto him
and. inspire their confidence to an
extent few others could. That
quality explains his remarkable
success in getting support for the
three institutions which make up
the Consolidated University.
Long before his death Billy
Carmichael had become a part of
the tradition which is North
Carolina's. His notable basketball
playing as a university student,
his outstanding career in both
advertising and the brokerage
business in New York, the metro
polis which has attracted so many
Tar Heels with r its promise of
opportunity, then his return
home to devote his best years
to his beloved university, have
often been related and will be
often told again. The entertain
ing stories, of which he seemed
to have a never-failing store, will
be quoted at many a fireside and
across many a luncheon table.
The university's loss, the state's
loss, Chapel Hill's loss are alj
great in the passing of Billy Car
michael in his prime. But the
memory of his service will be
come both a cherished tradition
and a high mark at which those
who follow him in service to the
university may aim.
GREENSBORO DAILY NEWS
"It was not so much the presi
dent and the trustees of the Uni
versity of North Carolina who
brought Billy back to Chapel
Hill," wrote Frank Graham. "It
was the love of the university
which ever reaches out across all
the miles and the years to hold
her sons and daughters closer to
her great heart. It was rather the
historic halls of other centuries,
the rock walls and playing fields,
the ancient heritage and youth
ful hopes of alma mater which
drew him with the pull of the
company of the loyal fellowship
of light, liberty and learning, as
one of the' most precious and
powerful expressions of the
human spirit."
That was an earlier Frank Gra
ham tribute to the man who died
in Chapel Hill yesterday morn
ing. Frank Graham was one kind
of dynamo; Billy Carmichael was
another. Both had a common
purpose.
Billy Carmichael, as one of his
friends remarked, could think of
more things to do, get more peo
ple to help do them and take
less credit for himself "than any
man I know."
The Morehead Scholarships
(and Planetarium) at Chapel
Hill emerged on his initiative.
He was one of the sparkplugs be
hind the nuclear reactor and Rey
nolds Coliseum at State College.
He was a catalytic agent for the
four-year medical school and
division of health affairs, the edu
cation television station and a
multiplicity of benefactions be
yond bread and butter needs
which will ornament the Greater
University for years.
Beyond that the man who de
serted Wall Street for Davie Pop
lar . exemplified a cavalier Tar
Heel spirit nobody in his time
quite matched.
As university whirlwind, ra
conteur, behind-the-scenes per
suader and pleader in the halls
of the General Assembly and
Johnny on the spot wherever the
university's needs called him,
Billy Carmichael had no equal.
In a word, he is irreplaceable.
His old friend Albert Coatcs
had the definitive word on this
gay-hearted Julius Caesar, Nic
colo Machiavelli and St. Francis
of Assisi combined:
He defies classification . . .
(this) man who can and does
make a living for himself and the
university by writing script, set
ting stages, playing parts; select
ing type, choosing colors, messing
his fingers into printer's ink and
turning out brochures with deckle
edges; sweeping dust and some-
times dirt out of long-forgotten
corners, putting bricks in gravel '
walks, tidying borders, planting
shrubs, touching in many places
the hem of the garment of every
institution in his care; and coming
as close as any man I know to
making money sing as well as
talk in things of beauty which are
joys forever.
That was Billy Carmichael.
North Carolina mourns his de
parture. But the Southern Part
of Heaven welcomes his -arrival
with the same joyous spirit he
best personified.
WINSTON-SALEM JOURNAL
Of the many deserved words of
tribute being said about W. D.
(Billy) Carmichael Jr., who died
in Chapel Hill Friday morning,
these from Governor Sanford are
particularly expressive of the
man and his contribution:
"He was a hard-headed busi
nessman who demonstrated by
his fights for the university that
education is the soundest invest
ment a state can make."
Billy Carmichael was indeed a
competent fighter for the growth
and improvement of the Univer
sity of North Carolina, whether
in budget battles in the state's
legislative halls or in the offices
of foundations and prospective
private donors. As the univer
sity's vice-president and financial
officer, he played a vital role in
winning the gains made by the
university during the past 20
years. In terms of buildings
alone, those gains have been vast,
as visitors to the three campuses
of the Greater University can
easily observe. Mr. Carmichael
did not limit himself to build
ings, but worked for all the
needs of the university. Higher
salaries for professors, scholar
ships and fellowships were fre
quently the direct results of his
efforts.
As a businessman ,he was
"hard-headed" in the best sense
of the word hard-headed
enough to recognize that personal
success, measured in terms of
dollars alone, can be less than
satisfying. He gave up a notably
lucrative career as a Well Street
financier in 1940 to take his post
at the university. His starting
salary at Chapel Hill was per
haps one-tenth of what he had
made in New York. It took a hard
head to achieve his striking fi
nancial success, and an even
harder one to leave it behind.
But he knew investments, and he
knew that education was, in Gov
ernor Sanford's words, a sound
investment.
Both his impressive back
ground and his personal charm
suited him well for his role at
the university. While not a schol
arly sort of man, his interests
were wide and enthusiastic. He
was "good company," with a well
earned reputation as a tale-teller.
These things, as well as his
knowledge of finance, made him
a great salesman for higher edu
cation. Billy Carmichael was a gradu
ate of the university, receiving
his degree in commerce in 1921.
Perhaps he would like no tribute
better than to be called a worthy
son of the institution which he
served so loyally and well. Hi.
own life was ample proof that
education is the soundest invest
ment the state can make.
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