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THE TAR HEEL
Thursday, August 4, 1966
Ancestors Of UNC Founder
Seek Their Education Here
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their paths' cross
and double-cross!
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William Richardson Davie,
founder of the University here,
has great, great, great, great
grandchildren a brother and
a sister now registered to
attend UNC in September.
Neil Owen Davis Jr. of Au
burn, Alabama, and his sister,
Katherine, who is Mrs. Tobin
Savage, wife of an architect
now living in Chapel Hill, are
descendants of the man who
was a prime mover in found
ing the first state university
in United States. The Univer
sity at Chapel Hill first admit
ted students in 1795.
The kinship became known
when Neil 0. Davis Jr., fill
ed out an information sheet at
the UNC admissions office.
In reply to the inquiry wheth
er any relatives have been con
nected with the University, he
wrote: "William R. Davie was
my great, great, great, great
grandfather."
Neil Davis Jr. will become
a freshman, and his sister,
Mrs. Savage, will be a gradu
ate student, majoring in Amer
ican history. She has degrees
from Agnes Scott College and
Auburn University, and is pre
sently enrolled in the second
session of the summer school
in the University here.
Neil 0. Davis Jr. expects to
continue the family tradition
of newspapering. He will maj
or in political science and in
journalism. He achieved an
outstanding high school record,
and has served as a page in
Graham Memorial
Barber Shop
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Check Your
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Although the names Davis
and Davie are similar, the re
lation to W. R. Davie is on
the maternal side.
William Richardson Davie
was a graduate of Princeton
University who settled in
North Carolina, was a Gener
al in the American Revolution,
took leadership in establishing
the University, directed the
search for a site to locate the
University, laid the corner
stone of the Old East Build
ing October 12, 1793, and be
came a member of the first
board of trustees!
board of trustees. The Davie
Poplar, famous tree on the
central campus, is named for
him. Davie Hall, once the
headauarters of the botanv de-
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department of psychology.
Papa Poplar x4nd Junior Pass Physical
Alumni and sentimental fri
ends of the University will be
happy to learn that the cent
uries - old Davie Poplar and
its 48-year-old offspring, Dav
ie Poplar Jr., are thriving
nicely despite the sweltering
weather.
The University's tree spec
ialist recently made his an
nual summer inspection of the
grounds, taking especially
close looks at the campus'
most historic landmark and
"junior." Trunks, limbs and
leaves were all reported in
order.
The ancient, ivey - shrouded
parent poplar is named for
William Richardson Davie of
Halifax, a Revolutionary War
general who is recognized as
the "father" of the Univer
sity. Legend has it that Davie, a
member of the committee to
select a site for the University,
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poured for lunch in the shade
of the towering tree in 1792
and decided the hilly, forested
surroundings would make the
perfect setting for the first
stte university.
Historians, however, main
tain that Davie's visit under
the podar actually came in
1793.
Either way, the tree has be
come a sacred symbol for gen
erations of students and alum
ni, and the University contin
ues to take every precaution
to keep it physically fit.
Long before the 1890's,
there were predictions of death
for the Davie Poplar. It has
been struck by lightning sev
eral times, one of the earlier
times being recorded in 1873.
In 1902, a windstorm carried
away two of its largest bran
ches. Another of its major
limbs was carried off in a 1944
storm.
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grandson and ancestor's tree.
Over the years, the tree has
been pruned and pampered by
tree surgeons. On several oc
casions, it has been treated for
decay and rot. Surgeons have
reported the trunk of the tree
to be hollow from the ground
up, with a cavity large enough
for a man to crawl through.
There has been speculation
that some of its limbs might
fall on students, or that a
strong wind might uproot the
tree completely. A steel band
about the upper portion of the
trunk, with cables attached to
nearby younger trees, holds
the Poplar up.
When the tree was pruned
several years ago, souvenir ga
vels were carved from the
wood. One newspaper editor
in the state has suggested that
if the tree should die, its car
cass should be encased in
bronze like baby shoes
to endure through the ages.
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