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" September 13, 1966 THE DAILY TAR HEEL Section III Page 3 President Friday -Reflects On Tern Years Of Growth By SAM ur. William C Fridav Ka came president of the ConT dated University o North Sa" rolina in 1956. At 36 he was" dentofrmVyOUn?eSt aent of a major university. Ten years later,, Dr. Friday said recently, the Uniersf rLaf turned th corner on Jeldvr and abuses and ready to move ahead. it And II," said Mr. Friday Die aVda-f d 3 l0t about Peo' P e and ideas and points of view These have been years that tested us all." y In those 10 years- rThe Consolidated Univerei- 4 54" -l ?ent increased from 14 393 in three branches to 27, 883 m four branches, Charlotte becoming the fourth branch last year. norZ!le.budget went from $34, ln 1956 t0 $87,983,927 in iyo5-66. The value of buildings and equipment at all branches in- Swa"" $m'mm ta The salary for a full pro fessor went from $8,619 to $15, 066. r But the next three to five years, he said, may be the most critical in the UniversU ty's development. "We are making a lot of plans. We must prepare to han dle, eventually, 50,000 students. Universities are being asked to do things not thought of on ly a few years ago. Students are demanding more. "There is a growing depen dence of the federal govern ment and private corporations on universities for research. We also must graduate more highly trained people. It's a big job," he said. Mr. Friday, at 46, remains long conference table in the paneled conference room at the University's Charlotte branch. "This place is growth," he said. "This is what the Uni versity is all about." Mr. Friday, at 46. remains trim and energetic, outward ly calm and easy - going, find ing time to talk to anyone about the University. . John W. Caldwell, chancel lor of North Carolina State" University, once described Mr. Friday as "completely without any pretense whatever and un selfishly devoted to the Uni versity. He is a man of extra ordinary kindness, thoughtful ness and gentleness. He does what he does without bomb ast or fanfare." zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz Mr. Friday was Virginia -born, but North Carolina-reared and educated, having grown up in Dallas,! N. C, and at tended Wake Forest College, N. C. State, where he got a degree in textile engineering, and Chapel Hill, where he got his law degree. He turned down a position on the legal staff of a textile firm, to become assistant to the dean of students at Chap el Hill in 1951. Then he be came assistant to the presi dent, secretary to the Univer sity, acting president and pre sident. In Friday's 10 years as president, UNC has adopted a code for academic freedom, de veloped an educational televis ion network that now , reaches three million persons and, with the help of Duke University, transformed the Research Tri ange. and its Institute from an idea to a reality. The Triangle has attracted a $25 million federal environmental health institute. He was chairman of the American Council on Educa tion in 1965 and is an advisor for a $5 million program to help Negro colleges in the South. President Johnson ap pointed him to a planning group for the establishment of White House internships for college students. Mr Friday has faced the Speaker Ban Law controver sy a bitter battle over a name for N. C. State and a cur rent argument over the size of the Consoidated University s Board of Trustees. . The hottest issue has been the 1963 Speaker Ban Law, which forbade novmC lorn munists and persons pleading the 5th Amendment in loyalty cases from speaking on State supported campuses. A special legislative session early this year amended it, giving control over campus speakers to the trustess. They in turn delegated authority to chancellors of the University branches. After two controversial men were denied permission to speak on the Chapel Hill cam pus, a group of UNC students filed suit, seeking to have the law declared unconstitutional. The suit has not yet been heard. "North Carolina," said Mr. Friday, "is the only state with such a law. The University opposed it because we feel the best way to expose totali tarianism is to let the stud ents see its errors. I have faith in the- students to reject these arguments. "I think the University has come out of the controversy stronger, with better under standing. It has been injured There's no doubt about that But the matter has been re solved in the most successful way." Mr. Friday said he would not comment on the size of the Board of Trustees The important, thing, he said, is the role of the Trus tees. He thinks they do not have enough authority. "Our board does not have the authority some do," he said. "It can't say what sal aries will be, can't take the budget and place parts of it in certain areas. The Univer sity is so large now it needs more flexibility in dealing with the future." Two years ago, Mr. Friday asked the best academ ic minds at the University to consider its program and re late it to growing enrollment and other factors. From this came guidelines for the future, which Friday announced recently. A major proposal is to have each branch offer a wid er variety of degrees. A first step was a college of arts and sciences just approved for the Charlotte branch. "There are," said Friday, "a lot of new things and a lot of movement in higher educa tion now." leep, Freshmen, Sleep WASHINGTON (AP) If you entered UNC for the first time this fall, the U. S. Secretary of Health, Education, and Wel fare has some advice for you. The advice? Get enough sleep. John W. Gardner told a group of high school graduates last year that if they followed the usual tradition of college freshmen, their first semester would be a "festival of sleep lessness." "As long as you can get away with it happily and suc cessmlly," he added, "it's all right with me. But when your prevailing mood becomes one of anxiety or fear or hostility or misery take the medicine! Sleep!" Gardner's other comments made when he was still presi dent of the Carnegie Corpora tion of New York, are equally understanding, pertinent, and thoughtful. They have been re printed in a new booklet, The College Experience Ahead, published by two departments of the National Education As sociation NEW BOOKLET THE NEW HEAD is not alarmed, for example, by the pressures on freshmen to con form in college. After all "there is a certain amount of sheer pleasure . in doing things of which one's parents disapprove." But he reminds students, "Keep one small independent corner of your mind that calls nonsense (by its right name, that holds to the things you know to be true and that laughs at pretentiousness even when it is exciting and fashionable." He recognizes that bright youngsters who sailed through high school winning steady praise and admiration on all sides may be dashed and dis turbed to find everybody in college is just about as bright as they are. Speaking of stiff academic competition and bat tles of the intellect, he says, "you don't have to win them all." Bright students know they have ability, should have faith in it . . . and not be shaken by monentary setbacks. Discussing whether and how soon the college student should begin to specialize Gardner believes that some people are happier, more productive and even more useful as narrow specialists, but; on the other hand, "some of our more use- ful people don't specialize at all." ' Welcome Back Student: T. L. Kemp, Jeivelry m THE HOME OF THE OLD WELL CHARM 135 E. Franklin St. o Phone 942-1331 1 1 : 1 .x 1 II M t C k iv-c x w in WW a -V nl I OF0HI0 "AMERICA'S LEADING CHEESE STORES" ALL THE FAMILY WILL APPRECIATE THAT OLD FASHIONED GOODNESS THAT CAN ONLY BE FOUND AT HICKORY FARMS Here, are just a few of the more than 1000 famous foods you will find at our Old Fashioned style Country Store. ZESTY I SWEET -HOT OLD GERMAN SUfte MUSTARD WOMV FAMOOC SOLD AT LEADING SHOWS A BEEF STICK Atl-BEEF SUMMER CAUSACE WITH REAL"HEaMAN"GOODNESS it If J if! 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