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By OTELIA CONNOR
Second of a Series
Reading the history of the'
University is like reading a
Greek tragedy, with this dif
ference: Whereas the Greek
tragedy always ended in defeat
of the hero, the survival of the
University is a triumph of the
human spirit. If the leading
role in this drama after the
opening of the University in
1795 was Dr. Joseph Caldwell,
the leading role after the re
opening in 1875 was Dr. Kemp
Plummer Battle.
. Battle was supported by
the alumni who never thought
of the University as dead when
it was closed after the Civil
War, but as sleeping. They had
eagerly watched for an oppor
tunity to open its doors again.
But for the influence of the
alumni an Agricultural and Me
chanical College would have
taken the place of the Univer
sity, and the old University
would have died, leaving no
thing but a memory of its past
achievements.
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Governor Swain had kept the
University open during all the
dark days of the war, but it
was left in desperate circum
stances. In 1868 the- Republi
can government fired the pre
sident and faculty and elected
Republicans in their place.
Solomon Pool was elected Pre
sident in - January, 1869. In
January, 1870, there were re
ported to be nine University
students, and 15 preparatory,
with one irregular enrolled.
As the Legislature made no
appropriation for salaries or
for maintenance, the University
was formally closed in 1871.
President Pool stayed on un
til he was ejected by the court
in 1874. He thereupon claimed
his salary, with interest, for
the years he had been inac
tive, which was paid by the
legislature.
ONE HOPE
The only hope of getting the
University opened was by Con
the people vote to take the
election of the trustees out of
North Carolina
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the hands of the Board of Ed
ucation who were opposed to
the University, and giving it
to General Assembly. This
was done in 1871.
The problem was now; first,
now to finance the opening of
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the University; second, whom
to select to head the Univer
sity who would be capable of
overcoming the intense hatred
and distrust of everything per
taining to the University by the
Legislature and the people.
The buildings at the Univer
sity were in ruins. The $200,
C00 that the University receiv
ed from the sale of land war
rants in Tennessee had been
invested in worthless state
bonds, and the University was
$110,000 in debt. The legisla
ture that had spent money
recklessly on everything else
refused to spend a dollar on
the University.
A compromise was reached
on the debt with the bank. The
bank agreed to accept $25,
000 in gold or $35,000 in paper
currency, plus a mortgage on
all the University property. In
1874, Charles Dewey, assignee
in bankruprcy, brought suit
to "have the property of the Un
iversity sold under the mort
gage. The Circuit Court, in
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province:
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9. Cushions
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money
22. French
resort
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lively
pranks
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28. Container
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instruments
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in bridge
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June, 1874, decided that while
the bank debt was valid that
neither .the creditor nor the
trustees had the power to sen
such property as constituted
the life of the University, as
distinct from the endowment
for its support.
Of the 7C0 or 800 acres ad
joining the campus, the court
gave the University as a home- .
stead all the land, about 600
acres from the Durham to the
Pittsboro Road, except the Pi-,
ney Prospect rectangle of 60
or 70 acres.
The debt and the mortgage
being disposed of, the over -whelming
problem of where to .
get the money to restore the
buildings and pay the facul
ty had to be solved. This is
where Dr. Kemp Plummer ,
Battle's invaluable services
entered the picture. He was
appointed by the trustees to
lobby at the Legislature for
restoration of the interest on
the Federal Land Grant Fund ;
of $125,000 to the University.
This interest amounted to $7,
500. After much pleading and" i
persuading, this bill was pass
ed by a vote of 51 to 50. Thus
the University was saved by :
one vote.
SOLICIT FUNDS
Battle was also appointed to
solicit the alumni for $20,000
to be used for repairs. This he
did by personal visits and by
writing letters. He obtained
this .money and plans were
made for the opening of the
University in September, 1875.
At first it was thought that.
the University could get along
without a president, and the
trustees elected Professor Phil
lips presiding professor. But his
health was bad and he had to:M
give it up after a year.
In the search for a presi
dent some trustees advocated,
a prominent Confederate, gen
eral. But that would have
been fatal to the University
since the Republicans in the '
Legislature opposed everything
connected with the Confeder
acy. The problem was to find
a scholar and a diplomat, and
one who loved the University:
He also had to have the con-Jt'
f ideriCe . and; ' sp.ecX of both ' p'o-
litical parties, for whatever his';"
qualifications'' the candidate
must have the backing of the .
Republicans to get elected.
The Democrats had ap-'
proached Battle about accept-
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40. Young dog
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mg the Presidency, but he was
not anxious to exchange a suc
cessful law practice in Raleigh
ior the grueling job of heading
a poverty - stricken and strug-
gang University. However,
when his lifelong friend. Col.
Rufus Lenoir Patterson, a Re
publican snd a great - grand
son of General William Le
noir of the Revolution, (for
whom Lenoir Had. is named),
who w?s a Uustee of the Uni
versity as v.: re his father
and great - grandfather, told
Battle that he should a.-ept tnc
Presidency and tnat wojid
have the backing oi tne Repub
licans, Battle acreed to ?"cept
the office.
The trustees couidn t have
found one who filled the bill
better than Kemp P. Battle.
He was a resident of Chapel
Hill from his 11th to his 24th
year. He entered the Univer
sity at the age of 13, and
graduated in 1849, at 17. While
a student he and two other stu
dents won the top grades -at
every examination in all stu
dies. The Dialectic Literary So
ciety honored him with every
office in the gift of his fellow
membsrs. "He felt, with the
late Senator Vance, that most
of what he was he owed to
the University of North Caro
lina and to the Dialectic Lit
erary Society."
Immediately after he gradu
ated he acted as a tutor of
Latin for one yaar. He was
then chosen tutor of mathema
tics for four years.
While he was teaching at
the University he earned is
master's degree and completed
the law course. He then resign
ed from the University in
1854 and went to Raleigh to
practice law. In 1875 he was
selected by the Board of Trus
tees to lead in reorganizing
the University, and a year lat
er was made its president.
DISTINGUISHED FAMILY
Battle's family was one of
the most distinguished in the
State, noted for its integrity
and strength of character. He
inherited much from his fa
mily, but left his own mark
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announces a new program se
ries teaching the modern ap
proach to understanding math
ematics, according to John
Young, director of television
on the Chapel Hill campus.
Dr. Joseph Schell, associ
ate professor of mathematics
at the University in Charlotte,
is the instructor in the non
credit program, "Contempor
ary Algebra," starting on
University television stations
Nov. 1.
Two lessons will be broad
. cast each week, with each
lesson aired twice. Lessons
will be telecast Tuesdays and
Thursdays at 11 a.m. and 6:30
p.m. on WUNC - TV, Chan
nel 4, Chapel Hill, and on
WUNB-TV, Channel 2, Colum
bia. The programs will be broad
cast also by WSOC-TV, Chan
nel 9, Charlotte, beginning Nov.
15. Broadcast time on the
Charlotte station is 6:30 a.m.
Tuesdays and Thursdays.
The course was arranged
by the University Extension
Division at Chapel Hill and is
intended for high school and
college students, as well as
members of the community
who are interested in the mod
ern approach to understanding
mathematics. Non - credit re
gistration and course mater
ials are available by writing
-to Television Courses, Uni
versity Extension Division,
Chapel HilL 27514.
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on his times and more speci
fically on the University.
Dr. George T. Winston, who
succeeded Battle as president
of liie University and knew him
well, paid a well - deserved
tribute to him at the Com
mencement in 1900. Winston
sr. id in part:
"Surely ro institution ever
survived a more precarious
childhood. The wonder is
that it lived at all.
"The problem of the new
University was solved through
ihe efforts and during the ad
ministration of its first Presi
dent, Kemp Plummer Battle.
For twenty years he perform
ed the duties of a dozen men
and received the salary of
one. As President of the Uni
versity and executive officer
managing the discipline and
conducting the large corre
spondence without clerk, type
writer or stenographer; as
Secretary and Treasurer of the
Board bf Trustees, negotiating
loans on his own credit; as Pro
fessor of Political Economy
and Constitutional History, as
Professor of Law and Dean of
the Law School without assis
tance in teaching or other
wise; as speaker and lecturer
at school commencements,
public gatherings and agricul
tural fairs; as canvasser for
funds, endowment, and stud
ents; as assiduous and patient
attendant upon every session
of State Legislature, as recon
ciler of the irreconcilables; as
suppressor of fools within the
University and without; calm
cheerful and hopeful amid dif
ficulties and disasters; over
whelmed with calumnies
misrepresentations, and mis
understandings; nothing coulc
have sustained him, during
the years of his presidency
but a heart full of unselfish
devotion to the great interests
of this great University. He
shall be known as "the Father
of the new University," for he
called it into life and solved
the problem , of its exis
tence." '
After 15 years as president,
Battle resigned his burden in
1891 to accept the Chair of
History, which he held until
JS07 when he retired on a
fV" Carnegie Foundation pension,
.i . During the last years of his
life he wrote the monumental
two - volume History of tne
University, for which histor
ians and the alumni will be
forever grateful.
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