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The Coker Arboretum
Whether for a picnic, to study, or to just
have a relaxing afternoon, the Coker Arbore
tum is a pleasant place to be.
This five-acre naturalistic garden contains
400 varieties of ornamental plants and shrubs.
While walking through the arboretum, one can
find beds of day lilies, camellias, and flowers
of the Western United States
The arboretum, which was begun in 1903
at the suggestion of President Francis P.
Venable as he strolled along Senior Walk with
botanist William C. Coker, had for decades
been a pasture used for campus animals.
The arboretum's best-known feature is a 200
ft. wisteria arbor.
A walk through the arboretum can be
educational too, as several of the flowers and
trees have nameplates to identify them.
YMCA
The nucleus of many campus events is the
YMCA building, located across Columbia
Street from the Old Well.
Thousands of student volunteer hours are
spent in the dozens of service and educational
projects that the Y has to offer. The Y offers
students a chance to be of service in the
University community, show concern for the
needy and destitute, and explore current social,
religious, and eduational concerns.
The Campus Police and Traffic Office is also
located in the building. Y Court, with its
various bulletin boards that are thickly layered
with various announcements keeps the campus
well informed.
This "crossroads between campus and
community" was built when the University
abandoned daily compulsory chapel services
for all students and deferred religious activities
to the YMCA which has existed on the campus
since 1860. The first movie in Chapel Hill was
screened in the old chapel and the first juke
box was installed there to which the student
flapper of the day could dance the Charldeston.
Thomas Wolfe used a room on the second
floor to write in solitude.
The YWCA was organized and united with
the YMCA in 1935.
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The President's House
The home of the UNC presidents is this
spacious and impressive house which stands
at the highpoint of a three-quarter acre lot on
the eastern edge of campus.
The house's portico has Corinthian columns,
and there are porches on three sides supported
by Ionic pillars. The original cost was $15,000;
its remodeling in 1929 involved nearly $7,000.
The first house on this site was built in the
early nineteenth century by Helen Hogg
Hooper when she and President Caldwell were
married. .
From 1849 to 1868, President Swain
occupied the house. During this time, Chapel
Hill's best known romance took place between
Eleanor Swain and Union General Smith B.
Atkins. The reception following the unpopular
marriage was harassed by students who tolled
the South Building bell for three hours. :-'
Three presidents of the United States - Polk,
Buchanan and Andrew Johnson were all
received at the Swain home.
Today, the house is the home of UNC
President William Friday.
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