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JULY 6, 1921
CHAPEL HHX, N. C.
VOL. Vn, NO. 33
Editorial Board ■ B. C. Branson, S. H. Hobbs, Jr., L. R, Wilson, E. W. Knij-ht, D. D. Carroll, .T. B. Bullitt, H. W. Odum, Entered a.s second-class matter November 14,1914, at the Postoffloe at Chapel Hill, N..C„ under the act of August 24, 1913.
DR. CHASE’S ADDRESS
At'a spirited meeting of the Alumni
in Gerrard Hall on Tuesday of com
mencement week, Dr. Chase spoke of
the new day which is dawning for the
University, in an inspiring address in
stinct with gratitude and appreciation
for what has already been accomplished
-by her loyal sons. We are printing his
message in part below, for the benefit
of .those alumni and other friends of the
University who had not the privilege, of
hearing him but who are none the less
interested in the progress that is being
made towards carrying out the program
of expansion that is ahead of us.
Address to the Alumni
I have yielded to this opportunity to
speak to you for a little while this morn
ing, said Dr. Chase, just because there
is in the heart of the University such a
welcome for you, such gratitude to you,
that we cannot be silent. More than
half a century has passed since some of
you were students here; some of you
are in the infant class of alumni; and
yet, whatever of time or space sepa
rates you, it is our proud knowledge
that there burns within you all the same
quenchless flame of devotion and of love
to Alma Mater.
This love and loyalty of yours, since
last we met here, has given such proof
of its strength and of its steadiness of
purpose as no [words of mine can pos
sibly express. Our thanks to you and
gratitude for wh^t you have made pos
sible here, must find their real expres
sion not in speech, but in our steadfast
determination to rise, to the utmost
limit of our vision and our power, to the
opportunity that you have placed with
in our hands.
The University’s Crisis
Twelve months ago the future of the
University was literally hanging in the
balance; today, so far as the human eye
can see, her future is assured. A brief
year has wrought this change, so full of
promise not only for the University,
but, I fully believe, for the state. Our
maintenance funds have been doubled;
they have reached a total of $920,000
for the two-year period. Practically a
million and a half dollars are .at our dis
posal for buildings and permanent im
provements during the next two years.
The University has been set free to do
her work. Salaries can be kept at the
level at which they were temporarily
placed by the generous gift of the Gen
eral Education Board; the faculty can
be enlarged and strengthened; depart
ments better equipped for their work;
library facilities increased; extension
work broadened. Dormitories and class
room buildings can be erected to meet
the demands from the rapidly growing
high schools—demands, I may say, that,
in spite of harder times, seem even more
insistent this summer than last. And
underlying it all, is this inescapable fact
—the State of North Carolina has made
up its mind that it wants at Chapel Hill
a great University, adequate to the
needs of the great and growing state it
serves. What you, as alumni, have
done to make all this possible ■ ranks
among the greatest, the most clean-cut
achievements ever accomplished by any
alumni body anywhere. Your devotion,
your self-sacrificing love, Carolina cher
ishes with all a mother^s pride and love.
A New Era
It is a high privilege for any man to
have lived through these twelve months,
these months that haye marked the be
ginning of a new era not merely in the
history of the state, but in the his
tory of the South. North Carolina,
in its passion for education and for good
roads, has, in the minds of thinking
men the country oyer, set herself square
ly in the forefront of progress, as a
state that isn’t afraid to do big things
in a big way.
The movement for increased support
for higher education has been and this
is a wonderfully gratifying thing—a
state movement. I need not remind
you what valiant service was done by
men who had never sat within college
classrooms. T should like to name some
of these men—but it is not necessary.
You know them well. It was, in very
truth, a citizens’ movement. The Cit
izens’ Committee, which rendered
such valiant service, was well named.
I cannot refrain from this public ex
pression of our debt to the courage and
wisdom of the man who sits in the Gov
ernor’s chair at Raleigh—a man whom
the University counts in spirit as one
of her loyal sons.
A State Movement
It was a state movement, too, in the
steady and constructive support of the
state press, that ceaselessly, all over
North Carolina, gave not only its cor
dial support but its earnest effort to
the cause. It was a state movement
in the hearty recognition everywhere
on the part of privately endowed insti
tutions that all institutions of higher
education, however supported, are one
great brotherhood, and that the cause
which they serve in common requires
the. welfare of all. I know that you
will cordially support and cooperate
with these institutions in the big task
that lies ahead of them.
Altogether Ratifying, too, was this
fact, that among those in whose hands
authority lay—the Budget Commission
and the legislature—there was manifest
everywhere a hearty spirit of friend
ship toward the University which was
proven again and again. Honest dif
ferences of opinion there were, such as
inevitably arise in any group of thought
ful men on a question of such magni
tude, but they were differences as to
the method, not as to the righteousness
of the cause.
A CIVIC CREED
William Allen White
I am a progressive because I be
lieve in the continuous orderly growth
of human institutions; because I be
lieve that the world is not bundled
up for immediate delivery into the
millennium; and that only as we give
of our lives in the effort to replace
human wrongs by human rights do
our institutions grow.
I am a progressive because I be
lieve that institutions grow only as
they develop greater depths of fel
lowship among men in our laws and
in our customs; that fellowship deep
ens only as those who enjoy life
more abundantly than their breth
ren surrender their special privileges
in the joy of service.
There is no danger of life coming
to a common level of mediocrity;
the qualities of men will make dif
ferences in men forever. I am a
progressive because I have seen men
of high qualities give and give, and
grow in giving, while the world
waxed better for the gifts it got.—
The Saturday Evening Post.
tees this afternoon are approved, it is
ready to go ahead at once with the ac
tual work of construction.
A Roll of Honor
I cannot undertake to name here those
at Raleigh who rendered service; the
catalogue would be too long. But they
have made for themselves a warm spot j
in the hearts of alNUniversity men, I
past, present, and to come. For what |
they did, no thanks are adequate. And I
the University owes a deep debt of
gratitude in particular to the chairmen
of the finance and appropriations com
mittees in House and Senate, for the
maintenance fund which the University
received, Withftut this fund our plight
would have indeed been desperate. In
such a cause there is glory enough for
all—glory enough for every man who
enlisted—from'that first group who met
here last October, all through the
months to that last splendid gathering
of men and women from all over the
state, in one of the most inspiring de
monstrations of unselfish devotion to a
cause that any one of us will ever wit
ness.
The New University
And now, you will want to know
what we have been doing and what we
plan to do. Your interest at the mo
ment is, I am sure, particularly in our
plans for physical expansion. The Build
ing Committee appointed by the Trus
tees, consisting of Colonel Grimes,
Chairman, John Sprunt Hill, Haywood
Parker, George Stephens, James A.
Gray, W. N. Everett, Mr. Woollen and
myself, has been hard at work. Real
izing its responsibility and the necessity
of a directing hand continually guiding
operations, a construction engineer of
wide experience, Mr. T. C. Atwood,
has been engaged to act as the execu
tive agent of the Committee. His staff
includes an architect who is here on the
ground giving all of his time to the
work, draughtsmen, engineers, and in
spectors. We have attempted so far
as possible, in the interests of economy
and efficiency, to centralize responsi
bility in such a way that the work can
be giyen constant and efficient direc
tion.
Orderly Development
In order to insure the development
of the campus in an orderly way, both
so far as proper location of buildings
and their appearance is concerned, the
consulting arrangement entered into
some time ago with McKim, Meade and
White has been continued. Plans for
faculty houses are completed, and plans
for a number of other buildings are be
ing steadily developed. The survey for
the spur track to run from Carrboro to
the rear of the campus is completed,
and construction is about ready to be
gin. In short, the Committee feels that
it has completed its preliminary work,
and if its recommendations to the Trus
The Graham Memorial
The Committee on the Graham Me
morial Building will hold a meeting
soon, and the necessity, for the build
ing as the center of student life is so
great that it is our earnest hope that
construction on the building may start
in the very near future.
A Chapel Needed
The funds appropriated for building
purposes for this two-year period must
naturally go to the most fundamental
and pressing needs of the University.
I should like to call your attention spe
cifically to one very great need, which
cannot be met from our present funds.
I refer to an auditorium or chapel ca
pable of seating the student body. Only
the freshman class can now be housed
in Gerrard Hall for daily chapel. - There
a situation is created which I cannot
but think dangerous, both because the
difficulties of doing constructive work
of a spiritual sort with the student
body are greatly magnified, and be
cause the unit of thought and purpose
of the student body is far more diffi
cult to secure. The need is so great,
so pressing, that I am wholly clear that
such a structure should be erected at
the earliest possible moment.
A Glad Service
1 wish that there were time to dis
cuss with you other phases of the Uni
versity’s life, but I must content my
self with saying this: That we realize,
I believe, fully, the great responsibility
which the State has laid upon us. The
ground has been cleared; we have been
set free to do our work; the responsi
bility of doing that work well, and with
increasing effectiveness year by year,
is one that we assume gladly, with the
full realization that our debt to the
State and to you is one which can only
be discharged by the consecration of
all of our powers and all our strength
to the service of North Carolina.
REUNION ENTHUSIASM
Alumni of the University of North
Carolina, returning to Chapel Hill for
the keenest-spirited and most enthusi
astic reunion this university has known
in years, stood up on their hind legs at
their June 14 meeting and one after
another called down the blessings of
God on North Carolina, handed palms
upon palms to Governor Morrison and
the recent general assembly, and saw
in the forward-looking legislation of
last winter the dawn of a new era.
From Governor Morrison, the chief
speaker at the alumni luncheon, through
virtually every other man who stood on
his feet in one of the largest alumni
gatherings in university history, the key
note was “hurrah for progress and
down with the reactionaries; the uni
versity and the state are going for
ward"
The keynote was struck by R. D. W.
Connor, alumni president, and by Pres
ident Chase, in their addresses to the
alumni; it ran through the talks of the
representatives of the reunion classes;
it fairly bristled in Governor Morrison’s
address to the alumni; and it shone out
clear and strong in the words of Walter
Murphy, of Salisbury, Alfred M. Scales,
of Greensboro, and Charles Jonas, of
Lincolnton, alumni speakers at the
luncheon.
It was caught up, too, by former
' secretary of the Navy Josephus Dan
iels, who told Governor Morrison that
the only objection he could find to the
good roads program was the fact that
in a few years we would all be flying,
and maybe we wouldn’t need the roads;
and in every group gathering on the
campus the note was optimism and
cheer. Beyond all question, if the opin
ion of these alumni, many of them
leaders in the state, is worth anything.
North Carolina has shaken free from
reaction and rejoiceth as a young giant
to run a race.
The last general assembly wrote a
record that has never been equaled in
North Carolina or in any other state
of the south, said Governor Morrison at
the alumni luncheon. “Meeting at a
time when bad business, hard times, and
financial depression were on the lips of
everyone and when many would counsel
conservatism and holding back, it nev
ertheless had the courage to see the
great heart of the-people of the state
and to read their desire and their de
termination that North Carolina should
burst through the shackles of reaction.
“We knew that if North Carolina
was to go ahead as every Christian and
patriot wanted it to go ahead we had
to take those great steps that created
the good roads legislation and that gave
the proper aid to the state institutions.
The conservatives said stop but the he
roic spirit of our people said go ahead,
and we went "ahead in our effort to ful
fill the-will of God for North Carolina.
And we are determined to keep on go
ing ahead until every boy and girl in
the state has the chance he is entitled
to, and every defective has the great
arm of the state around . him. In that
way only can we accomplish the pro
gressive purposes of Christianism and
patriotism.
“We plan to build the best system of
hard surface roads of any state in the
Uyiion, and I appeal to you all to fight
back'the forces that would hinder and
block, and to help push the work through
to victory.
“There are those who ask. Will the
good roads pay? I say to you that they
-will pay; they will pay North Carolina
abundantly in good hard cash; but even
if they did not pay in material wealth,
they would be worth while. We ought
to provide good roads to uplift our peo
ple by enabling them to know the won
ders and beauties -iof our state. As your
governor I appeal to you to forget fac
tions and dissension, to gather together
in the right spirit against the forces of
reaction; and so shall we jnake North
Carolina the great state dreamed of by
Aycock, Mclver,,and others.
MUNICIPAL ACCOUNTING
Monday night May 30, the North
Carolina Club held its last meeting of
the present college year. It was an
exceptionally good meeting, featured
by Phillip Hettleman’s excellent speech
on Municipal Accounting in North Ca
rolina.
The most needed reform in North Ca
rolina, according to Mr. Hettleman, js
thatof municipal accounting. The health
problem, child welfare problem, and
other similar) concerns are important,
but when one realizes how much these,
civic functions depend on adequate fi
nancial methods, it is then and only
then that one can properly appreciate
this issue,’’ said Mr. Hettleman.
In order to ascertain how North Caro
lina stood in financial methods a ques
tionnaire was sent to all municipalities
having a population of 1,500 and over,
a total of 83 such places in the state.
Fifty percent of these municipalities re
sponded and quite a few lack perfection
in this matter. The first question asked
was whether the city used a double or
single entry system of books., Six
out of the' number still adhered to the
single entry system. The cities which
reported single entry systems were
Roanoke Rapids, Oxford, Rockingham,
Mount Airy, Southport, and Enfield.
Over 25 percent of these cities do not
have their different departments in sep
arate account units, Mr. Hettleman
said.
The speaker informed the Club that
75 percent of the cities investigated do
not distribute maintenance charges on '
a time basis. More cities fell down on
, this question than any other. Small
cities such as Reidsville, Monroe, and
Louisburg distribute their charges on
such a basis and there is no reason why
this system should not be more wide
spread.
Mr. Hettleman said that only seven
of the cities do not create sinking fund
reserves. Practically all corporations
protect the interests of their bondhold
ers by setting aside annual contribu
tions which will retire bonds at ma
turity. I think the case between the
bondholders and a corporation is analo
gous to that existing between a munici
pality and the taxpayers, and I think the
taxpayers have a right to the same
protection, he said.
Mr. Hettleman closed his report by
adding that a uniform system of ac
counting will not only redound to the
efficiency and merit of the municipal
finances of the state, but will also be a
mighty factor in the economic and so
cial endeavors of the people in this
state.—The Tar Heel.
LEGISLATURE COST
Lawmaking in North Carolina is ex
pensive. The 1921 laws written upon
the statute books cost in round numbers
one hundred thousand dollars.
To be exact the total cost of the 1921
session of the general assembly was
$99,459. These are the figures which
stand in the auditor’s office today, al
though there may be several minor
changes which would alter the grand
total a little.
Itemizing the expenditure is a big un
dertaking and would cost the state more
money. Approximate figures are in
teresting and'Well nigh accurate. The
first $28,000 went to the 120 members
of the house of representatives in four
one dollar bills per day for salaries.
Twelve thousand dollars represents the
pay of the 50 senators, making a total '
of $40,000.
The sixty thousand unaccounted for
was necessary as a means of keeping
the legislative machinery oiled and mov
ing smoothly during the 60 days of the
session. Stenographers, clerks, typists,
pages, printing, and divers and sundry
house and senate incidentals all had
their call upon the state’s treasury.
Scores of minor attaches, including jan
itors, etc., are also" on the list as hav
ing rendered service to the state.—
Sanford Express.
THE CAROLINA PLAYMAKERS
The Carolina Playmakers who ap
peared in original North Carolina folk
lore plays at the Grand Theatre Thurs
day night, brought to Kinston an even
ing of wholesome amusement.
Director Koch, in his curtain talk,'
emphasized, and rightly so. The Free
Press believes, the value of the stage
in the development of culture, enlight
enment and literature, for it is unques
tionably a potent influence in the life
of any people. It is indeed gratifying
that the University of North Carolina
has revived folk plays and that it is
giving the people of the state an op
portunity to witness such performances
as were given in Kinston.
It’s often said that the people can
have the sort of stage attractions that
they want. Unfortunately there has
been a tendency on part of the commer
cial interests back of theatrical enter
prises to cash in where the resistance
is least^ The patronage accorded the
Playmakers here, both in numbers ahd
quality, attests full well that amuse
ments of the right sort do appeal and
if more of them were given to the pub
lic the apparent taste and desire for
the sensational and depraved would not
be so manifest. Let’s have more of
them!—Kinston Free Press.
I never see a university from the out
side that I do not feel like taking off
my hat in reverence.—Don C. Seitz,
Publisher N. Y. World.
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