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“The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and:coi
The Melting
Pot Simmers
More immigrants entered the
United States between 1910
and 1919 than any other
decade in the nation’s history.
The number totaled 8,795,386.
Losing a Literary Genius
Mark Twain, bom Samuel Clemens, died in
1910. His most famous writings, including
“The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” and “The
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” are still
hailed as classics in American literature.
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• The entire student council resigns
over an incident in which they had
suspended a student and, in reaction,
the faculty reinstated him. This was a
transition period for the University
toward more student control.
• Storage for batteries for electric
current are installed for daytime
use on campus.
• The Boy Scouts are established.
• “The Crisis” starts publication as the
official magazine of the NAACP. It was
known for its protests against lynching
and radical prejudice.
• Halley’s Comet, which passes
through the Earth’s atmosphere every
75 years, makes its 20th century debut.
1910
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Bridging the Gap:
In 1914, the 51-mile-long Panama Canal opened, connecting the
Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean. The lock gates shown above
were part of America’s 10-year, S3BO million project. The S.S. Ancon
made the first official ocean-to-ocean transit on Aug. 15.
• The School of Law admits its first
woman, Lillian Fry of Bryson City.
• At graduation, University degrees are
awarded to 106 of the more than 300
students of the classes of 1861-68 who
left campus to serve the Confederacy.
• Roald Amundsen becomes the first
person to reach the South Pole.
• The Supreme Court orders the break
up of John D. Rockefeller’s Standard
Oil Cos., which at the time controlled
85 percent of the domestic oil trade.
• Irving Berlin composes “Alexander’s
Ragtime Band,” which establishes ragtime
as the most popular music in America.
1911
NORTH CAROLINA DIVISION OF ARCHIVES AND HISTORY
• On April 14, the luxury liner Titanic ,
on its maiden voyage, collides with an
iceberg near Newfoundland. The
tragedy, one of the worst in maritime
history, kills 1,513 passengers and crew.
• Universal Pictures film studio is
founded.
• New Mexico and Arizona become the
47th and 48th states admitted to the
union - the only ones during this
decade.
• UNC ranks in the first division of
American colleges.
• The Girl Scouts are established.
• Prizes appear in Cracker Jack boxes.
1912
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• Archduki
Austria is a
sparking th
in Europe.
• Silent Sam is built to honor those
who died in the Civil War.
• The “Armory Show” in New York
City introduces new trends in
European art, including cubism, into
the United States.
• Ford organizes the first assembly line
Model T.
• Knute Rockne shocks the world and
revolutionizes football forever with his
use of the forward pass in a Notre
Dame victory over heavily favored
Antiy.
1913
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UNC Marches On
Ending a UNC Tradition
Isaac William Rand, a freshman from
Smithfield, was hazed by a group of
sophomores on Sept. 13, 1912. He fell from
the top of a barrel, cut his jugular vein on a
broken bottle and bled to death. Three of
the sophomores were found guilty of
manslaughter, which was a landmark
case for UNC and the state.
That year, University officials
cracked down on freshman hazing, ~-
which was a widespread practice at the- i
time, by expelling four more students and
suspending 12 others. Student leaders
wanted to eradicate hazing altogether by
1916. They put an end to acorn batdes,
which injured several students’ eyes, and the
marching of freshmen from class to class.
• Archduke Franz Ferdinand of
Austria is assassinated in Sarajevo, - „
sparking the break out of World War I
in Europe.
Declarations of War:
Austria-Hungary on Russia,
Germany on Russia, r>*
Germany on France,
Great Britain on Germany.
• Charlie Chaplin debuts on screen. ■
• Feminist Margaret Sanger coins the ■
term birth control in the feminist
magazine “Women Rebel.”
• Mohandas Gandhi returns to India and
begins a nonviolent campaign against
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