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He said naming an award to
honor Spencers descendents would
recognize the family’s long-standing
commitment to the University and
help alleviate the controversy.
“The difference is that the
Bell Award focuses on a specific
moment in history,” Moeser said
during an interview Sunday eve
ning. “That’s a very complicated
part of our history. By focusing
on the multigenerational aspects
of the family, we focus on a much
broader period of time.”
In response to the award’s
retirement, Spencer’s descendents
requested that Moeser either
reconsider his decision or oversee
the removal of Spencer’s name
from Spencer Residence Hall. The
family also wanted funding for the
renovation of the Love House to be
redirected.
But after a meeting with Moeser
last week, the family has decided
to rescind its requests.
“The chancellor seems to be
committed to handling the entire
situation in a favorable way,” said
Charles Love, a great-grand
son of Spencer and chairman of
the Martha and Spencer Love
Foundation. “We anticipate a
favorable outcome to the whole
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freedom for generations,” Chapman
said.
Others disagree. John Sanders,
former director of UNC’s Institute
of Government, called Spencer a
creature of her time and said she
has been ill-treated by the recent
campaign.
“I think on the whole, Cornelia
was an admirable character and a
constructive person,” he said.
Born in Harlem, N.Y., in 1825,
Spencer didn’t move to Chapel Hill
for another year.
Her mother, Judith Vermeule,
held a small boarding school in her
home, so Spencer had the unusual
opportunity to be an educated
woman in the antebellum South.
Her father, James Phillips, took
the family to Chapel Hill when he
was offered a job in the University’s
mathematics department.
She married lawyer James
Munroe Spencer in 1855 and moved
with him to Alabama, where they
had their only daughter. Spencer was
widowed in 1861 and returned to her
father’s home in Chapel Hill.
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controversy that both clarifies
Cornelia Phillips Spencer’s posi
tive legacy and the University’s
approach in the future for dealing
with historical revisionism.”
Moeser expressed his regrets
in his letter for the pain the fam
ily has experienced because of the
award’s retirement. “The last thing
we wanted to do in ending the Bell
Award was to condemn Cornelia
Phillips Spencer or to erase her
from our past,” he states.
The new committee will make
recommendations about how UNC
should honor influential women.
“I want to come up with an
award that no recipient would be
embarrassed to receive,” said Jane
Brown, committee chairwoman
and past Bell Award recipient.
“That’s what I’m interested in,
creating an award that is clearly
an honor and any recipient named
would be proud to have.”
Moeser said he looks forward to
the committee’s recommendations
and is hopeful about the opportu
nity to honor the family’s legacy.
“I think we had some really good
ideas about an award to honor
multigenerations,” he said.
“This is a family that’s supported
the University for several years.”
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soon began research for a project
that had been suggested to her by
leading Democrats at the time.
Published in 1868 and titled “The
Last Ninety Days of the War in
North Carolina,” the book defended
the state’s role during the Civil War.
No one read or bought the book,
according to Harry Watson, direc
tor of the Center for the Study of
the American South, but it con
vinced ardent Democratic sup
porters that Spencer could take a
public role.
“(Spencer) wrote letters and col
umns urging parents not to send
their children to UNC under the
Republicans,” Watson said.
At the time, the Republicans
were the more liberal of the two
political parties. President Lincoln,
who wrote the Emancipation
Proclamation, was a member of the
party, and so were the leaders of the
University during Reconstruction.
This initial wave of letters forms
another heated segment of the
debate on Spencer. Some, including
Watson, said all public papers indi
cate that Spencer thought a decline
in enrollment would cause the
Republicans to be fired not cause
a total shutdown of the University.
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ROCCA
FROM PAGE 1
names from their list of possible
Commencement speakers.
After examining the options, Irvin
said Rocca became the ideal choice.
“A lot of people are familiar with
him,” she said. “At this point in his
career, this is the kind of thing that
he’s looking to d0.... It just seemed
to really work out.”
Kleysteuber, who also took on
fund-raising duties and garnered
$12,000 in student fees for the
executive branch of student govern
ment Tuesday, said she was happy
to hear of Rocca’s acceptance.
“My first reaction was just
screaming over the phone,” she
said. “It’s just really rewarding to
see all that hard work and fund
raising and coordination pay off.”
Along with Kleysteuber, Irvin
and Frucht both expressed their
hope that the senior address will
become an annual tradition. The
two also noted that students don’t
have to wait until their graduation
weekend to partake in the festivi
ties all students are invited to
attend Rocca’s speech.
Frucht said, “This is definitely a
Carolina affair.”
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Chapman said it’s a question
of interpretation, and he believes
Spencer would have done any
thing, including closing the school,
to stop the Republicans.
Once the University was closed,
Spencer wrote letters to head state
officials on a daily basis demanding
its reorganization and reopening.
She continued to advocate for
change in the realm of education,
writing in favor of schooling for
black children and higher educa
tion for women.
Sanders emphasized that
Spencer grew up when blacks were
believed to possess lower mental
and moral abilities. “She support
ed some degree of education (for
blacks) because it would make them
more useful servants,” he said.
In 1894, Spencer left to live with
her daughter in Cambridge, Mass.
She died March 11,1908.
Relating to the retirement of the
award honoring Spencer, Watson
said sensitivity in these issues is
paramount. “We have to respect
the community, respect the family
and respect the facts.”
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TUITION
FROM PAGE 1
Governors, which must approve
proposals before they are sent to
the General Assembly, affirmed
during its last meeting that
requests to increase in-state tuition
have little chance of surviving.
This decision has drawn
increased worries from University
administrators.
“If we want a Carolina degree
to continue to have the power it
does, the prestige it does, we have
to keep the very best people here,”
said Provost Robert Shelton. “The
BALL
FROM PAGE 1
showed up at 9:30 as they were
introducing Kentucky Gov. Ernie
Fletcher, causing the room to race
up to the stage in one sweeping
motion.
While the Bushes’ visit was
almost as brief as that of the vice
president, they didn’t head out
before finding out from where
everyone had traveled to get to
Washington that day.
Upon hearing the names Illinois
and West Virginia, states desig
nated to attend other balls, Bush
expressed some confusion.
“Sounds like this ticket thing
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point is, these dollars are really
needed to maintain quality at
Carolina, and we didn’t come to
see Carolina deteriorate.”
Wegner is recommending that
trustees reallocate 100 percent of
funds generated through trademark
logo revenue to support academic
scholarships. Policies now dictate
that 75 percent of the revenue be
reserved for scholarships and the
remainder used for athletics.
To provide stable funding for
athletics, Wegner is proposing that
officials implement a $l5O athletic
fee increase immediately or in the
next two to three years.
got out of control,” he said with
a chuckle. He and Laura then
enjoyed a short dance before
waving farewell to the crowd and
heading to their next stop.
The students took a moment
to catch their breath and express
their excitement about being in
the presence of their president
before the dancing resumed as
R&B group the Voltage Brothers
took the stage.
“You see him on television so
much, but to actually be in the
same room with him that’s
something to write home about,”
Stephens said. “It really makes you
feel like your vote mattered.”
Once the shock and awe wore
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Revson Foundation in honor of Eli N. Evans, ’SB.
UNC’s athletic fees now tax
students $98.50, and this year’s
proposal recommend a $2 fee
increase. Most schools in the UNC
system charge between S3OO and
S4OO. Those in the ACC charge an
average of $131.14.
“The problem is that this is all
rather rushed, because some peo
ple are trying to get it in for the
January meeting,” said Student
Body President Matt Calabria.
“Everyone is scrambling to get
everything prepared.”
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off, a cork launched over a bar with
a loud pop, signalling a return to
the champagne and the dance
floor and startling those standing
nearby, who reacted with wide
eyed surprise.
When it was all said and done,
the crowds headed back out into
the frigid January air. And as the
realization that school was wait
ing just around the corner sunk
in, Stephens reflected on the
night.
“It was all like some movie that
I wasn't supposed to be a part of
but somehow was.”
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