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THE TAR HEEL Thursday, October 13, 1927 Pase Fcur Memorial Hall, the -University's big auditorium, which is the center of many queer and ro mantic stories of Carolina's history. Parade Yesterday Contrast To Gathering at the Laying of the Cornerstone of Old East Was One of the Most Eminent in the Entire History of .the University. o The solemn parade held yesterday by the members of the faculty, dress ed in academic costumes, contrasts greatly with the one which was held 135 years ago. Instead of the !arge number of buildings which are on the Carolina Cajnpus, a large and beau tiful oak grove was the only thing standing on the spot where one of the leading universities in the United States now stands. Kemp P. Battle wrote a history of the University of North Carolina, and the first chapter of his book is being reprinted by the Tar Heel to let .the students contrast the spirit whicH prevailed 135 years ago with that of yesterday, the 134th birthday of the University of North Carolina. Mr. Battle's description of the first University Day follows: "The University of North Carolina was provided for in the State Consti tution of 1776 and formally chartered by the General Assembly of 1789. A commission headed by . William R. Davie to choose a site for the Uni versity finally in the autumn of 1792 , selected Chapel Hill. Funds were se cured, builders were selected, the first building planned, and on October 12, 1793, a great company of people met in Chapel Hill to, lay the cornerstone of Old East. "The Chapel Hill of 134 years ago was vastly different from the Chapel Hill of to-day. It was covered with a primeval growth of forest trees, with only one or two settlements and a few acres of clearing. Even the trees on the East and West, Avenue, named Cameron by the Faculty in recognition of the wise and skillful superintendence by P. C. Cameron of the extensive repairs of our . build ings prior to the re-opening in 1875, were still erect. The sweetgums and dogwoods and maples were relieving with their russet and golden hues the general green of the forest. A long . procession of people for the first time j is marching along the narrow road, afterwards to be widened into a noble avenue. Many of them are clad in the striking, typical insignia of the Masonic Fraternity, their Grand Mas ter arrayed in the full decorations of his rank. They march with military tread, because most of them hfave seen service, many scarred with wounds of horrid war. Their faces are serious, - for they feel that they are engaged in a great work. They are proceeding to lay the foundations of an institu tion which for weal or woe is to shape the minds of thousands of un born' children; whose influence will be felt more and more, ever widening and deepening as the years roll on, as one of the great forces of civiliza- tion. "The tall,- commanding most con spicuous in the Grand Master's , re: galia is that of William Richardson Davie, the father of the .University) statesman, diplomat, and general. Next to Davie is his great rival Al fred r Moore, whose learning and ac quirements secured for him a seat oh the bench of . the : Supreme Court ; of the United States. In that procession appeared one too who had highest reputation among his contemporaries as an enlightened lawyer, William. H. Hill. We next see one who was for many years the most popular man in North Carolina, John Haywood. For forty years 1787 to 1827 he was Treasurer of .the . State. Marching with i Haywood was . Gen. Alexander Mebane, of the old: Scptcli-Irish stock, who settled the Haw fields in Ala mance. f.-Jn that procession was also John Williams.i founder of -Williams- THE "ARCHITECTURAL MONSTROSITY" '-4 Offers Sharp First Procession boro, in Granville County, whose strong sturdy sense enabled him to step with short interval from the bench of the carpenter, to the bench of the judge of the first court under the Constitution- of 1776. He was likewise a member of the Congress of the Confederation. Thomas Bolunt, member from Edgecombe, soon to en ter Congress and to become an at tached colleague of Nathaniel Macon, was likewise present. Prominent in this procession was the venerable Har gett, Senator from Jones, plain, solid, but eminently trustworthy. After these came other Trustees. Who they were, with the exception of McCor kle, we have lio record. "After the Trustees march State officers, not Trustees; among them Judge Spruce McKoy, of Salisbury, and doubtless John Taylor, the first Steward of the University, and the officers of the county ; and then fol lowed the gentlemen of the vicinity, the donors 'of the land and their neighbors, and among them Patterson, of Chatham, the contractor for the building. The orator of the day was Dr. Samuel E. McCorkle, Trustee of the University, who had labored un tiringly for its advancement. He was one of the most noted educators of that period, and the first class which graduated from the University, con sisting of seven members, had all but one been trained for the University by Dr. McCorkle. He had worked for the University, he begged for it, and preached for it. It was the most fitting that he should deliver the first address at the University to be fol lowed by a long line of eloquent men. Acknowledging the scriptural truth 'Except the Lord build the house they labor in vain who build' he laid down the general proposition th:t the hap piness of mankind is best promoted by the advancement of learning and sci ence and , that such institutions as this were the means of such advance ment. He concluded as follows : , 'mav this hill be for religion as the ancient hill of Zion; and for literature and the muses, may it surpass the anci ent Parnassus ! We this day enjoy the pleasure of seeing the cornerstone of the University, its material and the architect for. the building, and we hope ere long, to see its stately walls and spire ascending to their summit. Ere long we hope to see it adorned with an elegant village, accommodated with all the necessaries and conven iences of civilized society.' "We thank thee for thy golden words, thou venerable father of edu cation in our State. On this founda tion the University desires to rest, the enlightenment of the people, their instruction not alone in secular learn ing but. in religious truth, leading up to and sustaining liberty by demand ing and shaping beneficient laws un der which wealthy may be accumulat ed and individual; happiness and na tional glory.be secured, all sanctified by the blessings of God; these are the , objects, these are the methods, these are the good rewards of the University.' - - "Since that day we ?have had pro cessions, year by year, and in their columns men learned and distinguish ed in all the pursuits of life, but nev er has there been a procession more imposing than that which laid the cornerstone of the Old East, " on the 12th day of , October, . 1793. In the procession the memorial service to the University's dead, the address, the hymns and prayers, we carry forward tpday: tliis tradition of thanksgiving and xe j oicing." Buccaneer Makes Its First Appearance of Year Tonight (Continued from page one) body as possible. The material for the first issue was collected during summer school and it was the in tention of the editor to have the in itial number in the hands of the sub scribers within a week after the opening of school. However, Young M. Smith, the business manager-e lect, did not make known his inten tion of not returning to Carolina this year until the middle of August. This changed the entire program and the publication of the Magazine was re tarded about three weeks. John Mar shall will continue to manage the Book Review section which was ac claimed by many as the best feature of the Magazine last year. Durant Looks to Future In Most Optimistic Vein (Continued from page one) sisted, Dr. Durant, said that the only law of progress was that there was no law. rBut if laws are not asked for and people are content with prob abilities, it is a reasonable probabil ity that America, then Japan and China and. Russia, will make material progress in the twentieth century and that their , wealth will bring them art. Blind Evangelist Says That Handicaps Are Honors in Life (Continued from page bne) and days-1 practiced cutting the putty into little strips and weighing it on the end of , my fork. I have pretty well mastered the art," he said smilingly. The preacher also called attention to the fact that he shaved with a straight razor, and indicated a clean jaw that looked as though it had lately come from the hands of a barber. "I am happier than I have ever been, declared the man who has lived without eyes for a much shorter time - than he .has with them. "I have come to concentrate on things not so engrossed in the physical, and have developed a perfect" system of happy living.. "It's true I used to enjoy my athletics," he said with a smile, that looked suspiciously sad in the corners, "but then I enjoy read ing about . them now. ; I heard the round by round report of the Demp-sey-Tunney, fight the other week, and with my own experience in the ring I could visualize perfectly every move that the two men , made. "Oh yes, I still keep my body up with certain exercises," he replied to the question. And displaying a mas sive arm. and shoulder he said: "Feel this." His muscles were as hard as wood. "A ' door frame is my gymna sium now,'.' he explained. "I have de vised a system of exercises that I can go through with in an ordinary door. Then. I swim as much as I ever did, walk a lot, and row for miles at a time. "v v Handicaps are honors, according to this man, and blindness is by no means insuperable. He has worked put sev eral . inventions , for - the blind, these have been turned over gratis to man ufacturers who in turn are making them and ..distributing them to the blind, at cost. They consist for the most part of devices that aid blind in writing. Among other things, in his varied and interesting life, Dr. Warren, did newspaper work for a time before he settled himself in the ministry. . His first writing , came with the college An economist makes the . plaintive inquiry: "What will follow all this wave of buying automobiles on in stallments ? " What will- follow, prob ably y is installment buying Of ; air planes. Detroit Free Press. paper at the University of Georgia, where he later became editor. He was also reporter, on. the Macon, Ga., Tel egraph for one and a half years, At Louisville he did feature work for the Courier-Journal while in school at the Seminary. He was at the same time playing professional foot ball and director of a gymnasium there. Dr. Warren interrupted his in terviewer to say that he thought the student body here at the University one of the quietest and most orderly groups of young men he had ever come in contact with. He proved himself thoroughly fam iliar with North Carolina as" to pol itics. Expressing himself along sev eral political lines, he ended by say ing that he was positive that 0. Max Gardner would be the next Governor of the state. In matters concerning athletics he had definite ideas, too. "Next yearl North Carolina will take the same place in football that she now holds in basketball? declared. "It's hard to get a good i?am from second year men. You can count on shining next year. "North Carolina's a wonderful state," he continued. "Your roads are marvelous and your school sys tem is known as one of the best in the United States. It's a state for youth. "And I don't think this same youth is going to the dogs, either. Flaming youth is flaming only in that it burns more in the spotlight than ever be fore," he concluded. From here Dr. Warren goes direct ly to Troy, Ala., and from there over a circuit of towns that will carry him well into next May. University Day Speaker Advocates Plan of Se lecting College Students (Continued from page one) trained,, and to graduate they would be compelled to demonstrate thor oughly that they trained them suf ficiently to master their . study. "The greatest obstacle to my plan,' Dr. Hanes asserted, "is that one of those debarred from entering the University under it would be. sure to be elected to the ligislature, and then the University's appropriation would be cut down to the zero mark.' "I believe, however, that I am not going too far when I say that the TYPEWRITER FOR SALE FOR SALE A Royal Type writer in good order. For terms apply to Box 228. 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