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THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1737
Inaugural Extravaganza
And Progress' Genesis
"I charge you to a full realization of the responsi
bilities laid upon you by this office, to the necessity
for courageous and constructive thought in their ful
fillment and to the duty and privilege of seeking out
the intellectual and educational needs of the people."
Gov. Luther Hodges Induction Into Office Of Con
solidated University President Friday. .
And a new era lias its genesis.
Incandescent light streams into Reynolds Coliseum;
the resolnant tones of a threefold band and chorus reverber
ate from stone and steel; a majestic procession of intellectual
talent streams down a wide, central 'aisle; . . . the genesis.
Thus amid stirring ceremony,, the star of William Clyde
Friday rockets to the top of the Consolidated University -stratosphere.
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President Friday is the Jiarbinger of a new Progressive
Fra. In his Inaugural Address, he touched upon several of
the Consolidated University's most immediate problems and
important areas. To wit:
(1) The Intellectual Migration, of faculty members;
"Much has been said and written about the great man
hunt that threatens to take so many of our faculty members
to other institutions and to positions in industry at salaries
that we cannot afford to pay. We must provide salaries com
mensurate with the quality and excellence of the work of,
our faculty members." -
To accomplish this. President Friday should begin
immediate work to distribute the eleven per. cent pay hike
recommended by the Advisory Budget Commission accord
ing to a merit system. He should also begin promulgation
of a salary increase proposal with latitude with which he
toiild confront the io.yj .General Assembly.
(2) Academic Freedom!
"It is mv conviction that the Board of Trustees and
the administration should secure to 'every member of the
faculty that freedom in teaching and research which is an
essential condition of the proper and effective discharge of
his duties as a member of the faculty."
President Friday has the right Idea. Faculty members,
in onler to provide students the full benefit of their more
aged and learned opinions, must be allowed full rein to
speak their mind on all issues.
Student Autonomy:
"II we are to fulfill the president's oath to 'train youth
lor the most loyal and enlightened citizenship,' we must de
velop and strengthen the great training-ground of self-government
bv the students." .
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Thus thirty-six year-old Friday has reaffirmed his faith
in autonomous student government. Student government -must
respond with a vigorous program which includes ex
pansion of student union facilities and construction of ad-
ditional parking facilities. It must take Friday's mandate
and conscientiously justify his reaffirmation of faith.
(ji F.xpansiou of Facilities:
"We must constantly add to our libraries . . . We must
keep our laboratories scientifically up-to-date . . . To do
their best work even the most distinguished faculty people
must have good books and gxd equipment."
In this area. President Friday was semi-myopic. He
recognised the need for increased interior facilities. But
he must also promulgate a plan for expansion of the Uni
crsitys exterior physical facilities.
He must reconcile the Consolidated University's inundating-enrollment
with its limited physical facilities. The
Dailv Tar Heel suggests that he substitute a plan for greater
facilities in lieu of restricting entrants. Education for the
many is a must in a democracy.
Entrance' examinations were aimned at circumventing
the Supreme Court's May, desegregation decisioj;.
They were not instituted for the good of the overall Uni
ersity. They were not instituted to reconcile enrollement
with facilities.
President Friday was also delinquent in mentioning the
proposed out-of-state tuition hike. He did say, however:
"We i e joke that students from all the forty-seven other
states of our nation and from many foreign countries come
to study in our three institutions."
As an expression of his rejoicing, the president might
hav reitterated the Consolidated University administration's
stand in opjxsition to the proposed $200 hike before the
eople of the state.
All in all. however, we recognize the energetic, new
president as an obliterator of the past decade's Period of
Transition and a harbinger of the hew progressive Era.
The genesis and President Friday.
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...To Perceive The
Educational Needs..."
(Below is the full text of Presi
dent W. C Friday's Inaugural
Address delivered in Reynolds
Coliseum yesterday. The Editor.)
Governor Hodges, Chief Justice
"Winborae, Members of the Gen
eral Assembly, Members of the
Board of Trustees, Members ofj;
the Faculties, Students, Distinf,
guished Guests and Friends of thel
Consolidated University: !
It is good that we pause for a '.
day in our busy .world and come
together in the common cause of
education. It is good that we
gather for the celebration of an
event- in the. life of a great Uni
versity,' "paying full respect to Its '
distinguished past and voicing our
high hopes for its even more signi
ficant future.
We are grateful to all of you
who are here. We are grateful
to many people : who "cannot be
" here but have sent messages of
cheer and affection.
We are grateful, too. to the
scores of people who have labored
beyond the call of duty to m3ke
this day one that will live long in
our memories.
The first twenty-five years of
the Consolidated University under
President Graham and President
Gray, strongly supported by their
able and devoted colleague, Wil
liam D. Carmichael, Jr were
years of leadership and service
to our state and to the educational
world. With the chancellors and
the faculties of our three-fold Uni
versity, these men brought our
institutions to new levels of dis
tinction. In studying . the President's Re
ports and other documents and
from informal conversations, I
have found that the consolidation,
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PRESIDENT BILL FRIDAY
. . . assiimes the )telm . . .
fathered by Governor Gardner,
interpreted and formulated by
President Graham and further de
veloped by President Gray, was
not for false economies. It was
not for the elimination of duplica
tion of. basic scientific, social and
humane course. With the agreed
exception of a strong, coordinate
Woman's College of liberal arts,
it was for the elimination of cost
ly duplication of curricula on the
tipper college,' professional and
graduate levels. It has held that
general education and liberal
learning should not be apart from
but a part of the most specialized
curricula. Consolidation was for
the development, on a broad foun
dation, of a threefold professional
and graduate research center seek
ing the most intensive specializa-
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trtaion, one Board of Trustees,
one President and one budgets
Within such a framework firmly,
established, it was for institutional
iautonomy, administrative co-ordination,
strong faculties and excel
lence in research apd study.
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I i,n tliese : principles' I pay tribute
:r to Hho.se faculty memljers and ad-
iminis trative,' jdj f fleer s; j i who have
brought . this-. ' experiment in co-operatipnstep-Jbystep
to an ef
fective ' co-ordination of the total
resources of these institutions. In
the months- ahead, we shall de
termine how, with fidelity to these
principles,' we should change our
course, if it is demonstrably jus
tified, in order to make f urther
progress.
Dr. Graham and Dr. Gray, we
thank you for your insistence on
excellence, for your efforts to
build strong faculties, and for
year efforts in the greatest build
ing program in the University's
history. Your' faith in education
and in young people has inspired
us all. North Carolina is proud of
your achievements and distinc
tions in national and international
affairs. You have enhanced the
high reputation cf our University
throughout the civilized world. For
all of us. and with deep affection
in our hearts, may I thank you
for coming home to be with us
today. ' '
Any time that a man takes a
solemn oath before God and his
fellow-men, it is a noteworthy oc
casion. You have heard the his
toric presidential oath sworn in
the past by my predecesorss and
just now by me. You have heard
the mandate read by the Governor
with the induction into office. Such
an oath and such a mandate can
not be treated lightly. A considered
examination of their meaningful
language will reveal their true
significances. They prescribe with
clarity what the president must
do in order that the University
may "achieve" the ''high destiny
which was the vision and the pur
pose of the -founders."
First, the i President swears "to
cherish and encourage sound scho
larship in the search for ,'the
truth." The' , obligation mesurred is
, clear:" a " constant "quest for the
truth to increase the sum total of
man's knowledge for the benefit
of each, - succeeding generation.
Here the President pledges to pro
mote, a program of scholarly! re
search. Second, the President is re
quired to take a solemn vow ''to
consecrate all powers of the Con
solidated University to the in
tellectual, moral ,and physical
training of youth for the most loyal
and enlightend "citizenship." An
other, primary mission of the Uni
versity: to teach and train our
undergraduate, graduate and pro
fessional schools, to develop lead
ers for North Carolina leaders
who will carry knowledge, under
standing and a sense of public
responsibility into every field of
human endeavor.
Third, the President pmmises
"that wherever and in whatever
form it is . our privilege to see
need, I . pledge ;. the University in
Chapel Hill, State College in . Ra
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in Greensboro to impartial and
sympathetic service to all the
people of North Carolina." Here
again is a firm pledge that a
major objective in both teaching
and research must be to contri
bute to the welfare of our citi
zenry. Here is the .complete dedi
cation to the study of the" prob
lems of our people, a commitment
that fheir welfare, their economy,
their mental and physical health,
their government, their agricul
ture all are the day-by-day con
cern of the University.
' And this pledge of "service to
all the people of North Carolina"
emphatically promises the exten
sion of University knowledge and
the benefits of its scientific dis
coveries out beyond our three
campuses to every man, woman
and child in every walk of life.
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ernor's admonition:: "I charge
you to a full realiztaion of the res
ponsibilities laid upon you by this
office to the necessity for cour
ageous and constructive thought
in their fulfillment and the duty
and ' privilege of seeking out the
intellectual and educational needs
of the people." This places upon
the President of the University a
major role in perceiving the edu
cational needs of the people at all
levels. It binds the University into
partnership with the public schools.
We 'must never forget that 90 per
cent of our students are products
bf the public schools. The quality
of the graduates turned out by
the : University depends in large
ifTeasure on the quality of the stu
dents who come to the University
from the public schools,
i The - base upon which we build
for "the future of North Carolina
is ' the proper education of our
jyouth in strong and adequate pub
lic' schools and first-rate institu
tions of higher learning. We are
inseparable partners. This last
charge commits the University to
jminister to the educational needs
of ,all our adults.
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It also obligates us to the re
warding experience of complete
cooperation with all other colleges
and universities that labor for the
people of North Carolina.
The magnitude of the responsi
bilities incurred and imposed,
would be overpowering if the ad
ministration of the Consolidated
University were the task of the
President alone. No one man
would dare assume these exact
ing obligations were it not for the
secure realization that the Presi
dent will be supported and assist
ed constantly by his administra
tive staff, the chancellors, deans,
members of the faculties, the stu
dents, members of the Board of
Trustees nad the people of the
state.
There can be no evasion or avoi
dance of the ultimate authority
and responsibility of the Presi
dent, but there is a sense of se
curity in the fact that we have
three Chancellors who are willing
and able to assume immediate
day-by-day responsibility for the
orderly administration of.Aheir in
stitutions. The President will work 1
with each Chancellor in carrying
out that part of the program al
located to his institution.
The Chancellors must be held
responsible for developing and
strengthening their faculties. And
working with their faculties they
must be held responsible for the
quality of the educational pro
gram. The Chancellors will be expected
to interpret their institutions to
the people of the state, to analyze
the needs of the people and to re
late the work of their institutions
to meeting these needs.
The Chancellors will be held ac
countable for maintaining res
ponsible sef government by the
students. If we are to fulfill the
president's oath to "train youth
for the most loyal and enlightened
citizenship," we must develop and
strengthen the great training- .
ground of self-government by the
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iversity enters a new Progressive
students. They learn and develop
self-discipline under freedom of
action, and in performing the du
ties of campus citizenship, they
prepare themselves for the time
when they must shoulder the res
ponsibilities of citizens living in
a free nation. I wish to pay tri
bute to this and the other student
generations for their concern for
good campus - government, good
scholarship and their constant de
votion to these institutions.
Heartening, too, is the fact that
the people of North Carolina, since
Revolutionary days, have held
steadfastly to their faith in edu
cation. Since 1789, each generation has
shown an ever-increasing appre
ciation of the importance of high
er education in the development of
the requisite leadership for our
state. Our goevrnors and other
state officials always have sup
ported this three-fold University.
Our trustees have responded to
every request made of them. . Our.
alumni and alumnae are as loyal
and generous as can be found in
all America. Our General Assem
blies of the past have provided for
these institutions to the- utmost
limits of the resources of the peo
ple of North Carolina. Our bene
factors a long and notable list
have shared their good fortune
with our institutions, and with our
several foundations, have assured
supplements to the state-paid sal
aries of some of our imost dis
tinguished faculty members there
by enabling us to hold many com
petent and talented teachers and
scholars.
Much has been done by many
sacrificing people to bring our
Consolidated University to this day
and to this hour.
Today is a day of faith and hope.
Today, we look at the record to
reassure ourselves that we have
kept faith with the dreams of the
founders. Today, we look ahead
we hope, we dream, we have great
ambitions for a more distinguished
Consolidated University respected
in the educational world for the
excellence of its teaching and re
search, and loved by its people for
its-devoted service.
Universities become great be
cause they have great teachers'
and great scholars. Our distinc
tion, our reputation forgood teach
ing, our tradition of scholarly re
search, our record of service to
our people all belong to our facul
ties. It is upon their demanding j
standards of excellence m study,
the inspiration they give the in
quiring mind and heart, and their!
ambition to contribute, throuehf
teaching and research, to the well-j
being of people everwhere that allil
else depends. y
We must provide salaries com
mensurate with the quality and
excellence of the work of our
faculty members.
We have traded too long on the
loyalty and sense of public respon
sibility that is so characteristic
of these men and women.
As we seek to encourage sound
scholarship in its search for the
truth, we must provide our facul
ties with the essential resources
for getting the job done. We must
constantly add to our libraries
those volumes, manuscripts, pe
riodicals and other resources es
sential for study and research in
the many subject matter areas
properly the concern of a great
university faculty. We must keep
our laboratories scieutilically up-
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to-date. To do their best work
wen the most distinguished facul
ty people must have good books
and good equipment.
And, there must be strong sup
port for our graduate program.
It has been said that a univer
sity realizes itself in the graduate
school if that school does its duty.
This duty must be met for now
more than ever before, scholarly
research and the development of
high-level competence in young
men and women through inspired
graduate study are indispensible
, to the future of these institutions.
Today, our nation relies heavily
on university graduate schools
and the work of the quiet scholar
for the idea, the knowledge, and
the competence so greatly needed
in its struggle to preserve peace
in our world.
The productive faculty which we
seek and will support will not be
judged as to the merits of their
research production on the basis
of whether or not that research
is immediately practical. Basic
and applied research are each
needed in our common civilization.
But, there is no yardstick of
which I know by which one can
tell whether or not the basic re
search of today will not became
the applied research of tomorrow.
Much has been said and writ
ten about the great manhunt that
threatens to take so many of our
faculty members to other institu
tions and to positions in industry
at salaries that we cannot afford
to pay.
It is alarming. But, there are
other considerations favoring the
University that influence indivi
dual faculty decisions. The most
important of these is the atmos
phere of responsible freedom that
surrounds our institutions: free
dom of inquiry, freedom of actiun,
freedom of thought, and freedom
of speech.
It is my conviction that the
Board of Trustees and the ad
ministration should secure to
every member of the faculty that
freedom in teaching and research
which is an essential condition of
the proper and effective discharge
of his duties as a member of the
faculty.
Furthermore, we must recog
nize that -faculty .members, like
Americans everywhere, have the
freedom to speak as responsible
citizens on the isues before the
people.
We must support respoiisihle
and free student self-government,
- , The Administration must be free
to act in carrying out the policy
declarations of the Board of
Trustees if the assigned respon
sibilities are to be met.
In the University, the answer
to individual abuse and error lies
not in the denial of freedom to
all, but through recognized and
accepted standards of accouai
ability for truthfulness, decency
and rectitude imposed and ex
acted by the University commoa
ity. A great challenge to any ad
ministration in any college or uni
versity is to provide those condi
tions in which the individual facul
ty member can give his passionate
devotion to his calling, in which
he can feel that his labor in search
for the truth is understood and
respected for its value to the
world about him, and in which the
student may find greater realiza-
(See PRESIDENT, r-jp 5)
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