Thursday, June 8, 1961
THE UNC NEWS
: Ay cock Appoints
Committee To
Study Old Davie
A special committee has been ap
pointed to see if the Davie Pop
lar can be saved.
Chancellor William B. Aycock
-recently named a committer of
five to consult with UNC tree
consultant Norman Armstrong to
determine whether anything can
be done to save the Davie Pop-,
lar and at the same time make
it safe for the public to be
: around the tree.
If, in the judgment of the eom
mittee, nothing can be done to
, give lasting protection to the '
i public, the poplar will come
rdown. Should that happen, the
mantle of the Davie Poplar will
devolve upon "Davie Poplar Jr."
planted in 1918.
Commencement Moved
Commencement activities or
dinarily held under the boughs of
the ancient tree were held a few
.yards away earlier this week.
'Tree consultant Armstrong had
warned that the poplar was a
hazard and might fall at any
time, endangering the life of
any person who stood beneath
the boughs.
Pending the committee's de
cision, a rope fence has been
erected around the "danger
zone" and signs have been put
up, cautioning the public away
from the University shrine.
The committee named by
Chancellor Aycock to meet with
the tree consultant after the
Commencement activities con
sists of Prof. H. R. Trotten, bo
tanist; Prof. Sterling Stoudemire,
chairman of the faculty building
and grounds committee; J. M.
Saunders, alumni secretary; J.
A. Branch, University business
manager, and J. S. Bennett, UNC
director of operations.
'Davie Poplar Junior
Since it has been known for
years that Davie Poplar was in a
state of decay, conjecture has
centered around the role of anoth
er poplar tree which grows a few
feet from the old. In March 1918
. the senior class in the Univer
sity took a twig from the Davie
Poplar and rooted it in the
ground nearby. The twig grew
and now a large 43-year-old off
spring, of the old Davie Popplar
stands ready to succeed the an
cestor whenever required.
Speculation is also reported be
ing made here that if it becomes
necessary to destroy the old tree,
the wood will be saved, and pro
bably gavels or other carvings
made for alumni who may wish
to own souvenirs of the Davie
Poplar.
Has Long History
William R. Davie stopped un
der the branches of the ancient
tree in 1793 and there decided
that this should be the site of
the first state university. Over
two centuries old according to
tree specialists, the poplar has
been considered an honored
shrine by University members
for almost that long.
Referring to the tree's posi
tion in Carolina tradition, tree
consultant Armstrong said last
week, "If tt were any other tree,
I would have removed it long
since . . . Being the Davie Pop
lar, perhaps its removal will not
be permitted."
TWO BEANS
A trade that does not feed the
one who practices it is not worth
two beans. Cervantes S a n c h o
Panza.)
"Politics Is
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Summer Student Government
To Be Headed By Patterson
Summer School Student Govern
ment will take its first official
action of the year as it sponsors
a welcome party for all students
on the lawn in front of Graham
Memorial tomorrow night.
This party, run by the Summer
School Activities Council, is but
one of many activities which will
be handled by student officers
during this year's two summer
school sessions.
Leading the student officers will
be Hank Patterson, summer
school student body president.
Patterson, a rising senior at UNC,
was appointed to this position by
regular student body president
Bill Hariss last month.
Elected Vice President
Patterson was recently elected
UNC student vice president in the
general election held this spring.
His appointment as summer
school president was approved by
the regular student legislature.
Assisting him this summer will
be Pete Thompson, summer
school secretary -treasurer.
Thompson will be student body
treasurer during the regular se
mesters next year.
Taking over the functions of the
regular student legislature, the
Summer School Legislative Board
has the following members: Jim
Scott, Henrietta Brown, Julie
Latane, Cole Waddell, Clyde Ben
ton, and Anne Sexton. The board
will control all student govern
ment funds, appropriating them
as necessary.
Men's Council
The Summer School Men's
Council, a new body designed to
serve the functions of both the
Student Council and the Men's
Honor Council, will judge honor
code and campus code violations.
Billy Riley will chairman the
body composed of Tom Cannon.
Jimmy Weeks. Joe Bell, Neilds
DeVere, and David Williams. Bill
Hoyle is Attorney General for the
Council.
Judy Buxton is Chairman cf the
Fascinating Don't
Woman's Council, which will
make judicial decisions involving
coeds. Other members of the Wo
men's Council are Sabra Brew,
Betty Finley, Ann Davisson, Bev
erly Desmond, Aggie Roberson,
and Sistie Boatwright, woman's
attorney general.
The Men's and Woman's Coun-
Chambers Had
Excellent Talk
Judging from the speech he de
livered at Monday's UNC com
mencement session, Lenoir Cham
bers certainly deserved his Pultiz
er Prize. We hate to admit that
we are unfamiliar with Editor
Chambers' writings on the inte
gration isu.e but if that speech
was any true reflection of his abi
lities, these writings must be ex
cellent. He admitted, and in fact point
ed up, many Southern faults. He
explained the reasons for their
existence, and traced their his
tory briefly. Unlike many less
mature individuals, however, he
stopped there. He did not criti
cize; his speech had none of the
pessimistic vitriol which charac
terizes so much 'intelligent' dis
course of the day.
Chamber went on to show the
South's new potential, to demon
strate its important place in A
merican life, and to offer a hope
for its future. His speech is a
challenge to the other members
of this University and to the South
to live up to his expectations.
His mature, intelligent expres
sions are an honor to this institu
tion, and an ideal to be sought af
ter by persons such as ourself, who
so often go off throwing half-cocked
and semi-informed criticism in
to the humid breezes of Chapel
Hill. Bill Hobbs
You Think?"
cils have the power to suspend a
student from school, put him on
probation, or give him an official
reprimand. These sentences may
be given to any violators of the
honor code or the campus code.
Two Codes
The honor code binds all stud
ents on their honor to not lie,
cheat, or steal. It also binds stud
ents to report all fellow students
whom they may see lying, cheat
ing, or stealing. The campus code
obligates all students to conduct
themselves as gentlemen and la
dies at all times. It too requires
that infractions of the code be
reported.
The Summer School Activities
Board will be led by Chairman
Clyde Benton. Its activities will
include sponsoring such parties
as the one tomorrow night, spon
soring free flicks, and generally
.performing the regular functions
of the Graham Memorial Activi
ties Board.
Did Billy
Gambler
Billy Graham is a personage
who has always fascinated the
editor in a morbid sort of
way. A recent news story con
cerning Graham, a North Caro
lina resident and Bible Belt
spokesman, should be of interest
to the campus-at-large. Ed.)
Billy Graham said recently he
is still praying for salvation of
Mickey Cohen's soul.
The evangelist denied he had
ever paid or offered a cent to the
Los Angeles gambler to attend a
revival meeting or make a de
cision for Christ in the Grtham
Sports Scandals
Cause De-emphais
At UNC, State
The wave of basketball scan
dals which recently swept across
the country did its share cf dam
age at the Consolidated Univer
sity of North Carolina.
First notice of the coming storm
was given April 27 when "Nev
York District Attorney Frank Ho
gan named UNC's Lou Brown as
a "coconspirator" in attempts
to bribe college basketball play
ers. He was cited as having been
a go-between for New York garr.b
ler Aaron Wagman to contact -players
who were to be bribed
Brown ' was said to have been
"most successful at St. Joseph's
and LaSalle in setting up play
ers" for Wagman to bribe.
? Moe Named
One day later, April 28, District
Attorney Hogan brought the name
of another Carolina player into
the scandal. This was Doug Moe,
. a leading cage star for the Tar
Heels. Unlike Brown, Moe was not
said to have been working with
the gamblers. His offence was net
reporting a $75 "softening-up1
gift from gambler Wagman.
Moe was brought to trial by the
UNC Men's Honor Council for
failing to report Lou Brown's in
volvement in the fixing. The coun
cil acquitted him since it had not
proven Brown's Involvement, but
Chancellor William B. Aycock
then suspended the player for ly
ing to him on three occasions.
No Shaving From UNC
Neither Brown nor Moe was
charged with fixing a game or
shaving points in any of the Caro
lina -games. None of the other
Carolina players have been named
in the cage scandals.
State College was not so fortun
ate. On May 13 warants were is
sued for the arrest of three Stat
players Stan Niewierowski, Ail
ton Muelbauer, and Terry Litch
field. The three were charged with
shaving points and throwing games
for a total of $3,500 in bribes. They
had been investigated by the North
Carolina State Bureau of Investi
gation. De-Emphasis
The final step in the Consolidat
ed University's involvement in the
basketball scandals came May S3
when CU President William Fri
day addressed the University's
Board of Trustees. He asked, and
received, a de-emphasis of athletic
at UNC and State. The two major
points in his program were reduc
tion of athletic scholarships to oil
of state players, and abolishment
of the Dixie Classic Tournament.
The storm has subsided for the
moment, but an article in a recent
issue of the Raleigh News and Ob
server may indicate that another
tornado is on the way. The article,
by Steve Snider of United Press
International, was headlined, "is
Football Safe From Fixes?"
Bribe
Cohen?
-manner.
The 42-year-old American Bap
tist minister 'resident of North
Carolina Ed.) summed it up in
a statement from his hotel room,,
where he is suffering from a
throat infection.
Comedian Red Skelton testified
in Los Angeles Wednesday that
Cohen once said Graham paid
him (15.000 to attend one of the
evangelist's crusades and offered
$25,000 if he would be converted
to Christianity. Cohen is present
ly on trial on charges of income
tax evasicn.