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IK Is Founded Feb. 23, 1893 CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY. APRIL 30, 1964 United Press International Service Editor 's Notebook By FRED SEELY Yesterday I noticed an item in the Raleigh News and Observ er announcing the election of of ficers for the local chapter of the Young Democratic Club. Be ing a Dan Moore supporter, I was a bit unhappy at the overwhelming cumber of partisans of L. Richa ardson Preyer who had gained high offices. Before going fur ther, this was the news story: CHAPEL HILL Bill Wich rd of Durham was elected presi dent of the 400 member Univer sity of North Carolina Young Democratic Club here Tuesday night. Other officers, elected were Tom Bolch of Hickory, graduate vice-president Neal Jackson, of Raleigh, undergraduate vice president; Barbara McKenzie of Laurinburg, secretary; and Fran ces Pegues of Monroe, treasurer. Outgoing president, Lane Brown of Albemarle was elected by ac clamation a member of the exe cutive committee. Other mem bers of the executive committee eleteted were Phil Baddour of Goldsboro, Charles Robson of Chapel Hill, Richard Hughes of Parkton. George (Nick) Nichol son of Chapel Hill, Frank Mont gomery of Salisbury, Charles Brown of Albemarle and David Kitzmiller of Greensboro. Being a dues-paying member of that organization, I wondered why I had not been informed of the meeting, especially since it was the most important of the year. No Mention Anywhere Fearing that it was my fault, I thumbed through the DTH edi tions of the past few days, and found neither story nor mention in the Campus Calendar of the meeting. I asked the News Edi tor, the Associate Editor, the Managing Editor and all the sec retaries if they had seen an an nouncement, and made a search of flll lirmspri -ronv aft at- tfcv reDlied in the nepntivp. 1 No mention was to be found. So I contacted Lane Brown, the past president, who told me that he had called the DTH of fices earlier in the week and told the person who answered the phone to tell Mickey Black well to be sure and put something in about the elections, and then to have Mickey call him back. Of course, if Brown was so interested in the meeting be ing announced he certainly would have contacted Mickey when he did not receive a return call, be cause, alas and alack, the mes sage was never received. Brown also told me that he had made a public announcement cf the meeting. Where? At a speech given by L. Richardson Preyer (where else.) Why No Notices? Brown says the reason notices were not sent out to members was that very few had respond ed to an invitation to a debate on the Little Federal Plan and it just didn't seem to be worth it' No YD members I have talked with received a notice of that meeting. Perhaps it was the cam pus mail acting up again. Also, Brown hastened to add, "undergraduates are more in terested in student government and don't have much interest in a semi-permanent organization such as the YDC." I discovered a few more in teresting facts about the elec tion and, to be sure, the YDC. To start with, a grand total of approximately 25 people attended the meeting. At the meeting, Brown chuckled that the low at dendance was due to 'the edi tor f the Tar Heel being a Dan Moore man, so he didn't put in the story we gave him." Yesterday he brushed this off by simply saying, "it was only in jest." Sure, and no publicity was given because the president was a Preyer man? Yes, I am a supporter of Dan Moore. But no one would know it from the newspaper, because Hugh Stevens, my co-editor, is for L. Richardson Preyer and we have decided to confine our views on the gubernatorial race to pre sonal columns (such as this) when the elections draw nearer. Now, as to the implication that I wanted to see the meeting "at tacked" in order to get Dan Moore supporters elected. A quick check of the newly-elected officers (some of whom were not even present) shows that only one, Richard Hughes, is a supporter of Dan Moore. Preyer For Governor? The rest, including Brown, are supporters of L. Richardson Prey- I (Continued on Page 2) I Batting Clean-Up Bill 1 By MICKEY BLACKWELL Bill Friday never played center field for the New York Yankees, but then Mickey Mantle never became President of the Consolidated University of North Caro lina. Today, at 43 years of age, bespectacled Bill Friday, the state's top educator, still remembers his ambitions on the ball diamond. "When I was growing; up in Dallas, N. C, I played baseball for the American Legion team in Cherry ville. You see this knuckle here," Friday said holding up his left hand. "It was broken while I was playing ball, and it is a constant reminder of my baseball days. But you J, ' - 1 V . - , "v wmmmmmmm v ililsiiMiilll! ' -vx-s:.-'--: y. :T-?s BILL FRIDAY (right) gets briefing from Secretary of Commerce Luther Hodges, who served as Governor of North Carolina from 1954 Little Recalls Favorite By MICKEY BLACKWELL . DALLAS, N. C When William Clyde Friday became, president of the University of North Carolina, it was no great surprise to the folks back home. To the people of Gaston County, and particular ly those of Dallas, Bill Friday's success seemed almost inevitable from the start. During Friday's school days at Dallas High, his teacherss . and principal quickly noticed young Bill's eagerness to learn and to participate in various' sdhool ac tivities. Mitchell Carr who has been principal of Dallas High School for the past 32 years remembers Bill Friday very well. . "Bill was very active in extra curricular activities, yet he main tained an above average scholas tic record," Carr recalled. Carr remembers "Bill's extreme popularity with the other students. All the other students and teach ers liked Bill, and I believe that I am safe in saying that this pop ularity has carried over in his work with the University." One of young Friday's instruc tors at Dallas still teaches there. Mrs. Clyde Thornburg recalls "Billy was always eager to learn, and no challenge was too big for him. "He would always ask ques tions about anything he didn't un derstand. Billy was in my civics' classes in the fifth, sixth and seventh grades, and his scholas- tic record was well above the average." ' V Both Carr and Mrs. Thornburg " stressed the important parts Dallas Fondly young Friday took in extracurri culars both in the school and in the community. "Friday was an active sports enthusiast," Principal Carr re calls. "He played varsity baseball, was active in other sports, had an unequalled school spirit and still maintained a steady flow of sports news for publication by the Gastonia Gazette." Perhaps Friday's most import ant attribute during his boyhood days in Dallas was, as Mrs. Thornburg states "his natural flair for public speaking. "When Billy was in my fifth grade civics class, he would en ter the various declamation con tests that were sponsored at the time by the Gaston County Civi tan Club. "He was quite a little speaker. He was active in all school pro ductions, and took important parts in many of the school plays." Mrs. Thornbury produly noted that young Friday was always active in church work. "His family attended . the Dal las Baptist Church, and you could expect to see Billy at Sun day. School almost every Sun day." Another, man who knows Bill Friday well is Gastonia business man Warren Gardner.- Gardner and Friday, have been life-long friends. Of Friday, Gardner says, "He, is one of the most dedicated, most' conscientious, most out standing young men in North : Carolina." know, I wouldn't trade those experiences for anything." Friday, who still has the shiny black hair as well as the broken knuckle left over from his youth, went a step further and tied in baseball with his specialty education. "It's activities like American Legion baseball, Hi-Y and church functions which help to build self-confidence in our younger generation," he said. "Youngsters today should keep in mind the impor tance of two things -studying hard and trying to make something out of their lives." Friday encourages every boy and girl to go as far as -;-;-:-:-:::-::-::-::-:-: :-:-:::--:-::: ;&:i ( ' - ' " v f ,ssjml :-:-k-:: 'a - I :-: :-: :-. :-:-:-. : :- - J 5flK:v" : 3 W.. J W ' I 1 a - "I : v - ;t - . J 6 MiP i T'g 1-- to January, 1961. Friday replaced Harris Purks as Consolidated University President in 1957. Son Gardner noted in particular Fri day's work in establishing Gas ton Community College. Gardner also stressed the point that Fri day tries to get home and see his parents and friends whenever he can. "Whenever Bill is in the vicini tywhether it's in Charlotte for a meeting with the Charlotte College trustees, or in Stanley making a speech plugging com munity colleges, he always tries to find time to visit back home even if it's for just a few min utes." Feelings of pride for this lo cal boy who made good run high high in this small Gaston County town. But these feelings are shared by others, including the State's number one citizen, Gov. Terry Sanford, a close friend of Friday's. ; "William Clyde Friday is tak ing his place alongside outstand ing leaders of the Consolidated Unviersity of North Carolina like Frank Porter Graham, William D. Carmichael II and Gordon Gray," Sanford said of Friday. "Bill Friday is a laywer who speaks the language of his clients the students and the citizens of North Carolina. "He is an administrator who understands that people are more important than paper work. He is an educator who believes that education must be offered to the people from Nags Head to Nata hala and not restricted to 'Ivy Tower.' "This young man and this old university are well met." Friday! his or her mind and talents will allow. "The person with the un trained mind is going to be the displaced person in the next gen eration," said Friday. "There fore," I would say the best in vestment a young person can make now is to put in a good day's work on his school sub jects. "However, the student should not become frightened about his work," warns Friday. "The im portant thing is to do what has to be "done to the best of one's ability." This advice to the younger generation came slowly and witn tnought. When Bill Friday talks, the words float' through the air as lightly as the puffs of smoke whicn ascend from his pipe. The pipe itself belongs it is at home with' the dignity of the man. So is the white handkerchief which protrudes from a coat pocket. The picture' of his wife ana three daughters behind his big, orderly desk, the spacious ofiice with its fireplace, the rows of books in a case across the room they all are part of the man. - "Time really has a way of slipping up 'on ycu," Friday saia crossing his legs as he sat down on a mustard-colored couch across from his desk. "My graduating class at Dal las High School had 12 stucieu'is ki it. That was in the late de pression years. To see what has happened since that time and to see what people have dene with their lives is most gratifying. I am just glad to have been a part of it. I consider it very rewardnig." Being president of the three fold University takes up most of Friday's time, but he does man age to squeeze in a few hobbies. "I enjoy golf and fishing, but I am strictly an amateur. I get a real pleasure out of reading, too," Friday said. "But here lately, I have been refinishing furniture. I once bought some second-hand furniture to re-fur nish . . . and now my wife keeps me supplied with stuff to do." Like most other fathers, Bill Friday enjoys being with his children as much as possible. "Frances is 12 now and is in Junior High School, and I might add that she found it quite a change," Friday said. "Mary is in the wonderful world of the second grade, and our youngest, Betsy is 'a senior in kindergarten.' "I treasure every hour I can be with them," Friday said. "They are a real joy in my life." There has been much specula tion concerning Friday's future. Will he ever run for Governor? Will h move on to another uni versity? In Friday's own words, "I have never entertained the thought of doing anything other than what I'm doing right now. "I've never put my mind to anything else. My work with the University has so totally con sumed my time that I haven't thought about doing anything else." Focus On Friday The two stories on William Friay which appear on this page today are the first of a two-day installment on the President of the Consolidated University. Today DTH Asso ciate Editor Mickey Black well, author of the special series, gives you a personal and informal look at UNC's youngest president, plus quotes from Friday's home town friends in Dallas, N. C. Tomorrow there will be a biography and a story on Fri day's views on education. i LOWENS1 MOSS By JOHN GREENBACKER Former Mississippi Governor Ross Barnett's description of the Civil Rights Bill is "deceptive," according to Dr. Allard K. Low ens tein. Lowenstein, Assistant Profes sor of Social Sciences at N. C. State, refuted Barnett's remarks Tuesday night in a speech before over 100 students in Gerrard Hall, sponsored by the Carolina Forum. Saying Barnett had stretched certain passages of the bill in order to cite extreme cases, Low enstein cited Barnett's example of newspaper editors who would be "put in jail for writing segre gationist editorials." "The only title of the bill that comes near to this," Lowenstein said, "is one which prohibits a newspaper from publishing an advertisement for segregated jobs." Noting that the First Amend ment of the Constitution protects editorials in the freedom of the press clause, Lowenstein said, "Maybe the First Amendment doesn't have any force in Missis sippi." He asked why Mississippi did n't pass laws prohibiting segre gation, if the state was against federal laws against it. "It is not indeed the question of federal power that they are disputing," he said, "but the right of the Negro to seek his privileges as a U. S. citizen." Lowenstein said Barnett's charges of Communist infiltra tion in the civil rights move ment, like the use of the Negro crime rate and other criticisms, were being used as "a vindica tion of segregation. "If Governor Barnett feels the Wall Street Editor Gives Lecture Vermont C. Royster, editor of the Wall Street Journal, will de liver a formal "Journalism Lec ture" tonight in Howell Hall at 8. A native of Chapel Hill and graduate of UNC, Royster will speak on "The Political Prob lems of Mid-Century America." The public is invited to attend. Royster is a Pulitzer Prize winner for editorial writing and has been a member of the Wall Street Journal staff since shortly after his graduation in 1935. He is the second outstanding nation al speaker in the School of Jour nalism's lecture series, presided over by Dean N. N. Luxon. Royster was elected first vice president of the American Asso ciation of Newspaper Editors at the recently concluded conven tion in Washington, D. C. He received the honorary Doc tor of Laws degree from UNC in 1959. LBJ Makes Strong Plea For Rights Bill WASHINGTON (UPI) Presi dent Johnson said Wednesday Congress would be kept in ses sion all summer if necessary to pass the civil rights bill because justice and morality demand its enactment. He appealed to 150 religious leaders to help shepherd the bill through Congress, telling them: "It is your job, as men of God, to reawaken the conscience of your beloved land." The President's words drew vigorous applause from the Pro testant, Catholic, Orthodox and Jewish clergymen, members of the national inter-religious con vocation on civil rights now meeting in the capital on behalf of faster action on civil rights. Catholic Archbishop Patrick A. O'Boyle of Washington told the President that an inter-faith ral ly Tuesday night, sponsored by the convocation and attended by more than 2,500 people, "express ed our common conviction that civil rights deeply involve the moral and religious conviction of our nation." Speaking to the clergymen in the East Room of the White House, the President jabbed his fist for emphasis as he declared that the "problem of racial wrongs and hatreds is the central moral problem of our republic." He told the clergymen it was their task to "direct the im 6 dece: TO)1 Negro is inferior to the white, then why is he afraid of giving the Negro equal opportunity? "According to the voter regis tration records in Mississippi, 95 per cent of the Negroes of voting age are illiterate," Lowenstein continued. "That says a lot for their separate but equal school facilities." Lowenstein attacked those who feel property rights are inviolate. "I'd like to remind the people who object to public accommo dations that private property is circumscribed by ordinances, zoning regulations and commun ity rules. Chancellor Naming Not Until It will probably be late May or June before the University's new chancellor is named, says President William C. Friday. The special advisory commit tee formed to select three candi dates for the position will not meet its self-imposed May 1 deadline, Friday revealed Wed nesday. "I don't expect to get their recommendations for several weeks or more," Friday said. Upco the committee's selec tion of the final three choices, Friday will choose one name subject to approval by the UNC Board of Trustees. The new chancellor will succeed William B. Ayccck, who retires July 1 to resume teaching in the School of Law. University officials had hoped to have a candidate selected by the May 25 meeting of the Trus tees. But Friday said the choice may not be made by that time. : "There's nothing to prevent us from calling a special meet ing of the Trustees in June on a matter as important as this," he said. Friday also added that a new chancellor will definitely be selected by July 1. William C. Medford of Waynes ville is chairman of the advisory committee, which was named last September by Frday to study and interiew potential can didates for Chancellor. There are 17 members on the committee. The committee has talked with a number of educators both within and outside of the state. Friday said he knew of no one CPU INTERVIEWS The Carolina Political Union will hold interviews for vacant positions today in the Grail Room from 2-5 p.m. and tomorrow from 2-4 p.m. Sign-up sheets are avail able at the information desk of Graham Memorial. There will be a meeting of the Union, Sunday night at 9 p.m., in the Grail Room to consider applicants for membership. mense power of religion in shap ing the conduct and thoughts of men toward their brothers in a manner consistent with compas sion and love." The President defended the civ il rights bill now before the Sen ate against charges that it was a federal power grab and would infringe on the rights of business men and others. "None of these provisions would interfere with the rights of businessmen to setup their own standards for the dress, conduct and qualifications of their pa trons and employes," he said. There were several "amens" from among the clergymen as the Chief Executive concluded on his benediction-like note: "As the Old Testament pleads: 'Let there be no strife, I pray, between you and me, and be tween my herdman and your herdman, because we are bro thers.' So do we plead today." Return Boohs Today will be "Free Book Re turn Day" at Wilson Library and tahe departmental libraries. Library officials said yester day that there will be no charge on books returned today, regard of when they were due. They urg AYS IYE 9 "Barnett feels the federal gov ernment should not force this law on the taxpayers of Mississippi," Lowenstein said, "but statistics show that Mississippi taxpayers return to the Federal Govern ment one-third of the federal funds spent in Mississippi an nually. "Federal funds are being used to construct segregated facili ties in that state." Lowenstein also cited numer ous instances of lawlessness com mitted by Mississippi whites ' against Negroes and called for efforts to relieve the social and economic plight of the Negro. Late May my being consiered for the position who' would be unable to assume duties in July. He further dis counted any possibility of any one being selected as an interim chancellor as was done in the mid-1950's. "I want to get on with things and get a chancellor selected," Friday said. There is no major disagreement among committee members con cerning the candidates, Friday stated. "The reason the commit tee is taking as leng as it is," he added, "is due simply to the amount of work that must be done. It is not because of dif ferences in opinion." Appalachian Legislation Gets Support WASHINGTON (UPI Legisla tion to carry out President John son's pinpoint war against pover ty in Appalachia was introduced Wednesday and won immediate bipartisan support for its effort to end "despair and hoplessness" in the 10-state area. A day after Johnson sent the program to Capitol Hill, Sen. Jennings Randolph (D-W. Va.) formally offered a bill embody ing the President's recommenda tions. Two Kentucky Republicans, Sens. John Sherman Cooper and Thurston Morton, co-sponsored the measure and spoke on the floor on behalf of proposal. Joint Statement The legislation was referred to the Senate Public Works Com mittee, Randolph and Cooper, top-ranking party members on the committee, issued a joint statement which declared: "The prompt action of the President must be matched by speedy and decisive action in Congress." Some Republicans, however, were reserved in their reaction to the program. In the House, Public Works Committee Chairman Charles A. Buckley (D-N.Y.) announced that hearings will begin on the legis lation May 5. Buckley appointed a special nine-man committee headed by Rep. Gifford Davis (D-Tenn.) to conduct the hearings. Buckley and Davis, as well as other members, introduced bills in the House embodying John son's proposals. Senior Class Interviews Today is the last day for Sen ior Class Committee Interviews, according to President Harrison Merrill. All juniors interested in work ing with the class are asKcd to come to Roland Parker II be tween 2-1 p.m. Free Today ed students to return . any books they are not using. It matters not whether the book you have was due last week, last month, last year or ten years ago. No questions will be asked just bring 'em back alive t
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