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Vol. 74, No. 23
CHAPEL HILL NORTH CAROLINA MONDAY. OCTOBER 11, 1965
Founded February 23, 1893.
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THOMAS WOLFE, one of UNC's world renowned
alumni is shown here in his senior year at UNC acting
the lead in a play he wrote, "The Return of Buck
Gavin." It was one of the first literary works of the
author of "Look Homeward, Angel." News Bureau Photo
CIioo-Clioo And Ten Other
Fellows Helping Him Out
By BOB QUINCY
It was a morning class in
Spanish and Charlie Justice,
who was better known than
the governor, gazed at the
text as if he had been asked
to run against a nine-man
line.
"Charlie," admonished the
professor, "why is it you have
such an easy time doing the
right thing on a football field
and such a difficult time pre
paring your Spanish lesson?"
Justice, with a half-grin,
quickly offered an opinion.
Said Charlie: "I guess its be
cause I have ten other fellows
helping me out there."
The big story in athletics at
the University of North Caro
lina these many years is the
helping hand the great per
formers received on the field.
Every school year more than
900 students try their skills at
varsity and freshman sports.
Only a few can be chosen for
headlines. The headliners, in
almost every case, deeply ap
preciate those who have made
their stardom possible.
Justice, known to all his fol
lowers as Choo Choo, is per
haps Carolina's most famous
athletic son. He played foot
ball here from 1946-49 and two
of those years the All-America
selectors elected him to first
team rank. He did magic
tricks when he took a football
in his hands. His teams went
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to three Bowls, turned down
a fourth invitation. Halfback
Justice was runner-up for the
Heisman Award in 1949.
When Tar Heel athletes are
discussed, Justice is the first
name on the majority of l.ps.
Charlie, of course, doesn't hog
the entire show of talent.
However, in this type of story,
you begin with the first
thought.
In looking about the athletic
scene at Chapel Hill, one fact
should be set straight. Today's
gladiator is perhaps the fin
est conditioned and most
physically fit athlete in the
school's history. We do not
seek to laud the old-timer as
the pinnacle of perfection
Sports on campus are varied
and for the most part highly
competitive. So competitive
mat Carolina teams can
choose their foes around the
nation on almost any level and
be assured of a good perform
ance.
Look to the Past
But since we are talking of
great athletes, we must look
to the past for the stars of
tomorrow are born but not yet
crowned. Of Carolina s 10 All-
America footballers, Justice
heads the list
A young man with football
skill here in the 1930's later
made his greatest mark as a
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By J. MARYON SAUNDERS
Question: Who are the dis
tinguished alumni of the Uni
versity of North Carolina?
A precise answer to this
question is hardly possible.
Even the line of demarkation
between the famous and the
infamous may sometimes be
only the difference between
the "in" and the "out." Web
ster, for instance, gives "no
torious" as a synonym for
"famous."
In a sense, the foremost stu
dent in Chapel Hill history
must be regarded as Hinton
James, UNC's first student
and the first at any state uni
versity in the nation. The event
marked the University as a
going concern and established
its claim to being the oldest
state university was his con
frontation with David Ker
(also spelled Kerr), UNC's
first faculty member, on Feb
ruary 12, 1795, in Chapel Hill.
On that date, although an
other state university may
have been chartered a few
years earlier, a student and a
professor came face to face
on a state university campus
for the first time in American
annals.
Hinton James of Wilming
ton was the distinguished
pioneer of what now, 170 years
later, is an ever-widening and
seemingly never-ending flood
tide of students arriving at .
the portals of state universit
ies throughout the nation. As
described by Dr. Battle in his
"History of the University of
North Carolina," James was
the "precursor of a long line
of seekers after knowledge."
As an alumnus, he returned
to his native lower Cape Fear
country, became a civil en
gineer of "usefulness in his
section," and was called to
serve three terms in the state
legislature.
North Carolina has had 61
governors since it became a
state in 1776. More than half
of them have been alumni of
the University at Chapel Hill,
even though it was not until
1814 that this distinguished
alumni procession began with
the election of Governor Wil
liam Miller, a student at
Chapel Hill in 1802-03.
Dan K. Moore, the present
governor and a graduate of the
UNC Class of 1927, is the 31st
alumus to attain the office.
Three other University grad
uates preceded Gover Moore
in the office consecutively:
Terry Sanford '39, Luther H.
Hodges '19, and the late Wil
liam B. Umstead '16.
Governors Honored
Some alumni who became
chief executives of the state
have been honored by the Un
iversity in the naming of its
campus buildings. These in
clude Miller, Swain, Manly,
Vance, Aycock, Gardner, and
Ehringhaus.
Not all of the alumni gov
ernors were graduates of the
University. Some failed to
complete the full four-year
brants tomorrow. The event will be the christining ac
tivity for the multi-million dollar, 10,000-seated indoor
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course. In the language to to
day, they became "drop -outs."
Of the 31 UNC alumni
who were elected governor, j
only 16 earned a degree at i
Chapel Hill. Seven of this 16 j
have served as governor since j
1900, and two of this seven
attained Phi Beta Kappa dis
tinction: Dan K. Moore '27
and the late J. C. B. Ehring
haus '01.
One four-year student who
was graduated from UNC in
the Class of 1818 can be said
to have achieved the top dis
tinction among University
alumni. He was James Knox
Polk, the 11th President of the
United States. His Commence
ment visit to the campus while
he was President was a cele
brated event in 1847.
Another Carolina alumnus
became Vice President of the
United States. He was William
Rufus King, a Chapel Hill stu
dent in 1801-03, who was in
augurated in 1853. Still anoth
er, William A. Graham, a
graduate of 1824, was elected
presiding officer of the U. S.
Senate. More than 25 alumni
have been U. S. senators, most
of them representing North
Carolina. Incumbent Senator
San J. Ervin, Jr., was grad
uated from the University in
1917.
More than a hundred alum
ni have been elected to the
U. S. House of Representa
tives. Of -this number, these
seven are now serving in the
89th Congress: Lawrence H.
Fountain '34, David N. Hen
derson, '49, Harold D. Cooley
'20, Charles R. Jonas '25, and
James T. Broyhill '50, all
from North Carolina, and John
L. McMillan '22, a Democrat
from South Carolina, and Wil
liam C. Cramer '46, a Repub
lican from Florida.
Cabinet Members
University of North Caro
lina alumni have filled a doz
en cabinet posts, the most re
cent being former Secretary
of Commerce Luther H.
Hodges '19. Kenneth C. Royall
'14, now a distinguished New
York attorney, was Secretary
of War when that post carried
cabinet rank, and later served
as the nation's first Secretary
of the Army.
Gordon Gray '30, also, was
Secretary of the Army before
he became president of the
University in 1950. Carolina
alumni seem to have concen
trated on the Navy porfolio.
These five had been Secretary
of the Navy: John Branch,
AB 1801; William A. Graham,
AB 1824; James C. Dobbin,
1858-59; John Y. Mason, AB
1816; and Josephus Daniels,
1884-85. Mason was also at
torney general.
Additional alumni have
held or are now holding other
positions of trust in high lev
els of the federal government.
James E. Webb of the Class of
1928 is head of the National
Aeronautics and Space Ad
ministration. (It can be claim
ed that all the U. S. astro
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By ROBERT W. SPEARMAN
Student life at the Univer
sity of North Carolina began
in 1795 under the strict super
vision of the faculty. Shortly
after the University's found
ing, the trustees drew up a
set of laws to regulate the
students in minute detail
They were to rise at dawn
were confined to their lodg
ings after eight o'clock each
night. Never were they to go
out of sight of the buildings or
out of the sound of the bell.
Students were not to: "Use
profane language, keep 'ar
dent' spirits in their rooms;
associate with evil company;
keep dogs or firearms; bet on
horse races; use indecent ges
tures; or speak disrespect
fully of religion."
These rules were to be en
forced by the faculty, anekpro
fessors were designated to vis
it rooms twice each day for
inspection.
But the early Spartan re
gime implied by these regula
tions never appealed to the
students. Rebellion was the
result and it was usually di
rected against the faculty. On
one occasion a professor's
room was "flooded with toad
frogs and terrapins, and again
a beehive was placed in his
room and at the same time his
bed was filled with hair."
The records of late 1798 tell
u sthat students "beat a Pro
fessor Gillespie personally,
way - laid and stoned Mr.
Webb, accosted Mr. Flinn
with the intention of beating
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him, but were diverted from it
and at length uttered violent
threats against Mr. Murphy
and Mr. Caldwell."
Early Cheating
Classroom cheating prevail
ed along with the violence.
One account tells that a favo
rite student trick was to low
er examination questions
through a knothole in the floor
to a closet below, where co
horts were armed with text
books to supply correct an
swers. But even in these early tu
multuous early years came
the beginnings of student re
sponsibility for student con
duct. In 1795 students organ
ized "The Debating Society"
which soon split into two
groups known as the Dialect
ic and the Philanthropic so
cieties. As early as 1799 a stu
dent named John Wynn was
sentenced to "total and final
expulsion from the Dialectic
Society" for "extravagant
breaches of conduct . . . and
criminal indulgences."
Since every student at the
time belonged to either the Di
or the Phi, Wynn had no
choice but to leave the Univer
sity. This incident appears to
be the first example of an
American college student be
ing expelled by the indepen
dent action of his fellows. The
Societies took anoter step for
ward in 1807 when University
President Caldwell guaranteed
their right to prohibit faculty
attendance at their meetings.
The Societies continued as
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By PETE IVEY
Director UNC News Bureau
The 12,419 students in the University arc invited
to attend the Convocation in the new Carnuchacl
Auditorium tomorrow at 2 p.m.
Major emphasis of the day is on students, ar.d
the academic life of the University. Students and
former students, the 65.000 alumni of the University
at Chapel Hill, will be recognized for achievements
at the afternoon and evening events.
Prof. William Geer has announced cooperation
and enthusiastic participation by students in all sec
tions of the campus. Faculty members and their wives
have been invited to more than 60 dormitory residence
halls, fraternities and sororities at the "open house"
activities beginning at 4 p.m.
A large number of students 1:30 p.m. Faculty asscm-
are expected also at the big
barbecue on Emerson Field
beginning at 6 p.m. Hundreds
have already bought tickets
for the $1.50 a plate chicken
and pig barbecue.
The fireworks display will
begin prior to the conclusion
of the barbecue servings
just after dark.
A combo will provide music
for the students, faculty and
townspeople get - together at
Emerson.
An after - barbecue event
will be folksinger Glen Yar
brough's concert at Woollen
Gymnasium at 9 p.m.
The Ackland Art Center will
have exhibits in recognition
of the founding of the Uni
versity. The complete list of events
for the day, announced by
Prof. Joseph C. Sloane, fol
lows: an important influence in stu
dent life throughout the suc
ceeding decades, but the peak
of their importance came
when the University was re
opened after Reconstruction
in 1875. At that time the
Honor System was inaugu
rated and the Socieities be
came responsible for its en
forcement. Between 1879-1883 one case
of cheating arose. It was
heard by the society of which
the accused student was a
member and he was perman
ently dismissed from the Uni
versity. In 1885 the Trustees
strengthened the hands of the
Societies bv requiring corn-
pulsory membership for all
savp law and medical stu
dents. They authorized the
faculty to expel any student
from the University who was
expelled by the Socieities.
SG Reorganized
But with the increasing
number of professional stu
dents. Society influence
waned, and student govern
ment was reorganized in 1904
with the creation of the Uni
versity Council. Membership
on this council was composed
of class presidents, represen
tatives from the professional
schools, and other represen
tatives chosen by the Council
itself.
The name of this body was
soon changed to the Student
Council, and on May 30, 1910
the trustees formally recog
nized it as the official student
governing body. Provision was
made for students convicted
by the Council to appeal to the
faculty.
In the 1930's the Faculty
Executive Committee recom
mended to the faculty that
"all cases arising under the
honor system be handled by
the Student Council." Accord
ing to the records, the fac
ulty "approved the recom
mendation without a dissent
ing vote."
The '30's saw the creation
of the office of the student
body vice - president and the
emergence of the two student
political parties, the Univer
sitjTParty and the Student
Party. By 1933, students were
strongly dissatisfied with the
non-representative and exclus
ive nature of the Student Coun
cil which then served as a
judicial, executive, and legis
lature body. The result was
the founding of the Student
Legislature in the fall of 1938.
Post-w ar Vets
The post-war period saw the
influx of great numbers of
bles at Bell Tower for proces-
sion to Carmichael Auditori
um.
2:00 p.m. Convocation.
W. D. Carmichael Jr. Audi
torium. Presiding: Prof. Cory
don P. Spruill, Faculty Chair
man Address: Chancellor Paul
F. Sharp. (Program of con
vocation also includes words
from representatives of alum
ni, students, faculty. Music by
bands, glee clubs, chorales,
trumpeters).
4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Open house in dormitories,
fraternities, sororities.
6:00 to 7:30 p.m. Barbe
cue at Emerson Field.
7:30 p.m. (approximately)
Fireworks. Combo playing
from 6 to 7:30.
9:00 p.m. Glen Yarbrough,
folk singer, Woollen Gymnasi
um, through auspices of Gra
ham Memorial.
veterans. The demands upon
student government increased
and the need for formal writ
ten law became clear. In 1946
the first written student con
stitution was adopted.
This document established
three separate branches of
government the executive,
the legislative and the judic
ial. The Men's Honor Council
and the Women's Honor Coun
cil were the principal judicial
organs and provision was
made for lower courts to
"handle minor cases." With a
few minor changes, student
government has retained this
basic structure.
Thus in the late 19th and
and early 20th centuries,
me grow in oi siuaeni govern
ment was synonymous with
the growth of student respon
sibility for student conduct. In
the late '30's, however, the
concerns and responsibilities
of student government began
to broaden to include academ
ic reform, civil rights and
statewide political issues. This
trend was accelerated by the
creation of the legislature in
1338 and the sharp division of
powers in the 1946 constitu
tion. (Continued on Page 5j
U-Day Issue
Today The Daily Tar Heel
is publishing a special Uni
versity Day issue. The arti
cles and pictures in this pa
per tell the story of the manv
facets of UNC.
The lead story concerns to
morrow's ceremonies hononr.
Chancellor Paul Sharp. Also
on page one are stories of Car
olina athletics, by Bob Quir.cy,
the history of student life a.vi
government, by Robert Spear
man, and an account of sorr.e
of UNC's distinguished alum
ni, by J. Maryon Saunders.
Page two has John Allcott's
history of the development of
campus architecture. On page
three are a story on Univer
sity collections by William S.
Powell, and a description of
the structure of the Ur.ner-.v
by J. C. Sitterson.
Page four features Robert B.
House's history of the Univer
sity and the town of Chapel
Hill, James L. Godfrev's
sketches of some outstanding
faculty members, and Dwight
W. Rhyne's account of the
University's service to
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state.
Walter Spearman's
on Carolina's contributi
the art? and h..-,v t ,
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