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The year the war began at UNC
By JIMMY WALLACE
It was September, 23, 1942 and the
Daily Tar Heel announced that "Wartime
Carolina Opens Doors on 149th Year."
It was to be a long year and a year
of world war. Following are a few
glimpses of some of the names and
the events.
As classes began, BERT BENNETT,
STEVE PECK and SAM GAMBILL
w ere presiding over Student
G ov ern m ent. . .HUGH MORTON,
Yackety-Yack Editor, was leaving for
the Army. . .The Germans were making
some small gains in the battle of
Stalingrad. . .Sound and Fury was
starting the season with an "uproarious"
show. . .Campus Radio was beginning
to broadcast that "quarter". . .The Tar
Heels were girding for Wake
Forest. . By-lines appearing in the first
issue of the DTH, some for the first
time, read quite well 25 years
Reunion
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Cogs in the Reunion planning for the 25th Reunion have been W. J. Smith, Jr.
(left) and Bill Cherry (right) from Charlotte and Chapel Hill, respectively. Smith
is General Chairman; Cherry is in charge of local arrangements. Both men are
bankers.
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Victorious politicoes
TLirty-foTur hundred eJisp'lle student voters in elections April IS, 1042
balloted alter fierce campaigns, elected principally University Party
candidates. Winners and their party endorsements clockwise, starting iat
upper left corner with Bert Bennett UP)f 'staient bciy president; TV. J.
Smith, legislature speaker (both) (and genera! clxalrman of tto 43 re
union); Mary Marsha Hood, women's government; ftlary UlcCcmie
women's athletic association; PXsry Cchb, YWCA; Jsi Thcmas, YI.ICAj
Bob pence, class president (SP); Mike Carr, J;rai3r class president (SP);
Charlie Davis, sophomore president (UP): Dave Barks dale, athletic ssso-
elation (and football -cap tab) (toth); Ben JLIcSfcncn, Tar
exLlor (IXD); Syivca M?yerr Carolina Magasss editor (UP); H?i
Morten, Yackety-Yack editor bcth); Vernom "Becky" Karward, eltcr
Tar Heel (both); Sam GamtHl, stndert tody stcretsry-treaszrer (UP);
Steve Peck, vice-president (UP). ,
Valiant opponents were Kolart ?.lcHeever, president; PdcLard Jlailey,
vice-president; Boa Nicholson, sccretary-treasnrer; Harley Kisoxe, raag
aiine; Pvandy Hamilton and Charles Colby, Tar V Feathers; Jack Hark
ham, senior class president; Hansen HaD, jnlsr class; Mac Earle,
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later . .BUCKY HARWARD, BOB
HOKE, WE STY FENHAGEN, BILL
WOESTENDIECK, WALTER KLEIN,
BILLY WEBB, HENRY MOLL, SYLVAN
MEYER, HAYDON CARRUTH, JUD
KINBERG. . .Many of them are still
in the newspaper business. . .The UNC
Airport was speeding up its pilot training
program for the Navy. . .56 faculty
members had been lost to the
military. . .JIM TATUM was football
coach . . . Prof KOCH announced a new
telate of Playtnaker productions.. .All
the above in the first issue of the
DTH 20 pages. . .September 25 . .First
Pep Rally. . .DENNY HAMMOND,
president of the University
Club. . .FRANK ASPAUCH, Head
Che erleader. . .PAUL KOMISARUK,
JACK DUBE and WALTER DAMTOFT
make their appearance on the DTH edit
page. . FRANK GRAHAM calls the
University the "Strategic Center of Total
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War" . . . UNC 6, WF 0 ... Big guns
JOE AUSTIN and MIKE COOK . . .
HUNT HOBBS and Acting Editor of the
Yackety-Yack. . .New German drive on
unconnected, flood the building.
October 1 . . . Total registration 3,317
at last count. . . Navy loses two more
ship in the Solomons. . . Tar Heels 18,
SC 6 . . . Campus salvage drive
launched . . BOB SPENCE . named
chairman. . . ERNIE FRANKEL shows
up on the edit page. . . DICK ADLER
organizes the Carolina W o r k s h op
Council . . . UNC 0, Fordham
0 . . . E. J. WOODHOUSE leads a bull
session in room 5; Steele on whether
18 and 19 year olds should be
drafted. ..Scrap the campus "keep off
the grass" chains say CARRUTH and
MEYER (and it happened the very next
day, and Meyer looked out the window
and said something about the power
of press-JW, eye witness).
October 17. Thanksgiving holidays
cancelled. Railroad problem. . . UNC 13,
Duquesne 6. . . 18 year olds to be
drafted. Students jam war office to enlist
in reserve units . . . State ramnaps
Rameses. . .Alex T e m p 1 et on to
play . . Tulane 29, UNC 14. . Japs sink
the Wasp. Playmakers give "Arsenic
Rommel". .". State 21, UNC 14.. . Kate
Smith to sing for the Naval Pre-flight
Cadets (and what a concert 'that was
JW-eye witness). . . BILLY M Y E RS
spearheads 43-14 v i c tory over
D av i ds on . . . B lu e' Dolphins'
HAMMOND, GEORGE COHEXAD, BOB
OUSLEY gain national recognition as
swimmers. . . Duke 13, UNC 13. . .UNC
28, Va. 13. . 16 tons of scrap iron
finally collected. 0. 0. "Scrappy"
Kessing, Pre-flight School Commanding
Officer, leaves for active duty. John
Graff takes over. . . S U F in the "War
Chest Follies." -
December 1. Jim Tatum enters the
Navy . . . The "White Phantoms" to play
17 games. . . KOCH reads Christmas
Carol. His 230th performance. . BEN
SNYDER replaces Hobbs on Yackety
Yack . . Carolina Political Union panel
on "What are we fighting for" features
RONLAND (PETE) PARKER, Dean of
Men, JIM GODFREY, Professor of
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Carolina's lure, old friendships
bring large contingent home again
Hey! We're back.
The 25th reunion of the class of 1943 brings back to Chapel Hill
this weekend several hundred who started at the University in 1939,
who joined the class along the way or who graduated in a later class
but still claim this one.
As is only right.
With General Chairman W. J. Smith,
Winston-Salem, coordinating, the re
union committee's work comes to frui
tion these two days, May 31 and June 1.
Other chairmen are Bert Bennett, Winston-Salem,
finances; Bill Cherry, Chap
el Hill, arrangements; Hugh Morton
WUmington, Yackety-Yack; Sylvan Mey
er, Gainesville, Gr., The Daily Tar Heel
special edition.
Both Smith and Bob Spence, Smith
field, permanent president of the class,
sent special greetings to returning '43
ers, welcoming them back to an ever
changing but never different campus.
Registration began Friday morning
with residence allocations in Morrison
Hall from the Alumni Office and gen
er registration at Chase Hall.
The first scheduled event is 5 pjn.
Friday with a buffet supper and assort
ed concommitants at the Chapel Hill
Country Club.
Headquarters is open all day Satur
day, with a Chase Dining Hall lunch
joined by "remembered professors;" a
cocktail party in the afternoon follow
ed by the Silver Anniversary banquet
at Chase at 7 pjn. Dick Adler, a class
7 mate famed for " his c?-authorship of"
"Damn Yankees" and 'Tajama Game,"
as well as other show business success
es, will be master of ceremonies. Sat
urday at 9 a.m. '43ers are invited to
the opening of the Alumni-Student-Fa-"
culty conference on "The State of the
University" at the Morehead Building.
Three panel discussions, at 9:45, 11:30
and 2 p.m., will deal with the Univer
sity, teaching and student life.
Sunday and Monday are baccalaure
ate and graduation days and are open
to all. The Annual Alumni luncheon
Monday at 12:30, Chase, will see
George Watts Carr, '40, Durham install
ed as president-elect for 1968-69.
. All those older people on the cam
pus belong to other classes. There are 13
reunions going on simultaneously in
cluding the fiftieth for the class of 1913
and the fifth for the class of '63. Alum
ni Secretary J. Maryon "Spike" Saund
ers and his staff perform as grand co
ordinators, somehow giving each class
the impression its is the only reunion
in progress.
There were 799 degrees awarded in
the regular and "little" commence
ments of 1943, almost 200 less than in
1942 because of World War IPs drain
on student enrollments. Of those, 626
were awarded in the spring and 173
the previous August.
Yet, more than 1,000 persons iden
tify with the class of 1943.
Serving with Bob Spence as class of
ficers are Steve Karres and Cecil Hill.
(Photos page 4).
In January, 48 members of the class
gathered at Chapel Hill for a reunion
planning session. They were:
Adams, Clarence L, Raleigh; Aus
tin, Joe, Albemarle; Bell, C. Ritchie,
Chapel Hill; Bennett, Bert L. Jr. Winston-Salem;
Bourne, John R., Rocky
Mount; Brewer, Marsha Hood, Pink
Hill; Byleriy, Guy L. Jr., Charlotte;
Carter, W. Horace, Tabor City; Camp
bell, Charles W., Reidsville; Cherry,
William R., Chapel Hill; Colton, Marie
Walters, Ashevffle; Dill, Thomas G.,
(wife Ann Fountain '43), Rocky Mount.
Ellis, Thomas G. (wife Jinnette Hood
'43) Raleigh; HflL Cecil Jr., Brevard;
George, Claude S. Jr., Chapel Hill; Gib
bons, Lemuel H. Wilson; Henley, John
T., Hope Milles; Holmes, James E. Jr.,
Winston-Salem; Johannesen, Dell Bush,
Sanford and Johnston, Charles W., Chap
el HILL
Also, Kirby, James R. Wilson;
Lackey,' William R., Winston-Salem;
Littleton, Isaac T. ni, Raleigh; Meyer,
Sylvan H., Gainesville, Ga. Reaves,
Charles 11. (wife Holly Smith 43) El
kin; Neel, William S., Mooresville;
Penick, Dr. George D., Chapel Hill;
Phillips, A. Craig (wife Mary Martha
Cobb '43) Greensboro; Railey, Richard
E. (Mimi & John), Courtland, Va.;
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Schafer, Leon I. (Bruce, Peggy & Ran
die) Raleigh; Spence, Robert A., Smith
field; Smith, W. J. Jr., Charlotte;
Thomas, John H., Greeapboro; Tbor
burn, V. Bruce, Greensboro; Webb,
T T. Jr. (Toby) Albemarle; Wilson,
John A., Wilson Mills; Wolfe, Dan H.
Jr.. Charlotte.
Dr. Frank Graham gives
'43 paean to hill tradition
By DR. FRANK P. GRAHAM
The members of the Class of 1943 were here at the difficult
beginning of the Second World War. In 1968, you are here for your
twenty-fifth reunion at the difficult beginning of what we hope will
be the ending of the war in Viet Nam.
As I look in (he faces and scan
the lively fevehts recorded in your own
Yackety Yack, a tidal wave of previous
memories of you and your stirring years
together 5nscholaxry, athletic and cam
pus affairs, prompts me gratefully to
recall in thi3 fragmentary note that
you, your college mates, and your
generation around the globe, won the
Second War.
Some 30,000 youths, including the Pre
Flight School cadets, trained here on
their way to the farthest fronts. Many
of you dear to us all never returned
from the Atlantic-AMcan-European and
Pacific-Asian fronts. They gave in the
promising bloom of their youth "the
last full measure of devotion" in the
struggle against Nazi racism and its
tyranny across the far reaches of a
threatened world.
From the time of the knock-out blows
at Pearl Harbor, you put your lives
on the line in Africa, the Normandy
beaches, the drives across France and
Germany, the perilous Pacific seas,
heroic islands and the hazardous air,
all the way from Midway to Guadalcanal
to Okinawa, the last gateway to Japan
where the curtain fell on the final scenes
of the tragic drama. Out of it all was
born the United Nations without which
there would probably have been a third
world war and which today stands in
dire need of more adequate support
and strength in ministering to the needs
of the people in the nuclear ag..
Today on the home front you are
in the forward lines of the struggle
for the equal freedom and dignity of
people in increasing response to the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
mothered through the United Nations
by a great American lady who became
in her lifetime the first woman of the
,wTorld.
Your Alma Mater which obeyed the
law of the land as it then stood by
actions of the Supreme Court
nevertheless sought to prepare your
minds and hearts for the times which
were ultimately to come in new lecisions
of the Supreme Court as the law of
the land in all the States for equal
justice under law in progressive fulfill
ment of the principles of the great
Declaration of Independence for which
the American Revolution was fought and
its promises made for all people.
As we recall together it was through
your further development of student
governments of men and women, cam
puswide campaigns and elections, student
publications, the student legislature, in
terdormitory, interfraternity, sorority,
and town councils and open forums of
traditionally established student
organizations you did a vital part toward
making this place one of the freest,
most responsible, and joyous campus
democracies in the university world.
In preserving this heritage of
scholarship, life and liberty as part of
the hope of all Americans, the elected
student leaders of the present gneration,
instead of violent recourse to the streets
in violation cf the civil liberties and
rights of other people, had nonviolent
recourse to the courts in due process
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by Hugh Morton's camera
of law. They won a unanimous decision
of the court for traditionally free open
forums for hearing all sides of con
troversial issues as a part of the
American Bill of Rights and the educa
tional process." 1
May 1 say again, in humility and
pride in your lives here and in the
enterprises and civic affairs of the times,
that in the venturesome game of life
you will continue to play the game
so hard' and clean that, if you lose,
you will win something bigger than the
game and, if you win, you will not
lose something greater than the vic
tory. As Alma Mater had faith in youth,
you correspondingly responded with your
best. It is our faith that you are con
tinuing to join the manifold University
of the people in Chapel Hill, Raleigh,
Greensboro and . Charlotte, under its
devoted and gallant leadership of Presi
dent, Chancellors, teachers, students,
akimni, trustees, legislators, governors,
and the people, in cooperating with all
the schools, colleges, universities, in
stitutes, the Research Triangle and all
the ?.gencies of people's life, work, and
welfare in building under our invigorating
southern sun in his pleasant land from
the mountains to the sea, one of the
great agricultural, industrial, educa
tional, medical, humane and spiritual
centers of the modern worid.
As you spend your reunion days in
June amid the tremendous expansion
and wholesome growth in seeking the
truth, developing youth and serving the
people, you will miss many faces
precious to you of college mates, pro
fessors, men and women, and the friendly
folk of the town.
You will still find carrying on the
Davie Poplar, laden with the heritage
of other centuries, the Old East, toe
first State university building in America,
the Morehead-Patterson Bell Tower
ringing with the chimes of nostalgic
airs, the Battle Woods, the Coker
Arboreturn, rock walls, ivied halls, the
eloquent Chancellor Emeritus Robert
House, the multiple Louis Wilson, Dudley
Carroll, Henry Brandis, Albert Coaies,
William Aycock, Reece Berryhill,
Fletcher Green. Coryden Spruili J. P.
Harland, Paul Green, Susan Akers,
Harriet Herring, Katharine Jocher,
J. Maryon Saunders, your own vet
eran Alumni Secretary, Carl Durham.
Hubert . Robinson, Morris Mason, Mrs.
Charles Woollen, Mrs. Lyman Gotten,
Alice Noble, Mrs. William P. Carmichael
Jr. and other widows with noble names
dear to you and others retired and no
less representative of the older old
generation and Orville Campbell your
own college mate, here now, carrying
on and expanding the tradition of Louis
Graves in the Chapel Hill Weekly on
guard for the trees, flowers, lore, and
aspirations of mis comrrrurdty.
You have come back to the heritage
and hopes, towers and steeples', the place
and the people, the meaning and the
spirit called Chapel Hill, deep in yjur
own hearts now and evermore.
Devotedly yours,
Frank Graham, 'C9
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