University of North Carolina Greensboro - Pine Needles Yearbook (Greensboro, NC)

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To Remember Seniors and Commercials had June in their hearts — jobs and the future were very real. Juniors looked on enviously, as they waited for their day to come. The Sopho- mores gloried in the newness of belonging to a jacket, and the Freshmen waited gaily for those privileges that would soon be theirs. K,,l «» ! , , ,. huilil lh,,r , , ■ .i » . 0$euiatOrj alut ' .

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Writ Hallrmim houirt dUplaml f The Davs To most OF us the rain and the classes were old stuff, but to some of us it was new. We watched this year, as Hazel took her toll of our campus greenery, and classes took their toll of good grades. In spite of ourselves, wasn ' t 1954-55 a good year?

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mmiMJO Woman ' s College and the State of North Carolina have been blessed with a tradition of remarkable leadership in our governors. Both as Chief Executive of the State and as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the University of North Carolina. Governor William Bradley Umstead fulfilled with distinction the trust of public service to which his life was dedicated. A graduate of the University in the class of 1916. and member of a North Carolina family long prominent in public affairs. William Bradley Umstead so ordered his career as to bring his great strength and talents most effec- tively to bear on the welfare of our people. As a young man, he first taught in the public schools and then served with the United States Army during the First World War. Next came the legal training which was to serve him so well in public life. Entering politics as prosecuting attorney in county court, he later became Solicitor of the Tenth Judicial District. Congressman from the Sixth Congressional District. United States Senator, and eventually Governor. Courage and devotion to duty were foremost among the qualities oi character that predestined William Bradley Umstead for leadership. It was typical of the man that a grave illness, which struck him just as he embarked on his responsibilities as Governor, in no way deterred him from his resolu- tion to fulfill the exacting duties of the highest office that his State could give him. In the year and a half that was left to him before he died in unselfish service, the mark of greatness was clearly evident upon his record. Our loss of his leadership at the height of his career is immeasurable. But many generations will share with us the testament of his enduring contribu- tions to the welfare of North Carolina, her University, and her people.