University of North Carolina Chapel Hill - Yackety Yack Yearbook (Chapel Hill, NC)

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This is Doctor Graham ' s last word to those of ' 33. His pres- idency began during our stay here ; may it continue long after us. And may we ever retain the memory of the militant loving- force of our leader. The President ' s Message l s YOU FROM TIME TO TIME TURN THESE PAGES, THE 138th University year wile unroll to your reminiscent eyes. In this your yearbook are your classmates, friends, teachers, events, buildings, trees, flowers, and scenes, preserved with all their associations and joyous memo- RIES. We TRUST THAT THE RECOLLECTIONS AND HOPES WHICH these pages make vivid again will be a spiritual re- source to you wherever you go. you have for alma Mater been a source of strength in the darkest days of this year and a source of hope for the better years to come. Your faith, integrity, courage, training, social and spiritual insights are to become a part of the life of the commonwealth and will enter into the making of the fairer civilization which it will be your cheat responsibility and youb joyous adventure to build. on? hopes and our affection go out to you across the miles and through all the years. ' K-

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A, A D M I N I S T R A T I Governor Ehringhaus greets the University for the first time. As he comes into office, the Uni- versity, state, and nation stand at the cross-roads. May they take the forward path together. The Governor ' s Message 4» lx these difficult days, when the state and its in- stitutions are being sorely tried to meet the spiritual demands upon them with adequate provision from greatly diminished revenues, i greet the friends of the University as workers and burden bearers in a common cause. There is in the present situation a challenge to OIII patriotism which cannot be ignored and to which the traditions and the infinite service of this institu- tion through the years furnish guarantee of adequate response. The pride of the State in its work and service and sacrifice is unlimited. We may face the future in the confident assurance that the state wii.i. not fail to make provision to the utmost of its ability, and that the university will not fail to carry on in spite of any and every difficulty it may encounter.

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X X of the State of 9 North Carolina Provided for by Enactment and put into Effect During the School Year 1932-33 E pluribus unum — a phrase everywhere identified with our great and prolific nation and characterizing the achievement of a union which has changed the course of world history to an immeasurable extent — is now in its connotation more closely identified in the state of North Carolina with the union of our three institutions of higher learning into the Greater University of North Carolina. As the welding of the thirteen separate sovereignties in 1789 resulted in a nation to which the entire world today looks for leader- ship, so will the consolidation of North Carolina College for Women, North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering, and the University of North Carolina in 1931 result in a university which shall be looked toward as the leader in the world of education. Without doubt the three divisions of the University in their separate capacities have in the past enjoyed wide recognition for their eminence in educational fields. The State College at Raleigh has for a long time been looked upon as one of the very finest technological schools in the South, while the Woman ' s College at Greensboro is recognized throughout Dixie as a most exemplary institution for the education of young women. The division of the University at Chapel Hill has long been spoken of in this country and abroad as the light of liberalism in the South, and in acknowledgment of its high position was in 1925 elected to the select American Association of Universities. Cognizant as they were of the excellence of the three units of collegiate educa- tion as separate entities, our wise legislators yet realized that in unity there is strength, and that consolidation of such three fine institutions could re- sult in nothing less than a truly great university repre- sentative of a truly great state. A brief resume of the illustrious history of the three units of the Greater University will serve to in some slight manner show the course of their steady develop- ment. The branch at Chapel Hill was chartered and founded in Washington ' s first administration, taking its place as the first state university in America. The history of this institution is as illustrious as it is long, replete with episodes of courage, patriotism, and sacri- fice. The roll call of its alumni is a succession of names known and respected throughout the state, the Charles B. Aycock Auditorium at Greensboro Twenty