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

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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

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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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Rosenthal Building and Anna Howard Shaw Dormitory at Greensboro nation, and even the world. Great statesmen, brilliant scientists, farmers, ministers, talented artists, manufacturers, bankers, merchants, lawyers, skilled surgeons, famous journalists, prominent playwrights, eminent, jurists, well-known novelists proudly claim this division of the University as their alma mater. The branch at Raleigh was founded in IS 87 as the North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. In 1917 the General Assembly changed the name to The Xorth Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering, which name it retained until the Consolidation Act in 1931. The college is made up of five schools: the School of Agriculture, the School of Engineering, the School of Education, the School of Science and Business, and the Textile School. The institution has twenty-seven buildings on the cam- pus, exclusive of barns, greenhouses, and poultry plants of the School of Agriculture and has an enrollment of approximately two thousand students. The Woman ' s College in Greensboro celebrated its fortieth birthday in April. Charles Duncan Mclver, a graduate of the University, was the founder and first president of this institution. From the very beginning this college flourished and rapidly climbed to a commanding posi- tion among the woman ' s colleges of the nation. Today it enjoys a most enviable reputation and each year draws more and more students from other states and foreign countries. The enrollment now is well over 4 £f ...,«■ ' 2,500 students, who are registered in the College of Liberal Arts and Science, the School of Education, the School of Music, and the School of Home Economics. More than one hundred acres of improved and wooded land comprise the college ' s holdings, valued with the forty-four buildings at more than $6,000,000. The State of North Carolina has truly fostered three fine institutions of higher education, each of which has risen to great heights. It was found, however, that there was much duplication of instruction, which might be eliminated by consolidation. In the Greater Uni- versity of North Carolina facilities for the various branches of instruction will be able to be concentrated at one of the three divisions instead of being scattered in all three. The State College at Raleigh will now ■m ra p— — ft 1 1 Hill Memorial. Library at Raleigh Twenty-one