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

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OUR whose affection, loyalty and faithful adherence to the ideals of Carolina make us, the class of ' 39, proud to join their ranks, we wish to dedicate this issue of the YACKETY YAC K

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I H E H I T il E MORE LASTING THAN STDNE ■==. 3 n I have not talked to you of discipline and rules, nor of the great traditions that through the century have hallowed this spot, created by the loving care and sacrifice of the splendid company that have gone before you in this institution. I assume that Its traditions are as precious to you as they are to me, and I commit them to you, whose hehtage they are, in absolute confi- dence that you will not only keep the faith, but transmit it to those who come after you with its light heightened and brightened . . . This college should be and can be the most conspicuous achievement of this people. ' It can be more influential in making actual the dormant and inactive ideals of the State than any in- stitution in the world has been — more serviceable, more admir- able — a genuine triumph of youth and self-mastery, efficient training, and self-government. ' I commit it to you: the ark of the covenant of the fathers, your infinitely precious present possession, the saving hope and heritage of your children and their children ' s children. President Edward Kidder Graham, at the formal opening of the 121st year of the University of North Carolina on September 8, 1915.

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IN MEMDRIAM The University of North Carolina has been made by great men — great men who have given their labor, their lives, their very souls to the development of young men and women. Such men were Henry Van Peters Wilson and Charles Thomas Woollen. Both men have been major factors in the upbuilding of the University from an institution with only a score of professors to its present position. Dr. Wilson has been a guiding hand for students during the past forty-five years. He has moulded the minds of scientists. Controller Woollen has shaped grounds, buildings, scientific equipment. He has been a vital power in expanding the University for the past thirty-seven years. Now both men, through their untiring energy, their true vision of what youth may become, are ideas of true worth, in- spirations for the meaning of life. The students of the University, the citizens of the state mourn their loss. But from their lives there has been gained inspiration which shall be undying.