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Page 26 text:
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in this, time of crisis, when democracy is meeting grave trials in many parts of the world, Doctor Graham has given to us and the American People a magnificent statement of American Democracy and ideals. The following citation has been acclaimed by many the most concise and complete statement of democracy ever spoken. It was delivered by President Graham when he bestowed an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws on President Franklin D. Roosevelt in Chapel Hill, December 5, 1938. We, the class of 1940, may ever hold this before us and use it as a goal to be reached in our lives which stretch out before us: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the University of North Carolina welcomes you, not only as the leader of the people of America boldly groping fir a way out of economic depressions but also as the leader of the people of the world valiantly hoping for a way forward from democratic retreat and international despair. Through your leadership the voice and ideals of America are counting on the side of oppressed minorities and disin- herited majorities. The America for which you gallantly speak, inclusive of factions and parties, stands for the freedom of open and wide discussion of all issues and a fair hearing to all sides; for the ways of peace and democracy rather than of war and dictatorship; for a new hope to youth and a more equal educational opportunity to all the children in all the states ; for the right to honest work whether in private industry or on public works ; for humane nation-wide minimum standards of hours, wages and conditions of fair competition in justice to workers and business men; for money as the medium of exchange rather than as master of labor and enterprise; for the saving of our soils, minerals, forests, and water- powers; for the security of banks, farms, industries, and homes; for farmers as equal partners in our economic society; for the advancement of American democracy by more equality of bargaining power through the organization of workers, the THE PRESIDENT cooperation of farmers and information of consumers ; for social securit) ' against old age, unemployment, sickness, and the hazards of modern society; for intelligent production as a way of abundance and decent consumption as a way of life; and for a more abundant distribution of the good life for all people in the eternal adventure toward the Kingdom of God. In appreciation of the democratic faith and the humane hopes your American leadership gives to the people of the world in this time of crisis and bewilderment, the University of North Carolina, by the vote of the faculty and the trustees, confers upon you the degree of Doctor of Laws.
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Page 27 text:
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«Z . J ' yank J ortei Lji an am President Graham of the University of North Carolina is not long in becoming Dr. Frank to his students, and they Susie Jones and Sam Smith to him. His ability to remember names, his mischievous sense of humor, and his deep insight into student problems are only a few of his endearing qualities. He is an integral and inseparable part of the Carolina tradition. His greatest pride is in being every student ' s little friend . 23
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