Here’s the staff of the “Carolina Magazine,” monthly literary-humorous publication at the University.
They’re engaged in checking last-minute details of the 100th anniversary edition, which has just come off the
press. Seated, left to right: Ernie Frankel, of Charlotte, staff writer and a member of the editorial board; Ben
McKinnon, of Maxton, humor editor; Richard Adler, of New York City, literary editor, and Olive Price Char¬
ters, of Gainesville, Ga., business manager-elect. Standing same order: Larry Dale, of Hornell, N. Y., staff
writer and member of the editorial board; Sara Yokloy, of Mt. Airy, staff writer and secretary; Morton Cantor,
of Brooklyn, N. Y., staff writer; Leo Winters, of New York City, office boy; Henry Moll, also of New York,
former editor who serves as editorial adviser, and H. C. Cranford, of Durham, editor-elect. (Photo by Bishopric.)
The Carolina magazine
II has had ai more or less tempestuous
career during its century of existence, but.
like the phoenix, it has always emerged
from the ashes with renewed life.
A CENTURY of literary develop-
. incut ar the University of North
■ Carolina is reviewed in the
100th anniversary issue of the student
magazine being distributed this week.
The speeinl 18-page edition of the
I Jiirolimi. Magazine, oldest college pub¬
lication in the state and one of the six
oldest such periodicals in the nation,
is dedicated to students at the Uni¬
versity who have fought to keep it
alive since VoL 1, No. 1 rolled off
the prcv«ee on a cold March morning
in 1844.
The initial issue was a project of
the senior class. The six- editors, all
.-••niora with the exception of one
II;/ II. C. (KAMOIIIi
graduate student whose name is not
known, were Rnliert II. Cowan, of
Wilmington; K. DoB. Covington, of
Richmond County; Samuel F. Phil¬
lips, of Chapel Hill; dames S. John¬
son, of Halifax County; and L. C.
Edwards, of Person County.
Cowan, Covington, and Phillips
represented the Dialectic Society; and
Johnson, Edwards and the unknown
graduate student served as representa¬
tives of the Philanthropic Society.
The two societies had been selected by
the senior class to assume control of
the Magazine.
Publication continued without hitch
until July when the lirst board of
editors took leave of their duties ex¬
pressing fears for the future.
Л
goal
of 500 subscriptions had Imcn only
half realized and few students had
made contributions.
The prophesies of the outgoing edi¬
tors were recalled when the August
issue failed to appear. In September,
though, a consolidated number of 96
pages was sent out. Regular issues
each containing an editorial lament¬
ing the lack of support, continued
