Volume X
Number 50
May 15
1943
THE STATE
A Weekly Survey of North Carolina
Entered ■■ mailer. June I. IMS. al lb*
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-nd-r Ihe Art of March 3, I -JO
Old Laws at the University
Tht*rc wore* iii.my restrictions phiood upon
l ho behaviour of students a couple of gener¬
al loirs ago. and strange* lo say. most of
llie*se* laws have never l»e*e*ii revoke*el.
ANCIENT I.AWS and regulation*
. which
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governed •indent* at
kiln* I 'niviM-.il
у
of North Caro-
I inn provide n n interesting
«чт
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with the celebrated liberalism which
now prevail' oil the campus.
Many of l In* old nets and ordi¬
nances. now dust-coated and lime*
•milled ill tile basement of llie library
building, have never been revoked.
Typical of the laws is one whieli
hold* that any .indent found on the
cn in pus after !• o’elock at night will
bo subject to punishment. This was
obvoiusly designed by llie ndmiiiistra-
t ion to discourage the jHipulnr pas¬
time known
»•
*V parking.”
\notber act declares that tliere shall
be no slionling, whistling, dancing <>r
any boisterous noise pennilled in the
passages, room*. i*r from the windows
of dorms.
This f inlay would mean fhni a stu¬
dent on the first floor wlm called a
seoolid-story resilient I" llie telephone
would be liable !<• punishment and |mis-
•ible fine.
Passed in 1857
These old regulations, adopted by
tin* legislature and the I’liiversity
hoard of trustee., were pa-cd in ls.'iT
and have not been republi.liisl since
the University rco|>encd in !'*."> fol¬
lowing the Civil War.
From XovoiiiIht I i<* Kebrmiry In.
•Indent, must attend prayer. Ill 0:4
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a. hi. and at sunrise on other day..
So «ays an art of the legislature. Hut
just how one might enforce the law
i. not PXplnilleil.
Other regulation, provide that:
Student, may not mine to ehl"
early Iri’aiW’ .indent, may not la* al
the door of recitation room or within
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i«. loitering about the door, or passages
of the building before the Udl rings.
Student' 'ball not recline or lounge
on elassrooin lienche- or be employed
ill eating or rending during class pe¬
riod except at a time when the i list rue-
tor shall direct.
No Games of Chance
No person -liall -et up. keep, or
maintain at Chapel Mill or within
five miles thereof any public billiard
01 game table of any kind at which
games of chance may
!«•
played. (Thi.
ordinance is still imposed and the
city fathers point with pride to the
fact that Chapel Hill ha- never had
a l-d ball.)
The Carolina ami Pickwick thea¬
tres and the Pla.viiiakers, under law.
could not give public performance,
witbout written permission ,,f the
Pre.ident of the University at Iea*t
several days before the event.
This act further state, that no per¬
son. without permission in writing ob¬
tained from the president of the Uni¬
versity, *lmll exhibit in Chapel Hill
or within five miles of it any theatri¬
cals, sleight-of-hand, e.|ii<'.triiin per¬
formances, light-rn|ie, dramnlie recita¬
tions. natural or artificial curiosities,
or any concert, serenade, or perform¬
ance in music, singing or dancing.
Designed to dc-cmplui'i/e the politi¬
cal aspect of -indent elections wa.' a
law which prohibit < any candidate
lor a campus office passing "in cigars
or buying soft drink- to gain vote*.
“No person within two miles of
Chapel Hill shall give or furnish any
elect ionceriug treat «>r eiilertainineni."
the law declare».
Student |Miullrv endeavor wa-
frotniol upon.
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act .tale, that no
(Conlmiirtl Oil IUHIi' I It'l'lll 11-four)
THE COVER PICTURE
An unposed picture of Bunn
Hearn, baseball coach at the
University of North Carolina.
Bunn looks as though he were
yelling at one of his players to
“Step in there and sock it!
This makes Coach Hearn’s
34th year in baseball as pro¬
fessional player, manager and
college coach. He began his
major league career in 1910.
