The Chapel Hill weekly., 1963-05-26
House "reminiscences
Continued from Page u


Dr.. Henry were fine social COM
pan.Ons as well as working col
leagues, And Mrs. Wilson and
Mrs Henry were known and
loved by the whole community
M,S. Henry is still living in
Chapel Hill with her daughter
Mary Mary is Director OF Cnr-
respondence Courses in the tX-
tension Division. Her brother,
Nat, IS a Professor of English.
Her other Brother, George, is
Bishop of the Episcopal Church
in Western North Carolina. a
sister, Rena, is a physician. DR..
Henry was a Canadian, but he
Contributed greatly through his
family and home to religion and
culture in North Carolina. So dld
D.. Wilson through his home and
his sonS. Thomas Jr is Djre2-
tor of the Harvard University
Press. Pee is i business man
in WnSton-Salem. Marvin was
business man in Edenion.
Dr.. George Howe was Head
of the Department Of Latin. He
came to Carolina by way of
Princeton, tie University OF
Halle, and Oxford University He
was sad TO be the mos! charm
ing lecturer in the University.
But | never studied under HIM
because concentration on my
English MAJOR did not allow any
more time ior Latin |. 90; Wei
acquainted with DR.. Howe when
| was Executive Secretary BY
then Latin ana Greek had been
combined in the Department 0I
Classics ana DR.. Howe became
the Head. He served as Dean
of the College of Liberal Arts
for a while under President
Chase. He was often a member
OF the Faculty Advisory Com
mittae. He worked constantly TO
bring in Archaeology. Art, and
Music. A School OF Fine Arts
was his dream. 1t has not yet
come into Delng as school.
DR.. Howe was a marked man
on the campus in my day 0e-
cause he was the nephew OF
Woodrow Wilson. When Wilson
was nominated in the Demo-
cratic Convention At Baltimore
in l.l2, Dr. Howe and President
NenaDie stayed in the Chapel
Hill telegraph Office all through
the ballOting. Claude league We.
the telegraph operator Nhen
Claude announced Mat wilson had
won Dr. Howe and President
Nenable hugged INN. Then the
three joinea hanas ana danced
all over the flee.
ku,m burlington succeeuef
Wi.our Royster. Edgar Was a
brllLan. grauuate ol Carolina
and OF OXiord a5 a Rh01cS 3tHoi-
2r lie was a graluate stuacht
under GreenlaW while he was
teachng LAIN. lie was one Oh
the ab!est ana most eh-,-.InnS
men OF his Gay here He finally
settled in Law and became 80
hector ol the u. 5. Department
of State.
Edgar burlington was replaced
by Gustavus Adolphus Harrer IN
1915. Gus and Mrs. Harrer at
once became beloved members OF
the whole community. They were
both fine singers. | have written
of them in my sketch on music
in Chapel Hill. Gus Harrer sue
ceeded George Howe as Head OF
the Department of Classics and
as a wise counselor on all UnlVer-
sitv concerns. Harrer was sue
ceeded by Bert L. Ullman. 'one
of the worlds great scholars. he
commutes to Europe on scholarly
missions more frequently than l
90 to Durham. Each spring l
90 with him to welcome Memorial
Hall full of High School students.
They are the Junior Classical
League of which Bert is the lead
ing spirit. Albert l.. Suskln sue
ceeded Ullman as Head.
DR.. Howe offered me the posi-
tion of Licentiate in Latin in
1915. This meant that | was
commissioned to teach students
conditioned in. high-schoOl Latin.
But | was absorbed in my major
then and did not accept the posi-
ton. But after | retired from
Administration in 1857 | taught
Latin Literature in Translation,
alternating with Greek in trans
lation. My text was compiled by
George Howe and Gustav Harrer.
1t contains translations by B. l..
Ullman. And it was revised and
re-edited by Albert l.. Suskin. AS
in English and in Greek, so in
Latin | became a Professor af-
ter all. 1t has been a wonderful
experience.
Latin and Greek have been
mostly avocations with me, since
most of my life has been in ad-
ministration. | could say much
of their value as cultural re-
sources. But | will conclude on
a practical note. In preparing
our lessons over a period of seven