“In Chapel Hill among a friendly folk, this old university, the first state university to open its doors, stands on a hill set in the midst of beautiful forests under the skies that give their color and their charm to the life of youth gathered here . . . there is music in the air of the place.”

-- Frank Porter Graham, President of the University of North Carolina, 1931

 

Source: Inaugural address, November 11, 1931, quoted in Donna B. Clark, Days on the Hill 1995: A Calendar for Tar Heels. Charlotte, N.C.: InfoSupply, 1994.