This Day in the History of the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
July
31,
1861
Due to the overwhelming enlistment of students in the Confederate army, faculty members became alarmed over the possibility of not having commencement exercises. The professors "hastened to issue a circular stating that since 1795 there had been no suspension [of commencement] and would not be in the future."Top |
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