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1. Early twentieth century · 1900–1944

2. 1908
   Chapel Hill Andrew Henry Patterson becomes the university's professor of physics

   Andrew Henry Patterson, an 1891 graduate of the university, came from the University of Georgia in 1908 to be professor of physics and held the chair for the rest of his life.

3. 1911
   Chapel Hill Andrew Henry Patterson becomes dean of the School of Applied Science

   From 1911 Patterson was also dean of the university's School of Applied Science, a post he held until his death in 1928.

4. between 1914 and 1918
   Chapel Hill Andrew Henry Patterson builds a house on East Franklin Street

   Patterson was one of several faculty members and townspeople who built new homes in the East Franklin Street residential district in these years.

5. November 21, 1918
   Appointment, election or service · Chapel Hill The Chapel Hill Red Cross elects A. H. Patterson chairman at its annual meeting

   At its annual meeting on Thursday, November 21, 1918, the chapter elected Dr. A. H. Patterson chairman, with Alice Noble vice-chairman, Nellie Roberson secretary and Dudley Carroll treasurer. Earlier that fall George Howe had resigned for his duties on the University's Student Army Training Corps committee, and J. M. Bell had taken his place.

6. spring 1919
   Chapel Hill Acting dean of students A. H. Patterson reports on drinking at the spring dances

   When complaints about drinking at the revived spring dances reached President Chase, Patterson, whom Chase had made acting dean of students, blamed most of it on visiting alumni and said there was little he could do about the newer dances.

7. May 10, 1919
   Naming or commemoration · Chapel Hill Chapel Hill welcomes home its World War soldiers alongside Confederate veterans

   On Saturday, May 10, 1919, a parade of Confederate veterans, returned soldiers and sailors, former student soldiers and town groups filled Franklin and Columbia Streets. Over 2,000 people crowded Memorial Hall to hear Archibald Henderson, L. P. McLendon and Joseph Hyde Pratt, with William Cain presiding.

8. May 1921
   Construction or physical change · Chapel of the Cross, East Franklin Street, Chapel Hill The diocesan convention votes to enlarge the Chapel of the Cross

   Meeting in Durham, the Diocese of North Carolina endorsed the parish's building plan and named a fund committee, and the Bishop of East Carolina named another. A July appeal put the cost at $70,000 to lengthen the old church at the chancel end and add a large assembly room behind the Battle Memorial Parish House.

9. December 1925
   Law, policy or court · UNC, Chapel Hill Chase cancels all campus dances after reports of drinking at a Durham dance

   After newspapers described liquor and broken fixtures at a German Club dance at Durham's Washington Duke Hotel following the 1925 Thanksgiving game, the club disciplined twenty-five students and alumni, and Chase called off all campus dances until Easter or later. He followed with a chapel talk urging students not to drink.

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