Angus W. McLean

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1. 1924 Odum's new institute makes county government its first study The Institute for Research in Social Science chose county government as its first project, with E. C. Branson leading researchers who examined forty-three counties. Odum shared the findings in 1925 with Governor McLean's study commission, and McLean put county finance reforms to the 1927 legislature. People: Howard W. Odum, Eugene Cunningham Branson, Paul W. Wager, Angus W. McLean Place: Institute for Research in Social Science, UNC, Chapel Hill · Also named: Angus McLeanSearch the index · Howard E. Covington Jr., The Good Government Man: Albert Coates and the Early Years of the Institute of Government (2018), p. 78
2. 1925 A state pay commission created at Governor McLean's request questions university faculty about their work At McLean's request the 1925 legislature set up a commission on state pay. Its questionnaires asked faculty to account for their working hours and leave, and the attorney general ruled that its work covered university positions. People: Harry Woodburn Chase Place: Chapel HillSearch the index · Howard E. Covington Jr.: Fire and Stone: The Making of the University of North Carolina under Presidents Edward Kidder Graham and Harry Woodburn Chase (2018), p. 322 (pdf 339)
3. 1925 The legislature puts university spending under the governor's budget control Governor Angus W. McLean's plan, passed by the 1925 General Assembly, made the governor director of the budget and chair of a stronger Advisory Budget Commission. Moving money between accounts in an institution's budget now needed approval in Raleigh, and the university's budget stayed under review through the biennium. As both budget director and chair of the trustees, the governor gained far more say over the university. People: Angus W. McLean Place: General Assembly, Raleigh; UNC, Chapel HillSearch the index · Howard E. Covington Jr., Fire and Stone: The Making of the University of North Carolina under Presidents Edward Kidder Graham and Harry Woodburn Chase (2018), pp. 320-322
4. May 1925 Governor McLean cuts the university's appropriation by 5 percent Facing a projected deficit, McLean as budget director cut all state appropriations for the coming year by 5 percent in mid-May. The cut erased the $25,000 increase the legislature had voted, and for the first time in the century the university faced a smaller state appropriation than the year before. People: Angus W. McLean Place: UNC, Chapel HillSearch the index · Howard E. Covington Jr., Fire and Stone: The Making of the University of North Carolina under Presidents Edward Kidder Graham and Harry Woodburn Chase (2018), pp. 321-322
5. June 1925 Trustees raise tuition 20 percent after the governor insists on a balanced budget At their commencement-week meeting the trustees split over what they read as a legislative order to raise tuition. Governor McLean told them they could keep tuition only by cutting the operating budget, and after three hours they voted 38 to 23 for a 20 percent increase. People: Angus W. McLean Place: UNC, Chapel HillSearch the index · Howard E. Covington Jr., Fire and Stone: The Making of the University of North Carolina under Presidents Edward Kidder Graham and Harry Woodburn Chase (2018), p. 323 · Also: Chapel Hill Weekly, June 12, 1925, p. 5
6. October 1925 University Day marks fifty years since the 1875 reopening More than ninety representatives of American colleges joined a procession from the Alumni Building to Memorial Hall, where former commissioner of education Philander P. Claxton spoke. In his first address to the university, Governor McLean called it the head of the state's school system and asked it to help smooth religious and social divisions. People: Harry Woodburn Chase, Edwin Anderson Alderman, Francis Preston Venable, Angus W. McLean Place: Memorial Hall, UNC, Chapel Hill · Also named: Philander P. Claxton · Also mentions: Alumni BuildingSearch the index · Howard E. Covington Jr., Fire and Stone: The Making of the University of North Carolina under Presidents Edward Kidder Graham and Harry Woodburn Chase (2018), pp. 329-330 · Also: Chapel Hill Weekly, October 16, 1925, p. 4
7. June 1926 Commencement moves from midweek to a weekend To draw more alumni, the 1926 exercises were shifted to the weekend for the first time, with a president's reception and an alumni ball added. The 366 graduates heard Richmond editor Douglas Southall Freeman, and Governor McLean received an honorary doctor of laws with a faculty citation that gently mocked his economies. People: Angus W. McLean Place: Memorial Hall, UNC, Chapel Hill · Also named: Douglas Southall FreemanSearch the index · Howard E. Covington Jr., Fire and Stone: The Making of the University of North Carolina under Presidents Edward Kidder Graham and Harry Woodburn Chase (2018), p. 351 · Also: Chapel Hill Weekly, May 14, 1926, p. 1
8. November 24, 1927 Kenan Memorial Stadium is dedicated at the Thanksgiving Day game Before the Thanksgiving Day game with Virginia on November 24 the stadium was presented on behalf of William R. Kenan Jr. and accepted for the state and the University by Governor McLean, with the governor of Virginia and John Sprunt Hill also speaking. The Weekly put the crowd at 28,000, the largest it believed Chapel Hill had ever held, though few could hear the speeches; Carolina won 14 to 13. People: William Rand Kenan Jr., Angus W. McLean, John Sprunt Hill Place: Kenan Memorial Stadium, Chapel Hill · Also named: William R. Kenan Jr.Search the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, November 25, 1927, p. 1