Table of Content
Contents Introduction, xi PART I. Drawn to Power 1. The Barefoot Son of the Mayor of Dallas, 3 2. The Winds of War, 39 3. Ascent to Power, 62 PART II. Defender of the Purpose 4. The Roaring Lions of Reaction, 95 5. The Wolf's Taking Over, 128 6. Restructuring the University System, 159 7. This Is Bill Friday Country, 186 8. The East Carolina Challenge, 221PART III. The Dilemmas of Power 9. The _Adams_ Court, 249 10. Queen Elizabeth in the Baltimore Orioles Dugout, 277 11. The Chasm May Be Narrow, but It Also Runs Deep, 306 12. Walking Backwards into the Eighties, 338 Conclusion: The Second Education of William Friday, 367 Notes, 387 Bibliography, 459 Acknowledgments, 471 Index, 473 ILLUSTRATIONS Mary Elizabeth Rowan Friday and David Latham Friday, 1919, 5 Dallas School, October 1927, 14 Dallas High School, May 1937, 21 Bill Friday and his father at the Southern Textile Exposition, April 4, 1941, 32 State College commencement, Frank Thompson Gymnasium, June 9, 1941, 35 Ensign William Friday, Spring 1942, 41 U.S. Naval Training School, Notre Dame, June 20, 1942, 47 Friday with Robert Burton House, 66 At Frank Porter Graham's U.S. Senate swearing-in ceremony, March 29, 1949, 72 Friday as Gordon Gray's assistant, 1951, 78 Friday with Luther Hodges, 90 Friday's inauguration as UNC president, May 8, 1957, 96 Ida Friday at Bill Friday's inauguration, May 8, 1957, 97 Friday's UNC administration, 102 Friday and William Aycock, 1964, 113 The Friday family, 1964, 190 Bill and Ida Friday, UNC commencement, June 3, 1963, 192 Friday and John F. Kennedy, UNC Founders Day, Kenan Stadium, October 12, 1961, 201 Friday and Lyndon B. Johnson at the White House, 1968, 207 Carnegie Commission on the Future of Higher Education, Chapel Hill, November 1968, 209 A moment of relaxation, Lake Toxaway, N.C., 1975, 214 With Tom Wicker on _North Carolina People_, 219 Raymond H. Dawson, 279 At the inauguration of C. D. Spangler, 1986, 371 In 'retirement,' 383 Friday and Bill Clinton, UNC Founders Day, Kenan Stadium, October 12, 1993, 385
