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The Red and Black • Friday, September 21, 1990 • 6
Dean Tate will be remembered at prayer service Monday
By LYNN BARFIELD
Staff Writer
Today marks the 10th anniver
sary of the death of one of the Uni
versity’s most beloved and famous
figures, Dean William Tate.
He died of a heart attack Sep
tember 21, 1981 - his 77th
birthday.
Tate’s career at the University
spanned 40 years, beginning as a
scholar and a track star. He was
also a member of Phi Beta Kappa
Honor Society.
Eugene Odum, current director
emeritus of the Institute of
Ecology, said Tate was popular
with students because he was al
ways firm but fair, even though he
was an authority figure.
“He had a genuine interest in
students,” Odum said. “That’s why
he was liked so much.”
Tate’s interest in students was
confirmed in 1946 when he pro
posed the need for a student
center, and wanted to set aside Me
morial Hall for that purpose.
However jPlans for such a center
were put off until 1978, when the
Georgia General Assembly ap
proved a proposal to build the
center. Plans for the center were
submitted to the University Board
of Regents, with a budget of $5 mil
lion in October 1987.
After 16 years of construction
delays, the Dean William Tate Stu
dent Center offically broke ground
November, 1983.
At the opening ceremony, Susan
Francis Tate said the dav would
have been “the best day in his life."
If there was anything he was in
terested in, she said, it was the
welfare of the students.
Louise McBee, former dean of
He had a genuine
interest in students
women and current vice president
emeritus of Academic Affairs, said
Tate’s advice to students today
would be to get the best education
possible.
“I think he would tell students
that no one gives you opportunity,
you must get all the preparation
you can,” McBee said.
The values and ideas that he in
stilled are maintained even today,
said Mark Campbell, president of
Delta Tau Delta fraternity. Tate
was a former president of Delta
Tau Delta and served as advisor
from 1949 until his death.
But members of Delta Tau
Delta, friends, and followers of
Tate will not let him be forgotten.
Campbell and members of Delta
Tau Delta will commemorate
Tate’s contributions to the chapter
in a special prayer service for mem
bers and pledges Monday.
“His many contributions to our
chapter in times of hardship, as
well as celebration, have won him a
place in our hearts forever,” Camp
bell said.
Kenneth England, former dean
of students at Georgia State Uni
versity and a close friend of Tate,
said Tate used to tell new pledges,
“Everywhere you go, you will see a
Delta Tau Delta.”
And during his career as dean of
men, Tate busted a panty raid.
As he stood shining a flashlight
in a young man’s face, the student
replied, "Everywhere you go, you
will see a Delta Tau Delta.”
Dean William Tate: Today marks the ten year anniversary
of his death
Soviet National Debate team to compete at University
By ANGELA HORNSBY
Campus Correspondent
Soviet President Mikhail Gorba
chev’s policy of g l as nos t takes on a
whole new meaning as the Soviet
National Debate team comes to the
University to debate U.S. foreign
policy.
Edward Panetta, assistant pro
fessor of speech communications
and the director of the Debate
Union, said team members will in
clude three Soviets and a Univer
sity student.
He said the student will be
chosen by a panel of judges, and
the team will debate in English.
The debate, which is tentatively
scheduled for Oct. 23, will center
on trust between the governments
of the two countries, Panetta said.
‘That is, U.S. foreign policy
should be one of trust rather than,
let’s say, Ronald Reagan’s verifica
tion stance,” he said.
Panetta said he was referring to
the U.S. government’s refusal to
accept agreements made between
the two countries without varifying
the agreement later.
The Soviet trip is very beneficial
for the University, Panetta said.
‘The team travels to just eight
universities every two years,” he
said. ‘Thus, this is fairly presti
gious for us.”
Panetta said the University was
chosen because it represents a
high-quality state institution.
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During the two-hour debate, au
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“We want to encourage student
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David Mendoza, adviser to the
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Panetta said applications will be
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Potential applicants should be
able to speak Russian and have an
interest in Soviet history and
United States-Soviet relations,
Panetta said.
Margaret Sullivan, a senior his
tory major and student coordinator
for the Ideas and Issues Division of
the University Union, said she is
“ecstatic” over the upcoming Soviet
visit.
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The debate, which is
tentatively scheduled
for Oct. 23, will center
on trust between the
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two countries
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personal level and work your way
up.”
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