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  Thomas D. Clark, read at a meet- _ _ _ _ _ _ _
jg mg Of The Friends Of the Univcp atherrng materials for a university collection is a'del1cate
. fNOI_th Carolina at Cha cl undertaking, and the man who assumes such a lob has to r h '
SIW 0 P have the sense of humor of a clown, the patience of job, Q *·‘ -
Hill, N·C·v On May 11, 1951 and the integrity of Caesars wife; and even then he will come
home about half of the time branded a thief} I do not suppose .
NOW? ThOma$ D Clerk aa$Pa’fOab there is any area of human relationships where well-meaning " l
“w0'a5 Ofw'$aO”lnaOOafP"€$€’”Oi”8 ba- people can be more whimsical about a gentlemans agreement ~ I
fence! documents enifacls enclplvele- than in parting with family mahhsehpts. ~
8'aPb$ OO€’” HOO years aaa many Ofbls Collecting historical records is possibly one of the most thrilling   ,
crnnvnenls a’”€ a$ apprepnnte l`OaaJ’ as businesses a person can engage in, this side of swallowing fire,
wb€a they w€"€.a’”$l $PO]€€a· K€¤mCkY handling snakes at a Holy Roller meeting, or tracking down inter- ___
Alumnus magazine if mpallaag excerpts national spies. He can, within a short time, find himself in almost ,_i. · I
f’”Om aaa SOQOCO D'? Clerk delivered alnwsl as many unanticipated situations as an imaginative who-done-it rtw ,,,,__
5OJ’Oa’$ nge · · · an aaa'”€$$ aaa! slillpre- author could place him in. On one occasion in southern Kentucky L , _ "
vides lessons to be lenrnenl and nn inter- twas eh the hot trail of a set of records, and inthe search I was “?·