Skip to main content

Full text of "Agromeck"

See other formats 


(Ebr  i.  3H.  Mill  iCtbrarij 


Nnrth  (Earolina  &tatf  Unitipratlg 

LD5b2t5 

N75 
v.l 

1903 

cop. 2 


THIS  BOOK  MUST  NOT  BE  TAKEN 
FROM  THE  LIBRARY  BUILDING,     i 


20M- 10/72 


Digitized  by  the  Internet  Archive 

in  2009  with  funding  from 

NCSU  Libraries 


http://www.archive.org/details/agromeck1903nort 


i>^^^^^^ 


VOLUME  ONE  M 


PUBLISHED  ANNUALLY 
BY  THE  SENIOR  CLASS  OF  THE 

North  Carolina 

College  §f  Agriculture 

CS,  Mechanic  Arts 

WEST  RALEIGH 


MAY   : 


:    Nineteen  Hundred  and  Three     ^^ 


MOOSE  BROS.  CO..  PRINTERS,  LYNCHBURG.  VA 


STATE   CAPITOL 


<:M't. 


2S408 


"Dv.  (3co.  TL,  Minston 

II n  tohcn  ot 

an?  cetccm  in  wbicb  he 

bv>  tbc  .IGattAlion  ot  CaDct 

tb(6  volume  it' 

j-v,^     reapeetfulh:     ^-jwr 


% 


m 


y^ 


DR.    GEORGE    TAYLOE   WINSTON 


THE      AGROMECK     ^ME^^m. 


George  Tayloe  Winston,  A.  M.,  LL.  D. 

|.\S  born  October  12,  1852,  in  Windsor,  Bertie  county,  North  Carolina,  son 
of  Patrick  Henry  Winston  and  Martha  Elizabeth  Byrd.  His  ancestors  are 
]-"nE;lish  on  the  paternal  and  Scotch  on  the  maternal  side,  and  are  well- 
known  in  the  annals  of  Virginia. 

He  was  educated  in  the  celebrated  Horner  School,  Oxford,  X.  C  :  in 
the  University  of  North  Carolina,  which  he  entered  at  the  age  of  thirteen;  in  the 
United  States  Naval  Academy,  where  he  ranked  No.  i  in  his  class;  and  in  Cornell 
University,  Ithaca,  N.  Y.,  where  he  received  the  medal  for  Latin  scholarship,  and 
during  his  senior  year  was  appointed  Instructor  in  Mathematics  to  fill  the  place  of  a 
professor  who  was  given  leave  of  absence.  He  was  graduated  from  Cornell  University 
in  1874  with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Letters,  and  for  high  scholarship  was  enrolled 
as  a  member  of  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa  Society. 

On  the  reoganization  of  the  University  of  North  Carolina  in  1S75  he  '^^"^•^  elected 
Assistant  Professor  of  Literature,  at  the  age  of  23,  and  the  next  year  was  promoted  to 
the  full  professorship  of  Latin  and  German.  For  sixteen  years  he  served  as  professor 
in  the  University,  when  by  unanimous  vote  he  was  elected  President.  During  the  five 
years  of  his  presidency  he  doubled  the  income  of  the  University  and  ncarlv  trebled  its 
enrollment  of  students. 

In  1896  he  resigned  the  presidency  of  the  University  of  North  Carolina  to  accept 
the  presidency  of  the  University  of  Texas,  to  which  he  was  elected  by  unanimous  vote 
of  the  Board  of  Regents  of  that  institution.  He  greatly  increased  the  income  and  the 
student  enrollment  of  this  university,  and  also  brought  it  into  close  touch  and  sympa- 
thy with  the  public  schools  and  with  public  sentiment,  as  he  had  done  previously  with 
the  University  of  North  Carolina.  Finding  the  semi-tropical  and  arid  climate  of  Texas 
very  detrimental  to  the  health  of  his  family,  he  resigned  the  presidency  of  the  Texas 
University  and  accepted  the  presidency  of  the  North  Carolina  College  of  Agriculture 
and  Mechanic  Arts,  to  which  he  had  been  invited  both  by  the  Board  of  Trustees  and 
by  resolutions  of  the  student  body.  This  is  the  fourth  year  of  his  presidency,  and 
the  growth  of  the  College  in  that  time  has  been  the  wonder  and  the  delight  of  the  State. 
The  "A.  &  M."  now  ranks  with  the  best  in  the  United  states,  and  is  doubtless  the 
foremost  in  the  South. 

President  Winston's  career  as  an  educator  and  public  speaker  and  writer  is  well 
known  throughout  the  country.  In  addition  to  the  positions  above  named,  he  has 
also  been  twice  President  of  the  North  Carolina  Teachers  Assembly,  President  of  the 
Association  of  Southern  Colleges  and  Universities,  member  of  the  Board  of  Inspectors 
of  the  United  States  Mint  at  Philadelphia,  member  of  the  Board  of  Visitors  of  the 
United  States  Naval  Academy.  He  has  delivered  lectures  and  orations  before  the 
National  Education  Association,  the  National  Prison  Reform  Association,  the  American 
Academy  of  Political  and  Social  Science,  the  Guilford  Battle  Ground  Association,  the 
University  of  Texas  (commencement  oration),  the  University  of  North  Carolina  (25th 
anniversary  of  re-organization),  Clemson  College  (commencement  oration).  Harvard 
University  (Phi  Beta  Kappa  dinner).  Nineteenth  Century  Club,  New  York  citv.  North 
Carolina  Agricultural  Society  (annual  address).  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy  (annual 
address).  United  States  Naval  Academy  (commencement  exercises). 


THE   CHRISTENING 


THE      AGROMECK 


PREFACE 


r\tfl 


A]  FTER  man\'  niunths  of  wcaiT  toil,  we  submit  the  first  volume  of  "The 
Ai;komkck, "  not  with  fear  and  trembling,  not  c\en  with  the  hope  that  it 
will  find  favor  in  }ciur  e\es.  We  are  forced  to  confess  that  it  is  far 
difterent  fmin  what  our  enthusiasm  once  led  us  to  hope  to  make  it.  But 
-^|^y|  the  work  was  more  difficult  than  we  thouijht:  sometimes  we  have  been 
^^  11  on  the  brink  of  giving  up  the  task,  but  some  kind,  loving  friend 
would  breathe  into  i>ur  ears  words  of  encouragement.  Thus  we  have  laboretl 
on  and  finally  produced  this  work,  which  will  doubtless  make  the  worlil  stand 
agliast  and  amazed  at  its  wondrous  contents.  Surelx',  this  is  a  wonderful  book, 
not  so  much  because  <jf  what  it  is  itself,  but  because  of  the  conditions  under  which 
we  have  labored.  We  have  had  no  old,  tried  and  trustv  hand  to  guide  us  through  the 
intricate  labyrinth  of  blunders.  For  this  reason  we  will  be  grateful  if  you  are  lenient 
in  criticizing.  There  are  things  we  know  ought  not  to  have  gone  in  Thk  Agromeck, 
still  they  were  put  in  just  to  fill  up.  "To  fill  up" — that  is  not  usuall}-  our  trouble, 
but  in  this  case  it  has  been.  We  have  even  been  forced  to  the  necessity  of  offending 
S(.>me  to  fill  up  (jur  pages;  to  these  we  get  on  our  knees  and  beg  for  mercv.  Others 
we  have  praised  too  highly;  these  we  can  assure  it  was  all  a  mistake. 

It  is  our  earnest  hope  that  other  volumes  of  The  Agromeck  will  be  produced,  not 
like  this  one,  but  better.  The  class  of '03  has  set  the  pace — let  the  classes  hereafter 
follow  suit. 

To  our  many  friends  who  have  labored  with  us,  and  helped  to  make  The  .Agromeck 
what  it  is,  we  wish  to  e.xtend  our  heartfelt  thanks.  Especially  is  it  a  pleasure  to  ac- 
knowledge our  indebtedness  and  gratitude  to  Prof  D.  H.  Hill  and  Dr.  Charles  Wm. 
Burkett  for  the  very  substantial  aid  and  encouragement  they  have  given. 

And  to  our  artist,  John  A.  Park,  we  give  our  sincere  assurance  of  appreciation,  for 
without  his  help  it  would  have  been  impossible  to  have  produced  The  Agromeck. 
Readers,  you  will  find  in  this  book  the  results  of  the  unselfish  work,  the  untiring 
efforts  of  a  loyal  son  of  A.  c*c  .M.  As  such,  John,  we  salute  you,  and  thank  you  for 
the  valuable  assistance  you  have  given  us. 

With  a  due  appreciation  for  contributions  received  from  other  of  our  friends,  and 
with  h(3pes  that  the  '03  Agromeck  may  prove  a  pleasant  memento  of  our  college  life, 
and  that  it  may  be  the  beginning  of  a  permanent  A.  &  M.  C'.  Annual,  we  are. 

Respectfully,  THE  EDITORS. 


\fJUIiam   r  Kirkpatpick 
sjchry  1),  te  p^  U30  ri . 

Leslie  /^Ooncy. 
John  n.  Glenn 


\Ualten  Clatk,  Jr 
dohn  C.  Lioit. 
L-ugene  L..Culbfeth 


\ 


THE      AGROMECK 


vw^^ 


i 


i 


E 


<>,£:)  <r^?>  <f<^« 

W 

«5ffiS  f^^  G$i= 

effis  ^r^-s  i^S= 

^ 

'^" 

«^>»  ^^-J  f^» 

«ffis  <a»  fl^-= 

^  GREETING  ^ 


We  are  men  of  work-day  training 

Who  earn  our  bread  by  sweat  of  brow; 

Can  our  hands,  their  work  disdaining, 
Sway  the  realm  of  letters  now  ? 

Can  the  toil-worn  hands  that  wrought 
Full  manfully  in  wood  and  field. 

To  this  grave  task  of  letters  brought, 
Earn  rich  reward  or  harvest  yield  ? 

Will  the  hands  that  have  excelled 

The  work  of  shop  or  drawing  room. 

To  this  stern  work  of  letters  held. 

Do  aught  else  save  to  write  their  doom  ? 

Can  the  hands  that  nimbly  weaving 

Cloths  of  chic  design  and  hue. 
Their  own  occupation  leaving. 

Some  other  work  as  well  pursue  ? 

We  but  serve  our  Alma  Mater, 

We  do  our  best  from  sense  of  duty; 

W^e  plant  a  latent  seed  that  later 
May  grow  into  a  thing  of  beauty. 

As  children  strive  their  sires  to  please 
So  we  have  worked  with  best  intent. 

Nor  given  ourselves  to  idling  ease; 
Our  hearts  to  labor  of  love  were  lent. 

For  praise  or  fame  we  do  not  ask; 

With  swelling  hearts  we  give  this  token, 
Freely  wrought,  for  'tvi^as  love's  task; 

Alma  Mater,  'tis  to  thee  our  loving  hearts 
have  spoken. 


I 


13 


THE      AGROMECK 


1902.  THURSDAY,  JULY   10. 

I'.ntrance  examinations  at  each  County  court-house  at  lo  a.    .m 
WEDNESDAY,  SEPTEMBER  3 

l'.iitrani.r  exaniinatiiiiis  at  the  College  at  9  A    M. 
THURSDAY,  SEPTEMBER  4. 

First  term  begins;   Registration  Day. 

THURSDAY,  NOVEMBER  27. 

riianlcsgiving  Day. 

TUESDAY,  DECEMBER   22. 

I'irst  term  imls. 

1903.  FRIDAY,  JANUARY  2. 

Seei.ind  term  begins;    Registration  Daw 

SATURDAY,  MARCH   14. 

Second  term  ends. 

MONDAY,  MARCH   17. 

Tliird  term  begins;    Registration  Day. 

SATURDAY,  MAY   23. 

Kxaminations  end. 

SUNDAY,  MAY  24. 

Haecalaureate  Sermon.  « 

MONDAY,  MAY  25. 

Aluiiun   Daw 

TUESDAY,  MAY  26. 

Annual   (  )ratii  m. 

WEDNESDAY,  MAY  27. 

Commencement  Dav. 


14 


SYMPOSIUM  ON  THE  A.  M.  C. 

By  \A^.    C,  Jr. 


m 


MAIN    BUILDING 


1  IF.  .growth  uf  this  country  in  extension  of  territon-  has  been  phenomenal. 
The  little  thirteen  cr>ionies,  hemmed  in  b\-  the  Atlantic  on  one  hand  and 
the  trackless  West  on  the  other,  where  lurked  the  crafty  savage  or  murderous 
wild  beast,  have  grown  into  a  nation  whose  boundaries  stretch  from  ocean  to 
ocean.  But  yet  more  phenomenal  has  been  the  country's  growth  in  population,  civ- 
ilization, commerce  and  manufactures.  In  the  beginning  of  the  nineteenth  century 
this  country  was  very  thinly  .settled,  and  the  majority  of  settlers  were  farmers,  but  soon 


Agro  2 


15 


&^Ji:^&^ii=^/>=s^&^ 


THE      AGROMECK 


."^''^"^"^"^"^ 


there  came  a  change.  Where  once  liad  stuud  tlie  wigwam  of  tlie  mighty  Indian  chief, 
now  stands  a  prosperous  cit}-;  where  the  stealthy  Indian  had  pursued  his  solitary  trail 
now  flashes  a  monster  breathing  forth  fire  and  smoke;  where  the  canoe  had  ploughed 
its  noiseless  way,  now  shrieks  from  the  hoarse  throats  of  passing  steamers  smite  the 
ear,  and  where  once  the  disciple  of  Isaak  Walton  sat  idly  angling  during  the  long 
summer  days  in  unbroken  solitude  and  silence,  is  now  heard  the  clanging  bell,  shrill 
w-liistle  and  busv  hum  nf  factories,  sawmills,  railroads  and  other  industries. 


HORTICULTURAL   BUILDING 

With  these  changes  has  come  a  demand  lor  men  to  lill  these  shops,  workmen  to  use 
these  tools,  craftsmen  to  ])ly  these  trades,  skilled  fiinners  to  till  the  soil;  and  the  cry 
is  still  l''ir  more  lalmixTs.  But  what  kind  nf  lalidrcrs  are  needed  .•■  'I'lie  rough  plough- 
man, the  rude  blacksmith.'  Xo  !  the  demand  is  for  skilletl  labor,  skilled  not  only  in 
handicraft,  but  that  handicraft  controlled  by  brains — the  hand  guided  by  the  head. 
This  demand  was  far  in  excess  of  the  su|iply.  "More  men,  more  skilled  nun,  more 
skilled  young  men,"  was  the  constant  cry.  At  last  a  man  appeared  whose  wisdom 
was  in  a  large  measure  to  devise  a  way  to  supply  eilucated  brain  and  hand  w-orkers. 

lO 


/L^&^e^/i^&^&^ 


THE      AGROMECK 


^3'^3'J^/^^3'^^ 


Justin  Smith  Morrill,  the  vc-ncrable  senator  from  Vermont,  heard  the  demand  and 
came  forward  in  Congress  with  a  bill  as  an  answer.  This  bill,  subsequently  enacted 
into  law,  gave  to  each  state  public  lands  "for  the  endowment,  support  and  main- 
tenance of  at  least  one  college  whose  leading  object  shall  be,  without  excluding  other 
scientific  and  classical  studies,  and  including  military  tactics,  to  teach  such  branches 
of  learning  as  are  related  to  agriculture  and  the  mechanic  arts,  in  order  to  promote 
the  liberal  and  practical  education  of  the  industrial  classes  in  the  several  pursuits  and 
professions  of  life.''     This  hill  was  passed  by  Congress  in    1862.      Part   of  the  money 


INFIRMARY 

arising  from  the  sale  of  the  lands  given  to  North  Carolina  was  lost  during  reconstruc- 
tion days.  The  interest  on  what  was  left  was  for  some  \-ears  given  to  the  State 
University,  but  in  18S5  a  bill  was  introduced  into  our  legislature  by  A.  Ix-azar,  Esq., 
of  Iredell  county,  which  in  1887  was  passed  and  became  a  law,  providing  for  the 
transfer  of  those  funds  tn  aid  in  the  establishment  of  the  North  Carolina  College  of 
Agriculture  and  Mechanic  Arts.  This  name  was  given  the  new  college  to  emphasize 
the  kind  of  instruction  that  Congress  intended  to  be  given  in  these  institutions.  At 
this  stage  of  afiairs  R.  S.  PuUen,  Raleigh's  most  progressive  and  1  ,nevolent  citizen, 
Erave  a  valuable  building  site,  with  sufficient  land  for  a  farm.      This   land   adjoins  the 


^^^^m       THE      AGROMECK      ^^^^^^ 


TEXTILE  BUILDING 

park  that  he  hail  ,u;ivin  tn  the  city  of  Ralcij^h.      'I'liis  generous  ijift  fixed  the  establish- 
ment of  the  collefi;e  in  Ralei.sfh. 


li 


At  last,  on  Oct.  i,  1S89,  the  North  Camlina  College  of  Agriculture  and  ^Mechanic 
Arts  was  formally  opened  for  students.  The  College  at  that  time  consisted  of  only 
one  brick  building  and  a  corps  of  five  instructijrs,  appointed  by  a  Board  of  Trustees. 
Too  much  honor  cannot  be  accorded  this  band  of  earnest  men  who  as  directors  and  as 
faculty  went  forward  so  quietly,  but  faithfully,  with  small  capital  and  amid  many  dis- 
couragements, to  build  up  a  college  whose  scope  of  work  and  wliose  purposes  were 
alike  new  to  our  people. 

To  the  call  for  students  about  fifty  responded.  A  majority  of  these  were  farmers 
or  sons  of  farmers.  The  college  commenced  growing  from  its  very  birth;  not  too  rapidly, 
but  slowly,  surely  increasing  year  by  year.  When  found  absolutely  necessary,  money 
for  buildings  and  apparatus  has  been  appropriated  by  the  Legislature  from  time  to 
time.  The  college  met  with  opposition  at  first  from  some  quarters,  as  it  was  thought 
to  be  antagonistic  to  the  University  and  the  other  colleges  of  the  state.  But  as  it 
pursued  its  way  it  became  evident  that  it  did  not  antagonize  other  colleges,  but  simply 
supplied  what  could  not  be  obtained  there.  The  men  who  were  guiding  it  held  it 
strictly  to  its  proper  sphere.  It  stood  then,  it  has  alwa3s  stood,  for  strictly  technical 
education.  'This  fact  was  at  last  clearly  recognized,  and  all  opjiosition  to  the  institu- 
tion died  a  natural  death. 

As  time  passed  students  were  graduated  with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Science  and 
Bachelor  of  Engineering.  These  young  men  were  eagerly  employed  by  different  in- 
dustrial concerns  in  this  and  other  states.  The  young  graduates  stood  the  test  of 
commercial  life  and  made  their  marks  as  men  trained  and  worthy.  The  eyes  of  the 
people  were  opened.  They  saw  that  what  had  been  ridiculed  as  an  experiment  had 
been  tried  and  not  found  wanting.  They  saw  the  great  need  over  the  whole  country 
for  educated  industrial  workers.  They  saw  the  harvest  reaped  by  nun  able  to  do  the 
world's  industrial  work.  They  saw  the  great  opportunity  presented  to  their  sons  and 
eagerly  took  advantage  of  it.  Since  that  time  the  College  has  been  crowded  and  its 
capacity  taxed  to  the  uttermost.  To  meet  this  growth  great  expansion  became  nec- 
essary. The  corps  of  fi\e  teachers  in  a  few  years  became  a  faculty  of  eleven  professors, 
assisted  by  nineteen  subordinate  instructors;  where  one  building  stood,  thirteen  now 
proudly  lift  their  heads,  among  them  some  of  the  best  in  the  state.  The  one  first 
constructed — the  main  building,  as  it  is  called,  being  about  the  center  of  the  group — 
is  still  used  for  class  rooms,  laboratories,  and  the  upper  floors  for  dormitories. 
Primrose  Hall  (named  in  honor  of  Mr.  W.  S.  Primrose,  one  of  the  founders  of  the 
institution,  whose  wise  counsels  and  fidelity  have  contributed  so  greatly  to  its  success) 
is  a  two-story  building  with  modern  appliances,  containing  the  Horticultural  depart- 
ment. This  building  with  its  greenhouses  adds  much  to  the  beauty  of  a  very  attrac- 
tive campus.  The  Mechanical  and  Electrical  buildings  are  plain  and  substantial, 
containing  laboratories,  shops,  drawing  and  recitation  rooms.  The  dairy  and  barn 
are  frame  buildings,  admirably  adapted  to  their  purpose.  The  Textile  building,  just 
completed,  is  a  modern,  up-to-date  cotton  mill,    containing  all   •  lodern  machiner}-. 

19 


^^^^^■j^& 


THE      AGROMECK 


^^^S'^S'J^^S^^ 


The  infirniar\-  is  a  two-stoiT  building,  equipped  witli  all  the  best  appliances,  and 
under  control  of  an  etiicient  matron  and  nurse.  The  boiler-house  is  immediately 
back  of  the  main  building,  and  contains  the  boilers,  fire  jjump  and  the  machinery 
connected  with  the  steam  heating  plant.  There  arc  also  four  vi-ry  good,  but  small, 
dormitories  to  the  left  of  the  main  building  as  you  face  it. 

At  present  two  buildings,  which  will  add  much  to  the  College,  in  appearance  and 
usefulness,  are  Hearing  completion.  The  new  Watauga,  which  is  a  very  handsome, 
well-equipped  dormitory,  rises  from  the  ashes  of  the  old  which  was  burned  on  No\'. 
30,   1901.      The  fire  originated  in  the  culinary   department,  which   then   occupied   the 


VIEW    LOOKING    NORTH 

l(jwer  flocjr,  and  some  of  the  students  barel)'  escajied  with  their  lives,  losing  all  their 
possessions.  A  few  instances  of  heroism  connected  with  this  fire  may  well  be  men- 
tioned here:  Sonu'  students,  awakenetl  by  the  llames,  went  from  r<iom  to  room,  rousing 
the  inmates  anil  dragging  them  from  their  beds,  where  they  would  soon  ha\e  been 
sufi'ocateil  by  the  smoke  and  heat.  These  young  men  thus  saved  many  lives,  while 
all  their  own  worldly  goods  fell  a  y\\\  to  the  flames.  Others  formed  a  bucket  brigade; 
others  climbed  on  the  roofs  of  adjoining  buildings  and  heroically  fought  the  flames  in 
the  bitter  November  winds.      Many   other  instances  might  be  mentioned,   but  these 


20 


^^^^^      THE      AGROMECK       ^^^^S 


show  of  what  material  the  A.  &  M,  boy  is  made,  and  the  spirit  sucli  a  college  fosters. 

The  loss  of  this  building  was  a  heavy  blow  to  the  College,  but  out  of  great  evils 
sometimes  arises  great  good.  A  larger  dormitory  was  needed  for  the  rapidly  increasing 
number  of  students,  and  this  need  the  new  ^^'atauga  supplies.  TJie  new  structure 
contains  sixty  rooms,  well  lighted,  well  ventilated  and  well  heated,  the  dangerous 
kitchen  being  removed  to  other  quarters  where  there  will  be  no  danger  of  the  catas- 
trophe being  repeated. 

The  other  new  building  is  Pullen  Memorial,  named  in  honor  of  the  benefactor, 
R.  S.  Pullen.  This  building  will  add  materially  to  the  comfort  and  well-being  of  the 
students,  since  it  fills  the  "long-felt  want "  of  a  large  auditorium,  a  ciimmi)dious 
dining  room,  and  a  spacious  librarv  and  reading  room. 

This  increase  in  the  number  of  buildings  has  been  made  necessary  by  the  unex- 
ampled increase  in  the  numlier  of  students.  In  1889  there  were  fifty  students:  todav 
five  hundred  stalwart  voung  men  strut  about  the  College  grounds  in  the  grey  in  which 
their  fathers  fought  and  died.  Instead  of  a  few  boys  loitering  in  the  evening  on  the 
campus,  the  ground  now  trembles  beneath  the  measured  tread  of  a  battalion  of  si.K 
companies.  At  the  last  State  fair  the  "boys  in  gray"  drilled  so  well  that  they  re- 
ceived a  continuous  ovation  along  the  whole  route,  and  many  were  the  compliments 
received  by  our  able  faculty  on  their  bearing  and  deportment. 

The  object  is  now,  as  it  has  always  been  in  the  past,  to  conduct  an  institution  in 
which  young  men  of  character,  energy  and  ambition  may  fit  themselves  for  useful  and 
honorable  work  in  any  line  of  industry  in  which  training  and  skill  are  requisite  to 
success.  It  is  intended  to  train  farmers,  mechanics,  engineers,  architects,  draughts- 
men, machinists,  electricians,  miners,  metallurgists,  chemists,  dyers,  mill  workers, 
manufacturers,  stock  raisers,  fruit  growers,  truckers  and  dairy  men,  by  giving  them 
not  only  a  liberal  but  also  a  special  education,  with  such  manual  and  mental  training 
as  will  qualify  them  for  their  future  work. 

It  oflFers  practical  and  technical  education  in  agriculture,  horticulture,  animal  in- 
dustry, civil  engineering,  mechanical  engineering,  mining  engineering,  metallurgy, 
chemistry,  dyeing,  textile  industry  and  architecture.  It  also  ofters  practical  training 
in  carpentry,  wood  turning,  blacksmithing,  machinery  work,  mill  work,  boiler  tend- 
ing and  road  building.  Although  the  leading  purpose  of  the  College  is  thus  to  furnish 
technical  and  practical  instruction,  yet  other  subjects  essential  to  a  liberal  education 
are  not  omitted. 

How  can  we  judge  of  the  future  except  by  the  past .?  With  a  glorious  past  we 
must  and  shall  expect  a  glorious  future.  We  can  say  what  Webster  said  of  Massa- 
chusetts, "the  past,  indeed,  is  secure."  Not  only  can  we  say  that  the  past  is  secure, 
but  also  reasonably  say  that  the  future  is  also  secure.  Our  institution  has  had  a  short 
but  honorable  past,  marked  from  the  beginning  by  a  steady  and  promising  growth, 
but  we  cannot  expect  and  do  mit  wish  a  phenomenal  growth  such  as  that  achieved  by 
the  Universitv  of  ^lichigan.  which  in  a  few  decades  after  its  establis'inent   had  three 


THE      AGROMECK 


thdusanil  stiultnts,  for  "  wluU  comes  easy  goes  easy. "'  In  Michii^an.  at  the  fnuniliiiji 
of  the  L'niversity.  there  were  only  one  or  two  poorlj'-eqiiipped  colleges,  ant!  the  found- 
ing of  tile  University,  with  a  princely  endowment,  naturally  attracteil  to  it  all  those 
\nuug  men  in  the  state  whu  had  liithertn  been  ci.>mpelled  to  go  to  other  states  fur  a 
higher  educatinn. 

The  A.  ct  M.  was  not  sn  fortunate.  It  was  fniinded  in  a  state  where  there  are 
scores  >.>'(  other  well-e(iuip]ieil  colleges  and  schools.  There  were  tliousands  of  graduates 
from  these  colleges  who  naturally  wished  their  sons  to  attend  the  college   from   which 


VltW    LOOKING    SOUTH 

they  had  their  diplomas.  The  revenues  are  So  small  that  tlie  eolKi^c  cannot  be  run 
on  the  broad  basis  which  w  as  intended.  In  sjiite  of  these  ilitficulties  ami  disadvantages, 
which  have  to  some  extent  retarded  the  progress  of  the  A.  it  I\I..  we  have  good  reasons 
to  believe  the  College  has  a  great  future  befon-  it.      These  reasons  are  : 

1.  The  A.  &  M.  is  free.  It  is  under  no  obligation,  as  are  denominational  colleges, 
to  maintain  and  observe  creeds  and  confessions.  It  stands  for  morality  and  right,  and 
high  living,  but  not,  of  course,  for  sectarianism. 

2.  The  second  ground  for  hope  of  a  great  future  for  the  A.  &  M.  is  the  iialurc  iinj 


22 


THE      AGROMECK 


e.xleni  of  ivork  it  is  nmv  doing  for  the  stale.  North  Carulina  is  liecoming  a  great  mami- 
facturing  state.  Already  it  has  more  cotton  mills  than  any  other  state  in  the  Union.  We 
must  have  men  to  run  our  cotton  mills,  our  factories  and  our  other  industries,  and  the 
A.  &  ]\I.  is  furnishing  these  men.  It  gives  a  bo}'  a  practical  antl  technical  education, 
enabling  him  to  become  a  ''great  master  of  industry  "  if  he  has  the  ambition.  What 
kind  of  boys  are  receiving  this  education  .'  Not  the  rich  men's  sons  who  wish  to  enter 
some  "honorable  i)rofession, "  but  mainly  poor  bi)\s,  amiing  the  best,  the  manliest 
bo3's  in  the  state,  for  the  expenses  are  reduced  to  the  smallest  pcjssible  minimum,  and 


VIEW   FROM    ATHLETIC    FIELD 

it  is  in  reach  of  all       Since  we  will  be  a  manufacturing  state,  it  is  these  boys  on  whom 
the  future  of  the  state  depends. 

The  pettifogging  lawyer  cannot  run  a  cotton  mill;  the  doctor  cannot  harness  the 
great  water  power  of  this  state;  the  politician  cannot  design  railroads,  bridges,  saw 
mills,  etc.  The  men  for  this  work  have  been  furnished  by  other  states,  but  it  now 
remains  for  the  A.  &  M.  graduate  to  take  these  places.  The  college  is  so  bound  uj) 
with  the  best  life  of  the  state  that  we  must  grow  with  its  growth  and  strengthen  with 
its  strength.     The  new  knowledge  taught  at  the  A.  &  I\I.  is  so  important  and  practical, 


23 


/i^/L^&=^&^&^&:^ 


THE      AGROMECK 


j^j^j^/^i^^^^ 


ami  contributes  so  directly  "tu  tiie  relief  of  man's  estate,  "  that  the  jjcople  of  North 
Carolina  are  bound  to  hold  in  appreciation  and  honor  the  agencies  by  which  it  has 
been  brought  hcmie  to  them. 

Every  student  and  alumnus  of  this  institution  can  rest  assured  that  a  great  future, 
commensurate  with  the  greatness  of  the  state,  awaits  their  Alma  Mater.  She  com- 
mands the  elements  that  command  success.  .MI  hail  tn  the  glad  day  w  hich  is  dawning, 
and  may  each  student  feel  that  on  him  lies  the  responsibility  of  liastening  the  ha])py 
hour  when  the  Agricultural  and  Mechanical  College  of  North  Carolina  shall  stand  at 
the  head  of  all  Southern  colleges. 


24 


..^* 


^^^^^B       THE      AGROMECK 


Board  §f  Trustees 

($> 

STATE  BOARD  OF  AGRICULTURE 

S.    L.    PATTERSON,    President  (cv-i/fficio) Raleigh 

T.   K.   BRUNER,   Secretary  (e.x-ojicio) Raleigh 

J.    B.   COFFIELD,   Everetts First  District 

E.   L.   DAUGHTRIDGE,   Rocky  Mount Second  District 

WILLIA:\I  DUXN,   Xewbern Third  District 

C.    N.   ALLEN,   Auburn Fourth  District 

J.   S.   CUNNINGHA:\L   Cunningham Fifth  District 

A.    T.    McCALLU-M,    Red  Springs Sixth  District 

J.    P.    IMcRAE,    Laurinburg Seventh  District 

P.   B.   KENNEDY,    Daltonia   Eighth  District 

W.   A.   GRAHAM,    :\L\chpelah Ninth  District 

A.   CANNON,  Horse  Shoe Tenth  District 

HOWARD  BROWNING Littleton 

J.    R.   JOYCE Reidsville 

G.    E.    FLOW Monroe 

J.   C.    RAY Boone 


^^^^m       THE      AGROMECK      ^^^^M. 

Board  §f  Visitors 

W.    S.    I'KlMKi  >SI'.,    I'REsii)f:\i- Rai.kich 

R.    I..    S.MIIU,    Seckhtakv Aihkmari.f. 

D.    A.   TOM  I'K  INS tHAKunrK 

FKAXK   WOOD Kdextox 

r.IATI"  M(  )ORK Kexaxsville 

U.    II.    RACAX High  Point 

J)A\1I)  CLARK : Charlotte 

j.    II.   STOKES Windsor 

W.   J.    PEELE Raleigh 

J.    FRANK   RA^■ Fraxklix 

CHARLES    W.   CiOLD Wilsox 

(JEORGE  T.    WINSTON,    President  oe  the  College  {ex-officio). 


«^R  <!^e^ 


Agricultural  Experiment  Station 

C.EORC.E  TAVLOF  WINSTON,   A.    .M.,    LL.    I) Preside.st 

liFNJAMlN  WLSLKV   KHXIORE,    ^L  S Director 

W1LLL\M  ALPHONS( )  WITH1:RS,    A.    M Chemist 

WILBCR    FISK   MASSEV,   C.    E Hortk  vltirist 

C'lIARLES  W1LLL\M   BURKFTT,  M.  Sc,  Ph.   D Agriculturist 

IW IT  JiUTLER,   V.   S Veterixariax 

FRANK   LINCOLN  STEVENS,  .M.  .Sc.,  Ph.  D Biologist 

OEORGE  STRONACII   FRAPS,    Ph.    I) Assistaxt  Che.mist 

BENJAMIN  SMITH    SKINXKR Assistaxt  AciKicuLTiKisT 

ARTHLR  FINN   B(  )\\  EN Buksar 

Miss  ANNIE  CARLS  PEDDIE Stexograi-her 

26 


^^^^^B      THE      AGROMECK 


Faculty  of  the  A.  and  M.  College 


GEORGE  TAYLOE  WINSTON,   A.    M..    LL.  D.,  President,  Professor  o/  PoUikal 
Economy. 

B.  Litt.  Cornell  University;  A.  Vi.  Davidson  College;  LL.  D.  Trinity  College; 
Instructor  of  ]Matheinatics  Cornell  University;  Assistant  Professor  of  Literature  Uni- 
versity of  North  Carolina:  Professor  of  Latin  and  German  ditto;  Professor  of  the 
Latin  Language  and  Literature  ditto;  President  ditto;  President  University  of 
Texas;  President  North  Carolina  Teachers  Assembly;  President  Southern  Association 
of  Colleges  and  Schools;  member  Administrative  Council  of  Southern  History  As- 
sociation; Advisory  Editor  of  the  "World's  Best  Orators";  speaker  and  lecturer 
before  National  Educational  Association,  Southern  Educational  Association,  Ameri- 
can Academy  Political  and  .Social  Science,  L'.  S.  Naval  Academy,  etc.    X  *;   <t>  B  K 

\\TLLIA:\I  ALPHONSO  withers,  a.  :M.,  Pro/essor  of  Chemistry,  and  Chemist 
North  Carolina  Experiment  Station. 
A.  B.  Davidson  College  '83;  A.  M.  ditto  '85;  Cornell  Universitv,  Fellow  in  Ag- 
ricultural Chemistry  "88-'9o;  Assistant  Chemist  North  Carolina  E.\periment  Station 
"84-'88;  Chemist  since  '07;  acting  Director  and  .State  Chemist  'g-j-'gi);  State  Statis- 
tical Agent  U.  S.  Department  of  Agriculture  ■95-02;  Fellow  American  Association 
for  the  Advancement  of  Science;  member  American  Chemical  Society:  vice-presi 
dent:   ditto  "oi-'o2.       X  4';    §    I 

DANIEL  HARVEY   HILL,   A.  M.,    Professor  0/  English. 

A.  B.  Davidson  College '80:  A.  .M.  ditto  '84:  Professor  (jf  F^nglish  in  the  Georgia 
Military  and  Agricultural  College  fur  nine  years;  present  position  since  ojiening  of 
College  in  1S89. 

WALL.\CE  CARL  RIDDICK.  A.  B.,  C.  E..  Professor  of  Civil  Engineering  and  Math- 
ematics. 

A.  B.  University  of  North  Carolina '85;  C.  E.  Lehigh  L'niversity '90;  with  Roa- 
noke Navigation  &  Sujiplv  Cn.      K  A 

FREDERICK  AUGU.STUS  WEIHE,    M.  E.,  Ph.  D.,  Professor  of  Physics  and  Elec- 
trical Engineering. 
Graduate  of  a  German  Agricultural  College,  Germ  my:  .AI.  E.  Lehigh  LJniversity: 
two  years  instructor  in  Iowa  Agricultural  College;   three  vears  Professor  of  llechani- 
cal  and  Electrical   Engineering  in   Delaware  Agricultural   College;    Ph.    D.    Berlin 
University,  Berlin,  Germany. 

FREDERICK  ELISHA  PHELPS,   U.  S.   Ar.my  (retired),  Professor  of  Military  Sci- 
ence and  Tactics,  Conunandant  of  Cadets  and  Instiuctor  of  History. 
U.  S.  ^Military  Academy  at  \\'est  Point  '70;  assigned  as  Second  Lieutenant  Sth  U. 
S.  cavalry,  then  in  Mexico;   First  Lieutenant  8th  U.  S.  cavalry  '79;  retired  from  active 
service  April,  '91,  by  reason  of  disabilities  contracted   in  line  c""  duty;    served   in 
Arizona,  New  Mexico,  Texis,  Colorado,    Indian  Territory,    Kansas,    Nebraska  and 


THE      AGROMECK       ^^^^^M 


the  Dakotas  from  '70  to  '90;  Commandant  of  Cadets  Agricultural    and    Mechani- 
cal College  of  Kentucky  '84-'87. 

HKXRV   MKRR^'IMAN  WILSON,   A.  B..   Pro/vmir  of  Te.xlik  Itidusiry. 

A.  B.  Johns  Hopkins  University  '97;   Philadelphia  Textile  School  '99.      >(>  T  A. 

CHARLES  WHJJAM    HLRKETT.    M.  Sc,    Ph.    1).,    Professor  of  Agncii/titrc,   and 
Agriculturist  of  North  Carolina  Experiment  Station. 

B.  Sc.  Ohio  State  University  '95;  Vl.  Sc.  Ohio  State  University  '98;  Ph.  1).  Lima 
"00;  Assistant  in  Agriculture  Ohio  State  University  '95-'98:  Agricultural  Editor  Ohio 
State  Journal  '96-'98;  Assistant  Professor  of  Agriculture  New  Hampshire  College  '98; 
Professor  of  Agriculture  ditto,  'gS-'oi;  Agriculturist  New  Hampshire  College  E.xper- 
iment  Station  '98-'oi;  Special  Agent,  Division  of  Agrostology,  \}.  S.  Department  of 
Agriculture  01.      A  Z;    K  §. 

THOMAS  .MURRITT  DICK,  U.  S.  N.wv,  Professor  of  Mechanical  Engineering. 
Graduate  U.  S.  Naval  Acatlemy  '95:  assistant  Engineer  L'.  S.  S.  Cincinnati  '95- 
'97;  assistant  Engineer  L'.  S.  S.  I\Iontgomery '97-'98;  Chief  Engineer  U.  S.  S.  Vixen, 
'99;  head  of  De]iartment  Steam  Engineering  Key  West  Naval  Station  '99-'oo;  member 
American  Society  Naval  Engineers;  associate  member  American  Society  ]Marine 
Engineers  and  Naval  Architects.      A  T  Q 

'I'AIT  BUTLER,  V.  S. ,  St.vte  Veterinari.vn,  Professor  of  Veterinary  Science  and 
Veterinarian  of  Agricultural  E.xpcriment  Station  N.  C.  College  of  A.  &f  M.  Arts. 
V.  S.  Ontario  Veterinary  College,  Toronto,  Canada,  '85;  assistant  State  Veteri- 
narian of  Iowa  and  President  Iowa  State  Veterinary  ]\Iedical  Association;  Professor 
of  N'cterinary  and  Physiolngy  and  Wterinarian  to  the  Agricultural  Experiment  Station 
Mississippi  Agricultural  antl  .Alochanical  Ccillege:  'In.spector  Bureau  of  Animal  In- 
dustry \5.  S.  Department  of  Agriculture;  Presitlent  American  Veterinary  INIetlical 
Association;  State  Veterinarian  and  Prejfessor  of  N'eterinary  Science  and  Veterinarian 
of  the  Agricultural  Experiment  Station.  Nasau  State  Agricultural  College. 

ERANK  LINCOLN  STE\'EN.S  -^1-  S.,  Pn.  D.,  1!.  I..,  B.  S.,  Professor  of  Biology. ■ 
biologist  if  E.xperinient  Station. 
\\.  L.  Hobart  College  '91;  B.  S.  Rutgers  College  '93;  M.  S.  Rutgers  College  '97; 
Ph.  1).  L'niversity  of  Chicago  '99;  Assistant  in  Experiment  Station  Rutger's  College 
'9i-'(;_5;  Professor  of  Natural  ."science  at  Racine  College '93-94;  Teacher  of  Biology 
Columbus  North  High  School,  Columbus,  Ohio,  '95-'98;  Eellow  in  Botany  Univer- 
sity '98-"99;  Sanitary  Analyst  for  Chicago  Drainage  Canal  Board  '99-00;  Travelling 
Fellow  in  Botany  to  L^niversity  of  Chicago  'oo-'oi;  Instructor  in  Biology  N.  C.  Col- 
lege of  A.  &  M.  Arts  '01-02;  Eellow  of  American  Association  for  the  Advancement 
of  Science;  A.ssociate  Botanical  Society  of  America;  studied  at  Bonne  Hall  and 
occupied  the  Smithsonian  table  at  the  Naples  Zoological  Station.      <t>  K  H' 

BENJ.V.MIX   WL.SLKN'    KILOOKf:,    .M.  S.,   Lecturer  on  Soils  and  Fertilizers. 

B.  S.  Mississippi  Agricultural  ami  I\Iechanical  College  '88;  M.  S.  ditto '91;  fohns 
Hopkins  University  '95-'96:  .Assistant  Chemist  Mississip])i  Agricultural  and  Mechan- 
ical College  '88-'89;  Assistant  Chemist  North  Carolina  Exjieriment  Station  '89-'97; 
Pnjfessor  of  Chemistry  Mississipjji  Agricultural   and    Ex|)eriment   College  and   State 


^^^^m      THE      AGROMECK      ^^^^g 


Chemist  'gj-'g8;  State  Chemist  North  Carolina  '99;  Director  North  Carolina  Agri- 
cultural Experiment  Station  since  01;  President  of  the  Association  of  Official 
Agricultural  Chemists  'oo-'oi. 

ROBERT  EDWARD  LEE  YATES,  A.  M.,  Assistant  Professor  0/ Mathematics. 

Prepared  for  college  at  Fray  &  Morson's  Male  Academ\-,  Raleigh,  N.  C. ;  A.  M. 
Wake  Forest  College  '99;  special  course  in  Higher  Mathematics  University  of 
Chicago  '01. 

GEORGE  STRONACH   FRAPS,  B.  S.,  Ph.  D.,  Assistant  Professor  of  Cheviistry  and 
Assistant  Chemist  North  Carolina  Experiment  Station. 
B.   S.    North  Carolina  College   of  Agriculture   and   Mechanic  Arts  '96;    Ph.  D. 
Johns  Hopkins  University  '99;  fellow  Johns  Hopkins  University    '98-99.      <})  B  K. 

CHALMER  KIRK   :\IcCLELLAND,    B.   .Sc,    M.    S.   .\.,  Assistant  Professor  of  Agn- 
C2ilture. 

B.  Sc.  (Agr.)  Ohio  State  University  '98:   M.  S.  A.  Cornell  University  '02.      A  Z. 

CHARLES  BENJAMIN  PARK,    Superintendent  of  Shops. 

Raleigh  ]Male  Academy;  served  a  number  of  years  as  carpenter  and  contractor; 
entered  Allen  &  Cram's  machine  shops  '84  as  apprentice,  served  five  years; 
Superintendent  Hygeinic  Plate  Ice  Factory,  Raleigh,  N.  C,  until  destroyed  by  fire; 
with  S.  A.  L.  Machine  Co.  as  machinist:  with  S.  A.  L.  as  road  engineer  when 
present  position  offered;  present  position  since  '91;  director  in  IMechanics  Dime 
Savings  Bank  since  organization;  auditor  of  N.  C.  Building  &  Supply  Co. 

WILLIAM   ANDER.'^ON  S^•.ME,    B.  S.,    Instructor  in  Chemistry. 

Raleigh  Male  Academy:  B.  S.  North  Carolina  College  of  A.  i<c  M.  Arts. 

THOMAS  ALFRED  CHITTENDEN,  B.  S.,  Instructor  in  Mechanical  Draivmg. 

Apprentice  with  Straight  Line  Engine  Co.;  B.  S.  ^Michigan  State  College  of  A.  & 
M.  Arts  '98;  served  with  Mcintosh  ifc  Seymour  Engine  Co.,  Auburn,  N.  Y;  State 
Normal  College,  Albanv,  N.  '\'. 

YIRGIL  WILLIA:M   BRAGG,  Instructor  in   Wood-Worl^ing. 

Graduate  and  Post  Graduate  of  Miller  ]\Ianual  Labor  School  of  Virginia. 

THOMAS  NEL.SON,  Instructor  in  Weaving  and  Designing. 

Technical  School,  Preston,  F^ngland;  Lowell  Textile  School  '99,  Lowell,  INIass. ; 
Richard  Goodair  Springfield  INIill,  Lancaster,  England:  Wilding  Bros.,  Alexandria, 
Lancaster,  England:   Instructor  of  Weaving  Lowell  Textile  School,  Lowell,  Mass. 

CHARLES   LEMUEL   FISH,  B.  S.,  Instructor  in  Civil  Engineering. 
B.  S.  Worcester  Polytechnic  Institute.      §  A  E 

FRANKLIN  SHER:\IAN,    JR.,    B.  S.   (Agr.),  Instructor  in  Entomologv.  State  Entomo- 
logist. 
Entered  Maryland  Agricultural  College  '94;    Assistant  Ento' .ologist  of  ^Maryland 
'97;    B.    S.    (Agr.)   Cornell   University  '99:    taught    in  Summer  School  of  Nature 

29 


THE      AGROMECK 


Study  at  Curiicll  University  oo;  member  American  Association  of  F.conomic 
Entomologists;  member  American  Association  for  Advancement  of  Science;  cor- 
responding member  Washington  F.ntomological  Society;  fellow  and  member  N.  C. 
Academy  of  Science;  Secretary  N.  C.  State  Horticultural  Society.      §  Z. 

EDWIN  BENTLV  OWEN,  B.  S.,  Instructor  in  English. 

B.  S.  X.  C  College  of  A.  &  M.  Arts  '98;  Harvard  Summer  School  '01-02; 
Librarian  X.  (".  College  of  A.  &  M.  Arts,  '99-'o2. 

HARR^■  CASPF.R  WALTER,  B.  S.,  Instructor  in  Electrical  Engineering. 

B.  S.  Worcester  Polytechnic  Institute  '00:  with  General  Electric  Comjiany 
'oo-'oi.      <t>  T  A. 

OLIVER  CAR  TER,  Instructor  in  Forge  and  Machine  Shops. 
North  Carolina  College  of  Agriculture  and  Mechanic  Arts. 

JOllX   CIII'.STER   KENDALL.  B.  S.,   .Assistant  in  Dairying. 
B.  S.  New  Hamjishire  State  College  '02.      K  5 

SAINIUEL  EDWARD   WEBER,    Jr.,    B.    S.,   Assistant   in    Mvclianicil    awl    Freehand 
Draining. 

B.  .S.  Pennsylvania  State  College  02. 

PHILIP    ROLAXD   FREXCH,   B.  -S.,   Instructor  in  Chemistry  and  n\,-ing. 
W.  S.   .Massachusetts  Institute  of  Technology. 

C.\RROLl.    l..\Ml;   .MAXX,  C.   E..   Instructor  in  Civil  Engineering  and  Mathematics. 

B.  S.  Xorth  Carolina  College  of  .Agriculture  and  .Mechanic  .\rts;  C.  E.  ditto; 
Instructor  of  Mathematics,  ditto;  with  Isthmian  Canal  Commission  as  .\.ssistant 
Engineer  on  the  Nicaragua  Canal  '00;  Assistant  Engineer  Seaboard  .\ir  Line  'oi-'o2. 

AUSTER  (lARDEX    IIOL.MES,  B.  .S.,  Jnstructor  in  Mathematics. 

B.  S.  South  CariiHna  .Military  .\cademy  '97;  Principal  of  Pendleton  Public 
Schools,  Pendleton.  S.  C. :  Instiuctor  in  Mathematics  Suwannee  Grammar  School, 
Suwannee.    Tenn.,    01-02. 

.MRS.    ADELINE  C.    STEVEXS,  Instructor  in  Zoology. 
Cniversitv  of  Chicago. 

.MAKSll.M.L    1)kI..\XCIA'    1 1  \^■\\  ()(  )1),   Lihrarian. 

ARIIIIK    IIXX    WnWV.S,  /111 rsar. 

FREDERICK   ERAS  PCS  SL().\X,  B.  )>.,  Registrar. 

B.  S.  Civil  Engineering  Xorth  Carolina  College  of  Agriculture  and  Mechanic 
Arts  '99;  with  Roanoke  Navigation  \-  Water  Supply  Co.  '99-01;  Standard  Oil  Co., 
Jacksonville,  Ida.,    01-02. 

BEXJAMIX  SMI  I'll   SKIXXER.  Farm  Superintendent  and  Ste^vard. 

DR.  J.   R.   ROGl'.RS,  .\.  B.,  .M.   IX,  Physician. 

MR.s.   DAISY   LEWI.s,  Matron. 

30 


5*3^^  '(g/#\#  "wcy"-^ 

INSTRUCTORS  AND  ASSISTANTS 


THE      AGROMECK 


1[n  flDeinoviam 

Susan  Colwell  Carroll. 


W1HEN  the  A.  &  M.  College  was  founded  in  1889,  Mrs.  Susan  Colwell  Carroll,  of 
^^^  Sampson  count}-,  was  elected  matron,  having  charge  of  the  Cadet  Hospital 
^§^§     and  the  dormitories. 

Rugged  in  jierson,  in  health  and  in  character,  blunt  in  speech,  kindly  of 
heart  to  the  extreme,  impressive  and  commanding,  she  was  the  right  woman  in  the 
right  place.  Her  heart  was  big,  her  sympathy  unbounded.  Many  a  home-sick  lad, 
away  from  liome  and  friends  for  the  first  time,  ready  to  give  up,  wept  out  his  misery 
on  her  shoulder,  and,  being  comforted  and  strengthened  by  her  words,  buckled  on  his 
armor  again  and  fought  the  battle  out.  To  those  who  came  under  her  administration 
in  the  hospital  slie  was  patient  and  untiring,  sitting  up  night  after  night.  She  en- 
couraged the  weak,  and  when  the  end  came  the  dying  boy  clung  t(.i  the  hand  that  had 
nursed  him  and  listened  to  the  kindly  voice  that  bade  him  put  his  trust  in  God. 

Her  memory  for  names  and  faces  was  wonderful.  At  a  moment's  ni_>tice  she  could 
tell  what  room  a  man  was  assigned  to,  who  his  room-mate  was;  and  in  the  many 
efforts  to  confuse  and  puzzle  her  she  was  always  triumphant;  and  then  how  she  would 
laugh  at  the  crestfallen  boy  who  had  attempted  to  prove  that  -'Mrs.  Carroll  sometimes 
made  mistakes. " 

Completely  wrapped  up  in  the  success  of  the  College,  growing  in  usefulness  as  the 
College  grew,  she  became  a  power  for  good,  antl  when  on  the  evening  of  Sept.  6, 
1901,  without  a  moment's  warning,  she  died — as  she  had  always  wanted  to  die — in 
harness,  at  her  post,  God  took  her. 

The  students  of  the  A.  &  M.  have  placed  on  the  wall  of  the  Cadet  Hospital  a 
beautiful  marble  tablet  to  her  memory,  bearing,  besides  her  name,  this  simple  tribute 
so  worthily  won: 

"The  Students'  Friend." 


35 


AGROMECK  -^^^^^S 


The  Alumni  Association 

($> 

HE  Alumni  Association  of  the  North  Carolina  College  of  Agriculture  and 
.Mechanic  Arts  was  organized  in  June,  1895,  two  years  after  the  graduation  of 
the  first  class.  The  charter  members,  fifty  in  all,  are,  therefore,  members  of 
the  classes  of  '93,  '94  and  '95.  The  first  president  of  the  Association  was  Mr. 
C.  D.  Francks  of  Onslow  county,  with  Mr.  Charles  Pearson,  now  of  Hattiesburg, 
Miss.,  as  vice-president.  Mr.  E.  S.  Darden,  of  Wilson,  was  its  first  secretary-treasurer. 
The  following  gentlemen  have  served  as  president:  Charles  Pearson,  J.  A.  Bizzell,  C. 
B.  Williams,  G.  S.  Fraps.  At  present  Mr.  David  Clark  is  president;  JNIr.  C.  D.  Welch, 
vice-president;  Mr.  E.  B.  Owen,  secretary-treasurer;  Mr.  S.  E.  Asbury,  statistical 
secretary;  I\Ir.  C.  B.  Williams,  chairman  of  the  executive  committee.  The  Associa- 
tion now  numbers  15S.      Three  graduates  have  died. 

The  object  of  the  Association,  as  set  forth  in  its  by-laws,  is:  "To  further  the  in- 
terests of  the  College,  to  promote  technical  and  scientific  education  in  North  Carolina, 
and  to  keep  alive  a  fellow-feeling  among  the  graduates  of  the  institution."  Members 
of  the  Association  meet  at  the  College  on  commencement  week  of  each  year,  hold  a 
business  meeting,  and  attend  the  annual  banquet.  JNlonday  evening  is  given  to  the 
Alumni,  when  one  of  the  number  delivers  a  jjublic  address  on  some  subject  relative  to 
technical  education.  .The  Associatit)n  each  year  contributes  to  a  loan  fund  for 
needy  students. 

In  addition  to  the  work  of  the  Association  already  mentioned,  it  has  done  good 
service  for  the  College.  The  idea  of  a  textile  school  was  first  suggested  and  discussed 
in  the  Alumni  A.ssociation.  The  Watauga  Club  and  other  strong  friends  of  the  College 
soon  took  it  up  and  gave  their  encouragement  and  aid.  Only  a  few  years  later  the  idea 
materialized  in  the  textile  school,  of  which  the  whole  state  may  justly  be  proud. 

As  new  classes  graduate,  the  Association  becomes  stronger  ami  better  able  to  be  of 
service  to  our  Alma  Mater.  Ten  years  ago  the  College  sent  out  its  first  graduates. 
Then  technical  education  in  North  Carolina  was  but  an  experiment.  Today  its  success 
is  doubly  assured.  It  is  announced  that  an  effort  will  be  made  to  bring  together  at 
our  next  commencement  the  nineteen  successful  young  men  who  ten  years  ago  received 
the  first  diploma  issued  by  the  College. 

These  ten  jears  have  been  years  of  proving  the  men  and  the  training  that  have  gone 
out  from  the  A.  i^  M  College.  None  can  gainsay  the  value  of  technical  education  to 
the  old  North  State.  The  Alumni  are  widely  scatteretl  and  are  engaged  in  manv  oc- 
cupations, but  they  are  reflecting  credit  upon  the  College  and  the  state. 


3<- 


THE      AGROMECK 


Class  d'  '03 

.AliiiTo:    Nil  Dc>p(jiaiKlum.  Colors:   Baby  Blue  and  Wliitc. 

Fi.owkk:  White  Rose. 


YELL 


Kippo  Kiro,  Bumbo  Siio 
Kuinbo,  Kiro,  Kippo  ! 
Hiro  Giro,  Zip  Rah  Zee  ! 
A.  i^  1\I.  Seniors,   1903. 


OFFICERS 

( ).    MAX  GARDNER Prksidim- 

K.     II.     RICKS ViCE-PKKSIDENt 

J.    II.   GLENN Secrktary 

CHARLES  B.   ROSS Tre.vsurek 

WILl.LA.'M    !■■.    KIRKI'A'I'RICK 1 1  ist(iki()c;k.m'her 


38 


Senior  History 


HiISTORY  is  a  simple  s\'stematic  statement,  or  written  account,    of  facts.      So, 
^^^     dear  reader,  look  not  here  for  the  neatly-turned  phrases,  the  pretty  word  pic- 
S^MB     tures,  the  beautiful  and  the  sublime,  which  you   will   find  elsewhere  in  this 
book;  only  remember  that  you  are  reading  plain  and  simple  truths  concerning 
a  body  of  young  men  upon  whose  escutcheon  there  is  no  blot,    and  in  whose  wake 
there  follow  no  signs  of  defeat. 

To  mention  every  barrier  we  have  burned,  to  recount  all  our  noble  achievements, 
to  depict  the  stately  character  of  each  member  of  this  illustrious  band,  would  be  utterly 
impossible.  The  purpose  of  this  humble  history,  therefore,  will  be  to  submit  only  a 
partial  sketch,  an  unfinished  portrait,  of  the  present  Senior  class  since  first  they  entered 
their  Alma  Mater. 

'Twas  the  summer,  or  early  autumn,  of  1899.  One  hundred  antl  thirty-two  boys 
had  decided  to  come  to  Raleigh  to  their  State  College  in  an  effort  to  solve  the  follow- 
ing problem:  Having  given  one  thousand  dollars  and  four  years  of  the  best  part  of 
one's  life,  how  can  a  person  get  an  education.?  (And  right  here  let  us  turn  aside  for  a 
moment  ti)  say  this  to  the  "Fresh" — if  you  would  obtain  a  correct  solution  of  the 
above  problem,  if  you  would  say  on  the  day  of  your  graduation,  "Veni,  vidi,  vici,'> 
then  follow  in  our  footsteps,  for  we  have  been  more  than  victorious  in  this  four  years' 
career  of  conflict  and  strife.)  We  exposed  our  ignorance  of  the  rules  and  regulations 
on  the  first  Sabbath  after  our  arrival  by  marching  to  the  Tabernacle  Church  under  the 
leadership  of  Sergeants  Person  and  Lougee  and  Corporal  Norman.  Of  course,  we  were 
humbled,  humiliated — yes,  degraded  (as  we  thought  at  the  time) — by  this  practical 
joke,  which  was  heralded  throughout  the  state  by  the  daily  newspapers.  But  to  us, 
as  to  every  one  else,  was  given  the  opportunity  of  retrieving  in  the  future  the  losses  of 
the  past,  and  so,  long  before  our  Freshman  course  was  run,  we  had  fully  demonstrated 
to  the  Faculty  that  we  were  students  in  the  truest  sense  of  the  word. 

Passing  on  to  our  Sophomore  year,  the  writer  feels  safe  in  saying  that  we  became 
more  self-confident  on  learning  that  Freshman  examinations  were  things  of  the  past 
— only  memories.  Indeed,  we  began  to  take  issue  with  the  learned  astronomer 
who  said, 

"  Twinkle,  iwinkle,  little  star, 
How  I  WONDER  what  you  are." 

For  at  all  times  and  everywhere  we  were  diffusing  the  philosophy, 

"Twinkle,  twinkle,  little  star. 
We  know  EXACTLY  What  you  are." 

There  was  a  "falling  otf"  of  numbers,  but  a   "picking  up"  in  determination  in 

39 


,^^s^^^^^^ 


THE      AGROMECK 


this  our  second  year  at  college.  Perhaps  we  did  not  see  ourselves  as  others  saw  us  at 
that  stage  of  the  game,  but  we  know  now  that  the  period  in  question  could  not  have 
been  dispensed  with,  since  it  prepared  us  so  well  for  the  propositions  which  were  ot 
confront  us  in  our  Junior  year. 

On  re-entering  college  for  the  second  time,  our  air  antl  aspect — so  late  arrogant 
and  aggressive — became  more  affable  and  agreeable.  We  imagined  ourselves  no  longer 
"  obno.xious  to  the  charms  of  womankind";  our  fancy  had  lightly  turned  to  thoughts 
of  love.  Coming  into  possession  of  Junior  liberties  (visiting  Raleigh  on  Friday  and 
Sabbath  nights),  we  thought  to  cultivate  the  friendship  of  the  gentler  ssx;  and  some 
of  us,  perhaps,  spent  much  time,  precious  time,  in  discussing  that  branch  of  natural 
history  sometimes  called  feminology,  when  we  should  have  been  trying  to  solve  the 
great  problem  given  at  the  outset. 

Up  until  this  time  we  had  been  so  successful  in  all  our  undertakings  that  maybe 
we  were  over-elated;  grant  that  we  were  even  conceited,  this  feeling  certainly  all  dis- 
api)eared  when  such  terrors  as  Analytics  and  Mechanics  loomed  up  just  ahead.  They 
had  the  appearance  of  castles  locked  antl  barred;  there  was  one  way  around,  but 
apparently  no  way  through;  so  frightful  did  these  objects  look  that  some  of  us  inwardly 
wisheil  to  turn  back,  others  to  "change  their  course."  Our  intention  to  proceed, 
however,  was  not  to  be  balked  by  these  hinderances;  not  for  a  moment  did  we  enter- 
tain the  idea  of  being  sidetracked  hero;  so  we  fought  hard  and  stubbornly  for  an 
entrance,  and  with  almost  no  avail,  until  ime  among  us  conceived  the  happy  idea  of 
writing  to  Hinds  &  Noble.  This  well-known  firm  agreed  to  supply  us,  at  a  minimum 
cost,  "Keys"  guaranteed  to  fit  anything  from  the  pantry  lock  to  calculus.  \nu  may 
well  guess  that  we  e.\i)erienced  no  further  trouble  along  this  line.  N<it  mih  was  the 
transition  from  arithmetic  to  higher  mathematics,  from  the  forge  shop  to  Intlustrial 
Chemistry,  from  bookkeeping  to  Hridge  Design,  made  easy,  but  along  the  journey  we 
enjovcil  such  an  immense  amount  of  mince  pies,  peanuts  and  canned  peaches  that  we 
feared  the  ill  health  of  some  of  our  members. 

Our  Junior  year  completed,  the  strangely-new  burden  of  .Senior  dignity  was  placed 
upon  our  shoulders,  and  we  stepped  forth  robed  in  those  garments  which  make  one 
heedless  of  danger  and  fearless  of  op|)osition,  those  garments  which  lead  one  to  disdain 
injustice  and  revenge  and  to  act  and  sacrifice  for  noble  objects.  He  it  yours  to  decide 
whether  or  not  we  have  demeaned  ourselves  according  to  our  standard  Something  is 
usually  said  in  papers  of  this  sort  about  the  unity  of  the  class.  Let  us  say  concerning 
our  own  that  it  has  never  been  a  unit;  we  have  had  dilferences  and  disagreements, 
fights  ami  fusses,  from  start  to  finish;  we  attribute  such  a  state  of  alfairs,  however,  to 
the  fact  that  "the  cour.se  of  true  love  never  did  run  smooth." 

( )ur  class  being  considerably  larger  than  any  preceding  us,  it  is  not  at  all  unnatural 
that  our  influence  in  athletic  circles  has  l)een  strongly  felt;  for  the  same  reason  we 
have  had  more  representatives  on  both  the  football  and  baseball  teams.  We  are  sorry 
to  say  that  our  boys  have  never  yet  indulged  in  intercollegiate  tennis:  no  doubt  nur 
successors  will  in  the  not  distant  future. 

40 


THE      AGROMECK 


Through  the  instrumentality  of  the  Seniors,  Greek  letter  fraternities  were  introduced 
into  the  College  during  the  current  year.  We  trust  and  believe  that  these  organizations 
will  be  beneficial  not  only  to  their  members,  but  also  to  the  entire  College. 

We  have  endeavored  to  save  some  of  the  best  things  to  the  last.  Although  a  part 
of  the  following  data  may  not  strictly  concern  the  Senior  class,  we  feel  justifiable  in 
placing  it  here,  since  ours  is  the  first  Annual  in  the  history  of  this  College.      We  have 

witnessed  the  total  number  of  registered  students  increase  from  in '99-1900  to 

for  the  scholastic  year  just  ended.  We  have  seen  the  erection  of  an  electrical  labo- 
ratory, a  textile  building,  PuUen  Memorial  Hall,  and  a  new  Watauga  Hall;  in  addition 
to  these,  many  lesser  improvements  have  been  made.  The  curriculum  of  the  College 
has  been  broadened  and  its  standard  raised  since  we  entered  the  A.  &  M. 

During  our  Junior  year  the  College  and  its  students  suffered  two  great  losses — 
losses  that  were  incomparable  with  each  other,  however,  since  one  was  measured  in 
dollars  and  cents,  while  the  other  was  measured  in  affection  and  esteem. 

Watauga  Hall  was  burned  to  the  ground  the  night  of  Nov.  29,  1901.  The  College 
authorities  were  somewhat  puzzled  at  first,  but  with  their  accustomed  readiness  for 
anv  emergency,  the  President  and  his  able  supporters  had  soon  perfected  arrangements, 
and  classes  were  met  as  usual,  with  only  one  day  out  of  College.  On  the  si.xth  of 
September,  of  the  same  year,  the  Angel  of  Death  touched  our  tenderest  feelings,  and 
severed  one  of  the  closest  ties  of  friendship,  by  calling  Mrs.  Susan  Carroll  from'  time 
to  eternitv.  INIrs.  Carroll  was  matron  of  this  College  from  its  founding  in  1889  to  her 
death.  She  was  not  onlv  an  esteemed  and  beloved  friend  of  this  class,  but  a  worthy 
friend  of  the  entire  student  body;  she  was  one  of  those  sweet  and  noble  women  whom 
none  knew  but  to  love;  whom  none  named  but  to  praise. 

In  our  Sophomore  year  a  new  Commandant  of  Cadets  joined  us  in  the  person  of 
F.  E.  Phelps,  retired  captain  of  the  U.  S.  army.  "Cap'n,"  as  we  all  call  him,  has 
seemed  quite  fond  of  the  boys,  by  whom  he  is  respected  and  honored. 

So  many  new  and  sensational  things  developed  in  our  Freshman  year  that  we 
cannot  recount  them  all  just  here. 

This  class  and  the  administration  of  Dr.  Geo.  T.  Winston  began  together.  For 
the  former  the  time  has  been  profitable,  indeed;  let  us  hope  that  it  has  been  at  least 
pleasant  for  the  latter,  and  we  wish  him  a  long  and  successful  term. 

If  anything  upon  these  pages  has  been  said  amiss,  be  gracious  enough,  gentle 
reader,  to  consider  it  our  misfortune  antl  not  our  fault;  think  that  no  remark  has  been 
made  through  colossal  conceit,  but  rather  through  pardonable  pride. 

Now,  ere  we  close,  let  us  ask  the  overruling  Deity  to  guide  and  guard  the  fortunes 
of  these  young  men  safely  into  the  harbor  of  prosperity.  May  the  friendship  begun 
here  as  college  boys  grow  and  ripen  into  maturity  as  they  become  men  of  the  world. 
God  grant  that  each  one  of  these  thirty-nine  shall  so  live  and  so  act  as  he  will  wish  he 
had  done  when  he  comes  to  render  in  his  account  at  the  great  and  final  day  of 
judgment. 

41 


lUith  tbc  Class  of  '03 

With  the  class  of  '03  will  our  liearts  ever  be, 
Where'er  we  may  drift  upon  life's  troul)le(l  sea; 
Xo  matter  where  our  lots  may  be  cast 
We  will  live  again  in  our  class's  past. 

We  can  hardly  remember  the  time  we  first  met, 
Days  fille<l  with  longing,  heart-achings,  regret; 
Nights  filled  with  bitterness,  solitude,  tears, 
Our  lonely  hearts  missing  the  friendships  of  yean^. 

Our  loneliness  vanished  with  friendships  new, 
While  the  love  for  our  class  and  our  classmates  grew; 
Friendships  stronger  than  all  others  we  have  formed  here; 
Bonds  that  ne'er  will  be  bnikeii  ;  ties  we  all  Ixpld  dear. 

We  have  been  four  years  together  struggling  side  by  side; 
What  one  had  as  much  another's,  nor  was  aid  deiuod; 
We  have  learned  to  prize  our  clas.i-mates,  each  and  every  one; 
Strangely  dreaded  future  when  each  must  staiul  alone  ! 

We  will  think  of  our  class  in  the  years  to  Ije, 
When  life  loses  its  zest  and  drags  drearily; 
We  will  call  the  roll  of  our  class  and  fear 
The  silence  of  each  gun,  unanswered  here. 

We  will  think  of  our  class  in  life's  autumn  cold, 
When  our  years  have  passed  as  a  tale  that  is  told. 
One  thing  we  shall  cherish  while  life  shall  last— 
The  love  that  we  bear  for  this  life  of  the  past. 

With  the  cla.«s  of  '03  \:\\\  our  souls  ever  be. 
In  Heaven  or  Hell  through  eternity; 
And  perish  together  our  souls,  swear  we. 
With  the  Id.'is  of  our  love  for  the  class  of  '03. 


^^^^^       THE      AGROMECK      ^^^^ 


CLASS  STATISTICS 


"Iteautiful  anti  childlike  is  he." 

SYDNEY  \V(.)()I)WARI)  ASBURY, 

BlRKMOXT,    X.    C. 

Capt.  Co.  C  '02-03;  ist  Sergt.  Co.  15 
'oi-'o2;  1st  Corp.  Co.  B  '00-01;  A'arsity 
football  team  '01 -'02;  Yarsity  baseball 
team  'oi-'o2;  Capt.  baseball  team  '03; 
best  class  athlete  '03;  Capt.  Freshman 
baseball  team  "oo-'oi;  scrub  baseball  team 
'00;  secretary  Athletic  Association  '01 ; 
business  mgr.  lied  and  While  'oi-'o2;  mar- 
shal Leazar  Literary  Society. 

\Yeight  135  lbs.;  height  5  ft.  6  in.;  age 
20  year-s. 


"And  they  gazed,  and  still  the  wonder  prew. 
How  one  small  head  could  carry  all  he  knew." 


WILLIAM  .MORTON  BOGART, 

Washington,  N.  C. 

Mechanical  Engineering. 

I  St  Lieut.  Co.  A  'o2-'o3;  2ncl  Sergt.  Co. 
C  '01 -'02;  4th  Corp.  Co.  D  'oo-'oi;  pres. 
PuUen  Literary  Society  '02:  treas.  P.  L.  S. 
'01;  winner  of  medal  public  debate  P.  L. 
S.  May  '02. 

Weight  no  lbs.;  height  5  ft.  6  in.;  age 
19  years. 


■o/rTT' 


43 


'^^^^m        THE      AGROMECK      ^^^^M 


"Better  late  than  uever." 

LESLIE  NOkWOor)  Ii(J^■K^■,  K  i 

Wai.i.ack,  N.  L'. 

Texlile  Engineering. 

Major  'o2-'o3;  2nd  Lieut.  Co.  A  'oi-u2; 
4th  Scrgt.  Co.  B  'oo-'oi;  treas.  Athletic 
Association  '02;  asst.  editor  ./?tv/  and  While 
'oi-'o2;  sect.  Leazar  Literary  Society  '00- 
'o  I ;  capt.  eastern  team  L.  L.  S.  'oo-'o  i ; 
whip  eastern  team  L.  L.  S.  'o2-'o3;  public 
debate  L.  L.  S.  '02;  Marshall  Commence- 
ment L.  L.  S.  '00;  pres.  Junior  Class 
'oi-'o2;  asst.  editor  Agromeck  '02-03; 
pres.  Y.  M.  C.  A.  'oi-'o2-'o3;  sect,  and 
treas.  A.  and  I\I.  C.  German  Club  '02;  sect. 
Thalerian  German  Club  '02;  chief  ball 
nigr.   Commencement  '03;   Dramatic  Club 

'OI-'02-'03. 

Weight  152  lbs.;  height  5  ft.  i  i  '4  in.; 
age  22  years. 


"Of  m  liest  mien  nnil  prneeful  in  his  gnit." 

|\().  SAM.  PINKNEY  CARPENTER, 

LiNCOLNTON,    N.    C. 

Textile  Engineering. 

Third  Lieut.  Co.  D  'o2-'o3;  N'arsity  foot- 
ball team  'oi-'o2;  class  football  team  '99: 
business  mgr.  Jied  and  While  '03;  Leazar 
Literary    Society:  committee    on    cuts    fur 

AcJROMF.CK. 

Weight  180  lbs.:  height  6  ft.  2  in.;  age 
23  years. 


44 


THE      AGROMECK 


"One  may  smile  and  smile  and  be  a  yillian." 

WAI.IER  CLARK,  Jr.. 

R.M.EIGH,    N.  C. 

Mechiiiilcd/  Engineering. 

Day  student;  entered  Sophomore  'oo; 
3r(l  Lieut.  Co.  A  '02-03;  asst.  editor 
Agromeck  'o2-'o3;  orator  public  entertain- 
ment L.  L.  S.  Feb.  '03. 

Weiglit  145  ilis. ;  height  5  ft.  1  i '4  in. : 
age  I  7  _years. 


\&a\lijxi   jfc^oAjfe, 


"  A  venerable  asiicfl  " 

JOHN  ELIOT  COIT, 

S,\N    AXTOXIO,    Tl 

Agricultural  Course. 

Lcazar  Literary  Society;  winner  of 
nietlal,  public  entertainment   L.  L.  S. 
Y.  M.    C.    A.;     pies.    Rural    Science 
■01-02;  pres.  Biological  Club 'o2-'o3: 
pres.  Biological  Club  'oi-'o2. 

Weight   145   lbs.:   height   5   ft.    10' 
age  23  years. 


essay 

01 : 

Club 

vice- 


^.(U^d^ 


45 


THE      AGROMECK      'mW€^^S 


CCct/yutn^i^. 


"Oh.  then,  renounce  thy  impious  self-esteem." 

SUMMEV  CROUSK  CORWVELL,  K  A 

D.XLI.AS,   N.   (.' 

Civil  Engineering. 

Capt.  Co.  E  ■02-'o3;  ist  Sergt.  Co.  C 
'01-02;  2nd  Corp.  Co.  A  "00- "oi;  treas. 
Athktic  Association  '01-02;  pres.  Lcazar 
Literary  Society  '02;  censor  L.  L.  S.  '00; 
public  debate  L.  L.  .S.  May  02;  marshal 
I..  L.  S.  Feb.  entertainment  00;  marshal 
L.  L.  S.  May  entertainment  '01;  cliief- 
marshal  coniniencement  02:  business  mgr. 
Agkomkck  'o2-'o3:  vice-pres.  Junior  Class 
'01-02;  sect,  and  treas.  Suphoniorc  Class 
'oo-'oi;  pres.  Iloplite  German  Club  '01: 
treas.  Hoplite  (iermaa  Club  '01:  pres. 
'I'halerian  German  Club  '02;  final  ball 
committee;  pres.  Civil  Engineering  Society 

'02-'03. 

Weight  120  lbs.:  height  5  ft.  5  in.:  age 
2 1  \ears. 


"You .told  a  lie;  an  odious,  damned  lie; 
Upon  my  soul,  a  lie;  a  wicked  lie." 

CH.A.S.   L.  CREECH,  K  §. 

Gkkensboko,  N.  C. 

Chemical  Engineering. 

Capt.  Co.  D  'o2-'o3;  Sergt.  Major  'oi-'o2; 
5tli  Sergt.  Co.  D  'oo-'oi;  ist  Corp.  Co.  B 
'00;  pres.  Athletic  Association  '03;  mgr. 
football  team  '02;  asst.  mgr.  football  team 
'00;  asst.  mgr.  baseball  team  '01;  sect. 
Athletic  Association  '01;  a.sst.  mgr.  Red 
,iml  White  '01-02;  vice-pres.  Leazar  Liter- 
ary Society  '02;  marshal  L.  L.  S  '00; 
orator  L.  L.  S.  Feb.  '03;  debater  L.  L.  S. 
May  '02;  vice-pres.  German  Club  '02;  pres. 
Sophomore  Class  '00- 'oi;  vice-pres.  Dra- 
matic Club  'oi-'o2;  class  liar. 

Weight  140  lbs.;  height  5  ft.  8  in.;  age 
20  years. 


46 


-^■L.  /^JULt^ 


THE      AGROMECK 


"  Music  is  the  height  of  my  ambition.' 

EUGENE  ENGLISH  CULBRETH,  K  t 

Si  ATESVIl.I.E,    N.    C. 

Electrical  Engin  eeriiig. 

Capt.  Co.  A  '02-03;  2nd  Lieut.  Co.  D 
■oi-'o2;  2nd  Sergt.  Co.  D  'oo-'oi;  vice- 
jires.  Athletic  Association  '02;  treas.  Ath- 
letic Association  '01 ;  vice-pres.  Tennis 
Club  '02;  treas.  Leazar  Literary  Society 
02;  public  debate  L.  L.  S.  '02;  ist  sub. 
marshal  commencement  '01;  pres.  Electri- 
cal Society '02;  sect.  Electrical  Society '01: 
Old  German  Club  'oi-'o2;  vice-pres.  Thal- 
erian  German  Club  '02;  Dramatic  Club 
'oi-'o2-"o3;  treas.  Dramatic  Club  '02; 
junior  editor  Red  and  While  'oi-'o2;  busi- 
ness mgr.  Red  and  White  'o2-'o3;  Agro- 
MFXK  board  'oz-'oj. 

Weight  130  lbs.;  height  5  ft.  8  in.;  age 
2  2  years. 


"  \yith  what  a  graceful  tenderness  he  loves." 

WALTER  LEE  DARDEN.    K  § 

GoLDSBORO,    N.    C. 

Textile  Engineering. 

Entered  Sophomore  '00;  Capt.  and  Adjt. 
"o2-'o3;  2nd  Sergt.  Co.  D  '01 -'02;  pres. 
Athletic  Association  '02;  auditor  Athletic 
-Association  '00;  Varsity  football  team 
'oi-'o2;  vice-pres.  Leazar  Literary  Society 
'02;  public  debate  L.  L.  S.  '01;  winner  of 
medal  public  debate  L.  L.  S.  '02;  ist 
orator  L.  L.  S.  Feb.  '03;  ist  sub.  marshal 
commencement  02;  honor  roll  'oo-'oi; 
German  Club  'oi-'o2-'o3;  sect.  German 
Club  '01;  vice-pres.  Thalerian  German 
Club  '02;  final  ball  committee;  editor-in- 
chief  of  Agromeck  'o2-"o3;  junior  editor 
Red  and  Whi'e  ■01-02;  sect.  Dramatic 
Club  '01-02;  vice-pres.  Dramatic  Club 
'o2-'o3;  sect.  Junior  Class  'oi-'o2. 

Weight  153  lbs.;  height  5  ft.  10  in.:  age 
20  years. 


.i<,^g,&W-tc... 


47 


THE      AGROMECK 


p/^f^- 


••  Long,  slick,  slim,  slender,  sapling." 

JUNIUS  FRANKLIN  DKIGS,    K  A. 

Dkjgs,  N.  C. 

C/iemicii/  Engineering. 

C'apt.  Co.  F  '02-03 ;  i.-;t  Sergt,  Co.  D 
'oi-'o2:  1st  Corp.  Co.  A  "oo-'oi;  Athletic 
Association;  Tennis  Club;  Leazar  Literary 
.'-^ociet}"  marshal  L.  L.  S.  May  entertain- 
ment 02,  asst.  business  mgr.  A(;romeck 
'o2-"o3;  vice-pres.  Hopiite  German  Club 
02;  treas.  Hopiite  German  Club  01: 
]in'S.  'riialerian  German  Club  '02;  leader 
fall  germans  "02:  treas.  Thalerian  German 
Club  '02:  vice-pres.  Liebeg  Chemical  .'so- 
ciety '01-02. 

'Weight  140  lbs.:  height  5  It.  11  in.:  age 
1 9  years. 


"  l-'iill  bJLT  he  was  of  bruwn,  anii  ■■uk  of  honcjf." 

TllLUriJlLU.S  THtAMAS   I'.Ll.l.S 

Bear  Pond,  N.  C. 

E/ec/ricii/  Engineering. 

Third  Lieut.  Co.  A  '02-03:  treas.  F.lec- 
trical  .^^ociet)'   02. 

Weight  lyo  lbs.:  height  6  ft.:  age  25 
^•ears. 


^^,  (3M<. 


48 


THE      AGROMECK 


"  Glancing  an  eye  of  pity  on  his  losses." 

EDW.    EVERETT  ETHERIDGE,  K  A. 
Elizabeth  City,  N.  C. 

Eleclriciil  Engitu-cring. 

Second  Lieut.  Cd.  C  "02-03:  vice-pres. 
Athletic  Association  "02:  Pullcn  Literary 
Society;  marshal  commencement  P.  L.  S. 
'01;  German  Club;  Tennis  Cluli;  Electrical 
Society. 

Weight  155  lbs.:  height  5  ft.  10  in.;  age 
2 1  \ears. 


"I  am  erouin?  ^\  ise;  I'm  growing— yes— 
I'm  growing  old." 

JOHN  DANIEL  EERGUSON, 

Bl..\DENBORO,    N.    C. 


Elecli'ical  Engineering. 
Co.    B   'o2-'o3;    I  St  Sergt. 


Capt.  Co.  B  'o2-'o3;  ist  Sergt.  Co.  A 
'oi-'o2;  1st  Corp.  Co.  C  'oo-'oi;  sect. 
Athletic  Association  '02;  treas.  Athletic 
Association  '02-03 •  Leazar  Literary  So- 
ciety; marshal  L.  L.  S.  May  '02;  Y.  M. 
C.  A.;  associate  editor  Red  ami  While 
'o2-'o3;  asst.  editor  Agromeck  'o2-'o3; 
pres.  Electrical  Society  '03;  librarian  Elec- 
trical Society  '03. 

Weight  138  lbs.:  height  5  ft.  S'_,  in. ; 
age  23  years. 


49 


THE      AGROMECK 


^^^^ 


"All  hell  will  boil  for  this." 

HUGH   P.   FOSTER Vance,  N.  C. 

3fechaiiical  Engineering. 

Capt.  and  Quartermaster  ■o2-'o3;  Quart- 
ermaster Sergt.  'oi-"o2;  3rd  Corp.  Co.  C 
oo-'oi;  I.eazar  Literary  .Society;  Y.  M. 
C.  A. 

Weight  148  lbs.:  height  5  ft.  9><  in.: 
age  22  years. 


>yV^2^^K^^ 


"Conceit  may  jiulT  a  man  up. but  never  iirop  him  up." 

OLIVER  :\L\X  (lARDXER,  S  N 

Sheluy,   X.  C. 
Chemical  Engineering. 

First  Lieut,  and  Adjt.  (resigned)  'o2-'o3; 
Color  Sergt.  oi-oi;  2nii  Sergt.  Co.  B 
'oo-'oi;  vice-pres.  Athletic  Association  '03; 
sect.  Athletic  Association  '01;  auditor 
.Xthletic  Association  '01;  mgr.  baseball 
team  '03;  asst.  mgr.  baseball  team  '02; 
mgr.  class  baseball  team  'oo-'oi-"02;  capt. 
football  team  '02;  vice-i)res.  Pullen  Liter- 
arv  Society  03;  orator  commencement  P. 
L.  S.  03:  winner  orator's  nietlal  P.  L.  S. 
'02:  winner  debater's  medal  P.  L.  S.  '01; 
chief  inarshall  commencement  '01 ;  marshal 
P.  L.  S.  '00;  sect.  P.  L.  S.  '01;  sect.  Dra- 
matic Club  '02-'03;  junior  editor  Red  and 
While  '01-02;  asst.  editor  Red  and  While 
'o2-'o3;  asst.  lousiness  mgr.  Red  and  While 
"00-01:  vice-pres.  German  Club  '02;  pies. 
Liebeg  Chemical  Society  '02;  asst.  editor 
.VcKoMECK  '02-03;  pres.Seniiir Class  '02-03. 

Weight  215  lbs.;  height  6  ft.  I  J^'  in. ; 
ai^e  20  years. 


(3ta,o^     '^cUo^JU.tM- 


THE      AGROMECK      ^^^^^^ 


"He  was  the  mildest  mannered  man 
That  eTer  scuttled  ship  or  cut  a  throat." 

I.A:\rAR  CARSOX  GIDXEV, 

Shelby,  X.  C 

Electrical  Engineering. 

Second  Sc-rgt.  Co.  A  'oi-'o2:  4th  Sergt. 
Co.  B  '00-01;  5th  Corp.  Co.  A  '99-00: 
sect.  Electrical  Society  '02;  librarian  Elec- 
trical Societ\'  03. 

Weight  130  lbs.;  height  5  ft.  10  in.;  age 
I  V  vears. 


*' You  have  too  much  respect  upon  the  world." 

JOHX   HOWARD  GI.F.XX. 

Crowders  Creek.  X.  C. 

Mcchanicai  Engineering. 

Third  Lieut.  'o2-'o3  (resigned);  4th 
Sergt.  Co.  B  01-02;  4th  Corp.  Co.  C 
'oo-'oi;  honor  roll  lor  scholarship  "oi-'o2; 
honor  roll  for  piunctualitv  01-02;  sect. 
Leazar  Literar}'  Societv  '02;  sect.  Senior 
Class  02-03;  treas.  Y.  ,M.  C.  A.  'o2-'o3. 

^^'eight  145  ll;s.  ;  height  5  ft.  11  in.;  age 
2 1  \ears. 


J-^rX^e^i^T.^,^^ 


^^^^       THE      A  G  R  O  M  E  C  K      ^^^^ 


q^^yAA^S'  $)jiMAJM^. 


'*  Men  of  few  words  are   thu  best  men  " 

K.MII.    GIXTKR     PlKKSnX,    Ki.okida. 

Electrical  Liiginccn'iiff. 

Lieut.  Co.  .\  (resigned)  '02-'03:  2ncl 
Sergt.  Co.  B  '01-02;  2nd  Corp.  Co.  li 
'00- '01;  sect.  Leazar  Literary  .Society  '02; 
honor 'oo-'oi  and  'oi-'o2;  librarian  Kiectri- 
eal  .'>iiciety  "oi-"o2. 

\\\ight  140  ll)s. :  JKigiit  5  ft.  S'jin. : 
ajic  T  9  years. 


"I  know  net  wliy  I  am  so  s:ui." 

EUGKXE  COLI.^irs  jOHNSOX. 

Ixcui.i),   X'.  C. 

I\lvchanical  Engiiicciiiii^. 

'I'liird  .Si-rgt.  Co.  C  'oi-'o2;  4tli  Corp. 
Co.  C  'oo-"oi:  Leazar  Literaiy  .Society; 
treas.  V.  Vl.  C.  A.  '02-03. 

Weight  150II1.S. ;  heigli'  5  ft.  9  in.  ;  age 
22  years. 


^x-o«rx,.-o^  toJ(<&^^.o  a-rS. 


^^^^^^^^ 


THE      AGROMECK 


31 


"His  only  lahor  was  to  kill  tlie  time." 

JAMKS  MATTIIKW  KENNEDY, 

McClahny,  N.  C". 

Text  ill'  Eiigi?ieen'iig. 

Second  Lieut.  Co.  A  "02-'o3;  5th  Sergt. 
Co.  D  'oi-'o2:  3rd  Sergt.  Co.  D  'oo-'oi  ; 
\'arsity  focjtball  team  '01;  .sidj.  fcjotball 
team  '00;  class  football  team  'yy;  Leazar 
Literary  Society;  declaimer's  medal  '00: 
sect,  debater's  contest  '02;  committee  im 
cuts  for  Agromeck  'o2-'o3;  vice-pres.  Y. M. 
C.  .\.  'oo-'o2-'o3;  sect.  Y.  M.  C.  A.  'oo-'oi. 

Weight  155  lbs.;  height  5  ft.  6  in.;  age 
22  \ears. 


/f  M-^dt^l^^^^^ 


"  His  talk  is  like  a  slream  that  runs. 
With  rapid  chaii,i,'e  from  politics  to  pun?." 

WM.FRANKLIN  KIRKPATRICK,  K  A 

Charlotte,  N.  C. 

Electrical  Engineering. 

Entered  Junior  Class  '01;  3rd  Lieut.  Co. 
D  'o2-'o3;  auditcjr  Athletic  Association  '01; 
pres.  Leazar  Literary  Society  '03;  orator 
public  entertainment  L.  L.  S.  Feb.  '03; 
Qebater  L.  L.  S.  May  '02;  marshal  L.  L.  S. 
Feb.  02;  Thalerian  German  Club;  final 
ball  committee;  class  historiographer;  ist 
associate  editor  Auromeck  'o2-'o3;  pres. 
Tennis  Club  '03;  \ice-pres.  F-iectrical  So- 
ciety '0I-'02. 

Weight  132  lbs.;  height  5  ft.  10  in.;  age 
22  years. 


l/U:^}riC>:^^^;iz::^ 


^0 


THE      AGROMECK 


^vj^yyyuM^  C^^om/A/^ 


\V7 


"The  healthy  hunt&miin  with  a  cheerful  horn, 
SummoiiB  tile  dogs,  and  greets  the  dappled  morn." 

I5ENNETT  LAND,  Ji<, 

Ki.iz,\nK.TH  Cn^,  X.  C. 
Chii  Eiii^incci  /ii{^. 

Athletic  A.ssociati()n:  Lcazar  Literarv 
Sdcicty;  Society  of  Civil  Kngincers;  his- 
tmian  C.  E.  Society  'o2-'o_3. 

\\Vii,'lit  150  lbs.:  height  5  ft.  9  in.;  age 
24  \ears. 


"(iod  made  liiiii  anil  ilirrefore  k'l  him  pass  for  a  man." 

JUIIX  TllU.-MAS   L.Wl), 

Pol'I.AK    1>K.\N<H,    X.    C. 

Civi/  Ejigineering. 

'J'liiiti  Lieut.  Co.  B  'o2-'o3;  Athletic  As- 
sociation; Leazar  Literary  Society;  capt. 
oratory  section  eastern  team  L.  L.  S'.  'o2-'o3; 
capt.  technology  section  eastern  team  L. 
L.  S.  'oi-'o2;  vice-pres.  Civil  Engineers 
Society  'o2-'o3;  historian   Civil    E.ngineers. 

Weight  140  lbs.;  height  5  A.  y  in.;  age 
20  years. 


y  .^...^ 


5+ 


&^&^&^ii=^li=^&=^ 


THE      AGROMECK 


tsX  ^  f^^- 


"A  plain  blunt  man." 

EDWARD  SHAW  I.VTCH, 

Lai  RixBiRG.  X.  C. 

Electrical  Enginccrmg. 

First  Lieut.  Co.  D  'oz-'oj,;  3rd  Seigt. 
Co.  A  'oi-"o2;  3rd  Corp.  Co.  D  'oo-'oi: 
vice-pres.  Electrical  Societ_v  '02;  Leazar 
Literary  Society. 

Weight  170  lbs.;  height  (^  ft.  1)2  in  ; 
age  23  years. 


•'  Too  good,  too  laire.  for  this  bail  wicl<ed  worM." 

JESSE  J(JHX   MORRLS Norfolk, V.\. 

Civil  Engineering. 

Second  Lieut.  Co.  F  '02-03;  Athletic 
Association;  sect.  PuIIen  Literary  Society 
entertainment  '02;  A.  i  ^L  German  Club 
'oo-'o2;  Thalerian  German  Club  'o2-'o3; 
Civil  Engineers  Society. 

Weight  138  lbs.;  height  5  ft.  9-v^  in.; 
age  20  years. 


3D 


, :3;5S3ir:^ 


THE      AGROMECK       ^^^^^S. 


^y'<[^6L^\^y, 


"  He  lovfS  to  wind  his  nioiitli  up  and  I  lien  let  it  gougiiin.  ' 

1)A\II)  S-|'AKR   ()\\'1:N. 

F.WKTI  KVILLK,    N.    C 

First  Lieut.  Co.  C  'o2-'o3;  4tii  .Seigt.  Co. 
C  'oi-'o2;  2rnl  Corp.  Co.  1)  oo-'oi;  i)res. 
Leazar  Literary  Society  02;  vice-pres.  L. 
L.  .S.  '02;  cciisnr  L.  L.  S.  '00;  pres.  ora- 
torical cntcrtaiiinu-nt  L.   L.  S.  "03. 

Wci^lit  140  lbs.:  lirinlit  5  ft.  i;  in.:  age 
1 1)  year.s. 


"  His  imliiro  is  too  noble  for  the  world." 

JOHN    il\K\i:\'    ]'.\RKER, 

HlI.l.SHOKO,    X.    C. 
FJrclriial  F.tii^inccring. 

First  Lieut.  Band  02-03;  '*t  Scrgt. 
Band  '01-02;  .Xthletic -Association;  Tennis 
Club  'o2-'o3;  full  back  Klectrical  football 
team;  'Lhalerian  German  Club;  capt.  dec- 
lamation section  Leazar  Literary  Society 
'01:  trea.s.  F'lcctrical  Society  '03;  pres. 
Glee  Club  '03. 

Weight  160  lbs.:  liciglit  6  ft.;  age  ly 
years. 


THE      AGROMECK 


"I  have  not  loVL-d  the  world  nor  the  world  me." 

JOEL  POWERS    Method,  N.  C. 

]\I('chanic:il  Kiii;iiiC('riiig. 
Dav    student:    Leazar    Literary    Suciet}-; 

^■.  M'.  C  A. 

\\'fig'ht  130   llis.  :    height  5  ft.   7   in.:   age 
24  A  ear-i. 


"But  let  me  play  the  fool." 

EDW.VRl)   HAYS  RICKS,   K  §. 

Eni'iei.d,    N.    C". 

j\[i'chanical  Engineering. 

Second  Lieut.  Co.  Y.  'o2-'o3:  Athletic 
Association;  trcas.  Leazar  Literary  Society 
'oi-'o2;  chief  marshal  L.  L.  S.  Feb.  '03: 
1st  sub.  marshal  L.  L.  S.  '02;  Dramatic 
Club  'oi-'o2-'o3:  treas.  German  Club  '02; 
vice-pres.  Senior  Class  '02-03;  ^'-  ^f-  *-  •  -^-  • 
vice-pres.  Glee  Club  '00. 


Weight  130  lbs. 
21  rears. 


height 


It. 


y  111.;  age 


57 


THE      AGROMECK       H^^^^H 


•■  He  was  as  fresh  as  is  the  month  of  May." 

GASTOX  WII.Dl.k    K(((ii:RS.   K  A. 

R.\lku;h,  X.  C. 

Electrical  Eiigi)nrn'ng. 

Day  student;  ist  Lieut.  Co.  B  '02-03; 
4th  Sergt.  Co.  A  'oi-'o2;  marshal  Leazar 
Literary  Society  02;  associate  editor  Agro- 
meck'o2-'o3;  honor  roll 'oo-'o I :  Thalerian 
("lerman  Club;  l'".lcctrical  .Society;  pres. 
.\utiimobile  Clul). 

Weight  140  lbs.:  height  5  ft.  ir  in.:  age 
1 9  years. 


"  Do  otlKTS  or  Ihev  will  lio  you." 

CIi.\k!.KS  HrRDr.TIK  RO.SS, 

Chaki.ottk,  N.  C. 

Textile  Engiticeritig. 

Entered  Sophomore  00;  2nil  l.iiut.  Co. 
D  '02-03;  Athletic  .Association:  N'arsity 
football  team  '01;  Tennis  Club;  Leazar 
Literary  .Society:  marshal  1  L.  L.  S.  Feb. 
'01;  vice-pres.  lloplite  (lerman  Club  '02; 
leader  Thalerian  German  Club  '02;  clas.s 
rogue. 

Weight  160  lbs. :  height  5  ft.  S  in.;  age 
20  years. 


&=^ii=^£=^S=^&=^&s^ 


THE      AGROMECK 


•'  Why,  man,  he  doth  bestride  the  narrow  world  like 
a  colossus.'" 

JXO.  HOUSTON  SHIFORD, 

Charlotte,  X.  C. 

Dyeing  Course. 

Second  Lieut.  Co.  C  'oi-'o2;  5th  Sergt. 
Co.  A  'oo-'ni;  Athletic  Association;  editor- 
in-chief  ^Cf/ (zW  White  'o2-'oy.  Leazar  Lit- 
erary Society;  orator  L.  L.  S.  Feb.  02: 
custodian  annual  trophy  in  orat'irv  L.  L. 
S.  '01 -'02. 

^\"clgllt  150  lbs.;  hei,t?ht  5  ft.  8  in.;  age 
26  vear.s. 


'■He  was  a  schtilar,  and  a  ripe  and  good  one." 

HOWARD  snn^sox, 

Simpson's  .Store,  X.  C. 
2IccJhuiical  Engineering. 

First  Lieut.  Co.  F  "02-03;  S^h  Sergt. 
,Co.  C  01-02;  sect.  Athletic  Assijciation 
oi-'o2;  pres.  Pullen  Literary  Society  '02; 
Sect.  P.  L.  S.  01;  librarian  P.  L.  S.  'oi; 
Censor  P.  L.  S.  00;  orator  P.  L.  S.  May 
'03;  public  debate  P.  L.  S.  '02;  marshal  I 
P.  L.  S.  '01;  chairman  prf)gram  committee 
P.  L.  S.  ■o2-"o3:   V.  y[.  C.A. 

Weight  138  ll)s. ;  height  5  ft.  9  in.;  age 
2  I  years. 


//)U^/^x^t(/y(^*'''^'^^i'^r>^ 


59 


'^^^^m      THE      AGROMECK       ^^S^^ 


^cC      'CO^     ^toZnn^^-^ 


"There's  a  brave  fi'llow  !  There's  a  man  of  pluck!" 

KDWAKl)   KOI'.  SIA.Ml'S,   K  A 

Kai.f.ich,    \.    C. 

Tc.xHIc  Engineering. 

Da)  student;  2nd  Lieut.  C'i>.  B  ■o2-'o3; 
4th  Sergt.  Co.  B  'oi-'o2;  Lcazar  Literary 
Scicict}':  honor  roll  'oo-'o: ;  Thalcrian  (".cr- 
man  t'lub:  vice-pres.  Automobile  C'lul>. 

\\Vi.L,dit  I  50  Ills.;  hLij;ht  5  It.  10  in.;  age 
I  y  years. 


"  Ilatli  a  lean  ami  liuii^ry  look." 

(;k()R(;k  ^■.\!'l•;s  stk.mh.kv, 

.\SHICVII.I,K,    X.   (,'. 

Ch  'il  En  gin  <  v  'I'ing. 

Third  l.icut.  Co.  15  ■02-03;  Athletie  As- 
sociation; I'ullen  l.iterar\-  Society:  prus. 
A.  ().  M.  J.  T.  Club. 

Weight  150II1.S. ;  liL-ight  5  It.  10  in.;  age 
23  years. 


•-^^^^^  ^<z<&-  ^-^v^-ly^ 


60 


THE      AGROMECK 


**Not  always  aotious  show  the  man." 

CHAS.   KDWARl)    TROirKR, 

P'ranki.in,  N.  C. 

Ch  c  mica  I  Engin  ear  iiig. 

First  Lieut,  and  Hospital  Steward 'o2-'o3; 
4th  Sergt.  Co.  I)  oi-'oa;  class  baseball 
team  'oi;  PuUen  Literary  Society;  critic 
P.  L.  S.  'oi;  Biological  Ciub. 

Weight  135  lbs.:  height  6  ft.:  age  18 
\ears. 


icci^  G    yyz-^-^t^Stl^ 


"His  worst  fault  is  to  be  in  love." 

JONATHAN  WINBORNE  WHITE, 

(JREENVII.I.E,    N.    C. 

Dvciiig   Course. 

First  Lieut.  C"<i.  E  '02-01;  3rd  Sergt. 
Co.  B  'oi-'o2;  3rd  Corp.  Co.  A  oo-'oi; 
Leazar  Literary  Societ}-;  sect.  Liebeg 
Chemical  Society  01 -'02;  treas.  Liebeg 
Chemical  Society  '02-03. 

Weight  155  lbs.;  height  5  ft.  9^2  in.; 
age  19  years. 


Q^rA^ 


61 


M^M^^i^M^ 


THE      AGROMECK 


feoLuKA^/  4>.  UrkCuvvo/ 


"  Great  wits  are  sure  to  madness  near  allied. 
And  thin  partition  do  their  bounds  divide." 

i:i)\Vl\  SK^'MOUR   WHITING, 

Hamlet,  N.  C. 

Textile  Eiiginciiing. 

Fourth  Scrgt.  Co.  B  '01-02;  4th  Corp. 
Co.  B  '00-01;  honor  roll  'oo-'oi;  Lcazar 
Literary  Society;  essayist  1..  L.  S.  I\Ia\-  '01; 
vice-pres.  L.  L.  S.  'oi-'o2;  orator  Feb.  en- 
tertainment L.  L.  S.  03;  comic  s,nA  &\- 
ch&ngn  {:A\\.ov  Red  and  ■W/ii/e  "02-03;  asst. 
editor  Agromeck  "02-03. 

Weight  150  lbs.;  height  5  ft.  7  in.:  age 
20  vears. 


62 


^m^^3      THE      AGROMECK       ^^^^^ 


^-■^\> 


.iAr^-''-»^-y^j^.;:^>s^<;-j---f><57»f>(— ^-,  ">rV"'^N;..^-^ 


cv-  -i^—.^fK.'rK.-f:-^^,-^  s.<r 


i»   Class  Prophecy    ^ "k^'i^ 


Once  upon  a  midnight  dreary, 
AVhile  I  piindered,  weak  and  weary, 
O'er  the  future  that's  beture  us, 

What  it  has  for  us  in  store, 
Suddenly  there  came  a  vision, 
Mocking  me  in  slieer  derision. 

Showing  things  I'd  never  seen  befure. 

Through  all  liell  with  lava  burning, 
Never  blessing,  ever  "durning,  " 
There  to  seek  what  lay  before  us, 

Passed  my  wretched,  trembling  soul. 
There  I  found  a  fearful  warning 
Of  the  future  that  is  dawning, 

Of  what  goon  will  be  our  goal. 

With  hell's  Hanies  upiin  uie  gloa'ing, 
l!(piling  vapors  'ronml  me  fioating, 
Hiving  in  hell'.s  nmlten  lava, 

There  I  saw  what  was  l)efiire — 
Saw  what  fate  had  long  decreed  us, 
What  the  devil  would  concede  us  ; 

Only  this  and  nothing  more. 

"  Prophet,  "  said  I,  "  Ood  of  evil, 
Lord  of  sin  from  time  primeval, 
By  the  (lames  that  roar  around  us 

By  all  good  that  we  deplore, 
Tell  me,  Evil  One,  discerning 
What  our  fate  is  while  here  burning. 

Tell  me  ;  tell  me,  I  implore.  " 


ASBURY 

Swathed  in  iron's  hot  fluid  plaster, 
Gathered  fast  and  gathered  faster, 
O'er  hell's  awful  diamond  racing. 

One  whom  I  had  seen  liefore. 
Never  from  his  pastime  turning — 
In  his  heart  no  other  yearning — 

He  played  baseball  evermore. 

BOGART 

o'er  a  drawing  bcaril  reclining, 
One  frail  yuuth  I  saw  designing 
What  the  devil  had  assigned  him. 

"  iM.   E  !"  sighed  the  youth,  and  swore; 
Then  I  knew  in  joy  unending. 
Life  and  soul  alike  expending, 

lie  would  draw  forevcrmore. 

BONEY 

In  that  awful,  ceaseless  burning, 
Still  upright  and  evil  sjiurning. 
Did  another  lead  good  orders, 

Though   all  hell  conspir'd  to  turn  him — 
Him  that  mimicked  goodness  ever, 
Satan  would  with  torture  clever 

Through  eternity  l)urn  him. 

CARPENTER 


And  the  devil,  gravely  sitting. 
Never  for  a  moment  quitting, 
Not  for  one  brief  second  leaving 

His  throne  o'er  a  furnace  door, 
Told  me  I  could  see  my  class-mates 
Following  liis  royal  dictates; 

This  I  saw  and  nothing  more  : 


There  was  one  who  loved  to  revel 

In  coarse  jokes  that  shocked  the  devil. 

Who  Plis  Majesty  did  rival  in  liis  sphere. 

Through  hell's  vastness  ever  roaming, 
In  hell's  darkest  caverns  hi#-g. 
In  its  depths  forever  biding. 

He  would  be  "til  time's  deep  gloaming. 


63 


THE      AGROMECK      ^^^S^ 


CLARK 

JCot  all  evil  inucli  enjoying, 
Not  himself  with  sin  destroying, 
Was  another  in  torment's  abyss. 

Never  knew  I  why  he  came  there; 
Yet  he  \va9  in  hell  consuming, 
Ever  damning,  ever  dooming 

All  things  which  liad  bruught  him  there. 


DARDEN 

Never  rringing,  never  quailing, 
Never  writhing,  never  wailing. 
One  was  sternly  silent  ever. 

There  forever  doomed  to  be, 
So  fair  angels  far  above  him 
Never  brought  lii  know  and  love  him 

Could  from  mortal  love  be  free. 


COIT 

Doomed  was  one  to  useless  fanning 
On  a  hired  liillside  charming; 
Loudly  in  their  echoes  rang  his  prayers  for 
rain. 
Heard  but  never  granted,  prayers  in  hell. 
Now  as  ever  lived  the  farmer  liand  to  month. 
Fiercely    raged     forever     hell's     unending 
drouth. 
And  rain  long  iirayi'd  for  never  fell. 

CORNWELL 

One  with  heaven  made  c-oiinec-tion, 
Maybe  some  former  predilection 
Of  his  own  had  earned  him  this  ; 

Or  why  forever  should  it  be  his  doom 
To  have  within  his  hearing  heaven's  bliss. 
Mayhap    ^ujne    lovely    angel's    cool-lipped 
kiss, 

And  yet  be  sunk  in  hell's  deep  gloom. 

CREECH 

In  that  roaring,  ceaseless  lire. 
His  own  lies  his  funeral  pyre. 
Was  one  .soul  eternally  consumed  ; 

Truthfulness  forever  shunning, 
All  things  true  for  aye  den\  ing. 
Hell's  worst  imps  liimself  outlying 

In  his  fiendish,  matchless  cunning. 


DIGGS 

Kept  from  marring  heaven's  beauty, 
Chained  in  hell  to  irksome  duty, 
One  soul  struggled  to  be  free. 

Longed  for  what  could  never  be  ; 
Welded  molten  hot  around  him, 
Fast  his  shackles  ever  bound  him 

Throughout  all  eternity. 

ELLIS 

One  who  feared  not  any  man 
From  the  very  first  began 
To  fear  the  devil. 

To  him  hell's  horrors  multiplied 
From  spectres,  phantoms,  g(}blins  all. 
Which  the  devil  did  to  his  mind  recall 

Him  the  devil  ever  terrified. 


ETHERIDGE 

With  liis  luck  forever  failing. 
Endless  loss  himself  entailing. 
One  would  bet  and  lose  eternally. 

And  the  devil  much  would  taunt  him 
Show  him  chances  fair  to  lure  him; 
'Gain.st  all  losses  would  insure  him; 

In  the  end  let  losses  haunt  him. 


CULBRETH 

One,  His  Majesty  the  devil  had  decreeil 
Should  at  once  report  each  vile  misdeed, 
Where'er  committed  in  his  realm  ; 

In  this  failing,  tortures  ever 
Were  to  meet  this  luckless  wretch  ; 
Tortures  worse  than  |)en  can  sketch 

Would  be  his  forever. 


FERGUSON 

There  was  one  old  soul,  it  seemed. 
Even  by  the  devil  nnich  esteemed, 
Who  with  good  advice  and  counsel  fraught 

Aided  the  devil  his  sole  lord. 
Not  with  other  demons  playeil  he; 
Ever  plans  and  projects  laid  he. 

Much  the  devil  loved  this  ward. 


64 


,s^^^^^^^^ 


THE      AGROMECK 


FOSTER 

Then  another,  this  man's  brotlier 

In  his  manner, — since  no  otlier 

Ties — not  even  years — could  make  them  so, 

Ever  gave  liimself  to  labor; 
Ever  strained  his  burdened  mind; 
And  grew  a  grim,  relentless  grind. 

Knowing  not  his  nearest  neighbor. 


JOHNSON 

One  there  was  forever  trailing 
Por  success,  and  ever  failing 
To  win  what  he  had  striven  for; 

Him  the  devil  much  was  taxing; 
Ever  struggling,    never  gaining  ; 
Ever  losing,  ne'er  attaining, 

Never  from  his  task  relaxing. 


GARDNER 

Given  to  eternal  wooing. 
Ever  vainly  love  pursuing, 
One  whom  I  had  known  of  old; 

Fate  could  not  have  been  more  cruel ; 
Ever  doom'd  to  disappointment, 
For  his  heart  no  healing  ointment 
For  the  wounds  from  Cupid's  duel. 


KENNEDY 

There  was  one  perpetual  dead-beat 
Sweltering  in  that  awful  hell-heat. 
There  to  lounge  forevermore; 

Fated  thus  to  idling  ever. 
Always  in  that  same  place  sitting; 
Never  it  a  moment  quitting; 

From  his  pastime  moxing — never. 


GIDNEY 

Ever  struggling  over-loaded. 
While  his  temper  oft  exploded, 
Under  the  vast  weight  he  bore. 

So  commanded,  one  pale  youth  did 
'Round  with  him  an  extraordinary 
Supply  of  things  and  stationary, 

Which  he  was  ever  forced  to  "jag.'' 

GLENN 

There  I  saw  one  who  in  pureness, 
^lodesty  and  shy  demureness 

No  one  ever  yet  excelled. 
What  if  he  had  virtues  rare  ? 
Because  he  did  not  love  the  fair 
The  devil  him  a  hostage  held. 


draa 


KIRKPATRICK 

One  soul  was  striving  to  convince 

The  devil  of  his  innocence — 

To  prove  himself  imjustly  doomed; 

Ilim  the  devil  ever  routed; 
Every  stand  from  him  he  outed, 
Every  proof  of  his  he  doidjted. 

And  his  best  pleas  ever  scouted. 

LAND,  B. 

One  there  was  the  devil  naming 
As  beyond  his  own  harsh  taming, 
Breaking  all  hell's  regulations. 

As  was  his  wont  to  do  before. 
With  his  hounds  forever  straying. 
In  their  hoarse,  deep-echoed  baying 

Joyed  his  soul  forevermore. 


GUNTER 

Learned,  studious,  quiet,  profound, 
As  any  that  dwelt  under  ground. 
The  devil's  wise  chief  engineer; 

Him  the  devil  tortured  lightly; 
He  set  hell  with  light  to  glowing, 
Over  hell  his  arc  lights  throwing; 

His  work  pleased  the  devil  might'ly. 


LAND,  J. 

One  unhappy  youth  was  smoking, 
On  an  endless  "  three-for"  choking. 
Doomed  to  puff  it  for  all  time; 

And  the  devil  ever  eyed  him, 
At  his  torture  ever  railing; 
Had  him  smoke  and  flames  inhaling, 

Had  all  rest  for  aye  denied  him. 


65 


THE      AGROMECK 


LYTCH 

From  one's  lilis  tliere  came  no  token, 
Ever  they  one  word  hail  spoken; 
To  be  ever  silent  was  his  doom. 

Oft  his  lips  in  agony  would  open 
Moving  mutely  as  to  speak, 
As  in  horror  loud  to  shriek; 

Close  in  silence  never  l)roken. 


RICKS 

Into  one  rapt  circle  glancing, 
There  I  saw  forever  dancing. 
Following  a  painful  pastime 

Eternally  one  soul  would  be; 
And  the  nuisic  never  ceasing, 
Not  a  moment  him  releasing, 

Tortured  him  eternallv. 


MORRIS 


ROGERS 


Plans  for  roads  and  tunnels  laying, 
In  the  devil's  realm  surveying. 
Was  another  youth  employed. 

Hell  he  found  a  bit  informal. 
Though  the  devil  much  did  love  him. 
Prized  no  other  slave  above  him; 

Punished  him  with  torture  normal. 


One  there  was  in  his  opinion 
Fit  to  rule  that  va-^t  dominion, 
Though  the  devil  knew  far  better; 

Ever  mouthing,  ever  growling. 
In  that  roaring  conflagration. 
Subject  to  vile  degradation, 

Would  he  be  fon^ver  howling. 


OWEN 


ROSS 


There  was  one  forever  roasting, 

Ever  bragging,  ever  boasting 

Of  what  things  he'd  done  before. 

For  his  ])art  had  the  devil  I'ast 
That  he  sliould  ever  roam  hell  o'er, 
.\ud  unto  death  each  demon  bore, 

While  long  eternity  should  last. 


iS'ot  all  tortures,  fearful,  awful. 
Not  all  means  and  mandates  lawful, 
Could  ever  force  one  soul  to  -.vork; 

For  the  devil  long  had  tried  him, 
.\nd,  the  devil  once  defeated, 
Though  in  agony  entreated, 

lOver  liad  all  sleep  (leniecl  hhii. 


PARKER 

Then  came  one  of  great  position, 
High  in  rank, — hell's  chief  musician; 
Ever  playeil  he  on  his  molten  horn. 

lie  thus  for  once  warm  music  made. 
Wailing  notes  each  vast  gulf  lilling, 
And  each  soul  with  horror  thrilling; 
Anything  but  music — what  he  jilayeil 


SHUFORD 

There  1  saw  a  late  cla.«s-niate 
Struggling  'gainst  relentless  fate, 
Where  time  was  not,  was  always  lae. 

lie  as  ever  in  time  long  past 
Ever  hurried,  ever  scurried, 
Kver  rushed,  ever  Hurried, 

And  in  the  end  was  late  at  last 


POWERS 

Ever  rushed  and  ever  hurried, 
Ever  overworked  and  worried, 
One,  as  ever,  seemed  to  be 

Doomed  all  pleasure  to  forego. 
O'er  him  ruling  care  imperious 
Seived  to  make  him  far  too  serious. 
And  the  devil  made  him  more  so. 


SIMPSON 

There  was  one  soul  whose  self-conceit 
Was  ever  chilled  by  grim  defeat. 
Which  ever  dragged  lum  farther  <lown. 

In  his  course  often  changing; 
To  higher  class  always  a.«piring, 
To  lower  classes  oft  retiring. 

Was  his  soul  forever  ranging. 


66 


THE      AGROMECK 


STAMPS 

Sbrit'k:^  and  yells  and  howls  demnnian 
Doubled  hell's  hfiarse  pandemonium, — 
Issuing  from  one  noisy  demon, 

A  demon  whom  I'd  seen  liet'ore. 
Not  a  moment's  surcease  taking, 
Ever  bell  with  uproar  shaking — 

In  that  his  doom  forevermore. 


TROTTER 

One  whose  name  I  cannot  mention, 
Ever  moved  Ijy  good  intention, 
Now  not  understood  as  ever, 

Wrongly  condemned,   was  sent  to  hell; 
Sissy-like  wu-s  hell's  bead  matron, 
Matle  so  by  bis  lordly  patron 

And  given  other  rank  as  well. 


STRADLKY 

Kept  forever  there  on  duty 

Was  one  smiling,  youthful  beauty, 

AV'ho  was  O.  B.  there  forever. 

Alone,  sedate  and  solitary. 
Trying  ever  to  keep  onler, 
On  insanity's  near  border. 

From  endless  dutv  militarv. 


"WHITE 

Never  dying,  ever  dyeing, 
Nothing  else  forever  trying 
Dyed  one  vain  soul  eternally. 

Other's  merits  ever  quelling, 
High  in  bis  own  estimation. 
Higher  in  others  detestation, 

Mver  his  own  ])raises  yelling. 


"WHITING 

One  soul  of  fate  did  not  complain — 
'Twas  him  who  ran  the  brimstone  train. 
Nor  ever  wished  his  place  to  change; 

Ever  laboring  with  a  zest, 
Never  his  wild  run  forsaking — 
Ever  some  fast  record  breaking. 
Forever  wanting  "tight  hours  rest." 


67 


^^^^       THE      AGROMECK      ^M^^ 


Junior  Class 


President W,    A.    BARRE  T 

Vice-President   

Secretary R.    P.    REECE 

Historian HILL   IM.    HUNTER 


COLORS 

I'ur]ilc  and  Old  C,ok\. 


MOTTO 

'Tu  ho,  rather  than  to  seer 


YELL 

W'li..!  Kah!  Roar, 
Who!  Rah!  Roar! 
A.  &  I\L,  A.  A  AL,   1904. 


68 


^M^^^^      THE      AGROMECK      «««««« 


Junior  History 


To  write  a  class  history  without  running  into  the  sna^-es  of  repetition  is  quite 
a  difficult  task.  Especially  is  this  true  of  a  College  whose  discipline  is 
based  on  the  military  system,  where  the  routine  of  life  varies  little. 

During  our  three  years  of  college  life  there  have  been  few  variations 
outside  of  our  regular  college  work.  The  Watauga  fire  and  the  "Revolt"  are  the 
only  incidents  that  have  happened  to  disturb  our  otherwise  peaceful  lives. 

We  arrived  here  one  bright  morning  in  the  early  part  of  September  and  soon 
settled  down  to  regular  work.  We  learned  a  few  things  which  were  not  mentioned 
in  the  Catalogue — some  to  our  discomfort,  others  much  to  our  pleasure. 

The  class  of  1 904  upon  entering  numbered  seventy.  Our  ages  averaged  higher  than 
those  of  most  of  the  classes  that  had  heretofore  entered.  This  was  probably  due  to 
the  standard  having  been  raised  the  year  we  entered,  our  class  being  only  a  few 
months  behind  the  class  of  '03. 

Our  first  class  president  was  Harding.  We  met  soon  after  registering  and  elected 
our  first  class  president  without  any  outside  help  whatever. 

The  class  of  1904  furnished  the  baseball  team  a  pitcher — Miller,  and  the  football 
team  a  quarter-back — Thompson,  in  our  fresh  year. 

Our  class  returned  in  September,  1901,  fifty-three  strong,  feeling  our  importance, 
for  w-e  were  no  longer  Freshmen.  However  we  lost  a  great  deal  of  our  pleasures  as 
Sophomores  by  having  such  stringent  regulations  against  "monkeying  with  the 
Fresh.  "  The  Booze-West  Point  hazing  matter  was  before  the  public  at  that  time, 
hence  our  inability  to  "polish"  a  few  of  the  deserving.  The  only  thing  we  could 
do  was  to  whistle  at  a  few  of  the  most  needy. 

It  was  also  during  this  year  that  we  made  our  acquaintance  with  Mr.  Holmes's 
interesting  work  on  the  "Steam  Engine,"  and  Mr.  Thompson's  enjoyable  book, 
"Electricity  and  Magnetism."  Several  of  us  found  these  new  acquaintances  very 
unpleasant,  especially  Mr.  Holmes's  "  Steam  Engine.  "  That  first  "steam"  exami- 
nation was  the  "real  article,  ''  and  many  were  they  that  were  compelled  to  take  the 
broad  and  easy  road  to  60 — n. 

Hedrick  was  class  president,  and  we  were  represented  on  the  baseball  team  only 
by  Miller  and  Gulley,  and  the  football  team  by  Council  and  Gulley. 

At  the  beginning  of  this  session  we  numbered  fort}-,  thirteen  of  our  men  failing  to 
return.  We  missed  the  familiar  faces  of  our  old  comrades,  for  we  had  fought  A.  and 
M.  "mixture"  and  other  minor  battles  side  by  side  for  two  long  years.  We  also 
had  our  pleasures  together,  and  when  they  failed  to  return  we  all/elt  that  we  had 
suffered  a  loss  as  a  class,  and  individually. 

69 


"^^^^m       THE      A  G  R  O  M  E  C  K      ^^^^M 

During  the  first  term  \vc  lost  three  more  good  men.  Ikdrick  dccidetl  to  study 
medicine,  and  returned  home  tlic  latter  ]>art  of  (Xtober.  Rogers  also  left  about  the 
same  time.  Foster  had  to  leave  in  November  on  account  >>f  the  death  of  his  fatiier. 
We  felt  the  loss  of  these  men  keenly,  as  they  were  all  good  fellows,  and  an  honor  to 
their  college  and  class. 

Gulley  and  (Jaither  represented  our  class  on  the  best  football  team  the  College 
has  ever  had. 

Ill  the  meantime  we  are  enjoying  Sunday  liberty,  which  was  granted  us  during  the 
(irst  term. 

Cl.ass  Histokian. 


70 


'^^^^m      THE      AGROM  E  C  K      ^^^^^^ 


Class  sT  '05 

($» 

COLORS 

X'iolet  and  White. 

YELL 

Boom  Rah!  Boom  Ree 
Boom  Rah!  Boom  Ree 
S-O-P-H-W-O-R-E! 

MOTTO 

"  Honor  by  Devotion  to  Dutv. " 

OFFICERS 

WARD  SHANNONHOUSK p,,^^„^^^ 

STERLING   GRAVDON VrcK-PKKstBKNT 

JULIAN  MEREDITH    HOWARD S.c,<kt..vkv-Tre..surkr 

CHARLES  WIGG  MARTIN 

Poet 

WILLIAM  MILLER   CHAMBERS  h,.^ 

Historian 


^ 
*■ 


73 


THE      AGROMECK      <^^^^^^ 


^'^^V^'^^^l^^^j^^'^^ 


Sophomore  History 


T 


<  )  relate  all  that  has  befallen   us  during  our  i^'lorious  existence  since  first  we 
began  our  career  as  stuilei>ts  at  the  North  Carolina  College  of  Agriculture 
ind    Mechanic   Arts,    woukl    be   sinijily    inipossible,     ami,     accordingly,    the 
jiurijose  of  this   humble  history   will  be  to  represent  only  a  few  of  the  grand 
ilei-ils  and  paint  but  an  imperfect   picture  of  this   imposing  array  of  So])homores. 

As  all  class  historians  lune  done,  I,  too,  shall  begin  at  the  time  when  we  first 
enterctl  college.  Within  less  than  a  week  after  the  Ixginning  of  our  Freshman 
vear.  we  were  known  as  the  greenest  class  that  ever  matriculated  at  the  A.  t^  M. 
But,  in  a  short  time,  we  had  shown  t(.>  the  P'acuUy  and  the  stuilent  body  that  we 
hail  in  our  ranks  the  material  from  which  men  are  made,  and  that  we  were  stuilents 
as  well  as  pupils.  Stepping,  by  hard  and  steady  work,  from  Freshmen  to  Sopho- 
mores, we  displayed  our  real  worth  to  the  upper  classes. 

(3ut  of  a  class  of  eighty-t;ight,  only  fifty  returned  (a  few  failed  to  make  the 
required  sixty  on  finals,  but  the  majority  had  various  good  reasons),  to  assist  in 
making  the  history  of  the  Sophomore  class.  At  the  beginning  of  the  year  our 
number  was  increased  by  twelve  or  fifteen  new-  men,  who  have  proved  themselves 
comjietent  to  rank  with  the  old  members.  Our  class  was  organized  early  in  the 
lust  term,  the  best  and  strongest  men  being  chosen  as  oflicers.  Under  their  leader- 
ship we  have  worked  together  as  one  man.  Our  class  spirit  and  college  patriotism 
have  become  proverbial.  Although  our  existence  here  has  been  but  short,  we  are 
recognized  by  the  student  body  as  the  strongest  ami  most  closely  united  class  in 
College. 

In  athletics  we  are  well  rt-pre.sented.  (Jn  A.  &  AT. 's  best  football  team  we 
point  with  pride  to  Hadley,  who,  as  centre,  met  the  rushes  of  the  opposing  team  like 
a  stone  wall  ;  while  Shannonhouse,  as  half-back,  always  took  the  ball  for  go(3d 
gains.  Both  these  men  played  their  positions  well,  and  to  them  is  due  much  credit 
for  the  fine  record  of  the  'Varsity  team.  Our  class  team  was  the  strongest  in  College. 
We  challenged  each  class  separately  for  the  championship,  but  each  in  order  returned 
our  challenge  and  regretted  being  unable  to  play  us  on  account  of  their  inferior 
strength.  Failing  to  get  a  game  with  the  Senior,  Junior,  or  Freshman  class, 
we  then  agreed  to  play  any  eleven  men  in  the  College — the  Varsity  team  excepted — 
anil  when  this  challenge  was  not  accepted  we  justly  claimed  the  class  championship 
in  football.  We  also  have  a  number  of  men  whose  prospects  are  good  for  making 
the  "  Big  Nine '"  Shannonhouse  and  Hadley  plaved  excellent  ball  last  season  and 
are  almost  sure  to  make  the  team  again  ;  besides  these,  several  other  Sophmores  have 
the  odds  in  their  favor  for  positions  on  the  College  team.      In  baseball  we  expect  to 

74 


THE      AGROMECK 


keep  up  our  established  reputation  and  win  the  spring  championship. 

Those  of  us  who  could  not  actually  play  ball  performed  our  duty  faithfully  on 
the  side  lines  by  cheering  and  encouraging  the  men  of  the  Varsity  team.  In  this 
way  we  helped  to  make  the  game  with  the  University  of  North  Carolina  a  draw.  Our 
systematic  rooting  club — an  organization  never  before  known  at  the  A.  L<i:  I\I — was  a 
distinct  feature  of  all  the  games  plaved  here. 

In  celebrating  ball  victories  the  Sophomores  were  always  in  the  lead  from  the 
start  ;  we  were  chief  builders  of  bonfires  and  leaders  of  processions  down  town,  and 
always  had  ready  a  suitable  class  song. 

Heretofore,  the  Second  Year  Short-Course  men  have  been  counted  as  Sophomores, 
but  we,  not  pleased  with  such  a  reckoning,  came  out  and  separated  ourselves  from 
them;  so  that  now  our  class  is  composed  of  only  the  regular  four-year  Sophomores. 

In  our  studies  we  are  not  behind  the  record  of  preceding  classes.  In  fact,  we 
are  further  advanced  in  some  of  our  work  than  the  Sophomore  class  of  last  year  ;  and, 
if  we  successfuU}'  pass  Chemistry  and  Electricity  and  Magnetism — the  stumbling 
blocks  of  all  Sophomores — our  record  will  indeed  be  a  brigh;  one. 

We  now  come  to  the  greatest  event  of  the  year,  the  Sophomore  Banquet.  About 
the  first  of  November,  we  decided  to  have  a  class  dinner  and  appointed  a  committee 
to  make  the  necessary  arrangements.  To  this  committee  we  are  largely  indebted  for 
the  success  of  that  memorable  occasion.  On  the  evening  of  November  14th  the 
class  met  on  the  campus  just  in  front  of  the  main  building  and  went  in  a  body  to 
the  Yarborough  House,  where  the  feast  was  spread.  At  8:30  o'clock  we  marched 
into  the  brilliantly-lighted  dining  hall,  where  plates  were  laid  for  fifty-si.\  of  our 
members  and  for  President  Winston  and  Commandant  Phelps,  whom  the  class  had 
invited.  Captain  Phelps  made  the  address  of  welcome,  after  which  came  that 
part  of  the  evening's  program  which  made  glad  the  heart  of  every  Sophomore 
present.  We  had  a  fifteen-course  dinner  served  in  the  usual  elegant  style  characteristic 
of  the  Yarborough  House.  Two  short  hours  were  spent  in  enjoyment  becoming  the 
occasion  ;  and  in  passing,  let  us  pause  a  moment  to  say  that  our  dinner  differed 
much  from  a  meal  prepared  by  "One  Billings.  '  The  remains  of  the  cheese  and 
coffee  taken  awav,  cigars  were  lighted  and  the  following  toasts  proposed  by  the 
Toastmaster  :  Football,  response  by  C.  A.  Seifert  ;  Baseball,  response  by  S.  Gray- 
don  ;  Class  of  '05,  response  by  W.  M.  Chambers.  President  Winston's  closing  compli- 
mentary remarks  ended  the  long-to-be-remembered  Sophomore  Banquet,  and,  since  we 
had  nothing  stronger  than  coffee,  we  experienced  no  trouble  in  finding  our  way  back 
to  the  "  Hill  "  and  to  our  quarters.  We  do  not  wish  to  appear  egotistical  ;  but  we 
do  want  to  give  honor  to  whom  honor  is  due  To  the  present  Sophomores,  therefore, 
we  give  the  honor  of  being  the  first  to  establish  the  custom  of  annual  class  banquets 
at  the  A.  &  M. 

I  am  indeed  sorry  that  the  space  here  allotted  me  will  not  f  .rmit  an  elaborate 
and  full  individual  history  of  this  noble  body  of  illustrious  and  far-famed  Sophomores. 

Historian. 

75 


THE      AGROMECK 


t^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 
^^^F^ 


mb\>  II  %o\K  L^ou 

Is  it  because  your  eves  so  blue, 

With  softly  radiant  twinkling  light, 

Alone  to  you  my  heart  hold  true. 

Anil  thrill  my  scnil  with  gentle  might? 

Perhaps  your  dinijiled  cheeks  aglow 
With  flush  like  roses  crimson  red 

In  some  way  make  me  love  you  so, 
Nor  love  some  other  girl  instead. 

It  may  be  that  your  mouth  so  sweet, 

Like  luscious  fruit  well  formed  and  ripe. 

My  taste,  if  not  my  lips,  may  meet — 
liul  why  of  all  lips  choose  one  type.-' 

It  may  be  true  tliat  nothing  save 
\'our  manner,  care-frt'e  and  so  gay. 

Or,  sueetl}'  serious  wlu'n  'tis  grave, 
My  heart  holds  fast  in  tyrant's  sway. 

It  may  be   beauty,  graces  rare, 

Which  other  girls  seem  not  to  own. 

Combine  to  make  you  doubh  fair. 
And  make  me  love-  but  \-ou  alone. 


Still,  other  girls  have  eyes  as  blue. 

Have  dimpled  cheeks  that  Hush  and  glow; 

Sweet  are  their  li])s  and  manners,  too; 
\'et  I  lovi-  onh'  xnu.   I    know. 

W. 


EiET?       THE      AGROMECK       ^^^^M. 


Freshman  Class 

«$> 

MOTTO 

"W'isdiiin  is  [iiiwer,  tliercfDre  ije-t  wisiinui." 

COLORS 

Purple-  ami  Okl  Odd. 

YELL 

Hulla  Bal<jo,  Ge-lie,  Ge-hix, 
\Vi;"re  the  Class  of  1906. 

OFFICERS 

A.  W.   ( IREGORV President 

P.   i  1.   ASBURV \"ice-Presidkkt 

I).  \V.  K(  )BERTSf)N Secrf.tary-Treaslkek 

S.  H.  CLARK Historian 


^ 
/ 


»GBO    6  79 


&=^&^&^&^e^&=^ 


THE       AGROMECK       ^^^^^^ 


T 


Freshman  History 

III'!    lMitr;uice   K.\ainin;itii)ns  over,    tlie  Class  of  "'06"  cnttred  ujion  its  long 
jiiiiniev  in  search  of  tlit-  niiich-valuccl  sheepskin. 

( )ur  class  is  one  of  the  largest  ever  known  in  the  annals  of  the  College, 
anil   brighter  prospects   for  success  were  never  so  marked  ;   for  among  our 
ranks  are  athletes,  students,  and  hoys  with  determination  written  on  their  brows. 

The  persi>nnel  of  the  class  stands  verv  high,  for  our  boys  are  sons  of  eminent 
judges,  lawyers,  physicians,  ministers,  progressive  farmers,  and  successful  business 
men. 

Our  class  is  compused  of  couiparativelv  well-l)uilt  young  men,  their  ages  ranging 
anvwhere  fmni  fifteen  to  twenty-four  years,  and  with  the  college  training  they  will 
receive  slioulil  tleveloj)  into  strong,  healthy  and   learned  men. 

As  usual,  Captain  Phelps,  our  commandant,  presided  over  the  first  meeting  and 
nominated  Turner  for  president,  who  was  temporarily  elected  for  thirty  days,  as  were 
Tonilinson,  vice-president,  and  Tdlman,  secretary  antl  treasurer.  At  the  expiration 
of  that  time,  (Iregory,  iu\-sident,  .\sbury,  vice-president,  and  Ixobertson,  secretary 
and  treasurer,  were  permanently  elected  and  the  class  organization  was  complete. 

Like  their  predecessors,  the  Freshmen  this  year  learned  to  drill  very  quickly  and 
in  a  short  while  the  battalion  had  six  well-drilled  companies. 

The  majority  of  the  new  men  joined  the  IJterary  Societies  and  show  much 
enthusiasm  in  participating  in  their  jirogrammes.  They  also  joined  the  Athletic 
Association  ami  gave  it  and  the  hjotball  team  their  earnest  support. 

Most  of  our  boys  are  gifted  with  a  patriotic  spirit,  and  every  afternoon  the 
athletic  field  is  limd  with  interested  spectators.  We  have  representatives  both  on 
the  lii'st  and  scrub  teams  who  reflect  credit  upon  their  class.  In  the  spring  we  are 
confident  of  having  several  men  on  the  baseball  team  who  will  do  their  share  toward 
lowering  the  banner  of  our  old  rival. 

One  of  the  most  enjoyable  days  during  the  first  term  was  Thursilay  of  Fair  Week, 
auLl  will  be  ninemlured  by  all  as  one  of  the  pleasant   ilays  of  their  Freshman  vear. 


80 


THE      AGROMECK       S«^^^^ 


A  Tale  of  the  Civil  War 


f^n 


LL  da}-  long  I  had  trudged  up  and  down  across  the  autumn-browned  sand 
hills.  All  day  long  my  dog  had  hunted  hard  all  over  those  hills.  I  was 
tired;  so  was  the  dog. 

It  was  a  cold,  wintry  afternoon.  Almost  since  mid-day  the  sun  had 
UM  ^^'■'"  hidden  by  leaden  gray  clouds  that  stretched  everywhere  as  far  as 
the  eye  could  reach.  In  a  little  while  darkness  would  help  the  clouds  to 
drive  away  what  light  was  left.  Unconsciously  I  quickened  my  steps.  We  were 
homeward  bound,  the  dog  and  I.  At  intervals  the  dog  would  make  a  short  detour 
as  if  he  thought  there  might  be  birds  near.  Not  finding  any  birds  he  would  come 
back  with  mute  apology  in  his  soft  brown  eyes. 

Now  and  then  a  sparrow  would  start  from  where  it  had  nestled  for  the  night,  or 
some  lone  bird  would  fly  swifty  past.  Except  for  the  swish  of  my  feet  in  the  thick 
wild-grass,  the  silence  was  unbroken.      After  some  time  we  came  to  a  large  clearing. 

In  the  middle  of  the  clearing  stood  a  house,  deserted  years  before,  and  falling 
fast  to  ruin.      A  moment  of  hesitation,  and  I  turned  toward  the  house. 

The  house  was  of  the  old  Colonial  style,  squarely  built  with  spacious  rooms  and 
halls  and  wide  verandas.      It  was  but  a  tottering  relic  of  its  former  glory. 

Upon  its  weather-beaten  sides  the  storms  and  rains  of  years  had  left  their  mark. 
The  pillars  beneath  the  house  were  crumbling  slowly  to  dust.  The  floors  of  the 
wide  porches  trembled  under  my  step.  With  never  a  hand  to  stop  them  some  of  the 
blinds  swung  open  or  closed  as  the  wind  blew  them.  Long  before  all  the  window- 
panes  had  fallen  out.  The  house  itself  shivered  under  the  fierce  gusts  of  winter 
winds.  Seen  from  the  outside  the  house  was  a  picture  of  desolation.  Impelled  by 
curiosity  I  slipped  inside. 

Inside  were  the  same  signs  of  ruin  and  decay.  The  plastering  had  cracked  and 
fallen  from  the  walls.  Some  of  the  doors  had  fallen  flat  upon  the  floor.  Under  my 
slight  weight  the  stairway  swayed  and  creaked  ominously.  I  wandered  through  each 
bare,  deserted  room.  In  a  rear  room  upstairs  there  was  an  opening  to  the  attic,  which 
I  did  not  explore  for  fear  of  its  ghostly  darkness  and  silence. 

Wild  animals  might  have  been  hidden  there.  Who  knows  what  might  have  been 
hidden  there.''  The  loneliness  of  the  old  house  haunted  me.  Starting  at  every 
squeak  of  the  unsafe  stairway,  I  hurrieil  down  and  slipped  outside.  I  was  as  glad  to 
be  off"  again  as  my  dog  was. 

As  we  walked  along  in  the  gathering  gloom,  I  could  not  help  thinking  nf  the 
deserted  mansion.  I  wondered  who  had  lived  there  in  time  long  f>-  A — what  revels 
youth  and  beauty  had  had  within  those  spacious  halls.      My  mind  was  taken  up  with 


85 


^^^aBB       THE      AGROMEC  K       gggggg 


these  reflections  wlieii,  cciuung  t<i  ;i  ro.ul,   1  met  a  very  old  negro  who  was  driving  my 
way  in  liis  ox  cart. 

"  Have  a  Hft,  sah  .'  "  he  asketl,  moving  aside  to  mai;c  room  lor  me. 

With  grateful  thanks  1  accepted  his  offer.  When  I  got  settled  1  aski,-d,  -'Uncle, 
ilo  you  know  who  used  to  live  in  that  old  house  hack  yonder.'  " 

"  Ves,  sah.  Deed  I  docs,  deed  I  iloes,"  the  old  negro  rephcd.  Then  lie 
waited  respectfully  before  saying  more.      He  was  of  the  old  type. 

His  grizzled  heard  brushed  low  upon  his  massive  chest.  From  under  his  shagg) 
e_\e-liro\\s  his  e}es,  kei-n  but  kindly,  like  the  eyes  of  a  good  dog,  looketl  straight  at  me. 
When  he  spoke  it  was  with  slow  delil)erateness  and  occasional  weighty  pauses. 

Impressed  by  the  ok!  man's  air  ;  and  urged  by  my  own  curiosity,  I  begged  him  to 
tell  me  all  lie  knt-u     'Ihcji  the  (ihi  man  began   his  stor)'  : 

"Long,  long  time  ago,  befoh  de  wah,  Ule  Marse  Everitt  own  de  |ilace.  Ole 
Marse  he  come  from  way  cross  dc  big  water  somewhere.  He  rich,  very  rich.  He 
usc-d  to  keep  de  finest  place  around  dese  parts.  1  doan  'member  how  many  niggers 
he  had,  hi'ap  of  'em,  dough.  I)ey  had  quarters  where  you  see  dem  <>le  cliimbleys 
crumbleil  down,  out  from  de  big  house. 

"  Whole  heap  of  white  men  (Jle  ^[arse  have  workin'  for  him,  gettin'  out  timber 
an'  tur|)entine.  Mos'  all  de  lanil  around  here  was  his.  Big  I'owiiattan,  the  mill 
pon'  vou  pass  back  yonder,  was  his.  Little  Powhattan,  dit  little  p m'  back  from  de 
head  of  tie  big  ])on',  he  use  for  liis  fish  pon'.  Dem  times  de\'  keepis  me  round  '.\r 
house  to  run  errons  an'  such  like. 

"When  Marse  John  was  a  little  bitt}-  clia]i  ( )le  Marse  gives  him  to  me  an' tells 
me  to  tek  care  of  him.  From  dat  tiiue  on  I  looks  out  for  Marse  |olin.  .Soon  as 
he's  big  enough  we  go  huntin'  an'  fishin'  together.  I  cU)an  stan'  back  from  doing 
anything  Marse  lohn  wants  done,  an'  Marse  )r)hn  he  jes'  gives  me  an\tliing  I  wants. 
Wen  he  growed  up  to  be  a  man  he  ci:)uld  oiitswim,  outritie  an'  outshoot  anvbodv 
'roun'  dese  parts.  Marse  John  was  much  of  a  man.  I  belie\e  he  was  de  bes' 
lookin'  man  I  ever  saw  :  an"  everybotly  likes  him. 

"Well,  Marse  John  falls  in  love  will  i\Iiss  Emily — she  was  Ole  Marse's  ])artner's 
daughter.  She  she'  was  a  jjretty  woman,  .she  hail  blue  eyes  an'  wavy  hair.  W'en 
she  laughed  it  was  like  water  ripplin'  an'  gurglin'  in  de  branch.  Slie  was  plum])  an' 
full  of  fun.  Lor',  how  she  could  sing  an' dance  !  ^larse  John  goes  a  plum  fool 
over  her,  but  you  couldn't  tell  'cept  by  her  eyes  what  she  thinks  o'  him.  Dey  leads 
all  de  big  dances  at  Ole  Marse's  house.  It  keeps  on  'til  Marse  John  gets  more  fool 
over  lur  dan  evir.      Den   come  de  war. 

"Marse  John  say  he  mus' go.  Miss  Emily  she  doan  want  liim  to  go.  Ole 
Missus  jus'  cries  an'  doan  say  anything.  Ole  INFarse  chokes  an'  great  liig  tears  comes 
in  his  eyes  w'en  he  says,   'Go,  boy,  it's  your  dut\  ! ' 

"  I   follows  young   Marse  to  de  war.      I  was  in  de  camp  lookin'  after  his  things  for 
him.      He  says  for  me  to  keep  way  from  dc  battlefiel'.      I  doan  see  him  fight  ;  but  I 

86 


^^^^m       THE      AGROMECK      ^^^^M 


hears  men  talk  of  Marse  John.  Dey  say  he  fights  terrible  ;  an'  our  men  ain'  'fraid 
w'en  dey  followin'  Marse  John.  After  awhile  he  gets  to  be  Cap"n  of  his  company. 
Often  Miss  Emily  writes  to  him.  Sometimes  w"en  he  reads  her  letters  he  cries — de 
only  time  Marse  John  ever  cry. 

"One  day,  I  forgets  de  name  of  dc  place,  but  de  Yanks  and  Rebs  had  fought  like 
debils  for  three  days:  an'  de  evenin'  of  de  last  day  Marse  John  is  missin'.  Some  of 
dem  say  de  last  dey  see  of  him  he  was  fightin':  an'  fightin'  harder  dan  dey  ever  see 
him  fight.  W'en  night  comes  I  wanders  over  dat  awful  fiel'  of  blood  an'  death, 
lookin'  for  IVIarse  John.  After  awhile  I  comes  to  where  a  ghoul  is  bendin'  over 
somebody.  I  looks  ijver  his  shoulder;  an'  it  was  Marse  [ohn  he  was  robbin';  it 
was  de  gold  locket,  wid  Miss  Emily's  picture  in  it,  he  was  takin'.  I  knocks  de 
ghoul  in  de  head  wid  de  butt  of  my  gun,  quick  an'  strong  like  I'd  strike  my  axe  in 
de  butt  of  a  big  swamp  gum.  He  falls  widout  a  groan.  Wid  m}-  own  ban's  I  buries 
Marse  John.      Den  I  makes  my  wav  back  here. 

"When  I  gets  back  I  find  dat  Ole  Missus  an'  Miss  Emily  done  taken  sick  an'  pine 
away  an'  die — Ole  Marse  the  only  one  left;  an'  he  doan  seem  like  he  used  to  be. 
Long,  long  time  I  look  after  Ole  Marse.  He  was  jus'  as  good  to  me  as  he  could  be  ; 
but  somehow  Ole  Marse  ain'  never  happy  again. 

"  One  day  he  sits  on  de  front  porch  a  long  time  readin'  a  book.  1  goes  out  once 
to  see  if  he  wants  anything.  'Pears  like  to  me  Ole  Marse  sorter  quiet.  I  goes  up 
an'  hiuks  over  his  shoulder.  Where  he  was  readin'  was  a  picture  of  a  battlefiel' — I 
reckon  where  Marse  John  fought.  On  de  picture  two  big  tears  was  slowly  dryin'. 
Ok-  Marse  mighty  still,  seem  like.  I  leans  over  an"  looks  in  his  face;  an'  befoh  God, 
( )k-  Marse  was  dead. 


87 


s 

B 

A 

T 

T 
A 

I 

O 

N 


THE      AGROMECK 


Military  Department 


WITHIN  the  last  few  years  the  Military  Department  of  our  College  has  made 
rapid  advancement.  It  can  be  safely  asserted  that  any  student  taking  a 
degree  in  one  of  the  regular  courses,  and  having  pursued  in  the  meantime 
the  course  in  military  science,  both  theoretical  and  practical,  will  be  as  well 
prepared  for  the  duties  of  an  army  otlicer  as  a  graduate  from  the  highest  institutions 
of  our  country,  barring  West  Point. 

The  growth  of  this  department  has  not  been  spasmodic,  but  in  keeping  with 
the  remarkable  development  of  the  College.  When  first  introduced,  in  1895, 
military  discipline  was  not  pressed  to  any  great  extent.  Uniforms  were  worn  only 
on  drill,  the  7  and  10:30  inspections  were  unheard  of,  and  from  all  that  we  can 
learn  the  students  were  comparatively  free.  They  visited  when  the  slightest  oppor- 
tunity presented  itself,  and  observed  study  hours  only  when  "chased  in"  by  the 
night  watchman.  As  years  passed  hurriedly  times  and  manners  changed  and  more 
attention  was  paid  to  military  instruction.  The  Freshmen  of  today  see  only  their 
portion  of  the  city,  being  allowed  to  visit  Raleigh  Saturday  afternoon  and  Sunday 
morning  and  evening. 

In  the  fall  of  '99,  when  the  class  of  '03  entered  College,  Mr.  N.  R.  Stansel,  a 
former  graduate,  was  made  commandant,  and  to  those  of  us  who  knew  him  it  is 
useless  to  say  he  ruled  wisely  and  made  many  friends.  His  patience  was  put  to  the 
most  severe  tests  in  the  performance  of  his  duties,  but  in  spite  of  all  these  trials  he  was 
not  found  wanting.  He  served  a  very  successful  term  of  one  scholastic  year  in  the  Chair 
of  Military  Science,  and  we  were  sorry  to  lose  him  in  the  fall  of  1900,  when  he 
entered  Cornell  University  to  complete  his  course  in  Electrical  Engineering. 

He  was  succeeded  by  Captain  F.  ¥-..  Phelps,  of  the  United  States  Army.  Captain 
Phelps  has  been  in  every  way  an  ideal  commandant,  popular  in  every  respect  and 
loved  by  the  whole  battalion.  In  the  performance  of  his  duties,  even  though  it  be 
putting  a  noisy  rat  under  arrest,  he  never  loses  his  temper,  but  orders  arrests  and 
assigns  demerits  with  a  stern  countenance  that  sweeps  the  most  daring  Freshman  oft" 
his  feet.  And  it  is  to  Captain  Phelps  more  than  anyone  else  that  we  owe  the  remark- 
able advancement  of  this  department.  The  great  growth  and  universal  popularity  of 
this  department  is  shown  very  strikingly  in  the  interest  manifested  by  people  of 
Raleigh  and  the  young  ladies  of  the  various  female  colleges  in  the  city.  They  come 
out  in  scores  time  after  time  to  see  our  battalion  drills  and  dress  parade. 

The  At'7w  a/iii  Observer,  in  speaking  of  our  parades,  said  in  substance:  "They 
are  among  the  most  interesting  and  attractive  things  at  the  Coll^  .  There  are  six 
companies  in  the  battalion  this  year,  two  more  than  has  been  necessary  in  previous 

89 


THE      AGROMECK 


VL-iii's  ;  ami  it  is  witli  juidu  ami  love,  i.iui|ilcil  uilli  acliiiiialH  >ii  lliat  we  Irmk  ii|)mii 
those  stronu:,  manly  cadets,  unifoniied  in  the  '(ji'cy'  that  is  so  (k-ar  to  the  South  and 
its  history.  " 

A  idiik  at  the  long  ari'ay  of  manl)-  and  h'i|iclul  laces  in  c.nr  corps  makes  us  feel 
proud  111"  iiur  (.'olle.s;e  ;  proud  ol  the  pmminence  it  has  attained  in  militarv  circles; 
piiiud  111"  (iiir  presitlent  and  Cimmandant,  and  proud  i>l'  Ik  ini;  numbered  nue  of 
the  inanv   uliieh  eonstitutt-  such  a  coni,''eniai  wlmle. 


■WH1.K1.   WKkl,  VUU    l.Ail    NIGHT 


90 


1I5S  •  MARY-  HArWOODtANDREWS 

SPONSOR    BATTALION 


^^^^i       THE      AGROMECK       ^^^^^g 


Commandant's  Staff 

«$» 

Captain  F.  E.   PHELPS,  of   U.  S.  Army,  Commandant. 

1..   N.   l;(  )^■|•■.^■,   '03 tailct  Maj..r  .if  Hattalioii 

\V.    I,.   I).\RI)i;X,  '03.  ...  (.'iiptuin  ;uul  Ailjiirant 

II.   I'.   l-'()>ri''.K,  'u^ C'niitaiu  and   (  Uiarturinastci- 

C.   v..    ri\<  »  r  ri';i\,    o,;..  i>l  I.icut.  ami  Hospital  Stcwaril 

j.   li.  IIARDINC;,    04.  .  .  Sergeant   Major 

1'.  S.  GRIKRSON,  '04.  .  Color  Sergeant 

W.    1.   I'AI' TON,  '04  (Quartermaster  Sergeant 


92 


SPONSOR    COMPANY    A 


^^^^^       THE      A G R O M E C K      ^M^^M 


Company  A 

Captain   E.   E.    CULBRETH 


LIEUTENANTS 

First W.  Al.   liOtJART 

Second J.  M.  KENNEDY 

Tliinl W.  CLARK,  Jr 

SERGEANTS 

First V.  C.    FflELPS 

Second..  J.  A.  MILLER 

Third jAS.  McKhMMON 

Fourth  .  .  \V.   M.  McKINNON 

CORPORALS 

First H.  A.   HR()(_)M 

Secn.L  .  .  A.  C.  LEHMAN 

•i'hird F.   \V.    HADI.EV 

Fourth k.   H.    HARPER 

Barrett,  W.  A.,  Ikebe,  H.,  Bell,  N.  E.,  Blacii,  K.  L.,  Bostain,  J.  A.,  Cox,  D.  A., 
ColHns,  M.    H.,    Davis,   C.  M.,    Dixon,  A.  M.,    Eldridgc,   T.,   Gaither,  E.  \V.,    Llall. 

C.  A.,    Henderson,   ( ).    FL ,    ILml^s,  W.  \V.,    Isler,    L. ,    Kennedy,  P.   D.,    I.yteh,  C., 
Lynch,  G.  (].,    .McGirt,  M.  R.,    Miller,   E    F.,    !\Iyatt,  G.  P.,    Page,  W.  E.,   Quickel, 

D.  R.,  Satterwhite.   S.  J..  Scott.    R.  \V.,    Sellers,  W.,    Smith,  C.  M.,   Turner,  H.  M., 
Watts,   W.   W..   Williams.    |.   U..  \'oung,  ( ■,   F. 


y6 


SPONSOR  COMPANY  D. 


THE      AGROMECK 


<^^^^^^^^^ 


Company  D 


«trt 


Captain  C.  L.   CREECH 


LIEUTENANTS 

First E.   S.   LVTCH 

Second C.    B.  ROSS 

riiir.l \V.    F.    KIRKFA  TRICK 


First  . 

Si-cmid. 
'Fliird  . 
Fcmrtlt 


SERGEANTS 


.  W.M.   KiCHARDSOX 

W.  \V.  HARBFR 

JF:SSK  M.   HOWARD 
.  .   A.  C.  WHARTON 


First  .  . 
Seci>!iil 
Thirti.  . 
Fourth  , 


CORPORALS 


w.  k.  chaahsers 
. .  ..f:.  g.  porter 

W.  O,   FINCH 


AlUn,  R.  !..  Abcrnetliy,  I,.  F.,  Hodilic-,  S.  (J.,  Buys,  W.  A.,  Brnusliton,  N.  R., 
Bullock,  J.  W.,  Cline,  S.  G.,  Cianly.  iS .  C,  Ciaytun,  I..  C,  EtheridgL-,  W.  e'.. 
Haiglcr.  W.  AT..  HarrL-ll,  C.  C,  IFardcsty,  G.  R.,  HcrritaKC  j.  R.,  Ko.,ii.  j.  H., 
Kelly,  W.  E. ,  Knox,  W.  (i.,  Knight,  W.  T. ,  Lockhart,  A.,  Lipe,  M.  P.,  Norwood, 
W.  ].,  Ncwland,  B.  A.,  Nivens,  L.  A.,  M<h .reman,  W.  B.,  McLean,  A.  L.,  Nichols, 
C.  G.,  Pittnian,  W.  (;.,  Squires,  J.  H.,  Tart.  L.  A..  Tillman.  R.  H..  \'enable,  C. 
T.,  White.    I).   1.. 


100 


SPONSOR  COMPANY  B 


^^^^^       THE      AGROMECK       ^^^^^ 


Company  B 


Captain  JOHN  D.  FERGUSON 


LIEUTENANTS 

First (i.  \V.   ROGERS 

Second K.  R.   STAMPS 

Third J.  T.   LAND 

SERGEANTS 


First 

11.   M.    HLNTKR 

Second 

J.   R    GULLEY,  Jr 

Tliinl 

J.  C.    BARBI'R 

Fourlli 

CORPORALS 

H.  M.  FOY 

l'"irst 

- 

ILLIAN  :\I.   HOWARD 

Second 

SIKRLINC;  GRAVDON 

'j-hinl. 

A.  T.   KENYOX 

!•■.  lurlli    

I.   H.    I'IKKCK 

Ashiirv.  (;.  1'.,  Harnes,  K.  H.,  lienson,  Z.  T..  Boddic,  S.  G.,  HMimiwell,  J.  G. , 
Ikuwn,  H.  1'.,  Blown,  W.  A.,  Byniim.  j.  N.,  Carter,  R.  H.,  Cherry,  J.  L.,  Chesbro, 
M.  H..  Clark,  S.  H.,  Coflin,  A.  (i..  Cole,  G.  C,  Cromartie,  A.  D. ,  Crump,  W.  O., 
Dove,  C.  B..  Drake,  J.  S. ,  Diiekett,  A.  F.,  Kwart,  J.  11.,  llaekett.  C.  W. ,  llariiesty, 
G.  C,  Hevlin,  H.  W.,  Hewlett,  C.  W..  Hollmui.  \V.  11.,  il.iwle,  E.  B. ,  Kendrick, 
Koonce,  Likes,  L.  G.,  McMillan,  A.  1'.,  INLithews,  1..  C,  Morj,Mn,  J.  T.,  Murr,  L. 
A.,  Myrick,  J.  C,  Nichol..<on,  11.  11.,  I'aseliall.  A.  [..,  I'roctor.  E.  ^L,  Smith,  (1.  E., 
Smith,  J.  R.,  Sinnmervilie,  W. ,  Talton,  V.  ]..  'i'lKker,  R,  C. .  Tate,  C.  S. ,  Thijfpen, 
n.   J.,  Walker,  W.  T.,  Watson,  C.  .^L,  West,    |.   L. 


104 


SPONSOR   COMPANY   C 


/l-^j/L^'//l~'j/t-^//i--^j/i~'J 


THE      AGROMECK 


Company  C 


Captain  S.  W.  ASBURY 


LIEUTENANTS 

First D.  S.  OWEN 

Second 

Third 


K.  E.    ETHERIDGE 
r.  T.  ELLIS 


First..  . 
Second. 
Tiiird... 
l''<.urtii.. 


SERGEANTS 


E.  P.  B.MLEY,  Jr 

.    E.  E.  LINCOLN 

<;.  W.    FOUSHEE 

..k.  R.  KING 


CORPORALS 

First ; W.  SIL\NNONHOUSE 

Second S.   T.  WHITE 

Third J.    R.  SECHREST 

Fourth 

Allison,  R.  v.,  Blackmer,  P.  P.,  Collin,  A.  G.,  Ciinnin-ham,  N.  E.,  Edens,  E.V., 
Farrior,  J.  W.,  F.iwler,  E.  W,  Gardner,  P..  F.,  Gregory,  A.  \V.,  Howie,  E.  B., 
Ireland,  S.  C.,  Jordan,  L.  L,,  Koonce,  j.  IL,  Lee,  E.,  Lockhart,  S.  S..  Lyon,  J.  A., 
McCaskill,  I).  T.,  Mcl.aehlin,  \V,  E.,  Moore,  J.  E.,  Neese,  A,  A.,  Payne,  C.  L., 
Peschau,  \V.  A.,  Presson,  \V.  H.,  Ranke,  G.  E.,  Smith,  F.  R.,  Smithwick,  A.  IX, 
Spoon,  J.  R.,  Taylor,  B.,  Tiill,  R.,  Turlington,  M.  T.,  Wilson,   R.  ( ). 


loS 


SPONSOR   COMPANY   E 


^^^^m       THE      AGROMECK      ^^^^g 


Company  E 

Captain  S.   C.   CORNWELL 


LIEUTENANTS 

First J.  W.  WHITE 

Second K.  H.   RICKS 

Third J.  S.  P.  CARPENTER 

SERGEANTS 

First C.   H.  HODGES 

Second , R.  P.  REECE 

Third N.ADAMS 

Fourtli W.  W.  RANKIN 

CORPORALS 

First R.  R.  HOLT 

Second S.  D.  WALL 

Third C.  A.  SIEFERT 

F..iirth .       .  S.  N.   KNOX 

Allen,  t;.  (i.,  Huie,  P.  I).,  Clvirk,  I).  M.,  CKuk,  j.  W.,  die,  G.  E.,  Crump. 
W.  V..,  Edwards,  L.  V.,  Forbis,  R.  E.,  Ciant.  K.  W..  (Sil.son,  J.  L.,  Hamilton,  G.  P., 
Herritage,  W.  D.,  Johnson,  C.  W.,  Mclntyu,  W.  11..  Maury,  S.  S.,  IMiddleton, 
W.  B.,  Morgan,  J.  F..  .Myrick,  J.  C,  O'Berry,  J.  C.,  i'inkus,  J.  L.,  Pivcr,  A.  B., 
Reynolds,  h'.,  Roberson,  F.,  Roseman,  W.,  Stack,  E.  I).,  Tlicirntoii,  L.  A.,  Tomlin- 
son,  S.,  V'alear,  P.,  Vaughan,  L.  L.,  VVarren,  R.  L.,  White,  A.,  Whitehead,  E.  M. 


I  12 


MISS  •  LOUISE  •  LINTON 


SPONSOR   COMPANY   F 


^00&^&        THE     AGROMECK       S^^^^^ 


Company  F 

Captain  J.   F.   DIGGS 


LIEUTENANTS 

First    H.   sniPSOX 

Second J.  J.  MORRIS 

Third G.  Y.  STRADLEV 

SERGEANTS 

First L.  A.  NEAL 

Sfcoiul ,.M.K.  WEEKS 

Third W.   V.    M(  )RS(  )N 

Fourth W.  W .    ITXl.l'A' 

CORPORALS 

First L.  :\1.   li()FF7,IAN 

Second ().  L.  I!A(;i.E\' 

'I'hird J.   I).   Sl'lXKS 

Fourth W.  L.  S.Mnil 

Barnes,  E.  IL,  liaiduin,  J.  C,  lin>ck,  W.  F.,  Bmwn,  II.  I'.,  ]!r..\\n.  W.  A., 
Carter,  K.  11.,  C'..urts,  F.  J.,  Clark,  j,  I).,  Drake,  J.  S.,  Hamilton,  C.  .M.,  Ilaniilton. 
II.  1..,  Uanselman,  J.  F.,  Hodges,  C.  \V.,  Huhard,  \V.  C,  Evkes,  T.  I\I.,  Maxwell, 
K.,  l'ep])er,  C.  R.,  Primrose,  H.,  Roherson,  I).  W'.,  Ross,  t'.  \'.,  Sigmon,  \V.  H., 
Tillet,  E.  R.,  Tuttle,  I.  C..  Winston,  E.  T.,  Wilkinson,  A.  C.  Waitt.   1.  K. 


ii6 


SPONSOR   BAND 


THE      AGROMECK 


The  Band 


Captain  and  Instructor   E.  T.  ROBESON 


LIEUTENANTS 


First  .  . 
Second. 

First.  .  . 
Second . 
Third .  . 

FMurth, 


First. 


SERGEANTS 


.  .  H. 


.  .  .   J.  H.  PARKER 
H.  G.  ALDERMAN 


.  .  B.  F.  HUGGINS 
B  CARl'WRIGHT 
,  .  !■:.  C.  BAGWELL 
.  .J.  F.  McINTVRE 


Principal  Musician,  J.  P.   ROSE. 
CORPORAL 


L.  M.  PARKER 


MEMBERS 

L)f;;l,  P.  G.,  Uzzcll,  R.  P.,  Odi-ii,  L.  AL,  P.irk.s,  J.  A.,  I'ivcr,  W.  C,  Fisher,  S.  ]\r., 
Higgs,  James,  Lougce,  L.  K,  Williams,  J.  I-'..,  White,  T.  W. ,  White,  E.  E.,  Lilly, 
II.   .^L.    Oghurn.    r.  j..    Bray,  A.  ().,    Hartliscn,  j.  G.,    Clinard,   E.  C,    Smith,   R.   II. 


170 


A  TEST  OF  DISCIPLINE 


THE      AGROMECK       ^^^^^^^ 


A  Fable 


Si 


\SCV.  tlu-rc  was  an  innoccnt-luDking  ciuintry  lail  whu  lived  near  the  little 
\illage  of  Foxtown.  This  boy's  youth  was  very  happily  si)ent,  but  he  did 
not  get  un  to  the  Fact  until  in  after  years.  He  used  te)  work  fourteen 
hours  a  day  among  the  corn  rows  for  his  Board  and  Clothes,  and  his  only 
Dissipation  was  going  to  Goldsboro  once  a  year  on  Show  Day  to  see  Adam  F(jrepa\v's 
big  Street  Parade. 

Leke's  education  was  obtained  at  a  near-by  country  school  called  Hogskin. 
The  onlv  l)ook  he  ever  really  enjoyed  reading  was  Webster's  Collegiate  Dictionary. 
Leke  thought  the  plot  simply  (]rand,  and  he  had  studied  the  Story  so  thoroughly 
that  he  could  do  a  Big  Word  Stunt  on  the  slightest  provocation,  antl  would  repeat 
the  Offense  indefinitely  if  anybody  seemed  the  least  bit  amused. 

Bv  and  by  this  boy  moved  to  town,  where  he  learned  to  wear  Store  Clothes  and 
High-up  Collars;  he  soon  acquired  the  White  Vest  Habit  and  began  to  put  Oil  on 
his  Hair.  Leke  was  something  Swell  ;  he  hail  everything  in  Foxtown  skinned  a  mile. 
Every  semi-occasionally  he  got  invited  out  to  some  sort  of  a  Function,  at  which 
everbody  has  such  a  charmingly  delightful  evening,  and  at  the  same  time  is  almost 
Bored  to   Death. 

Along  about  now  an  old  Uncle  down  in  the  Sand-hills  passed  up  his  checks  and 
left  Leke  a  little  roll  of  Currency.  The  Skate  imnieiliatily  imagined  himself  a 
Financial  Heavy-Weight,  and  couUl  see  the  "Mile-stones  of  his  busy  Life  strung 
back  across  the  V'alley  of  Tribulation  into  the  Green  Fields  of  Chiklhooil.  "  Right 
here  he  made  up  hi.s  mind  to  spend  a  year  at  the  A.  &  RI.  College,  not  to  learn 
an\tliing — for  Leke  knew  it  all — but  just  to  blow  himself,  have  a  Big  Time, 
and  exercise  that  Huge  Vocabulary  of  his.  On  the  quiet,  tliis  Cuy  didn't  ha\e 
enough  Horse  Sense  to  tell  a  Bass  ilrum  from  a  (lock  of  Wild  Geese. 

Leke  knew  it  would  be  dead  l-.asy  to  jiush  into  socii-tv.  lie  ordrrtd  a  li\e-ilollar 
Cap  and  a  fawn-colored  Raglan,  with  pearl  buttons  about  the  size  of  Milk  Biscuits. 
He  wore  gray  Gloves  and  Patent  Leather  Shoes  all  the  time,  and  bought  a  large 
22-karat  Ring  for  his  little  linger. 

Before  a  week  had  passed,  Leke  tagged  on  all  this  Paraphernalia  and  proceeded 
to  parade  the  streets  of  Raleigh  that  he  might  view  the  Aristocrats.  He  thought  the 
girls  were  as  Easy  as  shootin'  fish  ;  so  he  Chased  him.self  up  to  a  pnit\-  lilonde  and 
tried  the  Old  .-Vcquaintance  gag  on  her,  but  it  tlidn't  work  ;  then  he  tried  that  Kind 
Assistance  business,  and  it  failed  ;  finally,  he  met  one  of  those  ojien-hearted  girls 
who  doesn't  care  if  Tooth  picks  are  a  dollar  apiece. 

Next  dav    Leke   wanted   to    demonstrate  to   her   that  he   was  Fine  and  l-'ancv.  the 


'3° 


^^^^^^      THE      AGROMECK       <SCC€€^ 


Real  Sure-enough  Thing,  so  he  wrote  her  something  like  this:  "  May  I  have  the 
extreme  and  exquisite  beatitude  of  escorting  3-our  sweet  little  corporal  system  over  the 
elegantly-paved  street  intervening  between  your  parental  domicile  and  the  house 
erected  for  divine  worship?  With  your  gracious  consent,  we  shall  commence  this 
awfully  short,  but  highly  pleasing  and  delectable  journey,  after  the  dialummary  has 
sought  his  nocturnal  resting-jdace  behind  the  occidental  horizon  and  the  city  has 
become  artificially  lighted  with  that  wonderfully  subtle  fluid  called  electricity.  I 
certainly  trust  ynu  have  no  previous  injudiciously-contracted  engagement." 

The  girl  replied  simply,  "Mother's  illness  keeps  me  at  home  to-night";  but 
lietween  the  lines  one  might  have  read,   "  What  sort  of  a  fool  can  Leke  Bluster  be.'  " 

Leke  knew  that,  as  a  debater,  he  had  Eddie  Burke  completely  petered  ;  so  he 
tackled  the  tariff'  question  one  night  in  society,  with  the  following  for  his  Introduc- 
tion: "In  promulgating  my  psychological  observations  or  articulating  my  super- 
ficial sentimentalities,  I  invariably  endeavor  to  let  my  conversation  possess  a  clarified 
conciseness  and  a  coalescent  consistency.  I  never  make  extemporaneous  descantings 
and  unpremeditated    expatiations ;    I    seduously    avoid   all   polysyllabic  profundity, 

pompous  prolixity,  ventriloquous  verbosity,  and "  here  some  member  interrupted 

with  a  motion  that  all  the  scsquepcdaliim  Fools  keep  quiet,  and  Leke  sneaked  out  of 
the  room  like  a  crawfish  gettin'  back  in  his  hole. 

The  first  girl  to  whom  Leke  was  Legally  introduced  he  learned  to  love  faster  than 
powder'll  burn.  He  did  a  Fountain  Pen  specialty  by  writing  her  that  "  the  honor  of 
her  acquaintance  had  placed  him  in  that  state  of  indefinable  ecstacy  and  inexpressible 
bliss  which  was  allowed  only  to  the  inhabitants  of  the  infinite  meadows  of  Heaven, 
where   '  blossom  the  lovely  stars,  the  Forget-me-nots  of  the  Angels  ';  that  if  she  would 

only  be    governed   by    the   law  of   reciprocity  and  consent . "     Here     the  girl 

stopped  short,  and  wrote  Leke  that  the  only  Kindness  she  asked  was  to  be  Scratched 
oft"  his  List. 

This  fellow  was  too  Foxy  for  anything.  He  couldn't  follow  an  interference,  and 
always  blocked  his  own  plays. 

At  the  end  of  three  weeks,  Leke  Bluster  counted  up  his  Uncle's  Collateral  and 
found  that  he  had  left  only  enough  to  get  home  on. 

Moral  : 

*'  K  little  learning  is  a  dangerous  thing ; 
Drink  deep,  or  t^iste  not  the  Pierian  spring." 


131 


U^y/t-^v//- 


'&^ii=^ 


THE      AGROMECK 


'  ^this 


For  several  years  after  the  establishment  of  this  College   the   Agricultural   course 
was  weak  ami  could  boast  of  but  few  students.     But  within  the  past  two  years  a  great 
change  has  come,  and  the  Agricultural  course,  no  longer  a  pigmy, 
proudly  takes  rank  among  the  largest  and  best  instructed  courses 
at  our  College. 

The  growth  in  the  number  of  students  has  been  phenomenal. 
Two  years  ago  the  number  of  our  students  was  less  than  twenty; 
year  our  number  is   127.      The   teaching  force  has  been  in- 
creased from  five  to  eight. 

Although  the  present  equipment  of  the  course  is  sadly  inade- 
quate to  the  needs,  still  there  has  been  great  improvement  along 
this  line.  The  dairy  herd  has  been  nearly  doubled;  there  is  an  ad- 
ditional herd  of  eighteen  Aberdeen  Angus  cattle.  Two  new  barns 
and  innumerable  new  implements  have  been  added.  Several  new 
separators  and  an  outfit  for  making  cheese,  two  good  teams,  new 
apparatus  for  bacteriological  work  in  the  biological  laboratory, 
new  electric  stereopticon  for  illustrating  the  conformation  of  live 
— ^ — -^        "  ^  stock    purchased,    new  soil   apparatus  has  been  ordered,  and  va- 

rious other  improvements  have  been  made.  Although 
these  things  have  materialized,  the  future  is  brighter 
still.  Already  we  see  looming  up  in  the  near  future 
the  massive  walls  of  the  Agricultural  building,  a  build- 
ing well  suited  to  house  the  College  of  Agriculture,  .  -=s— = 
This  building  is  the  gravest  need  of  the  Agricultural -J— --^^.  '~-=  , 
course  today,  and  its  erection   w-ill   be   a  tremendous  v.t^''V../J^ 

step  towards  the  improvement   and   encouragement   of 
agriculture  throughout  our  state. 

133 


^i^^5. 


THE      AGROMECK 


^^^^p^^^^w^^ 


w 


HEN  we  were  approached  some  time  ago  by  the  editors  and  asked  to  con- 
tribute a  short  article  to  the  Annual  on  the  Mechanical  Department,  we 
looked  with  considerable  trepidation  on  the  task.  We  realized  the  vastness 
of  the  subject  on  which  we  were  requested  to  write  and  knew  the  small 
number  of  pages  to  which  this  Annual  is  limited.  We  tried  to  offer  these  as  e.xcuses 
for  remaining  steadfast  to  our  time  honored  custom  of  declining  to  sing  our  own 
praises.  But,  no!  the  song  was  forced  upon  us.  Now  we  hope  that  other  departments, 
knowing  that  this  is  done  against  our  will,  but  who,  of  course,  all  realize  our  greatness, 
will  pardon  us  for  any  cruel  statements  that  ma}-  seem  to  belittle  them,  and  we  will 
refer  them  to  the  immortal  Shakespeare  for  our  justification, 

"This  above  all:  to  thine  own  self  be  true." 

Someone  who,  though  he  lived  a  long  time  ago,  knew  what  he  was  talking  about, 
sent  down  to  posterity  a  remark  about  blowing  your  own  horn,  as  no  one  else  will 
blow  it  for  you.  We  shall  use  a  very  little  horn  only  and  give  a  very  gentle  Iilast  nn 
it — ^just  enough  to  sound  the  glories  of  this  greatest  department  of  a  great  college. 

Our  institution  bears  the  name  "College  of  Agriculture  and  Mechanic  Arts."  To 
some  of  the  misinformed,  it  may  seem  from  this  that  the  ]\Iechanical  part  is  a 
secondary  one.  This  is  a  grievous  error,  and  we  trust  that  you  misguided  ones  will 
make  haste  to  right  yourselves.  The  name  is  arranged  thus  as  a  matter  of  courtesy 
only  to  agriculture,  as  agriculture  is  a  little  oliler  than  mechanic  arts,  and  age  before 
beauty  always.  There  are  records  that  agriculture  had  its  beginning  as  early  as  the 
third  day  of  the  year  one,  and  it  was  therefore  given  a  good  start,  but  w-as  handicapped 
by  being  put  in  the  ground — where  it  still  is — and  it  is  now  far  outstripped  in  the  race, 
and  cannot  po.ssibly  hope  to  reach  the  zenith    toward  which  the  mechanic  arts  are 


134 


^^^^^^^^^^p" 


THE      AGROMECK      ^^^^^^ 


soaring.  ]\Ioderii  potatoes  are  no  bigger  than  the  potatoes  of  ages  gone  by;  apples, 
even  North  Carolina  apples,  as  we  find  them,  are  inferior,  certainly,  to  those  of  the 
("larden  of  Eden;  but  the  mechanic  arts,  as  with  a  magic  wand,  have  changed  Noah's 
ark  intii  the  mighty  Oceanic,  the  cow  path  of  the  Garden  into  the  Southern  Railway 
of  today,  and  so  on  ad  infinilum.  When  it  is  fully  understood,  then,  how  wonderful 
and  progressive  a  part  in  the  world's  development  has  been  pla\ed  by  Mechanic  Arts, 
is  it  strange  that  we  call  attention  with  pride  to  one  of  the  mightiest  factors  of  the 
twentieth  century's  ccjming  achievements,  the  Mechanical  department  of  this  College? 

\\'hen  the  College  opened  its  doors  in  1889,  among  the  Faculty  was  Prof  J.  H. 
Kinealy  (nijw  Professor  of  Mechanical  Engineering  at  Washington  University,  and  a 
noted  heating  expert)  as  Professor  of  Mathematics  and  Practical  Mechanics.  His 
department  was  then  housed  in  the  south  end  of  the  present  main  building,  but  the 
Board  of  Trustees  at  once  saw  that  for  such  a  department  a  new  and  separate  building 
would  be  necessary,  and  the  Mechanical  division  of  the  class  entering  in  1890  was 
cared  for  in  the  handsome  building  which  had  been  erected  during  the  summer,  and 
which  the  department  still  occupies.  This  class  was  also  the  first  to  come  in  contact 
with  the  genial  Prof  Park,  without  mention  of  whom  no  tale  about  this  department 
could  be  complete. 

In  1894  it  was  again  necessary  to  furnish  more  room  for  this  rapidly  growing 
department,  which  at  this  time  included  Civil  Engineering,  and  the  present  wood  and 
forge  shops  were  built.  By  1895  it  had  been  found  necessary  to  devote  the  whole  of 
this  building  to  a  Department  of  Mechanical  Engineering,  which  separate  department 
was  then  established,  with  Prof  N.  R.  Craighill  in  charge,  and  the  Department  of 
Civil  Engineering  and  Mathematics  was  sent  to  seek  other  shelter.  Fnjm  then  until 
now  the  growth  of  the  Mechanical  Department  has  been  rapid.  It  is  now  pushed 
almost  out  of  its  building  by  the  number  of  students  that  try  to  crowd  into  it  for 
instruction.  Thirty  per  cent,  of  the  boys  who  this  year  applied  for  admission  into 
the  machine  shop  courses  alone  have  been  turned  away  on  account  of  lack  of  room 
and  of  equipment.  By  ne.xt  year  it  is  confidently  expected,  however,  to  have  the  line 
shafting  strung  across  the  campus  and  lathes  and  planers  pleasantly  located  under 
near-by  shade  trees — in  which  case  no  one  will  be  turned  away  from  our  doors. 

Of  the  Freshman  students  of  this  year,  numbering  about  two  hundred  and  fifty, 
fully  two  hundred  of  them  are  receiving  one-third  of  all  of  their  instructions  in  this 
Department.  Through  the  higher  classes  also  a  large  number  of  Mechanical  students 
are  to  be  found.  The  importance  and  value  of  the  instruction  given  in  this  depart- 
ment may  be  better  appreciated  when  it  is  known  that  every  student  of  every 
department  of  the  College  is,  at  some  period  of  his  four  years,  sent  over  to  this  great 
fount  of  knowledge  to  get  a  drink,   or  drinks. 

It  is  hardly  necessary  to  mention  the  mental  qualifications  of  the  students  in  this 
Department.  The  positions  secured  by  its  graduates  tell  better  than  words  what  good 
material  has  passed  through  the  mill,  and  a  glance  at  our  present  clas'  _s  shows  where 


135 


BBBBBB       THE      AGROMECK       ««^«^^ 


flic  flower  of  the  student  bod}-  has  cast  its  lot.  As  this  Annual  is,  however,  a 
inonvinunt  to  the  glory  and  honor  of  the  Class  of  '03 — and  being  the  first  of  its  kind 
ever  attemi)ted  here,  is  more  than  ever  a  credit  to  this  great  class — it  may  not  be 
amiss  to  mention  a  few  of  the  particular  qualifications  of  the  Mechanical  members  of 
'03.  Each  man  is,  of  course,  a  student  of  renown,  a  joy  to  his  teachers  and  a 
stranger  to  the  word  "condition."  But  each  inan  is  also  a  master  of  one  or  more 
very  select  specialties — .\sbury,  for  instance,  the  great  diamond  and  gridiron  fiend; 
Bogart,  an  expert  in  playing  adjutant;  Clark,  tall  and  handsome;  Foster,  the  "Boy 
Carnegie";  Glenn,  author  of  "  Mow  to  Make  100  on  Exams.";  Johnson,  a  quiet  and 
deep  thinker;  Powers,  a  Joel  at  all  trades  and  good  at  all  of  them;  Ricks,  songster, 
harpist,  actor,  talker,  dancer  (and  many  others);  and  Simpson,  last  but  not  least, 
"the  last  shall  be  first  and  the  first  shall  be  last." 

More  might  be  told  of  the  glories  of  this  great  nine.  They  add  much  tn  the 
achievements  of  the  Class  of  '03,  and  to  the  honor  of  the  College,  but  it  is  the  same 
with  all  the  Mechanicai  students,  and  to  keep  on  writing  it  wouKl  he  but  repeating  an 
old  story. 


136 


THE      AGROMECK      ^^^^^^^^^ 


a  Stubcnt's  ^oil 

Why  is  it  that  from  3-onder  tower 
The  student's  lamp  is  burning  still, 

Tho'  it  is  past  the  midnight  hour; 
And  sleep  is  brooding  on  the  hill  ? 

Is  it  for  old  historic  lore. 

Or  modern  science  he  would  seek; 
Or  strives  he  now  his  mind  to  store 

In  order  that  conditions  he  may  defeat  ? 

'Tis  not  the  wisdom  of  the  sages, 
Nor  science  fair  that  him  enchants; 

An  earthless  task  his  time  engages; 
He's  sewing  buttons  on  his  pants. 


U7 


"The  Electrics" 


I 


I 


N  att(.'ni])ting  fu  chmnicle  the  events  which  liave  marked  the  course  of  the 
l*"Jectricals  it  is  with  varied  emotions  that  the  historian  mal<es  his  bow  to  an 
expectant  ])ul)Hc.  He  not  only  appreciates  the  honor,  luit  fully  realizes  the 
grave  responsiblity  entrusted  to  him. 

We  are  struggling  against  the  great  forces  of  the  world  which  are  irrisistible  and 
impalpable  ;  we  cannot  grasp  or  fathom  them,  and  though  they  are  real  enough  they 
have  the  ap])earance  of  being  unreal.  Electricity  is  as  subtle  as  it  is  mighty.  It 
eludes  the  hand  i>f  the  most  skillful  philosopher,  "  Fausty, "  who  vainly  endeavors  to 
fathom  its  mysteries  and  gain  knowledge  of  its  laws;  in  view  of  this  fact  it  is  well 
for  the  average  man  not  to  venture  too  deeply  into  its  intricate  mysteries. 

"Emile  Zola"  and  "Willie  D."  are  perhaps  the  quiet  men  of  this  division.  The 
first  is  an  Edisc.m,  and  has  fame  in  view,  or  better  still,  "A  Franklin  Gas  Engine";  but 
if  he  is  not  careful  a  "  Gater  "  will  get  him.  "Willie  D."  hopes  to  do  something, 
but  Dr.  W.  thinks  growing  "Asparagus"  would  suit  him  better.  He  hopes  some 
ilay  to  comi)lete  his  storage  battery,  and  then  you  will  see  him  supremely  hajipy. 

"Logger-head"  and  "Big'un"  carry  the  weight  of  this  section.  They  are  both 
fine  fellows  and  no  doubt  wdl  be  missed  from  home,  as  they  were  chief  plough-boys 
when  there.  They  will  enter  the  arena  of  life  to  deliver  messages  on  board  moving 
trains  or  flash  into  dazzling  splendor  the  city  thoroughfares.  We  predict  that  "  Log- 
ger" will  live  in  close  proximity  to  the  "  Seaboard  Air  Line,"  anil  "  Big'un  "  will  never 
undcrstanil  "  why  the  fire  blew  out,"  or  "why  the  belt  came  olT. " 

It  would  take  pages  to  tell  of  "Gene"  with  his  "God  bless  her  sweet  soul,"  as 
he  endeavors  to  draw  tho.se  B.  k  H.  curves  which  the  professor  thinks  so  necessary. 


138 


^^^^       THE      AGROMECK      ^^^^g 

"Bit"  comes  along  with  his  original  wit,  who  will  operate  countless  autumatic 
devices,  originate  all  kinds  of  home  comforts;  he  will  fan  himself  when  heated, 
warm  himself  when  cold,  treasure  u]!  all  available  bulletins,  and  hand  down  his 
Weinshurst  machine  to  his  future  generations. 

We  introduce  to  you  "my  dear  Gastrin,"  a  veritable  "Adonis"  of  gentility, 
who,  if  not  careful  "vill  do  someding  smardt  or  funny."  We  cannot  prophesv  that 
he  will  ever  find  the  "philosopher's  stone,  '  but  if  he  ever  does  we  hope  that  he  will 
telegraph  the  news  to  the  other  electrics.  "Adonis"  is  one  of  the  few  men  of  our 
class  without  whcjm  some  of  the  professors  couldn't  get  along,  and  he  is  going  to 
take  a  post  course  next  year  just  to  please  them. 

"Kirk"  and  "John"  are  so  reserved  and  noncfmimittal  that  we  have  not  been 
able  to  gather  much  of  them.  "Kirk"'  is  generally  the  first  on  hand  at  the  labora- 
tory, or,  more  correctly,  the  engine,  of  which  he  has  such  a  fondness.  He  doesn't 
"just  see  why"  some  things  are,  but  delights  the  class  with  the  fi>rce  of  argument. 
"John"  will  graduate  just  to  get  away  from  the  A.  &  M.,  but  before  he  does  he  is 
going  to  complete  his  motor  (.')  and  take  it  with  him  to  the  Philippines. 

Ned  at  last  comes  to  our  notice;  we  hope  no  worse  fate  will  befall  him  than  that  of 
the  others.  To  him  we  owe  our  existence  during  these  four  long  years;  without  him 
we  would  have  been  a  dead  note.  He  is  a  quiet,  innocent-looking  chap,  but  looks 
are  deceiving  even  in  "magnetic  blowouts.  ' 

In  the  language  of  the  old  hymn  we  can  say,  "Our  days  are  gliding  by."  and 
there  is  not  one  of  us  who  does  not  wish  he  could  "detain  them  as  they  fly." 

Our  College  course  is  nearing  its  end.  May  the  friendships  we  have  formed  be 
ever  firm  and  true,  and  despite  whatever  vicissitudes  we  meet,  ma\'  we  ever  be  noble 
and  loyal  sons  of  A.  M.  C. ,  and  honorable  men  of  the  class  of  1903. 


139 


THE      AGROMECK      ^^^^^B. 


The  Civils 


THE  history  of  the  (Civils  or  1903  of  the  A.  &  ^1.  College  really  begins  with 
their  Junior  year,  for  up  to  that  time  we  were  known  simply  as  Engineering 
students,  with  ni.ithing  but  our  good  looks  and  great  intellectual  ability  to 
distinguish  us  from  the  h<_)rde  of  our  uncivilized   classmates. 

When  the  parting  of  the  ways  came  at  the  beginning  of  our  Junior  year,  nearly 
all  of  the  class  wanted  to  take  the  course  in  Civil  Engineering,  but  Professor  Riddick 
had  evidently  made  up  his  mind  not  to  be  bothered  with  any  but  the  best;  so  he 
selected  only  six  of  us  as  capable  of  civilization.  To  the  others  who  applied  he 
depicted  the  horrors  of  the  course  in  Civil  Engineering  with  such  vividness  that  they 
concluded  that  discretion  was  the  better  part  of  valor,  and  decided  to  take  one  of 
the  minor  courses — ^Mechanical,  Electrical,  Chemical,  or  Textile. 

When  the  six  of  us — Cornwell,  Land,  B. ,  Land, J.,  Love,  Morris,  and  Stradley — 
found  that  we  alone  of  all  the  applicants  had  been  selected,  we  were  highl\-  elated, 
and  started  in  to  prove  ourselves  worthy  of  Professor  Riddick's  confidence.  We  soon 
realized  the  greatness  of  the  work  whereunto  we  had  been  called,  for  Professor  Rid- 
dick began  at  once  introducing  us  to  his  friends — ;\Ir.  Baker,  the  stone  mason; 
Messrs.  Merriman  and  Brooks,  surveyors;  Mr.  Searles,  and  many  others,  whom  he 
represented  to  us  as  pleasant  and  approachable  gentlemen.  It  must  be  confessed, 
however,  that  we  found  them  not  at  all  disposed  to  allow  any  very  intimate  acquain- 
tance on  the  part  of  most  of  us,  and  after  a  year's  association  we  were  only  slightly 
acquainted  with  them. 

One  of  the  most  important  events  of  our  history  was  the  arrival  of  P.  F.  Darden, 
who  came  to  us  during  the  fall  term,  fresh  from  a  lumber  camp  down  East.  He  came 
with  the  aroma  of  the  pine  forests,  and  some  say  with  a  tinge  of  its  verdure  still 
clinging  around  him.  He  soon  convinced  us  all,  including  our  teacher,  that  he  was 
an  engineer  by  experience  and  intuition,  and  that  all  formulae  and  rules,  except  the 
slide-rule,  were  to  him  but  folly. 

A  most  pleasant  incident  of  our  Junior  year  was  our  week  of  camp  life  while  we 
were  assisting  Professor  Ritldick  and  the  Senior  cla.ss  in  the  survey  of  a  railroad  to 
connect  the  Neuse  riv'er  with  the  Seaboard  Air  Line  Railway.  The  Seniors  said  we 
were  taken  along  to  wait  on  them  and  to  keep  us  out  of  mischief;  but  we  have  good 
reason  to  believe  that  Professor  Riddick  took  us  because  he  was  afraid  to  risk  the 
Seniors  with  the  work,  and  sub.sequent  events  showed  his  wisdom  in  taking  us.  We 
enjo3'ed  three  days  of  hard  work  and  three  nights  of  camp  life,  then  struck  tents,  and 
returned  to  the  College  only  to  find  ourselves  overwhelmed  by  examinations. 

Our  Senior  year,  so  far,  has  passed  without  any  startling  incidents  except  the 
failure  of  some  of  our  bnjther  civils,  who  were  forced  to  spend  the  Xmas  holidays 
at  the  College,  studying  to. get  off  contlitions.  Also,  in  this  year,  we  lost  one  of  our 
most  brilliant  members — Love,  who  finding  our  progress  too  slow  for  him,  withdrew 
from  College  to  accept  a  position  with  a  western  railroad  company. 

On  class  one  day,  while  studying  Riilroad  Curves,  Darden  discovered  by  accident 
that  he  had  used  2-t,  instead  of  t,  in  his  work  before  coming  to  A.  &  ^L,  for  the  first 
ofliset  in  the  method  of  "Offsets  from  the  Chords  Reduced."  He  was  so  mortified 
when  he  found  out  that  he  had  been  making  mistakes  heretofore,^*' at  he  declared  he 
would  go  back  and  correct  them.  We  all  hated  to  see  him  go,  and  have  missed  him 
from  among  us  very  much,  and  wish  him  success  wherever  he  may  go.      The  remain- 


ing five  are  here  awaiting  graduation. 


141 


HENRY  M.  WILSON, 

THOMAS  NELSON 

PHILIP  R.  FRENCH, 


BONEY,  L.  N. 
ROSS,  C.  B. 


HARDING,  J.  B. 
FOUSHEE,  O.  \V. 


A.  B Professor  in  Charge 

Iiifitructor  in  Weaving  and  Designing 

B.  S Instructor  in  Chemistry  and  Dyeing 


SENIOR  CLASS 

CARPENTER,  J.  S.  P. 
STAMPS,  E.  R 
WHITING.  E.  S. 

JUNIOR   CLASS 


DARDEN,  W.  L. 
KENNEDY,  J.  M. 


HUNTER,  H.  !\I. 
McKIMMON,  J.  M. 


DIXON. 


SOPHOMORE  CLASS. 
HUFFMAN. 

SECOND  YEAR  SHORT  COURSE 


WATT,  W.  \V. 


CARRAWAY,  E.  C. 
ISLER,  LEROY. 


HAIGLEK.  \V.  M. 
DURHAM,  C.  H. 


McKINNON,  W.  N. 
PAYNE,  C.  L. 
ROSE,  J.  P. 

FIRST  YEAR  SHORT  COURSE. 


MAUNEY,  Z.  C. 
HOWARD,   JESSE  M. 


HALL,  C.  A. 
RANKIN,  F.  B. 


142 


^^^^m      THE      AGROMECK      ^^^^M^ 


THIS  has  been  styled  the  "Textile  Departtuent  "  for  the  reason  that  the  different 
courses  of  instruction  in  this  College  are  grouped  under  the  head  of  "  Departments." 
In  some  other  places  it  would  be  called  a  Textile  school;  and  this  has  been  frequently 
referred  to  as  the  North  Carolina  Textile  School.  The  special  field  covered  by  the 
instruction  here  is  cotton  manufacturing,  since  cotton  is  the  chief  textile  fiber  and  the 
most  important  agricultural  product  of  the  South.  In  some  of  the  Textile  Schools  of  this 
country  instruction  is  also  given  in  the  manufacture  of  certain  other  textile  fibres,  such  as 
wool  and  silk.  But  until  these  shall  be  produced  more  extensively  in  this  country  it  is 
probable  that  the  work  here  will  be  entirely  in  cotton. 

Instruction  in  manufacturing  cotton,  as  a  distinct  subject,  was  first  given  in  this  College 
during  the  term  of  1899-1900,  although,  previous  to  this,  some  lectures  on  cotton  machinery 
had  been  given.  The  first  class  numbered  four  students.  There  was  no  equipment  and  the 
work  was  entirely  theoretical  and  carried  on  under  very  trying  conditions,  as  would  be  any 
practical  subject  where  there  was  no  opportunity  for  demonstration.  But  good  seeds  had  been 
planted,  which  were  destined  to  have  a  healthy  and  vigorous  growth.  The  next  College 
ses.sion,  that  of  1900-1901,  found  the  Department  installed  in  the  Chapel  of  the  College,  in  the 
main  building,  which  Dr.  Winston  had  given  over  "  to  the  voice  of  the  spindle  and  the  loom." 
The  eiiuipment  was  the  nucleus  of  the  present  one.  It  consisted  of  enough  machinery  to 
demonstrate  the  mill  operations  from  the  card  to  the  loom.  Arrangements  had  been  made  for 
its  operation,  but  from  the  lack  of  necessary  electiic  power  it  remained  idle  during  that  year. 

The  State  Legislature,  during  its  1901  session,  made  provision  for  a  continued  growth  of 
both  Department  and  College.  The  sum  of  $20,000  was  appropriated  to  erect  and  equip  a 
Textile  I5uilding,  with  the  nece-sary  machinery.  "Work  on  this  buihling  was  begun  in  .July, 
1901,  and  it  was  completed  the  following  winter.  Then  began  the  work  of  machine  installa- 
tion. It  was  a  never-to-be-forgotten  time  for  the  classes  of  that  year.  There  was  no  heat  in 
the  building,  and  the  machinery  was  as  cold  as  the  weather  outside.  But,  much  to  the  credit 
of  the  students,  these  difficulties  and  obstacles  were  overcome.  Machine  after  machine  was 
hoisted  with  block  and  tackle  and  placed  in  position.  Literally,  the  installation  of  machinery 
was  made  by  the  students,  directed  by  the  erectors  sent  from  the  different  machine  shops. 
Tliis  was  hard  work,  of  course;  but  it  was  a  valuable  experience,  combined  as  it  was  with  the 
<ither  instruction.  The  work  was  pushed  along  during  the  summer,  so  that  the  opening  of  the 
present  session  of  College  found  most  of  the  e(|uii)ment  installed  and  ready  for  operation. 

The  work  of  this  Department  is  sul)-divided  into  the  following: 

First — Carding  and  spinning.  This  embraces  "  Yarn  Manufacture,"  producing  thread  from 
the  bale  of  cotton. 

Second — \\'eaving  and  Designing.  Here  the  yarns  are  woven  into  various  styles  and 
designs  of  cloth. 

Third — The  Dyeing  or  Ojloring  of  the  yarns  and  cloths. 

In  each  division  of  the  work  the  equipment  for  instruction  is  installed  as  in  a  cotton  mill. 
The  instruction  is  carried  on  in  as  practical  a  manner  as  is  possible  with  the  proper  theoretical 
teaching  of  the  nature  of  the  processes  and  the  manipulation  of  the  machinery  to  perform 
these.  In  short,  the  graduate  of  this  Department  should  have  a  good  working  knowledge  of 
every  class  of  machinery  in  a  cotton  mill  and  the  work  that  is  performed  by  each.  When  he 
goes  into  the  mill  to  begin  his  career  he  will  be  familiar  with  the  technical  nr  theoretical  part 
of  the  work.  He  can  devote  himself  then  to  a  more  thorough  mastering  of  the  practical 
details  of  his  work,  which  is  an  essential  feature  of  every  manufacturing  business. 

Henry  M.  Wilson. 


'43 


THE      AGROMECK 


Chemical   Department 


f^trt 


THE  Chemical  Dep.irtnient  was  eqiiippeil  and  has  been  couiUicted  under  the  direction 
of  Professor  W.  A.  Withers,  who,  with  a  snifjle  exception,  is  tlie  only  member  of  the 
jiresent  Faculty  who  has  been  connected  with  the  College  since  its  openinjr.  fourteen 
years  a^o.  Messrs.  H.  L.  Miller,  S.  F,.  Asbury,  C.  B.  Williams,  J.  A.  Bizzell,  and  H. 
W.  Primrose  have  assisted  Professor  Withers  in  conductin;;  this  lle|>artment  in  the 
past,  and  at  jiresent  Dr.  G.  S.  Fraps,  Mr.  W.  A.  Syme  and  Mr.  P.  R.  French  are  doing  so 

The  Department  was  orit;inally  assigned  a  place  in  the  north  wing  of  the  main  building, 
but  it  has  since  been  assigned  additional  space  on  the  first  floor  and  in  the  ba.-sement  of  the 
main  building,  and  also  in  the  textile  buikling.  But  even  with  this  enlargement,  the  Depart- 
ment has  not  sulliciently  large  laboratories  to  permit  the  admission  of  all  students  desiring  to 
take  chemical  instruction.  Tlie  Visiting  Committee  and  Trustees  have  therefore  very  properly 
recngnizcd  that  a  Chemical  Building  is  one  of  the  jiressing  needs  of  the  College. 

The  im|)ortance  of  chemistry  in  agriculture  is  shown  by  the  fact  that  a  majority  of  tlie 
.Agricultural  Kx|ieritnent  Station  Directors,  before  their  elevation,  were  chendsts;  that  there 
are  al)out  as  many  chendsts  connected  with  Experiment  Stations  as  all  the  other  scientists  put 
together;  and  that  many,  if  not  a  majority,  of  the  agricultural  liO'ks,  are  written  by  chemists. 
'I  he  so-called  modern  ideas  of  farmers'  institutes,  jiopular  bulletins,  l>ringing  the  farmers  to 
the  Agricultural  Cnllege  in  (he  Sununer  time,  etc.,  were  all  advocated  about  si.xty  years  ago  by 
.Justus  von  Liebeg,  the  father  nf  agricultural  chemistry. 

.Ml  students,  before  graduation  at  this  College,  are  required  to  take  a  course  in  general 
chemistry,  .\fier  that  the  chemical  work  depends  on  the  course  the  student  is  taking,  the 
agricultural  students  devoting  their  time  to  the  chemistry  of  soils,  fertilizers  and  feed  stuffs; 
the  engineering  students  to  industrial  chemistry;  the  ndning  students  to  metallurgy,  ami  the 
textile  students  to  dyeing.     The  laboratory  work  is  planned  similarly. 

Of  the  Ifil  grailuates  of  the  College,  twenty-two — about  one-eightli — are  engaged  in  chemi- 
cal work,  and  each  one  of  these  is, employed  in  an  agricultural  or  nianufa<'turing  institution, 
which  is  a  very  striking  fact,  and  illustrates  forcibly  the  demands  along  this  line,  ami  tlu' 
.success  <>{  the  Dejiartment  in  the  great  cause  of  industrial  education  which  the  College  was 
established  to  adxance. 

The  chemical  graduates  are  employed  in  Agricultural  Colleges,  .\gricultural  Kx-]ieriment 
Stations,  State  Departments  of  Agriculture  and  Textile  S<-hnols;  in  the  maimfacturf  of  fertil- 
izers and  gas;  in  the  metallurgy  of  iron  and  copper;  in  dyeing;  in  the  reliiungof  lard,  uiauu- 
laclure  of  tol)acco  products,  etc.  They  have  taken  fellowships  at  Cornell  and  .lohns  Hopkins, 
have  been  referees  in  the  .\ssociation  of  Othcial  Agricultural  Chemists;  are  leading  ollicials  in 
the  Xortli  Carolina  section  of  the  .\merican  Chemical  Society,  and  one  of  them  enjuys  the 
honor  of  being  the  only  .\merican  to  prepare  a  text-book  on  Dyeing. 

The  clienncal  students  formed  the  Berzelius  Society,  which  is  now  the  Local  Chemical 
Society  of  Raleigh,  and  they  now  maintain  in  the  College  the  Liebeg  Chenucal  Society. 


144 


rooT 


BALL 


^S&^&h^^i& 


THE      AGROMECK 


Football 


C.  F.  CREECH,  Manager. 


O    MAX  GARDNER,  Captain. 


ARTHUR  DEVLIN,  Coach. 


Tl 1 1 1'.    IcMitball   season    li;is   l)iu    latoh'   passetl    awav.    and    with    it    manv   of  thi- 
^^_^     li.ilipitst  and  bluest  da\s  of  our  college   life  have  slipped   into  the  past:  nor 
!^^^     is  there  error  in  s]ieaking  of  our  colle.ge  days  ami  football  as  being  insepara- 
bly bound  tiigeiher       There  is  no  other  game  which  appeals  to  the  emotion 
and  College  spirit  of  students  as  does  football.      It  is  pre-eminently  the  college  game. 
The  gridirons  of  ail  the  large  colleges  in  the  Atlantic   or    Eastern   States   have  in 
the  season  past  been  the  scenes  of  a  great  manv  surprises.      Probalily  never  before  in 
the  history  of  the  game   have  so  many  une.xpected  happenings  crowded  themselves 
into   a  short  season   of  two  months.      We,    here  in   Raleigh,    have  had  our  share  of 
these  surprises.       There  were  unexpected  victories;  there  were  uncxjiected  reverses.    In 
looking  over  the   |)ast   season,  there   seems   a   great    deal  to  regret,   Init  a  great  deal 
more  to  remember  with  pride  and  pleasure. 

The  i)rospects  for  a  strong  team  at  the  opening  of  College  was  com])arativelv 
bright.  With  a  mi.xture  of  confidence  and  fear  as  to  what  might  be  the  final  out- 
come, those  best  informed  on  football  and  its  many  requisites,  entered  into  the  work 
of  turning  out  a  good  football  team.  'The)'  might  well  have  doubts,  for  at  the 
opening  of  the  season  only  si.\  N'arsitv  men  of  the  'oi  team  were  present.  The.se 
were  the  si.\  left  to  form  the  nucleus  of  the  team  (jf  02:  one  guard,  one  tackle,  two 
hall-backs,  one  (juarter,  and  one  end.  'The  te.im  drew  some  good  material  from  tlie 
Freshman  class  and  one  half-back  from  the  Sophomore:  tlien  there  was  A.  \-  '\\.  gni 
which  afterwarils  proved  a  big  factor.  'This,  then,  was  the  make-up  of  our  team 
when,  (jn  .'September  loth,  football  uniforms  were  donned  for  the  first  time,  "ur 
coach,  Arthur  Devlin,  from  Georgetown,  arrived  a  few  ilays  later.  He  brought  with 
him  a  great  re[)utation  as  a  player:  and,  as  events  have  shown  later,  his  coaching 
ability  is  ecjual  tij  his  playing.  'The  first  game  of  the  season  was  at  C'lemson,  against 
the  veterans  of  Clemson  College.  'The  game  was  played  in  a  perfect  downpour  of 
rain.  At  the  end  of  two  twenty-minute  h.ilve-:.  th:-  score  was  10  to  6  in  their  Lw;w. 
'This  same  Clemson  team  defeated  C.  N.  C..  'oi,  in  Charlotte,  21  to  5,  so  we  considireil 
our  stantl  against  them  encouraging. 

On  the  following  Monday  we  pla\ed  T'lnnuin  University,  in  (Jrecinille,  S.  C. 
'This  game,  and  that  of  a  week  later,  wen-  our  greatest  surprises.  In  the  (ireenville 
game  we  carried  the  ball  friim  one  end  of  the  field  to  the  other,  time  after  time,  twice 
coming  within  one  foot  of  scoring,  only  t<j  lose  the  ball  on  a  fumble.  .\t  the  end 
of  two  twentv-minute  halves  the  score  stood  nothing  to  nothing,  with  the  ball  in 
Funnan  territorv. 


14'' 


^^^^^^^^       THE      AGROMECK       ^^^^^^^^^ 

Our  next  game  was  with  Furman,  in  Raleigh,  on  October  13th.  This  game  was 
a  repetition  of  the  first,  in  that  we  outplayed  the  sand-lappers  at  all  stages  of  the 
game;  but  the  Bajitist  brethren  seemed  unconquerable;  and  we  just  could  not  beat  them. 
Three  times  A.  &  M.  fumbled  when  on  Furman's  two,  five  and  three-yard  line.  The 
Furman  full-back  kicked  a  difficult  goal  from  the  twenty-five  yard  line,  making  the 
score  5  to  o.  In  the  second  half  A.  &  M.  scored  a  safety,  making  the  score  5  to  2  in 
favor  of  Furman,  after  two  twenty-five  minute  halves. 

On  the  1 8th  of  October  we  played  V.  P.  I.,  one  of  the  foremost  football  teams 
in  the  South.  After  riding  all  night  and  a  part  of  next  day,  we  played  the  Virginians 
to  a  standstill.  Four  minutes  before  the  game  was  over  the  score  was  6  to  5  in  our 
favor.  Ah  !  Those  fatal  four  minutes  lost  the  game  for  us.  The  ball  was  kicked  to 
riur  full-back  and  advanced  to  our  fifteen-yard  line,  from  where  we  tried  to  farther 
advance  it.  In  the  first  rush  our  half-back  made  five  yards,  but  some  one  took  the 
ball  out  of  his  hands  on  our  twenty-yard  line;  and  with  Carpenter,  of  V'.  P.  I., 
hitting  over  line,  they  gained  the  coveted  touchdown  just  as  time  was  called. 

We  played  St.  Albans  in  Roanoke  on  the  following  Monday.  In  this  game  the 
team  work  of  A.  &  M.,  was  especially  commendable,  though  frequent  fumbling  did 
much  to  offset  an  otherwise  brilliant  game.  St.  Albans  had  just  tied  V.  M.  I. ;  and 
had  been  beaten  only  15  to  o  by  the  University  of  Virginia,  so  St.  Albans  thought 
that  we  would  be  dead  easy.  Poor  St.  Albans  !  How  wretched  they  looked  after 
that  game  I  am  afraid  posterity  will  never  quite  imagine.  When  they  found  that  the\' 
could  not  score  on  A.  &  M.,  they  entered  into  a  pugilistic  encounter  with  the 
"  Farmers. "  It  would  have  been  better  for  the  St.  Albans  team  if  it  had  been  satisfied 
with  the  results  of  the  football  contest.  When  the  referee  blew  his  whistle,  the  score 
stood,  A.  &  M.,   10;  St.  Albans,  o. 

On  the  31st  of  October,  in  Raleigh,  we  played  Guilford  in  the  presence  of  from 
four  to  five  thousand  people.  In  this  game  A.  &  M.  ran  rough-shod  over  Guilford, 
beating  them  29  to  5.      This  was  a  triumph  of  united  action  against  individual  eflnrt. 

Our  next  game  was  to  stand  out  as  an  epoch  in  the  annals  of  our  College.  This 
game  was  with  the  University  of  North  Carolina.  For  the  first  time  A.  &  M.  kept 
Carolina  from  crossing  the  goal  line.  Carolina  looked  rather  dangerous  when  she 
took  the  field  that  afternoon.  But  in  the  heart  of  each  man  on  our  eleven  was  a 
grim  determination  to  hold  his  own — the  kind  of  resolution  that  makes  men  battle 
unflinchingly  with  the  impossible.  After  the  game  commenced  we  knew  that,  from 
the  start,  we  were  in  the  game.  The  A.  &  M.  had  subordinated  all  her  games  before 
this  for  the  one  crucial  test;  and  how  well  she  held  the  University  down  is  known  to 
eight  liundred  onlookers  there  that  raw  and  chilly  afternoon,  and  to  Captain  Foust 
and  his  men  from  Chapel  Hill.  The  Ncivs  and  Observer  of  the  following  day  says; 
"It  was  unquestionably  the  greatest  game  of  football  ever  seen  in  Raleigh,  or  in  the 
State,  for  that  matter."  The  University  had  the  advantage  in  weight,  strength  and 
experience,   while  the  Farmers  were  imbued  with  the  characteristic  just  mentioned,  a 

Aono  10  '  -1  7 


THE      AGROMECK 


Sriin  tk'tt-rminatiiin  tn  win.  At  tin-  eiul  of  twn  twciity-tive  minute  liai\x-s,  the  score 
was  U.  N.  C,  o;  A.  M.  C,  o,  which  we  consider  as  virtually  a  triumjih  for  A.  it  M. 

In  the  game  with  the  University  of  Virginia,  the  Universitv  of  Xortli  Carolina 
plavid  X'irginia  to  a  standstill,  lioth  sides  scorinj;'  twelve  points  and  Carolina  coming 
within  the  vards  of  scoring  again.  Since  the  team  that  tied  Virginia  could  not  cross 
the  goal  line  when  playing  against  A.  &  M.,  then  our  team  must  rank  among  the  first 
in  the  South. 

After  our  game  with  the  University,  we  were  intoxicated  by  our  success.  Then 
were  we  to  go  up  against  Davidson.  Now,  the  University  heat  Davidson  28-0;  we 
tied  tlu-  Universit\'.  Wu  would  wipe-  Davidson's  team  from  the  face  of  the  earth. 
When  we  came  to  go  up  against  Davidsijn,  we  were  like  the  drunken  man  who  was 
bent  upon  beating  his  mule. 

The  man  had  \aguel}'  decided  that  fence  rails  propei'lv  broken  U])on  tin-  mule 
would  also  break  the  nude.  He  was  appl_\ing  the  fence  rail  cure  when  his  wifi- 
apjieared. 

•'Oh  !  ]5illv,  come  away,  come  away;  the  mule  will  kill  \-ou,  "  she  begged. 

"What,  said  he,  ''that  damn  little  mide  kill  me  .•"  He  coukln't  do  it  to  sdvc  his 
life." 

The-  next  day  lo\ing  frieniis  kindlv  adjusted  the  ui)jier  half  of  his  head  to  the 
lower  half  and  laid  him  to  rest. 

The  score  was:  Davidson,  5;  A.  ct  M.,  o.  We  were  i>ver-con(ident;  the}'  had 
caught  us  off  our  guard,  antl  we  had  lost.  It  is  trut'  that  our  team  was  made  u[)  largely 
of  substitutes,  but  that  is  not  why  we  were  beaten.  It  was  purely  the  result  of  over- 
confidence  on  our  part.  The  lesson  we  learnetl  at  Davidson  was  apparent  when  we 
jilaxed  Riihmond  College  in  Raleigh  on  the  following  Tluirsdav.  H\  the  \\a\,  we 
have  another  ex|)huiation  why  we  were  beaten  by  Davidson: 

"  De  Possum  whip  de  Coon, 
He  Dog  he  whip  de  Possum; 
En  de  Coon  eat  up  de  Dog. 
Brudderin',  how  you  Kwine  reconcile 
iJese  things  on  Judgment  Day  ?  " 

Richmond  College  had  beaten  Randolph-Macon,  30-0;  and  had  reason  to  be  a 
little  confulent  against  us.  Thursday  was  an  ideal  day  for  a  football  game;  and  the 
men  seemed  to  have  good  s])irit.  The  game  began  at  3  ]>.  m.  There  were  two 
twent)-live  minute  liahes.  It  was  apparent  from  the  first  that  .A.  A  I\I.  had  a  walk- 
over for  the  Richmond  men  could  not  stop  the  terrific  rushes  of  our  guarils'  back 
formation.  It  did  not  take  the  s]iectators  long  to  sec  tiiat  the  game  was  ours;  and  it 
was  then  a  matter  of  argunu  nt  how  much  the  score  would  be  in  our  favor.  .\t  the 
end  of  the  second  half,  the  score  was,  A.  &  M.,  30;  Richmonil,  5,  Richmond  making 
a  dro])  after  five  trials.      Every  time  their  full-back  would  try  for  a  drop,  an  A.  &  M. 

14S 


^^&^&j0       THE      AGROMECK       ^^^^^^ 


man  would  break  it  up:  and  each  time  a  Richmond  man  would  fall  on  the  ball.  Finally, 
the  half-back  succeeded  in  sending  it  across.  The  game  with  Richmond  closed  what 
is  considered  b}'  all  the  most  successful  season  we  have  ever  had.  In  spite  of  its 
misfortunes  and  reverses,  it  is  a  season  that  ought  to  make  every  student  proud  of  his 
College,  every  graduate  prciutl  of  his  .\lma  Water. 

I  wish  to  render  my  thanks  to  the  Cadet  Battalion  for  the  spirit  shown  from  the 
beginning  of  the  season;  and  for  the  way  in  which  they  so  generously  contributed  to 
the  several  calls  for  cash  subscription. 

And  to  Captain  Phelps  we  give  our  most  sincere  assurance  of  appreciation  for  his 
efforts  in  behalf  of  athletics.  What  he  has  done  for  A  &  ]M.  since  he  has  been  with 
us  is  now  a  matter  of  history.  While  we  have  Captain  Phelps  to  back  us,  nothing 
but  a  first-class  team  will  represent  us. 

To  Bill  Devlin:  Bill,  you  left  many  a  staunch  friend  behind  vou  when  you  left  A. 
L*c  M.  As  a  coach  and  a  player  y(.iu  have  few  equals  and  no  superiors.  Nothing 
would  make  us  quite  so  sure  of  a  successful  team  for  next  year  as  to  have  you  with  us. 

Also,  to  Professor  Hill  we  express  our  most  sincere  appreciation  for  the  great 
interest  he  has  always  shown  in  the  athletics  of  the  College. 

And  last,  but  not  least,  to  Dr.  Charles  Burkett  we  extend  our  hearty  thanks  for 
the  generous  support,  financial  as  well  as  moral,  which  he  has  always  given;  not 
football  alone,  but  athletics  in  general. 

In  closing,  we  would  urge  the  student  body  always  to  give  football  their  heartiest 
support.  Football  is  essentially  part  of  a  man's  college  training.  It  is  a  game 
which  develops  perseverance  and  coolness,  combined  with  quickness  of  decision — 
traits  which  the  player  will  find  useful  in  after  life.  A  properly-uniformed  plavcr 
has  no  risk  of  being  seriously  or  fatally  hurt.  It  is  a  game  that  gives  strength, 
physical  endurance,  manliness.  It  is  a  game  that  is  peculiarly  adapted  to  a  military 
institution.  The  season  of  '02  has  passed;  it  belongs  to  a  year  that  is  dead.  The 
old  must  give  place  to  the  new;  other  men  must  take  hold  of  the  work.  Let  them 
strive  to  place  the  laurels  of  A.  ifc  INI.  in  the  verv  front  rank. 

We  of  the  old  year  take  with  us  many  good  men  whom  the  team  of  '03  will  miss. 
But  we  leave  behind  us  the  nucleus  of  a  team  which  may  hope  to  surpa.'^s  all  previous 
records  in  our  history  of  athletics. 

To  the  team  of  '03  we  will  say  that  we  wish  as  much  for  their  success  as  we  once 
wished  for  our  own.  We  hope  that  next  season  will  be  one  which  you  may  look 
backward  to  with  jiride  and  pleasure.  As  our  hearts  have  been,  will  our  hearts  ever 
be,  with  A.  &  M.  athletics. 


149 


THE      AGROMECK 


The  Varsity  Football  Team 

YELL 

Kil-Li,  Ki-Lit, 
Rah,  Rah,  Zit,  Zit, 
Ha,  Ha,  Yah-Ho... 
Bam-Goo,  A.  'M.    02. 


C.  L.   CREECH, '03..  Manager 

O.   MAX  GARDNER,  '03 Captain 

ARTHUR  DEVLIN Coach 


TUCKER,  '06  ( 1 60  lbs. ) Left   V.m\ 

GARDNER,  '03  (215  lbs. ) Left  Tackle 

CAKPEN'i'ER,  '03  (182   lbs.) Left  (Suaril 

IIADLEY,  '05  (I  85   lbs.) feiitre 

HKKBE,  '06  ( 1 95  lbs. ) Right  Guard 

NEAL,  '05  (185    lbs. ) Right  Tackle 

GULLEV,  '04  (156  lbs. )    Right  End 

DARDEN,  '03  (155  lbs.);  ASBURV,    03  (140  lbs. ) Quarter  Back 

WELCH,  '02  (160  lbs.) '        Right   LLilf  Back 

SHANXOX  HOUSE,  '05  ( i  65  lbs. ) Left   Half  Back 

ROBERSOX,  '06  (155  lbs.) EuU  Back 

(JAITIIER,  '04  (175  lbs.) Substitute  Guard  and   Centre 

1\(  )()X.  '06   (175   lbs.) Substitute  Half  Back 

MH.LER,  '04  (150  lbs.) Substitute   ILvlf  Back 

Avenige  tveig/il  rjjAj  //". 

GAMES  PLAYED 

A.  &  M.  Opp. 

October  4th — Clemson  College  at  Clemson,  S.  C 6  10 

October  6th — Eurnian  Lhiiversity  at  Greenville,  S.  C o  o 

October  13th — Eurman  University  at  Raleigh,  N.  C 2  5 

October  i8th — Virginia  Polytechnic  Institute  at  Blacksburg,  \'a 6  10 

( )ctober  20 — St.  Albans  at  Roanoke,  Va 10  o 

October  31st — (iuilford  College  at  Raleigh,  X.  C 28  5 

November  Sth — University  of  North  Carolina  at  Raleigh,  N.  C o  o 

November  lyth — Davidson  College  at  Greensboro,  N.  C o  5 

November  27th — Richnumd  College  at  Raleigh,  N.  C 30  5 

Ti  'tal 83     vs.     40 

150 


,^^^^^s^s^ 


THE      AGROMECK 


Baseball 


f\trt 


O.  MAX  GARDNER,  Manager 


S.  W.   ASBURY,  Captain 


T''   thusc  who  arc  iiiteresteil  in  the  national   ,u:amf  we  can  gi\e  encouragement 
_____     as  to  our  fiitute.      Of  Course  it  is  a  little  premature  just  now  to  speak  of  our 
§S^     liasel)all  ]irosi)i'cts:  Imt   now,   just  before  the  season  begins,   we  have  plenty 
of  good  material,    anil  everything  tends  to  show  that  we  will   have  a  rattling 
good  team.      What  we  want  is  a  good  schedule  with  good   college  teams,  so  that  wt- 
can  hav(-  s<jmething  to  i)lay  for;  and  then  more  interest  will  be  taken  in  the  game. 

Baseball  has  always  been  an  attractive  game  to  Raleigh  people,  and  it  is  in  a 
large  measure\lue  to  them  that  we  owe  our  good  rec(jrd  anil  fmancial  success.  We 
ho])e  to  give  tho  citizi-ns  ol'  Raleigh  an  excellent  opportunity  of  seeing  good,  fair, 
straight  baseball  this  spring.  The  cadets  are  supporting  the  Athletic  Association  well, 
which  certainly  iri\licatcs  that  we  will  not  be  lacking  in  college  spirit.  .\sbury,  our 
Captain,  is  well  qualified  for  his  position,  and  we  predict  for  him  and  his  team  a 
successful  year. 


SCHEDULE  FOR    03 


SchrJi  '\ 


March  2j — liingham  Sch£;<5t  i  Raleigh. .  .  . 
?rarch  27 — Trinity  hkgh  Schooi^-  ,'(aieigh 
.\pril  I — Sharp'.s  I.M^i^tute  at  Raleigh 
.■\pril  6 — Trinity  ("oUbge  at  Raleigh.  .  .• 

April  8— oyC  Ridge  at  Raleigh 

.\pril   15   .-lloinir  at  Raleigh 

April   15 — Red  ."Springs  at  Raleigh 

.\pril  I7 — Wake  Forest  at  Wake  Forest.  .  .  . 


'4«i 


.\pryi  23 — Danville  [Military  Institute  at    Raleigh. 

.\yrfil  27 — Furman  Lniversit}'  at  Raleigh 

".\])ril  29 — Davidson  College  at  Raleigh 

May  2 — Wake  l''orest  at  Raleigh 

.May  6 — Guilfortl  College  at  Raleigh 

May  8 — Syracuse  at  Raleigh 

May  I  1 — Ilorner  at  O.xfonl 

May  15 — Red  Springs  at  Red  Springs 


A.  A  iM 


Opp. 


156 


1                                          .^<«      ■ 

7^ 

1  1 

vR|B^     ^fi 

w 

M 

'1 

^k 

)\_ 

lyjl 

^ 

> 

in' 

#  ■  ■ ,V  7  - 

Ivf* 

w 

M 
> 

r 

r 

> 
g 

jFn 

''1 

E 

1* 

-7  J 

' 

^Jj 

»^ 

BBBBBB      THE      AGROMECK       ggg^^g 

A  Short  Vacation 

«$» 

IMS  (|uiek  tri|)  Ikhik',  hetwucn  the  wintrr  and  spring  terms,  I  had  gone 
Mxcr  many  times  in  my  mind.  Now  the  brief  hjng-iuoked-for  time  had 
eome.  There  were  a  few  hurried  preparations  made,  the  usual  good  liyes 
and  good  wishes  exchanged  between  my  classmates  and  me,  and  I  was  ofi". 
The  ride  had  nothing  of  interest  about  it  except  the  anticipation  of  being  at 
home  again.  Soon  the  jtiurney  was  nearly  over.  Looking  through  the  car  window, 
I  saw  trees  which  I  knew  grew  near  home.  A  few  minutes  later,  the  train  glided 
]]ast  woodland  haunts  where  I  had  often  hunted.  Then  the  train  began  to  slacken 
speed.      \\'ith  ill-concealed  impatience,   I  left  my  seat  and  went  out  upon  the  platform. 

The  little  town  was  much  the  same.  Some  changes  had  been  matle;  and  these  I 
noted  as  with  eager,  restless  e,ve.s  I  viewed  my  birthplace.  At  the  depot  were  new 
faces,  but  most  of  the  people  I  knew.  In  the  creiwd  somebody  touched  my  elbow, 
and,  turning,  I  saw  the  old  negro  who  usually  looked  after  my  trunk.  I  spoke  to 
him,  gave  him  my  check,  and,  seeing  no  one  there  to  meet  me,  started  for  home. 

Once  at  home,  I  was  kept  answering  and  asking  questions  until  supper  time.  At 
supper  the  old  cook  came  in  with  a  plate  of  well-browned  biscuits  in  one  hand  and 
a  i)late  of  crisp  ginger  snaps  in  the  other.  "Chile,  you  ain't  been  gettin'  nothin' 
much  to  eat,"  she  said  to  me.  "  Dat  is,  you  ain't  been  havin'  no  homeeatins'.  I 
make  dese  here  especially  for  you."     I  took  her  at  her  word. 

I  need  not  recite  to  the  average  college  youth  how  we  all  talkeil  until  late  that 
night,  and  began  the  talking  early  the  next  morning.  As  I  wanteil  to  take  in  the 
town,  I  soon  gave  my  folk  the  slip,  and  set  out.  During  the  day  I  found  plenty  of 
things  that  interested  but  did  not  tire  me.  Yet,  as  the  day  wore  on,  I  became 
dissatisfied.  I  wanted  to  see  somebody  who  lived  across  the  way  on  a  hill  overlook- 
ing the  village.  Because  of  some  fleeting  memories  of  a  girl  friend  near  the  distant 
college,  I  at  first  thought  that  I  did  not  care  to  see  my  fair  neighbor.  This  feeling 
soon  wore  away.  By  that  afternoon  I  had  firmly  made  up  my  mind  to  call,  for  I  had 
to  leave  early  the  next  morning.  Just  after  supper  I  went  over  to  see  her — to  greet 
her,  and  to  say  good-bye. 

As  the  night  was  mild  and  warm,  we  sat  on  the  p<irch.  It  was  more  inspiring  to 
be  in  the  moonlight.  In  the  little  village  below  us  the  houses  seemed  covered  with 
silver-coated  roofs.  Far  away  in  the  distance,  tall  pines  were  boidl\-  outlined  against 
the  sky.  Here  and  there,  upon  the  distant  rolling  hills,  patches  of  white  sand  gleamed 
like  snow.  Yet  all  this  was  not  what  I  saw.  All  I  could  see  was  a  pair  of  bewitch- 
ing brown  eyes  that  sparkled  beautifully  in  the  moonlight. 

Finally,  with  many  rea/  regrets  that  I  must  leave,  I  arose  to  go.  She  held  out 
her  hand,  and  saiil  nothing  for  an  instant — just  let  her  eyes  flash  softly  into  mine,  as 
if  they  reail  my  thoughts,  and  said,  "I  dare  you  to.  "  But  I  wanted  that  good-bye 
kiss  so  badly  that  I  could  not  resist  the  impuLst-.  She  drew  back  a  little,  for  I  was 
going  to  dare.  I  leaned  forward,  farther,  farther,  farther,  until  mv  face  shadowed 
the  brown  eyes  in  front  of  mine.  Then  I  stopped  suddeni}-.  .My  vacation  was  at  an 
end.  After  all,  it  was  onlv  a  dream,  and  my  imaginar\-  vacation  had  lasted,  perhaps, 
a  second. 

iss 


105  J^ 


'01- 0^. 


Tennis  Club 

OFFICERS 

\V.  F.  KIKKl'ATRICK,  Prosident E.  K.  CULBKKTII Vioe-Piesident 

.1.  r..  llARI)lN(i,  >?eiTftary  and  Tmwnrer 

MEMBERS 

1!.V.  Alli^iiii,  S.  11.  Clark,  II.  F.  ('hreitzbiirj,',  W.  .^1.  ChaiiilRT.s,  J.  S.  Drake,.!.  F.  I  liggs,  K. 
E.  Etheridgc,  1).  K.  Foster,  L.  M.  Hoffman,  W.  II.  Hoffman,  W.  N.  Holt,  R.  11.  Smilli,  .1.  II. 
Parker,  J.  II.  Pierce,  E.  J.  Porter,  J.  L.  Pinkus,  W.  A.  Paschaw,  C.  T.  Rogers,  .1.  A.  Lyon,  U. 
W.  Rogers-,  C.  B.  Ross,  J.  J.  Morris,  Louis  Winston,  W.  Walters. 


i6o 


^^^^0&      THE      AGROMECK 


Red  and  White 

Organ  of  the  Athletic  Association.     Published  Semi-Monthly. 

*$> 

STAFF 

1.   II.   .^HLl-'ORD Kditor-in-Chief 

JOHN  D.  FERGUSON _. Associate  Editor 

(  ».  .M.    G.^kDNER ." .\thletic  Editor 

\V.  .M.  CH.\.MBER.S .\ssistant  Athletic  Editor 

J.  E.  COIT Agricultural  Editor 

J.  B.    HARDING Local  Editor 

W.  W.  EINLEV Literary  Editor 

E.    E.  CULBRETH Business  Manager 

I.  S.  R  CARPENTER )  a     ■  .     *   tj     ■  ivr 

-  Assistant   Business  Managers 
\V.  E.    IMcCANLESS »  ^ 

E.  S.  WHITING Comic  and  E.xchangc  Editor 

C.  \V.  MARTIN Assistant  Comic  Editor 

H.  .M.  HUNTER Social  Editor 


162 


I'-.- 


|WI 


H 


'rcsiduiil 

\'ice-Pi"esiiknt 
Secretary .... 

TrcasiirLT.  .  .  , 


^        DEVOTIONAL  COMMITTEE 
j.    II.   (II.I^'N,   Chan  man 
v.  S.  (;RIERS()\ 


.1..  N.  BONKV 
I.  M.  KKNXEDV 

. .(-.  V.  rogp:rs 

K.    C.    loHN.^oX 


<;.   I'.  .\SI!LRV 


BIBLE  STUDY  COMMITTEE 

C.     r.   ROCJI'.RS.   Ch<iiimaii 
].  D.  FKRCiUSON  C.    \\  VKNAIil.K 

FINANCE   COMMITTEE 

K.  C.   JOIINSOX,  Clhiinii.in  \.   H.   ll.\kl)IN(> 

MISSIONARY  COMMITTEE 

P.  S.   (JRIKRSOX,   Ch.iinihtii 

].  M.  Ki'.xxi:i)\'  M.  I'..  \vki:ks 

MEMBERSHIP  COMMITTEE 

L.   X.    H(  »XI•■.^■.   Chainnui 


^^^^^       THE      AGROMECK      ^^^^ 


A  Senior  Recitation 


T  was  diiL'  (if  those  bright,  sunn}-  spring  mornings,  just  at  8  o'clock,  when 
the  class  of  '03  assembled  in  the  Doctor's  room,  prepared  to  give  one  of 
those  typical  recitations  for  which  they  were  so  famous.  The  Doctor  was 
'^^^^^  seated  behind  his  desk  eyeing  the  boys  as  they  lolled  in  one  by  one. 
Nearly  all  of  the  boys  had  assembled.  Even  Jim  and  Charlie  were  in.  Thev  had 
come  early  this  morning,  and  had  settled  down  snugly  in  their  seats,  and  were  now- 
enclosed  in  the  embracing  arms  of  Morpheus.  Down  the  hall,  in  the  far-off  end,  could 
be  heird  the  ungodly  laugh  of  J.  S.  P.  C. ,  mingled  with  Ed.  Roe's  sparkling  wit  and 
humor  and  my  dear  Gaston's  never-ceasing  "blow.''  Next  came  Leslie,  and  then 
the  Doctor  knew  all  were  in,  and  ordered  the  door  to  be  shut.  He  then  proceeded 
to  call  the  roll  and  found  all  present  except  "the  late  Mr.  Simpson."  After  waiting 
fifteen  minutes,  Mr.  .Simpson  made  his  appearance  in  great  haste,  and  was  cheered 
by  all  exce])t  Jim,  Jnhn.  Leslie  and  Charlie,  who  now  composed  the  body  of 
slumbcrers. 

"Late  this  morning,  !\Ir.  Simpson  .•'"  asked  the  Doctor. 

Mr.  Simpson  — "  I  w.is  asleep  over  in  my  r.)3:n.  Doctor,"  and  failed  to  hear  the 
bell. 

Then  fnlliiweil  a  fifteen-minute  lecture  on  punctuality.  "Now,  vnii  must  all 
learn  to  be  punctual.  This  is  the  first  princifile  of  Political  Economw  Vuu  can 
never  accomplish  anything  if  you  are  always  late.  " 

"Now,  to  our  lesson;  take  fornext  time  from  pa,q;e  126  to  page  263.  This  is  a 
short  lesson  now,  and  I  want  yu  all  to  know  it.  Well,  Mr.  Stamps,  what  is  our 
lesson  about  today.'" 

Ed  Roe — "Sir! — Oh,   yes,  sir 1  ilunt  kmiw,  sir." 

Doctor — "Mr.  Gardner,  can   you  tell  us.'" 

Gardner — "Doctor,  I'm  mighty  sorry,  but  I  wasn't  on  class  last  time,  and  some 
of  the  boys  gave  me  the  wrong  lesson,  and,  er — I  studied  the  wrong  lesson." 

Charles — ■■  He  went  over  tn  B.   F.  C.,  Doctor." 

Foustie — "I  can  tell  you.  Doctor.'' 

Doctor — "Well,  let's  have  it.  " 

F'oustie  reatls  the  subject  out  nf  the   book. 

Doctor — That'll  do.      "Now,    Mr.   Fergusnn,  can  you  tell  us  wiiat  i.-:  capital.'" 

John  D — "Raleigh." 

Doctor — "Mr.  Kennedy,  can  you  tell  us.'" 

lim — "Capital  is  wea — 1 — th  sav — e — d — cr — er,"  (and  Jim  could  get  no  farther 
before  he  fell  back  again  in  solemn  bliss). 

. i6s 


^^^^^       THE      AGROMECK       SS^^^S 

lessc — '-WlKit's  tlK'  cuR-stion,  Doctor?" 

Doctor  rcjicatcd  the  question  aiul  cmkHl  by  asking  Jesse. 

Jesse — "1  don't  know,  sir.  " 

Evervthin,a;  was  quiet  now,  and  not  a  sound  could  be  heard  excejit  the  Doctor 
explainini;  the  lesson  and  an  occasional  thiinip  of  a  liead  hitting  against  the  back  ol' 
a  bench. 

Doctor — "  Xow,  Mr,  Trotter,  will  you  please  tell  us  what  credit  is.'" 

Trotter — "What  what  is.  Doctor.''" 

Doctor — "Credit;  did  you  never  hear  of  credit.'" 

Trotter — "Never  did,  sir." 

Doctor — "Well,  1  will  have  to  ask  y<ni  what  the  monkey  did  the  bear,  ■  Whar 
wuz  you  raised  .'  '  " 

.\t  this  juncture,  the  Doctor  branched  off  on  a  discussion  of  the  defects  of 
women,  and  this  time  was  listened  to  very  attentively  by  Whiting  anil  "Judge 
Clark."  So  mui_h  time  was  consumed  by  this  discussion  that  the  bugle  blew  for  the 
ne.xt  hour  and  found  the  Doctor  still  on  this  engrossing  subject;  so  the  Doctor  very 
hastilv  concluded,  and  commended  the  class  on  their  very  imposing  recitation. 
"Now,  gentlemen, "  says  the  Doctor,  "we  will  have  a  ])reliminary  on  this  subject 
ne.xt  time,  and  I  hope  yi^u  all  will  do  ecjually  as  well  then  as  you  have  today,  and  I 
believe  vou  will.      Class  dismissed." 

Whole  class  (aside) — "Amen:   thank  de  Lord." 


tfiSpt^  ^^^  f^StC' 


1 66 


^gjfZ^ggZgwgl'Cggf 


THE      AGROMECK 


The  Leazar  Literary  Society 


«t» 


THE  best  epitome  of  tlie  history  of  a  successful  organization  is  its  present  condition, 
both  as  to  materia!  well-beinjj;  and  principles  of  action;  and,  so,  rather  than  use  the 
allotted  space  in  inaJequate  narrative,  this  article  will  attempt  to  give  the  ideas  that 
govern  the  Leazar  Literary  Society  of  today. 

This  Society  has  chosen  to  be  more  than  the  regular  old-line  literary  societies  That  it 
iiuiy  lie  more,  the  word  "Literary  ''  in  its  title  may  become  a  misnomer;  but,  strictly  sjieaking, 
there  has  always  been  a  m  siise  of  the  word,  as,  for  instance,  when  applied  to  the  old-line 
literary  societies  themselves;  these  are,  correctly  speaking,  defined  as  "  elocntional  " ;  and  when 
choosing  thus  to  be  more  rather  than  less,  the  Leazar  Society  but  puts  itself  in  line  witli  the 
universal  movement  of  democracy.  The  Leazar  Society  is  more  when  the  curriculum  is 
increased;  is  more  when,  with  really  catholic  standards,  every  move  of  expressing  thought  by 
word  or  action  is  admitted;  is  more,  when  by  this  enlargement  of  curriculum  a  means  of 
unification  is  obtained,  more  complete,  more  natural,  and  more  lasting  than  ever  was  obtained 
in  the  best  days  of  the  old-line  literary  society. 

Instead  of  a  competitive  position  among  many  small  organizations,  the  Leazar  Society 
becomes  the  foster  mother  of  these  sjiecial  societies,  by  giving  opportunity  and  incentive  for 
the  expre.^sion  of  each  smaller  society's  mode  of  thought.  It  is  true,  when  this  is  done,  there 
is  a  .seemingly  invasion  of  the  lields  for  the  smaller  special  society;  but  since  these  are  calcu- 
lated to  sap  the  old  allegiance,  they  must  not  comiilain  when  met  liy  countermine.  They  are 
not  destroyed,  but  correlated.  l'>y  this  recognition  they  are  brought  upon  ecinality  with  all 
the  historical  old-line  modes  of  expression. 

The  Leazar  Society,  during  the  last  ten  years,  has  become  thoroughly  connnitted  to  the 
independent  system;  that  is,  to  its  own  self-sufficiency,  for  offering  adequate  iield  of  competition 
and  incentive  for  all  the  energies  of  its  individual  members,  originally  imposed  by  the  College 
authorities  because  of  the  intensity  of  a  bitter  feeling  after  a  great  victory  for  the  Leazar  in 
an  inter-society  contest.  This  independent  system  has  become  the  fnndaniental  principle  of 
her  policy.  To  that  end,  a  steady  movement  of  endowment  has  become  in  progress;  by  the 
investment  of  interest-bearing  trust  funds,  her  founders  maintain  an  independent  oratorical 
contest;  following  the  founders,  a  long  line  of  her  alumni  members  have  sustained  her  in  this 
independent  system  by  inninnerable  gifts  of  medals,  trophies  and  other  property. 

It  is  ti'ue,  the  Leazar  Society,  with  its  membersliip  of  between  250  and  300,  is  probably  the 
largest  College  Society  in  North  Carolina.  These  members  carry  with  them  suggestions  of 
unwieldiness;  but  its  system  of  sinmltaneous  ineelings,  its  division  into  three  political  and 
geographical  parties,  carrying  on  incessant  contests,  its  division  into  fourteen  or  more  sections, 
which  give  instant  as  well  as  pi  rnninent  reward  by  large  systems  of  trophies  and  medals,  its 
existing  and  many  projected  public  contests — all  these  open  wide  the  door  of  opportunity  and 
measure  nntu  all  richest  rewards. 

Our  motto,  '"Labor  omnia  vincit"  expresses  the  facts — the  Leazar  Literary  Society  is 
a  democracy  of  opportunity,  creating  an  aristocracy  of  merit. 


■  67 


Programme 

DEBATE,  MAY  '02 
fifrt 


President 

SeCKKI  AKY. 


j.   I..    PARi<i;R 
1.   M.  KKNXKDV 


Ql'EKv:   Ji(:u)/vc(/,   "That   diii'   NatiiJiial    ( icjVLTniiK'iU   sliuuM   iiiiikc-   annual   appni- 
priatiuns  to  assl.-^t  tlie  states  in  tlie  cdJistrLietinn  and  inainlLiiance  nf  j,m.i>i|  luatls.  " 


!•:.  K.  CUl.BKKl  II 


j.  !■■.  |)I(;(;S 

1.  I).  i-i;K(;rs()\ 


DEBATERS 

S.  C.  (-ORNWKI.L 

W.   L.  DARDEN  (Mrdal) 

MARSHALS 

\'.   \'.   .M(  )SS,  Cuiv.v. 
v..   I'.   RAIl.KN' 
C.  W.  MARTIN' 


C.  I..  (RKFX'll 

W.   I'.  KIKKI'AIRICK 


F.  G.   IIARI'I.R 
W.  A.  liRoWX 


|68 


^^^^      THE      AGROMECK       ^^^^M 


Programme 

FEBRUARY  '03 

f$» 

Pkk.sidkxt 1 ).  s  lA  K  (  iWEN 

.Secretary J.    11.   HARDING 

Representativk.  w  the  L.  C.  C.  M.  a ? W  .  .M,  X.   lA'  I'CH 

ORATORS 

K.  s.  \viiri]X(;  w'Ai.ri-.K  ci.ark,  Jk 

W.   K.  KIKKl'AIRRK  W.   I..   DAKDF.X  (Medal) 

C.  L.  CRKKCH 

JUDGES 

CnvKKNOK  C.  li.  AVCOCK  Sknatcik  II.  .\.  T,.\XI)ON 

Senator  J.  S.   DL'RIIAM 

MARSHALS 

E.  II.   KICKS,  (■iiiri. 
WM.   RKIIARDSOX    Jk  C.  W.  MAKTIX  P.  G.  ASIURV 

M.  !•:    WKKKS  E.  (;.   I'OR  ri»R  11.  ."\I.    IL'RXKK 


170 


•l 

tifc  ^ 

msM. 

Tf*i 

fc^yj^  ■  ¥ 

^^^^ 

#..        -n^AlT^iH 

t       l^i?2S 

V"mc^>^ 

H^^\JT^ 

1 1  mB^2J^ 

^vmmiF^ 

^^■i 

^^^^m       THE      AGROMECK      ^^^^M 


Pullen  Literary  Society 


OFFICERS  '02-'03 


FIRST  TERM 

Presidkxt W.  M.   BOGART 

Vice-President.  .O.    MAX  GARDNER 

Secretary H.  M.  HUNTER 

Treasurer JULIAN  M.  HOWARD 

Librarian L.  V.  EDWARDS 


SECOND  TERM 

President HOWARD  SIMPSON 

Vice-President H.  :M.  HUNTER 

Secretary J.  H.   SQUIRES 

Treasurer JULIAN  M.  HOWARD 

Librarian W.  G.  FINCH 


The  Pullen  Literary  Suciety  is  the  oldest  student  organisation,  whether  secret  or 
literary,  in  our  College.  A  few  weeks  after  the  first  formal  opening  of  the  College, 
on  October  i,  1889,  some  of  the  students  organized  a  society  having  for  its  object  a 
thorough  training  in  parliamentry  law,  in  composition,  and  in  debate. 

Named  in  hon(.)r  of  the  late  Mr.  R.  S.  Pullen,  of  Raleigh,  the  donor  of  the 
College  site,  the  Society  has  kept  pace  with  the  growth  of  the  College,  increasing  from 
the  charter  membership  of  thirty-five  to  it.s  present  position  of  influence  and  power 
in  a  collection  of  five  hundred  of  North  Carolina's  best  citizens. 

Besides  the  training  referred  to  above,  the  Society  is  an  influence  for  good  in 
another  direction  of  equal  importance.      It  is  teaching  it.s  members  that  thev  do  not 


173 


^^^^m      THE      AGROMECK      ^^^^M. 

come  to  College  for  the  exclusive  purpose  of  ieaining  tilings  cuit  of  l)ool<s:  tliev  Uani 
how  to  get  along  with  their  fellow  men;  how  to  stutly  each  other;  Imw  tn  tlo  tlie 
thing  that  are  worth  while.  By  associating  with  other  students  antl  bru>lung 
against  them  in  debate,  or  in  competition  for  places  of  honor,  they  learn  to  bring 
all  the  faculties  of  the  mind  into  play,  and  the  desire  to  excel  is  stimulateil. 
Thus  the  literary  society  gives  a  man  something  that  he  cannot  get  anywhere 
else — it  turns  him  out  k-res  alque  nitundus. 

The  Society  also  works  in  another  part  of  college  life.  In  the  absence  <>f 
fraternities  their  place  is  supplied  in  a  measure  by  societies.  The  \i)ung  man  who 
came  from  home  to  college  for  the  first  time,  and  found  himself  suddenly  transplantcti 
from  home  life  to  college  life,  without  that  self-confidence,  which  can  be  acquired  oiil}- 
at  college,  found  in  the  societies  a  friend  indeed,  and  pledged  his  everlasting  devotion 
to  those  who  comforted  him  in  his  dire  distress. 

In  all  its  literary  exercises,  both  private  and  public,  the  PuUen  Society  endeavers 
to  maintain  a  high  standard  of  excellence.  As  a  stimulus  to  greater  exertion,  two 
medals  are  given  for  proficiency  in  certain  branches  of  the  literary  work  during  each 
year  by  members  of  the  alumni. 

Frequent  debates  keep  the  members  in  touch  with  the  live  questions  of  the  ilay, 
while  the  benefit  derived  from  the  writing  of  essays,  declamation,  reading,  anil 
extemporaneous  speaking  is  inestimable. 

It  is  the  custom  of  the  Society  to  hold  an  annual  public  entertainment  in  Raleigh 
on  the  first  Friday  evening  in  May.  The  program  consists  of  four  debaters  and  two 
orators,  who  compete  for  medals  given  by  the  Society. 

The  program  for  May,  '02,  was  as  follows: 

Pkesidf.nt R.  K.   SXOWDEN 

Secretary J.  J.  MORRIS 

ORATORS 

O.  M.  G.\RDNER  (Medal)— Subject:    "  Sane  Citizenship." 

J.  S.   CATES — Subject:    "Some  Effects  of  the  .\pplication  of  Machinery 

to  Agriculture. " 

DEBATERS 

AFFIRMATIVE  NEGATIVE 

E.  C.  BAGWELL  W.  M.  BOC.VRT  (Medal) 

H.  M.  HCXTER  HOWARD  SIMPSON 

Query:  "Resolved  that  the  passage  of  the  Ship  Subsidy  Bill  wmild  be  tn  the  best 
interest  of  the  farmers  and  manufacturers  of  our  couiitrv.  " 

MARSHALS 

].  L.  FEREBEE  (Chief). 

ASSISTANTS 

].  A.  MILLER  W.  M.  CHAMBERS 

\V.  L.  GRUMES  A.  S.  MANN 

In  conclusion,  we  believe  that  the  Society  is  the  most  jiotent  inllueiice  for  culture 
in  our  curriculum;  that  its  value  is  recognized,  and  lielil  in  grateful  remembrance  by 
our  alumni,  is  shown  by  their  giving  the  medals  referred  to  above.  .Viid  here  we 
avail  ourselves  of  the  opportanity  to  express  our  ajipreciation  for  their  continued 
interest  in  our  work. 

174 


^m^^3      THE      AGROMECK       E^^^K 


Election  Returns 


PKRHAPS  we  may  safely  say  that  the  election  was  the  most  interesting  feature 
connected  with  The  Agromeck.  Throughout  the  meeting  there  was  no 
restless  scraping  of  feet  that  w-anted  to  go  to  town.  No  one  grumbled  at 
being  kept  from  doing  so  and  so;  no  one  got  up  and  bravely  maintained  that 
a  motion  for  adjournment  was  in  order  at  any  time.  Everybody  was  laughing  or 
smiling  all  the  while,  except  the  elected,  and  they  could  not  help  grinning. 

The  President  called  the  meeting  to  order.  Everyone  came  to  order  except 
Rogers.  He,  of  course,  had  something  to  say.  Just  then  several  benevolent 
members  choked  him  into  silence  and  the  business  commenced. 

"Gentlemen,"  said  the  President,  "  as  I  understand  it,  the  object  of  the  meeting 
is  to  elect  various  celebrities,  as  the  Biggest  Liar,  the  Ugliest  Man,  and  so  on  in  the 
class." 

After  some  discussion,  it  was  decided  that  the  candidate  receiving  the  highest 
number  of  votes  should  be  elected:  that  we  should  have  a  standing  vote. 

The  first  nomination  was  for  the  Most  Popular  Man  in  the  class.  In  some 
indefinable  way.  Kirkpatrick  had  suavely  convinced  the  class  that  he  was  the  most 
])cipular  man;  at  any  rate,  he  was  elected. 

Darden  got  the  next  highest  number  of  votes;  and  very  judiciously  moved  that  to 
the  former  motion  be  added  an  amendment  that  the  name  of  the  man  getting  the 
next  highest  number  of  votes  be  recorded.  The  motion  was  carried.  We  put  this 
in  for  fear  Darden  would  be  disappointed. 

Cornwell  was  also  nominated.  It  is  probable  that  he  would  have  been  elected 
if  he  had  had  the  support  of  Owen  and  his  adherents.  Due  to  some  temporary 
grievance,  Owen  did  not  give  his  support  to  Cornwell.  The  result  was  Cornwell's 
inevitable  defeat. 

The  next  nomination  was  for  the  man  with  the  Most  College  .'spirit.  Etheridge 
was  the  man  to  get  the  place.  No  one  better  deserved  it.  He  has  often  said  at  the 
ball  games: 

'*  My  purse,  my  person,  my  extremest  means, 
Lie  all  unlocked  to  your  occasions  " 

His  is  the  college  spirit,  undaunted  by  the  most  unfortunate  losses. 

P'oUowing  this,  the  President,  with  a  bland  and  confident  smile,  opened  the  way 
for  the  nomination  of  the  most  conceited  man.  Jack  or  Gene  deserved  the  place, 
but  the  class  insisted  that  we  give  it  to  Gardner.  When  the  nomination  was 
announced  for  the  Ugliest  Man,  Diggs  smiled  compassionately  upon  the  rest  i:>f  the 
class. 

'•Too    soon-  dejected    and    too   soon    elate,"    Diggs    was    elected    unanimously. 


^^^^^^^^^^^         inn.       t\  Kj  r^  \j   lyi   CL,  \^  r\.       \M^s^Sk^^k^^ 

Altci  wiirds,  he-  saiil  tliat  lit'  had  one  consolation — his  picture-  wmilii  lie  in  the  Annual. 
W'c  refer  the  reader  ti>  his  ]iicture. 

At  the  nomination  l^r  the  Laziest  Man  in  the  class,  a  stampede  seennnl  imminent, 
[.atcr,  it  was  shown  that,  while  Ross,  Kenned\  and  .Morris  were  present,  no  one  else 
was  in  dani^er  of  bein;;'  elected.  I'.ach  of  thi'se  nii>st  deserving  candidates  received 
nine  votes.  Tiiey  were  too  lazy  to  rise  and  vote  for  each  othc-r,  and  Ijn  mutual 
agreement  they  remained  seated. 

When  the  Jiiggest  Bore  was  to  be  elected,  <  )u(n  was  the  one  tandidate. 

"  Owen,  alinie  of  all  our  mates  is  hu. 
Who  stands  continned  in  full  stuimiity.  " 

Here  C'oniwcll  ntinind  gooil  for  evil,  and  gave  CJwi-n  his  staunch  support. 
l..iter.  it  was  saiil  that  lie  and  C'ornwell  found  theiiiseKcs  the  only  members  of 
••A    Miiliial  Admiraliim  Sociely." 

When  tlu-  house  was  opened  for  the  nomination  of  the  Best  Officer,  all  the 
t'ajitains  looked  tiown  compassionately  on  the  rest  cjf  us,  for  each  one  of  tluan  knew 
that  he  was  going  to  be  elected.  But  Darilen  had  that  day  reported  a  dro\e  of 
"rats"  for  being  down  the  street,  so  he  was  elected  by  a  small  majority  over 
Ferguson. 

Everyone  was  afraid  that  he  wouhl  be  elected  the  Freshest  Man,  but  when  the 
voting  began  w'c  fountl  that  our  fears  had  no  foundation,  for  Rogers  was  easily  the 
victor,  Trotter  being  able  to  draw  but  three  votes. 

I^vtcli  led  bv  a  large  majoritv  in  the  election  of  the  Best  .\ll-Rouiul  C'adtt. 
C'ornw'ell  and  Rogers  ilid  a  lot  of  leg-i>ulling,  but  to  no  avail,  for  the  class  knew 
what  it  was  about. 

The  election  of  Creech  for  the  Biggest  Liar  was  the  case  of  "the  survival  of  the 
fittest." 

By  careful  nomination  and  vote-buying  on  the  part  of  one  nomiiue,  Doc  Boney 
was  elected  the  Greatest  Growler. 

For  the  Hardest  Student,  Mr.  Glenn  was  easily  elected. 

For  his  outlandish  size  and  general  appearance,  F.llis  was  elected  the  Biggest 
Bum.      His  constituents  forced  from  him  a  speech. 

To  have  elected  any  one  member,  or  to  have  omitted  any  one  member,  as  the 
Biggest  Bluff  of  the  class,  would  have  been  grossly  unjust  to  tlu-  rest  i  f  the  class. 
Finally,  the  whole  class  was  elected. 

To  tlu-  utter  humiliation  of  Diggs,  Morris  was  elected  the  Bi-st  Looking  Man  in 
the  class. 

Clark  and  (junter  tied  for  the  Most  Intellectual  Man. 

Rtjss  was  elected  the  Biggest  Rogue.  We  don't  know  why  lu-  was  unless  it  was 
his  ability  to  steal  time. 

Asbury  stood  the  best  all-round  chance  for  the   Best  Athlete. 

Governor  Foster  well  deserved  to  be  elected  the  Swellest  Ladies'  .^Lln. 

As  a  burlesque,  the  class  elected  White  the  Most  Fickle  Man. 

Stamps  was  nominated  as  tlu-  Loiuk-st  Man  in  the  class.  As  one  man,  the-  class 
arose  and  roared,   "  I\Ir.  President,  we  move  to  elect  him  unanimously." 

There  being  no  further  business,  the  President,  rather  worn  out  and  llurric-d  from 
the  loi.g  meeting,  movetl  that  we  "stop  discontinuing  "  the  iiueting,  ami  so  it  ended 
as  it  began,  in  uproar  and  merriment. 

176 


THE      AGROMECK 


From  the  Heart  of  a  Liar 

A.  &  M.  Ciii.LEGE,  lies/  Raleigh,  X.  C.  Oct  /j,  /()02. 
My  Dear  Louise: 

Nothing  is  more  jileasure  to  me  than  writing  to  you.     You  seem  to  think  that  I  liave  drifted 

away  from  you.     How  can  you  misjudge  me  so  cruelly?     Ever  since  I  «as  a  little  bit  of  a  Ijny 

you  have  owned  my  undivided  heart.     You  know  this  as  well  as  I.     Why  do  you  taunt  me  so? 

IIovv  well  I  remember  when  to  each  other  we  were  the  only  two  in  the  world.     I  still  wouUl 

have  it  so. 

*  *  *  *  *  *  * 

There  is  the  bell  for  class.  Adoralile  tyrant,  would  that  I  had  time  to  write  you  a  whole 
volume.  Anyway,  I'll  see  you  soon,  when  you  come  to  the  Fair;  and  will  have  volumes  to 
tell  you.  Unalteringly  yours, 

Leonard. 


A.  &  M.  College,  West  Raleigh,  A'.  C.    Oil.  i6,  igo3. 
My  Dear  Xellie  : 

Of  late  I  miss  you,  if  anything,  more  than  ever.  We  are  having  such  lovely  moonlight 
nights  here.  After  supper  tonight  I  took  a  stroll  aroun<l  tlie  campus.  It  is  a  lieautiful  niglit. 
"(jn  such  a  night  as  this,"  how  longs  my  heart  for  you. 

Really,  you  cannot  iniagine  how  much  I  regretted  your  moving  away  from  our  little  village. 
Every  summer  I  mis^  you  ever  so  njuch.  There  is  really  no  one  else  there  whom  I  care  to  see. 
Sometimes  in  dreamland  I  meet  you.  A  breath,  a  wild  heart  beat,  a  shifting  of  my  idle, 
sleepy  mind,  and  you  are  gone.  IMy  room-mate  says  that  sometimes  I  cry  in  my  sleep. 
Perhaps  I  do. 

\'ery,  very  often  I  think  of  you,  "and  I  wonder  if  you  sometime  t'link  of  me."  Please  do 
not  keep  me  waiting  such  a  distressingly  long  time  for  my  answer.         Tmleniably  yours, 

Leiin.4rd. 


A.  &  M.  College,  ll'esl  Raleigh,  X.  C,  Oct.  20,  ig02. 
My  Dear  Eiinnie  : 

I  was  overjo\ed  to  hear  from  you  again  "after  the  lapse  of  centuries."  Pardon  my  writing 
again  so  soon:  because,  I  can  not  help  writing.  You  see  there  is  little  for  me  to  lojk  forward 
to  except  your  letters,  which  are  delightfully  entertaining.     I  enjoy  them  more  than  I  dare  say. 

You  must  have  had  a  splendid  time  on  the  hay  ride.  How  I  envy  Mr.  Waltham — "Juvenis 
Damnabelissimus  " — there,  I  did  not  mean  to  shock  you. 

By  the  way,  when  you  have  your  picture  taken  will  you  send  me  one?  In  your  last  letter 
you  said  something  about  having  taken  some  photographs  of  yourself.  1  would  treasure  yinir 
photograph  as  a  heathen  would  his  god. 

We  shall  see  each  other  liut  little  after  this.  This  year  I  finish,  and  go  back  again,  away 
from  the  wfirld,  away  from  civilization,  worst  of  all,  away  from  yon.  Please  grant  me  this 
much  to  treasure  in  rememberance  of  you. 

.\  waiting  your  answer,  I  am  as  ever.  Devoutly  yours, 

LlCONAHll. 


A.  &  M.  College,   West  Ralegh.  X.  C,  Oct.  21,  /go2. 
My  Dear  Lvcile  : 

Yes,  I  am  enjoying  life,  or  rather  trying  to  enjoy  it.     It  is  most  difficult  for  me  to  be  happy 


^^^^^^^^Pi       THR      AGROMECK 


i-iiK-e  you  liave  gone  away.  You  don't  know  how  I  miss  you  when  you're  {lone.  Last  niglit  I 
went  to  an  opera.  It  was  very  good.  1  ought  to  liave  been  perfectly  happy,  for  I  love  nui-sic 
and  dramatic-'.  The  music  was  simply  grand.  The  love  scenes  were — how  they  thrilled  my 
heart  with  tremulous  ecstacy!  After  it  was  all  over  I  knew  that  in  my  pym|)athy  with  the 
actor  I  was  as  near  the  realization  of  my  love  as  I  could  be.  I  went,  away  an  unimportant, 
wondering,  .sorrow-stricken  man.  No,  it  isn't  your  sympathy  I  want,  nor  anybody  else's — 1 
despise  sympathy.  Yet  further  than  to  sympathize  nobody  ever  has  cared  or  ever  will  care  for 
me.  Tell  me,  is  there  hope?  ]\Iy  pride  would  hold  me  back  from  this.  It  is  my  love  that 
speaks.     Save  me  the  agony  of  long  suspense.  Hopelessly  yours, 

Leonard. 


A.  &  M.  CoLLEcE,  West  Raleigh,  N.  C,  Oct.  2^,  igo2. 
My  Dear  Mabel : 

No  doubt  you  will  be  a  little  surprised  to  get  this  letter.  We  have  not  seen  each  other  for 
several  years — it  seems  as  many  centuries  to  me.  It  makes  me  feel  right  blue  to  tliink  of  the 
^'ood  times  we  used  to  have.  I  often  wonder  it  you  have  forgotten.  I'm  sure  I  never 
shall  forget. 

P.)  you  remember  that  night  you  said  1  could  not  kis-?  you,  not  even  if  1  tried.  Believe 
me,  that  was  the  most  exciting  tackle  I  ever  made.  An  another  time,  one  summer  night,  we 
were  eating  grapes  in  our  front  yard.  You  were  outrageously  pretty  that  night.  That  part  of 
my  life  I'd  like  to  live  over  and  over  again. 

When  vou  went  away  you  left  the  world  to  loneliness  and  me.  If  you  will  write,  it  will  be 
a  source  of  pleasure  inexhaustible  to  me.  Eternally  yours, 

Leonard. 


A.  c>c  .M.  CoiLEGE,  West  Raleigh,  N.  C,  Oct.  27,  rgo2. 
My  Dear  J/aiiiie  : 

True  to  our  compact  of  last  sunmier  1  have  already  written  you  once.  Perhaps  it  seems  a 
long  interval  for  two  letters.  There  has  been  something  or  other  going  on  all  the  while  to  take 
up  my  time.  After  writing  you  the  first  letter  1  kept  waiti  g  for  you  to  write.  N  ■  answer 
came;  and  1  hardly  knew  what  to  do.  It  may  be  that  you  did  not  get  my  letter.  You  may 
be  sure  that  no  one  else  would  exact  such  .sa<-riHce  from  me.  Well,  when  it  comes  to  you,  you 
are  not  like  anybody  else.     I  had  rather  have  your  friendship  than  any  other  girl's  love. 

I'm  a  most  uidiirky  boy.  I  haven't  that  aptness  for  falling  in  love  and  falling  out  again 
that  most  boys  have.  It  is  rarely  that  I  love;  and  when  I  do  1  am  sure  tolove  some  one  who 
doesn't  care  for  me. 

There,  I  <lid  not  mean  to  write  such  a  dismal  letti-r.  Next  tinie  I'll  write  in  merrier  vein. 
Please  wiite.  Loyally  yours, 

Lkonako. 


178 


1^,T^^^ 


Agro    '2 


!^^^ 


THE      AGROMECK 


Thalerian  German  Club 


ftrt 


OFFICERS 

FIRST  TERM  SECOND  TERM 

President S.  C.  CORNVVELL  President J.  !•.   DIGGS 

Vice-President W.  L.   DARDEX  Vice-President.  ...  E,  E.  CULBRETH 

Sf.cretary I..  X.  ROXEV  Secretary H.  .AI.   HLX  TER 

Treasurer 1-,.  IL  RICKS  Treasirer E.  A.  XEAL 

Censor E.  E.  CLLBRETH  Censor E.    V.  WIXSTOX 

Leader J.  E.    DIGGS  Leader C.   B.   ROSS 


Tlie  Thalerian  Gfnnan  Club 
clubs  that  existed  in  College  the 

These  two  clubs,  "The  Old 
it  best  to  have  only  one  club 
an  agreement  was  reached  that 
tion  and  name.  ]\Ianv  names 
discussion  the  name  which  the  c' 

The  monthly  germans  given  1 
and  thiise  that  have  slipped  b\- 
Mianv  an  hour  which  would  othe 
in  mirth  and  happiness  by  the  " 

I'p  to  the  present  date  the  cl 
of  dancing  are  from  eight  until 
College  authorities. 

The  olTicers  of  llu-  club  are  e 
held  in  the  ()li\ia  Ram  \    llall  in 


was  organized  September,   1902,  by  the  union  of  two 
jirevious  year. 

German  Club"  and  "The  Hoplite  Club,''  thinking 
in  College,  appointed  committees  to  confer,  and 
the  two  clubs  should  unite  under  a  new  organiza- 
were   suggested    for   the    new    club,  and   after    much 

lub  now  bears,   "The  Thalerian,"  was  chosen. 

)y  the  club  are  looked  forward  to  with  much  pleasure 
lui\e  increased  the  speed  of  the  fleeing  hours,  and 

rwise  have  been  dull  and   unprofitable  has  been  spent 

trippers  of  the  light  fantastic." 

ub  has  given  six  most  enjoyable  dances.      The  hours 
eleven;   this  being  the  rule  given  the  club  by  the 

lee  ted  lor  terms  nf  three-  niDntiis,  and  our  dances  are 
\alriy;li. 


MEMBERS 


I. 

(;.  ASHE 

1.   :\l.   HOW.VRl) 

E  C.   IMIKI.I'S 

W" 

.11    HKOWX 

11.  M.  iirxiT.k 

H.   K.   I'Kl.MKO.SE 

I'l- 

;(if.  i!k.\(;(; 

\V.   f.  KIRKP.V  TRICK 

1:.   II.    KICKS 

1. 

X.  |{nxi:\' 

KKOE  KENDAEI. 

K,   ROHI'.RSOX 

J. 

1).  Cl.ARK 

r.  .M.   I.VKE.s 

(;.  W.  ROGERS 

s 

C.  CORXWEI.E 

1).   l.\'KES 

C.  K.  ROSS 

E. 

E.  CLT.HREllI 

W,   V.  .McCAXI.ESS 

W.  SMAXNOXIinrs 

W 

.   E.   DARDEX 

1.    McKEMMOX 

I..  M.  s.-\!nii 

1. 

E   DlCCiS 

I'RtJE  McLEI.I.AX 

K.   K.  .STAMPS 

.\. 

M.   DIXON 

I.   I.  IMORRIS 

I'KoK.  WAl.Tl-.K 

E. 

E.  El'lil'.RIDGK 

1..  A.  XEAL 

i'ROE  WEHHKK 

.\. 

W.  GRf.GORN' 

1).  S.  OWK.X 

I.     T.  WIXSTOX 

R. 

11,   HAKIM  R 

I.   II.   IWKKKK 

0.   .M.  G.XKDNT.K 

iS.' 


^^^^m       THE      AGROMECK      ^^^^ 


fij^i^plfSKij^^,i!lf£v  \.     iTL    \^         t^    \j    r^    \j    ivi    L^    \^    r\.         \^S&s^s^ 


Biological  Club 

OFFICERS 

President J.  E.  COIT 

\'ice-President J.  C.  TEMPLE 

Secretary J.   ().    MORGAN 

CorrespniKlini;-  Secretary W.  W.  FINLEY 


'I'he  Biological  Club  is  an  (jrganization  of  agricultural  students  in  College  who 
are  interested  in  biological  studies. 

The  Club  was  organized  early  in  September,  igoi,  with  eighteen  charter  members. 
From  the  first  it  has  made  rapid  progress,  its  membership  has  increased  to  fifty-one, 
and  it  is  now  unchnibtedl}^  the  premier  scientific  club  in  College. 

During  the  past  year  the  members  have  done  excellent  work  in  the  field  of 
biological  study,  and  it  is  interesting  to  note  that  those  students  who  are  most 
prominent  in  the  Club  stand  highest  in  their  classes.  Of  the  five  men  chcsen  to 
speak  before  the  State  Agricultural  Society  in  October,  igo2,  all  belonged  to  the 
Biological  Club. 

This  Club  was  the  lirst  organization  attcm])ted  by  the  agricultural  stuilcnts,  and  it 
has  probably  done  more  than  any  other  one  thing  to  make  the  agricultural  course 
so  popular.  Its  meetings  are  held  bi-monthly  in  Primrose  Hall.  All  of  the  meetings 
are  public,  and  \isitors  are  cordially  welcomed. 


184 


BIOLOGICAL  CLUB 


THE      AGROMECK      # 


m^^^^M 


MOTTO 

"Whoever  can  make  two  ears  of  corn  or  two  blades  of  grass  grow  npon  a  spot  of  gronnd 
where  only  one  grew  before  renders  most  essential  service  to  his  country." 

OFFICERS 

President \V.  \V.   FIXLEY 

Vice-President F.  i;.  SMITH 

Recording  Skcretarv M.  II.  C'I1I',SBI;(» 

CoKRESI'llNDINn  Sl-X-RET.VRY R.  F.  WAKKI'.X 


This  Chil>  was  organized  March  25,  1902,  by  the  Agricnltural  stndents  who  were  desirous  of 
availing  thcinselve.s  of  the  great  advantages  to  be  derived  from  the  united  study  and  discussion 
of  inii)roved  and  progressive  methods  of  work  in  practical  up-to-date  agriculture. 

Twenty-eight  students  constituted  the  nienil)ersliip  at  lirst.  This  has  lieen  increased  to 
sixty-three,  and  during  the  short  period  of  the  Club's  existence  it  has  done  much  for  the 
advancement  of  its  iiiembers.  Regular  meetings  are  held  in  Primrose  Hall  on  the  first  and 
third  ^^'ellnesda\  evenings  <;if  each  month.     Visitors  are  cordially  w^elcomed. 

Interesting  papers  are  presented  on  agricultural  subjects,  such  as  Live  Stock,  Ilnsbandrv, 
Horticulture,  Truck -Farming,  and  the  cultivation  and  rotation  of  crops. 

Fspecial  attenti  m  is  attached  to  personal  work  and  observation;  one  object  of  tlu'  t'hili 
being  tc  foster  a  sjiirit  of  original  investigation  among  its  members,  who  will  some  day  be  the 
leaders  in  the  agricidinral  advancement  ol  North  Carolina. 


^^^^B       THE      AGROMECK      ^^M^M 


Liebeg  Chemical  Society 

OFFICERS 

rRKsiDKXT ().  :\i.  (;ardnkr 

\'irF.-l'KKSII)ENT I.    F.     DKjGS 

SkCKKTAKV   AM)  'rRKASlRKR 1,    W.    W  I  I  ITK 

MEMBERS 

J.   II.  SIIUFORD  j.  W.  Wlin'F.  ().  M.  CAKDXFR 

C.  F.  •IKOrri'.R  C".  L.  CRFFCM  J.  F.  DICGS 

!•:.  W.  CAFFllKR  W.  F.  SMITH  W.   IF  IMcLXTIRE 

C.  A.  SIFFFR'F  R.  F^"KFS  ().   F.  BAGFEV 


THE      AGROMECK      ^m^^R 


The  A.  ^  M.  College  Dramatic  Club 


I  THE  STROLLERS  I 


Tl  I  I-.     Dr.inialic   C'luli    r(|)i\scnts   the    cLilUnvil  ami    artistic   dtvclcj]niiciit  <ii   the 
^^^     A.  \-  M.  C'nlU-.nf  stiiiK-nt. 

§^^^         The  suciessl'iil  iierformaiice  of  Slieritlan's  immortal  comedy,  ■■'I'he  Rivals." 
last   \car  is  evidence  sufficient   tn  show  that   the  students  <il    the    A.    iV    1\I. 
College  ai'e  cle\er,  painstaking  and  aitistic;  that  the  liner  qualities  of  uimd  and  Imdv  are 
culti\ated  here  in  as  great  a  degree  as  at  any  college  in  the  land. 

The  Dratiiatic  Club  is  the  outgrowth  of  tletermination  and  enter])rise:  it  is  the 
giving  i)f  the  sjiirit  iif  the  student  tn  atlvanee  the  College:  it  is  the  beginning  c)f  that 
kind  of  college  s])irit  that  will  be  lasting  and  traditional,  making  the  eolUge  and  the 
student  life  one  of  lasting  iiiemcir\'  and  hopeful  pleasure. 

I  Ik-  training  l<>  be  gaiiieil  in  the  interpretaticui  and  detail  repri  Hiuetii  >n  of  a  char- 
acter,is  a  training  which  the  student  gets  now  here  else,  and  such  an  e.xercise  is  of  lasting 
and  incalculable  value.  ".Ml  the  w.irlds  a  stage,"  truly,  and  he  who  can  best  play 
his  part  receives  the  laurels.  That  thert'  is  a  ])lace  in  our  cnllege  life  for  a  dramatic 
organization,  and  lluit  the  ".'strollers"  ha\e  filled  that  place,  has  been  abundantly 
evidenced  by  the  hearty  reception  that  has  abeaih'  been  gi\en  to  the  Club's 
presentations.       May  the  (.'bib  long  live,  and  its  standard  never  hiwer. 

\\'hatever  success  may  have  been  achieveti,  we  siiould  not  forget  to  attribute  largely 
to  our  young  lady  friends  of  the  city,  whose  names  have  apjieaied  in  the  cast.  .Aside, 
too,  li-dui  sustaining  their  roles  with  more  than  credit,  their  jireseiKc  has  turned  the- 
chudgery  of  many  long  rehearsals  into  pleasant  social  events. 

.'\s  to  the  jiainstaking  carefulness  and  unselfish  sacrifice  of  time  ami  means  by 
<iur  director.   Dr.   Hurkett.  we  can  m>t  fully  e.\])ress  our  high  appreciation. 

When  the  Club  was  burn  last  ()ctiiber,  the-  following  officers  were  installed: 


1  l<KSII)KN-r 

\'lCK-Pl<lvSII)FNr  .  .  . 

.'si':(Ki.:i.\Rv 

HisiNtss  M.\.\'.\(:kk. 


1..  N.  HON'b.N' 
K.   I!.  COCIlk.VN 
W.   1„   DAKDKN 
i;.    11.   RICK.S 


j.  .S.  CATK.S 

.  C.  T..  CRKKCH 
,  .W.  1..  1).\KI)EX 
R.   !■'..  SXOWDl'.X 


MEMBERS 

|.  S.  CA'l'f.S 
v..   K.  CCr.HRKTlI 
1.   1..   FKRKlJliK 
R.  l',.  SNOWDEN 

DIRECTOR 

l)K.  (  ll.\Rl.i:s  WM.   lilRKI'.l" 


C.   I..  CRF.b.Cll 
M.   i;.  C.\RIT.R 

().  ."\i.  (;.\ri)Ni;r 

C.   I)    WF.I.CH 


I  92 


&=^&^&=^&^&^M=^ 


THE      AGROMECK       ^^^^^^ 


HONORARY  MEMBERS 

Prof.  C.  W.  BURKETT  Mrs.  C.  W.  BURKETT 

Miss  DAISY  ESTELLE  MORING  Miss  FLORA  ELOISE  CREECH 

Miss  ANNE  MAUGER  TAYLOR  Miss  KATHERINE  SKINNER 

Miss  ELEANOR  VERTRESS  WATKINS 

The  first  performance  was  given  Easter  Monday  niglit,  I\Iarch  31,  at  the  Academ_v 
of  Music.  The  largest  audience  of  the  theatrical  season  was  befcjre  the  foothghts  to 
enjoy  the  performance.  The  costumes  were  brilliant,  the  stage  setting  hamlsome, 
and  the  acting  clever  throughout. 

Below  is  cast  of  characters  for  the  Club's  first  presentation: 

Sir  Anthony  Absolute Mr.  O.  MA.\  GARDNER 

Captain  Jack  Absolute .Mr.   .MARTIN  EARLEV  CARTER 

Bob  Acres Mr.  CLEVELAND   DOUGLASS  WELCH 

Sir  Lucius  O'Trigger Mr.  JUNIUS  SIDNEY  GATES 

Faulkland Mr.  LESLIE  NOR\V( )( )D  BONEY 

Fag AIr.  WALTER  LEE  DARDEN 

David Mr.  CHARLES  LESTER  CREECH 

Thomas Mr.  ROBER  T  BAXTER  COCHRAN 

Servant  Boy Mr.    EDWARD   HAYS  RICKS 

Lydia  Languish Miss  DAISY  ESTELLE  MORING 

Mrs.  IMalaprop Miss  FLORA  ELOISE  CREECH 

Julia Miss  ANNE  MAUGER  TAYLOR 

Lucy Miss  ELEANOR   ^■ERTRESS  WATKINS 

After  the  hearty  reception  of  Easter  Monday  night  the  Club  spent  a  most  pleasant 
week  on  the  road,  pla3ing  Henderson,  Goldsboro,  Durham,  Winston-Salem  and 
Greensboro. 

The  Academy  of  Music  has  again  been  secured   for  Easter  M(.inday  night,   1903, 
and  the  presentation  will  be,    "She  Stoops  to  Conquer,"  by  Dr.  Goldsmith. 
Below  is  the  cast: 

Sir  Charles  Marlow :\Ir.  JUNIUS  SIDNEY  GATES 

Young  Marlow Mr.  CLEVELAND  DOUGLAS  WELCH 

Hardcastle Mr.  O.  MAX  GARDNER 

Hastings Mr.  WALTER   LEE  DARDEN 

Tony  Lumpkin Mr.  EDWARD   HAYS  RICKS 

Diggory Mr.  CHARLES  LESTER  CREECH 

Roger Mr.  LEWIS  WINSTON 

Dick Mr.   EUGENE  CULBRETH 

Stings :\Ir.  LESLIE  NOR\\'OOD  BONEY 

193 


BBBBBB        THE     AGROMECK       g^^^g^ 

■^'''"^' I     Mr.  CHARLES  MARTIN 

Icrcniy ) 

Mrs.  Hardcasilc Miss  :\IARGARK'1T  TRAPIER 

Miss  Neville Miss  HELEN'   PRIMROSE 

Miss  Hardcastle Miss  CLAIRE  .STAINBACK 

The  following  are  the  oflieers  and  nieinbers  of  the  Club  for  season  1902-03: 

OFFICERS 

Prksidext C.  D.  WELCH 

Vick-Pkksidknt W.  L.  DARDEN 

Sf.cret.vry O.  :\IAX  CARDNER 

BusiNKSS  ;\Iax,\(;er  .\M)   Dirkctor Dr.  CHARLES  W.M.  BURKEIT 

MEMBERS 

L.  N.  PONEV  j.  S,  CATES  C.L.CREECH 

E.  E.  CULBRETH  W.  L.  DARDEN  O.  M.  (lARDNER 

1.  B.  HARDIN(;  B.  V.  HUCiGINS  H.  M.  HUNTER 

C.  \V.  MARTIN  E.  II.    RICKS  C.  D.  WELCH 

L.  T.  WINST(3N 

HONORARY  MEMBERS 

Prof.  C.  W.  BURKETT  .Mrs.  C.  \\\  liLKKP.rr  xMiss  CLAIRE  .STAINB.VCK 

Miss  MARGARETT  TRAPIER  Miss  HELEN  PRIMROSE 


fJ^M^  ^^BA  t 


w 


194 


H 
X 

3 

w 
S 
ffl 

R 
m 
O 

a: 


> 

s 

> 

71 


THE      AGROMECK 


"The  Goats" 


MOTTO 
"  Wlien  we  butt,  we  butt  liard, 
But  -ve  never  l)ntt  a  pard." 

YELL 
Three  bleats  and  two  Initts. 


COLORS 

(Tonrd  green  and  kidder  brown. 


T 


HERE  was  created  within  the  A.  it  i\I.  College,  un  the  night  of  Xovember  6, 
iy02,  an  ini])(;irtant  and  reputable  order  known  as  (loathond.  This  order 
was  established  lor  the  purpose  of  maintaining  true  nianlnjod,  \irtue  and 
integrit_v. 

These  quadrupeds,  although  very  vicious,  and  with  marked  peculiarities,  do  not 
intend  to  oiipose  their  brother  orders,  the  Elks  and  Buflaloes,  but  to  co-operate  with 
them  in  their  various  work.  Those  who  have  so  far  been  inducted  into  the  masteries 
ofGoathood  are  as  follows:  C.  D.  Welch,  better  known  as  Dor,  or  ("irand  -Master  KiU. 
Like  the  billy  goat,  he  will  butt  very  furiously  when  made  angry.  U  i\Iax  Gardner, 
better  known  as  Omega,  or  Chief  Ram.  Like  the  gorilla,  he  is  especially  fond  of 
caressing  women.  L.  N.  Boney,  better  kni;wn  as  .Vlplia,  or  Senic.)r  Ram.  This  is  a 
very  delicate  animal,  and  hibernates  most  of  his  time.  C.  L.  Creech,  better  known 
as  Sigma,  or  Junior  Ram.  This  animal  has  a  smirk  on  his  face  as  if  he  snielled 
something  odious.  E.  H.  Ricks,  better  known  as  Gama,  or  Little  Billy,  is  very 
troublesome  and  annoying,  and  is  especially  averse  to  artificial  comforts  of  life,  such 
as  steam,  etc.  \V.  L.  Darden,  W.  Clark,  and  E.  E.  Culbreth  are  the  youngest  of  our 
tribe.  They  belong  each  to  a  species  hitherto  unknown.  This  trio  alone  wnuld 
make  a  chamber  of  horrors  justly  famous  the  world  over. 

Tliere  are  a  great  many  orders  of  Goathood  in  the  various  universities  anil  colleges, 
llenci-.  where  an  order  of  this  kind  is  established,  there  is  a  gain  of  respect  antl  moral 
rectitude.  Eurther,  a  true  sjjirit  of  union  is  develped  and  cultivated  among  members 
of  a  like  organization.  The  sacred  obligations  which  bind  the  members  to  this  order 
arc  observed  by  us  with  the  greatest  fulelity.  Each  member  considers  the  honor  of 
this  ancient  order  his  own,  and  cherishes  it  not  oidy  as   precious,  but  as  sacred. 


,98 


1  ^^^^^^^^^^hI*  l^^tfsw^  j^y^^^^^^^^^Bp  ^^p^ 

TiA<4f|^^^^^^^^H^^^^^^HH^^^^^F      .^^m^^^^^^^^BK       '^-'     ^j                         ^^^  '"^kv 

I^^^^^^^^^^PII^H^^^^HHI^^'      \Ji-~  ^^Kk^- 

1          ^:a^fe.,^ 

t-J""*€*"'"  -^ 

^»^-«k.'.J--LiJi* 

M^^i'^  _  .^ii^aiifcj 

IL^r*^"^'pii"  ' 

^m^^M       THE      AGROMECK      m^^^B. 


Order  of  Lion's  Head 


RULERS 


s.  c.  c'()K\\vi:ij I 

E.  E.  ETHERIDGK II 

I..  A.  XKAI 


KOHEKSOX Ill 

!•■.   DlGfiS IV 

V 


MEMBERS 

A.  DR'KSON  K.   k.  STAMPS  S.    1).  WAI.I.  I..  C.   I.VKF.S 

(;.  \V.   ROCKkS  W.   F.   KIRKI'ATRICK  I..   M.   ll()i'l''MAN 

COLORS 

Olive  Crcin  uiid  Old  (".dd. 

20? 


THE      AGROMECK 


Electrical  Engineering  Society 

»$» 

OFFICERS 

President J.    D.  FERGUSON 

Vice-President i:.  S.   LVTCH 

Secretary K.  E.  KTl  1  KRI  DOE 

Treasurer J.  M.  >PARKKR 

MEMBERS 

DR.  F.  A.  WIEHE,  \V.  K.  KIRKPATRICK.  O.     P.    IIAMIETON, 

PROF.  H.  C.  WALTER,        I).  S.  OWEN,  II.   I,.   IIA.AIILTON, 

E.  f:.  culbreth,     o.  w.  rogers,      w.  w.  hanks, 

T.  T.  ELLIS,  W]\L  CHA:\IBER,S,  PL  I\L  LILLY, 

L.  GIDNEV,  R.  E.  CRUMPLER,  J.  C.  :\IYR1CK, 

E.  GUNTER,  E.  B.  FOWLER,  L.  R.   III. LET, 

F.  W.  WHITE. 

The  Electrical  Engineering  Society  is  a  ('ullege  organization,  ciinipi>sed  of  the 
students  of  the  Electrical  Engineering  Course.  It  comprises  men  IVnin  every  class  in 
College,  but  the  Seniors  are  largely  in  the  majority. 

The  Society  was  formed  in  Sejitember,  1902,  the  initial  ste])s  having  been  taken 
by  a  few  .Seniors,  aided  by  Professors  Weihe  and  Walter. 

The  object  is  to  promote  the  welfare  of  the  "  FLlectricals "'  and  to  keep  in  touch 
with  the  rapid  progress  being  made  in  electricit)'. 

Meetings  are  held  every  alternate  Thursday  night  in  the  rooms  of  the  Societ}-. 
These  rooms  are  furnished  with  an  extensive  librar)-,  together  with  all  tlie  current 
electrical  magazines  and  papers. 

At  the  meetings  papers  arc  read  on  interesting  subjects,  lectures  on  tlie  latest 
inventions  given,  and  explanations  made. 

Much  interest  is  manifested,  and  everyone  works  ti>  maki.'  the  uiertings  not  onlv 
bright  and  interesting,  but  instructive 


204 


^^^^m      THE      AGROMECK       ^^^^M 


Society  of  Civil  Engineers 

OFFICERS 

President S.  C.  CORNWELL 

1ST  Vice-President |.  ']".  LAND 

2ND  Vice-President K.  K.   LINCOLN 

Secretary L.  A.  NEAL 

Treasurer C.  V.  SIRADLE V 

Librarian H.  G.  CARR 

C'ORKESPONDINC  Secketakv E.   ().   PORTP^R 

Historian B.  LAND,  Jr 

MEMBERS 

S.  C.  C'URXWKLL  H.  G.  t'ARR  P.  F.  DARDEN 

A.  T.  KENVON  B.  LAND,  Jk  J.  T.  LAND 

J.  J.  MORRIS  E.  (;.  PORTER  G.  V.  STRADLEV 

E,  E.  LINC(.)LN  J.  K.  WAITI'  L.  A.  NEAL 

T.  A.  THORN  r(.>N 


2Ci' 


^0  a.  ^  ni>. 

I. 

It  is  with  regret  that  we  go  out  from  your  walls, 
And  leave  behind  these  scenes  we  love  so  well; 

And  in  years  to  come  when  memory  recalls, 
Our  hearts  with  pride  and  gladness  will  swell. 

II. 

As  we  think  of  the  good,  good  times  we"vc  had, 
And  of  the  ditliculties  we've  had  to  iight: 

But  it  matters  not  whether  good  or  bad. 

We'll  e'er  be  true  to  our  ''  Red  and  White." 

III. 

We'll  miss,  oh  !  we'll  miss  it  all. 

The  teachers  ami  boys  and  afternoon  drills. 
In  the  early  morn  the  bugle's  call. 

And  the  I  ell  that  at  night  the  noisiness  stills. 

IV. 
And  we  hope  some  day  in  years  to  come — 

As  we  hope  to  attain  that  priceless  gem — 
To  all  unite  at  this  our  hone, 

The  ever-dear  College  of  A.  and  M. 

V. 

But  now  has  come  the  time  for  us  to  leave, 
And  while  sad  our  souls  and  dim  our  sight, 

We'll  suppress  the  sigh  we  want  to  heave, 
.\nd  sing  "  Forever  live  the  Red  and  White  !  " 


io6 


THE      AGROMECK 


Raleigh  Club 

COLORS 

Old  G,,ld  and  \"iolet. 


President.  .  .  . 
Vice-President. 
Secretary.  .  .    . 

Treasurer 

Censor 


..G.  \V.   ROGERS 

.  .  .E.   R.  STAMPS 

..W.  CLARK,  Jr 

.  ..J.  McKIMMON 

II.  F.  PRLAIROSE 


J.  G.  ASHE 
W.    MORSON 


MEMBERS 

E.  C.  BAGWELL 
L.  M.  PARKER 


J.  P.  ROSE 


J.  P.  GULLEY 
j.  A.  PARK 
K.  WAITT 


207 


THE      AGROMECK 


^M^^^ 


Mecklenburg  Union 


«"fr> 


MOTTO 

"Notliiiif,'  vcntunil.  nnihiiiLC  naim-d. 

RENDEZVOUS 

I'antrv,   Iiaker\-,  and  Store-rnDii). 


FLOWER 

Fcuir  uclMck  (A.   M.) 

COLORS 

liloo.i  Red  and  foal  Black. 


YELL 

]!i)umcr-lacka!    Hoonicr-lacka!    Hhw-wcjw-wow! 
C'hickcr-lacka!   Chickcr-lac  kal   C'how-i  hiiw-chnwl 
Hoomcr-lacka!   Chickcr-lacka!    \\'lioo])-sah-turLj! 
All  of  us  boys  are  from  I\Iecklenburg. 

OFFICERS 

Lord   High  Conspirator \V.  F.  KIRKPATRICK 

Stealthy  PrKLOixKK  of  Pies    C  ki.  ROSS 

Grand  Recorder  ok  Schemes W.  SH AXXONHOUSF, 

F'.xPEKr  Rei'lemsher  of  Maifkiai. W.  W.   KAXKIX 


MEMBERS 


"i\l-l-    K.O'<REt^T    '    ASIUKY 

"Happy  Fei-low"  CHRErrzi!ER(; 
"  R.i'RAi.  Postmaster"  Gihdon 
"  C"-^"^'''  M-^^'     Mamii.ton 
"  G'Ki-  Pki}ifcior"  Hamilton 
■•Jroiciors  HvDKoPArHisT  "  Helvix 

"  'W^ARY   Fi'IGNEk"   KiKKPAIRICK 

" '^V"'''i    G'^iK      Knox 


■  Si'i'ArK  Ni'^sjiov"  Knox 
'  M-\'-n.iors  Pu.ffrfk"  I.ipe 

'  W^EARY   W'l'"''        KaNKIN 

'Cotillion  fiov  "  Ross 

'  'Wl^ONCDOEK  "   ShANNONHOLSE 

•Jolly  Haiserdasher  "  Siueord 
'  "WisriTi.  'W'l'^HEK  "  W'a  I  r 
'y\i])Aciors  Cork  I  KK  "  Wilkinson 


208 


THE      AGROMECK 


Jfair  Init  Jfalsc 

"  Have  you  forgotten" — soft  I  spoke, 
"That  night  three  years  ago — 

1  coaxed  you  for  a  lock  of  hair  ?  " 
"Forgotten  it?  oh,  no!" 

"  It  was  a  lovely  curl  that  played 

About  your  forehead  fair; 
1  have  treasured  it  through  all  these  }ears- 

That  little  lock  of  hair." 

"Thro'  all  these  years  I've  kept  it  in 

A  pocket  of  my  vest." 
"You  really  have  kept  it.?  so  have  I; 

That  is,  I've  kept  the  rest." 


<^tfl 


ZCo  ni>^  pipe 

Meerschaum,  Meerschaum, 

Born  of  the  sea, 
Dearest  of  all  things, 

Thou  art  to  me. 

Comrade,  companion. 

Better  than  shrine; 
Thoughts  leap  from  my  heart 

As  smoke  comes  from  thine. 

Meerschaum,   ^Meerschaum, 

Aid  to  reflection, 
Dissolve  all  nn'  lilues, 

keninve  niv  dejection. 


210 


An  KMQ. 

A\VvVva\)cl. 


JOHN  A.  PftRK  — '05. 


^^^^^^       THE      AGROMECK       ^^^^M. 


A  is  f'li  ALPHABET, 
Which  niiw  wj  hcf^in, 

To  fathnm  its  contents, 
T(i  Innl  what  we've  bcc-n. 


B  i>  !'"■  tlic  BUGLE, 
That  wc  iiiar  every  ihi\  : 

As  it  calls  us  t<i  ilut}', 
And  calls  us  awa\-. 


212 


^^^^m       THE      AGROMECK      ^^^^ 

^"^ —  o    O 

»«.  MR.  CULBRtTK  —  i  I»      T     /  * 

OurtEJ\«FUl.l.-t        CUTt.  "    \      \     /    /      /  «. 


C  i>  for  the  CENIOR, 

\\'hi>  on  the  fence  sat, 
Flirting  with  the  girls 
When  down  he  fell  flat. 


^^..^.^^^^^^^^M 


D  stands  for  DINNER, 

Xo  one  will  (I.  iiiht, 
That  our  friend.  .Mr.  ."^kinner 

Will  alwa\s  win  out. 


D 


.\.  i*>:  M.  College.  .  .  Boarding  Dept. 
^ MENU  ^ 

DINNER 
A.  i.^-  yi.  ^Mixture 

Billings'  Conglomeration 

Waterproof  KXO  Biscuits 
Sight  {.')  Bread 
llani.'^kin  Beef  Bones 

Fried  Rawhide  Pithy  Pickles 

Tomato  Peeling  .Soup 
Acidulated  Jelly  Prune  .Seeds 

^Mince  Pie  (a  la  Junk-shop 
Ice  Cream  1 
(once  a  year) 


2'3 


"^^^^^^^^        THE     AGROMECK        ^^^^^^^' 


E  >.taiuls  foi  EDITORS, 

From  lust  sub  tn  chief; 
Aijainst      Learning's      back- 
ground 
Thcv  stand  out  in  rrbcf. 


F  is  for  the  FARMERS, 

VVlu)  sa\'  Farming's  a  lai^e, 
Ant!   they'll   F^n'u    no  incjre 
For  no  man's  salse. 


214 


^^^©^'       THE      AGROMECK      ^^^^ 


G  is  for  GOATS, 

An  order  of  Fame; 
Which  well  illustrates 
What's  in  a  name. 


H  must  stand  for  HEAT, 
Say  we  who  have  to  freeze, 

Oh,  words  are  incomplete; 
We    shiver    and  gasp  and 
sneeze. 


TVlcuui^    n03. 


I 


J  is  for  JUNE, 

The  best  incinth  in  tlic  \'car; 
It  can't  come  too  soon, 
How  \vc  wish  it  were  here. 


I  is  ffM-  INCIDENTAL, 

Whicii  l<_rni  we  KikI, 
To  wiiat  is  uncounted 
Of  money  we  spend. 


210 


THE      AGROMECK      R^^^^^ 


K     stand.-;     for     K  O  W- 
PUNCHERS, 

A  variegated  band, 
Where  did  the)-  come  from. 
Where  in  the  land? 


L  is  for  LATE 

Kver  to  be  in  a  hurrv, 

Arc  some  doomed  by  fate 

Ever  to  be  in  a  flurrw 


THE      AGROMECK 


O  stands  for  OFFICERS, 
Always  on  the  watch 

To  see  all  misdeeci, 

And  report  all  they  kutch. 


M  IS  for  MAJOR, 

The  chief  of  our  clan. 
With  students  and  ladies 
A  popular  Man. 


0 

1     LI     L 

^  ■     -   ■>.                  — i— 

Li 

,     P    . .. — =. 

2I« 


THE 


AGROMECK      ^^^^g 


Ik  re's  P  lor  PIE 

That  the  boys  all  Pull; 
They  like  it,  you  see. 

Until  thev  are  ful 


Q  is  for  QUIZ, 

Though   they're  simple,    'ti 
true; 
How  we  fail!   Gee  Whiz! 
Nearly  all  fall  through. 


F  '"   f^^k»i:^% 


^^^^^       THE      AGROMECK       ^ 


R  is  r..r  RAT, 

Who  fears  tu  wear  citz, 
But  wears  a  straw  hat, 

W'itli  iinifnrin  to  tit  (?) 


S  is  the  College  SEAL, 
As  a  Scii'"'   conceives  it; 

When  he  nightl\-  (hnh  kneel, 
Let  us  hope  he  ri-ceives  it. 


220 


^^       THE      AGROMECK       ^^^^M 


T  is  I.  ,1  TOM, 
A  very  great  gun; 

The  hearts  of  the  fair 
He  ever  has  won. 


Here's  to  our  VARSITY, 
Whose  playinLj  so  fine 

Kept  Carolina 

From  crossinsr  our  line. 


»^^^       THE      AGROMECK       ^M^^ 


W  is  foiWEIHE; 

He  has  uontkirul  store 
()!'  I'.lectricity  and  Physics. 

I  111-  stiulcnts  til  liiiic. 


X  IS  InrXMAS, 

That  we   crowd   and  cram 
i(  ir, 
Ikit  if  we  guess  right 

\W-    don't    cart^' — anything 
about. 


Z22 


^^^^m      THE      AGROMECK       ^^^^M 


Y  i^  r.  .1-  YELL, 

A  hi  )H"ililr  >■  iiiiui. 
In  its  <i\\  n  iii\>tie  spull 
All   ■■  iiMili  i>  "  art-   1h  luiiil. 


ONE-TV(0-THREE-FOUR 

THREE-TWCK)NE-F0URII 
WHOINTHEH'LWf  FOR? 


Y 


Z  i>  f"!  ZERO, 

A  \x-r\-  warm  grade; 
Needless  t<i  sa\',  it  tlirows 
All     either     marks    Iti    the 
shade. 


THE      AGROMECK      '^^^^^^' 


^:^gfciCS^SgS^si^>. 


A   French   Flirt 


HV.  fuiii  uf  Norman,  Sttiin-rt  &  Co.  wl-ic  doing  business  in  New  York  and 
Paris.  Being  intimatel_v  connected  with  tliis  firm,  and  understanding  its 
business  affairs  thoroughly,  it  once  fell  to  my  lot  to  make  a  trip  to  Paris. 
Having  perfected  every  detail  of  my  arrangements,  I  hurried  down  to  the 
dock  and  took  boat  for  Calais.  When  only  a  few  hours  out  of  New  York,  I  was 
leaning  against  the  rail  watching  a  beautiful  sunset,  when  I  heard  a  sudden  rustle  of 
skirts.  On  looking  around,  my  eyes  fell  upon  a  very  striking  form.  The  girl  so  pure, 
so  simple,  and  yet  so  beautiful,  also  leaned  against  the  rail  and  dreamily  watched  the 
sunlight  die  away  in  the  western  sky.  The  darkness  was  gathering  fast  and  the  air 
was  damp  and  chilly.  I  noticed  that  she  shivered  and,  presently,  when  our  eyes  met, 
I  took  occasion  to  ask,  "Is  it  not  too  cool  for  you  to  be  here.?"  She  replied  with  a 
sweet  smile,  but  didn't  seem  to  understand  my  words.  A  second  look  told  me  she 
was  no  American  girl.  Then  she  spoke — a  sweeter  voice  I  had  never  heard,  and  never 
shall  I  forget  how  I  felt  that  moment — but  her  words  were  as  much  a  mystery  to  me 
as  mine  had  been  to  her,  for  I  knew  not  a  word  of  French.  Then  and  there  I  cursed 
myself  for  not  having  studied  that  "  romantic "  language  when  a  boy.  We  turned 
and  walked  together,  however,  across  the  deck  and  she  went  below.  I  saw  her  no 
more  that  night.  Whether  from  sea-sickness  or  some  other  sort  of  sickness,  I  cannot 
say — the  fact  is,  1  slept  but  little  that  night.      1  could  only  think  of  this 

"  Phantom  of  delight 
When  first  she  Rlea"iefl  ui>oii  mv  sight." 

We  met  often  on  deck,  but  rarely  succeeded  in  exchanging  more  than  smiles  and 
glances  and  warm  luiiul-clasps.      Verily,  we  were  loving  under  difliculties. 

We  landed.  .My  business  was  urgent.  I  took  the  very  first  train  IVm'  Paris, 
scarcely  believing  that  I  would  ever  see  my  little  l'"rench  sweetheart  again. 

The  ne.\t  morning  I  had  settled  my  aflairs  and  thought  to  take  a  stroll  down  one 
of  the  principal  streets  of  the  city.  When  I  had  walked  but  two  blocks,  I  came  face 
to  face  with  this  lovely  girl  whom  I  had  known  so  lateh',  and  whom  1  immediately 
recognized.  She  halted  we  with  an  afiable  "  Com  me  vans  poiiez-vons?"  which  I 
a'tewards  learned  was  the  French  for  • '  good  morning, "  or  ' '  how  do  you  do  .''  "  She  then 
began  what  seemed  to  be  a  most  pleasant  conversation,  but  since  I  understood  not  a 
word,  I  tore  off  the  back  of  an  envelope,  which  I  handed  her.  at  the  same  time  giving 
her  my  pencil.  She  knew  at  once  what  I  wanted,  so  wrote  a  couple  of  lines,  handed 
it  to  me  and  passed  on.  My  first  impulse  was  to  follow  her:  then  I  thought  that 
would  be  foolish. 

Dear  reader,  you  can  never  know  how  eager  '  was  to  learu  what  was  written  upon 

224 


THE      AGROMECK       ^S^^^^ 


/irs^ir^^rs-jzrsyiaygy  xxxj^        r^\jr\.vyivii:^\^xv         T^^^^ 


that  piece  of  paper.  I  hastened  to  my  hotel,  walked  straight  up  to  the  clerk,  and 
said,  "Will  y(ju  please  tell  me  the  English  i>f  this?"  '-Why,  certain!)-,"  he  replied, 
and  took  the  bit  of  paj)er.  His  face  took  on  a  hard,  stern  hiok,  as  he  said, 
"  Excuse  me  a  minute,  but  I  must  see  the  proprietor."  In  a  few  minutes  he  returned 
with  an  angry-looking  old  gentleman,  who  seemed  greatly  e.xcited.  This  old  man 
passed  over  my  paper  to  me,  and,  with  his  stick  drawn  as  if  ready  to  strike  me  at  an\- 
moment,  said,  "  Get  out  of  this  hotel;  I  have  already  ordered  your  trunks  sent  down." 
I  hesitated  for  a  moment,  but  the  propritor  was  determined;  so  I  took  mv  leave  at 
once,  and  started  to  another  hotel. 

Before  registering,  I  thought  to  learn  the  contents  of  my  note.  I  handed  it  to 
the  clerk  again,  who  in  turn  handed  it  to  the  proprietor.  He  asked  me  where  I 
obtained  the  note.  I  replied,  "That's  my  business;  will  vou  kindly  tell  me  what  is 
written  there.'"  "  Xo,  confound  you,  get  out  of  this  house."  I  turned  and  walked 
away,  with  my  curiosity  at  its  height  and  wondering  what  was  upon  this  bit  of  paper 
that  should  cause  me  such  great  inconvenience. 

I  went  to  a  third  hotel  and  registered,  but  had  decided  to  try  to  get  some  one  else 
to  translate  this  piece  of  French,  and  not  depend  upon  a  hotel  clerk.  I  took  a  car 
and  reached  my  firm's  office  in  the  shortest  possible  time,  the  same  office  I  had  left 
only  a  few  hours  before.  I  found  JNIr.  Norman  alone,  and  immediatelv  told  him  my 
business.  He  took  the  note  rather  carelessly,  but  his  face  soon  flushed,  and  when 
he  had  finished,  he  said,  witli  an  ciath,  "  Perhaps  JMr.  Steinert  may  wish  to  retain  you 
with  the  firm  in  America,  but  our  business  connections  in  Paris  must  be  severed  at 
once."  I  returned  to  my  hotel  mystified.  I  secured  my  baggage  and  started  for  New 
York  by  the  next  vessel.  Since  I  was  aboard  a  French  ship,  I  dared  not  show  this 
piece  of  worn  envelope  which  was  worrying  the  very  life  out  of  me,  for  fear  of  being 
thrown  overboard. 

On  landing  in  New  York,  I  hastened  to  my  partner's  ofltce  and  rushed  in.  He 
expressed  some  surprise  at  my  early  return;  but  without  answering  any  of  his  questions, 
I  brought  out  my  note  for  him  to  read.  In  a  firm  but  gentlemanly  manner  he  said: 
"  See  here,  we  have  been  partners  for  more  than  ten  years — today  these  relations  must 
cease  to  exist;  our  affairs  will  be  settled  through  our  respective  attorneys." 

Sad,  dejected,  melancholy,  I  went  to  my  home  determined  to  tell  my  wife  all,  to 
beg  her  forgiveness  if  I  had  wronged  her.  I  showed  her  the  bit  of  paper.  .She  threw 
up  her  arms  and  fainted.  With  a  doctor's  aid  she  soon  regained  consciousness, 
whereupon  she  telejihoned  for  a  cab,  and  wired  her  mother  that  she  was  coming  home 
on  the  evening  train.  I  cursed  the  fate  that  brought  me  into  the  life  of  this  little  French 
flirt. 

Although  heartbroken,  I  was  resolved  to  make  one  last  effort  to  learn  what  was  on 
this  piece  of  paper,  which  made  strangers,  partners  in  business,  friends,  and  even 
loved  ones,  turn  away  from  me  in  scorn.  I  had  a  friend,  an  old  school  chum,  in 
Washington,  who  was  a  splendid  French  scholar.      He  had  often  told  me  that  I  would 

225 


THE      AGROMECK 


SI  line  il;n  n-j^^rct  not  liavini,'-  stiuiicil   tliis  bciiuliful  lan,Li;iiage.      'riiiit  time  luul  cdiiic. 

As  Sdiin  as  I  rcaclu-d  tin-  Capital  eit\,  I  li)okt-il  u]i  my  fiiiiul,  Imt  i.iuld  scarcrly 
tell  him  m\  sti>rv,  so  gn-at  was  m_\'  fxcitenifiit.  Finally,  1  slaiiinuiiHl  ■■ut,  "(•Id 
liii\',  I  (hin't  want  tn  slcrj)  with  \  •  ui ;  1  (hint  want  tu  Imnow  any  nnMuy;  1  ch. n't  care 
if  you  ni:ver  speak  ti>  mt' again  alter  1  slu>w  \(ui  this  htlcr;  luit  1  want  )iin  to  swear 
l)v  the  gods,  by  the  eternal  friendship  we  pledged  eat  h  oihir  when  we  wereliovs,  that 
you  will  tell  me  what  is  written  on  the  piece  (if  |iapei-  1  have  in  ni\  poeUit."  I\Iy 
frieiul  promised.  1  reacheti  into  m\'  pocket — then  I  thought  he  might  do  like  all  the 
others — sol  made  him  swear  over  and  over  again  that  he  would  tell  me.  Satisfied 
with  his  promise,  I  reached  int(i  my  pocket:  again  I  hesitated;  1  felt  again,  and,  hehold, 
1  had  lost  the  ]iaper! 


226 


^^^^^^      THE      AGROMECK       ^^^^B. 


SPURRED  AGAIN 

«$> 

'I  soiiK'timcs  wish   my  dignity   ilitln't  keep  iiu-   fniiii   swearing;." — Old  T.ndy  Glenn. 

"  Knowest  thmi  not  nic,  the  deep  voice  cried." — Poivers. 

"To  what  classic  heights  do  some  attain.^" — Ross. 

"O!  Jove,  in  the  ne.xt  commodity  of  hair  send  me  a  beard." — fMml.  B. 

"Friends,  Professors  and  Janitors,  1  am  no  ordinary  man.'' — Simpson. 

"I  have  an  immortal  longing  within  me." — Dardcn. 

"A  little  learning  is  a  dangerous  thicg: 

Drink  deep,  or  tiiste  not  the  Pierian  siirinR." 

—  Wliiling. 

"  He,  born  for  the  univei-so,  narrowed  his  mind, 
And  to  politics  gave  w  hat  was  meant  for  mankind." 

—Clark. 

"The  ladies  call  him  sweet." — Land,  J.   T. 

"  The  lleeoe  that  has  been  by  the  dyer  stained, 
Kever  again  its  native  whiteness  gained." 

— Parker. 

"  Fa\ors  to  none,  to  all  he  smiles  extends." — Slradlcv. 

Pro/ci.ior —  "What  were  Dryilen's  two  principal  characteristics  as  a  poet.'" 
I\Iorn's — "  L'allegro  and  II  Penseroso." 

Grammatically  speaking,  goats  lay  too  much  stress  on  the  conjunction — butt. 

"  A  visitor  from  Virginia  thought  A.  &  M.  was  very  queer; 
Said  he,   '  As  far  as  I  can  make  out.  yon  have  no  tutors  here 
1  answered  liini  severely,    '  1  wfiuld  have  you  understand. 
We  have  loolers  here  a  plenty;  Ihey  are  members  of  the  band.' 


-Huggins. 


•  A  student  named  Stradley,  whom  all  of  you  know, 
Had  a  iihcitoKr.iph  taken  a  short  time  ayo  : 
When  be  looked  at  the  proof,  he  denouneed  it  as  ratik, 
lieeause  it  displayed  too  much  of  the  crank." 

"  You  would  ki^s  me,  would  you? 
No,  you  eaniu>t,  for  last 
Week  you  left  me,  and  I 
Kound  you  living  with  another; 
Yet  I  will  forgive  you. 
But  you  cannot  kiss  me — 
You  run  away— (my  dog)." 

— Land. 

228 


?rof.  Did 

toots     kis 
own   horn-. 


RUNNING  AN  ENGINE 


k     DAVIDSON- 5     k 


A  MIDNIGHT  JAG 


<^^^^^^^^^        -pup        APrRnMFrK'        ^^^^^^ 


Gene's  llOeal  Girl 
M\-  ideal  girl  nuist  have  a  plump,  symmetrical  form  like  Digg's,  a  sweet,  child- 
like face  like  Stamp's,  a  melodious  voice  like  Carpenter's,  a  massive  intellect  like 
Kennedy's,  delicate  feet  like  Gidney's,  a  temper  like  Gunter's,  a  lively  disposition  like 
(jlenn's,  a  veracity  like  Creech's,  an  on-time  record  equal  to  Boney's,  hair  like  Clark's, 
a  smile  like  Stradley's,  and  a  gracefulness  like  Whiting's. 

Dr.    WittsUm  to  Ihc  class — "  Who  was  the  greatest  orator  among  the  Greeks  ?  " 
Whiting  {kii(i~i'iii;^/v) — "  Cicero.  " 

Professor  Hill  on  Englisii — ".Sonnliodv  has  made  Bonev  a  Senior;  therefore,  let 
him  jiass  for  one. 

Franklin — "Do — er — cr — er — you  th — th — th — think  it  wouhl  do  m — m — m — me 
any  good  to  t — t — t — take  those  lessons.'  " 

Ashury,  O.  K.,  (who  had  been  taking  lessons  for  stammering):      "Why,  cer — cer — 

certainly  !  er — cr — cr  you  s — s — s — see  its  al — al — al — almost! 

cured  me.  " 

To  the  Librarian  from  a  "ral"  in  l/ii-  Ilospilal — "I  am  sick  in  hed:  pic.ise  send 
me  'Three  Musty  Tears.  '" 

"If  to  Ills  sliare  some  trivial  errors  fall. 
Lonk  on  his  f.vce.  and  you'll  forget  them  all.' 

— Ciiljlsli  As/ir. 


Neal  Id  Phelps— 


'  Hut  fiee  how  oft'  ainliitious  aims  are  crossed, 
Anti  CHiKK.s  eonteiid  till  all  the  prize  is  lojt !  " 


•■Truth  from  his  lips  prevailed  with  doiilile  swaw   — Crcrch. 


•'  Lives  of  'Owens'  all  remiii'l  us. 
We  can  make  our  lives  sublime; 
And.  l>y  lioastiiiK,  leave  behind  us. 
Footprints  cm  the  sands  of  time. ' '" 

*  Ve  friends  t(t  truth,  ye  players  w  ho  survey. 
An  opi>oiU'nl's  eards  increase,  and  mine  decay  ; 
*Tis  yours  to  judse  how  wide  the  limits  stand 
Between  a  splendid  and  a  winninR  hand  " 

— Elheridse. 


230 


OUR   STRENUOUS  PROF.  BURKETT 


RADIANT  ENERGY 


1 


V^.    '  "'  ^  \ 


BEAVERS  GAINING  EXPERIENCE 


HOW  PASCHAL  REPAIRS  A 
BROKEN  GLASS 


QEffl 


33 


GENTLE  MINISTRATIONS 


^^^^^^^^^^^^ 


THE      AGROMECK 


It  Is  Really  Amusing 


ffn 


To  hear  F.  Phelps  whistle. 

To  see  Stradley  smile. 

To  see  Joel  Powers  dance. 

To  hear  Bundy  tell  a  lie. 

To  see  Darden  on  the  stage. 

To  .see  "Tom"  Diggs  blush. 

To  see  Kthcridge  get  "hot." 

To  hear  Asbury,  O.  K.,  try  to  talk. 

To  listen  to  Professor  Hill's  jokes. 

To  view  Bennett  Land's  aged  whiskers. 

To  hear  Gunter  and  Gidneysing  "Bill 
Baily." 

To  see  Cilllireth  trying  to  hecome  an 
actor. 

To  hear  Darden,  P.  F. ,  exjilain  the 
"slide-rule"  theory. 

To  see  little  Higgs  and  O.  Max  boxing. 

To  read  one  of  John  T.  Land's  love 
letters. 

To  see  Paschal  ingulFcd  in  the  smoke 
of  a  "  C'ubanola.  " 

To  know  where  jack  White  took  his 
sword. 

To  .see  the  V.  M.  C.  A.  President 
leading  the  final  ball. 

To  hear  "Drag-leg"  McC'anless  try 
to  tell  an  interesting  joke. 

To  hear  Dr.  W'eilie  tr}-  to  explain 
something  to  a  class. 


To  hear  Owen 
swell  time  he  had. 


)lr)w  "  abfiut  what  a 


To  take  a  long,  lingering  look  at 
Kennedy — a  "Senior  Relic." 

To  watch  the  "rats"  and  "  cow- 
punchers  "  eat  mess-hall  hash. 

To  see  "  Logger-head  "  Ellis  and  a  bar 
of  soap  headed  for  the  bath-room. 

To  see  Charlie  Ross  try  to  make  the 
football  and  baseball  teams. 

To  read  Whiting's  stories  about  "the 
rich,  rare,  racy,  russet  robes  of  beauty." 

To  hear  John  S.  P.  C.  'phone  to 
three-onc-two,  and  tlun  laugh  untiringh' 
and  forever. 

To  see  Captain  Ferguson  take  in  sucl\ 
friends  as  ".'^chlitz,"  "Wilson,"  "Old 
Henry,"  "Paul   lones,  "etc. 

To  see  ".'^muck  "  matching  for  car 
fare  and  then  arguing  the  sin  therein — in 
case  he  loses. 

To  hear  ■■  Prof.  '  Sam  .\sbury  discuss 
before  the  Leazar  Society  the  problems 
of  plutocracy,  aristocracy,  democracy, 
mobacracy,  etc. 

'Po  .see  a  St.  fthiry  girl's  expression  on 
being  introduced  first  to  Boddir,  then 
Pavne,   Dv<.:  and  Collin. 


2_'2 


THE      AGROMECK       ^^^^M. 


Some  of  the  Newest  Books 


'■CLOG  DANCING,"  by  Edward  II.  Ricks. 

This  book  is  fully  illustrated  and  extremely  interesting,  especialh'  when  one 
has  the  honor  of  the  author's  acquaintance. 

"STORY  OF  A  PIOUS  LIFE,"  by  J.   J.    Morris. 

In  this  little  work  of  three  volumes,  the  writer  gives  his  personal  experiences, 
and  points  out  the  vices  and  temptations  which  are  likely  to  beset  a  college 
youth. 

•'VANITY  -M.  LYING,"  by  O.  M.  Gardner  and  Charles  L.  Creech. 

These  comparatively  young  writers  have  made  quite  a  hit  in  this  their  first 
publication. 

"GOLDEN  SUN  RAYS   AND    SILVERY  MOONBEAMS,"  by  E.  S.  Whiting. 
Five  volumes,  half  leather. 
Note — This  book  is  of  little  interest  and  of  no  real  value. 

"WHY  I  FAILED  ON  CALCULUS,"  by  the  "late"  Mr.  Simpson. 
Twelve  volumes,  cloth  bound       A  sad  story  well  told. 

"THE  REASON,"  a  companion-piece  to  the  above,  by  Professor  Riddick. 
A  pamphlet  of  only  two  pages,  very  short  and  concise. 

"WHAT  BECAME  OF  THE  PIES,"  by  Archie  Brown  and  Lewis  Winston. 

This  book  fully  clears  up  the  great  pantry  njbbery,  the  deepest  m}'sterv  in  the 
history  of  the  College. 

"WHO  STOLE  THE  BELL,"  by  "Kid"  Smith  and  Sterling  Gravdon. 

This  detective  story  is  rivalled  only  by  Conan  D(jyle's  "Sherlock  Holmes."  A 
free  copy  was  sent  to  the  Commandant. 

"CIVIL  SERVICE  EXAMINATIONS,"  by  E    E.  Etheridge  and  J.  H.  Parker. 

Although  a  greater  part  of  this  work  is  devoted  to  Architectural  Drawing,  the 
authors  digress  long  enough  to  tell  their  experiences  in  the  Philippines. 

"HOW  TO  SELECT  CHRISTMAS  PRESENTS,"  by  L.  A.  Neal. 

This  very  useful  b(ji:)k  has  had  an  enormous  sale.  For  references  as  to  its  merit, 
inquire  of  certain  young  ladies  in  Raleigh.  .Marion,  N.  C,  Rock  Hill,  S.  C. 
Aiken,  S.  C. ,  and  Knoxville,  Tenn. 

233 


THE      AGROMECK 


IN    ARRKST  AND  CONFINEMENT,'  by   Eov  Romkksox.    witli   ininHlu..ti..n   l.y 
Caitain  Phelps. 

The  author  also  acknii\vli-ilj,as  the  inxalu.ilih- aid  received  frmn  Hunter,  liroun, 
Koon  and  others. 

^TREATISE  ON  RELIGIOUS  THEORIES,"  by  KiRKP.vrRiCK. 

This  treatise  is  noted  for  its  compact  and  .syllogistic  arguments  (.•');  for  its 
convincing  and  logical  conclusions  (.^):  noted  more,  however,  for  making  readers 
wonder  if  Hell  is  not  more  bearable  than  nothingness. 

'POPULARITY  AT  FEMALE  SCHOOLS,  "by  Gaston  RocKKsand  En  Roe  Stamps. 
The  knowledge  anil  experience  gained  by  the  gentlemen  at  St.  ^Mar\'s.  \\.  F. 
U.,  and  Peace,  are  enough  to  guarantee  satisfaction  to  any  buyer. 

'HOW  TO  MAKE  LOVE,"  by  J.  F.  Diggs. 

This  entirely  new  (.>')  science  is  well  developed  by  the  author,  who  has  fdled 
his  volumes  with  something  so  infatuating  that  one  cannot  but  admire  the  work 
and  love  the  writer. 

'  ISQUINOMICAL  DEMONSIBILITIES,"  by  S.  C.  Cornwell. 
Four  volumes,  half  leather,  gilt  edges. 
Note — The  first  three  volumes  are  taken  uji  in  an  elTort  to  ex])Iain  the  title. 


234 


THE     AGROMECK        ^^^^^^^ 


a  Mor^  for  the  jfrcsbnicn 

"Speak  one  little  word  to  me,"  he  cried, 
And  the  beauty  clasped  her  hands; 

"Speak  but  one,  one  little  word,  my  love. 
And  I  will  understand." 

"  I  ask  of  you  no  sweet  caress, 

As  of  lovers  when  they  part; 
I  am,  for  all,  content  to  wait; 

Speak  but  one  word,  dear  heart." 

His  mortar  board  he  doffed  and  said, 
"My  soul  rests  its  faith  in  thee; 

It  asks  no  solemn  pledge  of  love. 
Speak  but  one  word  to  me." 

"Speak!  speak!!"  he  cried,   "and  yet  there  is 

In  my  breast  wild  pit-a-pat  " — 
The  beauty  looked  into  his  eyes. 

And  softly  whispered,   "Rats." 


2^5 


THE      AGROMECK 


PQ 
< 

O 

z 

w 

in 


o 
— 

o 

o 
o 

"5) 
o 

3 

:4 

g 
? 

OJ 
T3 

3 
5 

i 

& 

c 

HI 
o 

5 

0) 

< 
1 

3 

s 

** 

1 

0) 

S 
5 

% 

s 

* 

< 

p 

'5i 

be 

c 

2 
d 

hJ 

c 

5 

u 

c 

1 

1 
S 

p 

c 
O 

M 
C 

J 

I'r 

.5 

3 

ft 

1 

< 

VI 

q- 
iJ 

60 
— 

1 

a 

B 
O 

bo 

3 

'£ 

3 

m 

s 
■§ 

a 

o 

O 

c 
H 

X 

© 

t-. 

[3 

m 

•g 

3 
PQ 

o 
O 

1 

1 
g 

< 

i 

a 
i 

1 

c 

1 

•a 

s 

'i 
s 

B 

o 

c 

o 

s 

B 

1 

T3 

a 

3 

i 

c 

la 
£ 

C 

1 

.2     i 

1 1" 

1 

< 

g 

s 

■ft 

s 

5 

at 

1 

^    a 

c       S 

O    1    H 

1 

3 

1 

5 

S 
in 

1 

3 
O 

o 

s 

a. 

O 

o 

1 

0) 

g 

a  o 

0! 

C 
3 
U 

■i 

3 

s 

a 
—  * 

2 
S 

s 

4) 

1 

i 

1 

1 

1 

1 
t 

a 
.5 

£3 
% 

O 

i 

3 
C 
p. 

o 
H 

J4 

o 
o 

.1 

o 

5 

c 
S 

3 

bo 

i5 

8 
■s 

> 

B 

3 

"3 

.2 
"5b 

id 

i 

1   = 
o 

ft    'a 

^    1    M 

1 
1 

1 
1 

j3 
1 

< 

> 

5 

§ 

1 

3 

ft- 

¥ 

•<     s 

1 

■s 

s 

i    1 

2 

5     Ij 

i-   1   .si  . 

1  '1   r  1 

a*    1     S       5         J= 

ffl        Mi!     1  S^      1    m 

1 

1 . 

1 

1 

1 

1 

< 

=  '  a 
5  1  .° 

ft- 
ftj 

aa 

1 

3 

0 

-a 

3 

B 
O 

1 

Si 

o 

0) 

a 
9 

"3 

1 

0) 

o 

1 

3 

1 

h^ 

E 
ra 

< 

i 

H 
Z 

O 

1 

z 

0. 
X 

•< 
o 

a: 

O 

8 

8 

u 

o: 
o 

a 

2! 

Q 

CO 

s 

3 

CO 

s 

1 

O 

u 

a: 

1 

it: 
u 

a 
a: 

Q 

CD 

Ul 

236 


&=^-/is^/is^&^&s^M^^ 


THE      AGROMECK 


/^^^/37/^^^/^ 


1 

o 

« 

o 
n 
u. 

2 

1 

c 

O 

o 

Si 

0) 

5 

a 

0) 

X 

o 

2 

< 

1 

•s 

CO 

be. 
B 

6C 

C 

3 

60 

5 

s  1 

2f|: 

1  1 

■2 

II 

! 

c 

I 

3 

»    1 
2 
1    i 

A  Mixture 

T 

Hattery 

g 

>• 

'i        5f       be 

1    1,1    1 

a;    1  ;:j       —       ■< 

5 

s        .= 

5        E        1) 

O         =          K 

be 

5       g     J        -2       2       = 

3:      a     a.       m      £      o 

1   «     1' 

C^      1         2                 '      G      1 

ta;      beg               5        be 
1      1-     5f      1       t 

1  i  1^    s    s 

bo 

1 

o 

■a 
1 

5         O 

.5 

ca 

£ 

[3 

1 

1               -.       1       -                >■ 

;.            S:            4^           _.            t* 

1    1    1     1    .-  '  1    5 

X          :s         *a         ^ 

0)            -O                .            -                a     -!         .            = 
—           3  -       ^           O         J3     '    £           C 

fr<      -5      o      e      t-      o      3 

■S           £==    =           B 

»       -       -g  M     q        3        2 

z      a     -.       -J      ^   ^  K   ,  3J 

1 

o 

-i 

p 

"■       -2       -5       1        S 

^   ?   1   1    1 

«      S      S             -^      z. 

a      S      *      S      ^      ^.     -3     i     ;      J   '  .s 

;         -.       C       -       f       '^       <       -~       ^       J.       ~ 

09 

'i   ^    & 

J 
1 

< 

o 

3 

s 

to 

5 

I 

o 

1 

1 

< 

S 
II 

> 
o 

EH 

1 

all 
e    -5  g 

■c 

i 

2 

<; 

S 

! 
1 

M 

s 

5 

03 
5 

£ 
1 
> 

5 

i 

S-  1       1  -S' 

=-    !    to       S       t; 

c      .5      >.      S      M 

g  ;  s     s     s     ^ 

g    1  «    1  a      <:      •< 

1 

be 

m 

1 

bo 

S 

b 

> 

O 

4) 

5 

E 
o 

<    \  < 

0) 
3 

5 

> 
S 

1                      § 

-     a    «j 

Z     i    H        < 

S      2     •=     s»-    s, 

"1     5      c     5    1  « 

=           1,           3         o       1    •= 

3      »;      cij      3       o 

P5     1    S        :        3?     '    5-1 

c, 
'E  1 

3 
V 

n 

O 

5 

3 

11 

=^,  1 

B    .  a 

J 
f 

a 

to    1    ^              '   -t 
3        »       .        3 

1    II    '  1      =      5 

1-3          ti          •<     ■    CQ          x 

i      1 

-        I       .l| 

S^         2S       =3 

i 

t-  (D 

i 

1 

( 

G 
o 

1 

tr> 

1 

1  u    . 

1  ^1.   r 

^     -ots    ^ 

a;    1  S         9 

B 

3     1"? 

2    1  1" 

1 

6 

1 

3< 

s 

ft 

o 

is 

o 
2; 

E 

2r 

o 

o 

id 
Z 
Z. 

o 
S 

Q 
< 

< 

as 

to 

< 

-J} 

1 

a: 

1 

S 

z 
o 

CO 

i 

a 
b: 

S 

< 

>< 
w 

a: 
5 

a: 

1 

i 

^J7 


UlA:^.oi. 


«llipi"«ip""lfl IfllNiNpiHipiiiiiipiiiiipiiiiiipniiiip |]>|lin'l|flli'i|pHiil|p Ifiliailflliilipiuillfliimimn Ijpii.iillfliiiinjlliiiiipimiiip flliiiillfliiinilU W  "afF 


^  CONTENTS  ^ 


ii"iii0*«iii ipiiiiwi •iinnii»'Nifiii"iiiwi""ip m piiiiiiiHiii'iiBii iBiiiiiimriiiiiiBiiiiiiiii niniiiinjiiiniiif iitiNi«ir|fi»'«iwiwifii«"iwi""ip"™ipiii"i(iilr ' 

mm ilIlD 'illl ililt llllln  iillUllmilLlll llllliNifLlil ij llll limiliiinlLJI ^Hi  ,illlil|liiiMlI] Ullf IJlljIiiiilLllljIi^  .lUil 1^11 Ullt ^ UJ till iHf ill ' 


Front  is^piece 

Dedication 

George  Tayloe  Winston,  A.  M.,  LL.  D. 
Preface 


PAGE 

.  1 

4 

.  7 

9 

The  Agromeck  Board 10 

Greeting 13 

College  Calendar 14 

Symposium  on  the  A.  M.  C 15 

Board  of  Trustees 25 

Board  of  Visitors 26 

Agricultural  Experiment  Station 26 

Faculty 27 

In  Memoriam 35 

The  Alumni  Association 36 

Class  of  '03 38 

Senior  History 39 

With  the  Class  of  '03  (Poem) 42 

Class  Statistics 43 

Class  Prophecy  ( Poem ) 63 

Junior  Class 68 

Junior  History 69 

Class  of  '05 73 

Sophomore  History 74 

Why  I  Love  You  (Poem) 76 

Freshman  Class 79 

Freshman  History 80 

A  Tale  of  the  Civil  War 85 

Military  Department 89 

Commandant's  Staff 92 

Company  A 96 

Company  D 100 

Company  B 104 

Company  C 108 

Company  E 112 

Company  F 116 

Band 120 

A  Fable 130 

Agriculture 133 

Mechanical  Department 134 

A  Student's  Toil  (Poem) 137 


PAGE 

The  Electrics 138 

The  Civils 141 

Textile  Department 142 

Chemical  Department 144 

Football 146 

The  Varsity  Football  Team 150 

Baseball 156 

A  Short  Vacation 158 

Tennis  Club 160 

Red  and  White 162 

Y.  M.  C.  A 163 

A  Senior  Recitation 165 

The  Leazar  Literary  Society 167 

Program  Debate,  May  '02 168 

Program,  February  '03 170 

Pullen  Literary  Society 173 

Election  Returns 175 

From  the  Heart  of  a  Liar 177 

Thalerian  German  Club 182 

Biological   Club 184 

Rural  Science  Club 186 

Liebeg  Chemical  Society 188 

The  A.  &  M.  College  Dramatic  Club 192 

The  Goats 198 

Order  of  Lion's  Head 202 

Electrical  Engineering  Society 204 

Society  of  Civil  Engineers 205 

To  A.  &  M.  (Poem) 206 

Raleigh  Club 207 

Mecklenburg  Union 208 

Fair  but  False  (Poem) 210 

To  My  Pipe  (Poem) 210 

An  A.  M.  C.  Alphabet 212 

A  French  Flirt 224 

Spurred  Again 228 

It  is  Really  Amusing 232 

Some  of  the  Newest  Books 233 

A  Word  for  the  Freshmen  (Poem) 235 

Senior  Table  236 

Advertisements. 


Books  and  Stationery 


FOR    T H  E 


A.  and  M.  College 


COMPLETE    LINE 

CULBRETH  and   PARPEN 

AGENTS 


ALFRED  WILLIAMS  &  CD'S 


COMPLETE  LINE  OF 


BOOKS  AND  STATIO.XLRY 

RALEIGH ,  North  Carolina 


WE    SUPPLY    WHATEVER    IS 

WANTED  ;n   books   and 
STATIONERY 

ORDERS    GIVEN     PROMPT 
ATTENTION 


HUNTER  BROS.  &B REIVER 


$3.50 


Specials  Worth  $j.oo 


ALL  STYLES 
and  LEATHERS 


POPULAR 
PRICES 


RELIABLE 
GOODS 


DEALERS     IN 


Mens  AND  BOYS" 

CLOTHING 

SHOES,   TRUNKS. 
HATS    AND    FURNISHING    GOODS 


OUR  PRICES  ARE  RIGHT 
CALL  AND  SEE  US 


10  E.  MARTIN  ST  .  RALEIGH.  N.  C. 


FINE 
SHOES 


WHEN  YOU  WANT  THE  BEST 
SHOES  AT  THE  LEAST  PRICE. 
WE  HAVE  THEM  IN  MORE  OF  THE 
LATEST  STYLES  THAN  ANY 
HOUSE    IN    RALEIGH.  I         1         : 


S.  C.  POOLE 


FAYETTEVILLE    STREET 


JOS.   G.    BROWN.    PRESIDENT 


HENRY  E.  LITCHFORD.  CASHIER 


The  Citizens 
National  Bank 


RALEIGH,    N.    C. 


l^n 


CAPITAL            .         ,         .         . 

S     100.000.00 

Profits 

75.000.00 

DEPOSITS          .        .        .        . 

750.000.00 

TOTAL  Resources    . 

1,000.000.00 

SAFETY     DEPOSIT     BOXES     FOR     RENT- 


Barrett  &  Thompson 
ARCHITECTS 


RALEIGH,  NORTH  CAROLINA 


^ 


ORIGINAL  AND   CORRECT  IN 
PLANNING  ca,  DESIGNING 

Accurate  Estimating    Efficient  Supervision 


^ 


Results  Justify  these  Statements 


With  a  skylight  and  camera,  almost  any- 
one can  make  a  photograph,  but  if  you 
want  an  ARTISTIC  PHOTOGRAPH  go  to 


DARNELL'S    Gallery 

FAYETTEVILLE    STREET 


Thomas  H.  Briggs 
CBi,  Sons 

RALEIGH,  N.  C. 

Hardware 

SAFETY  RAZORS 

RAZOR  STRAPS 

PAINTS         OILS         GLASS 

Stoves  and  Cutlery 

BEST  GOODS 
LOWEST  PRICES                 SQUARE  DEALINGS 

WHEN  IN  TOWN  VISIT  THE 
ONLY  CIGAR  STORE 

Taylors 
Cigar  Store 

WE  CARRY 

Everything  to  Smoke 

AND  SHINE  YOUR  SHOES   FREE 
LOOK   ME    UP 

105  Fayette ville  St. 

QUAKER  CITY 
UNIFORM  CO. 


PHILADELPHIA,  PA. 

Headquarters  for 


nigh=Qrade  Uniforms 


Foa 


MILITARY  SCHOOLS 

An<l    all     Mit^ir     lflt|uipm«inf.s,   siu-ii   as   Swortis, 
Belts,  Caps,  Chevrons,  Badges,  Banners,  etc. 

R.egalias  for  Secret  Societies 

Also  Uniforms  for  Police,  Fire,  Mail 
Carriers,  Motormen  and  Conductors 

FIIiST=CLASS  WORK 

MODERATE  PRICES 


WHITING  BROS. 

I  Sole  Agents  for  R.alei§h,  North  Carolina 

f  WRITE  FOB  SAMPLES  AND  PRICES 

F'T"P '*lliil* rllllllliilllllt Illlll Illlll .Illll milll  Mlllllllii.lllllll lllllll millii.lljll ,llllllri.,illlll»iml[lll lllllli ]lllli„illlll .Illll nllllli.,illlllll,ii,illll illll lA ltll,„,,|iai|,,  iilllllljm 


Commenced  Business  September  30,  1891 


Commercial  and 
Farmers  Bank 

OF 

RALEIGH,  N.  C. 

Chartered  by  the  Legislature  ol  North  Carolina 

Deposits,  $600,000.00 

Capital  paid  in  Cash,  $100,000.00 

Surplus  and  Profits,  net,  $50,000.00 


J.  J.  Thomas,  President 

Alf.  A.  Thompson,  V.-Pres      B.  S.  Jerman,  Cashier 

H.  W.Jackson,  Asst  Cashier 


DEPOSITORY  OF  STATE,  CITY  OF 
RALEIGH  AND    COUNTY  OF    WAKE 

Safe  Deposit  Boxes  for  Rent 

NO  INTEREST   PAID  ON  DEPOSITS 

SEND  YOUR  N.  C.  COLLECTIONS  TO  US 


Everything  in  Dry  Goods 


THE  OLDEST  DRY  GOODS  HOUSE 
IN  RALEIGH 


WE  SELL 


Shoes 


Dry  Goods 

Notions,  CS,c. 


In  the  SHOE  DEPARTMENT  you  will 
find  many  extremely  good  values  at  $2.00, 
$2.50  and  $3.00. 


Walter  Woollcott 

14   East  Martin   Street,  RALEIGH,   N.   C. 


HAVE  YOUR  PICTURES    MADE  BY 
Raleigh's  High  Class  Photographer 

STUDIO  : 

119  J   Fayetteville  Street 


S.  MILNOR  PRICE.  Prest.  FRANK  HARRISON.  V-Prest. 

H.  W.  SEABURY.  Sec'y  and  Treas. 


•  ••  X  Xx^  ••• 

Henry  WalKe 

Company 

Manufacturers'  Agents 
and  Dealers  in 

Railroad,  Steamboat  and  Mill  Supplies 

Machinery  for  Wood  and  Iron 
WorKing  Plants 

Heavy  Hardware,  Lubricating  Oils, 

ETC. 


286=296  WATER  STREET 

WAREHOUSE.    6.    8.    10    and    12    LOYALL'S    LANE 

NORFOLK,  VIRGINIA 


1 

IN   OUR 

DRUG  STORE 

Not  a  single  article  is  misrepre- 
sented, if  customers  do  not  know 
what   they   are    buying,    we    tell 
them,  and  let  them  be  their  own 
judges. 

We  handle  the  purest  drugs  that 
we  are  able  to  obtain  in  all  the 
world,    and    our   i>rioes    are   the 
lowest    consistent  w  i  t  li   upright 
dealing.    Don't  you  want  to  trade 
at  such  a  drug  store  as  this? 

M.  Rosenthal 
AND     Company 

GROCERS 

1  3  6   F  A  Y  IC  T  T  E  \  1  L  1 .  E   S  T  K  K  E  T 

Our  FOl'NTAIX  is  the  Most  Poi.iilar 
one  iu  tlie  City 

CROWELL,  McCARTY  &  CO. 

I'l'-TI  l-l  IaTE  1)1U-111 ;  INT.S 

1  ao  F  A  Y  E  T T  E  V  I  L  L  E  STKEET 

RALEIGH,    N.   C. 

1 

1 

Carolina  Trust  Company 

RALEIGH,  x\.  C. 
CAI'ITAI.      -----      sioo.nno.fin 

...THE... 

I.    D.    RIGGAN 

COMPANY 

OUT  OF  TOWN    BUSINESS   SOLICITED 

CHINA,  TOYS,  CANDY, 
SPORTING    GOODS 
AND  STATIONERY 

ALWAYS  TllK  LATEST  AND  BEST 

Kvei-yliody  that    trades   at    Kigjran's   find    it 

for  their  own  -..'iiod— always  the 

best  and  cheapest. 

(Jknkral  Hankini.;— Money  receuud  un  df- 

jKisit.  sutijec-l  to  check. 
SAViNCis  Hanking— Interest  paid  on  depos-its. 
Tm'srs— Arts   a.^    Kxe<'ulor,    AdmiTiistralor, 

Ciiardiaii,    Assignee.    Ktceiver.    Broker. 

A^^etit.  Trustee.    Assumes  the  management 

of  entire  Estates;  also  i'roi>ert.v  for  the  use 

and  benefit  of  others. 
Financial    Agent  for  floating    Stocks  and 

Bonds  of  CortX)ratii)ns. 
Ksjieeial  and  .^ejiarate  arrauiiements  anti  con- 

\  eiiieliees  forgentlemen  ami  lady  cuslumcrs 

OFricEKS— W.  \V.  Mills.  President;    Leo.  1>. 
lleartt,  V-Prest.  and  Geii'l  .Mgr  ;     Kobert  r.. 
stroiif:.  Trust  Oflicer  and  General  Counsel ; 
William  Hayes,  t'ashier. 

II I  R  kct'oks  — .lames  Webb,  .1.  D.  RiRiran, 
t;harles    li.    Hart,    Alexan-ier  Webb,  .lulius 
L.'wis.  Leo.  n.  lleiirll,  K.  T.  Ward,  W.W.  .Mills, 
Allen  J.   Rullin,  W,  c.  IVttv,   P.   K.   Albright 
and  Kobert  C.  Strong. 

OllUes  in  Carolina  Trust  liuilding, 
Kaleiou,  N,  C. 

( 'orrespondenee  solicited. 

lUK  J.  D.  KKiCi.W  CU.Ml'.WV 

\S2  Fayetteville  Street 
KALEKill    :  :  XOKTII  OAKOLIXA 

1 

WE    CARRY    A    FULL    LINE    OF 

STATIONERY    and    SCHOOL    SUPPLIES 

SEE    OUR    AGENT    AT    THE    COLLEGE 


WE    APPRECIATE    YOUR    TRADE 

BAPTIST    BOOK    STORE 

RALEIGH',    N.    C. 


F. 

M.   STRONACH,   President                           R.   P.   HERVEY.   Treasurer 

.  .  .THE  .  .  . 

w 

.  c. 

Stronach's  sons 
GROCERS 

CO. 

No. 

215     FAYETTEVILLE     STREET 

RALEIGH.    N.    C. 

3. 1R.  dFcnall  Si  Co, 
(3roccv8 

222  jfavcttcvillc  Street 

IRalciob  /^  HAortb  Carolina 


College  Ipbannac^ 

.■^no.  E.  ©afls,  iPvoptictoi 

©ispeneino  ©nujoist 


It  i^  a  place  iif  convenience,  accomo- 
dation and  reliability.  Headquarters 
for  anything  carried  in  a  tirst-class  Drug 
Store.  Si'EciALTiics — School  Supplies, 
Sporting  Goods,  Fine  Candies,  Cigars, 
Pipes,  and  all  sniokables,  &c. 

Private  Formula  Compounding  for 
family  use;  also  l're8cri|ition  Comp(iun<l- 
ing  w  i  t  li  guaranteed  accuracy  and 
promptness. 

(live  it  your  patronage,  and  you  will 
be  pleiised. 


Mcst  IRaleiob,  1H.  C. 


1Ricb1non^  flDcat  flDarhct^ 

3.  Scbvvavt3 

stealer  in 

Choice  ^eats 

Excelsior 
Steam  Xaunbv\> 

JB.  1111.  JBahcr,  Iproprlctor 

Sbirt?,  dollars  an^  Cntts 

a  SpccialtV! 
2)onic6tlc  or  ©loss  jFlnisb 

Sausacie  a  Spccialtg 

TlWc  want  Hiicnts  in  au  townis  wbcvc  wc  .itc  net 

l■c^n■ctl^:ntc^ 

C(t^.  /Iftarhct^  IRalcitlb,  IH.  d. 

Ip.   0.   J6o.\  3+2 

IRalcioh,  m.  C. 

r^~ 


North  Carolina 

College  gf 

Agriculture  CS> 
Mechanic  Arts 

INDUSTRIAL  EDUCATION 


A  combination  of  theory   and    practice, 
of  book  study  and  manual  work  in 

ENGINEERING  AGRICULTURAL 

CHEMISTRY  ELECTRICITY 

MECHANIC  COTTON 

ARTS    ^    ^  AND  MANUFACTURING 


Full  Courses   (4  years).  Short  Courses  (2  years). 
Special   Courses  13  months) 

Normal  Industrial  Course  for  the  training  of  teachers 

Summer  School  for  teachers  during  July 

Tuition  and  room,  $10  a  term ;    board.  $8  a  month 

Thirty-five  teachers ;  Five  hundred  and  two  students 

GEO.  T.  WINSTON,  President 

RALEIGH,  NORTH  CAROLINA 


WAT50/N'S 

FHOTOGRAm 

GALLERY 

WILL    APPRECIATE    TOUR 
PATRONAGE 

Satisfaction  EVERT  TIHE 


W.R.CRAWFORD 

WHOLESALE  AND  RETAIL 

BUTCHER 


FINE 
SFRl/NC   LAne  A  SrECiALTT 

19  AND  20  CITT  MARt^ET 


IlaviiiKaddi'd  a  first-class  Steam  Pau?a?eChoii]>(T, 

I  am  prei>an'd  to  till  ordt-rs  of  a  sviperior 

tiuality  in  any  quantity 


SrECIHL  niTENTlON  TO  ORDERS  BY   TELEFMOHE 
OR    OTHERWISE 


BtST  nATERlAL.   i5E5T  VORt^MANSHlP 

RALEIQH 

Marble  Works 

HlCH-CRftDE 

nONUMENTS 

TABLETS.    UASES.    IRON    FENCE 

\tAt/ 

WE  FAT  THE  FREIGHT 

WRITE  FOR  New  Catalogue  'B." 
AND  Booklet 

COOPER  BROS.,  Props.. 
RALEIGH.  M.  C. 


FOR  THE  BEST_ 


Coal  and  Coke 

{By  the  Car  Load  Direct  from  Mines  and   Ovens    to   Any    Railroad   Depots 

Grain,  Hay,  Shingles,  Lattis,  Lumber 


Direct  from  .Wills  and  Producers 


WRITE  TO 


JONES  iS:  POWELL 


fo'ttV/oT'  COAL  AND  ICE 

RALEIGH  ,         ,         ,         ,  NORTH  CAROLINA 


WE  RESPECTFULLY  ASK  A  PORTION  OF  YOUR  PRINTING 


ALFORD,  BVNUM 
iS:  CHRISTOPHERS 

Printers 


115  EAST  HARGETT  STREET 


ONE    DOOR    BELOW    ROYALL     &    BORDEN 


'iip"'ilWlwilipi"il||||i»»ipiiiil|piii«miimiiipii.iim[| piiiil|||||liiiill||||limmilliiilipimiliniliiiilipmill||||ii'iii|||iiijiiii||||iiiiiiip pi  illipiii  ilf,imill|||l»iili;|||l ll|||lliiiilHlliii 


I 


Keuffel  (^ 
Esser  Co. 


127  Fulton  Street.  NEW  YORK 
BRANCHES :     Chicago,  St.  Louis,  San  Francisco 


I  I 


Drawing  Materials 
Surveying  Instruments 


The  most  complete  line  of  Drawing  Instruments  in  various  grades.  Paragon  Instruments 


liiiilinilinilik^^y 
iiliMh)  iltklitelilitiliidjlihlilililJl'!^^ 


We  make  and  carry  the  most  complete  line  of  latest  improved  Slide  Rules  with  K  CS.  E 
Patent  Adjustment. 


htim'i'nwn.Pi 


1 

MUM 


ri''i''] .  /■.  I  .■■J'', .  , 


^ 


f 
I 

Eiuiiillliiiii 


Draughting  Scales,  boxwood,  metal. 

The  celebrated  Paragon  Scales,  (white  edges). 

Drawing    Boards    and    Tables,    T    Squares,    Triangles,    Curves,    Protractors,    Drawing    Inks. 
^Vate^  Colors,  Brushes.  CS-c,  CSlc. 
All  our  goods  are  warranted. 
Complete  Catalogue  *500  pages     on  application. 

■.■Ulll»„.ilJlili.,.Mlllli t^lL,,  ,..iiiii.:|...iUJi .1^1. illlii.  ■il!llii,...iillL' ilUllM.M.HllJ l]llii.,..iLU' m Ultlti  i,llllili.ii.iLilil A.iiiillllJMiiiHUIl tlHliM..iimHi 


i 


TERRY    NOBLE  CHAS.    A     DUNSTON 

NOBLE  &  DUNSTON 

FASHIONABLE 

BARBERS 


HOT   AND  COLD    BATHS 


THE   FINEST   SHOP   IN   THE   STATE 


UNDER  THE  TUCKER  BUILDING 


ODELL 

HARDWARE 

COMPANY 

(MILL    SUPPLY    DEPARTMENTj 

GENERAL   MILL 
FURNISHERS 

ALL    KINDS    OF    MILL    SUPPLIES 

PIPE,   VALVES.   FITTINGS.    PACKING,    AND 

EVERYTHING    NEEDED   BY    THE   COTTON 

WOOLEN.    AND    LUMBER    MILLS 

GREENSBORO,  N.  C. 


WE   INVITE   YOU   TO   CALL   AND 
EXAMINE   OUR 

STEIN-BLOCH 
CLOTHING 
KNOX  AND 
HAWES  HATS 
AND 
FURNISHINGS 


LEE  & 
BROUGHTON 

209    FAYETTEVILLE    ST. 


OAK  CITY 

STEAM 

LAUNDRY 

216    FAYETTEVILLE   STREET 

TELEPHONE    87 


SHUFORD  8c  OWEN 

AGENTS 

ROOM  48,  3d  Dormitory 


SACO  ca,  PETTEE 

MACHINE  SHOPS 

NEWTON  UPPER  FALLS,     ^    ^     MASSACHUSETTS 

Cotton 
^  Machinery 

"■     '       Aifh.  "^^  ^^^  most 

t^^     IMPROVED 

PATTERNS 


SOUTHERN   OFFICE  : 
CHARLOTTE,    N.    C. 

A.   H.   WASHBURN,   Agent 
WORKS  AT  BIDDEFORD,  ME.,  and  NEWTON  UPPER  FALLS 


ESTABLISHED    1  851 


EIMER  CS,  AMEND 


205-211   THIRD  AVENUE 
Cor.  18th  Street 


NEW    YORK 


MANUFACTURERS    AND    IMPORTERS   OF 


Chemicals  and  Chemical  Apparatus 

SOLE  AGENTS  FOR  SCHOTT  <&  GENOSSEN'S 

Jena  Laboratory  Glassware,  (the  best  on  the  market  I; 
C.  A.  F.  Kahlbaum's  C.  P.  Chemicals  and  Reagents ; 
Carl  Schleicher  CS.  Schuell's  Filter  Paper,  and  many 
other  European  houses  foremost  in  our  line  of  goods. 


Zeiss'  ca,  Spencer's  Microscopes  and  Accessories.  Finest  Analytical  Bal= 
ances  and  WeigKts.  Best  German  and  Bohemian  Laboratory  Glassware.  Royal 
Berlin  and  Royal  Meissen  Porcelainware.  Purest  Hammered  Platinum.  Complete 
line  of  Bacteriological  Apparatus.  Scientific  Instruments  of  the  newest  and  most 
improved  design.         ^         ^         Inspection  of  our  extensive  showrooms  gladly  invited. 


The  D.A.Tompkins  Co. 

Charlotte,  North  Carolina 

Eooioeers,  cofiiraciois  ond  ictii 


niton  Warliiiifrt.  Cotloii  (III  Marhhirri.  and  Eh, 

Inr  flarhincry.      Cotton  Jlilh.  fo'ltun  Oil 

Mills,  aDd  Electric  FlaDts  conjpldf 


m^^i  -  ^    A  iW6 


fliSiiHtiiltil 


HIGH-GRADE 

TOOLS 


FOR  AIACHIMSTS 

METAL-WORKERS 

WOOD-WORKERS,  &c. 


A  COMPLETE  LIXE  OF  THE 
TOOLS  AND  BEXCHES  USED  BY 
TECHNICAL  SCHOOLS,  COLLEGES 
AND  MANUAL  TRAINING  SCHOOLS 


CORRESPONDENCE      INVITED 

HAMMACHER, 
SCHLEMMER    &    CO. 

X  ]■:  W  Y  ( 1 1:  K    C  I  T  Y,    Since  1  8 4  S 


VISIT 


TURNERS  CAFE 


LADIES     AND     GENTLEMEN 


DAIRY   LUNCH  OPEN    DAY   AND   NIGHT 

OPPOSITE    POST   OFFICE 


AGENT   FOR 

ODORLESS   REFRIGERATORS 

w 

.  H. 

HUGHES 

DEALER    IN 

CHINA, 
LAMPS, 

CROCKERY,   GLASSWARE, 
TABLE   CUTLERY 

SILVER-PLATED   WARE 
TEA  TRAYS, 

'• 

FILTERS.    OIL   STOVES. 
HOUSEFURNISHING    GOODS 

1  27 

Fayetteville   Street 

WRIGHT,  KAY  8c  CO, 

MANUFACTURERS    OF    HIGH-GRADE 


EMBLEMS 

JEWELRY 

NOVELTIES 

STATIONERY 

INVITATIONS 

ANNOUNCEMENTS 

PROGRAMS 


SEND    FOR    CATALOGUE    AND    PRICE-LIST 

SPECIAL    DESIGNS    ON    APPLICATION 


-^^^ 


140-142  WOODWARD  Avenue 


DETROIT,    MICH. 


OUR 


AIM 


IS  TO  pIjEase  you 


AND  SAVE  TOC  MONET 
BT  08ING 


OuK  Mail 

Order 

Department 


A  COSTAL  CA  KD  wil  1  brills;  you  I  'ataloKues. 
Prici-s,  or  anythiiiK  suM  in  iiur  stock  of  Hard- 
ware, l^loves.  Guns,  Paints.  Wagons,  House 
Furuistiing  Gooils,  Animunitiou,  Builders' 
Hardware.  Lime,  Cements,  ie. 

Hart- Ward 
Hardvvahk  Company 

^—  PAlKTniT     X.   c. 

Successors  to  .Julias  Lewis  Hardware  Co. 


« A  LEIGH'S  BEST  HOTEL, 

Hotel 
D  O  R  8  E  T  T 

VV.  L    nOKSETT.  Pkophietoh 
F.  L.  AVILLITS,  Manages 


A  NEW  AND  UP-TO-DATE  HOTEL 


Centrally  located.     Bus  meets  all  trains. 
Polite  service.     Best  table. 

Eatks  $2  Per  Day 

Rooms  ^^'^'V't  h"  ^2.50 


We  guarantee  to  please  you,  and  we  will 
appreciate  yoiir  trade. 


RALEIGH,  NORTH  CAROLINA 


Dr.  JOEL  WHITAKER 

DENTIST 


FAYETTEVILLE    STREET 
RALEIGH,  N.  C. 


E.   M.   UZZELL 

Printer  and  Binder 

Cob.  Wii-MiNGTON  and  Mabtin  Sts. 
RALEIGH,  N.  C. 


inillipirilii||liiiiii|||liiiii||nii,miin,iiiiiiip»iii|j|iiiiiiipiiiii|jp Hlpiiiailf IJli IJIiiMiW  «IH51i™i|||liiiil|JIIJ"illl|Il IfliU  ilill|t"'iip fl lipiii"HI Ilf  lli"lll||llii«lll|llli««ipl"»llfl"«i 


Charlottesville 
Woolen  Mills 


CHARLOTTESVILLE,    VIRGINIA 

Manufacturers  of  All  Kinds  of  5 

t  4 


s 


Superior  Uniform  Cloths 


CONSISTING    OF 

DARK  AND  SKY  BLUES 

AND  CADET  GRAY, 

KERSEYS, 

MELTONS,  AND 

DOESKINS, 


FOR  MILITARY  COLLEGES, 


HHUBJWBBBMI 


Letter  Carriers,  Street  Car,  Railroad,  Police,  Military 
and  Society  Equipment. 


We  are    the    sole    manufacturers  of   the  Gray   Cloth  used  by  the   Cadets  of  the 
United  States  Military  Academy  at  West  Point,  N.  Y. 


INDIGO  DYES,  PURE  \VOOL, 
FREE  OF  ALL  ADULTERATION, 
AND  ABSOLUTELY  GUARANTEED 

as  to  Wear    and    Color.       Military    Schools    preferring  our  goods  are  requested 
to  have  it  stipulated  in  contract  for  uniforms  that  they  shall  be  used. 


ll.lll^lii.lllllllH,Mlllll]liiiil[l]|lliiiili;llll.iiilllltl tl)ll jj^lHiilllitllN.ilLllll llJI l^ljlll lllllHl»lllltjHiilll^lljll>.llljlllli.|ll[}t[(||||lt|jt||li||||fllll|^, 


"l|/ili ^ 


"'^TiV-*' 


^A 


jp«i 


OLLEGE  ANNUALS  are 
judged  by  the  way  they  are 
built.  We  make  a  specialty 
of  printing  for  schools  and 
colleges  and  with  our  modem 
equipments  can  give  you 
such  work  as  will  stand  in 
decided  contrast  to  the  productions  of 
most  printing  houses  of  this  section. 


MOOSE  BROS.  COMPANY 

Printers  of  College  Annuals 

Cor.  Main  CS,  Tenth  Streets,  ^  LYNCHBURG,  VIRGINIA 


2#;^^K> 


HIS  number  of  "tife  Agro- 
meek"  is  a  specimen  of  the 
work  we  are  turning  out 
every  working  day  in  the 
year.  'We  handle  the  large  as 
well  as  small  job,  and  promise 
good  work  and  promptness 
in  delivery.  Drop  us  a  line  and  we  will 
be  pleased  to  send  you  some  samples. 


W 


»rv 


L 


law's- ak.'ii*se,-ti' 


•S>7;*4i^*»A»o<«<,  1^, 


The  North   Carolina   State  Normal  and 
Industrial  College 

for  catalogue  or  other  information  address 

president,  charles  d.  mciver, 

Greensboro,  n    C. 


^  -& 


'We  Security  Life  CS, 
Annuity  Co. 

(LEGAL  RESERVE) 
GREENSBORO,  NORTH  CAROLINA 


Cash  Guaranty  Capital,  $100,000.00 

Deposited  with  Insurance  Commissioner 
North  Carolina 


J.  Van.  Lindley,  Pres.       Geo.  A.  Grimsley.  Sec. 
P.  H.  Hanes.  V.Pres.  E.  Colwell.  Jr.,  Mgr.  Agts. 

R.  E.  Foster,  Actuary. 


Something  New  in  Life  Insurance 

Our  Life  Annuity 

Disability  C^ 
Endowment  Policy 

Pfoies  CO  fliioyoi  income  lot  Lile  loi  loe  Beneiicioff 


Ws  National  Bank 
if  Raleigh 

RALEIGH,  NORTH  CAROLINA 


Capital      -     -     -     -     $225,000.00 
Surplus  and  Profits      $100,000.00 


SAFE    DEPOSIT    BOXES    FOR    RENT 

IN   FIRE  AND   BURGLAR 

PROOF  VAULT 


^^         -  — 

'P&y     N.  MANCHESTER, 
^«^^  INDIANA