North Carolina State University - Agromeck Yearbook (Raleigh, NC)

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with siU ' h iiistitiitiiins ;is the I ' nivorsity of A ' irai)ii:i, (icnvaotowii, Viri xiiiia Pnlytecliuic Iiistilutc. Wasliiiinf, m iV .r: and dllicr lai-i;vi- cdlli-iics n ilic iiiirlh of us, and has tor tlw hist twn years lichl the ini(|ncsli ino(l chanipiiinsliiii nf the State in foothalh For many years our eauies were jilayccl (ni whatever part if rh; ' CnUege ji ' rouml hajipened to he uiieuUivated and witlmut trees. Aho it eiiiht years af ' o, throug ' h the assistance of C ' ajit. ' . II. Dav, tiicn Sii|i: ' i ' iiiti ' iLdciii nf tiic Peni- tentiary, we were enaliled to ei-ade a jD ' aeliee field nn the hind lieidnuinti- tn the City Park, hut were unt alfiwecl td en(ddse it. and dur matidi iianies hail in he ])layed n the Fair Grnnnds, whieli the anthdrities df ihe .Xnrth ( ' ardlina Agri- cultural Sdciety Were kind eiidniih td let us use. This arranuvnieiil was far fruni satisfactnry, and two years ago certain nieuihers of the faeidty and alunnii and a few ipfher fiyal friends of the College organized a cduipaiiy. and. afte contributing what they coukl, were e nabled to sell hduds eudugh td grade and enclose a splendid athletic field on the College grdund, and cdnveuieut to tin ' dormitories. They have since built a large grandstand and ample bleachers. It is now without doubt the best equipped college athletic field in the State. This growth has not been accomplished withtnit hard worf nn the ]iari df a great many people: sttidents, alumni, and uiemhers nf the faculty lia e vied with one another in their efforts to advance the athletic interests df th: ' College. The athletic s]iirit now has a firm hold du the Cdlleuc Prdliahly more than half of its students take ])art in some fdrm df athletic s]idrt. and thdse whd arc ' not physically qttalified to he athletes themselves are enthusiastic sni)])orters ni the various teams, and interested spectators at all contests. While the Colleae has made a good record in baseball and track athletics, its greatest successes have been in football. During the last two years our football team has played the best teams in the South and has lost only one game. ■ Athletic affairs are now managed by an athletic Cdunnittee cdusistini; ' of the members of the athletic committee id the faculty, a grarlnate manager, an alumni representative, and two memliers frinn the student hmly. ( nr tinanees are in good shape and our enthusiasm boundless. With the cdutinued earnest cooperation of students, alumni, faculty and friends uf the ( ' nhege. we may hope not only td nniintain imr ]ireseut high stand, hut tn go furwanl until we ' have the best teams in the countrv.

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Athletics TIIK liraj iiiii ' t 11(1 niic adiiiirvs, Iml to feel jiisl itialilc pride in llic iliiiius tlial liiivc been aecomjiiislicd is coiuiiiondable, and we feel that the ])n) ii ' ess whicdi mr ( ' (illeii ' e has made in athletics in the last few years is soniethini; in lie ]iriind (d ' . llni ' ina that time it has risen fnmi small liei;inninas nnlil n w ii i nnc|uestiniial)ly the leader in athletics of this Stale, and is erne nf the ]ii ' inci[ial factors to he reekoiierl with in the athletics ef the Sontli. Tt has hcen e()m] arati -ely (inly a few years since the A. lic 1. had its first athletic (iri;anizati( in, and fei- two er three years, as miiiht ha ' e lieen ex|iected, its teams were beaten by all the colleii ' es in the State, Abont six yeai-s ag ' o for the first time we tied the rni ersity of Nortli Carolina in a game of football, and the next year beat them in baseball. Three other tie games of football were played in snccessive yeai-s, and then the rni -ersity, for reasons known only to themselves, decided not to ]ilay onr team again. Since that time A. - M, has gone steadily forward in its athletics, and now stands on a par

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