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

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Class; l isitorp It is with a fcdinp; of utter iiicoiupctciK ' y that I attempt to narrate the actions ami accuni])Hshnients dI ' what I consider the most consistent ehiss that A. M. has ever had the opport mity to honor. Diiriu ' j; our four years ' eoimection with the college. t!ie wliole course of idea-! Oil coUesP ethics has been revolutionize;! and through it all the class has been characterized by a conversive rather than a con- servative spirit. It was in September, lUlXi. that alxiut one hundred and ten of us strode up to the HeRistrar ' s office to identify oin ' selves as students. A few who had been directed to S ' law. H. l ' . W. and the Penitentiary by our Sophomore friends came in Ititer in l!ie da.v. wilh unili-|)uteil cl:iim to the radiators in our rooms — ' .)y ri.u;ht of pur ' ha e fi ' oin a friendly- Soph. The first day of a fellow ' s eollese life is very strenuous, so that early in the e -eMinfi we re|)aired to the rooms assi ;ne 1 us, where we could S ' ' t some rest and sleep. Hut alas! we had reckoned without our hosts, the Soiilis. For the consid( r- ate Sophs lost no time in initiating us into the Reniji;hted ( )rder of Ratdom. the emi lem (Kli of which each Hat proudly ( ' . ' ) wore ui)on his foreh( ad — because (!old Dust Would not remo -e it. But here the spirit of determination asserted itself, and the las| of September foimd us organized with a full set of ollicers. This was the beKinninj;; of the Class Page

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Senior Clagsi oem 111 the dim uiiecrtuiu fviturc, When our Hves are going down, Will recollections of our past Be accompanied with a frown? Or will the memories, near and distant. Of college life and later days. Bring to us a reminiscence Of things we ' ve done deserved of ])raise? Has each of us acconqilislicd something, And hit the mark at which he aimed; Or from our ranks has someone fallen, For august cause or wrongly blamed? Therefore, friends, think long and deeply, Lay not your faults to other men ; But do your part with best that ' s in you. Some day ' twill l)e too late to amend. Have welcome hearts and helping hands. Whene ' er you meet an old classmate. Remember all the good they ' ve done, And let not one another hate. Do what your manhood bids you do. From none but self expect applause. He noblest lives and noblest dies Who makes and keeps his self made laws. And if these words our feelings verse, Although they have no poet ' s touch, .Just forgive mistakes in meter, And only say, I thought as nuich. Now may this class be long remembered For works we ' ve done with hand and pen ; And may the others look upon as As the Manly Class of Nineteen Ten. Cl. ss Poet. Page . ' I

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of 1910, the class that was to see and assist in the complete revolution of condi- tions for the upbuilding of the college. We were well represented in athletics this year, having Edwards, Bray and Spencer on the foot ])all squad, and Sexton and Jordan on the base ball team. Again we find ourselvt»s back amid the same hustle and confusion of regis- tering. But hark! Everyone seems to pause as from ninety-five lusty throats comes Yac-et-yac, etc., and we know that greetings have been exchanged, and the ' 10 class is ready for what proved to be the most eventful year of its college life. Though under the tender watch-care of the Faculty and Seniors, we proceeded to discharge our duties as Sophomores, as established by precedent — amusing the Freshmen. This we ditl by organizing what was christened The Freshmen ' s Exclusive Barber Club. It was in October when in answer to a suggestion dropped by Dr. Winston, that we challenged the Freshmen to a cla.ss fight. Little did we dream that the event was to gain for us such widespread popularity (?) and .stinging criticism as was thrast upon us by the papers of the State. But let me say here that in the face of criticism we believe this event was the best thing Page 23