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

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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

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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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for tlic collcgi ' that ever traiisiiircil, in that it resulted in the eoniplete ahoUtion of even the mildest form of hazing by bringing to light the opinion of the general public as regards hazing and an institution whieh tolerated it. Thus the actions for whicii we were severely criticised, and which were of a destructive character for a few months, were, through our efforts, made ijniductive of the very best results, as later history will prove. Tliis year we had three men on the foot ball team and elect( d McLendon for assistant manger of the ' 09 foot iiall team. We had Sexton. Council, Black and C ' liue on the ba.se ball team. Hard work and general class enthusiasm won for us the class championship in base ball. Though we lost in foot i)alli the Sophs made uj) more than fifty per cent, of the all cla.ss roll in base ball and foot ball. . i)out eighty of us relurne(l as .luniors. It was then that we realized that our college life was half spent, and this realization bound us closer to A. M., and to each other. Ours, a.s are all Junior histories, is npce.ssarily short. Nothing trans|)ired to break the monotony of class work antl examinations. The .Junior year is the most humdrum of all years in college, since it is merely the bridge which spans the chasm between the carefree life of the Sophomore and the easy, quite dignity of the Senior. Little hapiH-ning to disturb the regular routine, the dominant .spirit of perse- verence pervading tiie cla.ss was concentrated upon athletics. In foot ball w e were represented on the varsity by Bray, Dunn, Sexton, Spencer and Wilson. In base ball our arsity men were Sexton, Council, Black and Freeman. In class atiiletics we won the foot ball championship and captured the Faculty trophy. This brought us to final examinations and to a realization of llie ideal for which we had been striving for three long years -the time when we could enroll ourselves as Seniors. last we have awaken to a realization of our dream. W ' v arc Seniors in all of their entirety. .Mthough the thought, sweetened by antici])ation, is a happy one, we cannot see nuich difference from other years excejjt that we have a few more liberties and lots more work and res]ionsii)ility. We were made anxious and alert for the first month in the intere.st of our previously ailopted resolutions regarding hazing. However, we soon convinced I ' age -i- ' i