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

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Senior Class Poem Oh, the good ship 1912 was launched In warm September, 1908. ' Twas fitted, captained, giv ' n a crew. And sent fortli ripe for any fate. ' Twas guided through the Freshman Stream, Past shoals where threatening dangers lurked Of Math, Inspections, Conduct Book — Each claimed some member who hat! shirked. The Soph ' more Rapids next it shot, ' Twas easier riding than before; But too-swelled heads and hours late And Math again claimed near a .score. The Junior Sea it then sailed o ' er. Its voyage more than halfway done, But sad to say, not more than half Remained, who with it had begun. The Senior Ocean now it sails. Commencement Harbor, clear to sight. Brings joy to sixty anxious hearts, The sixty who have fought the fight. The Harbor ' s gained, the ship is docked, Each man now claims his just reward. And starts to carve out for himself The name he set his soul toward. For four long years this gallant crew, By joys and sorrows closely knit. Have toiled and played and sweet ties formed, Which strengthen as the long j-ears flit. But now they part to meet no more On this same close, endearing plane: For them all crew work now is done — Each sails alone life ' s boundless main. But may the memory never fade, In whate ' er climes they dig or delve. Of their comrades and the good old times When they sailed in the good ship 1912. Poet.

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Senior Class History THE Class of 1912 came to A M in an attitude of expectancy, but with a definite purpose and an unfailing will power. The classes before us had all suffered at the hands of the Sophomores, and especially bad were the newspaper reports of hazing during the year preceding ours at college. In spite of all these dreadful reports there were ninety-nine of us who had heard enough about the true A M spirit to have determined to get the kind of training ofYered here and to enter the college in the Fall of 1908. It is due to the fact that the class was made up of fellows who were ready to brave difficulties and who possessed tenacity ' of purpose to an unusual degree that has l)rought sixty out of ninety- nine through the Senior year. Instead of finding a bunch of ruffians, as the newspaper reports would have led one to expect, we found a lot of clean, clever boys, who believed in the exist- ence of a Freshman Class, but who also believed that the individual of that class must keep his place as a Freshman. And by constantly reminding us of this, a majority of us must have kept our places fairly well; for it was this year that hazing was first, and forever, it is hoped, cut out at A M. Too much credit can not be given to the Class of 1911 for their courage in doing away with hazing; neither should the Class of 1912 be forgotten, for by our keeping our place as Freshmen and offering our hearty support in the three years that lay before us at A M, we have done much to clinch the work of last year ' s class. Although modesty would forbid our claiming it for ourselves, our teachers give us credit for being above the average in intelligence, and a glance at the honor men for the last three years will show that a great many of the class have applied themselves. There are only five men in the class who have made the honor roll for the four years at college. These are J. G. Kellogg, T. F. Gibson, H. L. Taylor, McN. Dubose, and J. E. McGee. But nearly a fourth have made the honor roll for the last three years, and from one-fourth to one-half for the last two years. Our class football and baseball teams have not made any startling records, owing to the fact that we have furnished so much material for the ' Varsity teams. We won the championship in Imseball in our Freshman year, anil though this year was the only time that we were victorious over the other teams, there have never been any odds against us. During our entire four years ' stay at A M we have been represented on the ' Varsity footl)all team bj ' Seifert and Hartsell. In the Sophomore year Stafford completed the mighty trio which has shown its strength for the past three years. Two other men who have made good this year are Fetzer and Hargrove. In baseball we gave Hartsell, Bost, Seifert, and Stafford in our Freshman year, and the next year Speer was added. For the last two years we have furnished Stafford, Speer. Seifert, and Hartsell. Bost did not return after his Sophomore year. To these men, in both l)asehall and football, many victories are to be credited, they lieing easily the stars of their teams. 28