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

Building Blocks Of A University In ^ Motion ^^ ion FOUNDATION For in Institution to withstand the tests of time, it must have solid academic as well as physi- cal foundations. These founda- tions were planned and built by many concerned citizens of North Carolina on about 60 acres of land in West Raleigh that was donated by R. Stanhope Pullen. In December of 1888, the Board of Trustees began the search for the seven required faculty positions. At their next meeting in July of 1889 the board set the qualifications that all ' Applicants must be at least fourteen years of age, must furnish evidence of good moral character and physical devel- opment , must be able to read and write ordinary English in- telligently, and must be familar with simple arithmetic..., and have fair knowledge of geo- graphy and state history. ' The trustees also set tuition at twenty dollars a year and board to be eight dollors a month. Brick and labor from the State Penitentiary was used to con- struct the first building on Campus, currently Holladay Hall. William J. Peele delivered the principal address at the laying of the corner stone for the Main Building (later named Holladay Hall after the University ' s first president) in August of 1889. In that speech he remarked that in these walls ' are nothing but North Carolina brick and her still solid santstone. This building is a monument of ' labor and love; for this is a temple reared by North Carolina for North Carolina in affection for her children. ' With the Main building com- pleted, the faculty secured and the freshman class enrolled, the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts opened its doors on October 3, 1889. Opening