Agricultural and Technical State University - Ayantee Yearbook (Greensboro, NC)

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to return to our own circle of Iriends. and get back to the routine to w h i c h we Iiad become ac- customed. Time slipped away, almost with- out our realizino it. We did P T and retin-ned to relate thrillino experi- ences. We became more confident and realized some degree of perfec- tion in our work. With the ap- proach of graduation, all of us felt uneasy, and a bit apprehensi e. for the future loomed big ahead, but nothing vas absolutely sine. How- e er, lor our Alma Mater we would ever be certain, to spread thy trophies, year by )ear, from Dare to Cherokee. In victory or defeat Lines, Lines, Lines, the routine of Aggieland long, and examined the merits of - the campus organizations. Some vere attracted by the Greek life — we attended rush parties and smokers and made our choices — we pledged and anxiously awaited the day ■ivhen we v o u 1 d make line as people kne • we looked like AKAs. Zetas. or Omegas or w hate e r we were. Ihere were many who reaped the rewards of diligent students and o!)tained axerages which would admit us to . lpha Kappa Mii or Who ' s Who. We grumbled and complained about long lines, food, grades, and general college re([uiremcn ts, as mair) ' students did, but for the most part we weren ' t really serious. We loxed the problems too. .■ s we matured, the physical makeup of our college also altered, a new dining hall, post office, can- teen, women ' s dormitorx ' , and Fine .Arts louilding were added. We were e cwitnesses to historv as we wel- comed a new president, only to lose him temporarih in the ser ice to our coimtry as head ol the I eace Corps in Nigeria. Holidays were always welcomed events. But somehow we were glad

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PROLOGUE Young people came with un- bounded hope and limitless ambi- tion . . . young people vho voiild help shape tomorrow . . . the State, the nation, and even, the world. From crowded bustling urban ,ncas, orderly suburban comnumi- lies, and (juiet larms, we came, lorming here a sort of melting pot ol persons with aried experiences and backgrounds. We were im- pressed with the newness of college lile, but vere yet to realize the gravity ol it. Thus, with concern, joy and e en homesickness, we be- came college students. We came to prepare ourselves for careers in engineering, teaching, nursing, art, science, and trades. Wc sought our goals in ditlercnt vays. .Some missed the real purposes of college and saw only the shadows ol a college education. Many vere lost along the way. Others invested wisely and used our vouth and energy to its luUest cajjacity . . . realizing brain power well invested is its own reward. .-Vdjustment came. c[uickly for some, slowly for others, but some- how we merged into the gToup and became - ggies , including the iiivia ol dirty sneaks , kilt skirts and continental pants. At ball games we cheered our Aggie teams, in victory we were happiest, in de- feat our spirits were still undaunted, lor this was the Home of Cham- pions . E entually. life fell into a pal tern — we took the re(iuired coinse in Canteenolog) — looked forw.nd to weekend movies — re- leased excess energy with the twist , fly , fish , and conti- nental . We were guilty of last niiiuUe (ramming for exams at I he end ol each ([uarler. We looked lorward to the pageantry and color of Homecoming, the s])ring balls and ban([uets, the excitement and |jrecision of the Aggie band and the long black robed line of de]iariing seniors. Man of us kit the need lo be- ' ■• .r •■

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