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

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THE CHRISTENING

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YaCcS THE AGROMECK George Tayloe Winston, A. M., LL. D. AS horn October [2. [852, in Windsor, Bertie county, North Carolina, son of Patrick Henry Winston and Martha Elizabeth Byrd. His ancestors are English on the paternal and Scotch on the maternal side, and are well- known in the annals of Virginia. He was educated in the celebrated Horner School, Oxford, N. C.; in the University of North Carolina, which he entered at the age of thirteen; in the United States Naval Academy, where he ranked No. 1 in his class; and in Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y., where he received the medal fbr Latin scholarship, and during his senior year was appointed Instructor in Mathematics to fill the place of a professor who was given leave of absence. He was graduated from Cornell University in 1874 with the degree of Bachelor of Letters, and for high scholarship was enrolled as a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society. On the reoganization of the University of North Carolina in 1875 he was elected Assistant Professor of Literature, at the age of 23, and the next year was promoted to the full professorship of Latin and German. For sixteen years he served as professor in the University, when by unanimous vote he was elected President. During the five years of his presidency he doubled the income of the University and nearly trebled its enrollment of students. In 1896 he resigned the presidency of the University of North Carolina to accept the presidency of the University of Texas, to which he was elected by unanimous vote of the Board of Regents of that institution. He greatly increased the income and the student enrollment of this university, and also brought it into close touch and sympa- thy with the public schools and with public sentiment, as he had done previously with the University of North Carolina. Finding the semi-tropical and arid climate of Texas very detrimental to the health of his family, he resigned the presidency of the Texas University and accepted the presidency of the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, to which he had been invited both by the Board of Trustees and by resolutions of the student body. This is the fourth year of his presidency, and the growth of the College in that time has been the wonder and the delight of the State. The A. M. now ranks with the best in the United states, and is doubtless the foremost in the South. President Winston ' s career as an educator and public speaker and writer is well known throughout the country. In addition to the positions above named, he has also been twice President of the North Carolina Teachers Assembly, President of the Association of Southern Colleges and Universities, member of the Board of Inspectors of the United States Mint at Philadelphia, member of the Board. of Visitors of the United States Naval Academy. He has delivered lectures and orations before the National Education Association, the National Prison Reform Association, the American Academy of Political and Social Science, the Guilford Battle Ground Association, the University of Texas (commencement oration), the University of North Carolina (25th anniversary of re-organization), Clemson College (commencement oration), Harvard University (Phi Beta Kappa dinner), Nineteenth Century Club, New York city, North Carolina Agricultural Society (annual address), Daughters of the Confederacy (annual address), United States Naval Academy (commencement exercises). 7 4

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THE AGROMECK PREFACE t FTER many months of weary toil, we submit the first volume of THE AGROMECK, not with fear and trembling, not even with the hope that it will find favor in your eyes. We are forced to confess that it is far different from what our enthusiasm once led us to hope to make it. But the work was more difficult than we thought; sometimes we have been on the brink of giving up the task, but some kind, loving friend ould br athe into our cars words of encouragement. Thus we have labored n and fi laity produced this work, which will doubtless make the world stand aghast and amazed at its wondrous contents. Surely, this is a wonderful book, not so much because of what it is itself, but because of the conditions under which we have labored. We have had no old, tried and trusty hand to guide us through the intricate labyrinth of blunders. For this reason we will be grateful if you are lenient in criticizing. There are things we know ought not to have gone in THE AGROMECK, still they were put in just to fill up. To fill up —that is not usually our trouble, but in this case it has been. We have even been forced to the necessity of offending some to fill up our pages; to these we get on our knees and beg for mercy. Others we have praised too highly; these we can assure it was all a mistake. It is our earnest hope that other volumes of THE AGROMECK will be produced, not like this one, but better. The class of ' o3 has set the pace—let the classes hereafter follow suit. To our many friends who have labored with us, and helped to make THE AGROMECK what it is, we wish to extend our heartfelt thanks. Especially is it a pleasure to ac- knowledge our indebtedness and gratitude to Prof. D. H. Hill and Dr. Charles Wm. Burkett for the very substantial aid and encouragement they have given. And to our artist, John A. Park, we give our sincere assurance of appreciation, for without his help it would have been imposible to have produced THE AGROMECK. Readers, you will find in this book the results of the unselfish work, the untiring efforts of a loyal son of A. M. As such, John, we salute you, and thank you for the valuable assistance you have given us. With a due appreciation for contributions received from other of our friends, and with hopes that the ' o3 AGROMECK may prove a pleasant memento of our college life, and that it may be the beginning of a permanent A. NI. C. Annual, we are, Respectfully, THE EDITORS. 9