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

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rofesisior Wallace Carl Eibbicfe out of rcgarb for )i6 faeing ttjc tubents ' frienb, anb in appreciation of fjis toorfe in iilattematica; since ijis conne ction toitf) tte College, tfjisi, tt)e 1907 bolume, is bebicateb

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Wallace Carl Riddick. ' TTjf .V 1892 there was a vacancy in the Enginecrinsr Department of the Collej e. jl The attention of tlie Trustees was called to a bright young North Carolinian who had recently been graduatetl from I.ehigh University. They learned that he was one of the first young men in the State to recognize the great future lying before Southern engineers, and to thoroughly equip himself for such duties. The Trustees elected Wallace Carl Riddick to the vacant chair. His tuiusual success in building up his department, his ability as a teacher, and his general usefulness as .-i memlier of the Ivicult} ' have more than justitied the wisdom of his selection. I ' rofessor RidiKck was born on his father ' s ])lantation in Wake Comity in 1864. He is the son of Mr. Wiley 0. Riddick, who was a Lieutenant in the Third Confederate Cavalr -. and of his wife, Anna Ivy Jones. He was prepared for college at home, . fter three years at Wake Forest College, he entered the University, and compleli ' d the . . course in one year. For two years he taught at Mount Airy, and then entered Lehigh L ' niversity. Three years later he was graduated with the Civil Engineering degree. Two qualities marked Professor Riddick ' s entire college and university courses. These were concentration and thoroughness. Me never entereil a lecture-room without having previously mastered all the details of the recitation. Consequently he always stood among the foremost men of his class. His attention to collegiate duties, however, did not prevent his taking an active interest in athletics. At Lehigh he was a member of the University football team, and at one track-meet he bore olY five medals. After receiving his degree, l ' l■ofe sor Riddick engaged for some vears in practical engineering work. l or a shoi-l while he was with a coal companv in Kentucky. For two years he w;is resident engineer for the Roanoke Navigation and Water- Lower Compimy, and hail charge of the construction of its canal at Weldon. just as In- was on the ])oint of entering the si ' r ' ice of the United States CovcrnmenI as engineer for the construction of a dry dock at I ' ort Roval, South Carolina, the College was fortunate enough to st ' ciu ' e his aid in its recently begun work-, lie entered on his (luti ■s in |S() . From the opening; of his career as a collegi ' professor. Professor Riddick won the ri-s]iecl and admiration of his students. They recognized his knowledge, his igor of mind, and his earm-sluess of ]iin-i)ose. They saw, too, that his teaching was an admiralile blending of ;iceiu-ale scieiuilk- knowledge and practical attain- ments: for he has always been interested in the practical side of his work. His department has steadily increasi d ' n niuuhers and in enthusiasm, uiuil now it is one of the largest in College. Tlu ' students graduating from his cartful instruc- tion have succeeded in whatever tiekl of labor thev have entered.