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

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Class Poem Four seasons have the flowers bloomed Since first vc met in college halls ; Day by day the hours have flown, Gone forever and gone for all. But, do we not their value know? Could we fail to heed their call? Will nut their memories with us go Through life, forever, and for all? The sun is in the eastern skv. And as we gaze on the shining rays We resolve to be, to do, or die To reward these well-spent days. First as Freshmen with doubting hope We came for college training — Came to know a higher scope And adjust for higher aiming. X iw as Seniors we take (Uir leave. Well e |uipi)etl for life ' s great race. ( )pen hearted, let none deceive. Meet man as man face to face. Three score less four we do number. Each a link in friendship ' s chain. Which, if broken by some blunder, Alma Mater welds ag.iin. Class-mates and friends, we ' ve been together Since four times the year has passed ; Class-mates no more, but friends forever, Friends we ' ll !)e unto the last.

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Senior Class Officers C. L. GARXER President. L. R. GILBERT ice-President. F. M. PARKS Secretary. L. R. TILLETT Treasurer. O. F. McXAIRY Historian. R. J. GILL Poet. C. B. WHITEHURST Prophet. Motto : Per aspera ad gloriam ( Through difficuUies to glory). Colors : Black and Red. Flower : Carnation.

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There ' s a future that bids us on, Extends to us a beckoning hand- Bids us leave our cherished home To venture in an unknown land. But let ' s not he melancholy. For surely we ' ll meet again — It may not be in dear old Raleigh, But on some higher plain. Class Poet. Senior History • O write a history of a class that has accomplished so much, and shown Sii so much push and perseverance is no small task. It would tax the ability of the best of us to fittingly narrate our many phases, and with my poor talent I fear that I cannot put them properly, yet I will try with my meagre means to tell you some of the things about our class. On September 3, 1903, those of us who had not been directed to Shaw, the Asylum, or the Penitentiary, marched up tci the college doors to the tune of the Sophomores ' whistle. With fear and trembling we paid the dues, registered, and then went before the m: ' ghty Captain to be assigned to our rooms. At first glance we were indifferent, but when we looked into those steel-gray eyes and heard his sharp tone of authority, we braced up and became respectful. We were soon to learn that he ruled with an iron hand, but that he had a heart as large as his authority, and that he was a friend to the Freshman as well as the old student. One hundred and twenty-five of us registered, and, although we were strong in numbers, the Sophs soon made us weak in the knees. They gave us the best of attention, persisting in calling at all hours of the night, and as they usually forgot their cards they left their names on us in beautiful black and brown letters. But even this could not last long, for our class soon organized, elected officers, and stuck together with that remarkable tenacity that we still have. The Sophs broke up our meeting, but we retired to fourth which was barricaded so thor- oughly that none dared molest us. Several of our class dropped out during this year, some because they could not follow the straight and narrow path ; others, because they did not like to stay in their rooms on Saturdays and Sundays. 23