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

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banquet at Giersch ' s. which was greatly enjoyed by all — by some even to the extent of causing animated discussions as to the true ]K)sition of the Xorth Star. Seniors! — what a magic wdnl. lint, oh! the linllnwness of it. For three years we have looked on with wonder at the Senior and iiis doings and l.ave longed for the time to come when we should be IT. lint it seemed that nothing out of the ordinary happened when we registered, and the world seemed to take very little notice of the important affair, and we are gradually coming to the conclusion that Seniors are only students with a few more privileges and a lot more work than other students. . nd dignity ! The supply of that seemed to have given out before we got to our share, for from Kueffner up we couldn ' t be dignified if we tried, and one Professor has called us the biggest set of kids on the hill. . t the beginning of the session. Dr. ' inston called a meeting of the class and outlined to us his plans and policies for the student government during the year. He caused the Senior privates much dismay by announcing that the hitherto forgotten rules concerning drill and cha])el would be enforced on them. In the course of his address he spoke of the evils of hazing, and asked that the class take some action in regard to this matter. In a class meeting held after the Doctor ' s address, his suggestions were considered and acted iii)oii, and as a result, hazing has been reduced to a negligible minimum. As another evidence of the interest of the class in the welfare of the College, there is before it now the question of establishing the honor system in the College, thus placing it in line with the leading colleges and universities of the country. We were very much saddened by the death, in our midst, of Mr. J. A. Porter, of the Jiniior class, who entered school with its and who had many warm friends atnong the class. . 11 of us are ])rottd of A. and M. ' s record in football tiiis year, hitt none are prouder than tlie Senior class, who were represented on the team by Stroud, P eebe and ' on (llahn, tnen who hold foremost places in Southerti athletic circles, . s an indication of our knowledge, I may say that more of our class will make honors this year than frotn any other Senior class. In addition to this, the average of the class is much higher than ever before. I ' ut the time is drawing near for us to leave. Every da ' retninds us of the fact. Now it is photographs, now cotnmencement speeches, and X( ) ' conditiotis. I know I voice the sentitnent of the class in sayitig that as I look back over the four years spent at this College. I can but dread the time when we shall have to part, the class forever, its members having oidy the hopes of occasional meetings. In this place we have found a second home, and the friendships fortned are in tnany cases stronger than those of the hotne town. .Many of us have sisters here in Raleigh, to part from whom will almo.st break our liearts. . s Freshmen we have .suffered together, and as Seniors we have s])orted together, until it seems that we just can ' t do withottt each other. I ' .itt an end to such doleful philoso])hy. We have received an education and tile world is calling on us as men to come out atid take our jilaces among its laborers. There are farms to be tilled, railroads to be built, and electrical power to be developed, and we are called on to do our part. So let us not repine, but look forward to the day when we shall go out into the world as workers atid shall begin to become factors in the develoj tnent of our State and Xation. In conclusion, let us say with Tiny Tim. God bless us all, HlSTORl. N.

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Senior Class History SOME four years ago there arrivetl at this College a band of young men — boys, I should say, — gathered together from all parts of the State, seeking the advantages of a technical education. A smile comes over the faces of all of us when we think of the first time we placed foot on A. and M. soil and marched up to the Main Building to the inspiring notes of the Freshman March. Tremblingly, we stood before the austere presence of Captain Phelps and were assigned to Bloody Fourth, or Freshman ' s Hang-Out. I ' .efore night- fall many of us began to get homesick and to wonder if this was the realization of all our glorious dreams of college life. But we had not long to pine thus, for the kind-hearted Sophs., who knew just haw we felt, called on us all that night and made us feel at home. During the next few weeks we were invited out almost every night to dances and musicales given in our honor in Pullen Park. About the first of October we effected a permanent class organization and began to feel that strength that comes from unity. Although very few of us had ever seen a football game before coming to college, the class entered the race for the football cup, and playing as if we had done it all our lives we made it an uncomfortably close game for the Juniors. But the crowning glory of the Freshman year was the winning of the baseball cup. To the great astonishment of the Sophs., who after beating the Jnniors considered themselves invincible, we easily won the game 6-2, thus laying the foundation for ' o8 ' s enviable athletic record. But passing on to the more glorious subject of being a Soph. It was with a feeling of lordly supremacy and glorious elation that we first traversed the campus as Sophomores, viewing with disdain the counterparts of our former selves, the meek and lowly Freshmen. Remembering the treatment we received from ' 07, we decided to surpass them in hospitality, and instead of one visit a night we sometimes made two or three. If I may be pardoned for making a slight digression, I will sav that the world owes the Soph, a debt that it can never fully repay. He. realizing the incompleteness of the Freshman course, endeavors, at the risk of criticism and persecution, not to mention loss of time from studies, to impart to the Freshman that polish ( no pun intended) and culture necessary to make a well-rounded college man. T would suggest to all college presidents a change of curriculum which will prevent any further imposition on this most obliging set of men. During this year we furnished a large number of men for the various Varsitv teams, besides breaking a college record in winning, a second time, the class championship in baseball. Entering school in our Junior year, the class began to experience the sense of fellowship born of long association together, and to feel more than ever the binding force of college spirit. Although, from various causes, our ranks had been greatly thinned, those remaining seemed to draw nearer together and form those close friendships which only grow stronger as the years pass. This year, our football team, which had all the time been gaining in strength, was an easv winner of the football cup. . fter the game the team was the guest of the class at a

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