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

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The ycai- ]i;issc(l ;il(iim (|iiicllv iiiilil l);iscl)all season. In this wc lust, after a hard gainc. in llic S(i|ihiiniiircs. Our first year wc wci-c n ' |iri ' scnic(l (Hi the Varsity fiMitliali Irani liy ' l ii iiii|is(pH, ami liy ' riiiini]isiin ami Fnx in iiaseliall. ' rhiini;li cliaraclcri eil liy mi i;i-|.;ii (ir nnlcil events, oiir tirst year at ci: lk ' ge will fiire er i-eniain a liriylil spnt in mir nienmry. Heal, lixini:. pnuicl. di-ilainfnl Sojihsl Tn think thai we wlin iinw rejiistered ill Se|iteiiilier ni liinil were e er en an eipialily willi the meek and scdriied Freslniien whu iinw toriiied that class I It seciiied alimisi lieynnd nnr cnncc])- liuii. Ihit. I ' cmemlicrinu mir tirst year nn the hill, it at unce liecanie nnr bind- ing ' duty to cDrreel iheir slmrtconiings and make them feel that scimenne was really interested in iheiii. But, alas, some of the boys were too rough, and a talking Freshman (i]iened his iiKinth. As a ennsequeiice, five of our leaders in this great sport were sent hmiie. In order to etfeet their return the class fouml that they woiiM lia e to pledge themselves to refrain from all forms of hazing in the future, ' i ' his was a disastrous turn of alfairs for us, Imt we ac- cepted the terms unanimously rather than lose our unfortunate friends; foi ' . from 112, we had ali-eady ili ' o]i|)ed to . i, and we were endeavoring to hold the class together. In class athletics this year we lost m football, after a hard fight, Init made amends by winning the (diampionshiji in baseball the following spring. In ' arsity athletics we were re])rcsented by Thompson and Ste]iheus in football, and by Thom])son, Fox, Jordan, Drake, and Gross in baseball. Passing on to our .liinior year, we found none of the excitement, or the itnniense imiiorlanee that we fell when wc registercil as Sophomores. Most of us returuecl. bent mi doing a better year ' s work than we had e cr doiii ' be- fore, losf of us realized that the Junior year is the tiiriiiiig poini in a man ' s college life, if iiol the liiniiug jioiiit of his whole career. ' ilh ibis ambitifiji to start in with, we look u]i the work of making our college care: ' r really count lor soiiiething in preparing I ' nr our life ' s work, and the year |iassed iinc -eiil fully. In football we won llie class (diaiii]n ' nnsliip. but lost in baseliall. . s a whole, the desire of the class seemed to turn toward the suppnri nf the X ' arsity u ' orc than I ' Vcr licfovc, and more than any c ' a s that had gone licrorc us. This year We sent out on the football sipiad, Stephens, Thomp.son, Sadler, .lames, Thoma- son, Johnson and Long. In baseball we were rcpi ' esented by Thomp.son. Fox- ami ( iattis.

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Class History Ox ;i wiirni, siumy afreninDii, in the early days of September, of T.M). ), till ' hciiiiy liaiid-shakes and jnyfiil greetings of the old students, as they liiiniiicd alidiit the eain]ins, were suddenly arrested, and every eye was tni-ucd tiiwanls Main IJuililinu, fmni which seemed to issue the voluiiic nf n nuiltitudc of throats as rhcy swung in unison in three long, lusty yells for the Freshmen. Vc had heen dropping in, nur at a time, to the delight of the Sophomore enthusiasts, until now, raking together the scattered, scared, and stained rats, we found that there were one hundred and twelve real men who were ready and anxious to lend their voices in our first class yell. This, of cour.se, as you have already surmised, was the first meeting of the ( lass (if 119, the last of the ' ' naughty hoys. Well, we went into this, our first class meeting, elected Owen Mo(U ' e president, and, under his steady and nervy leadership, we set to work to ofi set the attacks of the Sophomores. They, of course, had been highly insulted and were very indignant at such unusual bold- ness being shown liy the Freshmen, and went ahead at once to administer such jiunishment as they deemed necessary, which was always liy the way, called a plenty. l!ut we gradually became accustomed to midnight excitement ; in fact, I may say. to many of us it became a second nature, and after being called a few times in the ju-esence of what was then to us The Monster who sat at the Registrar ' s desk, we fiuind that we must attend to something else besides the wishes of our Sojihomores fri: ' nds. But, in sjiite of the many sail misfortunes of our early Fi-eslunan days, we were determined fo meet the old boys fair and sqmire on the gri liron. and see what they were really nuule of. So we got together the husky farmer lads, and worked like Trojans to prei are for our great game with the winning class. The day was set, our men were ready and in uniform, but it was too cold, so the Juniors said. Another day was set, but the Juniors woidd not play in the rain. So, after all our exciting ]iractice, we failed to show the older men what a bunch of Freshmen could do.

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with till ' ;iiiliiii;- nf iiiir tiiial cxiniiiiiatidu c lookcil tni-ward with pleasure til ihc lime whi-u vc ciiulil cnrull niirsclvcs as Seniors, and we parted — with many a vow as tn what we w inld An when the liniii-envied Senior year eame. At hist we are Seniors I That time to which we have looi ed forward with a longing nniitterahle is here. But we are a little disap]iointetl. Another ideal has heen shattered. For three long years we looked with womlei- ai the Senior and his doings and longed for the time when we wouhl hohl that exalted jiosition. But it seemed that nothing out of the ordinary hain)ened when we returned this year and registered as Seniors. The world took very little iiotiee of the im])ortanf affair; we came to the conclusion that Seniors ar e only students after all, with a few more privileges and a lot more work than other students. We were Seniors, ready to fight our last battle at old A. A: I. and then to enter the great, cold world. Many, I suspect, had had varied ideas regarding what it meant to be Seniors, but it was not long till we realized that it was a serious thing. There was no class to look u]) to for a lvice; we were the leaders, we were to set the pace. Most of the boys who had gone through the .Inni ir year returned. There were sixty-four Seniors registered — the largest graduating class that had ever been at A. M. Many changes have taken place during the four years of our stay at A. M. To the delight of the boys, the wearing of the uniform has been done awa - with, except while on drill. Hazing has been stopped, mainly through the efforts of the ' 09 men. The high standing that the college now has in athletics has been accomplished during the four years of our stay, and A. i: M. now is on an equal standing in athletics with any college or university in the South. The ' 09 class has done more than any other to bring about this high standard : such men as Thomjison, Stephens, Fox, Sadler, Johnson and Long are recognized throughout the South as among the best men in college athletics. There has heen a great im])ro ' ement in the militai ' v de])artment. This dejiartnient. under command of Lieuteiuiiit Young, has reached a high efficiency. The changes made in the uniform this year have been satisfactory and gi ' eatly improved the a]i]iearance of the iiattalion. All are jiroml of . . A: M. ' s record in football this year. The ' 00 class was represented on the Varsity liy Thompson, .lohuson, Sadler. Stpjihens, L ' Hig, Marshall and Davidson.