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

Text from Pages 1 - 334 of the 1914 volume:

y VOL. Z 1914 u. t ilA J 6r ttit mrit £%5 Of The, smtoz class fr i 4 9 NORTH CMQLMh CQLLZCiL Of MSiCULTUftE ANP WE.5T R L£ifctt,N,C. ft This Annual was Designed, Monotyped, Pbinte Bound and Made Complete in the Estabmsi MENT of the Edwards and Bhoughton Printik Company, Raleigh, North Carolina To Thomas Perrin Harrison, Ph.D. Dean and Professor of English The Class of 1914 respectfully dedicates this the twelfth volume of The Agromeck Dr. Thomas Perrin Harrison Dr. Thomas I ' . Harrison, to whom the 1014 Agromeck is appropriately dedi- cated, has been Professor of English in this College since the session of 1908- ' 09, : t ii 1 Dean since I ' .H 1. Being at the head of a department which deals with nearly every student in college, and being responsible as Dean for innumerable matters aside from his teaching, Dr. Harrison is one of the best known men on the hill. His reputation as a thorough teacher and as a just and kindly man is therefore based on daily acquaintance. His unofficial interest in the students has been manifested by the part he has constantly taken in the chapel services and other religious exercises at the College, and by his willingness to take endless trouble for those who need help or counsel. He was at one time teacher of the A M ( ' las ;it the Presbyterian Sunday-school. Dr. Harrison is a man of broad culture and of large experience as a teacher. He received his undergraduate training at the Citadel in Charleston; he was later a -Indent in the graduate school of Johns Hopkins University, where he earned the doctor ' s degree. Before beginning his work here five years ago. Dr. Harrison had taught English at Clemsou College, and for thirteen years at Davidson Col- lege in this State. He has more recently become associated with the University of North Carolina through lectures and classes each year at the University Sum- mer School. Dr. Harrison ' s work is characterized by wick ' acquaintance with his special subjects, together with their backgrounds of history and human interest, and by a love of high standards in work and conduct. Though eminently tolerant, he has little patience with persistent idleness and none at all with anything low or deceitful. It is worth while to add that he keeps close watch over the affairs of his department, and that his opinion always carries weight in the larger affairs of t he ( lollege. I rEORGE SUMMEY, Jr. Foreword It is our purpose to present in this volume a pic- ture, as realistic as possible, of the life at A M as seen and lived by our elass. By this we mean not the life of the class room only, but our little college world in all its phases, social, athletic, literary, reli- gious, and otherwise. We aim to present ourselves, not as the little angels our mothers sometimes think us, nor as the indolent drones and sapheads the Faculty think we are; but as we feel ourselves to lie with our youthful joys and sorrows, our faults and follies, and our young ideals and ambitions. Life, says Ingersoll, is a narrow vale between the cold and barren peaks of two eternities. We are now just at the foot of the further peak. We are leav- ing the gay and joyous garden of youth behind us, and about to begin the hard and laborious climb up the steep and rugged ascent of manhood. As we draw nearer the top of that steep ascent, may this volume bring back to us many happy memories of the four short years of our college life. To our friends and readers, we offer no apologies, only greetings. We, in behalf of the elass, have done our best; and if there be fault it lies not in our efforts but in ourselves. Editors. The Agromeck Editorial Staff K M Fetzeh Edilor-in-l ' hitj J. R. Buchanan [ssislani Editor-in-Chief L. M. Craig Art Editor AsNoeiiilo Ktlilors W. B. Little R. A. Gill J. M. Roberts I). D. Cox W. L. Mood- ]). A. Leard Management J. F. Schenck Jr Busim ss Managi i V. T. Shaw, Jr Assistant Business Manager Associate Editors 10 THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN Board of Trustees Governor Locke Craig, ex officio Chai ,n,n T. T. 1! m.i.i i;i R ). L. Clark K erett Thompson R. II. Ricks i Max irdneh . M I. Reed T. T. Thokne. . . . ( ' Y. Gold 1 i: Vann . W. !•:. Daniei 11. Ragan J. P. McRae Postoffia ( Joncord Tryon Raleigh Clarkton. . . . Elizabeth City Rocky Mounl Shelby Asheville. . . . Rocky Mciiuil ( ireensboro. . lomo i lharlotte Weldon High Poinl . . Wilmington. . Laurinburg. . . Term Expires 20, 1915 March March March March .March March March March March March March March March March March March 1915 1915 1915 1(117 11117 1917 1917 1917 1919 1919 1919 1921 1921 1921 1921 Executive Committee Y. II. Ragan, Chairman C. W. Gold, Secretary R. II Ricks M. B. Stickler N. B. Broughton Jfacultp 12 THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN Fac.iihv Daniel IIakvky Hill, A.M., I.L.I). President A.B., Davidson College, ' 80- ' 86; Lit.D., ' 05; LL.D., University of North Carolina. ' 10; Professor of English, Georgia Military and Agricultural College, ' 80- ' 89; Professor of English, X. C. A M, ' 89- ' 08; Vice-President, ' 05- ' 08; President, ' OS- Wallace Carl Riddick, A. IV, C.E. Vice-President mul Professor of Civil Engineering A.B., University of North Carol ina, ' 85; C. E , Lehigh, ' 90; Engineer, Roanoke (Virginia) Water and Power Company, ' 90- ' 92; Professor of Mathematics and Civil Engineering, N. C. A M College, ' 92- ' 95; Professor of Civil Engineering, ' 05; Vice-President, ' 08 - William Alphonso Withers, A.M. Professor of Chemistry AH., Davidson College, ' 83; Postgraduate Student, Cornell, ' 88- ' 90; Fellow, ' 89- ' 90; Elected to Sigma Xi; Assistant Chemist, X C. Experiment Station, ' 84- ' 88; Chemist, ,( . 7; Acting Director, ' 97 ' 98; State Chemist, North Carolina, ' 97- ' 98; Professor of Chemistry, C. M, ' 89- — ; Member Executive Committee, Pure Food and Drug Congress, ' 98; Vice- President, American Chemical Society, ' 01- ' 02; Fellow, American Association for the Advance- men! of Science; President, American Association of Official Agricultural Chemists, ' 09- ' 10; Author X. C. Pure F I Law, ' 99. Robert E. Lee Yates, A.M. Prof ssor of Mathematics A.M., Wake Foresl College, ' 88; Adjunct-Professor of Mathematics, X. C. A M. ' 91- ' 05; Student in Higher Mathematics, Chicago University, ' (). - ' (Hi; Professor of Pure Mathematics, X. C. A M, ' 06— Thomas Nelson Professor of Textile Industry Diploma, Cotton Manufacturing, Harris Institute, Textile School of Preston, Lancashire, England, ' Mi; Special Designing ami Cloth Analysis Course, Lowell Textile School, ' 98; Certificate, Weaving and Designing, City ami Guilds of London Institute; Private Pupil in Designing and Mill Management of Mr. John Fish; Manager of Queens Mill, Preston, England; Experience in English, Northern, ami Southern Mills; Member of American Textile Association and Author of Technical Books and Textile Journal Correspondent; Instructor in Warp Prep- aration ami Power I mi Weaving, Lowell Textile School, Lowell, Mass., ' Oil; Instructor in Weavini md D ;ning, N. C. A A M, ' 01- ' 06; Professor of Textile Industry, ' 06— THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN 13 Clifford Lewis Newman, M.S. Professor of Agricultun B.S., A A M of Alabama, ' 86; M.S., ' 87; Assistant Professor of Agriculture, University of Tennessee, ' 87- ' 89; Principal of Alliens (Alabama) Agricultural School, ' 89- ' 91; Assistant Agriculturist, Arkansas Experiment Station, '  1 - ' . 7 ; Professor of Agriculture, University of Arkansas, ' 97- ' 05; Professor of Agronomy, Clemson College, S. ( ' ., ' 05- ' 08; Professor of Agri- culture, N. C. A M, ' 08- Wn.i.iAM Hande Browne, Jr., A.B. Professor of Physics and Electrical Engineering A. B., Johns Hopkins, ' 9(1; Practical Engineer, ' 90- ' 96; Instructor of Electrical Engineering, University of Nebraska, ' 96- ' 98; Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois, ' 9S- ' 02; Technical Editor, Electrical Review, ' 02- ' OS; Professor of Physics and Elec- trical Engineering, X. C. A M, ' OS— Howard Ernest Satterfield, M.E. Professor of Mechanical Engineering B.S. in M.E., Purdue University, ' 04; M.E., ' 09; Professor of Mechanical Engineering, X. ( ' . A M, ' 08— Thomas Perrin Harrison, Ph.D. Dean and Professor of English B.S., South Carolina Military Academy, ' 86; Instructor South Carolina Military Academy, ' 86- ' SS; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, ' 91; Associate Professor of English, Clemson Col- lege, S. C, ' 91- ' 96; Professor of English, Davidson College, X. C, ' 96- ' 08; Professor of English, N. C. A M, ' OS— Guy Alexander Roberts, B.S., D.V.S. Professor of Veterinary Science and Physiology B.Agr., University of Missouri, ' 99; D.V.S., Kansas City Veterinary College, ' 03; Assist- ant North Carolina Veterinarian, ' 03- ' 07; Instructor of Veterinary Science and Physiology, X. C. A M, ' 03- ' 05; Assistant Professor, ' 05- ' 06; Associate Professor, ' 0ii- ' 0S Professor, ' 08— Thomas Everett Browne, A.B. Professor of Agricultural Extension A.B., Wake Forest College, ' 02; Instructor of Latin and Higher English, Atlantic Colle- giate Institute. Elizabeth City, X. ' ,, ' 02- ' 04; Superintendent of Public Instruction, Hertford County, X. ( ' .. ' 0. i- ' ll; County Agent in Farmers Cooperative Demonstration Work, Hertford County, ' OS- ' ll; District Agent in F. C. D. Work for Eastern North Carolina, ' 11- ' 13; Assistant State Agent in E. C. D. Work anil Superintendent of Extension in Charge of Hoys ' Corn Clubs, ' 13 — ; Professor of Agricultural Extension, X. ( ' . A M. ' 13 — Horace Fletcher Spurgin, First Lieutenant, U. S. A. Professor of Military Scienct and Tmii -.- West Point. Class of ' 06; Fort Washington, Md., in Defense of Washington, D. C, ' 07- ' 10; Fort Monroe, Va., Student Officer Artillery School, TO- ' ll; Fort. Crockett, Texas, in 14 THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN defense of Galveston, Texas, ' 11- ' 13; Professor of Military Science and Tactics, N. C. A M College, ' 13— John Chesteb McNutt, B.A., Aim. Professor of Animal Husbandry and Dairying B.S.Agr., Ohio State University, ' 07; Supt., Hartman Stock Farm, Columbus, Ohio, ' 117- ' us; Assistant in Animal Husbandry, New Hampshire State College, ' 08- ' 09; Assistant Pro- fessor, ' 09- ' 10; Associate Professor, ' 10; Professor of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, N. C. A M, ' 10— IIahuy Rascoe Fulton, M.A. Professor of Botany and Vegetable Pathology . A.M., University of Mississippi, ' 00; A.M., University of Missouri, ' 05; A.M., Harvard University, ' 06 ; Instructor in Biology, University of Mississippi, ' 03- ' 04; Plant Pathologist, Louisiana Experiment Stations, ' (Hi- ' ON; Assistant and Associate Professor of Botany, Pennsyl- vania State College, ' 0N-T2; Professor of Botany and Vegetable Pathology, X. C. A M, ' 12—; Fellow in the American Association for the Advancement of Science; Member of the American Physiopathological Society; of Sigma Xi Scientific Society; of Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, of Delta Psi Fraternity. Joshua Plummer Pillsbury, B.S. Professor of Horticulture Certificate, Missouri Botanical Garden ami Shaw School of Botany, Washington Uni- versity, St. Louis, Mo,, ' 95; Iliad Gardener, Pennsylvania Stale College, ' 95- ' 98j Assistant in Horticulture, Pennsylvania State College, ' 98- ' O0; B.S., Pennsylvania State College, ' 10; Designed and established the four year course in Landscape Gardening at Pennsylvania State College, ' 10; Assistant Professor of Horticulture (in charge of Landscape Gardening), Pennsyl- vania St.uc College, ' 11- ' 10; Professor of Horticulture, N. C. A M, ' 11 - Melvin Ernest Sherwin, B.S. A., M.S. Professor of Soils U.S.A., University of Missouri, ' OS; M.S., University of California, ' 09; Student Assistant in Agronomy in charge of Detail Experimental Investigations, ' Oli- ' OS; Assistant in Agronomy, University of California, ' 08- ' 09; Professor of Agronomy, University of Maine, ' 09- ' 10; Usoci- ate Professor of Soils, X. C. A M. ' 10- ' 12; Professor of Soils, ' 12 Carroll Lamb Mann, B.S., C.E. Professor of Railroad Engineering B.S,, N.C. A M, ' ' .t ' .t; C. lv, ' 06; Isthmian Canal Commission, Nicarauga, ' 99- ' 01; Civil Engineer, Seaboard Air Line Railway, ' 01- ' 02; Inst ructor in Civil Engineering, X. C. A M, ' 02- ' 08; Assistant Professor, ' on ; Professor of Railroad Engineering, ' 13 THE AGROMECK: NI NETEEN FOURTEEN 15 Assistants and Instructors Zeno Payne Metcalf, B.A. Associate Professor of Zoology and Entomology B.A., i hio State University; Assistant in Zoology and Entomology, Ohio State University, ' 06; Instructor in Biology, Bloomington (Illinois) High School, ' 07; Instructor in Entomology, Michigan Agricultural College, and Assistant Entomologist, Michigan Experiment Station, ' OS; Assistant Entomologist, North Carolina Department of Agriculture, ' 08- ' 12. Bartholomew Moore Parker, B.S. Assistant Professor of Textile Industry B.S., X. C. A M, ' 98; Student in Lowell Textile School, Mass., ' OS- ' 01; Assistant in Clemson College, S. C, ' 01- ' 03; Instructor in Textile School, N. C. A M, ' 03- ' 05; Assistant ' 07-Professor of Textile Industry, ' 05 — George Summey, Jr., Ph.D. Assistant Professor of English A.B., Southwestern Presbyterian University, ' 97; Ph.D., ' 01; Student, University of Leipzig, ' 01- ' 02; Instructor in English, N. C. A M, ' 03- ' 06; Assistant Professor, ' 09— William Koswell Camp, A.B. Professor of Economies A.B., Leland Stanford, Jr., University, ' 09; Graduate Student, ' 09-T1; Graduate Student and Teaching Fellow, University of Missouri, ' 11-T2; Professor of Social Sciences, Lombard College, T2-T3; Professor of Economics, N. C. A M, ' 13— Weldon Thompson Ellis, B.E., M.E. Assistant Professor of Machine Design anil Steam Laboratory B.E., N. C. A M, ' 0(3; M.E., ' 08; Assistant Professor of Machine Design and Steam Laboratory, X. C. A M. ' 07— Leon Frank Williams, A.B., A.M., Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Chemistry A.B.. Trinity, ' 01; A.M., ' 02; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins, ' 07; Assistant Professor of Chemistry, N. C. A M, ' 07— Henry K. Mi Intyre, E.E. Assistant Professor of Physics ami Electrical Engineering E.E., Columbia University, ' 99; with Sprague Electric Co., ' 99- ' 00; New York Telephone Co., ' 00- ' 07; Grey Electric Co., ' 07- ' tis; Special Work in Electrical Engineering, ' 07- ' 08; Assist- ant Professor of Physics and Electrical Engineering, X. C. A M, ' 09 — 16 THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN Lillian Lee Vaughan, M.E. Instructor in Mechanical Engineering B.E., N. C A M, ' 06; M I... ' 09; M.E. , Columbia University, ' 11; Instructor in Mechan- ical Engineering, X. C. A M. ' 12 Charles McGee Heck, A.B., MA. Assistant Professor of Physics A.B., Wake Fores) College, ' 00; MA.. Columbia University, ' 01; Student of Physics in Berlin, ' 02- ' 03; Professor of Physics, University of Nebraska, ' 04- ' ll; Professor of Physics, Colorado College, ' 12- ' 13; Assistant Professor of Physics, X. C. A M, ' 13— Charles Benjamin Park Instructor in Machim Simps and Assistant in Power Plant Graduate, Raleigh Male Academy, ' 82; Machinisl for Seaboard Air Line Railroad, ' 82- ' 89; Instructor in Machine Shops and Assistant in Power Plant, X. C. A M, ' 90— T. II. Taylor Instructor in Poultry Husbandry Graduate, R. I. College Poultry School, ' 00; Instructor in charge of Experiment Work, ' 00- ' 02; Barcliff Farms, X. V., ' 02- ' 04; Monmouth Poultry Farms, Freneau, X. J., ' 04- ' 06; Poultry Depart nt, Pinehurst Farms, X. ( ' ., ' Oli- ' ll; Assistant in Poultry Husbandry. X. C. A A: M, ' 11- ' 12; [nstructor in Poultry Husbandry, X. ( ' . A M, ' 12— Abraham Rudy, A.M., Ph.D. Instructor in Modern Languages A.B., Polytechnic University, Riga, Germany, in Modern Languages, ' 85; A.M., Uni- versity of New York, ' 02; Ph.D., ' 04; Public School ' readier with Certificate, in Iowa, Nebraska, Xew York, ' s. - ' 01 ' ; in Philippine Islands, ' 04- ' 07; Instructor in Modem Languages, X. ( ' . A M, ' 07— John Edward Halstead, U.S. Instructor in I n ing B.S., Leeds University, England, ' 95; Chemist, large carpet factory, Yorkshire, England, ' 96- ' 98; in charge of Chemistrj and Dyeing Department, Leicester Technical College, Eng- land, ' 98- ' 99; Assistant Dyer in large dyeworks of Yorkshire, England, ' oil- ' 01; Assistant Man- ager of Cot i on Pierce Dyeworks, Yorkshire, England, ' 01- ' 07; in charge of Dyeing Department, N. C. A M, ' 08— Herbert X vrn lniel Steed Instructor m Weaving and Designing Special Textile Student, N. C .V M, ' 03- ' 05; Assistant Instructor in Carding and Spin- ning, ' 05- ' 06; [nstructor in Weaving and Designing, ' 06— THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN 17 Fred Barnett Wheeler, B.E. Instructor in Wood Shop and Pattern Making B.E., N. ( ' . A A- M, ' 12; Instructor in Forge, ' 07-T2; Instructor in Wood Shop and Pattern Making, ' 12— Herman Burke Briggs, B.E. Instructor n Shopwork and Drawing HE.. X. ( ' . A A M, ' 13; Instructor in .Shopwork and Drawing, X. C. A M, ' 13— John William Harrelsox, B.E. Instructor in Mathematics ;.E., X. C A A- M, ' 09; Instructor in Mathematics, X. C. A A M, ' 09- Virgil Clayton Pritchett, M.S. Instructor in Physics Ph.B., Elon College, ' 07; Harvard Summer School, ' 07; Instructor in Physics, Elon Col- lege, ' 08- ' 09; M.S., University of North Carolina, ' 10; Instructor in Physics, X. C. A M, ' 10— Ruble Isaac Poole. B.E., C.E. Instructor in Civil Engineering B.E., X. C. A M, ' OS; C. E., Cornell University, ' 10; Instructor in Civil Engineering, X. C. A M, ' 10— Harry Tccker, A.B., B.S. Instructor in Mathematics and Civil Engineering A.B., B.S., Washington and Lee University, ' 10; Instructor in Physical Culture, Washing- ton Lee University, ' 09- ' 10; Draftsman, Roanoke Bridge Co., Summer, ' 11; Student, Summer Law School, Washington Lee University, ' 12; Instructor in Mathematics and Civil Engi- neering, X. C. A M, ' 10— Julius William Pratt, A.B., A.M. Instructor in English A.B., Davidson College, ' 08; Instructor in English, Georgia School of Technology; ' 08- ' 09; A.M., University of Chicago, ' 13; Instructor in English, ' 13 — LaFayetti: Frank Koonce, B.S . D.V.S. Instructor in Veterinary Scot,,-, 18 THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN Schuyler Marsh Salisbury, B.S. Instructor in Dairying B.S., Ohio State University, ' 13; Instructor in Dairying, N. C. A M, ' 13— DUANE B. ROSENKRANS, A.B. Instructor in Botany A.B., Upper Eowa University; Instructor in Botany, X. C. A A M, ' 11 — Harold Hooker Coburn, M.E. Instructor in Drawing M.E., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, ' 09; Instructor in Drawing, N. C. A M College, ' 11— Edgar Allen Hodson, B.S. Instructor in Agronomy Eighth District Agricultural School, Athens, Ala., ' 09; B.S., Alabama Polytechnic Insti- tute, ' 11; Instructor in Agronomy, N. C. A M College, ' 12 — Robert Allison Fetzer, B.S., A.M. Instructor in Chemistry B.S., Davidson College, ' 07; A.M., ' 08; Graduate Student Clemson College, ' OS- ' 09; Master of Science, Woodbury Forest School, ' 09- ' 13; Head Coach, Football and Track, Wood- bury Forest, ' 09- ' 13; Athletic Director, ' 11- ' 13; Instructor in Chemistry, N. C. A M, ' 13— Fleming Bates Sherwood, B.S. Instructor in Chemistry B.S., N. C. A M, ' 12; Instructor in Chemistry, N. C. A M, ' 12— Robert McDowell, B.S. Instructor in Physics B.S., Davidson College, ' OS; Instructor in Ilastoc School, Spartanburg, S. ( ' ., ' 10-T3; Instructor in Physics, N. C. A M, ' 13 — Charles Burt Boss, B.Agr., M.S. Instructor in Poultry Husbandry B.Agr., West Virginia University; M.S., Michigan Agricultural College; Manager of Dairy and Poultry Farm; Institute Worker and Grange Organizer; Instructor in Poultry Husbandry, N. C. A M, ' 12— William Tisdale Hurtt Instructor in Forge Student, X. C. A iV- M, ' 09- ' 13; Instructor in Forge, ' 12— THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN 19 Edgar Byron Nichols Instructor in Forge Student, X. C. A M, ' 09- ' 13; Instructor in Forge, ' 12— Frederick William Blackburn, A.B., A.M. Instructor in Mathematics A.B., University of Virginia, ' 10; A.M., ' 13; Instructor in McGuire ' s University School, Richmond, Va., ' 10- ' 12; Instructor in Mathematics, X. C. A M, ' 13 — E erett Hanson Cooper, B.S. Instructor in Bacteriology B.S., Massachusetts Agricultural College, ' 13; Instructor in Bacteriology, X. C. A M College, ' 13— Charles Anderson Farrell, A.B. Instructor in English A.B., Wake Forest College, ' 13; Instructor in English, X. C. A M, ' 13— Felix Staunton Hales, B.E. Instructor in Mathematics B.E., X. C. A M. ' 13; Instructor in Mathematics, X. C. A M, ' 13— Harry Curtis Young, B.S. Instructor in Botany B.S., Ohio State University, ' 13; Instructor in Botany, X. C. A M, ' 13— Elmer Aldrich Rickard, A.B. Instructor in Mathematics A.B., Roanoke College, ' 12; Instructor in Mathematics, Sandy Valley Seminary, Points- ville, Ky., ' 12- ' 13; Instructor in Mathematics, X. C. A M, ' 13— John W. Xowell, Ph.D. A.B., Wake Forest, ' 03; A.M., Assistant in Chemistry, Wake Forest, ' 07- ' 08; Instructor in Chemistry, Wake Forest, ' 09- ' 10; Ph. D., Johns Hopkins University, ' 12; Instructor in Chem- istry, X. C. A M, ' 12— John Isaac Handley, D.V.M. Instructor in Veterinary Medidru E. F. Stoddard, B.S. Instructor in Horticulture 20 THE AGROMECK-. NINETEEN FOURTEEN Other Officers E. B. Owen. B. S R, gislrar A. F. Bowen Bursar A. B. Hurley Steivard Mrs. Charlotte M. Williamson Librarian Mrs. Ella I. Harris Hospital Matron Henry M. Tucker, M.D Physician ii.ey T. Clay Supt rint ndi nt of Buildings and Grounds Archie K. Robertson Assistant in Agricultural Extension Mrs. Chari.es McKimmon Assistant in Agricultural Extension J. W. Bergthold General Secretary ) ' . M. C. A. A. C. Heeds Issociate Secretary ) ' . .1 . C. I . Mis, I. ]i. Busbee Secretary to the President Miss K. J. Mackat Bookkeept r in Bursar ' s offia Miss Lucile Anderson Stenographer Agricultural Department Miss Mary Bledsoe Stenographer, Engineering I) partment Miss E. ;. Griffin Stenograph r, Ki gistrar ' s Office IN LOVING MEMORY OF EDWARD WILLIAM WALDROUP DIED IN OUR JUNIOR YEAR THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN 23 Edward William Waldroup Edward William Waldroup was born in Hayesville, Clay County, North Carolina, July 20, 1889. After preliminary school training at Hiwassee, Ga., and Mur- phy, N. C, he entered the Cullowhee Normal and Industrial School, from which he graduated with the class of 1909. Entering A M College in the fall of 1910 with the present Senior Class, he registered for a course in Electrical Engineering. For three years he was a faith- ful and hard-working student, always thinking of his duty to others and to his college. But just as the future began to seem brightest, the hand of Fate lay heavily upon him. While spending his vacation in Raleigh he became ill and was taken to Rex Hospital, where he died July 27, 1913. His death was a source of deep regret to all who knew him. He numbered his friends by the score, and was held in the highest esteem by all with whom he came in contact. emor£ Senior Gihl THE ACROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN 27 Senior Class Poem Into thy measureless treasury of years Have we paid, Father Time, Four nine-month measures of our golden youth. But, thou, making return in full, ha.st given For each day a day within these college walls. Well spent have been these priceless hours, And we regret less can regard What we, in full recompense, have received. I Surely, our comrades of this place Were in themselves worthy the exchange. For in the interchange of thoughts Mirthful, fanciful, or grave, Was priceless friendship to us given. Many were the pleasures In those fellowships enjoyed: Long tramps through vivid Autumn ' s Leaf strewn hollows, The cool air with woodland odors spiced; Dull winter evenings laughed away, Or in the silence of friends happily forgot : Joyous days of Spring, with gladness filled, Or balmy evenings in whose soft moonlight College mates ' voices mingled in serenade. Then were there manly sports throughout, In which the lithe runner to be first Strained every nerve, and willed tired feet to speed, And courage trying games well planned To test, in fierce rush and swaying mass, The pluck and strength of the clear-eyed. 11 More than the friends of college days Anil the pleasures which we shared 28 THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN Did we receive for those four measures of our youth: Father Time, in addition, gave hooks, teachers, friends That the truth of Life which in them lived Might attract the truth which within us lay, And cause it to express order and kindness in our lives On this last day within these walls, The day on whose tomorrow we, Awkward and afraid, must commence our larger Life Some sadness mingles with memory ' s joys, Bui not Ions. For there cannot fail to come The remembrance that Time to us lias given Some priceless, though unseen, gifts From which enough knowledge we have drawn To read some lines in the Book of Life And their instruction live as best we could. And within us has grown a desire To bargain more, and willingly exchange Our treasure of years, weeks, then hours For many pages in that same book. T. L. B., Jr., 11. THE AGROMECK NINETEEN FOURTEEN Absentees of 1914 29 Andrews, L. J. Avert, W. Bailey, E. B. Ball, R. G. Beal, G. E. Blount, T. II. Boren, W. ( ' . Brantley, J. C. Brittox, W. S. Campbell, Alex. Cloyd, E. L. ( !hambers, J. A. Cone. B. 0. Cool, H. M. Crawford, F. L. Crosland, W. E. Crowder, R. D. CuLBERTSOX, W. R. Deatox, E. M. Dewey, B. H. Edwards, A. V. Everett, W. R. Ferebee, J. E. ( Iattis, E. H. GORRILL, C. B. Grant, H. L. Greex, B. S. Griffith, J. W. Hicks, W. S. High, R. M. Holdixg, H. R. Hutchinson, V. B. Jenson, A. Kephart, C. M. Killebrf.w. M. A. Kxox, J. L. Lane. A. R. Lane, W. A. I A.UGHLIN, J. J. Lee, E. G. Lee, H. S. Lee, L. T. Lee, W. P. Leggett, F. B. Lytch, A. McIver, R. R. McKeel, M. F. Menzies, S. E. .Miller, M. E. Monger, J. G. Mi hire, O. C. Moss, V. F. Murchisox, J. C. Murray, E. N. Xeal, J. I. OVERTOX, C. E. Page, L. R. Park, P. H. Parkin, J. C. Parrott, M. ( ' . Phillips, J. .1. Pope, H. M. Proffitt, C L. Robbixs, B. D. Sanders. R. V. Sherrill, P. E. Smith, YV. I. Stevens, R. E. Stockwell, R. C. Sugg, R. S. Sutton, L. E. Sutton, R. Tate, D. M. Teachey, A. L. Tucker, T. S. Tysox, G. M. Waldroup, E. W. Ward, J. H. Weeks, L. D. Whitley, D. C. Wilson, D. C. Yates, E. T. Yerby, L. G. Yow, A. C. 30 THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN Senior Class Motto: Deeds, not words Colors: Orange and blue Flower: Rose Officers D. W. Thorp, President T. V. Nicholls, Vice-President W. B. Little, Secretary and Treasurer T. W. Porter, Historian T. L. Bayne, Poet G. H. Anthony, Prophet ' Friends of my youth, a last adieu ! Haply same day we meet again. Yet ne ' er the selfsame men shall meet ' 1 ' ln years shall make us other men. THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN 31 Graham Hudson Anthony, Aus Shelby, N. C. .l i chemical Engineering ' Could I love less, I should be happier now. Age, 22 Height, 6 ' -l Weight, 17 Sigma Xu Fraternity; Saints; German Club, Floor Manager (2); Leader (3); Manager Class Baseball (1); Class Poet 12); ' Varsity Football r2l, i3 . i4l: Assistant Business Manager II «« i;.i« {.,, .:; ■ Biwm- Man- ager 1 , nTi i:,ii -Tir:i.iirrr ! li lr t lr A -si ,:■ i a t ion ' 4 i : Class Prophet (4); Senior Quartet; Mechanical Engi- neering Society. Being the most popular man in college is not the only attribute of this winner of feminine hearts. Liberally endowed with good looks and an excellent line, he holds a prominent place in all college activities; ami also is widely known beyond the campus. For some time 1 Raleigh has had great attractive powers for Aus. Bascom Otto Austin, Dock Charlotte, X. C. Electrical Engina ring se, do not abuse; neither abstinence i happy. r excess renders Height. o ' -lT Wright, 160 K..11 ill; lienors in Schol- Basfcetball (2); Vice-Pres- i . — i-T:jiif Manager on Class Basketball (3); ;n- ' Varsitj Baseball (4); Society (4); Presi- Age, 23 V. M. C. A.: Punctual arship (1 1,(2); Sub ' Vat- ident Pullen 1. .t. ■ ,.-. Si Varsity Baseball 3): C Class Football 3 Ms President Electrical In dent Hornets Club (4); Athletic Editor Red While (4). Behold a perfectly calm and sane young man. There ' s no foolishness about this Austin person. He knows what he wants and ones and gets it — without any Hurries or fluster. He has but two obsessions, basketball and Pittsburg. Of late the latter interest has claimed the biggest part of his time. 32 THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN Clare Russell Bailey, Rastus i lhadbourn, N. C. Agriculture As we ad Vance in life ue learn the limits nf our aliili I ns. V M C , Puller) Literarj Societj , Bi Biological Club; Country Gentlemen; Company Q; 1 [ i . r , i , i i Iraduate. Eere is a lover if the weed and ye old cob pipe Ihs soli ambition is in be a fanner, and thai In ' will. Hi ' is seldom seen without his Agricola smile. His chief dissipation is his He tells marvelous tales about the they raise in Chadbourn, where- Ilt ' cit Marcellos Bailey, H. M. Woodleaf, N. C. Agriculture Knowledge advances by steps ami mil by leaps. Ago, 21 Height, ti ' Weight, 165 Biological Club; Rowan I iounty t !lub; Y. M. C. A.; Class Football (3); Country Gentlemen; Biological Club. In his fourth year of misery he decided that lie would rather he a quack than a hay-seed farmer, so he took up veterinary work. He has a greal antipathy for the wheat plant, owing to some experiences he hail last summer in the west. He is especially admired by his wards in the dormitories. THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN 33 Thomas Levingston Bayne, Jr., T. L. New Orleans, La. Agriculture Hermon Von Biberstein, Dick Charlotte, N. C. Civil Engim ering Age, 22 Height, 5 ' -8J Weight, 135 Kappa Alpha Fraternity; ' Varsity Track S. ;uad (2); Chief Trumpeter :ii; Rural Science Club; Country Gentlemen f,4i; Pullen Literary Society; Literary Edi- tor Bed and II hiti (3); Editor-in-Chief (4); Associate Editor Wall (. ' in Roc (4). Being a man of great literary taste, Bayne has achieved the honor of being Editor-in-Chief of the Red and White. He is quite a song bird, and on Sundays his melodious voice may be heard pealing forth from Christ Church Choir. He is very quiet, but of late he has t uracil his mind to thoughts of society and is fast becoming a shining star. Pullen Literary Society; Hornets Club; Civil Engi- neering Society; Company Q. To be red headed is a gift if the head of your department is also red headed. Biberstein is tin ' original study fiend; his lamp burns always to the last. As an architectural draftsman lie has no equal. Judging from his manly beauty he should be a winner among the ladies, bul along these lines he is total failure, being very shy. 14 THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN I ' .mps Clakkson Blair, Enos Raleigh, N. C. Agriculture Fain would I climb bul thai 1 tear to fall. ■ Hei -i.i . 6 Wi ight, 155 Alpha Zeto Fraternity; Y. M. . Leazai Liter- ary Society; Biological Club; Rural Science Club; li iun1 i j ' !entlemi n; Honor fraduate; I ' aptain I otc panj I ; (4). Rain or shine Enos lias never ye1 been known to board a street car. His walking serves a double purpose; he gets the required amount of ami also tlie necessary practice For drilling. Ii was Enos who introduced the prac- tice of carrj ing t he sabre a1 right shoulder arms. Victor YVinfkiod Breeze, Vic ' Durham, X. ( ' . ( ' ivil Engiru i ring Small in Btature, but often wise in judgment. Age, . ' I Height, 5-9H Weight, 120 Y. M. C. ; Pullen Literary Society; Civil Engi- neering Society; President (4);Honorsin Scholarship ih. (2), (3); Company Q in. W. L C. Behold West Raleigh ' s foremost surveyor. He is constantly seen with a blue prim under one arm ami his chief adviser, Archie Doolittle, under the other. At night he seems to have an engage- ment at a certain number on a certain street in Raleigh eight days in the week. He lias com- bined in him the qualities which go to make up a successful man and a true friend. THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN 35 Charlie Meekins Brickhouse, Brick Columbia, N. C. Agriculture Fine sense is not half so useful Scrub Football rJi, ai. Mass Football . ' . :i ; Bio- logical Club; Leaz ir Literary Society; V. M. C. A.; Rural Science Club; Country Gentlemen. Brick ' s rotund form shows everything that his name implies. Anybody who has scuffled with him will admit that he is some man. He wears his eye-shade from seven to eleven ami may lie found at his desk during the whole period for study. He swears lie will pass Fresh- man Math at least in four years. James Ramsey Buchanan, Buck Dillslx.ro, X. C. Electrical Engim i ring Now in tin. name ot all the ttoils a! once, Upon what meat does lhi mr ' ur :ir feeil That he has grown so great? Age, 23 Height, ti ' -l Weight, 160 Honors in Punctuality il I, (2); Honors in Scholar- ship four years; Y: I i ' L; Major of Battalion (4); Yieo-Presi lent Eleitrn al Entrim-erine Surii-n ti; Assistant Editor-in-Chief Agromeck (4). This is our high and mighty Major. He eats Freshmen for breakfast, and when he goes down town they scatter like rats before him. But Buck is something more than a major. Through his stern military exterior shines the boundless good nature ami sterling qualities of a thorough gentleman, and he numbers his friends by the score. 36 THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN IIahi.kv Wilson- Btjllard, Preacher Chadbourn, N. C. Agriculture l;. ttet a blush in the face than a blol in the heart. Ige, 25 Height, .V-Ui ' Weight, 13S l.. a :tr litir: ( ! ...!, tv; I ' resident Biological Club i. . President Rural Scic ■ f ' lul. . -1 1 : S I I A. Cabinet (3), (4); Bi Ig Society; Assistant In- structor Soils Laboratory (4); Chi Club; Country ( ientlomi Wo are inclined to think thai circuit riding would have become ihis august personage better than farming. Ih- is easily teased, but the onlj indication of anger is an innocent blush— never an oath, lie lias won for himself the confi- dence and admiration of the heads of the Henri Burleson, Preacher Plumtree, X. C. Electrical Engineering ' ■To fall in love is awfully simple, To fall out of it is simply awful. Honors in Punctuality; Leazar Literan Society; Y. M ( ' . ; Blectrical Bngii ring Society; First Lieutenant Companj G (4). Preacher is a smooth, easy going article, 1 Hit does not possess that seraphic innocence that bis name ami appearance might suggest. We feel sure that he could give convicting evi- dence regarding some nocturnal happenings mi our campus which si ill remain mysteries. In affairs i love Preacher adheres very closely to the principle r The Survival of the Fittest. THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN 37 Robert Olix Caldwell, 1!. ( . Concord, X. ( ' . Agriculture ' All places that the eye of heaven visits Are to the wise man ports and happy havens. Ige, 23 Height, 6 ' Weight, 164 Leazar Literary Society; Biological Club; Country Gentlemen; Y M C . I [as 1 ootball 1 . I ilass Basketball (3); Company Q. R. (). is a man of great power of intellect. He is stent, yel yields to reason; affectionate, bul no1 fawning; sincere, yel full of jovial wit, and honest in the strictest sense. Ho is seldom seen without Mike, both of them being Vets. He is a real worker and a man of facts as well as theories. William Graham Caldwell, Baldy Huntersville, X T . C. Agriculture There is a (leal of deviltry beneath his mild exterior. Baldy is one of the Mecklenburg Hor- nets though lie does not buzz loudly. lie belongs to all the Agricultural societies, and can sometimes be persuaded to speak before his Literary Society. His best qualities are his sense of humor and his loyalty to his friends. Baldy will make good, but you will have to read about it in the papers as he will never tell you. 38 THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN Edwin Lacy Ioble, ( Ireensboro, N. C. Agricutiun When toward the I Li ' s house we I read man i a it sand Btepa ahead ' David Dai its Cox, D. D. Webster, N. C. Mechanical Engine ring ' i [e i- b soldiei mi in stand bj ' taesai Ami give direc Biological ( Hub; I luilford I lountj I Hub I lountry otlcmen Cls Bo eball I • pany Q. Lacy has made two notable discoveries in his life. He has found thai Guilford ( !ollege is no place to learn to farm, and thai the way e Baldy Caldwell is to tickle him on the back of the head. Whenever he wauls nent in the class room he goes to Baldy for it. bul otherwise he goes in quesl of the Mechat rut:, Hum Agromei Here is a fellow well me1 and one you may always depend on. A studenl from the ground up, lint is never so wrapped up in his studies that he will not go in for anything yon name. He is happiest when handing mil the old line. Is a meat admirer of the ladies and has had some experience with love. He is bound to succeed. THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN w St. John Cox, S. J., Jackie Webster, N. C. Mechanical Engint i ring Love conquers all things; let us yield to love. Leland Miot Craig, Cupid ( ' ivil Enginei ring ' ' Measure not a man by his stature 1 1 Charlotte, X. C. aber Xapoleon Age, 23 Height, 5 ' -10 Weight. 150 Mechanical Engineering Society: Honors in Schol- arship (2); Commence nt Marshal ( ! . First Ser- mpan B I laptain Company B (4). irs it) Srholarship Literary Society; Art Editor Agro- A saint in name only, as he is always on hand for anything to disturb the peace of Watauga Hall. Business interests (?) in Greensboro, with frequent trips to thai city, occupy a large portion of his time, and his daily mail is a val- uable asset to his happiness. However, a por- tion of his time is devoted to obtaining an education, especially in Math. To adequately describe this versatile mem- ber of our class the pen should be dipped in the dust from the wings of the butterfly. But lie- ware — . There is no feminine heart too elusive for him to win, and then to break (except one). He is ever ready with his talented pen to amuse US Or to lead us along the mysterious pathways of higher Math. 40 THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN Vi i in Grady Credle, Credle Swan Quarter, N. C. Ai nrulliiri Thou foster-child of silence and slow time. Igi ■ -I Height, 5 ' -ll Weight, 14s V M C. , Leazar Literary Society; Biological Club; Country lentlemi a; I lompanj Q This man has the long head of a card player. He is quiet, deliberate, and mindful of no one ' s business bu1 his own; bul he is any- thing hut a tight-wad. To see him in a hurry would l.c to see the eighth wonder, bul ho never here just the same Samtjel Frederick Davidson, David Swannanoa, N. C. Agriculture The better part of valor is .lisir.ii V M. ( ' . A ; Hui ml - Ccninlv flub: Hiiilociical Club; Country Gentlemen; Class Baseball (3); Sec- ond Lieutenant Company G it . Like the Land of the Shy from whence he hails ho is dear to every one who really knows him. Retiring and discreet, ho possesses a manner that is much to he admired. lie is of the type thai constitutes the mainstay of the Colleges, a man of averages. He has hut one enemy, ami that is freshman Math. THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN 41 Archie Jay Dnm.n tee. Archie ' Amiiii: Arrington Farmer, ' ' Few things : lge,23 Passaic, X. J. ( ' nil Engineering l impossible to diligence and study. Height, o ' -U Weight, 145 Pullen literary Society, President t . Y. tf. C. A.; Ci il Engineering Society: — ::i. I..mor Red and 11 ■ Second Lieutenant Company B 1 If names were representative of deeds Archie ' s should be Doomueh. Since coming to A M in our Junior year this Yankee boy has set a pace that is hard to follow. Besides being a good student, he is a good fellow as well. Two marked characteristics of Archie are his love for Mr. Hurley ' s zip and his awful neatness. Archie Wilson. X. C. Electrical Em: • but himself ran be his parallel. Age. 2S W. ight, I ' ' .. ' ' Varsity Baseball four years; Captain (3). (4); Coach Class Bas ball 1 . : ; hi- l ' i.-i.lcni : A--i-t- ant Manager ' Varsity R:i-k ' i 1 .:ill : : President Oak Ridge ' lnt ' i : President Athletic Assi.cialii.n E; El.-ctrical Engineering Society; Fion; Company Q. Archie came into our midst quietly, but soon became very, very famous for a number of things. We have become used to seeing him knock the ball over the fence most any time; but the astonishing line of conversation he hands out is still fresh and green, especially his Florida dope, gathered while in that southern clime. 42 THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN Karl McAtee Fetzer, Fef Reidsville, N. C. Eli ctrical Engint i ring and shuffle the cards. Height, K:i|)|ki Siu ' Iii:i idenl (4); U-,,. Eli ctrical Engii pany C I); Ed His being Editor-in-Chief of the Agromeck pri es our confidence in Ins literary ability. Hi i also Speaker of the House in ion- His devotion to the fair sex is clearly shown by the many letters he writes, and bj the volumes he daily receives from the same source. Although he studies occasionally, his motto is Pleasure before work. James Fontaine, Funny Woodsdale, X. C. Electrical Engineering Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a Btraw. Age, 25 Height, 5 ' -9 Weight, 165 Pres- i W. C : Lei Bar Literary Society; ( ' mini Q ii. Secret irj am rreasurer Electrical Engineering om- Society 1 in te Editoi Red and H a. , (4); Hon- Fonny is always 1 be found on the front seal with a hungry look for knowledge. Besides being a n 1 ! student he is some musician. Fonny lias his k iddish aide as well, however. lie plays uiih dangerous machines as if they ' ii ly toys. Until electrocuted by some childish prank we predict for him a brilliant success. THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN 43 William Benjamin Foster. Hen. V. B. Winston-Salem, X. C. Mechanical Bngina ring Men would be angels; angels would be gods. Agi . 28 Height. 6 ' -l J Weight. Ml Leazar Literarv Society, Y. M C. A.; Recording Secretary 3); President 1); Chairman Honor Com- mittee (4); Class Baseball 1 . (2); Captain (2); Scrub Baseball 2 ' : Sub Varsity Baseball i3l: Class Knot- ball (2), (3); Captain (3). Although he was disappointed when he failed to get the Presidency of the V. M. C. A and Honor .System, his ambitions are now appa- rently satisfied, for lo! Providence lias thrust both of these positions upon him. A M has never turned out a better engineer (?) but we fear that he will some day give up engineering and enter the ministry. James Roscoe Frank. Roscoe Etichlands, N. C. Agriculturi Vet love has found the Age, 24 Height. 5 ' -I0 Weight, 145 Chi Club; Biologiral Club; Country Gentlemen; Company Q, Though ever sincere with his lady friends, Roscoe is forever joking among the boys. The presence of a Prof, is no restraint when he is ready lo make himself heard, for he IS no respecter of person-. He is one of the few that have never been accused of legging the instruct- ors. Though this is great, it is only one of his many admirable qualities 44 THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN John Ieorge IIau f.y Geitner, Jr., Blondy Hickory, N. C. Textih You l k wise pray corrccl thai error Height, S 5 Weight, 17. . Sigma u Fraternity; Tompkins Textile Socii tj lenl I -M nit !:ui.L ' ' T Varsity Track T - anl ' p ii . B I); Firsl Lieut -riant C - pony A I This young chap hails from Hickory. Uong with Shaw and McNeely he composes the Tex- tile contingent. He has accomplished one great feat while iii college and thai was to secure a leg mi Prof. B. Moore Parker. He also in v, nli ' ( ink- and we fear m i- only a question of time before liis influence will I [ickory to ' Ickory. Ralph llisi m I iiu.. Pretty Statesville, X. C. Eh dried Enginet ring ' ' A lion among Ladies is a iim-i disturbing thing. U-r. _ ' i Height, 5 ' -10 Weight, 145 Sigma Phi Epsi] ; Capl un I Ba.-k. ' tl.a II : I Frate : Class Baseball (1), .11 1 ' . Sub ' Varsity German Club 3)| ,.l, Baseball 2), I Vssociate Editor The latesl thing in lady killers. Note the cool, calm brow and the delicately tinted cheek. Think nol you can resist him, ladies! Et ' a just in . i done, that ' s all. Oh yes, he does other things too. He plays scrub baseball; would play ' Varsity if they would let him, only they won ' t . THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN 45 William Henry Griffin, Jr., Willie Goldsboro, N. C. Civil Enginei i ing ' A heart to resolve, a head to contrive, and a hand to execute. John Harvey, Jr., Harvey Snow Hill, N. C. ( ' iiil Engineering Y. M. C. A . Civil Engineering Society, Librarian 4i; Pullen Literar - Socnu : Wayne County Club, President (41; Company Q ); Y. L. C. Willie, though light in weight, is there with the goods when it comes to hard work. Although studiously inclined he likes to go with the hoys. His highest ambition is to get a good leg on Prof. Riddick. He was for a time official rod- man for the Riddick-Mann-Poole Co., but has lost out to his friend Breeze. iternitv; Saints; German Club; Floor ■m-tary ami Trra-UPT ' . ' : V. M. C. ■nan [1); Buildings Committee (2); aji Society; ' !ompa 03 ' ! I There is not a better fellow made than this son of Snow Hill. Did you ever notice how he holds his cane? Always at an angle of ninety degrees to the sidewalk. His great failing is the Country Chili, where he goes in skate on the ice ! ' . ' ). When mi the campus he is usually look- ing for his friend Aus. 46 THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN Frank Henri II . Mabel Hickory, N. C. Mechanical Engineering Oh! thai mch beaut} should b so di rtand Mechanical engineering Society; Class Football .1 ii ' . I rack Squ id 3); I lompanj „ (4). Delicate and refined in his tastes, by dispo- sition shy, Mabel is not a student by nature. However, he converses freely along engineering lines, and is considered bj some to be a walking encyclopedia. When the potter shaped this i I i mi., a mortal form, a strange mix- ture did he make. He believes in taking the campus course. ,li Hl lit Wi ' ls HtTETTE, .I. V. Thomasville, X. ( ' . Mechanical Engineering Earth sounds my wisdom and heaven gives me fame. Age 25 Height, 6 ' -l Weight, 170 Quartermaster and Color Serge 3 j Captain and Quartermaster 4 1; Leazar Literary Society; Vice- President (4); Y. M i ' . Cabinet i Minds liis own business, but if you need help call on him. Slow I ml sure is t he mot lo that he follows. He is endowed with the gift of quietude by nature ami very little is known about him. A hard worker and a flood stu- dent along all lines, lie will be bound to suc- ceed in life, and with him go the best wishes of his friends. THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN 47 William Tisdale Hurtt, Dock, Fesser Willie Now Bern, N. C. Mechanical Enginei ring ' With volleys of eternal babble. William Leon Jewell, Height. 6 ' -2 Weight, 197 Age, 25 Pullen Literarv Society; Mechanical Engii Society; Charter Member Fion; V. M C. A.; Vice- President Athletic Association (3); President (4); Var-in Track Team lour years; ' Varsity Football four years; Captain (4); Instructor Forge and Foun- dry (3), 1 ' Hop Wilmington, X. C. Civil Engineering An honest man ' s the noblest work of God. Age, 23 Height, 5 ' -10 Weight. 147 Captain Class Baseball (II; Honor Committee (2) Assistant Manager ' Varsity Football (3); Manager (4) Fion; Civil Engineering .Society; Company Q (4) Senior Quartet. Dock is primarily ami distinctively an athlete. To see him perform on the track or gridiron are feats no A M man cares to miss. In the classroom he stands among those at the top. In him we have a good companion and a solid friend. Quick, determined and persistent, we predict a future of success for him. Ask him why gold fish die when put in hot water, and lie will refer you to his friend Jim. His highest ambition is to ask Prof. Riddick a sensible finest ion. He feels as if he has accom- plished a good and charitable deed if he can persuade his roommate Dug Leard to stay in his room for an hour and study. THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN Lumber Bridge, N. C. Agriculture vakena who can with her strive? lge,25 Height, S ' -ll Weight, 165 Bi-Ag Societj . ice Pn iidenl Rural Science club; in IV. ,i. I. ni hi, li. i ' i -:il Club; Chairman Social Commits ■■ i M I ' V; Punctualitj Roll ' . 3); Chi Club; Leazai Literary Society; Captain Company I ' ill. John came From the wilderness of Robeson. We hope ere long In- will lie preaching in Croa- tans .-hiiI Scotchmen the doctrine of Scientific Agriculture, lie is an advocate of si rid busi- W lien he became a man In 1 put away childish things. Wilms Neal Johnston, Wood, Pluto Mooresville, N. C. Mechanical Engineering Whj Should I worry Age, 22 Height, 5 ' -8J Weight, 142 Mechanical engineering Society; [redel] ' IVrhs; Si-rrvUirv ill; ' !:. , 14. ,1 .., II I ' ii innii. Club; Mi.l- nighl I ir« | Companj Q; . . 1 I ' . A Pluto hails from Mooresville, the Met- ro-p6-lis of the Slate. He is one who always looks nit the sunny side of life, and succeeds without any apparent effort. He lias his own original ideas about everything except Calcu- lus, a subject upon which he has thus lav been unable to form an opinion. His friends are all win. know him. THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN 4 ' ) William Manly .Junks, Sam-I Raleigh, X. C. Mechanical Engineering ' Ah, you flavor everything; you are the spice of a tj Age, 20 Height, 6 ' Weight. 130 Mechanical Engineering Society. Hails from Raleigh, the home of the Bush- Women, although we do not mean to associate him with them. He is something of a ladies ' man, and tradition has it that he has once been arrested for his daring. A Math, genius especially along the lines of Calculus. We win- der what will happen when he leaves Raleigh, for we feel sure that hi- august presence will be sadly missed at Peace, St. Mary ' s and Mere- dith. Sib Keith Keller, Keller Wadesboro, X. C. Civil Engineering How beaut?ous mankind is ! Age, 24 Height. .5-10 Weight, 150 Civil Engineering ' Society; Company Q. He has two distinctions of great merit, being P. (i. ' s right hand man ami A M ' s official authority on Mexico and Mexican affairs. He attends strictly to his own business. We don ' t know whether he really hails from Florida or from Wadesboro, X. ( ' ., as he talks about both ;i- home. When not on class he may be found at P. G. ' s office or at Charlie ' s Lunch Room. THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN 50 Paul King, I ' ' nil Engim i ring rhe trulj gri it are ilw Q | I I Emporia, Va. Nathan Sampson Lachicotte, Nat Waverly Mills, S. C. Agriculture Ige, . ' I Height, :. ' -m , Weight, I 18 ivil Engineering Society; C pany Q. ! ' as lir is known to the hoys, came in us from our old rival, V. V. I., to spend his Senior year. Although his stay has been brief he lias wipm tin ' friendship of all with whom hi- has come in contact. Be has the sterling quality of being able to attend strictly to business without letting business interfere with his edu- ge, 22 Height, 5 ' -8 Weight, t laaa Baseball I South I lai r, Theta . n Epsilon l ' i irolina Club; German itv Football (3); Man- Pi Kappa Alpha Fra- Nat may be found at our of two places when wanted serenely reposing in bed or leaning on the window sill of Brantley ' s drug store, whither In- has gone to sit that Fayetteville Streel has not departed since yesterday. THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN 51 Douglas Allen Leard, Dug Xorfolk, Va. Civil Engineering When words are scarce they are seldom spent in vain. Age, 24 Height, 5 ' -ll Weight, 162 Y M. C A ; Map Squad (3); Civil Engineering Society; President (4); Associate Editor Agromeck 1 . w I. c : Company Q. William Dixon Lewis Bill lastonia, X. C. Agriculture His modesty the cottage might adorn. Age, 24 Height, o ' -lO Weight, loll Alpha Zeta Fraternity; Y. M. C. A.; Chi Club; Biological Club; Country Gentlemen; Class Base- ball (3); First Lieutenant Band (4). A brilliant combination of artist, detective, and author. His artistic temperament is mod highly developed in beautiful and instructive paintings on tanks and railway stations. He has discovered who got the Y. M. ( ' . A. ice cream and who blew the fire whistle. He has written an article on handling bears and also a volume on explosives. Bill is a man of immaculate character. True to himself and to his friends, he has the good will of every one who knows him. He is one of the few who have never made an enemy. He is steady in his work as in everything else. Under-estimation of himself is his greatest fault. 52 THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN ii. i i i Bennett Little, ' Bill Wadesboro, N. C. [griculture Pleasun small glae si :.■■ like li .uors; they m.i, -i bi dri nk, but in Age 22 Height, 5 ' -ll Weigh! 130 Kappa LCI 1 ' .. Sig idi i; ,a I n (4):P esidentCo ins Germa Club; Bai i Bill hails from Anson County, and his ambition is u be a farmer. Be ran generally be found banging oul in Fet ' s room, and must always has a deck of cards and an unlighted cigar in tow. The onlj things he re missing the ten-thirty car anil losing in a bridge game. He is true as steel to In- many fi ii Makiun I. amah Liverman, Runt Roxobel, X. C. ( ' ivil Engineering And the loud laugh bespoke the vacant mind Y. M. C . ( ' . HIV,],,, mill K Srrlvli.M 1 . l ' nllrll Literary Society; President Senior Debate 1); Ilsso- , ..ii. Editoi Bed and II hit, (3), [4); I llass Baseball i . Ji. 3); Scrub Baseball (3), (4); Company Q. A tremendous noise in Watauga Hall made by the ran rollers and other thugs is a sure sign for inspector Liverman to rush forth, and find do one. His greatest sporl is legging the Prof.; in this branch of athletics he has won a mono- gram and three stars. He is a good student and a hard worker. His only fault is his n imate. THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN 53 Thomas Robert McDearmax, Squire Mar Rocky Mount, X. C. ( ' iril Engineering Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look, He thinks too much; such men are dangerous. Civil Engineering Society; Scrub Baseball (1), (2), (3), (4); Company Q. Never cares which way the world turns just so he is on top. He came here to get an edu- cation and he has accomplished his desire. His favorite sport is Calculus, his only rival in this line being Theta Yates. His friends have never been able to find out why he attends choir practice so regularly and yet never sings in church. As a student he is one of fourteen ' s best. James Edgar McXeelv, Mae Mooresville, X. C. Textile The village all declared how much he knew. Age, 22 Height, o ' -ll Weight. 140 Tompkins Textile Society; Surgeon Company Q (4), Although he started into his college career on the long and narrow path to a degree in Mechan- ical Engineering, he soon decided that he would make a better lint-head than a grease- wiper. His motto in regard to Bill Shaw is, Whither thou goest I will go. He fully agrees with Wood Johnston when he says that Mooresville is the Met-ro-p6-lis _of the South. 54 THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN IIaum.v Campbell McPhail, Mac Mount Olive, N. C. Agriculture Thoughl Is the asure of life. Age, 22 Height, il ' -l Weight, Kin t M C . Biological Club; President Rural Science Club (4); Leazar Literarj Society; Bi-Ag So- ciety; Secretary Hi-Au Hi, ll.nu.r.s i„ M-I,„li,rship t w „ yi - Country Gentlemen; First Lieutenant, Com- pany I I Being inflai 1 with the desire for learning, Mac ' ' gives little time to aught bu Ins hunks. He is no respecter of persons and will ••rum anybody, even to the janitor. He has little 1 with mi ' , wi ii, or song; and posi- tivelj none for anybody who attempts to mimic him. He is a practical man and stands high in isses. Joseph Edgar Michael, Mike Elon College, X. C. Agriculture Laughing cheerfulness throws sunbeams on all the paths i life Age. 19 Height, 5 ' -9 Weight, 150 Mike is truly a clown and a natural wit. llr makes friends ;ii iii-st sight, but not our has he ever lost. Though long a real woman hater, he lias fallen at last, and very great was the fall. We sympathize with him in Ins troubles, yet there is no pleasure like the pain of being loved and loving. THE A ' GROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN 55 (T Thomas Gut Monroe, Monroe Eagle Springs, X. C. Agriculture Among the sons of men how few an- known. Warren LaFayettk Moody, Chemistry ' Warren Concord, X. ( ' . Age, 22 Height, .5 ' -HI Weight, 155 V M. C. A ; I.eazar Literary Society; Biological Club; Hi-Air s..,i,-ty; Chi Club; Country Gentlemen; Rural Science Club; Company Q. One has only to know Monroe to like him, but he must be known to be appreciated. He is steady, straightforward, and business-like; a little eold to strangers but affectionate to his friends. We an- smv that the sand hills of M e will profit by his scientific knowledge. Kappa Sigma Fraternity; Saints; German Club; Floor Managn I ' ' ■-- I: .-. ball 2i, (3); Berzelius Chemical Societ; taso i ■ Editor Agkomkck; Sec- ond Lieutenant Compan; t Senior Quartet. Our most accomplished exponent of tin- ultra- modern in dancing. To see him execute tin ' puzzling intricacies of the Lame Duck or the Hesitation is a liberal education in the Terp- sichorean art. He is the only man m college that gets his money ' s worth from the postoffice. His state of happiness depends upon his daily mail. 56 THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN Frank Bullock Morton, Frank Townsville, N. C. EU ctrical Enginei ring O, these barren tasks, too hard to keep, Not to see ladies, study, fast, not deep! t M C. V.; Electrical Engineering Society; Class i i ' ii i ' Scrub 1 ootball !)i Vareitj I oot ball I), !); Ilass Bask! ilmll, i,. u , „. ;i |s; i Mass Bas,- ball 1 Frank loves but two things, sleep and 1 he movies. When he is on class his flaxen head in.i be seen serenely reposing on Plyler ' s shoul- der. When not mi class he follows his other love; bu1 the strange pari of it is thai he always patronize! the Lyric and always sits on the from srai. Doubtless some mystic attraction lures liiin there. Henry Kollock Nash, Jr., Sober Wilmington, N . ' . ' What :, I. In Agriculture v this is grown in be. ' Ace, ' . ' 4 Height, 5 ' -10 Weight, ISO Sigma Nu I years; Associa Editor Y M ' Varsitj Track Team four II. i , Gau Rac (2); Vssistanl toi ii. i ' i,i,.| ,1,. Class llis- Sober and liis note book may be seen whenever anything of value to newspapers hap- pens. As the head of the Wan Gau line he is peerless. His stirring editorials have reached the hear! of every student in college. With his slogan of a bigger and better Wau Gau Rac he has push, i,| the paper to the front. THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN 57 Thomas Winston Nicholas, ' Tommie Edenton, N. C. Electrical Engim i ring The ladies! Our arms their defense. Their arms our recompense! Age 22 Height. 5 ' -10 Weight. 15S Kappa Alpha Fraternity; Class Poet (1); Class Football ili. (2), (3); Captain ll); .Scrub Football 1 |. (2). M ' : Captain : ' . ■ : Electrical Engineering Soci- ety; ' Varsity Track Team (3), (4); Vice-President Class (4). On Sunday afternoons Tommie ' s manly voice may lie heard tilling Si. Mary ' s Chapel with refreshing strains; and on Saturday nights the same voice, though pitched in a lower key. whispers to an audience of one. Hisdnly fault is an entire absence of bad habits; but he will doubtless ret-over from this when he arrives in the wicked city of Chicago, whither he is bound. Edgar 15. Nichols, Nick, Fesser Mi. Airy, X. ' . 1 . chemical Engim i ring I could succeed in small things. with great ambitions. I not troubled Age. 24 Height. Weight, 165 Y. M C. : Corresponding Secretary (21. (3); iate Editor ft I at I Leazar Liter- ary Society. President (4); Mechanical Engineering Society, President 1); ' Varsity Track Team ' . Class f ' ni.il, ,11 J , :; ; Instructor Forge and Foun- dry (3 . 1 Nick took up Faculty life to enjoy the privilege of being addressed as Fesser by the innocent Fresh. He has won the respect of both his classmates and the Faculty. He may often be found at one of the colleges for the fair .-ex. where it is said he intends to establish a course in Forge. « THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN Fitzgerald Elizi a Patton, Pat Pisgah Forest, N. C. Agriculture Behavioi is a mirror in whirl, every one displays his 5 M « . Pullen Literarj Society; Chi Club; Biological Club; Rural Sci ince I Hub; I iountrj !en- i Lemen; ( tompany Q. He is seldom seen and yel i v seldom heard. A maiden is to him a mortal antipathy. He carries the A M colors but never gets mad. Nor is he ever in danger, for Coil loves the Irish. He is lazy to look at and noes buzzing and bumming around, bul when h comes to a showdown he delivers the k Is. Will Robert Patton, Pat Morganton, X. C. ' ivil Engineering Still waters run deep Age, 24 Height, S ' -ll Weight, 162 ' Varsity Baseball tour years; I ' hiss Footqall tl),(2); Captain (2); Sub ' Varsity 12), ;3); Pullen Literarj Society; President i4); Vice-President Athletic Isso nil ' 1 1 ; i il Engineering Society. Don ' t hut l in on him and ask him a ques- tion, because he mighl look as if he doesn ' t like yon; but he does. Draw up a chair and when he opens up you will want to stay awhile. Judging from his countenance he has been very appropriately named Pat. As an athlete he is hard to heat. 1 1 is ability to think clearly, speak forcefully, and work earnestly predicts a bright future for him. THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN 59 Milton Vance Perry, Commodore Durante Xeck, X. C. Mi chemical Engineering Be silent and safe; silence never betrays you. Age, 20 Height, 5 ' -10K Weight, 150 Leazar Literary Society; Mechanical Engineering Society, Secretary 1 . Firsl Lieutenant Conrjfan B (4). One of the must unassuming men of his Class. Quiet, studious, ami a hard worker, lie lias attained the goal for which he came to college — an education. Although he gives one the im- pression of being a woman-hater, we believe that in some southern town resides tin- lady of Ins choice, for daily are his trips to the post- office. Henry Marriott Philips, Henry Battleboro, X. C. Agriculture Then he would talk— Ye Gods! How I..- would talk. Age, 22 Height. 6 ' -2 Weight, 210 V. M. C. A.; Chi Club; Biological Club: Country Gentlemen; Second Lieutenant Company C ! His greatest ambition is to lose forty pounds of flesh without foregoing any items in his daily menu. His next highest ambition is to procure for himself a better-half, settle down, and be- come a farmer of great repute. We sincerely hope that both may be fully realized. He is always one of the boys and a good sport. 60 THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN Ahtih k Jefferson Phillips, Jr., Jeff Portsmouth, Va. Mechanical Enginei ring ' Tis the voice ol i hi sluggard; I beat bin mplain: ' You waked a, I must slumber again. ' Robert Avery Plyler, P Monroe, V C. Electrical Engineering Kappt Presider utj Bac ml l ii 1 Club; .-; Vat- Assist- ■iil I), Hi- is the same Jeff to every one, a man who looks .-it life with the ease of a prince. He is a brilliant compendium of attractive virtues and equally attractive faults. Has never been known to hurry. lit- is a good athlete along the lines of football and basketball. Among his classmates he stands as a friend, and with him nil their besl « ishes. 1 M. C ; Onion County Club; Fion; Leazai l.it.Tarv Sunrh . Class Font hall ll). 121; Scrub Foot- ball ill. Sal, -Varsity (2); ' Varsity (3), i4). Threatens in change in Agriculture whenever In- has in look into a galvanometer, but he is still a g I student in Electrical Engineering. lit- likes A M so well thai In- is going to take a year of posl work. Hi- has plenty of nerve, bu1 absolutely draws the line when ii comes to doing goat-riding stunts. THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN 61 Fred Davis Poisson, Windy Wilmington, X. C. ' hemislry Verily, verily I say unto you. great is the quantity of wind he putteth forth, and exceeding small the quality thereof. Tracy Winchester Porter, Tracy Charlotte, N. C. Agriculture Care is an enemy to life. Sigma Xu Fraternity; Commencement Marshal (2); German Club; Floor Manager (2) president (3); Berzelius Chemical .Society; Company Q. Y. M. C A ; Leazir Literary Society; Scrub Foot- ball (2), (3), (4); Class Football (2), 3 Class Basket- ball (3). I4i; Class Historian (4); Biological Club; Hornets; Country Gentlemen; Company Q. Behold the King of Paradise Alley, suc- cessor to Kid Taylor. He likes A M so well that he has stayed five years. Fred knows every one in Raleigh and is well posted on past and present occurrences at A M. As he hails from Wilmington he is greatly gifted with lady- killing powers. The Class of ' 14 owes not only much of its athletic record to this big boy, but also a large part of its class spirit. Tracy was a live wire in his Sophomore year, and is still full of the old spirit. If he does not return to Charlotte when he dies his greatest ambition will not be realized. 62 THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN William Owen Potter, W. 0. ( lash lorner, N. ( ' . Mechanii al Engint i ring I erj m an .- like the company he is wont, to keep. Age, - ' I Height, 5 ' -6 u, ight, 156 i M C Wi ' i 1 1 ■- [i i .I I : r i l ■ i r , - ■ . t s t , i_- Society ; l:i-i- I .mil.:, II ,:!,. ,,-Mv It i.l T, ■;,„, l,,„ r v. ir- . ipl ..ii (4). Little (lid we realize when he entered college, thai such .-I strange combination was among us. While a large pari of his time is given in work, especially the Vaughan Course, lie is quite energetic along other hues. Potter call 9876- i: i- : ' fair specimen of the notices received bj him, for he is a star performer among the ladies Millard Reed Quinerly, Quinerly Grifton, X. C. ' Whal i- -tr. Ige, 20 Alpha Agriculture iiL ' tli with, nil a double share ol wisdo Height, 5 ' -6 Weight, 1 1.1 Fraternity ; Leazar Literary Sociel i Senior Debate 1); I reasurei Y. M. C. A i . Chairman Finance Committee 3), I . President Biological Club (4); Associate Editor Wau Gau Bar; Chi Club; Honor Graduate. Quinerly is a big, little man; a man of dimin- ut ive stature bu1 a master mind. When hie entered college he could barely shoulder his rifle, but before long he had cleared the ranks of average men. This lead has not only been maintained, but has steadily increased. THE ACROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN 63 f W o rp r. John Bartow Rees. Jack ' Lincolnton, N. O Electrical Engineering ' What can I do to be forever known, And make the age become mine own? Age, 21 Height, 5 ' -10 Weight, 150 Kappa Alpha Fraternity; Manager Class Baseball ' 2i: (la-- Baseball (21, (3l; Class Basketball (2), (3); Class Football £3); Assistant Manager ' Varsity Bas- ketball (3); Manager (41; Assistant Businc- Man- ager Rtil i t,l 117,, . (31; Business Manager (4); Chief Marshal Commencement (3). Jack is the mechanical genius of our class. He is always inventing something, for instance, the famous sine curve machine. As college elec- trician he is a rare find. The success of the Basketball team and the Red ami White prove him to be an efficient business man. Thurman Lester Robersox, Buddie Robersonville, X. C. Mechanical Engirt i ring And by himself admits no parallel. Punctuality (2); Honors in Scholarship ical Engineering Society; Leazai Literary When this small specimen entered college, little did we realize his greatness. Nature has endowed upon him the enviable characteristics of grace, good looks and wisdom. Although he takes keen interest in social life he does not let that interfere with his college duties. His hap- piness reigns supreme when explaining some of his varied experiences as a photographer, or in preparing a Calculus lesson. 64 THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN Daniel Ernest Roberts, ' ' D. E. Red Springs, N. C. John Morgan Roberts, Georgia Louisville, ( !;l. Agriculture Agriculture I Earth, attempt ye itill to rise! •■A man that c Sing Sing. in ' t sing :iiii| will in . should be sent i 2 Height, 5 ' -9 Weight, 142 Ag. 21 Height, 5 ' -10M Weight, 150 Upha Zeta Fraternitj . ' Varsitj Track Team; Lea- ?.:ir l.itcrarv s,„-i,-iv; ■ MCA.; Biological Club; Pre ident Rural Science ( Hub (4); Bi l- Societj . I !hi Club; Country ( ientlemen. Roberts has shown himself to he ;i man of more than ordinary intelligence. Xoi only has he been a banner man in his four years of class work, hut he has hem a leader in the Y. M. C. and allied activities. He is also a track man of I he highest order. V M C A.; Hmlnci.-ul Club; Miilninht fr,-w; ssn- ciate Editor it- ' Gau Rac Associate Editor ,m - ueck; First Lieutenant Company 1); Country Gen- tlemen; Honor Graduate. He came to us from the stale famous for watermelons anil niggers because they didn ' t have a plaee where he wanted to take the X-Y-Z ' s of his education. He is true to his word, to his school, and loyal to his friends. lie is persistent in the defense of his native slate, lull has come to believe that there are a few Tar Heel Ladies superior to those of the Cracker State, THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN 65 Weight, 135 Joe William Ross, Red Fort Mill, S. C. Agriculture ' Often the rock-loft is empty h:ith built many stories high. Age, 23 Height, 5 ' -8 Y M. C. A.; Biological Club; Country Gentlemen; Honors in Scholarship three years; Company Q. Red is little and not especially loud, yet he holds his own in any company. Above all things else he loves his Tracy. He is usually good natured, but will fight in a minute if he thinks he is being imposed upon. He is to be admired for this as well as for bring a leader in every line of study. Emery Pell Rouse, Emery Age, Lagrange, N. C. Electrical Enginei ring At lovers ' perjuries They say Jove laughs. Height, 5 ' -ll Weight, 133 Punctuality Hull (li; Leazar Literary Society; Electrical Engineering Society; Company Q. Emery lias had many a tough struggle during these four years, but at last his hereditary enemy, Math., is conquered. Many a flirtation has crossed his path, but of late he ' has decided that St. Mary ' s holds the proper goddess for his youthful affections. His inside coat pocket always contains an envelope with the blue engraving in the upper left hand corner. 66 THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN John I ' u wki.in S( henck, Jr., J. I ' ' ., Sheep ' Lawndale, X. ( ' Mechanical Enginei ring ' ' ! ' • autj i- tin- indci oi a larger fad than wisdom William Thomas Shaw, .Ik., Hill Weldon, f.C. Age, 21 Height, 6 ' Weight, 170 The twentieth century has fulfilled a mighty destiny by introducing to us the youth whom you see above. Since joining us in the spring of our Freshman year he has proven himself worthj oi the respect of students and faculty dike By some he is considered bashful, but to those of us who know of Ins regular trips to . il seems otherwise. I I ' r. i:i|ip: Ton Sigma :-i ini Ms lagei ■ lerrnan C ■in Fool i,i 1 . lb: oil istr ill Qu Hoi ' .] , 1 laptaii ;•;:;,„:„: lass Presii D (4);Se cut In the annual sponsor hunt Shaw has been the quarry, not the hunter. The girls simply won ' t let him alone. He may be seen in Fay- etieville Street every Monday morning fighting them off with a club. His only dissipation is his deep bass voice. You don 1 have to lies him tn sing, just drop a hint . THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN 67 Walter Herbert Smith, Slide Rule Prospect Hill, X. C. •. ' , ctrical Engim ring Win. makes a furnace of his mouth, and keeps the chimney burning. Ige, 24 Height, .V-1I Weight, 165 V. M C. A.; Honors in Punctuality; Electrical Engineering Society: Captain ' .,i„p ;iri v ' I . Vice- President Oak Ridge Club (1), (4). Slide-Rule talks a great deal and mostly about Pittsburg, the center of his engineering ambitions. He is an authority on all matters pertaining to his chosen profession. He is also some soldier boy, and heads his company with a proud and gallant step, just as he will some day head the onward march of progress in the elec- trical world. Zebttlon iiitf.iuhst Taylor, Zeb Tarboro, X. C. Electrical Engim ring Men are but children of a larger growth. Age, 21 Height, o ' -fi Kappa Sigma Fraternity; Class Baseball Engineering Society; Vice-President Class pany Q. Fur four lung years eh has threatened to leave us to take up the study of medicine, and even now a- we g to press we fear that he may leave most any time. But except for these periodic fits of despondency he i- a hard worker. When Analytics and Calculus give him trouble he seeks consolation in the sad Inelcidies of his flute. 68 THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN Dwii i. Wood Thokp, Jr., Dear William Rocky Mount, N. C. Ciril i Thou hast been diligent in all tl i 10 Weight, 189 M ' Leasar I. iter - rgeant Major (3); Captain and Adjutant 1 . Civil Engi- i Class lui.t- ■ in Scholarship Thai he is a g 1 fellow ami popular i shown by tin ' high honor given him bj ill class in e him Senior ' la— President. He is also Dr. Hill ' s favorite Senior. How he got iliis leg we do not know, but it h:i servi well. He is never happier than when worrying his friend Mae. James Rii hard Townsend, • • .Jim Greensboro, X. ( ' . Civil Enginei ring Trust everybody but rut the cards. 10 i Weight, 160 Guilford County Club; President 1 . Fion; Com- mencement Marshal !): 3 Si bolarship 1 I, ptain t tomparo 1. ! Jim is not the serious, sedate, ami earnest young man that he look- He wears that kind of face just for a bluff. The stern and solemn expanse of his manly brow seems to indicate an entire absence of frivolity, but we know him better than that. He believes thai life is his own little red apple, anil when he gets through eating it, there won ' t he no core. THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN 69 Clyde Loreinne Yaxn. Possum Fayetteville, N. C. Electrical Engineering Oh, Math., thou art a galling task, a weary load ! Age, 24 Height. 5-11 Weight. 145 Y. M. C. A.; Leaz ir Literary Society; Electrical Engineering Society. James Wiggins Watts, Jr., Wigg Williamston, X, C. Electrical Enginet rim Fie, what a spendthrift he is if his tongue! Age, 22 Height, 5 ' -10 Weight, [40 II r- in Scholarship i ' lr, Electrical Engineering Society; signal Corps (3); Company Q. Possum gets his name, not from his nature, but from his face. He never indulges in any of the frivolous pranks of youth. On class he makes a lot of hieroglyphics which he tells us are his notes in shorthand. Doubtless he uses the Vann system, for no one else can decipher them. When we hear a loud noise at Charlie ' s we know that ' s Wigg. He is someartist amongthe ladies, anil especially northerners. Doubtless his style of conversation reminds them of home. His ability to solve momentous problems with lightning rapidity has secured for him his well- known leg on the Profs. 70 THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN Ki m Boweeton Weatherspoon, Eddie Sanford, N. ' . Electrical Enginet ring To the ladi s whose low Is d con tanl as wind. Ige, 2] Height, 5 ' -5 Weight, 125 5 l C . I ion; ESlectrical engineering Society; Captain Stafl i Ids stature is qo true criterion of liis impor- tance in college, nor of his ability to woo. He easily wins any girl, but seems to have some trouble in holding them. He is constantly to be I lharlie ' s and we often wonder how a man of such small stature can consume su many Mark cows and smoke so many two- fors. Owen Zelotes Wrenn, Perch Durham, N. C. ( ' ivil Engini i ring G 1 nature and good sense must ever join. Ige, - ' I Height, 5 ' -10 Weight, 160 ' i M i ' A ; Pullen Literary Society; Secretary (2); ,,, IV , I. „l 1 ' I:,. I I:,m r: , I I :, Kc.tliall (3)j Civil Engineering Society; Vice-President (4); First Lieutenant lompany K Perch is never happier than when selling two cents ' worth for a jit a1 the College Book Store. He lias never been known to come to breakfast or answer to an inspection. Goes to Durham every Saturday, but always returns on the seven o ' clock since that memorable night when In- mistook the lights of Method for those of the Union Station. 72 THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN Senior Class History In tlic fall of 1910 there wer ie hundred and sixty-five young men from all parts of this and other states who came to this college for their first time. Of cours ' e they would have fell better at that time if they had stayed at home. Instead of giving away to that slight feeling of homesickness they have stayed and made themselves known, each in his own way. In our first year h ere H. R. Melver was chosen as temporary President. He was succeeded by Y. T. Shaw, who was our leader until the end of that year. To him belongs the credit of organizing the class, such as the selection of the colors and putting harmony in class and between classes on a firm basis. Under him we learned the spirit of A it M fellowship. As Sophomores we were umler the leadership of A. A. Farmer. He instilled into us a realization of the importance of respect, especially from our new friends of that year. As a leader for our Junior year Y. R. Patton was chosen. He helped us to throw away our childish ways and assume the dignity ami courtliness of Juniors. D. W. Thorp is President of the Senior ' lass. At all times he works for the betterment of the class and the college. We may well boast of the honors we have taken in Class Athletics. In foot- ball we have won one of the three championships, in baseball we have won two of the three, and in basketball we have won for three consecutive years. We have furnished more than our share of monogram men in ' Varsity Ath- letics, of whom we are justly proud. In football we have been represented by Cool (Captain), Anthony, Plyler, Morton, and Phillips. In baseball we have had Farmer (twice Captain) and Patton. In basketball we have furnished Chambers (Captain), Austin, and Phillips (twice Captain). Melver, Kephart, Nash, and Potter (Captain) have won honors on the Track Team. The growth of the college has been as fast as could be expected. There has been an average of one new building a year for the four years we have been in college, and now the erection of a new Mechanical Building is in progress. In the activities of the college Mich as V. M. C. A., Literary Societies, Clubs, and the Honor System, the members of our class have taken a very important part. We must not forget the many who have worked during spare time to pay or help pay their expenses. We have fought hard for the battle we have won. We art ' heroes in this small portion of our life ' s work. May we prove as successful hereafter. Historian. THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN 73 Somehow, Somewhere, Some Day — Bill Little will light that cigar. Prof. Browne will treat himself to a nice, new hat. Plyler will learn something about Mechanics. Pretty Gill will be able to persuade Archie Farmer that he really is a pretty good second baseman. Dr. Hill will forget that same old joke. Fonnie — the same. Henry Nash will proudly don a track monogram. Prof. Mclntyre will get in a hurry. Archie Farmer will stop talking about that trip to Florida. Fred Poisson will lose his breath. Dock Austin will throw a goal in basketball. Plyler, Leguenec, and Henry Burleson will graduate. Emery Bouse will stay away from town. Brickhouse will lose a pound of flesh. Henry Phillips — ditto. Enos Blair will learn how to carry his saber. Archie Farmer will tell the truth. Bullard will cut a Y. M. C. A. meeting. Oss Anthony will find out who moved his trunk down to Hillsboro Street. Lacy Col ile will get well of the boils. Perch Wrenn will collect a Book Store bill. Nat Lachicotte will spend a night on the campus. Keith Keller will stop talking about Mexico. Paul King ' s feet will get well. Dug Leard will miss his nightly game of chess. Squire McDearman will develop into a pitcher. E. B. Nichols will get the fountain on the campus. Zeb Taylor will take up the study of medicine. Bill Shaw will get his love affairs straightened out. Archie Doolittle will fail to make the honor roll. Tracy Porter will put away childish things and reach a man ' s estate. Victor Breeze will proudly claim his Heart ' s Desire. Ben Foster ' s corns will allow him to develop into a pitcher. Slats Griffin will grow fat. Mabel Houck will own an automobile. Frank Huette will return some borrowed property. 74 THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN Eddie Weatherspoon will add a cubil to his stature. Wigg Watts will learn the golden value of silence. .lack Rees will make love to Prof. Vaughan. Sunday School Roberts will stay away from church. McPhail will stop talking through his uose. Dear William Their]) will learn how to read notices in the Mess Hall so they can he understood. Red ROSS will lose his pipe. Monk Junes will break into society. Prof. Cam]) will receive undivided attention on Economies class. Dr. Harrison will forgel to ! ■ concise and clear cut. Henry Phillips will lie able to tell something really worth while in less than two- hours ' conversation. Rastus Bailey will stop chewing the weed. Prof. Riddick will button up his vest and take down the railroad crossing sign. M. R. Quinerly will become a naughty little hoy. W. . Potter will he exempted from one of Prof. Vaughan ' s exams. Lacy John will forget his boasted authority. Fred Davidson will pass Freshman Algebra. Edgar McNeely will stop going to the Grand. Warren .Moody will stop dancing. Hill Lewis will stop blowing the cornef at uight. IVizer will learn how to dance. F. E. Patton will become accustomed to the giddy delights of city life. Guy Monroe will go to chapel. Prof. Clay will give a sensible answer to a question. Fontaine will learn how to write on a stenographer. Prof. Ellis will forgel his slide rule and be a visitor on class. P. (!. Owen will believe something we tell him. Jim Townsend will gel a cap large enough for him. Will Patton will stop throwing bread in the mess hall. Prof. Poole will be able In do without his note books. Pluto Johnston will stay off of Fayetteville Street for a whole day. Doc llui ' tt will stop promoting graft schemes. Hop Jewell will be an astronomer. bun! Liverman will stop saying, Gol-durn it. John Harvey will be seen without his glad rags on. Georgia Roberts will be persuaded that he really cannot sing. Jackie Cox will stop rolling garbage can- down the steps of Watauga Hall. Mike Michaels will become a famous musician. Jeff Phillips will become ami lit ions. THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN 75 Hugh Bailey will ram a man for missing nine o ' clock inspection. W. G. Caldwell will grow some hair on his glass} ' pate. ( lommodore Perry will wipe off that sunny smile. Bayne will write a story and leave out the mush. R. 0. Caldwell will be an athlete. Possum Vann will quit eating apple pie. Buchanan will stop breaking the ladies ' hearts. Tommie Nicholls will miss a night at Saint Mary ' s. Frank Morton will stay awake through a whole one-hour class. John Schenck will get an ad. Henry Burleson will be late for a meal. D. David Cox will get a sponsor. Credle will tell a joke. Fontaine will fall in love. Roscoe Frank will break a date. Alphabet Geitner will lose his leg on Prof. B. Moore Parker. Slip-stick Smith will stop talking about his job last summer. Possum Vann will be on time for Prof. Browne ' s class. Buck Buchanan will learn the name of that Freshman that has been dodging him. Cupid Craig will get drunk. faRte Senior Class Prophecy Some folks have high ambitions, some have higher, and some have none. Mine never went sip high as to be President of these United States, because I had sense enough to realize thai I had no chance. My mother told me when 1 was a small fellow thai she thought my chance- were good, 1ml nine when 1 was longing for a good pnff of DnUe ' s Mixture tobacco, I traded my chance for said package, ami the thoughts of ever holding thai greal position were forgotten. I think every fellow has something he hopes to realize some day, anil he works with that in view. Mine was a little cottage, plain anil simple, nestling at the foot of the Blue Ridge .Mountains where I could see its great peaks swelling against the western sky, ami as a chief ornament for this cottage- -my wife. Tins, whatever it was, hail been realized, ami as we sat together one afternoon, the latter part of May, 1934, my tl ghts turned to old A M ami the many friends I hail made during my four years ' stay there. During my twenty years that hail passed since 1 stood with my classmates in old Pulleii Hall, now torn down and replaced by a larger and more modern build- ing where Aviation Engineering is now being taught, I had never made friends thai were closer I., me than those fellows that st I with me trembling, and with tear drops in their eyes, to receive I heir sheep skins that they had so faithfully si riven for. 1 had never forgotten them, and I asked my wife if she would help me write the whole bunch and find out whal each was doing and how well they had .succeeded. She consented, and for several aflern is, after I had finished my day ' s work, we wrote letters. They all answered, and to yon I will tell their stories just as they were written In me. lii n Ai s : Twenty years is a longtime, but Old Fellow, I could have done worse. Snow Hill was mighty lonesome to me, but I liked the place so I figured that il would he much cheaper for me lo bring the attraction In Snow Hill than to go to Raleigh SO often. So ] married the girl. I tried Civil for awhile, but soon got tired of working, as 1 was always fond of sleep. The town has grown and we are now able lo bathe in a sure enough bath tub. In fact I am as well fixed as a man stopping at the Bland Willi a room with a bath. i ours truly, Sw wii ' Harvey. THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN 77 Dear Atjs : After holding a job of little consequence in the North, I came back to the Bull City, where we do things. I beal the ring for City Engineer, and am now doing the town for the trouble. I am drawing up my profile and figuring out thecost of bringing the Mississippi River by here, as navigation is all we need to make Durham as large as Little Old New York. My wife is a great help to me, and she is writing this letter to you. I was always strong for stenographers. yours truly, Vic Breeze. Dear Atjs : Guess you well remember how we grafted at the Book Store. Well, I found that it was just as easy to graft in larger things, and I am doing it up right, .lust finished a large concrete job for the Durham anil Slowpoke, ami as 1 got in with the contractor 1 gave him a few thousand that was not there, and got my half. Am leaving next week for the coast, where I have some drainage to work. I have finished paying all the old Book Store accounts, so you see I am doing well. Yours truly, Perch Wrenn. Dear Atjs : ' •Bulling and traveling were always my greatest pastimes. I thought I knew the thing to do, so I hit it out west. Did that country for two years, but found life pretty hard. I bought me a ticket for Mooresville, and here I am, glad to get back and proud as ever of my birthplace. I am in the hardware business but don ' t work much. Sleeping and joy riding and beefing with the boys take most of my time away from my business. I am still a booster of the I. H. C. stuff, and sell some occasionally. Yours truly, Plito Johnston. Dear Atjs : We received your letters at the same time, so are answering together. Silver is as good as ever, but not bragging at all, we have pulled the old place out very much. Bought the copper mine, and got down to business. Copper is bringing a good price, and we are able to keep plenty of Chesterfield cigarettes on hand for our friends. We still know how to find the I. H. P. of anything from a steam engine to a wheelbarrow, but have never found out why a gas engine is built on one of three cycles. We still go bear hunting and always get a rabbit or two. Our chief pastime is stuffing the natives, but Isch Ka Bibble. Yours truly. Swig and S. J. Cox. Dear Atjs : If you are a reader of the Saturday Morning Gale and an admirer of true art, you have noticed what I am doing. I found civil very good, but it was too much trouble to carry a step ladder around with me so as to be able to see through the transit, so I gave it up. I took a few weeks in the New York Art School, and then accepted a position with the Curtis Publish- ing Co. I go around to the Y. M. C. A. often, but am too busy to take an active part. Yours truly, Cupid Craig. Dear Ads : Why work when you can make money easier ' . ' I have a dancing class two hours a day, and loaf twenty-two. I have a good class of four hundred girls from all over the South, and could ask for nothing better. I had an offer with the Keith circuit to do fancy dancing, but turned them down as they only offered two hundred per week. I expect to spend the summer at Atlantic City. I wish you could run up. I have been married four times, and am single again. Yours truly, S ui-I. Jones. Dear Atjs: In Kansas, and glad of it. I took a course out here at the University and then bought me a farm. I raised more wheat last year than I was able to reap, so I had to turn it under. I think I will some day return to the Old North State, and show the folks in Rowan how to do things. My Old Woman wants to see the East and she is boss at our house. Am still a lover of Saratoga chips. Yours truly, Marcellus Bailey. 78 THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN I )i n Ars : Speaking of an easy life, and one thai is enjoyable, I am leading it. Outside of a few hundred boils and other minor directs I am doing the country for the florists ' trade. Perhaps you had noticed thai I have discovered a pure black rose, but which has tin- smell of an onion, this being its only fault. 1 still enjoy a game of bridge. When in Greensboro come din to see me. Yours truly, Lacy Coble. Dear Ars ; i married a young widow, farm and all, and moved to it at Rabbit Hash, Kentucky. I have discovered a new kind of corn, which, if treated by a certain chemical known only to myself and the dear owner of the farm, precipitates into a line brand of genuine Kentucky Corn Flakes. ' This I expert to bring me a fortune, which will go to constructing V. M. C buildings in small colleges. Yours truly. Lacy John. Dear Ars : Did you think, when I received my skin to he a chemist, that I would ever follow it? No, sir! 1 had too good a line of hull to lie it up in a laboratory, so I took a job traveling for the Lununa Sardine Company. I worked for them six months and then bough! the business. I have lately put me in a bull-frog farm, and find bulMrog shooting greal sport. 1 joined the Benedicts long years ago. As side line 1 am Consulting Specialist for the American Tobacco Company. Yours truly. Windy PoiSSON. Dear Ars : The Westinghouse Machine Company called me, but not for 17 1 - cents per hour. 1 started in the Turbine Department and stuck I got up a football team, ami expect tc, take them down on Hiddick Field next fall, I am Consulting Engineer in the Turbine Department, THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN 79 and if they don ' t watch me I will throw the President for his job. I am now working on a gas turbine, and expect to perfect it. Yours truly, I)  HrUTT. Dear Ars : I know we had a hard time while in college Irvine to run the Won Gau liar, but I am now applying that little experience to my life work. I tried farming soon after I left college, but couldn ' t get the proper labor; and I found that I would have to work some myself, so I gave it up. 1 then went into the poultry business and the hens refused to lay. so it went up. I am now running the sporting page for the Washington Post; and not bragging at all, 1 think it is the best in the city. Yours truly, DnrxK Nash. Dear Ars : After an arduous struggle to attain merits as a railroad engineer I have at last succeeded. I am now running the Submarine Limited, which runs between Xew York and Liverpool. These engines are gas burners, and on the trial trip last week I made the trip in twelve hours, which is very good considering that the tubes have only been in two months. Yours truly, Frank Htjette. Dear Atjs : Portsmouth, the pride of Virginia, and the place where I was born, was too good a place to leave, so I opened up an office here as Consulting Engineer. I have a good business, but would do more if I could get to the office on time. I am sleeping eighteen hours a day, mid when cold weather comes 1 expect to do one better. I still enjoy reading my Power Plants and find lots of pleasure in working out theoretical formula ' of all kinds. Yours truly, Jeff Phillips. Dear Ads : I lay all my success to the one fact that I was never afraid of work. I have established a boat factory on Rogue Sound, and do some motor boat repairing. I have never yet found out why Math, was invented or Mechanics is taught to Engineering students. Still train my physique by running up and down the beach for a mile or so every morning. Yours truly, YV. 0. Potter. Dear Ars : If I could have gotten you on the ' phone I could have answered that way, but that wotdd have cost fifteen cents; instead I am getting this to you for two. As President of Lawndale Railroad and Industrial Company, 1 am happy, and this year I am going to declare a dividend. I have changed to broad gage and this has given me more business at less expense. We now run two trains a day to Shelby, and only last week we hauled four hundred pounds of freight and ten passengers. As soon as I learn to drive my new Ford I am going to bring the Old Woman and some of the children down. Yours truly, vSheep Schenck. Dear Ars : My nature is as complacent as ever, and the only thing that ever disturbs me is, Papa, come to dinner. My greatest pleasure is farming, and to stand out on the front porch of my home and gaze across the fields of growing corn brings peace to my heart. Rut as I sit and smoke my pipe on winter evenings I often think of the more stirring scenes of my youth, as on the gridiron, A M ' s ball, fourth down, three yards to go. Yours truly. Raldy Caldwell. Dear Aus : The Edisonian Fontaine Company is the inscription which the shingle in front of my office bears. I have been in New York for the past ten years and am working hard trying to get the country to try out my latest wireless telephone. I was married several years ago to a woman who knew Economics equally as well as Prof. Camp. I am still a lover oi Calculus and Burly Cubs. V. mis truly, J. Font mm 80 THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN Dead A is : Somehow the call of electricity did not appeal to me as does easier work, so 1 opened an insurance office a( Hamlet. I have met with greal success. I have also opened up a vaudeville house and handle a good line of shows. The Chicks all love their manager, ami admire his pretty locks. Am thinking of running fur Mayor cm the wet tickel Yours truly. Pretty Gill. Dear Ars : When ] left the old school I really thought that every man in the Ford Shops received over live dollars a day, even the janitors; but after arriving On the scene 1 realized that Somebody lied. I have been with the Ford people ever since ] graduated, and have dune as well as 1 could expect. 1 have just completed a book entitled, Information of All Kinds on All Lines price ten cents. Yours truly. M iu:i, Hoick. Dear Ars : Perhaps you would never have expected it, bul I am now and have been for so time The Reverend Doctor Woodfin Grady Credle. I have a fine flock and enjoy going around taking meals with them. I have eaten more chicken for Sunday dinners than Hurley ever bought. Swann Quarter is not as far behind the other world as it could lie, ami at times 1 show them how to farm. lours truly, W. (I. Credle. Dear Ars : Teaching these heathen V. M. C. A. work is about as hard as trying to make Prof. Vaughan think you know something about Power Plants, but I find it is great stuff. This makes my tenth year in the Philippines. 1 spent the previous time trying to make up my mind what to do. I try never to let turbines or steam engines enter my mind, as they were what put me where I am. Yours truly, Ben Foster. Dear Ars : Why go in the fields and work when you can sit in the office and make the old kale roll in? Architecture called me and 1 answered very quickly. 1 have just completed plans for a new City Hall in Charlotte, my native town, anil I hope to clean up on it. Am always busy, and Study as hard as ever. I have invented a special footrest that elevates your feet at an obtuse angle. In all I am doing well. Yours truly, Dick Von Biberstein. Dear Ai s : Men wanted for the United States Army was the sign I read, and I fell fo r it. It is great, only I can ' t gel the commanding officer to let me drill tin- men as much as 1 want to. 1 was commissioned a Lieutenant when 1 entered, and am now Captain of a company at loll Caswell. I was under Col. W. G. Peace for two years, and he is the same fjood fellow ' -. Yours truly, Enos Bl mk. Dear Ars : The first thing 1 bought after I received my diploma was a camera thai takes, develops, and finishes the photo in one minute. 1 followed the fairs with it long enough to buy me a moving picture camera, organized a company, look them to Kobersonville, and went to work. 1 Still get from twenty to forty letters a day from the ladies, but think I shall close this up by marrying the leading lady of my moving picture company, as she owns a good kodak. Yours truly, Buddie Roberson. Dear Acs : As I sil in my office and begin to answer your letter. I can look out on the broad and beautiful campus of Klon College, where I am Head of the Department of Gas Engineering. I found teaching attractive from the beginning, and after applying two years of ni service at Sugar boat I came here. I am working hard trying to discover why gasoline, taken ' hive I S a day, kes a fellow ' s breath smell like a suit of clothes from a pressing club. Yours truly, ( Jommodore Perry. THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN 81 Dear Ars : All things have changed since we graduated, hut the greatest of these chances has come in Electrical Engineering. The General Electric Co. called me to take a place with them at nine cents an hour. It was hard at first, hut the sticker will always win. and I think I have won. I have found several good changes of great consequence in generators and I have realized a good sum from them. Yours truly. Doe Austin. Dear Ars : At the cross roads in Columbia I spend most of my time telling my friends how- to farm, and in a few more years 1 shall have the whole county thinking and doing as it should be done. I have a -tore here and farm as a side line, but best of all I am enjoying life. My wife is a good farmer, and that is why I can live so freely. Yours truly, Bkickhouse. Dear Ars : Army life always did appeal to me, and my experience at the Old School gave me a taste of it. I found my way into the army two years after graduation. I have found my electrical training very beneficial in my army life, and have never regretted the days spent at A M. My greatest pleasure is calling out, By the numbers, right shoulder arms! I have a good company and stand in with the men. I had a hard time during the Japanese War, and I can truly say, War is Hell. Yours truly, Buchanan. Dear Aus : Four hundred bushels of corn on one acre is pretty good, I think, but that is what I raised last year. I have been touring the State at the expense of Uncle Sam, telling them how I did it. I saw lots of old A M men while en route, and they are all doing well. If my corn crop continues as good as ever, I will have to get up a corn flake company so as to utilize my output. Yours truly. HARLEY BlLLARD. Dear Aus : I have been applying my Civil Engineering knowledge to running a log train from Goldsboro to Selma. This ru n was given to me because it was short and the officials were afraid to risk my want of sleep any further. My latest book, Sleep, tells how to sleep by the integral method, and I think it would interest you. I have never been able to figure out why water runs down hill, but it does. Yours truly, Si.ats Griffin. Dear Aus : I have been putting into practice for the past twenty years what I learned in school, and I tell you it pays. All the folks know I am a scientific man, and I set them a good example. With all this good work I don ' t call it my greatest success, for I have one thing that goes above that — the winning of my Little Country Jane. Yours truly, Bob Caldwell. Dear Aus : Living at Richlands. I naturally wanted to hang around there and give that country a fair trial. I soon found out that I could never raise over four bales of cotton to the acre, sol left. I did the West for several years and finally settled in Utah. 1 have seven wives and a lot of other live stock, and am breeding a variety of disease resisting gophers. Yours truly. ROSCOE France. Dear Aus : My first job was erecting a coal chute at Wilmington, The City by the Sea. This gave me a good start with the Coast Line. I have ceased going to Norfolk as much as of yore, but the Madame goes up occasionally. I have a good quartet here in Wilmington, but am always too busy to sing with them. 1 have never forgotten the environment necessary for the best growth of gold fish. Yours truly, Hop Jewell. 82 THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN Dead Aus : I have excited the whole world by my latest invention, the Phonographic Slide Rule This rule is very much like the one we used, only it has a phonographic attach- ment; instead of worrying about how to point off your answer you turn a crank and it is sun;; tn vim in a high tenor voice. This, I know, will make me famous. i i mis truly, Slide Rule Smith. Dead Aus : LaGrange now has an electrical plant, and the Superintendent ' s name is Mister B. P. Rouse. I have all the people letting that wonderful fluid called electricity do their work. No more do we stare into the darkness as we stroll along our one mam street, but the lighting system resembles that used at school one candle power per acre Yours truly, Emery Rouse. Dead Aus : 1 guess 1 must confess to you in a confidential way that I was the dern fellow that put Roxobel on the map. These dern people down here don ' t know half as dern much as they thought they did, so when 1 arrived with my long list of knowledge I cut loose, and they dern sunn realized that 1 had the goods. I am County Surveyor and Postmaster at a salary ni four hundred per annum. I have a i • c I home and two dern boys, so you can figure the rest. Yours truly, l.I BRMAN. Dear .Vis : Knowing nothing better to do after graduation, 1 left for the West to make my fortune. Taking up a claim of a few hundred acres. I built a cabin and -lilt Lack East for I In Lady. It was a pretty hard thing to ask her to come to such a wilderness, but I just couldn ' t live without her, and she said she didn ' t mind sn much as long as she was with old Hill, and SO here we are. We are living well with a good ranch, plenty of teed, and a happy family. ■ iiurs truly, Bill Little. Deak Aus : When 1 finished school my father gave me a good start in Civil Engineering, and 1 thought I would be satisfied; but 1 wasn ' t, (hie day alter I had defeated Method in all exciting game of baseball, one of Connie Mack ' s scouts walked up and handed me a contract. 1 couldn ' t resist SO I signed up. I have been in PhiUy ever since, but Mack now thinks I was built for comfort and not for speed. Yours truly. Squire McDearman. Dear Aus : Go West, young man was never meant for me. I thought the ( )ld North State was g I enough, SO back to Mount Olive I came, I have never regretted it, for with ni farm and Hour mills at the cross road.- 1 am considered a successful farmer. 1 am also farm demonstrator and am doing great work for this community. Yours truly, Mi 1 ' ll All.. Dear Ai s : The temptation oi the lights in old Atlanta was too much to resist, and it was either farm and be away from them or do something else and slay in the city: SO I opened Up a picture show and it has proven a gold mine. 1 am still a bachelor and like the idea, for I never could settle down to one. I am si ill fond of dancing and my Salome Special i- a dream. Yours truly. Pretty Roberts. Mi ii Ai - : The Veterinary Science is by far the greatest profession that any man can follow. I know, because 1 -pent four years of 1 1 in precious life learning the stuff. Now Elon College is a good school, and when I came home I found 1 could net a course put in here. ' 1 did, and to-day 1 am Professor Joseph Edward Michael, D.V.S., and 1 am graduating scientific Vegetarians hereby the wholesale. Yours truly, J. E. Michael. THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN 83 Dear Aus : I am happier to-day over the fac that I quit Mechanical Engineering and took up Textile than ever, for grease wiping: could never have appealed to me. I returned t., M •es- villo and got a job as boss of a broom section. Being a good sweeper, having gained much experience in the 1 ' . H 1 Dormitory, I gradually worked myself up. I am now living a superin- tendent ' s life, and am still a good dispenser of the bull, which is very essential t.i my work. Yours truly, Ed McXeely. Dear Aus : The only thing I ever have been lacking in is my figure, but I have made up for it in my other accomplishments. I joined the navy and had a good time spending my fourteen dollars per month. After seeing all the world, including Durham, I returned to Sanford, and have been resting from my hard struggle at sea ever since; but I am living in hopes of landing the job as City Electrician after a few more years of rest. Yours truly, Eddie YEATHERsp( . . Dear Aus : I liked A M so well that I decided to stay and follow the science of teaching, as I couldn ' t find a mule small enough for me to plow and I hated the idea of plowing a bull. I am now head of the department and have the fellows just as much afraid of me as ever. 1 always have a good number of slips for the Registrar when the end of the month conn-, but they must work for me. Yours truly, M. R. QriXERI.Y. 84 THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN Deah Ai ' s : As chemist for the V. C. C. Co., father of a happy family, ami having a wife who can assist me in my singing and dancing, I think I may say I have been successful. I married the day after I graduated, and it was the best tiling 1 could have done as I would have spent, all my money going to Atlanta; so you sec 1 began to economize from the start. I haven ' t missed a dance within a radius of fifty miles in the past twenty years, and enjoy it as much as ever. Yours truly, Herk Moody. Dear Ads : Ever since the Junior Banquet I have been a changed man. I am now applying all the finer details of farming to the science of enjoying one ' s self with the least possible extravagance. My best friends are my dog and my pipe. I have stopped using Duke ' s Mixture, as I am rid of all the bums who imposed upon me while in eollege. Yours truly, Red Ross. Dear Auk : Have you read my latest hook, Why Young Girls Leave Home ? For fear you haven ' t I am sending you a copy of it with my lies! compliments. 1 hope that you and yours will enjoy it. I always knew thai 1 had a literary inclination, but hated to give up Elec- trical Engineering; so 1 flipped a coin to see which I should follow and the literary won. I have been writing some for the Saturday Evening Post, which has convinced my friends that I did not follow the wrong road, hut 1 can never forget what the vector diagram is. Yours truly, Fet. Dear Ars : I am still with the Seaboard, and have just finished constructing a line into Mexico City. I call Richmond my home only because I married there, as I am on the road con- stantly. 1 often think how I used to slip you a pointer on your Hydraulics, but I hope it didn ' t hurt either of us. 1 never worry, no matter what happens; and for my chief amusement 1 play chess and do some bowling. Yours truly, Dug Leard. Dear Ars : Great Falls, South Carolina, has the credit for having the largest power station in the world, and I feel very proud of the fact that I am the big gun on the job. I still miss the Lyric and the Grand, but I am now on a proposition to start a picture show in this town. 1 have been married twice, and this year, Frank, Jr., entered A M. Yours truly, Frank Morton. Dear Ars : The game of making a living in this cruel world was too dirty for me, so I decided to stick to teaching, and have been very successful so far; but at times I think of chuck- ing the whole game and entering into Y. M. ( ' . A. work in the foreign fields. I returned last night from the A. S. M. E. meeting which was held in New York, where 1 read a paper on Foundry. Yours truly, Professor Nichols. Dear Ars : Plenty of feed in the barns and milk galore! It is selling at a good price, ami I la- folks are not sharp enough to detect the great quantity of water that 1 put into it . 1 think 1 may say that I am on the road to success. The Fit tie Pat tons do the milking and 1 do the delivering with my new Hydroplane. Yours truly, F. E. Patton. Dear At S ; Finding Y. M. ( ' . A. work very interesting while in college I decided to stick to it. After spending a goodly portion of my life trying to win the hand of one of the fairer sex 1 have at last lost all hopes and given up in despair. 1 have organized a track team here in Manila, and expect to have some good meets. Yours truly, D. E. Roberts. THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN S5 Dear Ars Raleigh gave me a good taste of city life, and I have always liked it. So, feeling that way, I came to the largest town this country could afford, ami here I am. 1 have always liked New York and the Yankee women are hard to heat. I can ' t marry for I love them all. I am not a single man because I had to lie. but simply because I wanted In be. Yours truly. Wig Watts. Dear Aus : Xew Mexico, the place of a thousand opportunities, is the place I now call my home. I am in charge of some government irrigation work and am a pretty busy man, but I always find time to run up to Frisco. That is some town and their brogue is tin ' best I have have ever been able to master. I enjoy stuffing these guys and telling them how easily I mas- tered the Mexican language. Yours truly, Mexico Keller. Dear Aus : Since my successful year as captain of A M ' s baseball team my highest ambi- tion has been to manage a team in the big circuit. My team, the Detroit Sluggers, has started the best season we have ever managed, and we expect to finish at the top. I got my start in the Federal League, but Detroit pulled me away by their good offers. I hit them over the fence occasionally, but am getting too old to hold up the old stride. Yours truly, Ty Farmer. Dear Aus : My shingle, ' ' T. L. Bayne, Landscape Gardener, made its first appearance at Asheville, but have lately moved to St. Louis, where I have had a broader field to work in. I am kept pretty busy, but never tun much so to enjoy a little song. I spend my Leisure hours writing poetry for Munsey ' s Magazine, and this helps considerably to buy the baby ' s shoes. I still get homesick for St. Mary ' s, but console myself by reading my wife ' s diploma. Yours truly, T. L. Bayne. 86 THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN Di Mj A.us : My rare experience with the Red and Whitt and my grand success ai getting subscribers, which was to get their names, send them papers, and collect, gave me the idea that I could succeed as manager of a bigger enterprise. 1 am now Business Manager of the Elec- trical World, published al Lincolnton, and have met with good results. I write some articles myself on installing high voltage lines. I am also manager of the V. M. C. A. Basketball team. ■ ours truly, Jack Rees. Dead A is : Patton ' s Tonsorial Palace is running night and day, and also running mo. - a side line I do some surveying, bu1 only when the weather is ideal. I am also Head Coach oi the I) and 1). School here, and have put out some last football and baseball teams. I have made only one mistake since 1 graduated, and that was that I remained single too long, and now I find that 1 am too hard to please. Yours truly, V. R. Patton. Dear Ars : The greatest disappointment of my life came soon after my graduation, and it has changed my whole career. It is the same old story -a woman who I thought loved me, and I lived only for her. Imagine my consternation when, two weeks after my graduation. I received an invitation to her marriage, and my name did not appear on the card, I bought a small farm out here in Oklal la, and have never spoken to a woman since. Yours truly, T, . POHTER. Dear Ars : I guess 1 was a natural born teacher and I knew where I was needed most, so I went hack to Y. I ' . I. anil took charge of their C.E. course. I have gotten h m tine shape. and I can truthfully say that I have put it next to A M in thai line. Last week I was offered the Adjutant Generalship of Virginia, but after considering everything, I decided to stay here and keep up the good work, though it was hard to refuse. Yours truly, P. Kino. Dear Ars : The Piedmont motor truck is the last word in the way of a wagon, and it is hard to supply the demand for them. I thought I would really follow the mill business when I left school, but the hours were too long; so I started in the office here at the wagon factory ami stuck. I am still a great admirer of the mountains, and each Sunday finds me on my way to Blowing Hock — but never al ■. I put a stop to that two years ago. and she loves her Blondie. Yours truly. Blondie ( Ieitner. I i Ml Ai s : If any man should hit me, he would hit the best bass singer in the Slate id ' North Carolina. The only thing that I ever let interfere with my singing is my business, which only takes a few hours oi my I Hue each day. for you know a cotton mill president doesn ' t do very much. The rest of the time I am indulging, with a few of my friends, in a little close harmony. I am proud to say that I think I have at last fallen in love, and soon I guess you will receive the proper notice to prove same; and don ' t forget that all presents received must be prepaid. Yours truly, Bill Shaw. De u Ars : I have quit all my bad habits and have gone into the clothing business, which has given the country quite a shock. Monroe ' s Slit Trousers are the latest agony, and .ill the swills in Eagle Springs are falling for them. The farm has gone for the good cause, and I am a much happier man; for my love of the genuine old sleep works very nicely with in busi- ness, and I am allowed to partake of il more often. Yours truly, T. (i. Monroe. DEAR AUS : My ambit ions always centered in the mastering of wireless, and that has been my chief pursuit for the past nineteen years. I have at last succeeded with the wireless con- trol ol ships, and will make my first attempt to send one across the ocean next month. The THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN 87 ladies -till worry mo. but I can ' 1 give them the pleasure of my company as 1 once did. I am always longing for St. Mary ' s and that dear old choir practice, bul I know they arc gone out of my life forever. yours truly. TOMMIE NlCHOLLS. De ut A.TJS : I have one thins to regret and that is that I didn ' t take M.K.; for what good could I get from C.E. when I was putting together a reaper or mowing machine for some old fanner ' . 1 I went with the I. H. C. Co. and I am their Consulting Engineer in the Construction Department. It is tine work and gives me plenty of chance to concentrate my ever working mind. I am a member of the Chicago Bachelors ' Club, and a strong supporter. Yours truly, D. V. Thorp. Dear Aus : I am now drawing a salary from the American Locomotive Works that will, and does support a large family. Hut as always, the family has its troubles. 1 am trapping in the Richmond Symphony Orchestra, and as a side lino I raise poodle dogs, my favorite beasts. I have charge of the Electrical Locomotive Department, which has become our greatest work, and have given out some valuable information to the magazines. So you see I am somewhat of a Jack-at-all-t rades. Yours truly. Zeb Taylor. Deak Ars : Living is hard enough to do, and it takes more energy than I like to dispose of: but breathing is most too much, anil at times I get so tired of it I feel that I will emit the whole thing. My first job was chief pole climber for the Southern Lower ( lompany, and 1 liked it for a while. Hut after a time. I got tired and informed the boss that if he wanted me to continue my services he must give me a portable elevator; and when he refused I quit. I am now farm- ing, and after all that is the best life to lead. Your- truh , P. Plylkk. THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN I ii us Gus : Not being an ardent admirer of Cole Blease, I thought I had best slay away from 1 1 iv old town. So the day I got my dip. ] pawned my overcoat and bought a ticket i Cali- fornia. To-day I have more orange groves than the Yarborough hotel lias loafers. I am loving at the rate of four per week, which is my record so far. Yours truly, X at Lachicotte. Dear Atjs : Yon would not have thought that after having taken an Agricultural Course :ii M, 1 would have become an instructor in Mathematics; but having specialized in that subject for four years at the old place I became very much interested, and am now Professor of Agricultural Mathematics at the Swannanoa Agricultural College. I have been married seventeen years and have a son who will enter West Point next year. Yours truly, Fred Davidson. Dear Aus : On my return to my native county 1 set things going and they have never ceased. I have declined t he sheriff ' s i itliee I hree t iiiics, as 1 liml more pleasure in devoting my whole time to the production of strawberries. Life in the City of Chadbourn is all to the g i. I have charge of the farm demonstration work, and you should see me flirting with the farmers ' wives. I have continued the Wan dan Hue and enjoy it as much as ever. Yours truly, Rastus Bailey. Dear Atjs : As City Engineer of Greensboro I am happy. I am still a bachelor, but if the Woman ' s Club continues the increase of tax for us 1 fear I will have to join the Benedicts in self-defense. I go down to the Club every night and enjoy a little game. You see leading an easy life is my hobby. I haven ' t missed a musical comedy since I graduated, and don ' t expect to as long as 1 have the price of a rush ticket in my pocket. Yours truly, ,li t Townsend. Dear Aus : Dixie Land would have suited me line to locate in, but I just couldn ' t get the madame to see it that way; so back to Jersey !ity I went . A man is never so satisfied as where his home is, and then, too, the girl made a big difference. I went in with my father and some- how we made a great success from the start. I have kept up my good work as far as studying goes, for each night 1 have I lied to learn a little more. Yours truly, Archie Doolittle. Dear Aus : The leader of Alexander ' s Hag Time Hand was never in it compared to me. I have assembled sonic aggregation in this old town of Castotiia, and our Sunday afternoon con- certs are inciting with great success. I have composed several pieces myself, among them The A M Cadet March, which has given me a good name with the greater musicians. Yours truly. Bill Lewis. Dear Acs : I have built the greatest studio south of Washington in Asheville, and when it comes to all and high class kodak work 1 am the man on the job. My electrical training has given me some great ideas, and 1 have gotten out some improvements in the printing line. My wife is an artist of I he finest class. Shi- i also a suffragette, which makes my life a little harder. Yours truly, Henry Burleson. Dear Ai S : On account of my good work at A A M the Southern Lxpress Company gave me a good position, anil aft er running as messenger for four years 1 was given I he ol lice at Method. My greatest asset is my wife, who has gamed a reputation of being the best pie maker in Wake I Jount J . 1 always lake a day off and go lo the Stale Fair, which brings back memories of days gone by when 1 was some flirt. Yours truly, Possi I ANN. THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN 89 i f ? EA t R - TS : , Z ? nce thou ght that, with a little training I could become the White Hnne but after training for six months I found that I had only lest four pounds 1 ™ V eu£ thffdea and have at last come to the conclusion that nobody loves •, f.,t , v.n T i „ ,,fl I i the army and went to the recruiting station, but didn ' t think V would ifflS fi ' S I am now on the farm. I am doing very nicely. I have never married and never expect to Yours truly. Here ' s to the eighty, all tried and true, The largest yet that ever got thru. May they all do what I have prophesied, And their names will live, long after they have died H. M. Phillips. Graham H. Anthony, Prophet. 90 THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN Agricultural Seniors AlijiH Countrv (ifiitleiucii ' W. B. Little. T PORTER .1. V. Uoss. . . President Vice-President Si i r tary and Treasun r ( ' . R. Bailey II. M. Bailey T. L. Bayne E. ( ' . Blair ( ' . M. Brickhouse II. . Hi i.i. ith R. (). Caldwell W. (I. Caldwell E. L. ( !oble W. (I. Credle S. F. Davidson .1. R. Frank I.. John J. W. 1!( X. S. Lachicotte W. D. Lewis W. B. Little II. ( ' . McPhail .1. I-:. Michael T. G. Monroe II. K. Nash, Jr. F. E. Patton II. M. Phillips T. W. Porter M. R. Qtjinerly I). E. Roberts .1. M. Roberts 92 THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN Chemical Seniors W.L.Moody F. D. Poisson 94 THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN Civil Engineering Seniors II. V. BlBERSTEIN V. Y. Breeze I.. M. Craig A. .1. Doc-little Y. II. Griffin, Jr. .1. II irvet, Jr. W. L. Jkw i:i i, S. K. Keller P. King D. A. I.l.AKD M. 1 . LlVERMAN T. li. McDearman . K. Patton D. W. Thorp .1. 1!. Townsend ( . Z. Wrenn 96 THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN Electrical Engineering Seniors B. 0. Austin J. R. Buchanan H. Burleson A. A. Farmer K. M. Fetzer J. Fontaine R. A. Gill F. B. Morton T. W. Nicholls R. A. Plyler J. B. Rees E. P. Rouse V. H. Smith Z. Y. Taylor C. L. Vann J. W. Watts E. H. Weatherspoon 98 THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN Mechanical Engineering Seniors G. H. Anthony D. D. Cox S. J. Cox W. B. Foster F. H. Houck J. F. HUETTE W. T. HURTT W. N. Johnston W. M. Jones E. B. Nichols M. V. Perry A. J. Phillips W. 0. Potter T. L. Robertson J. F. Schenck 100 THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN Textile Seniors J. G. H. Geitner J. E. McNeely W. T. Shaw 102 THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN Last Will and Testament of the Class of 1914 Office of Ketchum Cheatham State of Indefinite Hardships ) , r „ „ „ TT . ,.. - Village of the Linking Sun County of Wide-a-Wake To whom it may concern — Salutations : Know all men by these presents, that we, the undersigned, known offi- cially as the Class of 1914 of the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, realizing the uncertainties of life and the vicissitudes of fortune, and being about to depart from this state of continual turmoil for regions unknown, and being collectively and individually of sound mind and judicial temperament, do hereby declare the parties and organizations hereinafter named to be our true and lawful heirs, and to give and bequeath to them the following named articles and properties, to-wit : Section I Article 1. To the Class of 1915 we do give the absolute rule of that tract of land known as the A M College campus, with all rights and appurtenances pertaining thereto; said tract of land lying and being situated in the village of West Raleigh, and more particularly described as follows: Bounded on the north by Dr. Hill, on the east by Dr. Harrison, on the south by nothing, and on the west by all Agriculture. Article 2. We do also give unto the Class of 1915 the inestimable privilege of smoking cigarettes with impunity in Charlie Jones ' lunch room without being ever on the lookout for some damn Senior. Article 3. We do also give unto the aforesaid ( ' lass the enjoyable right of going up town whenever they please and staying as long as they please. Article 4. We do also grant unto them the authority to report and ram all underclassmen for each and any breach of coll ege rules that may come under their observation. Article 5. We do also grant them license to elect members to Congress and to pass bills without fear of molestation at any and all hours of the day and night. THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN 103 Article 6. We do very unwillingly and not of our own accord bequeath unto the aforesaid class those unfortunates whose engines held insufficient fuel to carry them safely through the gantlet of Senior exams. May the said delin- quents be unto the aforementioned class the true friends and companions they have been to us, and may they never again put the college in a precarious con- dition by their sad habit of flunking. Section II Article 1. To our dearly beloved president, we beg to tender at this late date, all the rams which we have neglected to turn in heretofore on account of a naturally procrastinating temperament. May he lose no time in punishing the miscreants as they deserve. Article 2. We do also bequeath to the aforementioned despot, the Class of 1915 to use as he sees fit in preserving the honor and dignity of this our beloved college and in the furthering and carrying out of his edicts. Section III Article 1. To our respected and beloved Dean, our faithful guide through the wilds of the English Language, we do bequeath and make him sole heir to all books and manuscripts pertaining to this course. And with these, by these and through these, may he be encouraged to do much parallel reading. . 1 rticle 2. We do also bequeath unto him many quiet and unmolested hours of enjoyment, during the summer months, of his favorite characters, Robin Hood, Little John, Beowulf and Robinson Crusoe. Section IV Article 1. To Professor Browne, head of our Electrical Engineering Depart- ment, we do give and bequeath and make him sole heir unto the full and entire enjoyment of fifty-four (54) hours of hard labor each and every week (of six- working days). Section V Article 1. Realizing his full and just appreciation of the below mentioned commodity we do will unto our respected Commandant, Lieutenant Horace F. Spurgin, all the punch to be made and used at future Senior dances. Section VI Article 1. To our Registrar, Mr. E. B. Owen, better known as P. G., we grant the supreme pleasure of adding to his conduct book the names of the incom- 104 THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN ing class of 1918; and we request that he destroy those leaves which contain a record of our misdeeds while we were under his careful and strict guidance. Section VII Article 1. To Professor Riddick, better known as Sorrell Top, we do tender all athletes entering with the yet unborn class of 1918. May they all come within the eligibility rules of our sister institution. Section VIII Article 1. To our College Mater, Mrs. Harris, we give our most sincere and heartfelt thanks for the tender care she has given this class during its four years in college. May all entrants to this institution be as appreciative of her moth- erly care as we are. Section IX Article 1. To the college Dining Hall, better known as Hurley ' s Hash Foundry, we bequeath all students who are green enough to submit to the monthly separation from their monthly exchequers the sum of eleven dollars, for which they receive nothing in return. Section X Article 1. To the divers and sundry coaches of college athletics we do leave all those aspirants for varsity positions who have as yet been so unfortunate as not to have attained the coveted berths. Section XI Article 1. To each and every member of the embryonic class of 1918, we do give the invaluable privileges of the college as mentioned on the reverse side of their registration cards. Having striven vainly for four years to find out what these privileges are, we turn the problem over to them. Section XII Article 1. In conclusion, as we are now about to depart from these hallowed precincts, ami leave behind us our many dear friends, we hope that some day we may all return and find the glad hand awaiting us. (Signed) The Class of 1914. Sworn to and subscribed before me this the first day of March, 1914. Wit- ness my hand and Notarial Seal. (Signed) P. G. Allen, (Seal) Notary Public. Jfuntorg 106 THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN The Black and Gold Come fill the glass As full as it can hold, And drink to the class Of the Black and the Gold ! Here ' s to the past years — Freshman and Sophomore; To those homesick tears — But we came off conqueror. Then for the present, lads, Fill a full stein; Drink health to the Juniors In the reddest of wine. The class of fifteen, That knows no peer; Hurrah for A M Juniors! We ' re glad we ' re here. Poet. ®M 108 THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN Junior Class Iolors : Old gold and black Officers J. M. Spears Presidi nt .1. R. Williams Vice-PresicU nt P. X. Howard Secretary L. C. Atkisson Treasurer K. Osborn Poet J. D. Ray Historian Members Alexander, H. M., Matthews Atkisson, L. C, Greensboro Blount, 15. M., Washington Brooks, R., Alliance Bruner, J. B., Raleigh Carpenter, J. C, Charlotte Carter, J. M., Washington Cherry, L. G., Raleigh Commander, G. W., Elizabeth City. Constable, H. B., Charlotte Correll, M. L., Lumberton Cotten, E. L., New London Chowder, R., Raleigh DAILEY, D. T., Elizabeth City Denmark, L. P., Raleigh Eldridge, C. P., Raleigh Eldridge, W. K., Burkeville, Va. Farmer, W. II., Bailey, R. 1 Field, R. II., Raleigh Fluck, A. C, Lexington Gardiner, L. V., Shelby Gray, F. T., Cullasaja Hackney, .1. X., Wilson Haddock, J. H., Richmond Hall, J. H., Raleigh Harris, R. P., Louisburg Hahshaw, II. M.. Murphy Hassell, J. L., Edenton Henderlite, H. B., Raleigh Hendricks, G. G., Greens- boro. Herman, V. R., Conover, R. 1. Hooper, D. L., Cullowhee Hopkins, II., Greensboro Howard, J. S., Salemburg I low ARD, P. X., Kinston Jeffers, G. L., Richmond Jones, R. A., Charlotte Kilpatrjck, W. K . Asheville Knight, R. ' ., Tarboro Kramer, F. K., Elizabeth City Lewis, I. T., Gastonia Lindley, J. W., Siler City McArn, D. G., Laurinburg Martin, W. D., Pelham Newcomb, R. T., Raleigh Osborn, K., Cleveland Mills Pearsall, V. W. Wilmington Pinner, J. G., Columbia Procter, F. W ' ., Raleigh Proffit, C. L., Bald Creek Ray, J. D., Sanford Roberts, C. H., Fletcher Rosser, L. G, Jonesboro Smith, W. I., Asheville Smith, W. J., Jr., Charlotte Spears, J. M., Lillington Spencer, H., National Soldiers ' Home, Ya. Sumner, W., Asheville Teachey, A. L., Teachey Trevathan, J. E., Rocky Mount. W vtson, W. M., Swan Quarter. Weaver, C. W., Franklin White, B., Ho bgood Wiggins, F. C, Middleburg Williams, J. R., Sanford Wysong, F. E., Greensboro 110 THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN Junior Class History On the fifth day of September, A. D. 1913, a very important event took place in the history of our college. The members of the Class of 1915 began their careers as Juniors. The Class of 1915, it is true, had lost several men who. much to their own regret but at the earnest solicitation of the Dean, agreed to register as members of 1916. But their places were taken if not filled by an equal number of the men of 1914 who decided to defer their graduation in order to have the honor of membership in our distinguished class. We were about seventy-five strong, this being slightly less than half the number with which we entered as Freshmen. Having lost the greenness of Freshmen and the conceit of Sophomores, we began our work in earnest. The first few days were spent in getting acquainted again, and in watching the awkwardness of the Freshmen. The new class officers took up their duties immediately upon their arrival on the campus. Meetings were called, and various topics were discussed, such as class rings, banquet, and football. The prospects for a good class football team did not seem very bright, at first, but later more interest was shown. The result was two decisive victories over the other teams. We won from the Sophomores by a narrow margin, but we piled up an overwhelming score against the Fresh- men. This gave us the class championship for the first time. D. T. Dailey had the honor of being our captain. Previous to this event we had always put out good class teams, but never were quite successful. In baseball last spring the 1915 team was defeated in the game for the class championship by a close score. Our class has never been represented on the ' Varsity Football Team by a regular man, although it has furnished some good subs. We have been repre- sented in ' Varsity Basketball and Track each year since we entered college, but did not succeed until our Sophomore year in placing a man on the ' Varsity Base- ball Team. Our studious habits were somewhat interrupted by Fair Week and Thanks- giving, but everything was straightened out by the December finals. However, due to various reasons, our membership was slightly decreased after the Christ- mas holidays. We are now looking forward to the spring season of baseball, and then com- mencement. We hope every member will have good luck from now on and be back next fall as dignified Seniors to be graduated with honors. Historian. opfjomoreg 112 THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN Metamorphosis of a Freshman When the noble class of sixteen First met in our classic hall, We were green as are persimmons When the plums begin to fall. We were green: Yes, I ' ll admit it; We were fresh: Yes, that is true; But we learned to carry water As all Freshmen have to do. And in this way we started On our humble Freshman year; And each night we watched and waited With trembling dread and fear, Until we saw on rising The first dim light of dawn. And as we dressed, thanked our kind fate That the long dark night was gone. But now we of the sixteen bunch Are mighty SOPHS at last; We call the new men FRESHMEN, And we say they ' re green as grass; But in our hearts we love them, That noble Freshman crew! And whom we love we chasten As the Bible tells us to. Poet. s vv 5l b L cm m o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o 114 THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN Sophomore Class Officers H. E. Winston Presidott R. B. Wheatley I hi -1 ' ri xuli nt S. ' •■ Crater Secretary T. L. Milwee Treasurer J. L. B. Jenkins Poet W. C. Albright Historian Abeknethy, C. S. Albright, W. C. Anthony, O. S. Audrey, J. A. Baker, C. V. Baker, F. A. Barbrey, J. O. Bason, J. W. Beatty, M. E. Bennett, J. S. Bonner, J. S. Britton, C. D. Brooks, J. H. Brooks, T. W. Carlton, C. L. Cates, W. R. Champion, J. V. Clanton, C. C. COHBITT, YY. S. Cotton, R. T. Credle, S. M. Crowell, C H. Donaldson, R. V. Farrior, J. A. Fontaine, M. M. Frazier, J. A. Gilchrist, P. M. Goodson, A. N. rREENFIELD, K. L. Haywood, W. S. Heinzerling, E. P. Henry, L. ( I. Herman, E. K. Hester, E. A. Hill, R. H. Hine, P. E. Hodges, R. H. Members Holmes, T. H. Holt, D. R. Jaynes, L. A. Jenkins, J. L. B. Jennette, S. E. Johnson, L. B. Johnson, V. J. Johnston, V. A. Jones, E. C. Kelly, R. L. Kennedy, YY. A. Kendrick, W. F. Kennedy, Y. P. Kine, P. II . Koiiloss, F. II. Lake, R. J. Lane, J. H. Ledford, C. A. Lilley, H. H. LlLLEY, T. B. Lindsay, R. O. McKimmon, W. S. McLeod, J. W. McNeill, F. C. Madison, R. E. Mallette, P. Morris, YY. E. M vson, .1. II. Miller, J. I). Milwee, T. I.. Moore, C. A. Morrison, YY. F. Mullen, B. F. Murray, E. N. Myers, M. G. Neely, J. F. Nooe, D. B. Parker, L. Parlier, li. G. Pegram, T. C. Phelps, A. G. Pridgen, J. B. R nkin. H. Hay, L. B. Ray, H. C. Rice, V. A. Roberts, P. A. Robertson. Z. B. Rogers, Y. H. Rowe, L. M. Russell, C. R. Rl SSELL, O. V. Russo, A. J. Sasser, D. F. Saunders, J. ' . Schlicter, 0. M. Seifert, C. O. Setzer, B. YY ' . Sloan, K. Smith, B. P. Strauss, B. Tate, D. M. Tatum, R. L. Undersell, G. W. Ward, J. H. Ware, JO. Webb, G. H. Wheatley, R. B. II. I, INS, J. B. Williams, J. F. Wilson, .1. Y. YVilson, N. R. YYithers, J. H. 116 THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN Sophomore Class History On the seventh of September, 1912, the Sophomore Class made its debut at A M, with an enrollment of two hundred and twenty-five members. We came, just like all new men, green but willing to take the chance. We invested our money in all the harmless tricks that are gen- erated by the upper classmen, and generously contributed to the radiator, bath, and butter check funds, being often compelled to send distress signals home to our parents. Hut as Fate would have it we emerged from the nine months ' session in perfect health and completely bur- dened down with the many wise things that are known in college life. Last September we came back one hundred and fifteen strong and not as the green and frivolous Freshmen of the previous year, but as proud and haughty Sophomores. We immediately took possession of everything, and did considerable advertising by painting our numerals on every available public view. While this was being done others of our crew who had risen to the military rank of wearing two golden strips upon their sleeves were busily engaged in instructing our beloved Freshmen the various details of military contort ionism. Then came new studies that caused considerable boning and a period of peace and soli- tude, only to be broken one morning when the news was spread that Fullen Hall had been con- verted into a Metropolitan Zoo. During the drowsy hours of the night a big black bear had taken refuge in the chapel, and was seen serenely reposing in the sun next morning. This, of course, was credited to the keen wits of some Sophomores, but we are readily willing to share the honor with other classmen who ably assisted in this feat. As time rolled on various stunts were pulled off, but a general summary of the remaining time points to a period of unseen activities that have not been duly recorded. Our class has been well represented on all ' Varsity teams. In football we have five mono- gram men: Winston, Mcllenry, Seifert, Anthony, and Cook. In baseball we have four: Kin- caid, Britton, Winston, and Russell. In track we have three: Milwee, Abernethy, and Hine. In basketball Mason is our only ' Varsity representative. All of these men are classed among the best on their respective teams. In class athletics we have put out strong teams that have made good records. This year the football team went to New Hern and played the ( ihent Athletic Association, del eating them by a score of 14 to 0. Last year we lost to the Juniors 7 to I), and the same ill luck overtook US this year when we were defeated 7 to 3 on a freak touchdown. Last year we captured the baseball trophy by defeating lie- Short Course Team 4 to 1 anil the Sophomores 8 to 4. Our prospects for another successful year are blight, as the same aggregation that represented us last year are all back in school. On the track we won the interclass meet, which was held for the first time this year. The following officers represented the class this year: II. E. Winston, President; R. B. Wheatley, Vice-President; S. ( ' . Crater, Secretary; T, L. Milwee, Treasurer; Y. ( ' . Albright, Historian, and .1. L. B. Jenkins, Poet. Football Team: (1. II. Webb, Manager; and Y. ( ' . Albright, Captain. Track Team: T. L. Milwee, Captain. Basketball Team: T. L. Milwee, Manager, and W. F. Morrison, Captain. Baseball Team: YV. ( ' . Albright, Manager, and R. II. Hodges, ( iaptain. Historian. Jfrestfjmen 118 THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN Freshman Class Poem We are Freshmen, fresh and green As Freshmen always arc We arc gathered here to seek and find From firesides near and far. II We are longing for the day When we ' ll be Sophs. serene; And lay aside the name of Fresh And lose our coats of green. Ill We ' ve about got used to chewing bull And answering class reports. The country look is wearing off; We ' ll soon be college sports. IV We ' ve learned about the molecules And the fifteenth power of y, And all about the seeds and sprouts And why a tree will die. V When we have finished college In nineteen-seventeen, We ' ll look with joy upon the days When we were fresh and green. Poet. j 120 THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN Freshman Class Officers E. A. Rickard President W. C. Dodson Vice-President V. W. Howard Secretary and Treasurer G. G. Baker Poet J. S. Tennett Historian Members Adkins, J. J. Alenander, J. M. Anderson, E. L. Ahtz, J. W. Avant, G. ( !. AVERA, J. W. Baker, G. (i. Baker, L. W. Baker, T. Banner, B. G. Baucomb, J. R. Beauregard, L. V. Bell, F. N. Bell, W. L. Blanton, R. P. Blanton, T. Y. Booker, J. G. Bounds, F. J. Bower, D. M. Boyce, E. E. BOYLIN, J. G. Bradford, Z. B. Bridges, Y. S. Brinn, V. L. Burfoot, N. Butner, E. S. Butts, Z. V. Carter, A. H. Chedester, M. H. Chesson, E. S. Clark, ' . V. Clark, W. D. Clark, W. II. Coleman, R. L. Collier, J. C Cook, C C Cooper, J. W. Cox, F. E. Crabtree, J. F. Crawford, II. II. Crawford, H. Credle, H. B. Crumpler, T. B. CULBERTSON, .1. K. Davis, E. D. Davis, R. B. Davis, W. P. Day, A. G. DeArman, I. A. Dodson, W. C. Donald, M. C. Dowd, W. F. DUCKETT, R. M. Eaton, D. M. Edmondson, M. W. Edwards, O. L. Elliott, H. Elliott, W. H. Farmer, J. B. Ferdeber, J. Fkreiiee, II. C. Ferebee, S. S. Fonville, F. P. Foreman, H. C. Foushee, E. D. Prowler, M. C. Frazler, D. R. S. Gammon, F. L. Gardiner, F. C. Gardiner, Z. C. Granger, C. S. Grantham, L. W. Gray, D. Gregson, J. F. Grindstall, R. D. Guion, O. H. Guy, P. T. Haight, F. T. Harris, C. R. Harris, J. L. Hardman, A. T. Haves, R. M. Haynes, E. B. Haynes, J. B. Hayward, H. W. Hendricks, J. W. Hill, N. M. 1 Lodges, B. D. HODNETT, H. HOGAN, W. S. Holmes, E. P. Hooper, R. M. Hoots, W. R. House, R. D. Howard, F. V. Howie, H. B. Hudgins, J. G. Humphreys, P. A. Hunt, J. D. Ingram, T. J. Ivey, J. E. James, M. (i. Jeffress, H. L. Jerome, F. D. Johnson, M. P. Johnson, P. V. Johnson, W. M. Johnston, M. C. Jones, J. E. Joyner, H. C. Kehoe, R. T. Kelly, P. P. Kerlee, G. E. King, H. E. Kluttz, F. S. Knox, G. E. Lawrence, G. H. Lawson, W. L. Leguenec, J. R. Lillard, G. L. Little, R. T. B. Loftin, N. H. Lumsden, W. B. McArthur, J. R. McCall, P. H. McDoUGALL, J. E. McDowell, W. 0. McGeachey, R. W. McGinn, R. McIyeh, A. McLean, R. S. McLendon, M. D. McNairy, J. W. McPhaul, E. McPhaul, J. E. THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN 121 Malone, C. B. Marnet, M. S. Martin, W. Matthews, W. E. Mayberry, E. L. Mayxard, M. B. Mease, C. M. Melville, L. C. MlDDLETOX, ( I. K. Miller, C. E. Millsaps, E. S. MlSENHEIMEH, T. B. Mitchener, E. J. Mitchexer, S. J. Moore, J. A. Monroe, D. A. Morris, C. M. Morrison, F. S. Murrell, Z. E. Newell, J. D. Newman, S. F. Newsome, G. L. Noe, T. L. Noble, W. M. Olive, W. W. ( Ihmaxd, M. L. Orrell, D. J. Osborne, V. M. Owen, M. T. Patterson, E. G. Page, R. A. Parker, C. W. Parsons, W. L. Perry, J. C. Pharr, W. M. Poole, J. H. Price, V. W. PUREFOY, J. A. Radford, W. Pi. Rand, P. R. Ray, W. C Ray, D. M. Reaves, J. S. Reeds, J. L. Riddick, W. W. Ritchie, H. L. Robbins, Y. A Roberson, H. B. Robertson, J. P. Rogers, H. H. Royster, R. H. Rudisell, J. B. Saintsing, D. M. Scales, W. L. Scarboro, W. L. Scarry, J. Scott, W. K. Shoulars, T. V. Shuford, A. C. Simmons, T. P. Smith, M. H. Sparrow, E. C. Speas, J. M. Spivey, W. H. Staixhack, W. B. Stallings, J. E. Stallings, P. E. Stanford, C. W. Sullivan, J. H. Swink, L. J. Tabor, G Y. Taylor, A. T. Taylor, J. R. Temple, B. Tennett, J. S. Tenney, P. G. TlLLETT, O. J. TlLLEY, B. Turner, E. C. Turner, R. H. Tyler, N. B. Tyson, G. T. Valley, L. F. VanBrocklin, C. E. Waddill, L. T. Ward, C. S. Ward, L. B. Warrix t er, S. H. W ATKINS, B. A. Watters, H. H. Ware, L. C. Weldon, N. R. Weldon, P. W. Wellons, L. R. Wells, J. H. West, F. M. Wharton, H. G. Wheeler, D. E. White, W. P. Whitsox, G. Williams, J. A. Williams, J. F. Williams, P. Mi K. Williams, T. H. Williamson, C. L. Williamson, E. L. W instead, G. J. Wooten, L. E. Worcester, C M. Young, R. C. 122 THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN History of the Freshman Class We arrived on September 3, 1913, two hundred and forty-six in number. When we stepped off the train and walked through the depot we heard voices saying, I bet he is a Freshman. Under such scrutiny we felt very small and insignificant. The first night in college was spent in fear behind locked doors and barred windows. The next day was registration day. After we had gone to the Agri- cultural Building and the Engineering Building to register, we finally found the Main Building and were separated from our money. The rest of the day was spent in looking at points of interest about the campus. That night some of us that could see into the future knew that cold weather was coming, and purchased radiators from the upper classmen to keep our rooms warm. With the aid of the Seniors we were soon organized and had elected class officers. Up to this date they have served faithfully and deserve credit for their good work. We were much relieved when we found that the Sophs. had resolved to do no hazing. We have always received as good treatment from the upper class- men as Freshmen ever received anywhere. We have furnished a lot of good athletic material, being represented on the ' Varsity football squad by six good athletes. We have also furnished several good men for the scrubs. We prefer not to go into details in regard to our class football game, so we will simply state that the Juniors beat us forty-four to noth- ing. We expect to do better in baseball, basketball and track. Two hundred and forty-three of us registered after Christmas, and we have settled down to work again. Although there is still much room for improvement, much of our freshness and greenness has worn off and we are living in hopes of being Sophs. next year. Historian. 124 THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN Short Course Class W. A. Tinsley, Jr., President E. W. Ewing Vice-President II. T. Y atkins Si cretary First Year Adkins, J. J., Jit. Andrews, Y. M. Austin, R. L. Baugh, C. H., Jr. Bell, C. L. Briggs, J. R. Britt, W. R. Corpening, R. R. Crabtree, J. F. Cranford, G. C. Crews, E. N. Davis, II. W. Dixon, W. S. Ewing, V. R. Gant, R. ( llLBERT, .1. W. Glenn, F. II. Gragg, J. T. Gut, P. T. Hampton, W. D. Harkey, L. W. Henry, J. S. Hodgin, W. II. Hogan, W. S. Howard, T. L. Hundley, J. W. Josey, R. B. Kerr, W. H. Kirby, V. C. Kirkpatrick, C. D. Kincaid, YY. J. KlI ' KA, C. W. Lawrence, I. E. Laws, B. W. Lipe, H. G. M Vi ' i.EY, E. A. M (Henry, B. G. McLawhorn, D. T. McLean, J. D. Mann, O. G. Martin, T. J. Masse y, L. M. Metts, J. C Miller, E. YY. Monroe, II. F. Morrison. R. R. Nixon, F. L. Noble, W. M. Perkins, R. F. Piiakk, W. N. Pitt, E. L. Poplin, P. J. Potts, Louis Potts, W. II. Powell, B. L. Ramsetjr, C. L, Ross, C. H. Ross, W. H. Sample, W. II. Scarry, J. Smith, M. H. Stikeleather, F. Stowe, F. T. Swain, C. A. Taylor, P. G. Tinsley, W. A. Tyson, G. T. Underwood, H. H. Ward, G. R. Warren, II. P. Williams, J. II. WlTHERSPOON, 0. H. Wolfe, W. R. Wrenn, ( P. Wysong, P. B. Young, G. A. Second Yeai Adams, S. G. Alexander, S. A. Allison, E. E. Brothers, J. W. Dixon, J. T. Faison, W. D. Goforth. 1. M. Graves, A. A. Lawrence, R. E. Livengood, i. (i. Masse y, A. W. Middleton, W. R. Miller, G. F. Nathan, S. A. Phillips, E. S. Pruitt, W. A. Smith, D. P. Stanton, E. P. Stafford, R. M. Tarkenton, A. L. Townsend, F. M. INN, M . ( I . Watkins, H. T. White, P. G. ; . V |i;; .. |ff:% , ■ - ;i:: ' J. ' : ' ■!■ Jill, Miss Aline Whitakek HORSE SHOE, ' ilion J. R. Bcchaxax ilajor Battalion 128 THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN The Battalion Staff Commandant H. F. Spurgin First Lieutenant, U. S. A . Commissioned Officers J. R. Buchanan Major D. W. Thorp, Jr Captain and Adjutant J. F. Huette Captain and Quartermaster E. H. Weatherspoo n Captain and Commissary Non-commissioned Officers F. K. Kramer Sergeant- Major W. D. Martin Qxtartermasier Sergeant and Color Sergeant ■- ' ■ ' - 130 THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN The Battalion To appreciate the efficient work of the Military Department we need only watch the timid, stoopshouldered Freshman develop into a hold and sturdy Senior, and observe the changes that take place in his life as he passes from the obeying private to a position of command and responsibility. The physical exer- cise and the disciplinary training together help develop in the men an attitude of self-reliance which aids them materially in after life. Last summer our former Commandant, CaptaiE Y. (i. Peace, was transferred to Fort Caswell, and Lieutenant H. F. Spurgin was assigned to this position. While we hated very much to lose Captain Peace, we feel very fortunate indeed in having the services of Lieutenant Spurgin, and he has won the highest respect of the faculty and of the students. On account of the increased number of cadets it was found necessary to add another company, making seven in all. During the first month the new men demanded must attention and drill was held five times per week. At the end of this time they manifested a sufficient preliminary knowledge of tactics and the number of drill periods was reduced to three per week. During the remainder of the first term the men were given instructions in calisthenic exercises, bayonel exercises, aiming and sighting, and target and gal- lery practice. On the last regular drill day a competitive drill was held. The pennant was awarded to Company D, commanded by W. T. Shaw. Second and third honors, respectively, went to Company ( ' , commanded by Y. II. Smith, and Company A, by D. D. Cox. After Christmas both close and extended order drills were held. Practice was given in forming advance guards, establishing outposts, and marches. Attacks and defenses were made and general instructions in field work given. This, sup- plemented by lompany and Battalion drill, continued until the annual inspection in April, after which all drill was suspended. __ Miss ( !h ice Lawless PENSACOLA, II. A. Sponsor Co. A D. D. COX ' aptain Co. A Company A Non- commissioned Officers First Sergi ant D. L. II ' i r Si rgeanti Eldr idoe, W. K WlTHERSPOON, II. K. Pinner, J. ( ' •. Corporals Tati m. R. L. Kennedy, W. I ' . Henry, L. O. Miller, C. F. Hester, E. A. HODGES, R. H. Corbitt, V. S. Officers D. I). Cox Captain .]. ( ' .. II. Geitner First Lieutenant W.L.Moody. Second Lieutenant Miss [renb Ahkknetiiy GRl ENSBORO, N. C. Sponsor ' o. B S. J. Cox Captain Co. B Company 15 Non- Commissioned Officers l ' ' irsi Sergeant 11. Spenceh Si rgeants CONST ABLE, 11. B. ( i AHDINEK, L. W. Cask ill, W. II. Commander, (I. Y. Blount, B. M. ( ' orporals Millsaps, B. M. Sloan, K. Neely, J. r. Herman, E. K. Officers S. .1. Cox Captain M. V. Pkuhy First l ii uti nant A. J. Doolittle Second Lieutenant Miss 1si. E. Mitchkll i will ii.i.i:, n. c. Sponsor Co. C . H. .Smith Captain Co. C Company C Non- ' III Ml lNwi mi i-il Officers First Si rg mil (I. L. Jeffers Sergeants Harris, R. P. Setzer, B. W. Howard, J. S. Cotton, E. L. Corporals Russell, ( ' . H. Ware, J. (). Crater, S. G. Credle, S. M. McCall, P. K. Officers W. II Smith K. M Fetzeh - . H. M. Phillips. ' ' aptain First I. ii uli mint Second Lieut nant Miss Lillie Stainback WELDON, . C. Sponsor Co. I) W. T. Shaw, Jr. Captain Co. D Company D Non- Coin in lNNiniKMl Officers First St rgeant B. HIT, ' . Si rgt mils Denmark, I.. P. Williams, .1. U. White, L. Howard, P. X. l WCI 1MB R. T. Corporals T i;m. TON, A. L. Underbill, C. W. Webb, G. II. Baker, V. A. Speas, .1. II. ( ' yRLTON. ( ' . L. Officers W. T. Si i v, Jr ( ' aplain •I M Roberts First Lieutenant P. Pallette Second Lieutenant T Miss I. mis SWEANEY I.I.AKSMI.l.i:, N. c. Sponsor Co. E J. R. TOWNSEND Captain Co. E Company E Non- Commissioned Officers First Si rgeant V. K. 1 1 1 KM w Si riji ants Ward, J. II. P hi. U.K. K. G. Hall, J. H. Page, R. A. ( ' orporals Morrison, W. F. Fontaine, M. M. Rogers, V. H. Abernethy, ( ' . S Wysong, V. E. Frazier, J. A. Hill, R. H. Officers J I! Tim nsend. . . ' ' aptain t Z. Wrenn First Lieutenant B. ( ). Austin Second Lii uU nanl Miss linn Melvin tt IKEFIELD, N. C. Sponsor Co. F L. John ( ' aplain Co. F Company F Com missioned Officers First Sergeant F. C. Wiggins Sergeants Harris, J. F. Ray, J. D. Fluck, A. C. Spears, J. M. Albright, W. C. Corporals Schlicter, 0. M. Lane, J. H. Robertson, L. P. Johnson, L. B. Hodnett, H. T. Kendrick, W. F. Officers I, John Captain H. C. McPhail First Lieutenant . I. Smith Second Lieutenant Miss Debokah Browne WOODLAND. X. C. Sponsor ( ' o. G E. C. Blair Captain Co. G Company G Non- Commissioned Officers First Sergeant M M. Al.KX VNDER Sergeants Field, R. 11. Bb is, K. Pegram, T. C. Rowe, L. M. i ' orporah Kennedy, Y. A. Mason, J. H. Roberts, P. A. Marsh, W. E. Bonner, J. MlLWEE, T, I.. Officers E. ' . Blair Captain II. Burleson. First Lieutenant S I ' Davidson Second Lieutenant MM !l ■ E3pT ' Miss Adelaide Harrow SPARTANBURG, S. C. Sponsor Kami J. F. Schenck, Jr. Captain Band The Band on Go nimiNsioned Officers Fi ■si Sergt ant K . Osborne Sergeanl 1 T. Lewis Corporal F. S. Kluttz Officers J. F. Schenck, Jr Caplain . I). Lewis. . . . First Lieutenant M. V. Peabsau Second Lit uti nanl X a a i K : ' ' c- ' s ' ' . ' Z.--. £ ' K 1-5 Qj a _ a ; a r cs k a x. -• = o 2 a,n, e£f2 7. u . g _j o a -yfH-. ESSEK m ■ fflOhJj z ; h : -j ; bHS . . e - . S g e tf 1 9 ib m is p o g S F a n o o g J J J k o o o fe 22- s« .,- _- z sag 2 . . ■ H teifeaj H fe .-.- ; = -; 3 S3 . - S of Cd aT S § S egg .3 S aj J gHHwOosw • . S Dai „ • KHZj = i- = E- i.- zr;: i:z  - O !O0Saic X X . i : 166 THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN ' Company 1) ' Commander-in-Chief A. A. Farmer General J. H. Rees Major ( ieneral J. W. Ross Brigadier ( ieneral. . C M. Brickhouse Adjutant ( Ieneral C. R. Bailey Lieutenant ( ieneral W. R. Patios Admiral . . .M. R. Qtjinerly Colonel Paul King Lieutenant Colonel T. W. Nicholls Major D. A. Leard Lieutenanl Adjutant Major E. P. Rouse Adjutant I. Fontaine Captain T. W. Ported Commissary Captain M. L. Liverman Quartermaster II. V. Biberstein Quartermaster Sergeanl II. V. Btllard First Lieutenant J. R. Frank Second Lieutenanl ... ...... (1. H. Anthony Third Lieutenant H. Bailey First Sergeant F. B. Morton Second Sergeanl Y. B. Foster Third Sergeanl . . V. II. Griffin, Jr. Fourth Sergeant V. Y. Breeze First Corporal R. A. Gill Second Corporal W. L. Jewell Third Corporal. . T. R. McDearman Fourth Corporal. . . .F. E. Patton Fifth Corporal D. E. Roberts Sixi h ( Jorporal C. S. Andrews ( !hief Trumpeter. . T. L. Bayne, Jr. First Assistant Bugler . Y. N. Johnston S id Assistant Bugler . .. W. M. Jones Third Assistant Bugler T. G. Monroe Fourth Assistant Bugler . . . F. H. Hotjck Drum Major . . . . L. M. Craig Captain Hand John Harvey, Jr. First Lieutenant Band . . .YV. B. LITTLE Second Lieutenant Hand II. K N VSH, Jr. First Sergeanl Hand . . ,E. L. Coble Second Sergeant Hand .W. 0. Potter Third Sergeant Hand T. L. Roberson Fourth Sergeant Band W. G. Credle First Corporal Band F. D. Poisson Second Corporal Band . . .W. T. Htjrtt Third Corporal Hand R. 0. Caldwell Cavalry E. B. Nichols Surgeon . .1. E. McNeely ater Hoy C. L. Vann Warden of Prison Z. YV. Tai lor I look .......... .1. Y. Watts, .Ik. ihaplairj R. A. Pltler t )nlv a Private . . . J. R. Legi bnec DpNcrterN ( 1. G. Schmidt E. I. Cloyd .1. .1. Phillips R. .1. Franklin S. E. Menzies SK - s T ' l ' SI ' ' ' 4 PV sMt .V ' ttfc JL itfnM ' ; tspfesl KMflH M, 1 170 THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN Athletic Association Officers Fall Term Spring Term Y. T. Hurtt President A. A. Farmer A. A. Farmer Vice-President W. It. Patton G. H. Anthony Secretary-Treasurer D. D. Cox Alumni Officers J. Y. Harrelson, Graduate Manager R. H. Merritt, Alumni Representative W. C. Etheridge, Assistant Alumni Representative Coaches and Managers W. L. Jewell Manager ' Varsity Football Team Eddie L. Greene Coach ' Varsity Football Team Dr. John E. Hegahty Assistant Coach ' Varsity Football Team R. M. Bailey Manager 1913 Baseball Team Dr. Fred A. Anderson Coach 1913 Baseball Team L. C. Hand Manager 1913 Track Team J. B. Rees Manager 1914 Basketball Team Dr. John E. Hegarty Coach 1914 Basketball Team THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN 171 A Record of Athletics During the Year 1913 We like to think, here at A M, that our college is constantly advancing from year to year in all of its various branches. In athletics during the past year we see certain signs of advancement towards the goal we have set for our- selves; that goal being the athletic supremacy of the South. During the baby days of the year, our basketball team did not wholly live up to expectations. There was a lack of interest in the sport which was largely instrumental in making us lose the games we did. We are proud of the tram. however, for although they lost some games, they lost gamely, fighting to the end; and when a game was over they had no excuses to make. If we are to lose, let us lose in that way! The baseball team of 1913 was one of which we may well be proud. For the first time in seven years the University of North Carolina was played. It was a thrilling game from Farmer ' s home run in the first inning to the batting rally in the last of the ninth, which won the game, by the score of 7 to 6. Amherst, Wake Forest, Pennsylvania State, Washington and Lee, and Trinity were all beaten. Others were played and defeated; some played us and won. But because the team won the large majority of its games, and because it humbled Carolina, we are justly proud of it. The pitching of Russell, Kincaid, and Jaynes, the batting of Brittain, Captain Farmer, and Correll, the fielding of the whole team. justify our pride in it. Of the track team little need be said. Hurtt, Xicholls, Smith, and Cap- tain Floyd were the principal point gainers and stars. The team was not very good, and it was not very bad. But considering the fact that very little interesl has been taken in this branch of athletics here, the showing was remarkable. Our football team won the South Atlantic Championship, and because the teams farther south showed themselves inferior to those in this section, we can justly lay claim to the Championship of the Entire South. In thinking of the team it is impossible to consider it alone, without its coaches. We have lost the services of Eddie Greene, and in retrospect we marvel at the wonders he has accomplished since he first came here. Without a doubt, his football knowledge is not equaled in the south, and scarcely in the country. There are men who have larger reputations as football coaches, but few of them know more football than does Greene. Along with him comes Hegarty. Those of us who have played under him fully realize his value as a coach. His power lies in the control 172 THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN he lias over the squad. There was not a man on it hut would work harder at his slightest wish, or punish himself to please him. With him as Head Coach next year, great things may well be expected. The team eoaehed by these two men was one of stars. It is hard to pick out any one man who surpassed the others during the season. They all played, each and every man, hard, aggressive, and clean football. It was a team of enormous latent strength. When occasion demanded every man on the team became a star, ready to put forth his best for his college. A good many teams got within our twenty-yard line, but not a team had strength enough to rush the hall across our goal. ( aptain Hurtt deserves a great deal of praise for his untiring efforts for the team. lie was constantly thinking, planning, and working for it, and the fact that we had a successful season is largely due to him. If we tried to name the stars in the backfield we should have to name Sullivan, Riddick, Van Brocklin, ami Scarry; if we attempted to name the star linemen, we should have to name every man who played a line position in our major games. It is scarcely necessary to mention the games we won. How Georgetown, under her valiant captain, suffered defeat at our hands, 12 to 0, is now history. Washington and Lee had us beaten 40 to before the game, but wore crepe the day after, for with that game her aspirations to the South Atlantic title died. We won the Championship and we earned it. All in all, the season of 1913 was a successful one. Every one of our teams acquitted itself as a team wearing the Red and White should. They all brought honor to our college, not only because they knew how to win, but because they knew how to lose as well. Well may North ( larolina and those who love our Alma Mater look upon our record for the year of 1913 with pride. Parker G. Tenney. j lAArt fr£E.R | A. . ' . - . L PJ 0[ S ] Miss HELEN BkOWN RALEIGH, N. C. Sponsor ' Varsity Baseball Team l ' .il i A. A. Farmer Captain ' Varsity Baseball Team 1914 176 THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN ' Varsitv Baseball Team A. A. Farmer Captain K. M. Bailey Manager Dr. Fred Anderson Coach D. W. SbIFFERT Assistant Conch B. O. Austin J. F. Schenck Assistant Managers Tea in O. V. Russell, Pitcher . .1. Kim aid, Pitcher L. A. Jaynes, Pitcher W. B. Foster, Pitcher H. E. Winston, Catcher C. L. Terry, First Base W. R. Patton, Second Base R. E. Page, Short Stop C. D. Brittain, Third Base M. L. Correll, Left Field A. A. Farmer, Center Field G. E. Trust, Right Field Mascol : Tommy Park Miss Mary DeLoachb NORFOLK, VA. Sponsor ' Varsity Football Team L914 W. T. Hurtt Captain ' Varsity Football Team 1913 180 THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN ' Varsity Football Team 1913 Y. L. Jewell Manager B. V. Setzer Assistant Manager I. T. Lewis Assistant Manager Y. T. Hurtt Captain Edward L. Greene Coach Dr. J. E. Hegarty Coach Team J. I. Ferderber, Bight End (). S. Anthony, Bight End C. C. Cook, Bight Tackle H. E. Winston, Bight Tackle B. G. McHenry, Bight Guard B. A. Plyler, Center G. H. Anthony, Loft- Guard W. T. Hurtt, Left Tackle J. E. McDougall, Left End C. O. Seifert, Left End Chas. E. Van Brocklin, Quarter Back J. H. Sullivan, Left Half Back W. W. Riddick, Bight Half Back P. G. Tenney, Full Back J. Sc lrrt, Full Back Substitutes W. M. Osborne Half Back C C. Proffit Tackle C. A. Young Half Back B. C. Young Half Back V. A. Bice Quarter Back L. V. Beauregard Guard H. V. Davis Center SOiU H ATL A NTIC CHAM PIONS l vfiS RED AND WHITE CROSSES WASHINGTON AND LEE ' S , J ? SSr D , ' 4 x« f GOAL SSfiS 5 S- . . ..,sn i UJUWe  p. m u. ' .... B..ll.,-t V,.i,,rv flvor C. n..r ,U_.Wh,l.. Rll,.- OlltrL , Presty J an V M ' W,ns Brilliant Victory Over Generals-White Blue Outclass. ., WeVi Se° l U Throughout Game— Every Player oo Red While Team Stars. ' .. nB ltU v at [ si football game played In the Btudent body ol the North C; ptesV- ' -- ' .j, S lut ih -me ' ' nit this vL-ar, winch was won by , school. Plylcr snapped the w s | c BAPTISTS OVERWHELMED BY TECHS. ° ' Vw ' A M Wilh Lar «« N a,1 r of Subrtitutes Tad the BaptiM Eut-CooJ A. J. Phillips, Jr. Captain ' Varsity Basketball Teai 1914 184 THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN ' Varsity Basketball Team 1914 J. B. Rees Manager Dr. John E. Heoarty Coach A. J. Phillips, Jr Captain D. Dailey H. K. Withehspoon Assistant Managers Forward Center Guard W. Sumner J. I. Ferderber J. H. Mason W. F. Dowd R. O. Lindsay C. E. Van Brocklin B. Temple J. Scarry A. J. Phillips Miss Carrie Carson BETHEL, N. C. Sponsor ' Varsity Track Team I ' .il I W. O. Potter ( ' aplain ' Varsity Track Team 1914 188 THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN ' Varsity Track Squad 1913 D. B. Floyd Captain F. C. Smith Coach and Runru r L. C. Hand Managi r A. J. Phillips Assistant Manager J. G. H. Geitner Assistant Manager Team W. T. Htutt R. D. Goodman R. P. Harris F. C. Smith D. B. Floyd T. W. Nicholls L. B. Kay D. E. Roberts S. E. Jennette T. L. Milwee P. E. Hine W. O. Potter E. H. Briggs Class Alettes 192 THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN Junior Baseball Team lf)12- ' 13 .1. W. Ross Manager II. M. Harshaw i ' a pta i a A. A. Fakmek ( n,i,h Y. H. Patton ' oach Team W. I.. Moody, First Base E. L. Coble, Second Base R A, Gill, Short Stop II. M. II iKSHAW, Third Base J. V. Ross, ( !atcher M. L. I.i i.hm , Pitcher J. B. Rees, Left Field W. D. Lewis, Center Field J. Ii. Legttenec, Right Field 194 THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN Sophomore Baseball Team 1913 J. R. Williams Manager D. T. Dailey Captain M. L. Correll Coach Team W. Sumner, First Base J. N. Hackney, Second Base R. W. Hamilton, Short Stop L. A. Docn, Third Base D. T. Dailey, Catcher I. T. Lewis, Pitcher P. Mallette, Left Field C. H. Wadsworth, Center Field E. L. Cotton, Right Field Substitutes R. T. Newcomb ;. W. Commander D. M. Tate 196 THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN Freshman Baseball Team 1913 ( ). M. Schlichter Manager .1. 11 M ison ' ' aptain H. E. Winston Coach Team B. Strauss, Catcher C. O. Seifert, Third Base W. C. Albright, Shorl Stop H. C. Fain, Second Base J. H. Mason, First Base V. A. Rice, Pitcher G. II. Webb, Pitcher J. V. Champion, ( ' enter Field L. C. Carlton, Left Field C. II. Crowell, Righl Fielc 198 THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN Junior Football Team 1913 Champions F. K. Kramer Manager D. T. Dailey ( ' aptain C. E. Van Brockmn. Coach Team F. II. Kohloss, Left End K. Osborne, Left Tackle G. L. Jefpers, Lefl Guard J. B. Bruner, ( ' enter L. M. Rowe, Right Guard C. L. PrOPPITT, Right Tackle V. R. Hermon, Right End 1). T. Dailey, Quarter Hack I. T. Lewis, Full Back Y. F. Kilpatrick, Left Half Back W. ). Potter, Right Half Back P. Mallettk, Right Half Hack Substitutes F. ' I . GRAY J. R. Williams II. Hopkins V. 1. Smith E. L. Cotton 202 THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN Freshman Football Team 1914 W. C. Dodson Manager Henry Williams Captain W. W. Kiddick Coach J. I. Ferderbeb Coach L. V. Beauregard Coach Team H. V. Davis, Center ( ' . S. Ward, Righi ( luard E. S. Milsaps, Lefl Guard Henry Elliott, Right Tackle Henry Williams, Left Tackle .1. W. Ainz, Righi End W. C. Dodson, Left End L. F. Valley, Quarter Back W. N. Pharr, Full Back R. H. Turner, Right Half Back S. S. Ferebee, Left Half Back M. D. McLendon, Left Half Back Substitutes M. C. Fowler S. L. Newman 204 THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN Senior Basketball Team 1914 T. W. Porter Manager A. .1. Phillips Coach B. O. Austin Captain Team IV ( . A is 1 1 , Forward li. A. (ill, Forward F. B. Morton, Center J. B. Rees, Guard T. Y. Porter, ( ruard Substitutes W. l Caldwell B. (). Caldwell ■ _ 3$ Cu  S Ji .S jc =i s - ! , iPufoltcattons 208 THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN The Red and White Staff T. L. Bayne, Jr., ' 14, P. L. S Editor .1. B. Rees, ' 14, L. L. S.. Business Manager L. M. Craig, ' 14, P. L. S irt Editor J. S. Howard, ' 15, L. L. S Assistant Editor K. I ' . II imis, ' ], ), P. L. S Assistant Business Managt r Associate Editors E. B. Nichols, ' 14, L. L. S Locals IS. (). Austin, ' 14, P. L. S Uhletics A.J. Doolittle, 14, P. L.S. | ,, J. Fontaine, ' 14, L. S. ) T. . Porter, ' 14, L. L. S Comics L. ML Craig, ' 14, P. L. S Exchange M. L. Liverman, ' It, P. L. S Literary A, C. Pluck, ' 15, L. L. S, J .1. I!. Williams, ' 15, P. L. S V. M. C. A. ( ' . I ' . Gore, ' 13, P. L. S Uumni Faculty Advisory Kditor ( ' fiahi.es Farrell „,... iHJBIJW,. . 210 THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN The Wan Gaii Rac Editorial Staff H. K. Nash, Jr., ' 14 Editor-in-Chief B. W. Setzer, ' 1.5 Assistant-Editor-in-Chief Associate Editors T. L. Bayne, ' 14 W. B. Little, ' 14 M. R. Qttinerly, ' 14 W. J. Smith, ' 15 I). E, Roberts, ' 14 J. M. Roberts, ' 14 Management G. II. Anthony, ' 14 Business Manager L. C. Rosser, ' 15 Assistant Business Manager D. D. Cox, ' 14 Circulation Manager H. K. Witherspoon, ' 15 ssislanl Circulation Manager The Wau Gau Rac. i S I KIN M1H III. ■ ' .1 ■ i I V.KU I | SOUTH ATLANTIC CHAMPIONS Utterarp Societies; 214 THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN Leazar Literary Society Fall Term J. F. HUETTE. J. S. Howard. F. S. Klvttz Officers Spring Term President E. B. Nichols . . . Vice-President G. L. Jeffers .... Secretary A. C. Fluck G. L. Jeffers Treasurer J. F. Harris E. L. Cloyd Critic M. R. Quinerlt D. W. Thorp Censor L. John O. M. Schlichter Sergeant-at-Arms V. A. Johnston D. E. Roberts Chaplain J. F. Huette M. Albright, W. C. Alexander, H. M Bailey, H. M. Blair, E. C. Blanton, T. Y. Brickhouse, C Brooks, J. H. Bullard, H. W. Burleson, H. Caldwell, R. O. Carlton, C. L. Cloyd, E. L. Crater, S. !. Credle, S. M. Credle, W. G. Dailey, D. Donaldson, R. B Eldridoe, C P. Fluck, A. C Fontaine, J. Foster, W, B. Gray, D. Harris, J. F. Henry, L. O. Hine, P. E. Howard, J. D. Huette, J. F. Hermon, V. R. Members IVEY, J. E. Jeffers, G. L. Jeffries, H. L. Jerome, F. D. John. L. Johnson, L. B. Johnson, V. J. Johnston, V. A. Kime, P. H. Kluttz, F. 8. Kohloss, F. H. Lawrence, R. E. Lindsay, R. O. Little, W. B. McPhail, H. C. McPhaul, E. Menzies, S. E. Michael, J. E. Monroe, H. F. Monroe, D. A. Monroe, T. G. Myers, M. D. Nichols, E. B. Owen, M. T. Perry, M. V. Poole, J. II . Porter, T. W. Proffitt, C. C. Quinerlt, M. R Radford, W. R. Rand, P. R. Reaves, J. S. Rees, J. B. Rick rd, E. A. Roberson, T. L. Roberts, D. E. Roberts, P. A. Robertson, J. P Russo, A. J. Sasser, D. F. Schlichter, O. Scott, W. K. Setzer, B. W. Shaw, W. T. Sloan, K. Sparrow, E. C. Stallings, J. A Tate, D. M. Teachet, A. L. Thorp, D. W. Vann, C. L. Webb, G. H. Wiggins, F. C. Wilson, X. R. Wooten, L. E. Wysci.ng, F. E. M. 216 THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN Pulleii Literary Society Fall Term W. R. Patton. - R. P. Harris A. J. DOOLITTLE J. R. Williams Officers Spring T rm Pn si, I, ill ... A. J. Doolittle Vice-President J. R. Williams Secretary J. McK. Spears Treasurer J. D. Ray Members B. 0. Austin R. P. Harris W. R. Patton ( ' . S AllEKNETHY W S, 11 1 Wool) T. C. Pegham ' . R. Bailey E. A. Hester J. D. Ray T. L. Rum: E. K. Hehmon C. R. Russell C. R. Bell R. II. Hodges H. B. Robertson L. W. Bakeh P. P. Kelley J. W . Saunders F. A. Baker W A Kl.X.VEDY J. M. Spears L. M. Craig M. L. LlVEHM J. H. Speas Y. 1 Caldwell 11. A. Lilly J. E. Trevathan J. C. Carpenter T. B. Lilly J. 0. Ware A. J. Doolittle W D. Martin B. A. W ATKINS A. N. Goodson T. L. MlLWEE L. R. Wellons K. L. Greenfh i ii F. E. Patton H. E. Winston J. T. Gregg J. R. Williams « ri fe h o £ t S K 3 x « £ fa £ 03 z 220 THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN Young Men ' s Christian Association Cabinet W. 15. Foster President It. P. Harris Vice-President M. R. Quinerly Treasurer M. L. Liverman Corresponding Secretary 3. F. Htjette . Religious Meetings D. E. Roberts Bible Study E. B. N tea ils Mission Study Lacy John Social I.. M. Craig Membership H. W. Bullard Recruits Advisory Committee Dr. D. H. Hill. Chairman Term Expires 1916 ( !ol. F. A.. Olds, Secretary Term Expires 1916 Mr. C. G. Keeble Term Expires 1916 Mil V. T. Ellis, Treasurer Term Expires 1915 Mr. Z. V. Judd Term Expires 1915 Mr. ( ' . V. Albright Term Expires 1915 Mr. R. .V Simms Term Expires 1914 Mr. J. 15. Cheshire Term Expires 1914 Prof. R. E. L. Yates Term Expires 1914 Mr. . B. Foster Term Expires 1914 Mr. M. R. Quinerly Term Expires 19] t J. W. Bergthols, General Secretary A G. Heeds, Associate Secretary a. h 2 £- i-sOQ -s ilirUmtttiFB Sigma Nu Kappa Sigma Kappa Alptja $Ji Kappa Alplja Sigma Jlltt Spatlun Alplja 2rta m ' ■■- 1 Ei B M THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN 223 Kappa Sigma Chapter Roll Psi: University of Maine Alpha Lambda: University of Vermont Alpha Rho: Bowdoin College Beta Alpha: Brown University Beta Kappa: New Hampshire College Gamma Delta: Massachusetts Agricultural College Gamma Epsilox: Dartmouth College Gamma Eta: Harvard University Pi: Swarthmore College Alpha Epsilox: University of Pennsylvania Alpha Kappa: Cornell University Beta Iota: Lehigh University Gamma Zeta: New York University Gamma Iota: Syracuse University Alpha Alpha: University of Maryland Alpha Beta: Pennsylvania State College Alpha Eta: George Washington University Alpha Phi: Bueknell University Beta Delta: Washington and Jefferson College Beta Pi: Dickinson College Zeta: University of Virginia Eta: Randolph Macon College Mu: Washington and Lee University Nu: William and Mary College Upsilon: Hampden-Sidney College Beta Beta: Richmond College Delta: Davidson College Eta Prime: Trinity College Alpha Mu: University of North Carolina Beta Upsilon: North Carolina A M College Beta: University of Alabama Alpha Beta: Mercer University Alpha Tatj: Georgia School of Technology Beta Eta: Alabama Polytechnic Institute Beta Lambda: University of Georgia Gamma: Louisiana State University Sigma: Tulane University Gamma Nu: Washington State College Alpha Upsilox: Millsaps College Theta: Cumberland University Kappa: Vanderbilt University Lambda: University of Tennessee Phi: Southwestern Presbyterian University Omega: University of the South Beta Nu: University of Kentucky Alpha Zeta: University of Michigan Alpha Sigma: Ohio State University Beta Phi: Case School of Applied Sciences Gamma Xi: Denison University Chi: Perdue University Alpha Gamma: University of Illinois Alpha Phi: Wabash College Alpha Chi: Lake Forest University Beta Epsilox: University of Wisconsin Beta Theta: University of Indiana Gamma Beta: University of Chicago Alpha Psi: University of Nebraska Beta Mr: University of Minnesota Beta Rho: University of Iowa Gamma Lambda: Iowa State College Alpha Omega: William Jewell College Gamma Omicbon: University of Kansas Beta Sigma: Washington University Beta Tatj: Baker University Beta Chi: University School of Mines Gamma Nu: Washburn College Xi: University of Arkansas Gamma Kappa: University of Oklahoma Iota: Southwestern University T r: University of Texas Beta Omicrox: University of Denver Beta Omega: Colorado College Gamma Gamma: Colorado School of Mines Beta Zeta: Leland Stanford Jr., University Beta Xi: University of California Beta Psi: University of Washington Gamma Alpha: University of Oregon Gamma Theta: University of Idaho 224 THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN ippa Sigma Fraternity: Founded al the University oi Bologna in 1400, and established America at the University oi Virginia. December, l.S(!7 Beta Upsilon Chapter Installed February 23, 1903 Fratres in Urbe Claude Barbee A. S. Brower J. B. Bray R. A. Brown E. E. CuLBRETB R. A. Fetzer F. X. McDowell H. E. Norris H. L. Smith E. V. Thornton J. Coopeb Young C. L. Mann ( ;. L. Dortch Dr. T. X. Iyey H. S. Lee L. T. Lee Fratres in Facilitate Robt. McDowell Fratres in Collegio ( ' lass of 1914 Karl McAtee Fetzer Warren LaFayette Moody William Bennett Little, Jr. William Thomas Shaw, Jr. Zebt lon Whitehurst Taylor Class of 1915 William Devane Faison Milton Lee Correll ( ' lass of 1916 William Shaw Corbitt Amzi Xealy Goodson Richard Joshua Lake William Marshall Osborne Henry Rankin Class of m 17 Frederic Jones Bounds, Jr. Robert Spence McLean Edwin Borden Davis Chauncey Mahquais Worcester Risden Tyler Bennett Little 226 THE ACROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN Kappa Sigma Alumni Chapters Boston New York Schenectady Newporl News Washington Kinston Birmingham Savannah Portland Jackson Cleveland Pittsburg Indianapolis Kansas ( ' it v St. Louis Ruston Waco Sail Lake Sty Spokane Buffalo Philadelphia Norfolk Concord Wilmington Mobile ( ' hattanooga Seattle Memphis Columbus i Ihicago Milwaukee Lit lie Rock Jackson Texarkana Yazoo ( ' it v Los Angeles San Francisco Greensboro Ithaca Scranton fiynchburg Richmond I lill ' lialii Atlanta Montgomery Covington ( 1 1 1 : 1 1 1 : l Nashville Louisville Danville Fort Smith Pine Bluff New Orleans Vicksburg 1 )enver Oklahoma City Danville THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN 227 Sigma Nu Chapter Roll Alpha: Virginia Military Institute Beta: University of Virginia Lambda: Washington and Lee University Psi: University of North Carolina Beta Tau: North Carolina A M College Delta Kappa: Delaware State College Sigma: Vanderbilt University Gamma Icita: State University of Kentucky Mui University of Georgia Theta: University of Alabama Iota: Harvard LTniversity Kappa: North Georgia Agricultural College Xi: Emory College Eta: Mercer University Beta Theta: Alabama Polytechnic Institute Gamma Alpha: Georgia School of Technology Epsilon: Bethany College Beta Nu: Ohio University Beta Iota: Mt. Union-Scio College Gamma Pi: University of West Virginia Delta Alpha: Case School of Applied Science Delta Zeta: Western Reserve University Gamma Beta: Northwestern University Gamma Lambda: University of Wisconsin Gamma Gamma: Albion College Gamma Mu: University of Illinois Gamma Nu: University of Michigan Gamma Rho: University of Chicago Delta Theta: Lombard University Beta Mu: Ohio State LTniversity Gamma Sigma: Iowa State College Gamma Delta: Stephens School of Technology Gamma Tau: University of Minnesota Gamma Eta: University of Nebraska Nu: Kansas State University Rho: Missouri State University Beta Xi: William Jewell College Gamma Omicron: Washington LTniversity Delta Epsilon: Oklahoma LTniversity Upsilon: University of Texas Phi: Louisiana State University Beta Phi: Tulane LTniversity Gamma Upsilon: University of Arkansas Gamma Eta: Colorado School of Mines Gamma Kappa: University of Colorado Gamma Chi: University of Washington Gamma Zeta: University of Oregon Gamma Phi: University of Montana Delta Iota: Washington State College Beta Chi: Leland Stanford, Jr., University Beta Psi: University of California Pi: Lehigh University Beta Hho: University of Pennsylvania Gamma Theta: Cornell University Gamma Psi: Syracuse LTniversity Delta Delta: Pennsylvania State College Zeta Zeta: Purdue University Beta Eta: University of Indiana Beta Upsilon: Rose Polytechnic Institute Beta Sigma: University of Vermont Delta Beta: Dartmouth College Delta Gamma: Columbia University Delta Lambda: Brown University Delta Nu: University of Maine Delta Kappa: Kansas Agricultural College Delta Nu: Stetson L niversitv 228 THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN Virginia Milil Beta Tau Chapter Established 1S95 Fratres in llrbe Charles E. Latta G. M. McNidee Victor Boyden Walter Clark Dr. Joel B. Whitaker ii.i.i.wi I) Jones William Buylan .1 Mi:s McElMMON Dr. Russell G. Sherrill Murray Allen John L. Morson Arthur McKlmmon Charles McEimmon Charles G. Keeble Carl Williamson Fratres in Colle£io Class of 191J, Graham H. Anthony John Harvey, Jr. Henry K. Xash, Jr. John F. Schenck, Jr. John G. H. Geitner, Jr. Class of 19U Pierre Mallette 1 li, ui B. ( ' unstable Lotus W. Gardner W. Johnston Smith Class of 1916 William S. McEimmon Oliver S. Anthony Class of 191? Charles W. Parker Publication: The Delta Colors: Black, white, and gold. 230 THE ACROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN Sigma Nu Alumni Chapters Birmingham Little Rock Denver Atlanta Davenport Lexington Baltimore Minneapolis St. Louis Raleigh Canton Toledo WiMnsburg Dallas heeling Pine Bluff Los Angeles Washington Indianapolis Louisville Montgomery San Francisco Pueblo ( ' hieago Des Moines Shelby ville Boston Kansas City New York Salisbury Columbus Pi at land Philadelphia Seattle Milwaukee Baton Rouge Detroit Columbia Charlotte Wilmington ( Cleveland Pittsburg Nashville Spokane mm THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN 231 Sigma Phi Epsilon Chapter Roll Alpha: Richmond College West Virginia Beta: University of West Virginia Colorado Alpha: University of Colorado Pennsylvania Delta: University of Pennsylvania Virginia Delta: College of William and Mary North Carolina Beta: North Carolina A M College Ohio Alpha: Ohio Northern University Indiana Alpha: Purdue University New York Alpha: Syracuse University Virginia Epsilon: Washington and Lee University Virginia Zeta: Randolph-Macon College Georgia Alpha: Georgia School of Technology Delaware Alpha: Delaware State College Virginia Eta: University of Virginia Arkansas Alpha: University of Arkansas Pennsylvania Epsilon: Lehigh University Ohio Gamma: Ohio State University Vermont Alpha: Norwich University Alabama Alpha: Alabama Polytechnic Institute North Carolina Gamma: Trinity College New Hampshire Alpha: Dartmouth College District of Columbia Alpha: George Washington University Kansas Alpha: Baker University California Alpha: University of California Nebraska Alpha: University of Nebraska Washington Alpha: Washington State College Massachusetts Alpha: Massachusetts Agricultural College Ohio Delta: University of Wooster New York Beta: Cornell University Rhode Island Alpha: Brown University Michigan Alpha: University of Michigan Iowa Alpha: Iowa Wesleyan University Colorado Beta: University of Denver Tennessee Alpha: L T niversity of Tennessee 232 THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN sUi.i.-i Phi Epsilon Fraternity: Founded November. 1900, at Richmond College North Carolina Beta Chapter Establishnl at North Carolina A V M Collccjc. 100. ) Fratres in Urbe Willis Smith Ivan M. Procter, Jr. Nash LeGrwh Robt. W. Procter Moses Y. Woodard, Jr. Fratres in Facilitate Hahki St. George Ticker Everett Hanson Cooper Felix Stanton Hales Fratres in Collegjio Class 1911, John Bartlett Fearing, Jr. Ralph Allison Gill Class 1915 Frank Kipp Kramer Raymond Allen Jones Frank Wilson Procter Paul Noble Howard John Gay Pinner George Garland Hendricks i lass 1916 Thomas Hall Holmes Herman Elton Winston Charles Milton Morris John Calhoun Collier, Jr. Ralph Hinton Hodges CTass 1917 John Douglas Hunt Francis Scarr Morrison Fred. Neal Bell John Welspord Artz Bruce Dunston Hodges James W. Cooper Paul . Johnson Publication: Sigma Phi Epsilon Journal Colors: Purple and red 234 THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN Sigma Phi Epsilon Alumni Chapters Norfolk, Va. ( Ireenville, N. C. Chicago, III. Greensboro, N. C. Philadelphia, Pa. Richmond, Va. Lexington, Va. Ashevffle, X. C. Washington, D. C. New York City Charlotte, N. C. Atlanta, Ga. Birmingham, Ala. Denver, Col. Boston, Mass. THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN 235 Kappa Alpha Chapter Roll Alpha: Washington and Leo University Gamma: University of Georgia Epsilon: Emory College Zeta: Randolph-Macon College Eta: Richmond College Theta: University of Kentucky Kappa: Mercer University Lambda: University of Virginia Nu: Alabama Polytechnic Institute Xi: Southwestern University Omicron: University of Texas Pi: University of Tennessee Sigma: Davidson College Upsilon: University of North Carolina Phi: Southern University Chi: Vanderbilt University Omega: Central University Alpha Alpha: University of the South Alpha Beta: University of Alabama Alpha Gamma: Louisana State University Alpha Delta: William Jewell College Alpha Zeta: William and Mary College Alpha Eta: Westminster College Alpha Theta: Transylvania University Alpha Kappa: University of Missouri Alpha Md: Millsaps College Alpha Nu: George Washington University Alpha Xi: University of California Alpha Omicron: University of Arkansas Alpha Pi: Leland Stanford Jr., University Alpha Rho: West Virginia University Alpha Sigma: Georgia School of Technology Alpha Tau: Hampden Sidney College Alpha Phi: Trinity College Alpha Omega: North Carolina A M College Beta Alpha: Missouri School of Mines Beta Beta: Bethany College Beta Gamma: College of Charleston Beta Delta: Georgetown College Beta Epsilon: Delaware College Beta Zeta: University of Florida Beta Eta: University of Oklahoma Beta Theta: Washington University Beta Iota: Drury College Psi: Tulane University 236 THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN Kappa Alpha Fraternity Alpha Omega Chapter Established 1903 Dr. II. A. Royster w.w. v ss S. F. Telfair Dr. R. S. Mc tEAi m ( lit tNGE Ashe C. T. McDonald Fratres in Frbe R. T. BOTLAN F. M. Thompson i: C. Smith L. M. Goodwin L. M. Smith I. G. Riddick J. L. Pickel W. C. Harris G. A. Smith W. li. Aycock 1. G. Riddick, Jr. J. C. Primrose I R. ( ' IRL Mc ' i l.i.r.N Fratres in Facilitate Dr. T. P. Harrison Prop. W. C. Riddick Fratres in Collegia Class of 191 i Thomas Livingston Bayne John Bartow Rees Hi stow White Joseph McKai Spears Xii ah Hi i;i .mii Harold Clay Foreman Thom is Winston Nicholls Arthur Jefferson Phillips, Jr. ( ' lass of 1915 John Hubbard Hall, Jr. Robert Timberlake Newcomb Class of 1916 Henry Jerome Stockard, Jr. Reid Allison Page Class of 1917 I ' .i .i min Temple Willis Frank I )■•« d William Sarter Dodson Wallace Whitfield Riddick Todd Bowman Meisenhedmer n Henri Royster Publications: Kappa Alpha Journal, Special Messenger (Secret) ' oi.cihs: ' riliison ami did u.il.l. 238 THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN Kappa Alpha Alumni Chapters Alexandria, La. Anniston, Ala. Atlanta, Ga. Baltimore, Md. Baton Hou e, La. Birmingham, Ala. Boston, Mass. lanal Zone ( ' enterville, Miss. Charleston, S. C. Charleston, V. Va. Charlotte, N. C. Chattanooga, Tenn. ( Ihicago, 111. Columbia, S. C. Columbia, Tenn. ( Jolumbus, Ga. Denver, Col. Fori Smith, Ark. Hampton, Newport News, Va. Hattiesburg, Miss. Houston, Tex. Huntington, W. Va. Ithaca, N. Y. Jackson, Miss Jonesboro, Ark. Kansas City, Mo. Lexington, Ky. Little Rock, Ark. Los Angeles, Cal. Memphis, Tenn. Muskogee, Okla. Nashville, Tenn. New Haven, Conn. New Orleans, La. New York City Norfolk, Va. Paris, Tenn. Petersburg, Va. Portland, Ore. Raleigh, N. C. Richmond, Va. Salt Lake City, Utah San Antonio, Tex. San Francisco, Cal. Savannah, Ga. Selma, Ala. Shreveport, La. Springfield, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. Tallahassee, Fla. Tampa, Fla. Washington, D. C Wilmington, Del. THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN 239 Pi Kappa Alpha Chapter Roll Alpha: University of Virginia Beta: Davidson College Gamma: William and Mary College Delta: Southern University Zeta: University of Tennessee Eta: Tulane University Theta: Southwestern Presbyterian Universitv Iota: Hampden-Sidney College Kappa: Transylvania University Omicron: Richmond College Pi: Washington and Lee University Tau: University of North Carolina Upsilon: Alabama Polytechnic Institute Psi: North Georgia Agricultural College Omega: Kentucky State University Alpha Alpha: Trinity College Alpha Gamma: Louisana State University Alpha Delta: Georgia School of Technology Alpha Epsilon: North Carolina A M College Alpha Zeta: University of Arkansas Alpha Eta: University of State of Florida Alpha Iota: Millsaps College Alpha Kappa: Missouri School of Mines Alpha Lambda: Georgetown College Alpha Mb: University of Georgia Alpha Nr: University of Missouri Alpha Xi: University of Cincinnati Alpha Omicron: Southwestern University Alpha Pi: Howard College Alpha Rho: Ohio State University Alpha Sigma: University of California Alpha Tau: University of Utah Alpha Upsilon: New York University Alpha Phi: I. S. G — Ames Alpha Chi: Syracuse University Alpha Psi: Rutgers College Alpha Omega: K. S. A. C— Manhattan Beta Alpha: Pennsylvania State College 240 THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity: Founded at the University of Virginia March 1, 1 SHS Franklin McNeill John A. Park John Boushall Hubert R. Holding Alpha Epsilon Chapter Installed 1904 Fratres in Urbe Walter R. Dent Dr. A. W. Knox B. Grimes Cowper Joe D. Boushall Julian Frazier Hubert B. Norms J. S. Knox Frater in Facilitate Herman B. Briggs Fratres in Collegio Class of 1914 Nathan S. Lachicotte Class of 1915 Wilbur Sumner J. Brandon Bruner ' lass of 1916 George Webb Robert T. Cotton Oscar V. Russell Class of 1917 William 0. McDowell Watt Martin, Jr. Erskine E. Boyce Publications: Shield and Diamond, Dagger and Key (Secret) Colors: Garnet and gold Flower: Lily of the valley. 242 THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN Pi Kappa Alpha Alumni Chapters Richmond Memphis White .Sulphur Springs Charleston Norfolk Dillon New Orleans Dallas Knoxville Charlottesville Opelika Forst Smith Birmingham Lynchburg Spartanburg Gainesville Lexington Raleigh Salisbury Charlotte Hattiesburg Muskogee Pensacola Nashville Jacksonville San Francisco Atlanta THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN 243 Alpha Zeta Chapter Roll TnuxsHEM), Columbus, Ohio Morrill, State College, Pennsylvania Morrow, Champaign, Illinois Cornell, Ithaca, New York Kedsie, East Lansing, Michigan Granite, Durham, New Hampshire Nebraska, University Farm, Lincoln, Nebraska North Carolina, West Raleigh, North Carolina LaGrange, St. Anthony Park, Minnesota Green Mountain, Burlington, Vermont Wilson, Ames, Iowa Babcock, Madison, Wisconsin Centennial, Fort Collins, Colorado Maine. University of Maine, Oreno, Maine Missouri, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri Elliott, University of Washington, Pullman, Washington California, Berkely, California Purdue, West Lafayette, Indiana Kansan, Manhattan, Kansas Dacotah, Agricultural College, North Dakota Scovell, Kentucky Stale University, Lexington, Kentucky Morgan, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 244 THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN Alpha Zeta: North Carolina Chapter An Honor Fraternity, Limited to Students in Agriculture Fratres in Urbe R. S. Curtis A. K. Robertson L. R. Detjen F. N. McDowell A. H. Green R. T. Boylin W. V. Tate Fratres in Facilitate J. ( ' . McNutt G. A. Roberts J. P. I ' illsbiuy M. E. Sherwin C. L. Newman L. F. Koonce Fratres in Collegio Class of 1914 E. C. Blair M. R. Quinerly Y. D. Lewis D. E. Roberts Class of 1915 I. T. Lewis .1. S. Howard R II Field R. P. Harris J. D. Ray H. Spencer ( ' lass of 1916 S. G. Crater R. H. Hodges Publication: Quarterly of Alpha Zeta. Colors: Mode and sky blue. 246 THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN Saints: Junior Order Shaw Anthony Mallette Little Lachicotte Correll Phillips Spears Moody Harvey Rees X i: ycomb Page THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN 247 The Senior Dance On Friday evening, the fifth of December, the Senior Class gave a dance in Pullen Hall. The dance was attended by the members of the Senior Class and a few members of the Faculty and Alumni as guests. All present had a delightful time, and the evening was most pleasantly passed. The hall was very artistically decorated with banners and pennants, and the punch booth was constructed of red and white and purple and gold crepe paper. An electrical design in the class colors, purple and gold, added much to the beauty of the hall and made a delight- ful light to dance by. The dance was led by Mr. W. L. Moody and Mr. II. A. Gill. This was the first dance of its kind at A M in some years. The class feels that in giving it they revived an excellent custom and served the college a good turn. It not only offers an evening of pleasure, but it brings the class closer together in a social way. One of the greatest troubles at A it M is a lack of class spirit. After four years of life on the same campus there are men in the present Senior Class who scarcely know each other. Anything that promotes a feeling of friendliness and good fellowship between classmates is decidedly a good thing. Class spirit, when properly directed, is a force for the good of the college and its students; and all true class spirit must be founded on friendship. Any social gathering in which a class participates as a whole goes far toward developing this feeling of friendliness. While the dance was only a start toward developing a social life for all, we feel that it was a good start. It is only one of any number of entertainments that a class might give. It has been suggested that a picnic given some balmy spring day on the banks of some stream would give each man an excellent oppor- tunity to show the lady of his choice what a goodly lot of classmates he has. We think this suggestion a good one. A theater party might also prove a good out- let for Senior dignity. We hope that succeeding classes will follow up our lead in this respect, at least by continuing the dance custom, and. better still, by giving other entertain- ments as well. Xo class can afford to leave anything undone, or any stone unturned that will help to develop friendship and sociability among its members. [ aj  W-$V - luring mi. j. ,, it ■ r ' ' ' •- b u3l • .222Z iks r.i .2 UC, , .;,,. rwlng ( 3 } I f 58 A....J. -I ttl K 0.. irii) A - | ■ • r yy rr y ' Of all Bad words of tongue or pen, The saddest of these are ' flunked again ' . Clubs 250 THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN Bi-A£ Society The Bi-Ag Society was organized as an honorary Agricultural Society, January 16, 1906, largely through the influence of Dr. and Mrs. F. L. Stevens. Ii is strictly an A M product. Up tn the time Dr. and Mrs. Stevens left, two years ago, the regular meetings of the Society were held at their home. Now the meetings are held alternately at the homes of the honorary members. The membership is limited to ten, who are chosen from the Junior and Senior Classes, for their scholarship, 1  ij.il i character, and interest in Agriculture. The object of the Society is to develop high scholarship, morality, sociability, etc., quali- ties that go to make up a true man. There eomes from its atmosphere and refinement a broader knowledge and intensified interest in Agriculture. The desire of the individual in the Bi-Ag is to be of personal aid to every other member, along the lines he most needs assistance. lis members are winning distinctions in various puts of the country as leaders in many lines of both scientific and practical demonstration. It is the hope and desire of every member that the high standard of the Society will ever be maintained, and to be elected to membership in the Society will always be the highest honor to be obtained by an agricultural student in this c (liege Honorary Members Prof. .1. C. McNtjtt Dr. G. A. Roberts Prop. Z. P. Metcalf Prof. M. E. Sherwin Prof. C. L. Newman Director C. B. Williams Prof. J. P. Pillsburi Prof. Y. A. Withers Active Members C H. Bailey, 14 T. G. Monroe, ' 14 II. W. BOLLARD, ' 14 M. R. QCINERLY, 14 .1. S. Howard, 15 J. D. Hay, 15 Lacs John, ' II I). E. Roberts, ' 1 1 II. ( ' . McPhail, 14 II. Spencer, 15 252 THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN Agricultural Clubs Biological Club Fall Term II. W. BULLARD L. John M. I! Quinerly J. E. Tli.W ATHAN . Officers Spring Tt rm Pr esident M. R. Quinerly Vice-President .J.S.Howard Corresponding Secretary R. E. Lawrence Treasurer ' J. D. Ray Critic CM. Brickhouse Members Bailey, C. R. Blair, E. C. BULLARD, H. V. li iucum, J. R. Bl. ANTON. T; Y. Cai.dv li.i., ' ■. Crater, S. G. Donaldson, R. B. ( [REENFIELD, K. L Harris, R. P. Howie. H. B. How RI , .1. S. Jeffries, II. L. .Ions, L. Johnson, V. A. King, H. E. Kelley, R. P. Klme, P. H. Lawrence, H. E. Lilly, II A McGinn, R. Mi Phail, H. C. Monroe, T. G. MlDDLETON, (!. H. McArthur, I). Patton, F. E. Poole, J. H. Quinerly, M. R. Hay, J. D. Roberts, D. E. Robertson, J. P. Rogers, J. H. Ritchie, R. M. Stanford, ( ' . Y. Scott, Y. K. Smith, M. H. Spencer, II . Taylor, J. H. Turner, E. C. Ware, J. I). W ATKINS, B. A. Weldon, X. V. Williams, J. H. Williams, P. McK. Rural Science Club Fall Ten,, H. C. McPhail. . R. P. Harris J. 0. Ware J. P. Robertson D. E. Roberts. . M. R. Quinerly. Officers President Vice-President Secretary Treasurer. ' urn sponding Secretary ' rilic Spring Term . . . D. E. Roberts II. Spenceb S. G. Crater K. L. Greenfield H. W. BULLARD L. John Members A VERA, J. W. Bailey. C. R. Brickhoi se, ' M. ' i.uu ii. i.. . (;. Crater, S ( ! Coble, E. I, I IDSON, S. F. Donaldson. I!. B. Farmer, J. B. Greenfield, K. L. Harris, R. P. John, L. Lawrence, R. E. Ledford, C. A. Lewis, W. D. Murrell, J. Iv, Jr. Millsaps, E. S. Morrison, F. S. MlDDLETON, ( r. K. McLeod, J. W. Melville, L. McPhail, H. C. Newman. S. L. Ormand, M F. Patton, F. E. Quinerly, M. R. Roberts, D. E. Robertson, J. P. Spencer, H. Smith, M. S. Tate, D. M. Ware, .1. ). Blanton, T. Y. Bullard, H. W. Vann. m. ;. Blair, E. C. Howard, J. S. Jeffries, H. L. Lane, J. H. Speas, J. H. 254 THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN Civil Engineering Society Fall Term I) A. Leard. . . . 0. Z. Wrexn. M. L. LlYERMAN A. J. Doolittli: D. W. Thorp . Officers Spring Term : V. V. Breeze P. King Secretary J. R. Town.-end Treasurer A.J. Doolittle Librarian . . . YV. H. Griffin Members BlBER-STEIX. H. V. Breeze. V. A Craig. L. M. DOOLTTTLE, A. J. Griffin. W. H.. Jr. Harvet. J.. Jr. Jewell. W. L. Keller. S. K. King. P. Leard. D. A. Leguenec, J. R. LlVERMAN. M. L. McDearman. T. R. Patton. V. R. Thorp, D. W. Wrenn. O. Z. TOWNSEND, J. R. 1915 Carpenter, J. C. Correll. M. L. Dailey. D. Eldridge, I P Howard, P. X. Jones, R. a. Osborne. K. Speaks, J. M. Williams. J. R. WlTHERSPUDN. H. K. Honorary Members Roddick, W. C. Mann. C. I.. Poole, R. I. Tucker, H. S. 256 THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN Electrical Engineering Society Officers B. 0. Austin, President J. R. Buchanan, Vice-President J. Fontaine, Secretary and Treasurer Members Austin, B. O. Buchanan, J. H. Burleson, H. Carter, J. M. Crowder, R. Farmer, A. A. Fetzer, K. M. Fluck, A. C. Fontaine, J. Gardner, L. Y. Gill, R. A. Hakshaw, II. M. Jepfbrs, (1. L. Weatherspoon, E. Kohloss, F. H. McArn, D. D. Morton, F. B. Nicholls, T. W. Rees, J. B. Rosser, L. C. Rouse, E. P. Setzer, B. W, Smith, W. H. Taylor, Z. W. Vann, C. L. Watts, J. V. Watson, W. M. H. 258 THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN Mechanical Engineering Society Off, Fall Term E. B. Nichols D. D. Cox. E. L. ClOYD. . Spring T rm Pres ,l,„l D. D Cox Via -Pres iden . . . J. F. Schenck In r y and Mem hers Anthony, . H. Jones, W. M. Bloi nt, li, M. Kll LMER, F. K. Clotd, E. L. M U.I.ETTE, P. Cotton, E. 1. Martin, V. D. Cox, 1). D. Menzies, S. E. Cox, S. J. Nich6ls, E. B. Eldridge, Y. K. Perry, M. V. Gray, F. T. Phelps, A. (!. Hoofer, D. L. Phillips, A. .1. Houck, V. II. Potter, W. 1 1 1 i i 1 1 . .1. F. Roberson, T. 1.. Ill BTT, V. T. Schenck, J. F. Johnston, W. N. Weaver, C. W 1 U l . F. E. 260 THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN Tompkins Textile Society Officers . T Shaw. . President .1. II. Haddock. Vice-President J. H. Mason Secretary and Truism, r Class of 191 ' i Geitner, J. (!. H. McNeely, J. E. Shaw, W. T. Class oj 1916 Atkisson, L. C. Pegram, T. C. Haddock, .1 II. Smith, W. I. Wilson, .1. W. Class of 1916 Lindsay, H. 0. Osborne, W. M. M ison, .1 II Winston, II. E. Class of 191? Alexander, J. M. Dowd, W. F. McLean, R. S. I ' m M)s, F. .1. Harris, C. H. Parsons, W. L., .In Bradford, .. B. Hill, N. M. Robertson, II. B. I LARK, W. 15. Ml DOWELL, W. . SWINK, L.J. DODSON, W. ( ' . MlSENHEIMER, T. B. WHEELER, D. E. Short ( ' oursi . T, R. KlNCAID, V. J. I in liQG, J. I . Ff.hkins, F. V. II in. W. II. Ward, ( ' .. R. WlTHERSl N. I . II. 262 THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN Fi Oil Members Class of 191 ; Farmer, . HURTT, Y. T. Class of 1916 Jewell, W. L. Albright, Y. ( !, Plyler, HA. Brittain, C. D. TllWNSEM), .1. U. Cook, C. C. E VTHERSPOON , E. ll. Hill, R. H. lit DGINS, .1, G., .Ili. Rdsso, A. J. Class of 1916 Seifert, C. 0. Atkisson, L. ( ' . Strauss, B. ( ' lio 111,11, U. WllKATl.KY, R. B. Haddock, J. 11. Winston, II. E. Setzer, B. W. WlTHERSPOON, 11. K. 264 THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN Thalarian German Club Officers W. T. Shaw President K. M. Fktzi:r Vice-Presidi ni Et. A. (liLL Secretary and Treasurer W. L. Mood? Floor Manager N. S. LACHlCOTTE Leader Members Anthony, (I. H. nthoxy, 0. S. Beaukeg hii. L. . Carter, J. M. ( ' INSTABLE, H. B. ( iORRELL, M. L. I IoiimiN. ' Dmvii, W, F. Fearing, .). B. Fetzer, K. M. ( ; uvimon, F. L. I ill.L. R. A. II vn f:y, J., Jr. Holmes, T. II. .Ionics, R. A. Kendrick, W. V. Lachii otte, X. S. I.l Ql BNEC, .1. K. Little, V. B. Mallktte, P. Martin, YV., Jr. Misenheimer, T. B. Moody, Y. S. Morrison, YV. F. Mi ' Dim i .i.l., W. 0. McLean, R. S. Phillips, A. J. Poisson, F. D. Procter, F. YY . Rees, J. B. Riddick, YY . YY . Scales, YY . I.., Jr. Shaw, YY. ' I ' . Smith, YY ' . I. Spears, .1. M. Sumner, YY . Temple, B. Wheeler, I). E, ILSON, .1. Y 266 THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN The Veterinary Club Flower: Wild Rost Motto: Labor omnia rincit !olors: Black and yi Uow Members Bailey, II M. Alexander, S. A. Cox, ( ' . Dixon, J. ' I . Bell, C. I, ( lOMW win li, ( ' W. I ON U.DSON, U. B. Michael, J. E. Si cond ) ' i in- Class Stanton, E. P. First Year Class ( Ialdwell, 1!. ( ). I USON, V. D. Nathan, S. A. Phillips, E. S. Potts, W. II. Stowe, F. T. Wolf, W. II. 268 THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN Cabarrus Black Boys Sometimes in disguise, bu1 always for the right. Motto : Few in numbers but great in deeds Flower : Chrysanthemum Officers ft. ). Caldweli President A. N. ! son Vice-President I ' I Stallinqs. Secretary and Treasure! Members Allison, E. E. Morris, C. M. Bell, F. V Morrison, R. H. ( iooDMAN, F. R. Ritchie, R. M. Ki.ittz, F. S. Ritchie, H. L. MOODY, W. L. Smith, D. P. 270 THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN The Hornets Mecklenburg County Club Officers B Austin. President II. M. Alexander . Vice-President J. V. Ross Secretary and 7Y asun r Members u: wiikh, II. M Alexander, S. i r i i .■ i l , .1. A. Austin, B. 0. Be vvi , M. E. BlBERSTEIN, H. V. ( ' AI.DW F.I.I.. Y ( I. ( ' IRPENTER, J. C. I ' l INTON, C ( ' . ( iONST IBLE, II. B. ( ' h ug, L. M. I eArmond, I. A. Dowd, W. V. I l CKI IT, li. M. II nki.i . L. W. II IRTMAN, A T. Howie, II. B. .Il NKINS, J. I.. B. Johnston, M. C. •li in ::s. R. A. Kendrick, W. F. Im i,i:. . KlRKP WRICK, ( ' . I Lillard, ( !. L. McCall, P. II. McGinn, H. M ISON, J. H. Maybekry, E I ' . Milwee, T. L. Misenheimer, T. Mullen, B. F. Murray, E. X. NEEL5 , .1. F. I ISBORNE, W. M. Pharr, . N. Porter, T. W. Potts, I.. Rea, I). M. I!i:a. Ill li  , J. W. Ross, Y. II. Sample, I). F. Smith, W. J., Jr. Si.. i . F. T. Valley, L. F. Williams, .1 F., .1 272 THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN Guilford Count v Club Officers J. ]{. Townsend President II. K. Witherspoon Vice-President F. E. Wtsong Seen tary and Treasurt r Members A.TKISSON, L. C. Bell, W. L. Brittain. C. I ). COTTAM, H. T. I )ODSON, W. ( ' . HoDGIN, W. II. Hunt, .1. 1). Jones, J. E. Kime, P. Tow si: n, ,1. H. Ward, (I. R. Wharton, H. G. White, P. Withers] v II Wysong, F. E. irsoNG, P. B. 274 THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN Surry County Club Color: Pumpkin red Drink: While Lightning Flower: Buckwheat Motto: He conquers who endures Officers E. B. Nichols President W. C. Aluricht Secretary and Treasurer Members Albright, W. C. Booker, J. G. Cockkriiam, .1. E. Nichols, E. B. Banner, B. G. IIaynes, J. B. Taylor, J. R. 276 THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN Warrenton High School Club Motto: Jamais n Arrieri Flower: Tulips (Two lips) Officers .1. L. IIassell Preside ul R. L. ( Joleman Vice-President H. M. PuiLLirs Secretary and Treasurer Members Brooks, .1. 11. ( ' oi.i.m w, H. L. Coop] e, J. Y. Coxe, F. E. Crews, E. N Davis, E. B. Davis, V. I . I ' ll. Kill ' , H. Eliott, W. II. ( cAMMON, F. L. Cant, R. IIassell, J, I.. Johnson, P. Y. Kim mii, YV. J., Jr. McLean, J. D. M( 1 ' IIAUL, J. E. Monroe, H. F. Newell, J. D. Parsons, W. L., Jr. Philips, II. M. Pitt, E. L. Prince, W. W. Procter, F. W. Rogers, .1. II. Wheeler, F. B. Warren, S. H. Williams, T. H. Williams, J. H. Williamson, C. L. Wilson, N. R. 278 THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN The Tourists Buncombe County Club Motto: Esse guam videri Colors: Invisibh Drink: Moonshine Fli yer : Toiicli-me-not Officers S. 1 . Davidson President YVh.ihr Sumner Vice-President YV. I. Smith Secretary and Treasurer Members Alexander, J. M. Reed, J. L. Chedebteh, II. M. Shuford, A. C. Davidson, S. F. Simmons, T. P. KlLPATRICK, W. F. Smith, Y. I. Kerlee, G. E. Si mner, Wilbur PUBEFOY, J. A. TENNANT, J. S, Pegram, T. C. Wheeler, D. E. Robertson, II. B. Whitson, G. W. Robinson, Z. B. Young, C. A. Young, R. C. 280 THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN Oak Ridge Club Officers A A. Farmer President V. II. Smith Vice-Presideni •I II W mid, Jr. Secretary nnl Treasurer Members Baker, T., AJioskie Brittain, ( ' . I).. Summer Cat) s, . I! . Roxboro I ' m; ii;i!. A. A., Wilson .1 ion, (  . |[., New Bern Mayberrt, E. V.. Charlotte Mitchener, .1., Wilson -Mills Noble, Y. ML, Selma I! m , P. H., ( rarner Smith, V. II., Prospecl Hill Ward. J. II., Jr., Rocky Mount gtarful Section SOME INSIDE DOPE ON OUR COLLEGE LIEE Secrets discovered by the untiring energy of our Staff Detective and published for the information of those who wish to know us as we are N. B.— The Fa 284 THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN The Boar Case For many moons past a very mysterious question has puzzled the minds of the worthy gentlemen who daily occupy the seats on the rostrum in Pullen Hall. Often the matter lias been ardently discussed al the Tuesday afternoon seances. Many theories have been advanced, and many sciences have beeD tried and found wanting. ml si ill those brilliant minds, thosa gigantic intellects, are groping blindly for the answer to that, the most momentous question of the year, Who put the bear in Chapel ' . ' e, too, were interested. We at once instructed our modern Sherlock to drop all previous cases, and devote all his efforts to tracing the nefarious offender to his lair. Thinking to learn what clews the Faculty might have, hi ' secreted one of his tiny dictaphones in the scrap basket in Dr. Hill ' s office in catch the Remarks submitted at one of the aforesaid Tuesday afternoon gatherings. The result was the capture of the following very instructive line of conversation, which we lake pleasure in printing verbatim: Dr. tin. i.: Gentlemen, we lace a very trying situation. It is the fundamental rule of this college for every one to he a gentleman at all limes. The student who put thai animal in i. in- place of worship grossly violated thai rule. We must discover his identity and request him In leave. Dr. Harrison: The case is just exactly that, Doctor, just exactly that. He has put the college in a precarious condition. It was an insult to our dignity, a positive insult ! Prof. S in in ii i.n: I think the offender must lie some one with a talent for music, for as you know, Music hath charms to soothe the savage beast. 1 played to him most sweetly THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN 285 the other morning on a slide trombone, and the poor brute was so ardently overcome with appre- ciation that he almost embraced me. That bear has a remarkable ear for music. So my theory is that he was enticed into the hall by the science of harmony. Round up all the musicians in college, cross-examine them carefully, and we will have our man. Prof. Yates: Needless waste of effort, gentlemen; needless. Let the beautiful science of mathematics solve our problems for us. Let x equal the weight of the bear, x ' the weight of his cage, y the time he was last seen in Pullen Park, y ' the time he was discovered in Pullen Hall, z the number of bear ' s tracks on the stairs, and z ' the number of human footprints. Write out equations as per the rule found in Nichols, page 77, paragraph 103. Treat the equations simul- taneously, gentlemen, simultaneously, and the third derivative of the result will give us the initials of the man we want. Don ' t you see how simple it is? Beautiful, gentlemen, beautiful ! Prof. Ellis: No, no, boys; that will cover too much paper. Don ' t go through all those laborious operations, Work it out on your slide rules. Now, boys, how many of you have your slide rules? You are mere visitors when you don ' t bring them. Prof. Browne: This trouble has all happened just beeause you wouldn ' t let me have my wireless outfit. The static charge from the bear ' s aura would have reacted with that of his captor, creating an atmospheric disturbance which would have been transmitted to me by the instrument in plenty of time for me to have prevented the outrage. Prof. Withers: Gentlemen, the bear was certainly under the influence of some power- ful chemical, probably a poison. The deed could never have been accomplished had he been in a normal condition. A chemical analysis of the bear ' s stomach will tell us what it was. Find out who has bought, borrowed or stolen some of this drug, and there we have our man. It ' s just as easy. Our earnest investigator was discouraged, but not disheartened. He tried out carefully each and every suggestion made by the learned gentlemen whose words we have quoted But failure dogged his efforts. No musician could he trap into a confession. .Although he followed the mathematical formula carefully, he soon became lost in a jumble of figures from which he barely extricated himself with a sound mind. On the slide rule he found himself confronted with the task of extracting the square root of a negative quantity. Almost in despair he analyzed the bear ' s stomach. It contained no chemicals, only acorns. But here at last was something definite to work on. Acorns! Were they fed to Bruin by the wicked hand that enticed him out of his prison-like home in the park, across the campus, up the laborious flight of steps, and into the chapel? Surely they must have been, or else how came they there? Here he applied his modern scientific methods. Microscopic photographs revealed finger print markings on the acorns. Now it was easy. In those innocent-looking little tracings lay conclusive evidence against the offender. And the culprit, the man who violated the fundamental rule of the college, who put the college in a precarious condition, who was so wrongly accused of being a musician and a poisoner, whose initials were so hoplessly lost in the jungles of Calculus — was Cupid Craig. 286 THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN Our One and Only Attempt at a Glass I Banquet Our man of mysteries strolled casually down Fayetteville Street. Suddenly a loud and hilarious noise attracted his perceptive faculties, li seemed to issue from the inferior of the ' aie tiersch. Such an uproar would seem perfectly natural in the denizens of the Latin Quar- ter, but it was very foreign to the normally quiel and morpheous streets of Raleigh. His inquis- itive faculties were aroused. It was his official duty to investigate such an unusual occurrence. But how was he to place himself in a position to inquire into 11 ' . ' But, ah! Nothing is impossible to our modern Sherlock. Almost uncosciously he pro- duced from his pocket the pair of ever ready pole climbers. And now the case was easy. From midway of one of the city ' s ubiquitous telephone poles lie peered through a pair of powerful night glasses into a scene of appalling iniquity. A festive board was spread. Oh! Horror of horrors! The banqueters were liis own college mates. But may we call it a banquet, a feast of reason ' . ' Here reason seemed hopelessly absent. Instinctively he recoiled from the scene of riotous revelry. For what should have been a sedate and tranquil gathering of brotherly spirits was a surging mob of eager and unruly anticipants for the next drink. The nucleus of attrac- tion was not music, poetry, nor art; but a gigantic cask of Heig and Heig. Q-tk Pa ), r vr i Ek Uftr = Cl s Ca 3EI Ami 3EMENTS OF THE Im.i: RlCH THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN 287 The Burning of the Shack It was at the still, dead hour of midnight. The stirring sound of the college fire whistle suddenly rent the air with its hair-raising blast. From the dormitories the students, half-dazed and half-clad, rushed out and found one of the shacks afire. Their gallant classmate, Ben Fos- ter, was valiantly but vainly fighting the flames with his water bucket. Realizing the ineffi- ciency of this crude method, they quickly put the hose line into action, and the conflagration was soon extinguished. But why this destruction of college property? Could such an occurrence pass uninvesti- gated? It was clearly our detective ' s duty to determine the origin of the fire. Since the shack was unoccupied it seemed obvious to him that the flames had been started by some night-riding incendiary, whose identity it remained for him to discover. To the ordinary lay mind this would seem an unsolvable mystery, but never does any criminal escape without leaving some track behind him that scientific methods will bring to light. Thinking possibly he might find some eye witness to the deed, our man carefully cross- examined the freshman inhabitants of the shacks. But here he learned nothing hopeful; even the occupants of the adjoining shack had slept peacefully through the whole excitement. He found footprints galore, some left by bare feet, a few by stocking-clad feet, and some by shoes; but a most careful analysis of these tracks on ly led to confusion. Failing in this direction, he aimlessly walked around the building, casually flashing his searchlight here and there. Almost hopelessly he continued his wanderings for hours and hours. But as he was about to depart an apparently insignificant object came within the pencil rays of his flashlight. It was only a half burned match mashed into the mud near one corner of the building, but enough to put his trained faculties on the alert at once. Ah! ' ' he said, perhaps it was from this corner that the fire started. With microscpoe and flashlight he minutely examined the objects around. The match, if it should turn out to be the one that started the conflagration, must have been struck somewhere near by. A jagged nail projected from one of the charred sleepers. This to the ordinary ob- server would seem trivial, but to our infallible analyst nothing is too small to demand the most careful scrutiny. His powerful microscope revealed a little blackened bead of some substance on the end of the nail. Brushing away the sooty covering he discovered this bead to be a dried clot of blood. Now the secret began to reveal itself. To his trained mind it was evident that this drop of blood came from the hand of the base villain who started the trouble, for in striking the match his hand must have encountered the projecting nail. Producing his pliers he cut off the nail and carried it in triumph to his laboratory. A microscopic photograph and a chemical analysis revealed the arrangement of the corpuscles and the exact composition of the blood. He required every man in college, on pain of instant expulsion, to deliver to him at once a sample of his own blood. It was now a mere matter of routine. Examining the samples one by one and comparing them to the original, he proved conclusively that this night-riding incen- diary, this wilful destroyer of college property, was none other than our hitherto highly respected and honored classmate, M. R. Quinerly. nun THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN 289 The night was very dark and very cold. The wind whistled drearily through the hallways of the Engineering Building. It was during the fall term exams. Two masked figures crept noise- lessly down the hall. They were bent on a nefarious purpose — to procure a copy of the next day ' s examination from the professor ' s offiee. Cautiously they opened the door with the unfail- ing cuff. With palpitating hearts they crept inside and flashed on a pocket flashlight. On the professor ' s desk, neatly folded, was a piece of paper. Eagerly they seized it. Hut alas! This is what they read: X. B. — To whom it may concern: My examination has no! yet been made out. Wm. Hand Browne, Jr. THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN 291 The scene was on the beautiful campus of Peace Institute; t he time, very late on a balmy moonlight night — a night for lovers, one might say. The charming strains of The Trail of the Lonesome Pine had just been rendered by masculine voices, followed by There ' s a Girl in the Heart of Maryland ; and then a dreadful silence. Why don ' t they applaud, or say something? said Moody. I don ' t know. I am pretty sure this is the right dormitory, said Shaw, their room is right overhead, I think. Perhaps they didn ' t hear us: we will sing a little louder, spoke up Anthony. Again the beautiful, enchanting strains of masculine voices rent the air. Again they gazed expectantly at the windows overhead. At last one was raised. Oh! They are going to throw us down a cake or something, said Jewell. A missile hurtled through the air, and fell alarmingly close to the head of the lad whose voice had rendered the deep bass notes so sweetly It was a shoe — size number eight. Despite his most determined efforts, our modern Sherlock has as yet failed t discover what young lady purchased a number eight shoe at a Raleigh shoe store. 292 THE AGROMECK: NINETEEN FOURTEEN The Height of Improbability Our limn of mysteries was safely ensconsed behind the curtains in D . Hill ' s office. He had seen little groups of the Facility whispering together and he felt it to lie his duly to find out what was going to happen. He did not have long to wait. Seven sportive gentlemen tripped gaily in and sat down around the long table. They seemed in the best of spirits. Our man could not imagine the reason for such hilarity among gentlemen who are usually of such calm and dignified demeanor, but he soon saw. From a hidden panel under the table. Dr. Hill, who sat at the head of the table and seemed to be master of ceremonies, produced a box of peculiar little celluloid disks. He counted out seven piles of these disks, each pile containing some of each of tin- three colors, red, white, and blue. He gave each man one of these piles and received a five dollar bill in return from each. Our friend was dumfounded, shocked beyond measure. Can it be possible, thought he, that these men whom I have honored and respected for four long years are going to indulge in a wicked game of chance? It was hard to believe, and yet the game went on right before his eyes. Gentlemen, said Dr. Hill, I am sorry to say that I forgot to bring a deck of cards. 1 guess we will have to send Allen out for some. Very simple, replied Mr. Bowen, I always come prepared; here are your cards, Doc- tor. Accepting the proffered deck, the good doctor dealt the hands and the game began with no further delay. The first pot was won by Dr. Harrison without much argument, and the game went merrily on for several minutes. 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