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

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To Thomas Perrin Harrison, Ph.D. Dean and Professor of English The Class of 1914 respectfully dedicates this the twelfth volume of The Agromeck

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This Annual was Designed, Monotyped, Pbinte Bound and Made Complete in the Estabmsi MENT of the Edwards and Bhoughton Printik Company, Raleigh, North Carolina

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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.