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

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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.

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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.