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

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General Alumni Association R. H. Merritt, Raleigh President W. D. Briggs, Raleigh Vice-President A. W. Taylor, Burlington Secretary-Treasurer Executive Committee J. A. Park, Chairman R. H. Merritt J. W. Harrelson Prof. C. B. Williams J. B. Bray R. J. Wyatt A. T. Bowler F. B. Sherwood Walter Clark, Jr. W. F. Pate R. I. Poole E. E. CULBRETH Raleigh AInmni Committee on Athletics J. A. Park, Raleigh J. W. Harrelson, Raleigh R. H. Merritt, Raleigh E. E. Culbreth, Raleigh A. T. Bowler, Raleigh J. B. Br. y, Raleigh James McKimmox, Raleigh C. W. Gold, Gr( ensboro W. L. Darden, Norfolk S. B. Alexander, Jr., Charlotte O. M.Ax Gardner, Shelby 11

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Board of Trustees Governor Locke Craig, e.c officio Chairman Name Posloffice Term Everett Thompson Elizabeth City March R. H. Ricks Rocky Mount March O. Max Gardner Shelby March M. L. Reed Asheville March T. T. Thoene Rocky Mount March C. W. Gold Greensboro March T. E. Vann Como March W. E. Daniel Weldon March W. II. Ragan High Point March W. B. Cooper Wilmington March J. P. MacRae Laurinburg March M. B. Stickley Concord March T. T. Ballinger Tryon March O. L. Clark Clarkton March W. H. Williamson Raleigh March P. S. Boyd Mooresvillo March Expires 20, 1917 20, 1917 20, 1917 20, 1917 20, 1917 20, 1919 20, 1919 20, 1921 20, 1921 20, 1921 20, 1921 20, 1923 20, 1923 20, 1923 20, 1923 20, 1923 10

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The North Cjiroliiia College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts During the years in which North Carolina was slowlj ' emerging from the economic havoc wrought by Civil War antl Reconstruction, some far-sighted men began to see the necessity of rearing industrially equipped men. They felt keenly the need of competent men to Iniild and direct new industries, and to restore the land which had been impoverisheil l)y slave labor. They recognized that men capable of doing what was needed would have to l)e educated in industrial schools and technical colleges. This recognition came slowly, because the Southern people up to that period had been wedded to classical education. The first organized body to take steps for the establishment of an industrial institution in North Carolina was the Watauga Club. This club, composed of bright young men, explained its mission by declaring that it was an association in the City of Raleigh, designed to find out and make knoAvn information on prac- tical subjects that will be of public use. In 1885 this club presented to the Legis- lature the following memorial: We respectfully memorialize your honorable body: First. To establish an industrial school in North Carolina which shall be a training place for young men who wish to acquire skiU in the wealth- producing arts and sciences. Second. To establish this school in Raleigh in connection with the State Agricultural Department. Third. To make provision for the e ' ' ect-ion of suitable buildings and for their eqiiipment and maintenance. (Signed) Arthur Winslow, Ckniriiian. W. J. Peele. W. LTER H. P.1GE. 12