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

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TO m i ■ 1 I DEAN THOMAS NELSON DEAN OF THE TEXTILE SCHOOL OF THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE COLLEGE, WHOSE WORK FOR THE PAST THIRTY YEARS HAS BEEN DEVOTED ENTIRELY TO THE TEXTILE SCHOOL AND WHOSE UNTIRING EFFORTS HAVE BEEN DEVOTED DAILY TO THE PROBLEMS OF THE TEXTILE FIELD; WHOSE PA- TIENCE AND UNDERSTANDING HAS MADE HIM A FRIEND OF EVERY STUDENT UNDER HIS CONTROL; WHOSE KNOWLEDGE OF CLOTHS HAVE MADE HIM KNOWN THROUGHOUT THE TEXTILE WORLD; AND WHO SERVED AS CHAIRMAN OF THE FACULTY ATH- LETIC COMMITTEE, WE RESPECTFULLY DEDICATE THIS THIRTIETH VOLUME OF THE AGROMECK.

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FOIREWCIRD mi m N THE BEGINNING LITTLE DID MAN KNOW THAT THE STORY OF THE SPINDLE. SHUTTLE, AND BEAKER WOULD BE SO FINELY WOVEN INTO THREADS SPUN BY A RO- MANCE OF THE AGES AND DEXTEROUSLY DESIGNED INTO A MODERN INDUSTRY LARGER BY FAR THAN ANY OTHER SINGLE INDUSTRY. THE RISE OF THE SHUTTLE. SPINDLE. AND BEAKER IS THE RISE OF THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY. IN USING THE D EVELOP- MENT OF THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY AS THE ART THEME OF THE 1932 AGROMECK, IT WAS THE SOLE DESIRE OF THE EDITORS TO SHOW THE PAINSTAK- ING EFFORTS MAN HAS PUT FORTH TO ATTAIN PER- FECTION IN WEAVING AND SPINNING. SO VALUABLE ARE THESE EFFORTS TO MAN. THAT SCHOOLS AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED TO TEACH THESE INFINITE DETAILS SO THAT THE PUREST PRODUCTIONS OF PEACE MAY FOREVER FLOW FROM THE LOOMS AND GO FORTH TO CLOTHE THE PEOPLE OF THE LAND. m 1 It