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

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1 THE 19 5 5 HUBERT TODD JAMES H. BARNHARDT

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iiiKiiiiiiia w zladau ffuLL - The first and only building on the campus of A. and M. until 1890. It was completed in 1889 and first opened its doors to seventy- two students on October 3 of that year. The building, named in honor of Dr. Holladay, first pre sident, contained the admin- istration ofiices, all classrooms, and a meager library. 18 8 9

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w 5 TATE College is the outgrowth of an idea fostered by two distinct movements, each different in its original aims. One group, known as the Watauga Club, comprising many progressive Carolinians, banded together for the purpose of organizing an industrial school. The other movement, originating among the farmers of North Carolina, sponsored by Colonel L. L. Polk, editor of The Progressive Farmer, advocated the establishment of an Agricultural College to be supported by State appropriations and by the Land Scrip Fund of the Federal Government. Many meetings were held throughout the State by both groups where plans for the establishment of the school were formulated and discussed. On January 18, 1887, a mass meeting of the farmers of North Carolina was held in Raleigh. They passed a resolution to the effect that the farmers of Carolina needed an Agricultural College, and ' ' That the Land Scrip Fund be diverted from the University and applied thereto. The two groups united, and by electing a favorable legis- lature in 1887, the establishment of North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts became a reality.