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

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while others vacationed . . . some worked . . Although school officially started on September 14, for many it started in the summer. There was much work to be done to get State in high gear by September 14. There was planning for Freshman Week and the usual problems that come up. However, things were worked out beautifully and executed with precision: it was hot! Nevertheless, State ' s football team was knocking heads in the warm 100° weather under the direction of our new head coach, Earle Edwards. Regardless of how the team would turn out, they all worked hard to give State something to be really proud of. Under the direction of its new president, Doc Cheek, the Student Government held its first meeting 10 to make sure everyone knew what he was to do in the orientation program. The meeting was short; the Deb Ball was held that night.

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little things that occur

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The studio was with activity. People were running around up microphones and arranging cord. Inside the control room engineers were dialing knobs and colored lights were on and off. No, of course not. This was WVWP starting their broadcast for the coming year under the capable hands of Sam Harrell. As a result of the last spring elections The AGROMECK was inherited by Editor John Gregg and Business Manager Don Joyce. New ideas came to the two; so they to Lynchburg, Virginia, to meet with the engravers and to get these ideas on paper. Things looked rosy from the outside but the honeymoon was over soon; they found they had inherited themselves a job. At the first meeting of the sta ff, John and Don told them that there are four things that make a yearbook: pictures, copy, policy and spirit. Pictures are taken, copy written; and policy is that guiding force that tells them that the staff must attend classes and they must pass their work or join the ranks of the flunkey club. And that ' s where spirit enters the picture—the will to keep going. That ' s how it was—the beginning of a new book. Others just hoped . . . and editors and business managers pulled hair Welcome Frosh. Yes, The Technician met the freshman class as they came to State College. Under the of John Parker, the editor, The Technician was slated for the biggest year in its history. While worried about the editorial side, John Puckett, the business manager, was slowly pulling his hair out to balance the year ' s budget.