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

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But that is not to say they didn ' t have their fun. Why, we can trace with accuracy that date of the first student martyr: he was that unfortunate scoundrel accused of stealing a chicken from the private coup of Alexander Q. Holladay, the school ' s first president. Poor devil, he was convicted and sent home. But he had served a good cause, for out of that instance sprang a student council which in the future would handle such cases of discipline. 18

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N.C. State ' s heritage is essentially like that of any other predominantly white, southern, technically oriented institution. The virtues which the school extols are Discipline, Patriotism, Hard Work and Good Grades. That is, of course, an oversimplification, but represents nonetheless several of the most important factors vieing with current trends as the University seeks its identity. Discipline is neither hard to recognize in State students nor difficult to trace to its source. When North Carolina A M opened before the turn of the Century, it was structured like a military school. When students reported for their portraits in the first Agromeck they came in uniforms, not coats and ties. Also, since the college was set up as a land-grant institution, ROTC was required of all students-a stipulation lifted only recently. Moreover, discipline has always been necessary for the mastery of the fields of study traditionally offered at State— the applied sciences. It was seldom that a man came here just to get a diploma, for such a thing was not demanded in those days. Instead, one enrolled in State College as a stepping stone to a career. To such purposeful students, rigorous discipline seemed a small and fair price to pay for economic security. 17

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Ah, yes, it must have been a great event when on the weekend books were put away for fun.. .when Wake Forest was still just down the road, waiting for a tangle with the Red Terrors from State. ..the guys all rode the train out, they say, and if they won, returned with the victorious goal post strapped proudly to the machine that ran smack dab back to campus... and they marched to the capital and back, chanting and singing... and sang the ahna mater. 19