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

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If such a heritage doesn ' t seem romantic, don ' t fret-it ' s not. State ' s history is the history of practicality and materialism. It is the history of a school arbitrarily designed to turn out technicians for the state-and it did just that. If parts of the campus resemble a factory, that ' s why. If the smokestack seems dirty and unsightly to you, so what? From this campus have come the economic leaders of the state- the men who have kept North Carolina alive. 22

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iH. That means the factory worker whose job is unglamorous but invaluable. Or the farmer-yes the man of the soil who lives a good rich life, who owes no one but himself, who has toiled in solitude for ages but whose fruits have nourished milUons. Obviously today the needs of man reach further than ever before, and to serve North CaroUna, State is changing. Yet never will it lose its basic committments as established by its history, any more than we can change the bases of our personahties. The school will not change rapidly where its character is concerned, for its growth, like education, is a gradual process. 24