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ills borough Street mtiLii .- ' . ■• ;(fc. . :3. «3 ' ;5 ' j|- «..r.i J y ft I ' i .-l»wK-- ' !f0 Which came first — Hillsborough Street or N.C. State? A search of Raleigh history reveals that, when State was a mere cow pasture, Hillsborough Street was a busy, if muddy, thoroughfare from Raleigh to Chapel Hill, Durham and points west. Today, State ap- pears to descend on the Street in one fell swoop, taking service stations and nightclubs with it. But things were not always that way. Whether it was the chicken or the egg, the Street looks much the same along some stretches as it did a half-century ago — at St. Mary ' s College, for example. Raleigh residents built their homes along Hillsborough Street and were among the first commuters. The trolley line to College Station, which was across the street from Patterson Hall, was initiated in the early years of the new century. It took state government workers downtown and brought professors to the newly established N.C. State College of Agricultural and Mechanic Arts. Although the trolley was 18 Student Life
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4 4 fitness Slate, credit ite, caught needed iupa Iverton I alter- ibbing. )rpro- nestra onltie noted langed year in ! joked men ' s sname ;n wn late in mliave ' tradi- uldren ire liis ill the ace at il.wll Overton ' s military training was somewhat less strict than this 1913 Agromeck photograph implies (far left). At the turn of the century dorm room mirrors were in- spected with a white glove, and woe to the resident when the least bit of dust could be seen on the glove tips. Overton spent his freshman year in the 1911 Dorm (near left, in a 1922 view), which got its name from the class that abolished hazing. He is seen with a girlfriend (below left) in 1931. This 1915 Agromeck il- lustration (below right) hints that all was not work for the early State men. ' f KLS.gu ' f ir ' Student Life 17
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