The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-05-31

# .:o...- 'ol6lE lie. ON lite af
mciehcy depends our f,tura !
IEe1tlore, one of the first 6nties -
~ University graduate is 70 ~
naiah service in this field, and mis-
~, ueilands the highest talent thar
me University can furnish tn 10
OF 1910 is to be ongratnIataa lass
the iact that fifty per cont - -
iHoi,ioeiS are TO enter the edncatianaI
Morh OF the State. and anona Nc
fifty per cent IS to ~ Siohs TINS
| talent. iouho our pest
Inc University is making every Of
lort to meet the demands Of the S+a+o
school SYSTEM. but under th- nras-rt
Equipment IT IS unable to supn.v IT.
demand: If the University is to f,,t6Ii
It's Innctlon as the head Of the school
system OF the State, 1t must he an,,ip-
ped for the training of teachers an1
Tor the state. The best in the ed,7ca-
tlohal NE OF the State should en,a,afe
from the head Of the system and
nence the need for a special equipment
ior the training Of teachers. The
report from the department of educa-
tion here in the University and Quoted
Dy the president in his report 10 the
trustees, should be carried out t. the
fullest extent. With the duty II sup
plying trained teachers ncumben
upon the University, it must have a
special equipment and special depart
ment for this work.
If the Senior class shall efeet the
etento Of our best talent in the
legislative activity Of the State and
shall aid in equfpping the States Uni
versity for the eHcient training of
teachers for the State, our place and
part in the life of North Carolina
will meet the approval of coming gen
erations.'
Then followed the class history.
a History.
n class history was read by the
class historian and was as follows:
The record of the class of 1910 is
that of a natural, harmonious devel-
oplnent from uncOuth freShmanhoOd
to dignified seniority. The following
record, though brief and incomplete,
men was muchly fresh. but that later
the class in its growth and various
activities made a brilliant record.
The class entered the University
the fail Of 1905, bering as fresh
me 1S5. Our experience the first
year was about the same as that Of
any other freshman class; but we
were not aware of the fact then. Al
ter having paid our just initiation fees,
and having given the balance to Dr..
kluttz, the class was turned over to
the committed on entertainment. We
were hazed more than any class had
been in years. The law OF supply and
demand was apparently in vogue. The
nightly renditiOnS in speech and song
seemed to greatly delight our sopho-
more audiences; and language on the
University ampus did not endure the
raw. uncultured freshmen articula-
ton; rather, it suffered dire results.
Unable to survive amid our freshmen
slaughter of English speech and IN
fact, the leaves from scholarly oak
and class-c poplar expired and were
a premature prey to Judge Brock
ryo > 20 a. also from a similar = "a ilSP
that fall. the learned Ivy of the old
South gave a final gasp for breath and
died. From hazing, however. the
class derived one good result: this was
! he system of class policy. The gov
eminent of the class as Monitor Nixon
showed more by example than by pre-
cept, was the same precisely that Prof.
Williams defined on Psych as ideal
democracy: Every man can attend
to his own business better than an
other man can for him. The class
| distinguished itself by giving Big
Thompson to the varsity football team
and .. A. Hamilton TO h varsity
baseball team: outside of athletics the
class did nothing distinctively worthy
OF mention.
"A mnle vacation decreased our
number as sophoTnores to one hun
! dred and thirty-fiVe. Some were lost,
other strayed, and a few We're stolen
d. &. league was chosen TO plot the
class. and he was the right man III
the right place. The class reversed
the usual orc er Of sophomore actiVi-
ties BY aboiishing from its program
the worst forms of hazing. A new
feature Of University life was added
when the 1910 class allowed the fresh
men to hold ~peaceabiy their more I'M
portant meetings. Despite the tact
! that our class has been SO severely
hazed. and thai all s~ophornores nave
certain inalienabie rights" the class
was willing to sacrifice some OF us
sopnomore authority to give the iresh-
man a more free and democratic Pc
sltion in university life. SIX OF the
las This wear made the varsity foot
bali squad: Carrot, Thompson, ana
Crosswell. sweater men, and ter>i-
son and Harris and Beiden as suoso-
tutes. In the gymnasium contests ,.
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