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Alumni Secretary’s Letter . .State to Celebrate Alumni Day .Commencement Speakers . .Davidson’s 100th Birthday . .Portrait of Brooks Given Duke .Commencement Program . .Among the Alumni . . . .Family Promotes Agriculture .Farm Agents Meet . . . ‘ .Dean Riddick Resigns . . .Mrs. Williamson Resigns . .“Prosperity Bathroom”. . . .State Grad Enjoys Success . .Dean Schaub Awarded Degree .Report on Constitution . . .Grange Honors Scott . . . .Nominations for Alumni Posts .J. L. Becton, Engineers’ Head .State Grads Enjoy Fish Feast .Coltrane Named State InspectorNew Agromeck OutstandingBook . . . . . . . .

Halifax Alumni Elect Officers .L. Polk Denmark Accepts New

Job . . . . . . . .J. W. Bason Named CountyAgent........

Alumni Peregrinations . . .Sports.........

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N. C. STATE ALUMNI NEWSPublished monthly except July, August and September, by the General Alumni Association of North

Carolina State College of Agriculture and EngineeringGEORGE R. ROSS, Alumni Secretary

IEntered as second-class matter July 18, 1929, at pOst office at Raleigh, N. C., under Act of March 3, 1879

ILife Membership $50.00, from the interest on which $1.00 is for annual subscriptions for life.

Membership $3.00, of which $1.50 is paid as a year’s subscription.I

Annual

FRED DIXON . . . . . . . . . . . . Editor and Business ManagerNANCY HINTON STEELE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Society Editor

VOLUME IX MAY, 1937 NUMBERS

GENER-AL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION—OFFICERS (elected June 8, 1936): President, Irvin B.Tucker, ’99, Whiteville; First Vice President, Frank T. Miller, ’07, Greensboro: Second Vice Presi-dent, Mrs. Elizabeth Gaither Cone, ’33, Asheville; Secretary, J. K. Coggin, ’20, Raleigh; AssistantSecretary, L. P. Denmark, ’15, Raleigh; Treasurer, A. F. Bowen, ’00, Raleigh.EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (Note—The above named ofiicers with the exception of the Secretary and

Assistant Secretary, together with three alumni representatives on the Athletic Council are ex-ofiicio members of the Executive Committee): Chairman, James M. Gray, ’10, Raleigh. Members—For term expiring June, 1937: Parker Rand, ’16, Garner; G. Y. Stradley, ’03, Raleigh; John A.Park, ’05, Raleigh; E. F. Lewis, ’18, Greensboro; Carl R. Harris, ’17, Durham. For term expiringJune, 1938: I. O. Schaub, ’00, Raleigh; Guy H. Bennett, ’22, Durham; L. C. Atkisson, ’15, Greens-boro; H. Roy Cates, ’11, Faison; W. Vance Baise, ’20, Raleigh. For term expiring June, 1939:C. L. Mann, ’99, Raleigh; C. B. Williams,.’93, Raleigh; T. C. Powell, Jr., ’25, Raleigh; J. M. Peden,’20, Raleigh: C. W. Tilson, ’24, Durham.STANDING COMMITI‘EES: AUDITING—G. Y. Stradley, ’03, Chairman, Raleigh; H. K. Witherspoon,

’15, Raleigh; R. D. Turner, ’22, Raleigh. MEMORIAL— C. L. Mann, ’99, Chairman, Raleigh; A .Bowen, ’00, Raleigh; C. B. Williams, ’93, Raleigh; John A. Park, ’05, Raleigh; R. H. Merritt, ’97,Raleigh; George R. Ross, ’11, Raleigh. NEGROLOGY—E. L. Cloyd, ’15, Chairman, Raleigh; L P.Denmark, ’15,- Raleigh. NOMINATING—R. W. Graeber, ’11, Chairman, Raleigh; R. L. Tatum, ’16,Raleigh; Parker Rand, ’16, Garner; J. L. Becton, ’08, Wilmington; L. C. Atkisson, ’15, Greensboro.PUBLICITY—Frank Parker, ’07, Chairman, Raleigh; K. B. Glenn, ’23, Raleigh: R. W. Graeber, ’11,Raleigh; A. M. Fountain, ’23, Raleigh; T. R. Hart, ’13, Raleigh; E. B. Hunter, ’13, Charlotte; J. H.Bonitz, ’20, Greensboro; J. B. Edwards, ’26, Wilmington; Buxton White, ’15, Elizabeth City; L. D.Thrash, ’24, Asheville.ALUMNI LOYALTY FUND COUNCIL: Irvin B. Tucker, ’00, President General Alumni Association, ex

ofiicio chairman, Whiteville; L. P. Denmark, ’15, Secretary, Raleigh. For term expiring June, 1937—W. Vance Baise, ’20, Raleigh; E. L. Cloyd, ’15, Raleigh. For term. expiring June, 1938—L. L.Vaughan, ’06, Raleigh; R. R. Eagle, ’08, New Bern. For term expiring June, 1939; T. N. Park,’22, Raleigh; C. R. Lefort, ’32, Raleigh.REPRESENTATIVI- ON ATHLETIC COUNCIL: For term expiring June, 1937, W. H. Sullivan, ’13,

Greensboro. For term expiring June, 1938, David Clark, ’95, Charlotte. For term expiring June,1939, D. W. Seifert, ’13, Weldon.

Alamance— President, Ralph Scott, ’24, Haw River; Vice Presidents, Grave Holt, ’29, Burlington,and D. A. Gryder, ’28, Burlington; Secretary-Treasurer, R. M. Fonville, ’27, Burlington.

Albenlarle—President, Graham W. Bell, ’22, Box 328, Elizabeth City; Secretary-Treasurer, TullyB. Williams, ’27, Currituck.

Atlanta, Ga.— President,W. 0. Powell, ’22, Otis Elevator 00., Atlanta; Secretary, Toxey Whitaker,’20, 2020 Rhodes-Haverty Building, Atlanta.

Buncombe—President, J. Frank Johnson, ’22, Asheville; Vice President, Julian B. Stepp. ’23,Asheville; Secretary, H. L. Sullivan, ’28, 18 Tacoma Street, Asheville.

Dlll'hanl—‘President, H. W. Keuf’fner, ’08, Durham; Vice-President, Mack Stout, ’31, Durham, N. 0.;Secretary, C. W. Tilson, ’24, Durham, N. C.

ForsYul—President, Louis H. Wilson, ’33, Winston-Salem Journal, Winston-Salem; Vice Presidents,Joe W. Johnson, ’26, Box 455, Winston-Salem, and R. P. Reece, ’06, R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.,Winston-Salem; Secretary, W. C. Huband, Jr., ’33, Dixie Fuel 00., Winston-Salem; Treasurer,Hyman Shachtman, ’31, 1327 S. Sunset Drive, Winston-Salem. _

Guilford— President, Wm. F. (Pete) Freeman, ’33, High Point; Vice President, Charles R. Barber,’22, Greensboro; Secretary-Treasurer, W. H. Sullivan, Jr., ’35, Crutchfield-Sullivan 00., Greensboro;Assistant Secretary, Dave Morrah, ’36, High Point.

IIfillifaX'—President, D. W. Seifert, ’13, Weldon; Vice Presidents, E. B. Manning, ’21, RoanokeRapids; B. B. Everett, ’07, Palmyra; Sam Pierson, ’26, Enfield, and E. K. Veach, ’29, Littleton;Secretary-Treasurer, Fletcher Dickens, ’26, Roanoke Rapids.

LOWBI’ Cape Fear— President, K. C. Council, ’09, Wananish, Columbus County; Vice Presidents,Clyde Jordan, ’10, Elizabethtown, Bladen County; Claude Morgan, ’32, Burgaw, Pender County; R. I.Mintz, ’29, Southport, Brunswick County, and A. E. Huggins, ’27, Wilmington, New HanoverCounty; secretary-treasurer, T. D. Love, Jr., ’25, Wilmington.

DIBCklenburg'—President, Thos. W. Church, ’26, Box 720, Charlotte; Secretary, W. F. Hanks, ’33,care Hospital Care Association, Charlotte.

New York City—President, H. L. Hamilton, ’06, 60 Hudson St., New York City; Secretary, GarnetL. Booker, ’22, 55 W. 11th St., New York City.

Norfolk-Portsmouth- President, J. K. Waitt, ’04, s. A. L. Rwy. Bldg., Norfolk; Vice Presidents,Louis Einwick, ’28, 218 Wainwright Bldg., Norfolk, and F. A. Duke, ’09, Walker Bldg., Portsmouth;Secretary-Treasurer, Joe M. Kilgore, ’28, 408 W. 33d St., Norfolk.

Palmetto—Secretary, L. A. Hamilton, ’21, 3304 Fourth Avenue, Columbia,- S. C.Piedmont-President, J. Cal Harris, ’22, Greenville, s. 0.; Vice President, R. A. Hand, ’23,

Spartanburg, S. C.; Secretary-Treasurer, J. C. Cosby, ’12, Box 212, Greenville, S. G.Richmond County CIIIb—President, J. W. Sexton, ’10, Hamlet; Vice President, John Hamer, ’27,Rockingham; Secretary-Treasurer, Paul Choplin, ’30, Rockingham.

Sampson County Club—President, J. M. Henley, ’20, Clinton, N. 0; Vice Presidents: H. W. Bul-lard, ’14, Kerr; Lacy Weeks, ’32, Newton Grove; R. F. Royal, ’21, Clinton; Secretary, G. K. Savage,’30, Clinton, N. C. ’

Tidewater—President, Wm. s. Haywood, ’16, N. N. s. a D. D. 00., Newport News, Va.; VicePresident, W. F. Metts, ’27, N. N. S. & D. D. Co.,-Newport News, Va.; Secretary-Treasurer, JakeA. Royall, ’33, N. N. S. & D. D. 00., Newport News, Va.

‘Vake—President, A. L. Monroe, ’23,. Carolina Power & Light 00., Raleigh; Vice President. T. C.Powell, Jr., ’25, Powell & Powell Coal 00., Raleigh; Secretary-Treasurer, L. R. Harrill, ’22, StateCollege Station, Raleigh, N. C.

Washington, D. 0., Club—President, Peter Valaer, ’06, 424 Treasury Bldg., Washington; Vice-President, Ralph Lane, ’31, 1900 F. St. N. W., Washington; Secretary-Treasurer, Frank M. Chedester,’27, 2121 New York Ave. N. W., Washington, D. C.

Golden Belt Alumni Club—President, C. O. Seifert, ’16, Henderson; Secretary, D. L. Cannon,’22, Henderson.

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COMMENCEMENT

This is the season when youth steps up to “begin.” The customshave not changed; Only the costumes. By method still we proceed.It is only the varnish that is different.

State College Commencement

Saturday, June 58:30 p.m.—Declamation Contest and Awarding of Medals and

Prizes—Pullen Hall.

Sunday, June 6

8:00 p.m.—Baccalaureate Sermon by the Reverend S. L. Blan-ton, Pastor of the First Baptist Church of Wilming-ton, North Carolina—Pullen Hall.

ALUMNI DAY

Monday, June 7

10:30 a.m.——Business Meeting of General Alumni Associationand Election of Officers for 1937-1938—C'ollege Y.M. C. A.

1:00 I p.m.—A1umni Luncheon.

6:30 p.m.—Graduation Exercises in Riddick Stadium. Addressby Dr. Arthur Ernest Morgan, Chairman of theTennessee Valley Authority.

(Full program elsewhere in magazine.)

State College, now a unit of the (Consolidated) University ofNorth Carolina, has grown through the romping boyhood days ofA. 8: M. College into the masculine State College of Agricultureand Engineering that has become a vital part of a great UniversitySystem.

‘ Our colors, red and white the emblem of 4 energy and purity,shall remain to father and son the banner under Which we maybuild a great and noble spirit in the field of human values, theproduct of an institution not yet old enough to boast a grandson.

GEO. R. ROSS, ’11.

College To Celebrate

Alumni Day June 7 . . .

I Hundreds of Alumni Expected Back . . .TenClasses To Hold Reunions . . . Class of 1912 ToObserve Twentyvfifth Anniversary . . . Electionof Officers and Annual Luncheon Main Fea' .tures of Program . . . Dr. Arthur Ernest Morgan,Chairman of the TenneSsee Valley Authority,Will Deliver Graduating Address To ThisYear’s Seniors

CSTATE COLLEGE willsoon become a scene of intense activityas alumni, friends, and parents of the1937 seniors pack the campus for thisyear’s commencement program—June5—7.Monday, June 7, will be Alumni

Day and hundreds of former studentsare expected for the day’s program.The day will begin at 10:30 with thebusiness meeting of the GeneralAlumni Association and election ofofficers. for 1937-38. This session willbe held in the auditorium of theY. M. C. A.

R. W. Graeber, ’11, chairman of thenominating committee, has alreadysubmitted his report, and on page 12of this issue of the NEWS will be founda list of candidates for offices in theAssociation for next year.For those who care to attend there

will be a tea dance in Frank Thomp~son Gymnasium on Monday morning,starting at 11 o’clock. It is customaryfor returning alumni .to attend thisdance free if they care to.At 1 o’clock Monday the annual

alumni luncheon will be held in thecollege cafeteria. At this time aspecial speaker will be heard. Accord—ing to George R. Ross, ’11, alumni sec—retary, the name of the speaker willhave to be withheld for the time be—ing, but Secretary Ross says he willbe an outstanding man and an excel—lent speaker.Members of this year’s graduating

class and their parents will be guestsof the Association at the luncheon.

Following the luncheon, there willbe meetings of the Reunion Classes.The following classes are scheduled tohave reunions:

REUNION CLASSES19051906190719081912 (25th)1924

MAY. 1937

1925192619271936 (lst)

At 4 o’clock Monday afternoon therewill be a tea for wives of the alumniand parents of the 1937 graduates.The tea will be given by the StateCollege Woman’s Club and will beheld on the lawn in front of HolladayHall.

There will be class suppers in thecollege cafeteria at 5:30 and at 6:30the graduation exercises will begin inRiddick Stadium.The graduating address will be de-

livered by Dr. Arthur Ernest Morgan,

chairman of the Tennessee ValleyAuthority. Col. John W. Harrelson,dean of State College will preside, andDr. Frank P. Graham, president ofthe University of North Carolina, willaward the degrees to the graduatingsemors.The day’s program will be concluded

with the final dance in Frank Thomp—son Gymnasium with music by HalKemp and his Orchestra. The dancewill be formal and will begin at 9o’clock.Alumni Day is expected to be one

of the largest and best in the historyof the college. The institution feelsproud that it has been able to secureDr. Morgan as its commencementspeaker. Dr. Morgan is consideredone of the outstanding men in thecountry today.The three-day program will officially

begin Saturday afternoon, June 5,with a tea dance in the gymnasium.At 8:30 in the evening there will bethe annual declamation contest andawarding of medals and prizes to out-standing seniors. This program willtake place in Pullen Hall.At 9 o’clock Saturday evening there

will be a formal dance in the gym—nasium with Hal Kemp and his Or—chestra furnishing the music.The commencement program will

continue Sunday with a band concertat 4 o’clock. The concert will be un—der the direction of Major C. D.

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SHIV/(By Lea 6'1.HNTON flew/UR e. Mama/v ._,Guest speakers for State’s 1937 commencement program, June 5-7, are pictured

above: The Reverend S. L. Blanton, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church ofWllmmgton, will deliver the Baccalaureate Sermon on Sunday evening at 8 o’clockin Pullen Hall. The graduating address Monday evening at 6:30, in RiddickStadium, will be delivered by Dr. Arthur Ernest Morgan, chairman of the Ten-nessee Valley Authority.

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Davidson College’s

100th Birthday. . .

By CONRAD FREDERICK SMITH ‘Davidson Alumni Secretary

(9N a bright spring morn-ing in 1837 a little group of three pro—fessors and sixty-five students gatheredin the newly-erected chapel buildingthat was the center of the DavidsonCollege campus and started a hundredyears’ of history for the Presbyterianinstitution.A century later, having passed

through years devoted to educatingyouth for service in this country andabroad, Davidson is celebrating itsbirthday anniversary. The celebrationwill revolve around a three-day periodto be observed in connection with theannual commencement exercises, June6, ‘7, and 8. But throughout the entirecollege year the observance has beennoted in many instances of studentand alumni activities. The climaxwill be reached the first week in June.On these days Davidson expects to

be host to thousands of alumni and

NOTE: Alumni of State Collegewill be interested in this story ofDavidson’s College centennialcelebration, written for theALUMNI NEWS by Conrad Smith,Davidson alumni secretary. StateCollege congratulates Davidsonon its first one hundred yearsand extends its best wishes forcontinued progress in the field ofeducation. GEO. R. Ross,

Alumni SecretaryFRED DIXON, Editor

friends. Davidson men in foreigncountries are planning their vacationsback home with the idea of revisitingthe scenes of their college days. Manyalumni who have not been back on thecampus since graduation will return——~some with wives and children.

Visitors will hear such distinguishedspeakers as Dean Christian Gauss ofPrinceton University, Dean Gordon J.Laing of the University of Chicagoand others. Probably the outstandingentertainment feature will be the his-torical pageant to be given on the

night of June 7 with a cast of 750persons. Six stages and special light-ing effects on Richardson field, withseats for 10,000 spectators assure apageant of sufficient size and interestto attract the attention of alumni andfriends alike.

Davidson College needs no introduc—tion to North Carolinians. Duringthe century of its history, it has stead-fastly stood for the highest principlesof Christian education. It has everbelieved that a sound mind in a soundbody are the best assurances of successin later life for a youth and to thatend it has expended its energies. Stu—dents from many parts of the worldhave found on the Davidson campusa tradition of clean living, good sports—manship, and excellence in scholarshipwhich have long stamped the Davidsonman as an outstanding educationalproduct.From a small start Davidson has

grown until today it has a studentbody of 665, a physical plant valuedat a million and a half, including themagnificent Chambers building. Theendowment is slightly more than amillion dollars.

Davidson students are drawn from38 states and seven foreign countries.About 44 per cent of the students arefrom North Carolina, others coming

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CHAMBERS BUILDING . . . DAVIDSON COLLEGEN. C. STATE ALUMNI NEWS

Present Portrait of

Dr. E. C.Brooks

To Duke University . . .

(@HE portrait of Dr. Eu-gene Clyde Brooks, president emeritusof State College and a valued memberof the faculty of Trinity College, waspresented Duke University by theTrinity Class of 1916 on Thursdayevening, April 22, at an alumni din-ner held in Durham in connectionwith the annual meeting of the NorthCarolina Education Association.

A. S. Brower, executive secretary ofthe Duke Memorial and who was as—sociated with Dr. Brooks at State Col-lege as comptroller, spoke of “Dr.Brooks as Seen by His Associates.”

Superintendent B. L. Smith of theGreensboro city schools, chairman ofthe portrait committee of the Classof 1916, introduced Mrs. Lucile Bul-lard Belk of Goldsboro who presentedthe portrait to the University in be—half of the Class of 1916.The portrait was unveiled by two

of Dr. Brooks’ small grandchildren,Eugene Brooks, III, son of Mr. andMrs. E. C. Brooks, Jr., of Durham,and Suzette Callum, daughter of Mr.and Mrs. Travis Callum of Greensboro.The acceptance in behalf of the

University was by President W. P.Few, who spoke in most appreciativeterms of Dr. Brooks’ service to the in-stitution and to the cause of educa-tion generally in North Carolina. Dr.Brooks responded in his charac-teristically happy manner.Among the guests were President

and Mrs. Frank Graham of the Uni—versity of North Carolina and Col.and Mrs. John W. Harrelson of StateCollege. ,Members of Dr. Brooks’ fam—ily were specially invited guests.At the close of the dinner Dr. and

Mrs. Brooks were warmly greeted bythe assembled guests.Not only as a teacher, but as a lead-

er in educational causes generally, Dr.Brooks has filled a real place in thelife of NOrth Carolina. As professorin the Department of Education atTrinity College, later as State Super-intendent of Public Instruction, andas president of State College, he hascontributed in no small measure to theprogress of the State along educa—tional and cultural lines, and the pres-entation to Duke University of his por-trait was a fitting recognition by oneof the classes of graduates of the in-MAY. 1937

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Class of 1916 . . .

Formerly a Val—

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Trinity College

Faculty . . . Por—

traitUnveiled by

Two of Dr.

Brooks’ Small

GrandchildrenEUGENE CLYDE BROOKS

This is a photograph of the portrait of Dr. Brooks,president emeritus of State College, which was

' presented to Duke University by the Trinity CollegeClass of 1916. Dr. Brooks served as president of

I State College from 1923 to 1934.

stitution of his valuable service inthese various capacities.The portrait is the work of Miss

Irene Price, a Duke alumna who has

achieved much success as a portaitpainter, and is regarded as an excel-lent likeness of Dr. Brooks—FromDuke Alumni Register.

Commencement Program

Saturday, June 54:00 p.m.—Tea Dance in FrankThompson Gymnasium.

8:30 p.m.——Declamation Contest andAwarding of Medals and Prizes——Pullen Hall.

9:00 p.m.—Final Dance in FrankThompson Gymnasium (Formal).Music by Hal Kemp and His Or-chestra.

Sunday, June 64:00 p.m.-—Band Concert at Base ofMemorial Tower.

8:00 p.m.—Baccalaureate Sermon bythe Reverend S. L. Blanton, Pastorof the First Baptist Church ofWilmington, North Carolina—Pul-len Hall.

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ALUMNI DAYMonday, June ’7

10:30 a.m.—Business Meeting of Gen—eral Alumni Association and Elec—tion of Oflicers for 1937-1938—inCollege Y. M. C. A.

11:00 a.m.——Tea Dance in FrankThompson Gymnasium.

1:00 p.m.—-Annual Alumni (Lunch-eon.

3:00 p.m.—Meetings of ReunionClasses.

4:00 p.m.——Tea for Wives of Alumniand Parents of Graduates given bythe State College Woman’s Club.

5:30 p.m.—ClaSs Suppers in CollegeCafeteria.

6:30 p.m.—Graduation Exercises in.Riddick Stadium. Address by Dr.Arthur Ernest Morgan, Chairmanof the Tennessee Valley Authority.

9:00 p.m.—Final Dance in FrankThompson Gymnasium (Formal).Music by Hal Kemp and His Or-chestra.

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AMONG the ALUMNI

Personals. . .1906

James A. Higgs of Atlanta, Ga., vis-ited the campus on May 10. He saysthat unless something serious happensbetween now and' Commencement hewill be here on June 7 for his class re-union.

1908John F. Ziglar is assistant engineer

for the Southern Railway System at theCharlotte ofl‘lce. His son, Frank C. Zig-lar, is a junior in mechanical engineer—ing at State.

1916Capt. R. L. Tatum has been named

president of the Raleigh Chapter of theReserve Officers Association. CaptainTatum is division engineer for the Sea-board Air Line Railway in Raleigh.

1921 .Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Whitman Chase

of New Haven, Conn., have announcedthe engagement of their daughter,Helen Elizabeth, to Charles Snead Allenof Durham. The wedding to take placein June. Mr. Allen is president of theDurham Bond and Mortgage Companyof Durham, N. C.

Capt. Lee A. Benson, Jr., Coast Artil—lery Corps, has been relieved of -hispresent assignment as a student at theCommand and General Staff School,Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and will sailon the Army transport scheduled toleave New York on September 11 forthe Philippine Islands, where he willreport for duty with the Coast ArtilleryCorps.

1923Mr. Iredell Hilliard announces the

marriage of his daughter, Katherine,Haven, to Mr. Frank Siler Clark on Sat-urday, the 24th of April, 1937, Monroe,North Carolina.

1924Miss Lucille Joyner of Dunn to Rufus

Dunn of Carolina Beach and Whiteville,on Saturday, March 27, Dunn, N. C. Athome Carolina Beach.

Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Johnston of Wel-don announce the birth of a son, Wil-liam Ransom on Thursday, April 8,Weldon, N. C.

1926H. C. Tate visited the campus on May

12. Tate is state agent in Virginia forthe World Fire and Marine InsuranceCompany. Business address: 614 Gar-rett Building, Baltimore, Md.

1928Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Woodside an—

nounce the birth of a daughter, AnneRobinson, on April 22, 1937.The wedding of Miss Helen .Elizabeth

Russ ' of Greenville to John BurwellDunn of Enfield was solemnized at highnoon on Saturday, April 10, in the Jar-vis Memorial Methodist Church inGreenville. Mr. Dunn is connected withthe Roanoke Mills at Roanoke Rapids,N. C.

Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Orders of Raleighannounce the birth of a son, W. 0., Jr.,on Monday, April 5, at Rex Hospital inRaleigh.6

1929Announcement has been made of the

engagement of Miss Sally Gordon ofHamlet to Mr. Hoyle Eubanks of Lenoir.The wedding to take place on June 12.Mr. Eubanks is connected with the DukePower Company in Lenoir.

1930Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Belvin, Jr.,

of Portland, Oregon, announce the birthof a son, Charles Hinton III, on Sunday,April 25, Portland.

1931Miss Lucy Tayloe Bowers and James

Marion Johnston, both of Washington,N. C., were married in St. Peters Epis—copal Church in that city on Saturdayevening, April 10.

Miss Inez Rouse and Henry Gurganus,both of .Washington, N. C., were marriedat the home of the bride’s parents inWashington on May 3. At home: Wa-noca.

1932A. J. Wilson of Louisburg has com-

menced his duties in the Wake Countyagent’s office in Raleigh as chief clerkin charge of detail work in the 1937soil program.

Eddie R. Poole of Raleigh, since Jan—uary, 1935, educational adviser at CCCCamp Virginia Dare at Manteo, N. 0.,has been transferred to the CCC Campat Mars Hill.

1933Miss Pearl Elizabeth Grant of Sneads

Ferry and William B. Gooding of Orien-tal were married at Sneads Ferry onApril 17, 1937. Mr. Gooding holds aposition as secretary-treasurer of theHenderson Credit Loan Association ofHenderson, N. C.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Heck ofRocky Mount announce the birth anddeath of a son on April 29 at Park ViewHospital in Rocky Mount. Mrs. Heck,the former Ernestine Holland of Ra-leigh, is a member of the Class of 1936of State College.

Miss Margie Mae Guill and DavidHughes Griffin, both of Nashville, weremarried in Richmond, Va., on Sunday,March 28.

1934Miss Mavis Lucile Bullock of Rocky

Mount and Joe Speight Sugg of Nash-ville were married in Rocky Mount onApril 11, 1937.Announcement has been made of the

marriage of Miss Ruby Tillery Johnsonof Raleigh to Robert Emmet McGlau-ghon of Wilmington. The wedding tookplace in Raleigh on March 25. the youngcouple will make their home in the GrayCourt Apartments, Winston-Salem, N. C.

Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Griggs of Morvenannounce the engagement and approach-ing marriage of their daughter, MaryEstelle, to Walter Erwin Fuller ofLouisburg. The wedding will take placein early summer.

The wedding of Miss Grace AllenPittman of Raleigh to Joseph LindsaySmith of Burlington was solemnized atthe home of the bride’s parents in Ra-leigh at 5:30 o’clock in the afternoon,May 8. At home: Burlington.

Mr. and Mrs. John Boyd Fallaw ofHamlet announce the marriage of theirdaughter, Ida Pauline, to Alfred WorthHunsucker on Wednesday, May 5. Mr.Hunsucker is employed by the SeaboardAir Line Railway in Hamlet.

Miss Elma Strickland of Clinton andMaurice W. Hamilton of Wilmingtonwere married at the Center BaptistChurch in Wade on Friday, March 26.At home: 1819 Woolcott Avenue, Wil-mington.

The marriage of Miss Alma VirginiaLee of Seaboard to Louis Alfred Whe-less of Louisburg took place at 8 o’clockFriday evening, April 16, in the Sea-board Baptist Church.

William. C. Wallin, for the past twoyears an engineer with the Raleigh GasCompany, has assumed his new dutiesas safety engineer for the AmericanMutual Liability Insurance Company inAtlanta, Ga.

The wedding of Miss Mabel HunterCoghill of Henderson and Marvin A.Batchelor of Aberdeen took place atthe home of the bride’s parents in Hen-derson on Friday, May 7. Mr. and Mrs.Batchelor will make their home in Aber-deen, where Mr. Batchelor is in busi-ness with the Moore County MutualExchange.

1935At the First Presbyterian Church inDurham, on April 27, Miss Mary Jane

Strayhorn became the bride of LewisGordon Garrard of Woodbury, N. J.Mr. Garrard is connected with the So-cony Oil Company, Inc., of Woodbury,N. J., where the young couple will maketheir home.Mr. and Mrs. L. Dow Pender of Raleighannounce the engagement and approach—ing marriage of their daughter, RuthMcWhorter, to Albert Konrad Pearson,Jr., of Charlotte. The wedding willtake place in the Edenton Street Meth-odist Church, Raleigh, on May 22, 1937.Announcement has been made of theengagement of Miss Jazie Catherine 'Temple of Marietta to Elmer R. Dowdyof Lillington.Mrs. S. R. Hyatt of Wadesboro an-nounces the marriage of her daughter,Mary Elizabeth, to Russell Mullen,which was solemnized at 6 o’clock onthe afternoon of April 10 in Danville,Va. Mr. Mullen holds a position withthe Soil Erosion Service and has recent-ly been transferred from Wadesboro toHigh Point, where he and Mrs. Mullenwill make their home.Miss Elizabeth McDowell Allen of Ra-leigh, who for the past year has beenstudying fine arts at the National Acad-emy of Design in New York City, wasawarded the Suydan silver medal forthe best antique figure drawing at theschool’s current exhibit. Miss Allen alsoreceived the school award for secondplace in the composition group.

1936The wedding of Miss Margaret E1-more McDonald, daughter of Mr. andMrs. John S. McDonald, ’06, of Raleigh,to Albert Pair Park was solemnized at12 noon on May 8 in the Good ShepherdEpiscopal Church in Raleigh. Mr. Parkis the son of John A. Park, ’05.Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Tolar of Alta Vista,Va., announce the birth of a son, T’hom-as Simeon III, on Tuesday, April 27, atRex Hospital in Raleigh.

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Rea Family Promotes Agriculture . . .

I Father and Son Hold Degrees ”in Agriculture from State College. . . Son Resident Director Blackland Test Farm

J. L. Rea, Sr., and wife, One of State’sFirst Agricultural Graduates.

CSYNONYMOUS W i t hthe teaching of agriculture at StateCollege and the development of agri-culture in North Carolina is the nameRea.In the fall of 1889 State College

was just as new as the first bale ofcotton of that year. It was the firstyear for the college as an institutionand one of its chief purposes was toteach agriculture.There came to State in the fall of

that year a young farm boy, J. L. Reaof Matthews, in Mecklenburg County.He was registered as a freshman andfor four years studied and grappledwith problems of agriculture. He wasgraduated with the Class of 1893 tobecome one of the first ag students.

Life out of college was both hardand kind to J. L. Rea, but this sturdyson of the soil mastered things as theycame. He plowed deep furroughs andmade good crops and built a homefrom which grew and developed sixsons.One of these sons was J. L. Rea,

Jr. Junior liked the farm as did hisfather and wanted to make a livingfrom it. Like his father he had a de-sire to know why and how things didthis and did that on the farm. Hehad a desire to be taught to farmscientifically. In the fall of 1915 heentered State as a freshman and in1919 was graduated in agriculture.Soon after graduation young Rea

MAY. 1937

[ NOTE: A few days ago GeorgeR. Ross, ’11, alumni secretary,was a visitor at the BlacklandTest Farm in Washington Coun-ty, N. C. There he discovered aninteresting father and son storythat should prove interesting toreaders of the ALUMNI NEWS.—Editor. ]

married Miss Mary Bell Ardrey atPineville. Later, Rea was appointedsuperintendent of the BlacklandBranch Station at Wenona in Wash-ington County, down in the tidewatersection.After several years at Wenona, Rea

decided that further schooling wasneeded if his dream of. a great andprofitable agricultural section in theblacklands was to become areality.Back he went to schOol and in 1929received the degree of Master Of Agri-culture. 'Rea is still resident director of the

Blackland Station. The farm he man-. ages is composed of 362 acres of landsso rich in organic matter that theywill actually burn'.‘ Included ,on thefarm are half a dozen dwellinghouses, offices and storage buildingsand a small number of assistants whoaid Rea in conducting agricultural re-search that is making—as Rea dreamed—the blacklands one of the best agri-cultural sections in the State. . .The present oustanding work being

done on the farm is the breeding ofbeef cattle and their maintenance onnative reeds and grazing crops. Thiswork was started‘with native cattle

Farm Agents Meet . . .

.; VORTH CAROLINAfarm agents from east, north, southand west mingled together in fourdifferent groups at a series of three-day conferences held at Manteo inDare County recently.The conferences, called by Dean

I. O. Schaub, ’00, of State College,were held for the purpose of acquaint-ing the agents with new features ofthe Agricultural Conservation pro-gram for 1937 and to stress the im-portance of checking full complianceby farmers this year. The agentsalso studied soil erosion work, farmmanagement plans and general exten-sion activities.

' J. L. Rea, Jr., in Gap and Gown on Dayof His graduation from State in 1919.

crossed on White—Face Hereford sires.There are now 140 cattle on the farm.In addition there are 200 hogs, 5Osheep and '14: Percheron horses. Reais using corn, soy beans, oats, whitepotatoes and blue grass as crops inthis experimental program.

Following in) the footsteps of Reaare his three sons who have had theunique experience of going to schoolon foot, by bus, boat and sometimes onhorseback. This last winter a com-bination of two or more of thesemodes of transportation was not un—usual. Like their father and their

, grandfather, these young Rea boys‘dream of a greater agricultural NorthCarolina.

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College To Celebrate AlumniDay June 7

(Continued from Page 3)Kutschinski and will be at the base ofMemorial Tower.The baccalaureate sermon will be

preached Sunday evening at 8 p.m. inPullen Hall by the Reverend S. L.Blanton, pastor of the First BaptistChurch of Wilmington, N. C.

So, all in all, it is to be a greatcommencement program and the col-lege and officers of the General AlumniAssociation extend to alumni every-where a cordial invitation to return tothe college and enjoy the three-dayprogram.

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DR. WALLACE CARL RIDDICK.. .as we used to see him

N. C. STATE ALUMNI NEws

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Dean Riddick

Resigns . . .

(EHE father of NorthCarolina’s engineering profession ~Dr. Wallace Carl Riddick —- has re—signed as dean of the School of Engi-neering after 45 years of service withthe college.His letter of resignation, to take

effect July 1, has been accepted bythe executive committee of Universitytrustees.Two years past the retirement age

of ‘70, Dr. Riddick will continue for“at least a year” as a full-time facultymember, Dean John W. Harrelson in—dicated in making public the letter.No successor has been selected.Dean Riddick, who nursed the engi-

neering school from the time StateCollege was only a building or soclustered around Holladay Hall, willcontinue as professor of hydraulics.His resignation marked a new era forthe engineering school—far removedfrom the World War days when, aspresident of the college, he knew his

, students callously referred to dininghall beef as “Riddick’s Old ToughCow,” using the initials of the Re-serve Oflicers Training Corps to theirown purpose.His successor will administer a new

and consolidated school of engineer—ing.Asked by special request to continue

as engineering dean two years past theallotted time, Dr. Riddick accepted aprofessorship only on the conditionthat “I am unwilling . . . if the collegesuffers thereby.”In his letter of acceptance, Dean

Harrelson replied that “During your45 years of service here, you have con—tributed more than any other personto the development of State Collegefrom an institution of one buildingand 100 students to the present plantof 32 buildings and nearly 2,000students. .“As a student of engineering, I

should like to pay tribute to yourleadership in the field of engineeringin North Carolina. It was you whoguided this great profession from oneof insignificance forty years ago toone of recognized standing today. Wemay truthfully say that you are thefather of the engineering professionin North Carolina.”Dean Riddick was born in Wake

County in 1864.. He received hisA.B. degree from the University ofNorth Carolina in 1885, after attend-ing Wake Forest College for twoyears. In 1890, he received his degreein civil engineering from Lehigh Uni-MAY. 1937

versity and was later granted, in 1917,the degree LLD. from both Lehighand Wake Forest.

First associated with State Collegeas a professor of civilhengineering in1892, Dr. Riddick became presidentof the institution in 1916. He resignedthe presidency in 1923 to return tothe faculty as Dean of the School ofEngineering.While acting as professor of civil

enginering, he has been employed asa consulting engineer by many proj—ects throughout the State. He hasbeen a consulting expert to the legaldepartment of the Seaboard Air LineRailway, a vice president of the NeuseManufacturing Company, a directorof the Bank of Youngsville, a mem-ber of the State Highway Commis-sion, a member of the State Board ofVocational Education, a member ofthe Conservation Commission, alieutenant on the staff of former Gov-ernor Glenn, a member of the Boardof Visitors of the U. S. NavalAcademy, a member of the NorthCarolina Academy of Science, a mem-ber of the North Carolina TeachersAssociation, a member of the NorthCarolina Society for Engineers, anda knight of the Order of Saint Sava(Jugoslavia). His fraternities in-clude Kappa Alpha (social), PhiKappa Phi and Tau Beta Pi. He isalso a member of the Capitol, Rotary,and Raleigh Country clubs.

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Mrs. Williamson ResignsPosition With Library . . .

(STATE COLLEGEalumni will regret to learn that Mrs.Charlotte Montgomery Williamsonhas resigned her position with the col—lege library and has gone to Troy,Alabama, to live.

Mrs. Williamson came to State ashead librarian in September, 1910,holding that position until 1923 whenshe became reference librarian.

Mrs. Williamson succeeded MissElsie Stockard as librarian. MissStockard is now Mrs. A. J. Wilson,wife of Dr. Wilson, head of the collegechemistry department.In Troy, Mrs. Williamson will live

with Mrs. Charles Henderson, widowof the former governor of Alabama.

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(Continued from Page 1;)to the college from states as far dis—tant as California. Many of the for-eign students are sons of missionarieswho have gone out from this collegeto mission fields and who hold close tothe ties of their alma mater.The faculty is composed of 38 men,

most of whom hold doctors’ degreesfrom the best universities in thiscountry and Europe. They are with-out exception men of highest scholas—tic caliber and combine teaching abili-ty with the gift of influencing youngmen in the ethics of responsibility tothe State and to one’s fellow men.Davidson College has long been noted

for its spirit, most apparent on theathletic field where the Wildcat cour-age is displayed against all opposition.Davidson sportsmanship is synony—mous with hard, clean playing, graciouswinning and cheerful losing withoutalibi. Davidson’s football team of thelast season is a typical example of thecolor and courage that are a part ofthe college’s athletics.Maxwell Chambers made a great

gift of money in Davidson’s early his—tory that enabled the college to makegreat strides in educational service. Inlater years James B. Duke’s magnifi-cent endowment in which Davidsonhas a five per cent endowment haswonderfully aided the college.As Davidson enters its second cen-

tury of usefulness it faces certainneeds, such as a new infirmary, a fieldhouse and gymnasium, a new libraryand a new dormitory. It looks con-fidently to the future, believing thatfriends and alumni everywhere willrally to its aid and assure its contin—ued success in the next hundred years.

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AMONG the ALUMNI(Continued from Page 6)

Dr. and Mrs. John Charles VVessellrequest the honor of your presence atthe marriage of their daughter, Mar-garet Lindsay, to Mr. Landis HenryWelsh on Saturday, April 17, at 12o’clock noon, Church of the Covenant,Wilmington, N. C.

Miss Aster Ray Anthony of Shelbyand Conway Keith of Apex were mar-ried in Raleigh on March 27. Mr. andMrs. Keith will make their home inPittsboro, where Mr. Keith is assistantcounty agent for Chatham County.

1937John H. Blackmon of Whiteville and

Miss Louise Byrum of Raleigh weremarried in Raleigh on May 2, 1937.At home: 422 Cutler Street. Mr. Black-mon is a senior in agricultural educa—tion at State College and will be gradu-ated in June.

Deaths . . .1914

D. Ernest Roberts of Red Springswas fatally injured in an automobileaccident in Fayetteville on April 29.Mr. Roberts is survived by his father, .two sisters, and three brothers.

1924Charles Edward Mann, Jr., of Colum-

bia, formerly of Washington, N. 0., diedat his home in Columbia after a briefillness with pneumonia. Mr. Mann, acivil engineer, had been connected withthe State Highway Commission formany years.

“Prosperity Bathroom”. . .

(6HE prosperity bathroomis here,” W. H. Sullivan, ’13, ofGreensboro, president of the NorthCarolina Association of Plumbing andHeating Contractors, observed on theeve of the opening of the annual con—vention 0f the North Carolina Asso—ciation of Plumbing and Heating Con-tractors at State College recently.

Sullivan explained how the pros—perity bathroom of 1937 differs fromthe depression bathroom of 1933 andthe Whoopee era bathroom of 1928 and1929.“The prosperity bathroom is high—

ly individualized to meet the personaltaste and color preferences of the own-er,” he said.“Smart modernism in the lines of

the fixtures, harmonizing designs toproduce the ensemble effect, strikingcontrasts in colors, such as a black tubset off against a background of yellowglass, and tubular shadowless illumi-nation of mirrors are some of thecharacteristics of the prosperity bath-room,” the plumbers’ president as-serted. .

“Soft pastel shades are popular forplumbing fixtures today instead of thevivid colors of the Whoopee era,” hecontinued, adding that the bathroom 0fthe depression period lacked smartnessand distinction because everything init was bought on a price basis.

“It is evident that the public to-day is quality conscious and apprecia-tive of the importance of good work-manship in plumbing installationwork,” he stated.

Bill Sullivan is one of the mostpopular of the State alumni and fortwo years was head of the GeneralAlumni Association.10

State Grad Guides

Successful Concern...

I William" D. Martin, ’15, Presi—dent and Founder Martin Mill—works Company of Raleigh

(@EN years ago WilliamD. Martin, ’15, was superintendent ofanother man’s lumber plant. TodayMartin is president of the MartinMillworks Company, the largest con-cern of its kind in Raleigh, N. C.An old Negro school house on North

West Street was the first home of theMartin Millworks and on May 10,1927, Martin and his chief assistant,W. Mangum, opened shop for business.Today the company occupies a new

plant on Tryon Street and Harris0nAvenue and does practically all thespecial millwork manufactured inRaleigh. Employing just short of 40men, the plant now is well into whatis expected to be its best year of thedecade. More than double the volumeof business was done during the firstthree months of 1937 than during thecorresponding period- in 1936.Martin’s assistant, Mangum, re—

mained with the company only acouple of years and since then Martinhas been head of the company, nowholding the position of president andtreasurer.In November, 1928, the millworks

company moved from the Negroschool into its present plant and forthe next year flourished, especially fora new business; but then came the de-pression which devoured so manysmaller and younger concerns alongwith long-established companies.

Martin says he doesn’t know himselfjust how his young company weatheredthe storm.

“Sometimes we didn’t know whetherwe would open up the next day ornot, but we made everything anyonewanted us to make in the way of wood-work from slats for auto tops to wash-tubs and boats.”Martin was equipped to go into the

lumber work. He was born near Mar-tinsville, Va., the son of a saw mill

flBlan Chapman, ’33

RepresentingSTORR ENGRAVING CO.

RALEIGH, N. C.Office Supplies—Engravers—Printers

Awarded Degree . . .

@EAN I. C. Schaub, ’00,head of the School of Agriculture atState College, has had an honorarydoctor’s degree conferred upon him byClemson College in recognition of hisoutstanding work in agriculture.

Similar degrees were conferred uponDr. R. F. Poole, plant pathologist, andDr. R. Y. Winters, director of theAgricultural Experiment Station, andDr. Clarence Poe, editor of the Pro-'gressive Farmer and honorary memberof the State College General AlumniAssociation.

operator. His early childhood days,therefore, were spent in close contactwith lumber.In 1911, Martin came to Raleigh to

enter State College and secured his de—gree in 1915. Upon receiving his de-gree he joined the, college faculty andtaught woodworking for two years.Then America entered the World Warand Martin saw service abroad. Thewar over he returned to Raleigh tobecome connected with a local lumbercompany and was superintendent ofthis company when he decided to gointo business for himself.

Martin’s company specializes inwhat might be called “fancy” mill-work; that is, it does work made toorder for certain homes, such as onewinding stair case that had to be en-tirely constructed in the shop on fullscale.One of the unusual jobs the com-

pany handles is the construction ofcofiins for orthodox Jewish funerals.These coffins must contain no metaland are constructed entirely withoutuse of wire nails or any other metalfastenings.

N. C. STATE ALUMNI NEWS

Report of Special L

Constitution and

By—Laws

Committee . . .

mNUTES of GeneralAlumni Association’s annual businessmeeting held June 8, 1936, in CollegeY.M.C.A. A motion “That the Presi-dent appoint a Committee with author-ization to study the constitution andby—laws and amend to bring all arti-cles and sections in line with continu-ing the regular business sessions atthe annual June meeting” was passed.

To Mr. Irvin TuckerPresident Alumni AssociationState CollegeDear Sir:The Committee after careful study of

the constitution and by—laws recom—mends the following changes, correc-tions, substitutions and eliminationsin the April issue 1936,.of the ALUMNINEWS, pages 9 and 10: Namely;

CONSTITUTIONARTICLE 3, Sec. 4, line

4, substitute for “annual meeting ofthe Alumni Council” the following:“Commencement meeting of the Asso—

i ciation.”Article 5, Sec. 3, line 3, substitute

for “annual meeting of the Alum—ni Council,” the following: “Com-mencement meeting of the Associa-tion.” .

Article 6, line 3, substitute for“Alumni Council” the following:“Association.” '

BY—LAWSARTICLE 2, Sec. 2, line

7, Memorial Committee.Article 4, substitute for Sec. 1 in

toto the following: .“For Sec. 1, Article IV. There

shall be an Executive Committee com-posed of fifteen members elected by theGeneral Alumni Association at itsannual meeting. The president, firstand second vice presidents, and treas-urer of the General Alumni Associa—tion, and the three Alumni represent—atives on the Athletic Council shallbe ex-oflicio members of the ExecutiveCommittee.”

Article 4., Sec. 2, line 5, substitutefor “Alumni Council” the following:“Alumni Association.”

Article 4, Sec. 3, line 9, substitutefor “Council” the following: “Associa-tion.”MAY. 1937

GRANGE HONORS SCOTTmy

L. J. Taber of Columbus, 0. (left), Master of the National Grange, is picturedabove presenting a national honor certificate to Commissioner of Agriculture W.Kerr Scott, ’17. In making the presentation, Taber told Commissioner Scott: “Byeducation, training, and temperament, you are ideally equipped to make one of thegreatest commissioners of agriculture in a great and rapidly developing Sta .”The national honor certificate has been awarded to only 110 persons in the historyof the National Grange.

Article 4, Sec. 5, line 5, substitutefor “Council” the following: “Associa-tion.”

Article 5, Sec. 1, line 13, substitutefor “Council” the following: “Associa~tion.”

Article 5, Sec. 3. Eliminate in toto.Article 6, Sec. 2, line 5 and line 9,

substitute for “Council” the following:“Association.”

Article 7, Sec. 1, substitute for firstsentence the following:

“There shall be an Alumni Councilwhich shall meet prior to the annualmeeting of the General Alumni Asso—ciation and discuss the legislation andresolutions which are to be VOted up-on at said annual meeting and makerecommendations relative to same.The meeting of the Alumni Councilmay also consider suitable nomina-tions for the officers of the GeneralAlumni Association and in such casetheir nominations shall be publishedin the ALUMNI NEWS prior to the an-nual meeting.”

Article 8, Sec. 5, line 10. Substitute

for “Council” the following: “Asso-ciation.”

Article 9, line 4, substitute for“Council” the following: “Associa—tion.”

Article 9, line 2, substitute for“June 30” the following: “April 30.”For line 5, substitute for “January31” the following: “April 30.”

Article 10, line 2, substitute for“Council” the following: “Associa-tion.”

Respectfully submitted,

James M. GrayT. C. PowellA. F. BowenJ. K. CogginsC. L. Mann, Chairman

J. B. (Shorty) LAWRENCE, ’21Special AgentJefferson Standard Life Insurance Co.

GREENSBORO, N. C.408-15 Odd Fellows Building

RALEIGH, N. C.Phones: Ofiice 1112; Res. 4058-J

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Nominations Made

ForAlumni Posts . . .

I Elections Set for Monday, June7, At 10:30, College Y.M.C.A.. . . Pate and Higgs Candidatesfor President

AS chairman of the N0mi-nating Committee, I wish to make thefollowing report, giving the nomina-tions for the various offices and com-mittees to be elected by the GeneralAlumni Association at College Y. M.C. A., on Monday, June 7, at 10:300 CIOCk' R. W. GRAEBER, ’11,

Chairman

PRESIDENT(Vote for one)

C] Edwin Pate, ’21 Laurel Hill,N. C.

[j J. A. Higgs, ’06, Atlanta, Ga.

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FIRST VICE PRESIDENT(Vote for one)

[:1 C. R. Jordan, ’10, Elizabethtown,N. C.

EN (E. Michael, ’14, Wadesboro,

SECOND VICE PRESIDENT(Vote for one)

[:1 David Lindsay, ’08, Spindale, N. C.|:| Frank Parker, ’07, Raleigh, N. C.

SECRETARY(Vote for one)

I: J. K. Coggin, ’20, Raleigh, N. C.[:I L. O. Armstrong, ’21, Raleigh,

N. C.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY(Vote for one)

[:I M. L. Shepherd, ’33, Raleigh, N. C.D Fred Dixon, ’32, Raleigh, N. C.

TREASURER(Vote for one)

[I Arthur Bowen, ’05, Raleigh, N. C.[I Finn Bowen, ’05, Raleigh, N. C.

CHAIRMAN EXECUTIVECOMMITTEE(Vote for one)

[:1 Irvin B. Tucker, ’99, Whiteville,N. C.

D John A. Park, ’05, Raleigh, N. C.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE(Vote for five)

[:1 E. (1;. Grier, Jr., ’18, Statesville,

El lSvheawood Brockwell, ’03, Raleigh,

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Engineers’ President. . .

flT the annual meeting ofthe North Carolina Section of theAmerican Society of Civil Engineers,held May 8, at Durham, J. L. Bectonof Wilmington, Class of 1908, waselected president for year of 1937-38.

L4ohn B. Mayes, Jr., ’13, Oxford,. C. D. Clark, ’23, Raleigh, N. C.. N. Meekins, ’20, Cary, N. C.. F. Parrish, ’25, Raleigh, N. C.yde Hoey, Jr., ’25, Canton, N. C.larence N. Cone, ’32, Greensboro,C

eorge R. Ross, Sr., ’11, Raleigh,N. C.

D Randall B. Etheridge, ’20, Raleigh,N. C.

LOYALTY FUND COUNCIL(Vote for two)

E. W. Ruggles, ’22, Raleigh, N. C.J. A. Arey, ’09, Raleigh, N. C.J

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ohn S. McDonald, "06, Raleigh,N C.

W. Sheffield, ’26, Raleigh, N. C.ATHLETIC COUNCIL

(Vote for one)[:I J. W. Sexton, ’10, S. A. L., Ham—

let, N. C. i[j A. e. Floyd, ’22, Raleigh, N. o.

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N. C. State Grads

Enjoy-Fish Feast . . .

I J. M. Henley, ’29, Re—electedPresident Sampson CountyAlumni At May Meeting

[EDITOR’S NOTE: State Collegealumni in Sampson County gottogether on Monday night, May 3for a big evening of fun as thefollowing article, clipped fromthe Sampson County Independ-ent, indicates]

flLUMNI of North Caro-lina State College met Monday night,May 3, at Taylor’s Bridge for a fishfry and at the meeting reélected J. M.Henley, ’20, county farm agent, presi-dent of the club and at the same timeheard George Ross, alumni secretaryof the college, and A. F. Bowen, col-lege bursar, make short talks. J. M.Osteen, district supervisor of voca-tional education, was also a guest.

After the business of consuming thebountiful repast of freshly fried fish,fit for any one’s taste; the club turnedits mind to the business of electingofficers. Mr. Henley as presidentofficiated and was unanimously chosento succeed himself. As the three vicepresidents, the club chose W. H. Bul-lard, ’14, Lacy Weeks and R. F.Royal, ’21. G. K. Savage, ’30, wasnamed secretary.At the conclusion of the election,

President Henley presented Mr.Osteen, who acknowledged the intro-duction and expressed his appreciationof the chance to be present. The nextto speak was Mr. Ross, who as alumnisecretary, was able to bring to thegroup an inspiring message. Mr.Bowen, well known to every Stateman since the early 1900’s, talkedbriefly and at the conclusion of histalk entertained the group with an as-sortment of sleight of hand tricks,proving that his knowledge oflegerdemain would put many a pro-fessional to shame.R. F. Royall prepared the fish with

the assistance of Norwood Parker, ’27,and Bob’s colored boy, Herman. JamesTurlington, ’34, donated and preparedthe cornbread. J. T. Griffin, ’35 pre-pared the tea for the group.A committee composed of G. K.

Savage, H. W. Bullard and J. E.Britt, ’24, was appointed to makeplans and the necessary arrangementsfor the next meeting of the club to beheld early in the fall.

Other State men present were P. T.Long, ’19, H. N. Porter, ’30, HustonCrumpler, ’34, and T. A. Vernon, ’29.

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Fertilizer Inspector . . .

@. S. COLTRANE, ’18,assistant to the Commissioner of Agri-culture, will also become chief fer-tilizer inspector for the Department ofAgriculture on June 1, W. Kerr Scott,’17, Commissioner, has announced. I

Coltrane is regarded as one ofNorth Carolina’s outstanding author—ities on fertilizer.

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New Agromeck Cited

As Outstanding Book

5; tEROES of a half-dozenwars in which North Carolina hasbeen engaged are honored in the newgrey—backed 1937 Agromeck, studentyearbook at State College.The thirty-third volume of the an—

nual is dedicated to “those alumni . . .who made the supreme sacrifice in theservice of our country. during theWorld War.” The granite MemorialTower on the campus and the Stateflag are figured on the outside frontcover.

Section leaves scattered through thebook show full—page color reproduc—tions of battle scenes—from hand-to-hand fighting with Indians to tank andmachine gun warfare of the last war.Pen and ink sketches of Hugh Waddellof French and Indian War fame,Allen Jones of the RevolutionaryWar, Johnston Blakely of the War of1812, D. H. Hill of the Civil War,Worth Bagley of the Spanish Ameri-can War, and Frank Thompson of theWorld War—all North Carolinians—MAY. 1937

Halifax Alumni

Elect Officers . . .

I Enjoy Fish Mqule and Re—electAll Old Officers for Next Year. . . Seifert President

WEMBERS of the Hali-fax County N. C. State Club enjoyeda big rock—fish muddle on Fridaynight, May 14 in D. W. “Dutch”Seifert’s, ’13, Coca—Cola plant in VVel-don, and wound up the evening byelecting the same officers to run theclub for the 1937—38 year who guidedthe organization through the past 12months.The muddle was a complete success.

As the club members and their guestsarrived they found Seifert and TomHolmes, ’16, wearing aprons andbusily preparing the muddle. Afterall the muddle had been eaten, thebusiness session was held and the fol-lowing men were reelected to office:

President, D. W. Seifert, ’13, Wel—don; vice president, E. B. Manning,’21, Roanoke Rapids; B. B. Everett,’07, Palmyra; Sam Pierson, ’26, En-field, and E. K. Veach, ’29, Littleton;secretary-treasurer, Fletcher Dickens,’26, Roanoke Rapids.The college was represented at the

muddle by Williams “Doc” Newton,football coach; George R. Ross, alumnisecretary, and J. L. von Glahn, busi—ness manager of athletics. Each spokebriefly.

are shown on facing pages as “mostqualified to represent the military ac-tivities of the State during their time.”A color scheme of red, blue and

grey is used throughout the book,which is divided into parts includingthe college, classes, organizations,fraternities, features and athletics.Pen and ink sketches of campus scenesare used for decorative purposes. Sev-eral full-page photographic reproduc—tions of campus buildings are also usedin the first pages of the book.

Snapshots—the contributions of stu-dents to a photographic diary of theyear—catch many an undergraduatein an unsuspecting pose and fill a half-dozen pages. A Sponsor section in—cludes the selections of 29 campusleaders and organization heads. Four-teen social fraternities are represent—ed in double—page layouts of membersand brief historical sketches of theGreek organizations.

This year’s Ag‘romeck staff washeaded by Peter Ihrie, Jr., of RockHill, S. C., editor, and George Ashby,Jr., of Raleigh, business manager.

With State Highway . . .

08. POLK DENMARK,’15, alumni secretary at State Collegefrom 1931 through 1936, and memberof the engineering faculty since lastSeptember, has resigned his positionat State to become chief draftsman ofthe North Carolina highway planningsurvey.

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(6HE appointment ofJ. W. Bason, ’16, as Alamance Countyfarm agent has been announced byDean I. O. Schaub, ’00, director of theState College Extension Service.

Bason, a native of Alamance andlong experienced in agriculture, suc—ceeds N. C. Shiver, who resigned re—cently. The appointment becameeffective Sunday, May 23.

Graduating from State College in1916 with a BS. degree in agriculture,Bason served as Warren County farmagent for about a year just after theWorld War.Then he went to the Edwin Holt

School in Alamance County, in thecommunity where he was reared, asvocational agricultural teacher, wherehe remained for 12 years.About three years ago Bason was

employed by the Soil ConservationService, from which he resigned toaccept the appointment as AlamanceCounty farm agent.

Several years ago Bason marriedMiss Myrtle Floyd, who was AlamanceCounty home demonstration agent atthat time.

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Alumni Peregrinations . . .

I Brief News Items Relating To Travels andActivities of N. C. State Graduates

WEMBERS of State’s andDavidson’s baseball teams thoroughlyenjoyed a barbecue given them at Rae-ford on May 4, following their base-ball game there. The barbecue wasarranged by interested alumni of thetwo colleges living in Raeford.

State College alumni present wereCrawford Thomas, H. L. Meacham,Buck Blue, Tommie Upchurch, M. H.Gatlin, R. H. Gatlin, Dave Hodgin,Dang McLeod, S. N. Smith, and C. H.Giles.Enjoying the barbecue along with

the players were Chick Doak, State’scoach; Williams “Doc” Newton,State’s football coach, and Mrs. New-ton; J. L. von Glahn, business man—ager of athletics at State, and FredDixon, director of sports publicity atState and editor of the ALUMNI NEWS.

“That’s what I call prosperity onthe dairy farm,” observed John A.Arey, ’09, extension dairy specialist atState College, as he related how fivecows and two bulls had been sold re-cently for $1,000 or above, each.“And the best part of it,” he con-

tinued, “is that all of these high gradeanimals were bred right here in NorthCarolina.”

IThe editor of the NEWS was in

Charlotte on a recent trip and stopped 'in to talk to Jake Wade, entertainingsports editor of the Charlotte Observer.According to Jake, Frank “Red”Landis, ’35, has recently accepted ajob that has taken him to Portland,Oregon. Jake didn’t know exactlywhat kind of work it was, but said itwas a good job. -

Landis was in school at State foronly a short while. He was a memberof the freshman football team and alsoa reserve on the varsity his sophomoreyear.

IWhile in the Observer office the edi—

tor went over to the city room to talkwith E. R. Hunter, ’13, cit yeditor of the Observer. State neverhad a more ardent football fan thanHunter and he wanted to know aboutprospects for the 1937 season. Likemost alumni, Hunter was not expect-ing great things from Newton thisseason as he realizes that Newton hasa big job before him.MAY. 1937

It is Commissioner of Public SafetyT. K. Fountain, ’22, for another twoyears. In Raleigh’s recent city elec-tion Fountain was returned to officefor a second two-year term in the pri-mary election. He polled 6,775 votesto his opponents’ 939.

Dutch Holland, ’26, who used tohit hard and often for State’s baseballteams a few years back, was on handfor the State-Davidson game at Rae-ford. After a number of successfulseasons in pro ball, Dutch has decidedto give up the game and has gone intobusiness in Maxton, N. C.

Bill Averette, ’32, star chunker andcaptain of State’s 1930 baseball team,has just wound up a successful seasonas coach of sports at Dunn HighSchool. His baseball team finishedthe season with a 10-0 win over theCatholic Orphanage of Raleigh for arecord of six wins and five losses thisyear.

IClifton Daughtery ’35, former

tackle on the wolfpack, was a visitoron the campus recently. Daughteryis still the big boy that he was whenhe played on the football squad andseems to be getting a great deal ofjoy out of life.

E. W. Ruggles, ’22, head of the ex-tension division at State College,grinned from ear to car a few daysago as he watched 54 certificates,awarded by the extension service tometermen, presented superintendentsand assistants who attended a three-day short course at college. Rugglesarranged and directed the short course.

The State tennis team took a tripto Atlanta, Ga., recently for a meetwith E mo ry University and whoshould meet the boys as they went outon the courts but H. B. “Skip” Mer-riam, ’32. Skip, who used to be headcheer leader when at State, is connect—ed with the State Department of Pub-lic Welfare of Georgia and seems to bedoing well. He was sporting a verysporty looking sport Pointiac road-ster. In case you would like to writeSkip his address is 400 Fifth St., N.E.,Atlanta, Ga.

Dan T. Gray, formerly head of theanimal husbandry department at State-College and now Dean of Agricultureat the University of Arkansas, was avisitor on the State campus recently.While here Dr. Gray consulted withDean I. O. Schaub, ’00, head of theagricultural school at State, and Dr.R. Y. Winters, director of the agricul-tural experiment station, relative toextension work in this State.

John A. Park, ’05, editor of TheRaleigh Times, has been elected Ro-tary Governor of district 57-A. He de-feated Montgomery Hill of Greens-boro. Park was elected at the annualmeeting of the 57th district held May10 at Pinehurst.

Election as district governor is thesecond honor to come to John Parkwithin the last few days. He recentlywas made a member from North Caro—lina of the National Advisory Com-mittee of the New York World’s Fairof 1938. Announcement of the selec-tion of Mr. Park was made by Presi-dent Grover Whalen of the Fair.

According to C. D. Baucom, ’13,chief of the Department of Agricul-ture’s division of weights and meas-'ures, merchants and others who usescales should be on the lookout forracketeers posing as inspectors ofscales and collectors of fines.“Hundreds of dollars have been col-

lected by bogus inspectors, and .wehave just recently arrested one suchimposter.”

IA breathless State College Y.M.C.A.

messenger burst into Neil Dalrymple’s’37, dormitory room the other day.“Long distance is calling you Neil. . .Call operator 16 within ten minutes.”And with that the messenger was gone.

Neil was in the “Y” in record timeand soon had operator 16 on the line.The blase “Here’s your party” driftedback as the connection was made.

“Hello. Hello. That you Neil? Ijust wanted to congratulate you. Sawyour picture in the paper this morn-ing. This is Tarzan.”

It was Tarzan Morris of Farm-ville, the maestro of shout, giving Dal-rymple a pat on the back for winningthe Alumni Athletic Trophy.

Fred Dixon, ’32, e dito r of theALUMNI NEWS and director of sportspublicity at State College, has beenelected president of the District Inter-denominational Sunday School Con-vention. The district includes church-es in Raleigh, St. Mary’s and St. Mat-thews townships. He is the youngestman ever to head the convention.

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flNOTHER sport year isover at State and already things arebeing put in order for the start of the1937-38 season. The summer monthswill go by in a hurry and with Sep—tember football drills will begin underthe direction of Williams “Doc” New—ton, new head coach at State.

Coach Newton plans to start thefall drills the first Monday in Sep-tember. He will then have three weeksin which to get his club in shape forthe opening game with Davidson Col—lege on Saturday night, September 18,at Greensboro.Although the first game on the

schedule, it is one of the biggest andpacks more than the usual interest inthat Doc Newton will begin his workat State by opposing the team hecoached last season.

There will be more football talk inthe next issue of the ALUMNI NEWS.

Chick Doak’s varsity baseball clubhit it hard this Spring. Shortly afterthe season opened, two of his star per-formers, Walter Rabb, shortstop, andFred “Red” Blount, pitcher, were de-clared ineligible. Rabb was consideredthe best fielding shortstop in the BigFive and Blount was Doak’s No. 1hurler.As the season neared its end three

more of the first stringers were ruledineligible for having played ball thisspring with teams other than State.The men were Charlie Gadd, leftfielder; Uriah Norwood, centerfielder,and Albert “Sandy” Sandfoss, secondbaseman.

Despite these setbacks, Doak turnedout a ball club that could hit and playinteresting ball. The team scored inevery game played except one and thatwas in its final game, with Duke whenthe Blue Devils won 3—0.The team finished the season with

a record of seven wins and 11 defeats.

At the conclusion of this year’sschedule, members of the team electedWalter Rabb and Uriah Norwood as“honorary captains” of the 1937 team.The team went through the seasonwithout a regular captain due to theabsence of Mason Bugg who droppedout of school at the start of the springterm to go into pro ball. Bugg hadbeen elected in 1936 to captainthe1937 team.16

Bob Warren’sfreshman teamhad a very suc-cessful seasonwinning eightgames and losingbut two. Its rec-ord of four winsand one loss inthe Big Five gaveit the Statefreshman title.Warren devel-

oped a pitcherand catcher whowill be heardfrom next season

as sophomores. Vic Holshouser isthe pitcher and Larry “Little Doc”Smith is the catcher. Holshouser wonfive of six games he pitched and inhis final appearance let Wake Forestdown With two hits over 12 innings.He is one of the best looking pitchingprospects seen around State Collegesince Jackie Wade pitched freshmanball here in 1929. Holshouser is tall,strong and righthanded.

\Varren

Smith and Holshouser

Smith is about all that a collegecoach could want in a catcher. Hehas a good, fast peg to second base,a fine hitter and it is seldom that apitched ball gets by him. His fatheris a baseball fan himself and this year

is manager of the New Bern entry inthe Eastern Coastal Plain League.

IBilly Griffin, right fielder, has been

named to captain the 1938 baseballclub. Billy hails from Nashville,N. C,. and sometimes takes a turn onthe mound.

IThe varsity tennis and golf teams

had good years. The golfers placedthird in the State meet and finishedthe season with a record of five wins,one tie and three losses.The tennis team was one of the best

the school has had and with only twomen finishing—Captain Henry Nadingand Bill Crews—an even better club isexpected for 1938. The team wonseven games and lost eight this year.

IJordan Dulin of Charlotte will cap-

tain the 1938 tennis team. Dulin wasNo. 1 man on this year’s club andranked among the best tennis playersin the Big Five.

IState’s new track is well underway

and the school expects to have a fullfledged track team next spring f0r thefirst time in several years. The trackis being built southwest of FrankThompson Gymnasium.

CZCKIE WADE, ’33,member of the mound staff of the De—troit Tigers, made the sport pageheadlines Friday morning, April 30,with his fine pitching performance inbeating Cleveland 4 to 2.Wade was at State only one year.

His pitching on the freshman base-ball club attracted the baseball scoutsand when the college season was overJackie went into pro ball as a memberof the Raleigh team of the Piedmontleague. Last year he made a fine rec-ord for Montreal of the InternationalLeague, and this spring found himworking for Mickey Cochrane’s De-troit Tigers. Wade is a lanky lefthander with one of the prettiest de—liveries in baseball.

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