Last school year a Cabarrus County Club was formed at North Carolina State College for the first time in a number of years. This fact should mean something to the people of Concord and Cabarrus. Last year, for the first time in a number of years, there were enough Cabarrus County boys at State to form a club. This means that the parents of high school graduates of Cabarrus are beginning to realize that the college at the Capital City is really training men to go out into the world and meet life’s problems face to face. The club was formed to advertise Cabarrus County at State College and to advertise State College in Cabarrus County. The purpose this article is to give the people of Cabarrus a general idea of what State College is doing for her men.
Probably no school in the State has made as much progress as N.C. State has made in the last few years. In 1921 student government was inaugurated. Under this system the students elect their own president, their representatives in the legislature or student counsel as it is called, and the members to their own court. They govern themselves just as a civic community or state does. This system has proven to be very satisfactory in the three years that it has been in use. It is very much more satisfactory than the old system of being ruled by the faculty.
One of the greatest things that student government has done in the abolishment of a large part of the hazing of freshmen. At present freshmen are required to wear red caps in order to distinguish them from upper class men. They are required to obey certain rules, such as carrying matches, respect to upper class men, attendance at all student government meetings, and numerous other little things such as speaking to every State man that they pass. If they disobey these rules, they are tried and punished by the court, instead of being beaten by a bunch of rowdy sophomores as has been the custom in the past.
State is also making great strides along material lines. Last year a new dormitory, which is one of the best in the South, was completed. A new gymnasium, which ranks with the best in the South, was completed only a few weeks ago. A new power plant and a library, the latter said to be the best college library in the South, are now under construction. A years ago a freshman athletic field was graded. When this work is completed, walks and lights will be placed over the campus. All over the campus there is progress.
Under the administration of the new president, Dr. E.C. Brooks, former superintendent of public instruction of North Carolina, the curricula of the college are being improved. Courses are offered in practically all the main branches of Science, Engineering, Agriculture and Business. The aim of the college is to give to the student such a strong foundation in his particular line of work that he will be able to go out from the college and grasp the technique of his business and profession and learn to solve its special problems in a relatively short time. It attempts chiefly to give a foundation instead of teaching a man his profession. Schedules have been so arranged that the student has fewer hours in class and more time to study and to take part in the many other activities of the college.
Progress is also being made along athletic lines. This year the college has an entirely new coaching staff except for “Sammy” Homewood, an All-Southern end in football, who is Freshman Coach in football, basketball and track. Besides Homewood, the staff is composed of A.F. Miller, formerly head coach at the University of Minnesota, who is “Director of Athletics,” and head coach of baseball; L.T. “Buck” Shaw, for the past two years assistant football coach at the University of Nevada, who is head coach of football and track; L.K. ”Gus” Tebell, who formerly played football, basketball and baseball at the University of Wisconsin and who was picked as an All-Western Conference end in football and guard I basketball, is head coach of basketball and assistant coach in football; and A.F. Parker, assistant “Director of Athletics.” These men are the best that the college could get. Beginning this year each student is required to take two years of regular Physical Education before he graduates. Regular gym classes are held just as the other classes of the college are held. This course in physical training gives each student a chance to benefit from the athletic facilities of the College. It does away with the one big fault of college athletics, that of allowing only a small parentage of the students to benefit by them.
But what are Cabarrus County boys doing in the midst of all this program? Are they progressing too, or are they being left behind? They are in the front ranks of the progressives. Last year, Cabarrus had two sons who received honors in scholarship. One of these received the highest scholastic honors in the Senior class and was valedictorian of the class. This man, W.E. Shinn, is an instructor in the Textile Department of the college this year. This year Cabarrus has a son on “The Technician” staff, the weekly college paper. Last year another Cabarrus boy made the varsity football squad and the varsity basketball team. This year a Cabarrus boy is on the freshman football team. Cabarrus boys are keeping up with the progress of the college.
The officers of the club this year are: R.H. Webb, president; D.O. Price, vice-president; C.M. Caddell, secretary; and W.C. Walker, reporter. The other members of the club are: W.E. Shinn, Georgeville; W.P. Waltham, R.M. Morris, R.A. Sides, W.M. Long, J.W. Walker, T.G. Coltrane, O.P. Chaney, A.R. Hoover Jr., T.O. Moose, Clarence Ridenhour, Carl Benfield and Earnest Hales, all from Concord; W.D. Russell and A.N. Parker from Kannapolis; and Breck Alexander, Cook’s Crossing. It is true that there are more Cabarrus boys at State than at any other college in the State, but there ought to be more. More boys need State College and State College needs more boys.
The club extends a hearty invitation to the boys of Cabarrus to come up and look State College over.
From page 6 of the Concord Daily Tribune, Monday, Jan. 5, 1925. North Carolina State College is now North Carolina State University at Raleigh. To see a photo of the club members, go to:
newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn92073201/1925-01-05/ed-1/seq-6/
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