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August

	1889: On August 30, 1889, the Board of Trustees elected Alexander Q. Holladay as the first president of the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (later named NCSU). The move surprised Holladay because he had applied to be only a professor of English, but he accepted the position anyway. Painting by Clawson Shakespeare Hammitt.
	1919: Swine Extension agents set up a demonstration in front of the old Pullen Hall during the Farmers’ Convention, August 27-29, 1919.
	1946: Many married veterans of World War II attended NC State on the GI Bill. One place they and their families lived was Trailwood, the "City of Trailers." In August 1946, more than 75 trailers comprised the City, with the central bath house and laundry visible at the far right. By 1949, Trailwood had been relocated, and Williams Hall was built in its place.
	1947: Vetville, August 7, 1947. Vetville was another enterprise to house married veterans attending NC State after World War II. Later, Korean War veterans lived there. At the end of the 1950s Bragaw dormitory was built on the site.
	1950: Receiving women guests at the governor’s mansion during North Carolina Cooperative Extension’s Farm and Home Week, August 1950. Right to left: Mrs. Schaub, School of Agriculture Dean I. O. Schaub, Mrs. Harrelson, Chancellor John W. Harrelson, Mrs. Scott, and Governor W. Kerr Scott.
	1956: Students working on spinner rocket project with a Goodyear Electronic Differential analyzer, a type of electronic analog computer, August 1956. Left to right: James O. Brooks, David Nixon, Joan Nery, William Wells, and Dick Westmorland. Photograph by Mack Peedin.
	1957: Mrs. H. H. Weathers, a member of the Wake County Home Demonstration Club, performed in "’Baccy Time in the South" as a part of North Carolina Cooperative Extension Services’s Farm and Home Week talent night, Raleigh, North Carolina, August 1957.
	1964: Eric L. Ellwood (standing), head of the Department of Wood Science and Technology, and an unidentified student in the School of Forestry laboratory, August 24, 1964.
	1967: Dr. William E. Splinter, of the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, with tobacco harvesting equipment that he helped develop, August 1967. Throughout the history of North Carolina State University, research and development conducted by its faculty and students has assisted North Carolina farmers.
	1972: Members of the North Carolina State University football team, August 17, 1972. Left to right: fullback Stan Fritts, fullback Charley Young, running back Roland Hooks, and running back Willie Burden. The team’s record that season was 8 wins, 3 losses, and 1 tie, and it went on to win the Peach Bowl.

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