Clemson University - Taps Yearbook (Clemson, SC)

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418 THE CLEMSON COLLEGE CHRONICLE. which they started, and after traveling a few miles across the country arrive at an old church. Here they open a grave and lower the body of George Neville into its last resting place. A short prayer is said and the grave filled up. The pine sticks which had been used to carry the rude litter on which the body lay were stuck into the ground at the head and foot of the grave. George Neville ' s name was carved on one of them so as to let all know who lay under this mound of earth. F. M. G., ' 02. THE RENEWAL. Every day is a fresh beginning, Every morn we start anew, You that are weary of study and learning, Here is a beautiful hope for you, A hope for me and a hope for you. Things of the past are gone forever, As dew before the rising sun; Y esterday ' s errors let yesterday cover, Yesterday ' s races to-day cannot run, Nor to-day may we gather the prizes won. The session now past is a part of forever, Bound up in a sheaf which God holds tight, With glad days and sad days and bad days which never Shall visit us more with their bloom or their blight, Their fullness of sunshine or sorrowful night. Every year is a fresh beginning ; Listen, my soul, at the glad refrain ! And ' spite of all gone and all that ' s coming, And lectures and quizzes in regular train, Take heart with to-day and begin again. — Anon. W. Lionel Moise. The picture on the first page of this issue represents Cadet W. Lionel Moise, of Sumter, who is the winner of

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THE CLEMSON COLLEGE CHRONICLE. 417 Then, good-morning, sir, said Neville, and turning on his heels left the apartment. Half an hour later another rap aroused Conwall from his thoughts, which were of a very different kind from those which he had before his first visitor. Upon opening the door he saw a stranger standing without. This stranger gave his name as James Johnson, and stated that he was acting in the capacity of second for Mr. Neville. He was referred to Captain Lewis Smith, who was a member of the party with which Con- wall was traveling. Johnson retired to arrange the time, place and terms of the duel, with Capt. Smith. The time was set for the following afternoon, and the place the small island which has already been mentioned. The next afternoon two boats containing half a dozen men each, might have been seen gliding down one of the swift flowing tributaries of the Savannah. There is none of the mirth and noise which usually attend such an ex- cursion, when on a pleasure trip. Every one is silent and grave. The boats glide on down the stream and finally land on the small island before mentioned. In a few minutes the two men who have been talking, return, each to his respective group. Each then places his principal on on his ground, after which the signal is given for the struggle to commence. The two men stand eyeing each other for several seconds, without moving. Then Neville commences the struggle by rushing upon Conwall. In the struggle which follows, Conwall receives a wound in the fleshy part of his left arm. Then for a few seconds each combatant stands eyeing his adversary. Again Neville rushes upon Conwall, but this time falls back, pierced to the heart. It is a sad and silent group which might have been seen making its way back up the river which it had so lately descended. They land a few miles below the town from

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THE CLEMSON COLLEGE CHRONICLE. 419 the medal offered by the South Caroli na Inter-Collegiate Oratorical Association for the best oration. This Association, representing Wofford College, Fur- man University, Erskine College, Presbyterian College of South Carolina, and Clemson College, held its first contest at Due West, on the 28th of April. The various Colleges were well represented, and after the orations were delivered there was room for considerable discus- sion as to who should receive the medals. But the judges, in what Dr. Grier called the Wilson decision, because all three of the judges were Wilsons, decided that Mr. Moise, of Clemson, should receive the first honor medal, and Mr. Watson, of Furman, should receive the second. The fact that a Clemson student has won this distinc- tion, will go far toward upsetting the idea entertained by a great many people that Clemson is merely an aggrega- tion of laboratories and shops. We take this signal vic- tory to indicate that while the literary work at Clemson is not so extensive as at literary colleges it is thorough and for practical purposes equally as good. The aver- age made by Clemson ' s representative was 93 being four points above Mr. Watson ' s who came out second. The following sketch of Mr. Moise ' s life may be of interest to readers of the CHRONICLE. He was born at Sumter, S. C, June 10, 1879. He attended the graded schools at that place until he was sixteen years old. Deciding to stop school he went to Savannah, Ga., to work. He stayed in Savannah only one year when his health failing he was compelled to stop work and return home to recuperate. In the fall of 1896 he was sent to Clemson College where he soon became an important factor in literary work. He has been honored by his literary society on several occasions and has won two