Clemson University - Taps Yearbook (Clemson, SC)

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ALFRED THOMAS BEAVER, Augusta, Ga. Muse not that thus sud- denly proceed; For what 1 will, I will, and there an end. Drum Major, Lieutenant and Adjutant; Treasurer Engineering Club; Cotil- lion Club; Senior Dancing Club; Assistant Manager Taps; Civil Engi- neering Course. ' ' Sandy ' ' has many good traits, one of which is self-reliance, which Emerson said is the basis of good manners. Selfish is the man who throws himself upon foreign assistance. Sandy needs no guardian. He is not hard hearted, but next to the Cadet Exchange, he is the hardest proposition to beat this side of the Dead Sea. JESSE OSCAR BETHEA, Tatum, S. C. Lei me be no assistant for a state, But keep a farm, and pasture great. Y. M. C. A; Columbian Literary Society; Agrictdture Course I. Responds equally well to J. O., Runt, or Fessor. J. O. is fond of taking exercise, but prefers taking it at some other time than reveille. He has great faith in sleep as a panacea for all ills. Finding farm life un avorable for the expansion of his dormant abilities, he applied for per- mission to enter Clemson College. J. O. can talk well on any subject, whether he knows anything about it or not, but devotes most of his ti ne to investigations regarding the exact amount of sleep required by the human mechanism, he is developing plans for exterminating the squash bug in the United States. 11

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SAMUEL ELDRIDQE BAILES, Fort Mill, S. C. Poetry. Prose and Fiction. Were liis dreams by night and day. Agricultural Course Xo. II . President of the Palmetto Literary Society: Presi- dent of the Veterinary Science Club: Chief Literary Editor of the ' 08 Taps; Y. M. C. A. Editor of the Tiger; member of the famous Animal Industrv Sec- tion: Orator ' s me- dal in Palmetto Society, ' 08. Senator. like other literary men of genius, finds inestimable and unending amusement in perusing hundreds of pages of ancient literature. The library record will tell his tale both as to quality and quantity. The happy smile and unsophisticated expression which always beams from his ruddy face 5 to something better beneath. His face reveals plenty of obstinacy, mingled with a sprinkling of level- headed common sense : but he has a hankering for sesquipedalion words in writing and speaking. ARLAND JACKSON BAKER, Conway, S. C. Rise up, our Exodus, Let yourself be seen. For, at least, in scientific knowledge You arc not so very green. Agricultural Course Xo. II; Columbian Society: Y. M. C. A.: Senior Dancing Club : Yeter- inarv Science ' Club. Exodus. Brunette. Queen Eliz- abeth are the names of this famous atom of humanity from the marsh- grass country. Exodus, as he is commonly called, has discovered the remarkable patent food for pigs which will revolutionize the hog-raising industrv. that is feeding them on corn- stover. He has gained the distinction in the class-room of never calling a thing by its proper name, and has advanced the wonderful idea that the pyramids once walked out of Egypt. A more brilliant horticulturist than he has never lived, for he has discovered the art of converting garden peas into spinach. 10

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HENR HERMAN BRIN50N, Orangeburg. S. C. The devil hath not, in all his quivers cht . An the heart like Palmetto Literarv Societv: German Club; Taps Staff; Tiger Staff; Declaimer ' s medal Palmetto So- ciety Anniversary: Y. M. C. A.; Glee Club: Dramatic Club: Agricultural Course No. I. Xcxt comes the Gulliver giant rend- ing the air with a voice like a railroad whistle. The billowy waves of his flowing speech are unrestricted by the rock bound coasts of logic, and they overwhelm his simple hearers with their euphonic, irresistible, and omni] onrush. After elucidating the diversi- fied ramifications of speaking. Puck will become a matinee idol at a popular price theatre. Why does Puck eat olive JOHN ML NRO BRN AN. John ' s Island. S. C. i . .1 dead shot with C lipid ' s arrow, lie. with liis gentle soul. Would not hurl a sparr, Civil Engineering Course; Corporal. Ser- jeant. Sergeant Major. Battalion Adiutant : Cotillion Club ; Elec- trical Engineering Club: Senior Dancing Club; V M.C. A: Scrub Football, ' 06. Corps extension! sings out John- nv in his deep, bass voice, and the corps comes to extension. Of course it ought to be corps attention but Johnnv talks with a certain lisp and can ' t sav it right. His heart always fills with rapture when it comes his turn to call the corps to extension. His athletic figure and handsome face never fail to melt the stonv hearts of the female division of society so Johnny is bound to marry an heiress some day. As a scrub football player— well, his match will have to be found vet. 12