Clemson University - Taps Yearbook (Clemson, SC)

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MARVIN REA KIMBELL, Rock Hill, S. C. All hail the power of Kimlr ell ' s name. Let words of praise from pur lips fall. Because he stuck by The Bloody Corps A nd of his fine offers, he banished all. Sergeant; Lieutenant Hospital Corps; Vice-president Palmetto Literary So- ciety; Member Oysterette: Se- nior Dancing, and Senior Electrical Science Clubs; Y.M.C.A. ; Electrical Course. Marvin ' s friends have hunted four long years for a suitable nickname for him, but as he was never found wanting. they haven ' t succeeded as yet. He is a good-looking chap and quite tidy in appearance, his trousers never lacking the crease so seldom seen in barracks. Marvin has been accused of being in love, as he has been caught often sitting alone in his room in meditation. He was a prominent stockholder in The Bloody Corps. but on its going into bankruptcy he made an on cial state- ment that he would withdraw from mili- tary politics altogether. He stuck to his word. WILLIAM WHITEF1ELD KIRK. Cokesbury, S. C. Thai it should come to this, Manager Baseball Team; Senior Danc- ing Club; Cotillion Club; Taps Staff; Manager Glee Club; Sen- ior Tennis Club; Varsity Tennis; Senior Electri- cal Club; Electrical Engineering Course. Behold! Here stands the bad, bold man. who has a chest like the Rock of Gibraltar and feet like an exclamation point This sucker accomplishes loco- motion bv an airy tread, suggestive of Indian warfare. Willie has the will, but will he ? As in the past weary ft illie will willingly wind his pedal extremi- ties around telephone poles. His motto is, Laugh and the world laughs with vou— Snore and you sleep alone. When Bill was young, he placed so many books on his head that his brains could not move. Ask Sammy and find out if thev have moved since. 24

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CHARLES CURTIS JOHNSON, Cherokee, S. C. am determined every chance to take To acquire knowledge, tho ' I make a break. Agricultural Course ; Corporal ; Sergeant ; Columbian Literary Society; Y. M. C. A.; Senior Dancing Club. C. C is the only living example of this unique species. He has done noth- ing startling in his four years residence here, but has pursued the even tenor of his way, absorbing some little agri- culture and a great deal of smoke. Like his side partner, Sam Ezell, he can exrectorate with marked skill and unexcelled accuracy. C. C. had high aspirations in the military line, but his highly successful military career was cut short in his Junior year and he lost quite a neat sum that he has invest- ed in shoulder bars. He is hard on the photographer since some one told him that he was good-looking. ALBERT GILBERT KENNEDY, Jonesville, S. C. Life alone is duty done, ami rest alone in striving. Corporal: First Sergeant; Captain; Pal metto Literary Society; Literary Critic and Vice-President; Y.M.C. A.; Geology and Mineralogy Course. A. G. or Bert, as hismost inti- mate friends call him, is the most con- scientious man in college. On one occa- sion, being unavoidably late at drill, he reported himself on the Company delin- quency. His favorite pastime is hunt- ing either birds or minerals. In him we find a rare specimen, a combination of a military man and at the same time one who is popular and well liked by those over whom he has control. He is noted for his obedience o. orders to the letter, as was evidenced by A Com- pany ' s unmovable attitude ofs attention during church services, after 1 the pub- lication of the orders to the effect that the corps would be at attention during Chapel services. 23

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WILLIAM WILSON KIRVEN, DoNesville, S. C. Hark! I do hear the morning lark. Senior Dancing Club; German Club; Hop Committee, ' 07; Senior Agro- nomy Club; Agricultural Course No. I. The scene changes. We now have before us a hero. Yes, a living, loving hero, who blushes rose red at the smack of a kiss, and who gained renown by plunging into the fatal waters of love and saving from a terrible fate, a fair- haired maiden with dreamy eyes. Tell him about it and he will blush. Bill ' s weak points are bashfulness and sleepy- headedness. He once tried to make love from a book, but the wind turned the pages and he finished his speel by quoting from an a dvertisement of Hor- lick ' s ' Malted Milk. Of course, he always attends reveille. When he dies his epitaph will be: He is not dead, but sleepeth. JAMES CARROLL LABORDE, Bookman, S. C, He has never had a fight, lie has never joined a riot, You may hunt the wide world o ' er, A nd you ' ll find not one so quiet. Agricultural Course No. II.; Veterinary Science Club; Chief olive-eater of Clemson College. Lab is another Clemson parasite, that aims to drain the millions from Wall Street and cause a panic in Book- man, S. C. As all his class-mates know. Lab is a great student of Zoologv, having specialized on the ravages of the onion thrip. Lab never could get along with Geology, however; and it is very doubt fid now whether he can tell the difference between a stalagmite and his father ' s cow-barn. He has n ever had any aspirations to a military office, and that is why he has always remained a man behind the gun. 25