Clemson University - Taps Yearbook (Clemson, SC)

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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

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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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ARTHUR CARL LEE, Anderson, S. C. ' Judge not by appearance. Baseball Team, ' 06. ' 07. ' 08: Captain Baseball Team. ' 08; Football Team, ' 07: Class Football Team, ' o;, ' 05, ' 06, ' 07 ; Captain, ' 06; Class Relay Team; German Club: Senior Dancing Club; ' ' Tiger Staff; Y. M. C. A.; Civil Engi- neering Course. If Clemson were a wheat field, Bun would be the Cream of Wheat. He is very athletic, being champion ping- pong artist of Rock Hill. Also. Bun is very cute and has made a record here for capturing human hearts by the gal- lon. He is religious, punctual, frugal, ambitious, graceful, nice, funny, fast. and ugly; in fact, he molts occasion- ally. Bunny deserves great praise for his good work in coaching our class team. Was one of the few men re- ported for violation of paragraph JAMES PORCHER LEWIS, Clemson College, S. C. Let the blessed sunshine in. Electrical Engineering Course; Senior Dancing Club; Cotillion Club; Sen- ior Tennis Club; Glee Club; Senior Electrical Taps Staff Club; Next comes Jim, the bully boy with the glass eye and a limber foot. His melodious voice reminds us of the screech of a wild cat up a ' simmon tree. His singing is enough to bring tears down Pluto ' s cheek. It moves every- body in the room. Jim believes in phvsical culture, and we therefore find his time occupied every Saturday after- noon in the weekly walking match in front of barracks. If you feel so dis- posed you may sit for hours listening to his wonderful ' spiels on the subject. Adventures of a Lone Boy in the Wilds of Wooly Chicago. 26