Clemson University - Taps Yearbook (Clemson, SC)

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JESSE TURNER CRAWFORD, Bartow, Fla. have done the stale some service and the)) nou it. Corporal, First Sergeant, Captain. Textile Industry; Sergeant-at-Arms, Chaplain, Declaimer, Recording Secretary, Reporter for The Tiger, Critic, President, Orator ' s Medal, Calhoun Literary Society; Y. M. C. A. Cabinet, I; Bible Class Leader, 3, 2, 1 ; Junior Textile Science Club; Senior Textile Science Club; President Laurens County Club, 1 ; President Pennant Club, 1 ; Lucky Thirteen, 1 ; Commander Clemson College Post, N. G. S. C, I. Here we have a Bear. Do not be alarmed, ladies: he will not hurt you; he is not a real bear, but merely a clever facsimile, lie is native to the cane-brakes ' round about Ware Slmals. S ( ' . ; but thick timber having become scarce, he made tracks for the Everglades. This Hear can do some funny tricks, such as playing soldier, running a spinning wheel, and making speeches. His favorite amusement is frightening the ladies by smiling at them. I heek is the secret of his success. We can not imagine a better pet for a lady. EMET IRWIN DAVIS, Troy. The world l(nows nothing of its greatest men. Sergeant, Captain. Mechanical and Electrical Engineering; Class Historian, 1 ; President Junior Electrical Science Club; President Senior Electrical Science Club; Senior Dancing Club; Cotillion Club; X Club, I ; Pendleton Guards. If the little village of Troy lays no other claim to distinction, it will go down in histor) as the birthplace of the gentleman whose like- ness appears herewith. E. I., after a checkered career on the farm, put in two years at Erskine College, where he learned to chew and smoke. Vague tidings of the wonderful things to be learned at Clemson stirred the sleeping tires of E. I. ' s mechanical talent, with the result that he transplanted his bud of genius to a new hot-bed of knowledge. Here he enjoyed the unique distinction of being a Sophomore rat. E. I. is one of the few men who are possessed of both mechanical ingenuity and common sense. 21

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WILLIAM ROBERTSON CONNELLY, Chester. bear a charmed life. Corporal, First Sergeant, Captain. Textile Industry; Art Department, Taps, 1911; Class Football, 4; Scrub Football, 3; Varsity Foot- ball, 2, I; Varsity Baseball, 3, 2; Captain Baseball Team, I; Senior Textile Science Club; Senior Dancing Club; Cotillion Club; X Club. Vgain has Clemson polished the raw product of Chester into the finished athlete and the brazen fascinator of femininity. But Bill is a live wire all the time. Life seems to be an ever-present characteristic with him. As a side line, Bill has adopted the investigation of the mysteries of spinning and weaving, with special reference to these sciences as applied to the whims and frivolities of the weaker sex. He is a very useful person for a lady to have around : for Bill can tell, at a glance — or a sniff — whether a sample is real silk or guaranteed silk, whether the dye will run or merely take fright, etc. HERBERT PRESS COOPER, Ridgeway. Your face is as a bool(, where men may read strange mailers. Corporal, Sergeant, Lieutenant. Agriculture and Animal Industry; Vice-President Calhc Lite rary Society; Y. M. C. A.; Vice- President Junior Animal Industry Club; Senior Vet- erinary Science Club; Senior Dancing Club; Pen- dleton Guards. ( ooper, sometimes called Press by those who have the advantage of knowing his com- plete nomenclature, began his adventurous career near the sleepy village of Ridgeway. He came to Clemson for the sole purpose of studying agriculture, and so far he has not deviated from his purpose far enough to seriousl) overburden his mind with useless facts pertaining to veterinary science, lie has. however, discovered the Coffee test, and computed the number of revolutions per minute of a Babcock tester. It is a verj rare thing for him to l„- scored on l the professor of history and political economy. Like everj other Senior whose sketch has been read so far. he is a veritable Beau l ' .rummel with the ladies. 20

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BERTHIER HENRY DEASON, McCormick. An honest man ' s the noblest Tvor of Cod. Agriculture; Class Reporter for The Tiger, I; Sergeant-at-Arms, Corresponding Secretary, Record- ing Secretary, Chaplain. Vice-President, Calhoun Lile.ary Society; Debater ' s Medal; Exchange Editor The Chronicle, 1 ; Literary Department. Taps, 1911; Bible Class Leader, 3, 2, 1; Y. M. C. A. Cabinet, 1 ; The Subsoilers, 2; Junior Tennis Club; The Bohemians, 1; The Boneheads, 1; Senior Agricultural Science Club; Senior Private. We have never had reason to douht the truth of the maxim quoted at the beginning of this sketch : as to its applicability in this particular instance, there seems to be the shadow of a doubt; for Bertha. or Bert. if you arc in a hurry, is a heavy operator on ' change : in fact, he practically runs the Exchange to suit himself. However, there are honest men even in Wall Street, they tell us. Besides arranging religious meetings for the Y. M. C. A., leading prayer meetings, deliver- ing orations in the Calhoun Society, and fak- ing up the Senior Class matter for The Tiger, Bert ' s amusements include selling explanation blanks, writing letters, and studying. JAMES ALBERT DEW, Simpsonville. A creature that did bear the shape of man. Sergeant, Quartermaster-Sergeant, Captain- Quartermaster. Agriculture; Athletic Editor The Tiger, 1; Lit- erary Department, Taps, 1911; Senior Dancing Club; Cotillion Club; X Club. A glance at the physiognomy of the .subject of this random dissertation will go far toward convincing one of the soundness of the theory (if the evolutionary development of the human species. Monk was burn at large ami raised everywhere from Kansas City l Simpsonville. The immortal simile of the Atlanta Journal. which purports to cover Dixie like the dew. mi!) cal ' s attention to the vagrant habits of this atavism of the antediluvians. The strongest thing about Monk ' s personality is his pipe. A peculiar thing about this particular 1 lew is that be is always dry. Monk demon- strates his usefulness 1 catching bugs; aim is1 the first specimen that he captured was the allium bug. which has ever since made his life a mixture of poetry and pathos. Monk will devote his maturer years to combating Musca domestica 22