Clemson University - Taps Yearbook (Clemson, SC)

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OLIN ORIN DUKES, St. George. Some have greatness thrust upon them. Serceant. First Lieutenant. Agricullure and Animal Industry; Reporting Critic, Literary Critic, Secretary, MarsSal, Presi- dent, Orator s Medal, Palmetto Literary Society; Assistant Business Manager The Tiger, 1 ; Treas- urer Y. M. C. A., I ; Bible Class Leader. 2, 1 ; Class Track Team, 2; Secretaiy-Treasurer Junior Tennis Club; Secretary-Treasurer Senior Tennis Club; Junior Animal Industry Club; President Senior Veterinary Science Club; Lucky Thirteen. I ; Pendleton Guards. Ladies and gentlemen, let us introduce to you the only titled Clemsonite, the Duke of Si George. More than one of the fair sex, who has imagined that she reigned supreme in the heart of this diminutive personage, and tli.it she would, some day. assume his rank and title, has been doomed to disappointment ; for the wily little man has had much ex- perience in love, courtship, and — regret. He earned the title Sheriff ' while acting in the capacity t an unwilling officer of the law. HENRY COUNCIL EAGERTON, St. Stephens. you have tears, prepare to shed them non . Agriculture; Palmetto Literary Society; Y. M. C. A.; Section Marcher, 4; The Subsoilers, 2; Senior Agricultural Science Club; Senior Private. Bird or beast? ' Tis hard to say: for. while in one instant one may hear him called Blue- bird, sialia sialis (with apologies to James Henry Rice), in the very next there may be applied to him the uncompromising epithet. Bruin. He is also occasionally called by the uninformed populace, such unscientific terms as, Seymour (a corruption of See More . [Hue Jay. and Jack Johnson. the last being applied to him more with regard to his un- disputed pugilistic propensities, than with the implication that he bears any marked physical resemblance to the present champion prize- fighter. Eagerton was born in the alleged village of St. Stephens: it is said that the sleepy little community has scarcely yet rec - ered from the astonishment occasioned by the departure of its favorite son for Clemson. four years ago. Bruin will turn his attention to the task of draining Hell Hole Swamp. 23

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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

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MARTIN HENRY EPPS, TimmonsvillE. icj) sal; that Sampson mas a mighty man, but loo}( at me. Corporal, First Serceant, Captain. Textile Industry; Columbian Literary Society; Local Editor The Tiger, 1; Y. M. C. A.; Varsity Track Team, 3; Assistant Manager, 2; Manager, 1; Class Football, 3; Scrub Football, 2; Varsity Football, I ; President Senior Textile Science Club, I; Senior Dancing Club; German Club; Pendle- ton Guards. Although Epps is a Virginian by birth, the Palmetto State should not hesitate in adopting a man of Humpit ' s qualifications. Both physically and mentally, he is eligible to be classified as a man. For amusement, he occa- sionally pulls up a few young oaks, or disturbs the equilibrium of a brick church. He has a habit of getting what he wants. When in search of a sponsor, he had the matron of Chicora College march the girls in review, secured a picture from the one he considered the best looking, and came back to Clemson chuckling. Humpit can feed on a sawmill without unpleasant results. GEORGE COCHRAN FANT, Anderson. Even though vanquished, he could argue still. Lieutenant. Chemistry and Geology; Class Secretary-Treas- urer, 1; Vice-President Calhoun Literary Society; Advertising Manager The Tiger, 1; Y. M. C. A.; President Anderson County Club, I ; President Lucky Thirteen, 1 ; Pendleton Guards. Whatever he does, or wherever he goes, his happy smile, his merry laugh, his manly voice, draw men unto him. From the earliest ac- counts that we have of this wonderful piece of human mechanism, we learn that he always detested study. ' ' Scrapping seems to have been, of all his innocent, youthful amusements, the favorite. Since coming to Clemson, Big Chief has become somewhat tamed, Win- ning His Shoulder-Bars, and A Trip to the :st, are important chapters in the biographj of our hero. George is fond of pretty flowers. pretty pictures, and pretty girls. It is his earnest desire to sec the walls of every room in barracks adorned with edifying works of art. 24