Clemson University - Taps Yearbook (Clemson, SC)

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II. 1. 1 AM MOKKFI.I. i: LI.KNGER Greer. S. C. Determination is the e. in. i. that forces the current 11 .success through the resistance of life. Electrical Engi m.i.ki pjg Private; Private; Private; -nil Lieutenant. Historian of Freshman and Junior Classes; Tiger Stafi ' 22 and ' 23; Taps Stafl ' 23; Ath letic Council; Treasurer and Vice-President Co- lumbian Literary Society; President .mil Secretary .mil Treasurer Greenville County lub; K E D In the fall of ' 19 Greer was visited by a terrible calamity, for one of her Inline hopes had left. The town tried in cover its expres- sion el grief, hut in vain. For a whole week the heaven ' - shed tears in the streets of the town. Some hoy. eh? ■ Hill is a fellow who believes that, To have a friend is to be one. and all who know him can testif) to the lact that he has lived up tn his belief. He has made friends by the score since coming hen-. The first thing to attract Hill ' s attention was the elect lie lighl in the room to which In- was assigned; in fact, it attracted his at- tention so strongl) that he has been studying it until this day. We are destined tn hear much of this lad. for his only rival in the electrical world is Steinmetz. Luck, success, and a long life to you, Bill. II. 1. 1 M I.OI IS !! l I.KYI INF. Greenville, S. ' . The keynote o) life is love Lacking it. naught is north while. The symbol l si nice, the iross. Iml the sign oi courage, a smile. (ami. Engineering Private; Corporal; First Sergeant; Captain. Member of Columbian Literary Societv; Vice- President A. s C. K ' 22 ; Secretary : nd Treasurei hi Greenville City Club ' 21 ; President of Green- ville Cltj (Inii jj . Member i Sophomore. Junior .iini Senior Dancing Clubs; Secretary p.nd Treasu- rer i Junior Dancing Club; K. O. T. C, Camp McClellan, Ala. ; First class Pistol Shot : tfembei ii First Sergeants club. Clear the way! Here comes the Captain au leader of that hold and fearless hand of dare- devils, the machine gunners! ' Bally came lo Clemson in study Civil Engineering and has studiously applied himself to the task for four long vears. He ha- made main friends h his sterling character and sunn) and obliging dis- position. If the old adage that a friend in need is a friend indeed slill hold- line, linn lucky are those who can call Bally a friend. Twenty-Seven

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I J ALEXANDER NICHOLSON ALLAN Summerville, S. ( ' .. Success lies not in strength, but in persever ance. Mech vnical Engineering Private ; Corporal . Sergeant ; Captain. Assistant Director Band ' 2:;: Charleston County Chili ; Chaplain Junior Class; (ilee Club and Or- chestra ' - ' . ' •; Sophomore, Junior and Senior Danc- ing Clubs; Jailbird Club; Senior R. 0. T. ( ' ., Camp McClellan, Ala. Alec exclaims, As for my meeting re- veille, it cannol vas He is often summoned li the Commandant to sil in solemn session concerning his College Band, of which he is chief musician. He was exposed to Mechanic- al Engineering, bul contracted chemistry. ' Alec ' s chief occupation is romping and playing, and he never cracked a lid al- though otherwise, his appetite for learning is abnormal, he having inherited ii from his room-mate the author of I nicorn. Alec ' is an atom oi energ5 completel) surrounded Ii, molecules ol ennui. His lack nl longitudi- nal elevation is counteracted b) his magnifi- cenl lateral structure. Ii is impossible to knnu Alec and nol like him. lie ' s a prince nl a fellow, and his likable disposition is something you just can ' t resist. LOWNDES Willi WIS UNOLD Central. S. C. To learn what is true in order to do what is right. Agricultural Eih catkin Private; Private; Private; 2nd Lieutenant. V. M. C. A. Cabinet ; Friendship Council : itil k Class Leader; Palmetto Literary Society; Agricultu- ral Society; President Pickens County Club; Sharp Shooter R. (). T. ( , Camp McClellan. Lowndes will some da be renowned as a professor. He can teach anything from first grade reading to hieroglyphics in an Egyptian university. He can maintain order in tic- wildest classroom ol the Calhoun-Clemson High. He is a famous beau among the ladies, and is known all over the fair count) of Pick- ens. He made himseli famous as a life-saver by his hemic deed in rescuing from the rapid- l rising stream ol Powers Creek, two Flap- pers and one Ford, besides men women, and children, without even ge tting a foot wet. He is a hard worker, a conscientious h ' liexer. and an enthusiastic promoter. With these elements ol success. Lowndes will certain!) IK with high culms. ||,- a - t hat he intends in follow Professor Crandall ' s instructions, feeling certain thai il he dues he will never go wrong. Twenty -Si.

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JOHN MARION BANKHEAD Lowryville, S. C. ' Impossible is a word in be found only in the dictionary oj fools. CHEMISTRY Private; Corporal; 1st Sergeant; Captain. President and Secretary Palmetto Literal ' s !io- eiety ; President, Secretary and Treasurer Chemis- try Science Club ; Advertising Manager TAPS ' ' Co-op rating Eiditor I ' igei : President ml Secretary Chester County Club; K. O. T. ( ' . Camp VlcClellan, Ala.; Sharpshooter: S. I ( ' . P. Delegate; 1st Sergeants Club; Company rnd class Football ' 21, ' 22 and ' 23. Tins is one of our geniuses known to us as Bank . He has the distinction of being one of the youngest men in ihe class. He is just 19 years old, but has already made an enviable record at Clemson. ' Bank came to our domain and braved the hardest course in school, but ln j has proved his superiority as a schciar by his ability to make E ' s in his class work. In fact, his work is of such perfection thai he can easil) b- classed as a genius. He has shirked no res- ponsibility and has always shouldered il as the true man. glance at the honors he has received will --how the esteem in which his fellow students hold him. In short, Bank i- ever) inch a gentleman, lie is going to study medicine next year and wilh such traits and qualities as are hi , his prospects in life are incalcuble. i; I.PH WALDO BANKS St. Matthews, S. C. Hell broke loose. . » 1 AIR IM. Private; Private; Private: 2nd Lieutenant. Scrub Football, ' 20, ' 21 : (lass Football, ' 20, ' 21 : Company Football ' - ' 1; Vice-President and Presi- dent Calhoun County Club; R. O. T. ( .. Camp Knox, Ky. Here, ladies and gentlemen, we have the lasf l the long line of Stumpy Banks so widely known in football circles of the South. Stump hails from the town ol St. Matthews, and like the other ' Stump before him, took to football as a duck takes to water. Waldo is very loud of rolling, not ten-pins, but little ivory cubes. Stump decided to cast In lot with the Dairymen, being a staunch supporter of the slogan We love the calves, and from the short number ol years that he has been with us, it i- verj evident thai he has been success I ' ul. Stump ha a host ol friends at Clemson, and will be the lasi man to be forgotten b. his classmates. Here ' s to ou. Waldo, we wi-h im luck. in nil I Eight