Clemson University - Taps Yearbook (Clemson, SC)

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Riggs Hall— brick, stone, and tile blended harmoniously in a spring-time setting This handsome building was inspired by the architecture of the Italian Renaissance. It is of varicolored bricks that harmonize perfectly, giving the building a beautiful pastel tone. A fluted, tile root tups this massive structure, and adds a dash of color that is more than pleasing to the eye. I ln building is the most modern, and most perfectly equipped building of its kind in the South. It contains laboratories, recita- tion and lecture rooms, and drafting rooms. In it, all branches of engineering are taught: Architecture; Electrical, Mechanical and Civil Engineering. ' 1 he old Agricultural Building, like the old Engineering Build- ing was burned, and like the New Engineering Building, the Agri- cultural Building arises from the ruin, liner and more beautiful than r cr. It is the first important building thai one passes when he enters the i ampus from the smith. A word of desi ription. It is a massive building, square and solid in appearance. Eight tall stone columns support its roof and broad stone steps seem to How ! torn the base of the columns to the ground.

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Rustic stone steps among a profusion of shrubs

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Looking down from the track the re- cently completed Field House is set n its huge hulk silhouetted against the sky Architects and critics agree that this building is the most perfect in design and execution on our campus. As one enters he is amazed at the enormous proportions of the one great room that he sees. It is the reading room of our library. This library, by the way, has the most perfect and complete collection of technical reference books in the state. It is also well stocked with fiction, poetry, popular novels, periodicals and papers. In the gallery that encircles the reading room is a museum. Paintings, relics and specimens of the natural life of South Carolina make this a very interesting spot. The laboratories and lecture and class rooms of the Agricultural Department, and the offices of the extension department are in the rear of this building. Across Bowman field from the Agricultural Building may be seen the Textile Building, the Y. M. C. A. Building and the various stores that compose the downtown section of Clemson. It is a beautiful view across the sodded and green drill field. The lone weeping willow in front of the ' i is as graceful and beautiful as only the Supreme Artist alone is able to make it. The quiet, unpretentiousness of the Y is in keeping with its name.