Clemson University - Taps Yearbook (Clemson, SC)

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PRESIDENT ' S MESSAGE ' TpHE old time blacksmith hammered a piece of iron into the shape he wished it. It took many blows to do it; some strokes were heavy; some were light. So it is in the development of the personal qualities of integrity, depend- ability, foresight, thoughtfulness, and manhood. It is a hammering process. They are not achieved by resolutions, by single acts, nor by wishing. Each man hammers out his own character by daily development, by performing tasks regularly and promptly whether they are agreeable or dis- agreeable. Man must make his inclinations his slaves, and not be enslaved by them. A young man should settle some things with finality. Having settled them he will no longer be troubled by temptation. He has fought his battle and won. Resist the Devil and he will flee from you. Dally with him and he will remain near you. Liberty and freedom are very beautiful words, but prior to liberty must be the ability to use liberty. They who convert liberty into license prove that they are not pre- pared for freedom. Many peoples have adopted the Amer- ican form of democratic government. Time proved that they were not prepared for it; that they did but commit crimes in the name of liberty; they had not gone through the hammering process of our colonial and frontier days. Straightforward actions make straight men; following the line of least resistance makes crooked streams and crooked men.

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Eno« ii W M ii k Sims, Ph.D., LL.D. President 23