Clemson University - Taps Yearbook (Clemson, SC)

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H. W. Barre, M.A. Dean SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE THOMAS G. CLEMSON, scientist and public benefactor, in his will said: Feeling a great sympathy for the farmers of the state .... and believing that there can be no permanent improvement in agriculture without a knowledge of those sciences which pertain par- ticularly thereto, I determined to devote the bulk of my property to the establishment of an Agri- cultural College on the Fort Hill place. The desire to benefit agriculture and the method of accomplishing this purpose, as expressed by Dr. Clemson in his will, have been the guiding princi- ples of the trustees and of the officers of the inst i tution since it formally opened its doors m [893. Both in training young men and in discovering, assembling, and disseminating new scientific tacts and principles the institution is serving well the purpose its founder expressed. The 1600 young men who have graduated in agriculture and the 12,000 or more ex-students and graduates of other schools of this college occupy positions of leadership and influence, not only in South Carolina but in the National Capital and in other states. Clemson has more graduates engaged in teaching, research, extension and other professional phases of agriculture than has any other Southern college or university. The research department of Clemson College has published during this period 500 bulletins, 46 annual reports, J 3 circulars, and 40 articles in scientific journals. These researches are furnishing the background for the new agriculture which Dr. Clemson visualized nearly half a century ago. First Ron — LeMaster, Rosencran, Morgan, Sherman, Ware, Dunavan, Andrews Second Row — McGinty, Starki y, Patrick, Nutt, Lipscomb, Rki Third Row — Mills, Williams Page 21

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■ - Jam lis Corcor FIFTY YEARS AGO Clemson Business College existed only in the mind of Thomas G. Clemson, a pio- neer in that growing group of men who believed that the time was .it hand when the colleges should prepare the youth of the nation to take their places in what was then thought to be a rapidly changing era. There had come into being a new spirit in the policy and purposes of education. Science, a kind of poor relation in the hierarchy, was knocking loudly at the doors of the cathedrals of education where it received no enthusiastic wel- come because some of its early findings had cast into the rubbish heap ancient and respectable tr.uli tions. This new type of education has played a AN LlTTI I JOHN Manager leading role in the greatest agri- cultural and industrial develop- ment recorded in history. What is fifty years, or even a hundred years, in the lite of a nation or the development of a great educational institution? Those who have wit- nessed the passing tread of Clemson men testify that the long line has marched out into the state, the nation and the world to put into practice the new principles founded upon the study of the sciences. Just so will the line of march continue and each year new contributions be made for the purpose of keeping knowledge at work for the im- provement of that great mass of citizenry who live by the soil or the shop and without whose wel fare- real self government cannot endure lor long. Page 22

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K D. W. Daniel, M.A., Litt.D. Dean and Head of the Department of English THE SCHOOL OF GENERAL SCIENCE FROM THE FOUNDING of the college until 1914 the president of the college served as head of the Academic Department. Beginning in 1914, heads of divisions served as acting directors. In 1918 the present Dean was made director. The name of the department was changed to Arts and Science in 192S and to the School of Gen- eral Science in 193 2. Until 1 92 S , this was a service department, but since that time it has also offered a four-year course leading to the Bachelor of Science degree and three-year pre-professional courses lor those who wish to prepare for medicine, law, dentistry, etc. The personnel of the faculty of the School of General Science is made up of teachers who have had special training in their respective fields. All have degrees from colleges and universities of recognized standards and all have done post-grad- uate work in universities. Seven of the staff have the Ph.D. degree, nine have the M.A. degree, and all others have the B.A. or B.S. degree. Rou Rhyne, 1 1 i . Martin, Daniel, Brearley, Holmes, Hunter Second » 1i i , Brown, Sheldon, Huff, Lane, Bradley A ' . lion Edwards, Cook, I( m , Kinard, Paylor, Burton I i mi ili Rou Smith, Reed, Sherrill, Goode, Hendricks Page 24