Clemson University - Taps Yearbook (Clemson, SC)

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CHEMISTRY LEMSON ' S answer to the cry for education was made when the first shovelful of dirt was turned over to begin the foundations for the Chemis- try Building back in 1889. At last Thomas Green Clemson ' s dream was coming true — a college for the in- struction of agriculture and engineer- ing was springing into existence. The honor of being the first building to be -5 Bill Lippincott planning another quantitative quiz

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In our fiftieth year trie clock tower of Main Build- ing still throws its bulk against the sky as a quiet reminder that Clemsons history is just begun.

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50th Anniversary of Clemson College completed befell the Chemistry Build- ing when its doors were opened in 1890. And that building still stands as the north portion of the modern structure. The first professor to hold sway here was Col. M. B. Hardin, whose job it was to teach the sophomore engi- neers that much-feared bugabooo — chemistry. The late Dr. Brackett, then the chemist for the experiment station and an assistant to Col. Hardin, is accredited with having performed the first actual work in the newly fin- ished building. At that time the Chem- istry Building did not house a separate school as it does now, but was mainly a service school, especially to the school of agriculture. In 1900 the portion to the south of the building was added. About this time the analysis of fertilizers was begun in this building. The last addition was made in 1937, when the laboratories in rear of the building were completed. And now the work that was begun here in the school ' s infancy is still be- ing carried on. The building in all its faded majesty stands today a monu- ment to the man who made possible the Clemson of today. ENGINEERING Old Mechanical Hall, completed in 1891, is a far cry from the building we know today as the Engineering Building. Its story exemplifies the evolution of a college, as does no other single building on the campus. The first Engineering department was housed in a two-story brick structure located just south of the Post Office. A smaller portion in rear was the en- gine room and boiler room. Besides the labs, which were scantily equipped, was a machine shop, a wood shop, a drawing room, and a classroom. Stonewall Tompkins, from the Uni- versity of Virginia, was the first Pro- fessor of Electrical and Mechanical Dr. Rock Calhoun using that geological toucli Dr. and Mrs. F. H. H. Calhoun The Doc ' takes a stroll after classes Home of the Test Tubes 17-