Clemson University - Taps Yearbook (Clemson, SC)

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AGRICULTURE • A LTHOUGH the purpose of the bequest of - Thomas G. Clemson was the establishment of a school for teaching scientific principles of agricultural and mechanical arts, the college was without an adequate agricultural building until 1937. The headquarters of the agricul- tural department at the founding of the col- lege was in a small building standing where Doc Aull More bacteriology news 20

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Fitz Fitzpatrick and Andy Anderson tear the architects apart Tingaline Tingley AC and DC currents in the classroom ' Jughead Harris and Two Wonts its ' Wee Willie Klugh Our oldest pencil-pusher John Lane English prof. ' Engineering, and he was assisted by Williams Welch, instructor of draw- ing, T. W. Wright, machine shop in- structor, and Professor Litton, of the wood shop. Civil Engineering was taught in the Main Building as a part of the Math School. The capacity of the building was doubled in 1894 by the addition of a brick wing on the side which incorpo- rated among other things a forge and foundry shop. In 1900 an Electrical laboratory was added. One interest- ing feature of the lab is the fact that it had not a single piece of iron or steel used in its construction. Even the nails were made of bronze or brass. At the same time other labs were greatly improved. A fifty foot addi- tion was made in 1920, and in 1922 a second floor was added to the wood shop in rear of Mechanical Hall. Later, in ' 24, another drawing room was added. Disaster struck in 1927 in the form of a fire which broke out beneath a skylight in the attic, perhaps because of the concentration of the sun ' s rays through the unusual glass of the sky- light. The building was completely destroyed, making it necessary to hold the classes in the upper floors of the Main Building. The Literary Halls were changed over to be used as draw- ing rooms. The Engineering Building as we know it now was completed and ready for use in Feb. 1928, and at the same time a separate shop building was finished. Thus the story of the gradual change from a small two-story structure to a modern $400,000 plant is a true pic- ture of Clemson ' s growth as a whole. Fernow ' s Inferno — The catalogue says steam

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the present library stands, and here Col. J. S. Newman, the first professor of Agriculture, had his classes, but it was devoted mainly to use of the Experimental Sta- tion, and most of the actual teaching was in the Admin- istration Building. This building was moved back in 1903 to make room for a new building which was used as a library and agri- cultural building combined. In 1898, a Horticulture Building had been erected at a total cost of $1000, re- lieving but slightly the need for a place where agricul- ture might be taught exclusively. In 1911 the Dairy Building and Barn were built for $42,000, and again the original Agricultural Building had to be moved. Some of the agriculture classes were placed in this building, making somewhat lighter the burden of already over- crowded classrooms. On April 1, 1925, fire destroyed completely the Library — even the walls that were left standing had to be taken down. By 1926, the new Library was completed on the same site, and it, to- gether with the Main Building, housed most of the agri- culture classes until 1937, when the present Agriculture Building was built. For a long time the School of Agriculture has waited amid most adverse conditions for a plant of its own, and it is only fitting that they should at last obtain a building that places them up at the top among the Agricultural Schools of the nation. BlLL ' ' McGlNTY —Extension service carries on Hog Jaw Tate Education boys take note Dean Washington Front office man of education dept. Big Ben Goodale Dairying — his work and hobby Pop Newman A horticultural trimming