Clemson University - Taps Yearbook (Clemson, SC)

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Charlie Weeks Merits bring our smile «— aSP M m • A T J ' r iS ' Russ Walthour An old army habit MILITARY SCIENCE • j TNDER the provisions of the National Defense Act, the War Department has established at Clem- son College an infantry unit of the R. 0. T. C. This department was established with the founding of the college in 1893, its duties then, as now, being the supervision of the military training and discipline of the cadets. The military department and its class- rooms have been located in the Administration Build- ing up to this year, when the classrooms for military instruction were moved to the old Textile Building. While the Administration Building was being rebuilt following the fire in 1894, the military science classes were held in vacant rooms in barracks where, despite the highly adverse conditions, the military staff was able to impart military knowledge to the cadets with their usual efficiency. Down through the years the cadet organization has been mainly as an infantry unit, but at various times other units have existed. In 1904 there was in con- junction with the infantry unit an artillery unit with two cannon. The next year there was also a Signal Corps and a Hospital Corps. During the war a Stu- dent Army Training Corps was organized as well as a Naval Unit, both of which were demobilized in De- cember, 1918. Charlie Wyatt Big-Huch Dumas Doctor Sikes The Visiting Inspector -26-

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Pop Eaton Asbill Gathering more dope on roving frames the recently abandoned Textile Building — that part extending from the tower southward. Its equipment was also limited. At first it had not even machines for spinning yarn. There were only a few student hand looms, and even these had their short- comings. Soon afterwards, however, pickers and cards were added, increasing somewhat the scope of the school ' s work. Gradually, more and more equipment was obtained, and as the number of students taking Textiles rapidly increased, it was soon evident that some- thing would have to be done. So much so that in 1900 it became necessary to add to the original building a wing extending from the tower northward. The first men to teach in the Textile School were Professors Beatty and Frizzell. Later they were assisted by J. W. Smilie, an expert on loomfixing. As the years passed, new courses were offered by the department. In the late twenties the course in Textile Chemistry and Dyeing was expanded from a two-year course to a full four-year course. In 1933 there were available Textile Engineering, Yarn Manufacturing, Weaving and Designing, Textile Industrial Education, and Textile Chemistry and Dyeing. Soon a Textile Extension Department became a fact. In 1937 it again was found necessary to expand, and the wing in rear of the old building was added. But this relieved only to a small extent the extremely crowded conditions, and as a solution, the present building was constructed in 1938. A beautiful, com- pletely modern building, it offers the best textile education to be found in the south, and among the best in the entire nation. Bud Cartee Fabric analysis Floopy Dunlap Ready for another spinning class ' ' Crowfoot Tarrant changes his method for Dobby design Shug Gage How firm a foundation! Bo Newson Almost our contemporary Hally-Mac McKenna Mainstay for weavers ami designers 25

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Later, in 1923, a machine gun company was organized, but since then the military organi- zation has been entirely infantry, and now it has grown to be the largest Infantry Brigade in the nation. Proof of the fine work of the military staff here is the Excellent rating that Clemson has been awarded by the Army f many years past. Sergeant Wilkinson Check, check, check, and we ' re clothed! -27.