Clemson University - Taps Yearbook (Clemson, SC)

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TEXTILES DEAN H. H. WILLIS LEFT TO RIGHT— FIRST ROW: A. E. McKenna, J. M. L. Huckabee, W. G. Blair, G. H. Dunlap, J. r.dsav, Jr., H. H. W.llis, R. K. Eaton, E. F. Cartec. SECOND ROW: W. E. Tairant, Waltcs. THIRD ROW: W. L. Hicks, G. Gase. T. A. Campbell. With the phenomenal srowth of the textile industry in the South and the opportunities for young men to advance to excellent positions of responsibility in this line, Clemson ' s Textile School has grown in proportionate importance and size. Since 1898, the textile school has grown from the south half of the old tex- tile building to the new $475,000.00 building with its four acres of classrooms, aboratories, and correctly lighted cotton-grading room, separated from the noisy machinery section, and is recognized as the leading college of its type in the United States. The plant also includes a textile library reference room and an auditorium, both of which will be made available in the near future. In thirty years the available floor space has been increased to eight times its original size and during the same period the enrollment of textile students has been multiplied by 85. The instructional staff is alert to its responsibility for providing up-to-date instruction and information. The yarn manufacturing series of seven texts on yarn manufacturing is now in use in several Southern textile schools. The scholastic curriculum has been kept abreast of current em- phasis on such subjects as long draft, rayon manufacturing, and the financial aspects of manufacturing and selling; and in the Class of 1940 is being turned out a group of young men excellently trained to handle their part of South Carolina ' s and the South ' s greatest industry. ?8

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Agriculture

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AGRICULTURE FRONT ROW: B. O. Williams, C. L. Morgan, J. B. Edmond, R. A. McGinty, G. H. Collinss, T. S. Andrews, J. Armstrong. SECOND ROW: M. J. Peterson, R. E. Ware, D. Dunavan, G. H. Aull, A. M. Musser, C. C. Newman, L. V. Starkey. THIRD ROW: W. H. Bing, J. B. Richardson, J. W. Jones, G. B. Natt, R. W. Lipscomb, R. C. Ringros, W. T. Terrier. The recent social and financial programs to improve the economic status and the living conditions of our people have called upon agricultural institutions for scientific information and leadership. The successful solution of many of the existing agricultural problems calls for the utilization of all available scientific information, and reveals the responsibility of the agricultural educational institutions in supplying additional information needed in the advancement of our social and economic system. Clemson has made a notable contribution to the agricultural leadership of the state and the nation. It is recognized that Clemson has supplied a relatively larger number of prominent agricultural leaders than any other Southern agri- cultural college. The wide distribution of these prominent agricultural leaders is an important factor in the general recognition which Clemson has received. Numerous occupations requiring scientifically trained men are seeking leaders in the various fields of agriculture. The professional field in agriculture has to do largely with social and economic prob- lems which call for diplomacy as well as scientific knowledge in their administration. Educational institutions, state experiment stations, and the various branches of the United States Department of Agriculture employ a large proportion of the men who are scientifically trained in agriculture. In addition to these governmental agencies, there is a wide field for men trained in agriculture in the commercial and in- dustrial occupations. The individual graduate can do much to assist other graduates in securing employment and also to promote their advancement. If Clemson is to continue to hold its relative position in agricultural leadership, it will be necessary that we continue to de- velop the spirit of cooperation and mutual assistance.