Clemson University - Taps Yearbook (Clemson, SC)

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ARTHUR BUIST BRYAN, who mastered the difficult art of interpreting scientific facts through the medium of the written word to the farmers and students of agriculture who must make use of them. As- sociate Professor of English and Editor of the Agricultural Ex- tension Service, his work is of enduring significance to the people of the state. FRED HARVEY HALL CAL- HOUN, Dean of the School of Chemistry and Professor of Geology, known fondly as Rock to his students, who has served in many capacities since coming to Clemson in 1904, including Track Coach, Vice-Director of the Agricu tural Department, and Director of Resident Teaching in Agriculture. DAVID W I STAR DANIEL, Professor of English, Dean and subsequently Dean Emeritus of the School of Arts and Sciences, who has for forty-nine years made himself indispen- sable both to his students as a teacher and to audiences throughout the country as a speaker by his profound knowl- edge and trenchant wit. SAMUEL WILDS EVANS, who as Assistant Bookkeeper, Col- lege Treasurer, and Secretary of the Board of Trustees has held positions of great respon- sibility and trust, and who has with great integrity guarded and protected the funds of the institution and the official records of the Board of Trustees. by their loyalty, perseverance, and industry, have provided the means whereby thousands of Clemson students have trained themselves for citizenship — men who have labored for Clemson ' s greatness; who have spent an aggregate of over 300 years in that task; yet who have not lost sight of the fact that the greatness of Clemson is not an end in itself, but like all true greatness, springs unbidden to bless all noble and unselfish work. That instructing our youth in the way it should go is an unselfish task that is taken for granted by some and denied by others. Certainly few ever become students through aspiring to become benefactors of mankind. Nevertheless, the activity of learning has a result as inevitable as the tides of the ocean — it enables a man to

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tk e£e m en WILLIAM EMERA GODFREY, Professor of Physics since Sep- tember, 1919, who for twenty- eight years has exhibited an outstanding devotion to his chosen field and to his stu- dents, and whose genial per- sonality, sincerity, and loyalty have made him loved by all. JOSEPH EVERETT HUNTER, known affectionately to thou- sands as Little Joe , Professor of Mathematics, who has in- structed Clemson students in that subject so important to engineers, scientists, and to our nation, both in war and in peace, since he became a member of the faculty in 1901. JAMES HARRISON Mc- HUGH, the power behind the throne of knowledge, who since the founding of Clemson has made its operation possible as Chief Engineer of the college power plant, and who has for fifty-seven years displayed such qualities of dependability, loy- alty, and friendliness as to make him universally honored and respected. improve his lot and that of his fellows, should he be so inclined. The true greatness of these who are here venerated is seen in the fact that they not only imparted the ability to aid mankind to their students but also, by precept and example, inspired them to do so. Their names are familiar to all Clemson men; their spirits have become irrevocably enmeshed in the traditions of the school. Indeed, they might be said to be traditions themselves did we not know them as warm, flesh-and-blood personal friends; as friends of those who need friendship as well as of those who have friendship to give. The 1948 Taps portrays the Clemson which is so largely a result of their work as it is in the first year following their termination of active service. May this book be a perpetual monument to their labors! ancL contauiLucj . • ,