Presbyterian College - Pac Sac Yearbook (Clinton, SC)

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JOHN THEODORE BALLENGER, B. S., SENECA, S. C. Height 5 ft. 8 in. Weight 140 lbs. Age 22. To look up and not down, To look forward and not back. To look out and not in, and To lend a hand. AS HE NOW IS: Entered college 1912. Philomathean Literary Society ; Second Censor one term; Declaimers Contest ' 13; Collegian Staff ' 13- ' 14; Business Manager of Collegian ' 1 4- ' 1 5 ; Captain of Baseball Team ' 1 3- ' 1 4 ; Assistant Manager of Football Team ' 14- ' 15; Orators ' Contest ' 15; PaC-SaC Staff ' 15; Baseball Team ' 12- ' 13, ' 1 3- ' 1 4, ' 1 4- ' 1 5 ; Wearer of the P . AS HE WILL BE 1925: A hero of the diamond in his college days, and one who always had the old pep, J. T. Ballenger, next comes to my mind. At present Speedy handles the pill with the same old vim, only in a new aspect, as he now hands it over the counter in the biggest pharmacy in his native State, to suffering humanity. His interest in this particular line of business was born of his devoted attendance at the Clinton Pharmacy for three years, during which time he never allowed his studies to cause his neglect of that reviving fountain. He manages his business from his office in the rear, but in turn is managed by one who seven years ago robbed him of his freedom, and who since has never lost control over the reins of government.

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WILLIAM CLARDY AUSTIN. A. B., CLINTON, S. C. Height 5 ft. 8 in. Weight 168 lbs. Age 20. Whence is thy learning? Hath thy toil O ' er books consumed the midnight oil? AS HE NOW IS: Entered college 1911. Eukosmian Literary Society ; Secretary two terms ; President second term ' 14-15; PaC-SaC Staff ' 15; Press Reporter ' 15; Collegian Staff ' 13- ' 14; Editor in Chief of Collegian ' 15 ; Commencement Orator. AS HE WILL BE 1925: The fortune of a Peerless Leader next drew my attention, and I thought of W. C. Austin. Bill was the Peerless Leader of his class for four years at P. C, and later graduated with first honor from the medical school of John Hopkins. Just five years ago he finished a course in the culture of beauty at the Parisian School of Facial Embellishment, and today his services are eagerly sought by the belles of the now flourishing metropolis of South Carolina — Clinton. His masterly knowledge of Chemistry, and his exhaustive researches in Biology have been valuable assets to his much needed services.

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WATSON EMMET DAVIS, A. B., SALTERS, S. C. Height 6 ft. I in. Weight 165 lbs. Age 21. As wine that with its own weight runs its best And counted much more noble than theprest; So is that poetry whose gen ' rous strain Flows without servile study, art or pain. AS HE NOW IS: Entered college 1911. Philomatheart Literary Society ; Chaplain two terms ; Critic; President; Declaimers ' Contest ' 1 3 ; Commencement Orator ' 14; Joint Winner Inter-Society Debate ' 15; Track Team ' 1 2- ' 1 3 ; PaC-SaC Staff ' 1 4 ;Editor- in-Chief PaC-SaC ' 15; Winner of Prize for Poem and Short Story ' 1 3- ' 1 4. AS HE WILL BE 1925: Following next in succession, the life of the preacher of the class came to my mind— the life of W E. Davis. While in college Davis distinguished himself by being one of the three men who never failed on examination. He kept up this record by being a howling success as a preacher. Davis was hard put to for a co-laborer and help-meet. He early lost this savor of a flirt, but became salted again when he found one who is largely responsible for his present high position as pastor of the Fifteenth Avenue Presbyterian Church, of Lanes, S. C. He successfully digests and administers in broken doses many abstruse theological and philosophical doctrines.