Gustave Ernest Metz interview, 1987.

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Gustave Ernest Metz interview, 1987.

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The interview of Mr. Metz is on two cassette tapes. Common topics of interest include family and early childhood memories; his primary, secondary, and college education; impressions of the 1924 cadet walkout that occurred during his sophomore year; Metz's career at Clemson as instructor and University Registrar; issues regarding enrollment changes; spotting academic fraud; public relations; revisions in college admissions and educational programs; effects of the Great Depression and World War II on Clemson; restructuring of the university; and the creation of a new grade point system and credit hours.

1 folder (2 audiocassettes)

Clemson University Libraries, Robert Muldrow Cooper Library

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Clemson University Libraries, Robert Muldrow Cooper Library

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Clemson Agricultural College of South Carolina

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Three Clemson cadets; George Chaplain, Paul L. Tobey, and J. Henry Woodward are credited with preparing this report. Cadets from the junior and senior classes were gathered to the campus chapel on April 18, 1935 in order to evaluate professors from the schools of: Agriculture, Textiles, Vocational Education, Chemistry and Geology, Engineering, and General Science. The report was presented to President Sikes upon it completion. From the description of Student faculty evaluations (Clem...

Metz, Gustave Ernest

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Gustave Ernest Metz was born in Charleston, S.C., on December 15, 1907, the son of George and Elsie Metz. He graduated from Clemson College in 1927 and received a master's degree from the University of North Carolina, 1929. In 1929, Metz returned to Clemson College and served as an assistant registrar and mathematics instructor. In 1931, he took a leave of absence for more graduate work before returning in 1933. In 1935, Metz began his twenty-year career as a University Registrar. In 1955, Metz ...