Clemson College alumni papers, 1939, 1975.

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Clemson College alumni papers, 1939, 1975.

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This collection consists of two unrelated items. The first is Mr. McCrary's written account, 1939, regarding of the early days of Clemson College. He recalls the Fort Hill mansion and surrounding area in the days before the college was first established. He describes witnessing the first dormitory being built by convict labor, Clemson's opening day ceremonies, and his own experiences as a cadet upon entering the school. The other item is a poem written by George Miles Riley that commemorates a 1921 class reunion that took place in 1975.

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Clemson University Libraries, Robert Muldrow Cooper Library

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Clemson University Libraries, Robert Muldrow Cooper Library

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McCrary, John Adger

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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...

Sherman, Joe, 1912-1990

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Joe Sherman was born on July 31, 1912, in Raleigh, North Carolina. He was the son of Franklin Jr. and Grace Berry Sherman. At the age of thirteen, he moved along with his family to Clemson, where his father had accepted a position as head of the entomology and zoology department. Sherman attended Calhoun-Clemson High School and Webb School in Bell Buckle, Tennessee. He graduated from Clemson College in 1934 with a BS degree in Arts and Sciences. After graduation in 1934, he became the first dire...

Riley, George Miles

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