. Taps. vaLtcfilL SOPHOMORE CLASS HISTORY The shock caused by the declaration of war upon Germany was not the onlyone which Clemson College received in 1917. In fact, it may hardly be com-pared to the shock caused by the arrival of the class of 1920. Some of this classwere not scared; some were not green: and a few were actuallv good looking. Butas a whole, it was probably the scaredest, greenest, and ugliest bunch that evergathered together at Clemson. It was not verv long, however, before we grew accustomed to our new surround-ings and began to learn the lessons that were designed to be taug
. Taps. vaLtcfilL SOPHOMORE CLASS HISTORY The shock caused by the declaration of war upon Germany was not the onlyone which Clemson College received in 1917. In fact, it may hardly be com-pared to the shock caused by the arrival of the class of 1920. Some of this classwere not scared; some were not green: and a few were actuallv good looking. Butas a whole, it was probably the scaredest, greenest, and ugliest bunch that evergathered together at Clemson. It was not verv long, however, before we grew accustomed to our new surround-ings and began to learn the lessons that were designed to be taught. We soon learnedthat we did not have to rent our radiators from the Sophomores; that our transomscould be opened without a permit: and that reveille tickets could be purchased fromthe first sergeant only. The two most important lessons which we learned were:The hand that holds the broom rules the world, and, before graduation, everyone should have a thorough course in housekeeping. Many difficulties a
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