1934

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1934 in Clemson History

Events that occurred in 1934:

  • July 22: Public enemy number one, John Dillinger, is shot and killed in Chicago by FBI agents led by Timmonsville, South Carolina native and former Florence lawyer Melvin Purvis.
  • August 20: In a meeting at the home of Rupert H. Fike, M.D., nine Clemson boosters form IPTAY, a now-classic alumni and fan sports support organization template that has been widely copied at other schools. The name stands for "I Pay Ten A Year" for the original donation requested from the members during the Depression era. Originally it takes on some of the "secret society" aspects of organizations such as Yale's Skull & Bones fraternity, (which "they" still deny exists, in 2007), but IPTAY abandoned the secrecy aspect in 1939.
  • September 22: Coach Jess Neely is inducted into the newly-formed IPTAY order in the Clemson office of J.H. "Uncle Jake" Woodward. The Tigers defeat Presbyterian, 6-0, on Riggs Field.
  • September 29: Georgia Tech gets only win of its season, when the Tigers travel to Atlanta, losing, 7-12.
  • October 6: Clemson loses at Duke, 6-20.
  • October 13: The Tigers roadtrip to Kentucky, lose, 0-7.
  • October 25: The Tigers spank the Gamecocks, 19-0, in the first Big Thursday game played in the brand new stadium at the State Fairgrounds in Columbia.
  • November 3: Clemson defeats N.C. State, 12-6, in Raleigh, North Carolina.
  • November 10: Alabama blanks the Tigers, 0-40, in a roadgame.
  • November 17: In a match played in Savannah, Georgia, Clemson shuts out Mercer, 32-0.
  • November 29: The Tigers defeat Furman, 7-0, on Riggs Field to conclude a 5-4 season.



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