1937

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1937 in Clemson History

Events that occurred in 1937:

  • The town of Calhoun is chartered for the third time. Official records for the City of Clemson date from this point.
  • The minimum age for employment in mines and factories in the state is raised from 14 to 16.
  • An addition made to the Chemistry Building (now Hardin Hall), but the pitched rooves are not modified.
  • Long Hall is constructed with assistance from the Works Projects Administration (WPA).
  • Delta chapter of Mu Beta Psi, the national music honor fraternity, is founded on campus.
  • September 18: Clemson crushes Presbyterian, 46-0 on Riggs Field.
  • September 25: The Tigers lose, 0-7, in second game of season on road trip against Tulane in New Orleans.
  • October 2: Clemson travels to Army, loses, 6-21.
  • October 9: Georgia blanks the Tigers in Athens, 0-14.
  • October 21: Clemson defeats South Carolina in Columbia, 34-6, who will finish the season 5-6-1.
  • October 30: Clemson shuts out Wake Forest on Riggs Field, 32-0.
  • November 6: The Tigers to Atlanta to receive 0-7 loss to Georgia Tech.
  • November 17: The Tigers defeat the Florida Gators in Gainesville, 10-9. Don Willis scores Clemson's only TD of the game on a one-yard run that culminates a 65-yard drive on Clemson's opening possession. Later the Tigers give up a safety and a touchdown, so Florida leads, 9-7 going into the fourth quarter. But the Tigers drive 60 yards late in the game and Ben Pearson boots a 27-yard field goal for the win. This brings Clemson to a 4-4 record, but it proves to be a program builder. Clemson goes onto post a 22-2-2 record over the next 26 games starting with the success in Gainesville. Their only losses will come against the Tennessee Volunteers in 1938 and the Tulane Green Wave in 1939. Tennessee ends 1938 with a 10-0 record, ranked second in the nation, and Tulane finishes 1939, 8-0-1, ranked fifth.
  • November 25: Clemson and Furman battle to a 0-0 tie at the new Municipal Stadium in Greenville (completed 1936.). Clemson finishes season, 4-4-1, Furman is 4-3-2.
  • November 27: Dr. Richard Newman Brackett, associate professor of chemistry, the last surviving member of Clemson's original faculty (from 1891), passes away. He is interred at the Old Stone Church, for which he compiled and edited a history in 1905.



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