1971

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Events in 1971

  • Sonny Franks and Norman Hamilton found Rainbow Graphics in Clemson.
  • January: The Chronicle sees print for distribution, using materials salvaged from the censored/destroyed edition. The Tiger Belles, "a group of 27 spirited coeds" who serve as sports "hostesses", is founded by basketball Coach Tates Locke, borrowing an idea from Miami (Ohio) University. The first year's crop will be appointed after try-outs and interviews beginning in the fall.
  • January 1: The Astro III theatre's target opening date for new "state of the art" cinema on Six Mile Road next to the Winn-Dixie. It will be a little late.
  • January 21: The Astro III hosts an exclusive showing of Twentieth Century Fox's film Tora Tora Tora, which translates from Japanese as Tiger Tiger Tiger.
  • January 22: The Astro III opens for business, Clemson's third theatre, after the Clemson Theatre across from Judge Keller's Store, and the YMCA Theatre on campus in what is now Holtzendorff Hall. The Astro III is a single screen theatre as designed and will not be subdivided until the late 1980s. It is operated by Star Theatres of Greenville, Inc. Later owners Carmike Cinemas will close it after final show on August 7, 2008.
  • January 23: Chicago plays in Littlejohn Coliseum. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHZJCJerqhM
  • Late January: Long-time Clemson restauranteur Dan Gentry passes away after a few month's illness. The restaurant that he opened in 1952 across the Old Greenville Highway from the town post office carries on for about two more years, but eventually it closes - but not before appearing in the background of an early scene in the Burt Lancaster movie The Midnight Man in 1973.
  • February 17-February 20, February 26-February 27: The Clemson Little Theatre, the Clemson Music Club and the Clemson Players co-sponsor Guys And Dolls in Daniel Auditorium.
  • March 10: The Johann Strauss Ensemble of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Walter Puschacher, director, performs in Littlejohn Coliseum as part of the Clemson University Concert Series. Performance at 8 p.m. (Riley, Helene M., "Clemson University", Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, South Carolina, 2002, Library of Congress card number 2002108889, ISBN 0-7385-1470-5, page 120.)
  • May 1: The United States Congress forms the National Rail Passenger Corporation, commonly known as "Amtrak", to take over the ailing national rail passenger train system. The Southern Railway opts to stay out of the infant system and agrees to run its four remaining trains, including the Southern Crescent, until at least 1975. The Southern subsidiary Central of Georgia does join the new system, however, and the daily Nancy Hanks II between Atlanta and Columbus, Georgia is discontinued.
  • June 30: The University of South Carolina tenders its resignation to the Atlantic Coast Conference in a dispute about academic standards. This is the first and only withdrawal from the ACC.
  • Summer: Pixie & Bill's Restaurant opens on the US 123 By-pass.
  • August: Clemson University ROTC becomes elective and open to women. "Rat Season" gasps its last when an attempt by Central Spirit Committee and a small cadre of "sadistic upper classmen" (The Tiger, September 3, 1971) fails to revive the hazing practices. In 1970, Rat Pacts were handed out by a small platoon of dedicated traditionalists (freshman variety), and the final Rat Olympics was staged. It will become the Tiger Paw Olympics in 1971.
  • August 24: The Baptist Student Union hosts a Freshman Party at 7:30 p.m. in the "student center".
  • August 25: The Rugby Club holds a team meeting for all veterans and rookies interested in joining, on the eighth level above the Loggia. The Sailing Club holds an all-day sail, 10:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. at the sailing section of the Y Beach. Party held at Issaqueena Falls afterwards.
  • August 26: The Ku Klux Klan holds a rally at the Greenville-Pickens Speedway on highway 123, The Tiger reports on August 27.
  • August 30: Calhoun Forensic Society holds its organizational meeting at 3:45 p.m. in Daniel Hall room 417.
  • August 31: The Dixie Skydivers meet at 7 p.m. in Brackett Hall room 1. Delta Sigma Nu holds its first meeting of the semester for old and new members at 7:30 p.m. in Kinard room 1.
  • September 1: The Young Democrats hold their organizational meeting at 7:30 p.m. in Hardin Hall room 107.
  • September 2: Pep rally held in the Amphitheatre with a "hot pants contest for University women" (The Tiger, August 27, 1971, page 6).
  • September 4: The Tiger Paw Olympics is held on the YMCA Field Riggs Field, replacing the Rat Olympics of times gone by. WSBF broadcasts by remote from the event.
  • September 6-September 11: The College of Agricultural Sciences sponsors Aggie Week, culminating with a Friday night dance, with music by Utopia, free admission. An Ag Queen is crowned.
  • September 6: TAPS '72 drop-in in the annual offices on the ninth level above the Loggia, 8 p.m.
  • September 8: Come see the Greeks - sponsored by the Interfraternity Council (IFC), on the Frat Quad, featuring the music of the band Skinny, 7-9 p.m.
  • September 9: An "Orange Parade" is held to drum up spirit on campus ("Campus Spirit Sought" by Lewis Kirk, The Tiger, August 27, 1971, page 6).
  • September 10: Open air concert held on "YMCA Field" (Riggs Field) under lights - called the "Kentucky Derby". The Tiger observes on August 27, 1971, that a contest may be held for Wildcat effigies.
  • September 11: Clemson is defeated by Kentucky, 10-13, in Death Valley. The Allman Brothers Band perform in Littlejohn Coliseum, with opening acts, Lion, a South Carolina band, and Wishbone Ash, at 8 p.m. Tickets are $4 for general admission, $5 on the floor. This is an interesting show in that the two headliner bands both utilize the twin-guitar lead format. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXrcINvsREU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tna0Mmu1XlI&feature=related
  • September 25: The Tigers are defeated by the Georgia Bulldogs in Death Valley, 0-28. The James Gang, with opening act Goose Creek Symphony, perform in Littlejohn Coliseum at 8 p.m. Tickets are $4 in advance, $5 on the floor, and $5 at the door.
  • October 2: In a road game to Atlanta, the Tigers fall to Georgia Tech, 14-24.
  • October 9: Clemson ekes out a 3-0 win over Duke in the Oyster Bowl, played in Norfolk, Virginia.
  • October 16: The Tigers defeat Virginia, 32-15, in the Tobacco Bowl, played in Richmond, Virginia.
  • October 23: Clemson loses to Auburn in a road game, 13-35.
  • October 29: Guitarist Duane Allman of the Allman Brothers Band is killed in a motorcycle accident in Macon, Georgia. He is buried in the Rose Hill Cemetery in Macon, where Dickie Betts saw the headstone that inspired the title to the band's first original track, "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed".
  • October 29: The Tiger reports on this date (page 7) that the Threatt-Maxwell Construction Company of Greenville has apparently submitted the low bid for construction of a new Alumni Center at $356,580. Bids from seven firms ranged up to $417,754. Califf and Player, a Columbia architectural firm, designed the one-story building which will have 12,000 square feet of floor space. Preliminary work will begin following final acceptance of the bid by the Board of Trustees, the National Council of the Clemson Alumni Association, and the State Budget and Control Board. Completion is expected by the summer of 1972.
  • October 30: The Tigers beat Wake Forest in Death Valley, 10-9.
  • November 6: Clemson defeated by North Carolina in Chapel Hill, 13-26.
  • November 13: The Tigers defeat the Terrapins of Maryland in Memorial Stadium, 20-14.
  • Fall: Football Coach Hootie Ingram's best season, 5-6, 4-2 in the Atlantic Coast Conference for second place.
  • November 17: New Orleans' Preservation Hall Jazz Band performs in Littlejohn Coliseum at 8 p.m., presented by the Clemson University Concert Series. Students admitted free, season tickets are $10 and $5, individual tickets are $3 and $1, as reported in The Tiger, November 12, 1971.
  • November 19: David Ezell, a folk singer from Spartanburg, performs in The Gutter under the YMCA at 9 p.m., 25 cent admission.
  • November 20: Clemson is defeated by North Carolina State in Death Valley, 23-31. The Central Dance Association presents Poco in concert in Littlejohn Coliseum at 8 p.m. Tickets are $3.25 in advance, $4.25 on the floor, and $4.25 at the door. CDA after party held at the Y Barn from 11 p.m. until... Admission is $2 per couple.
  • November 20: Central Dance Association plans a concert in Littlejohn Coliseum with Rod Stewart and the Faces, announced in August, but it will be postponed until April 22, 1972 when the artists require more time in the studio in the United Kingdom.
  • November 27: The Tigers defeat the Gamecocks in Columbia, 17-7. Clemson has 5-6 season, 4-2 in conference, second in the ACC.
  • November 29: The Clemson University Concert Series presents Five by "The Six", a concert of varieties in vocal music in Littlejohn Coliseum at 8 p.m. Season tickets are $10 and $5, individual tickets are $3 and $1, students free.


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