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Hayward Jean (left), principal of Mellichamp Elementary School in Lake City, S.C., chats with George Petersen, founding dean of Clemson University’s College of Education, March 5, 2018. Petersen was in Lake City with a group of professsors as part of a visit to South Carolina’s so-called ‘Corridor of Shame’ during a listen and learn field trip to the area, March 6, 2018. (Photo by Ken Scar)
Clemson University's Army and Air Force Reserve Officer's Training Corps units held a joint awards ceremony in the Tillman Hall auditorium, April 13, 2017. U.S. Army Brig. Gen. (ret) Chalmers R. "Hap" Carr Jr. was the featured speaker, and retired U.S. Air Force Col. Alton Whitley was inducted into the Clemson ROTC Hall of Fame. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Staff Sgt. Ken Scar)
A UH-60 Black Hawk flies over the 64-member “Ben’s Brigade” as they accompany retired U.S. Army Col. Ben Skardon, 99, a survivor of the Bataan Death March, as he walks in the Bataan Memorial Death March, March 19, 2017. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Staff Sgt. Ken Scar)
U.S. Army Maj. Chris Bland, assistant professor of military studies at Clemson University, takes the Oath of Office during his promotion ceremony in Military Heritage Plaza, March 28, 2017. (Photo by Ken Scar)
The 2017 Solar Eclipse approaches totality over Clemson University’s Memorial Stadium, Aug. 21. 2017. (Photo by Ken Scar)
Brand new U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Allison Spagnoletti receives applause after being commissioned, Dec. 20, 2017. Clemson University's Army and Air Force Reserve Officer's Training Corps units held a joint commissioning ceremony in the Tillman Hall auditorium. U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Stephen B. Owens, director of the joint staff, South Carolina National Guard, was the featured speaker. (Photo by Ken Scar)
A shovel and hard hat rest against the treads of a backhoe before the groundbreaking for the new College of Business building, Oct. 27, 2017. (Photo by Ken Scar)
Colonel Ben Skardon, 100, meets the Citadel Bulldog during the 2017 Military Appreciation Game in Memorial Stadium, Nov. 18, 2017. (Photo by Ken Scar)
The dean of Clemson University’s College of Business, Bobby McCormick, speaks during the groundbreaking ceremony for Clemson’s new College of Business building, Oct. 27, 2017. (Photo by Ken Scar)
Clemson University doctoral candidate A.D. Carson defends his dissertation in the Watt Family Innovation Center auditorium, Feb. 24, 2017. Carson, a candidate in Clemson’s Rhetorics, Communication, and Information Design (RCID) Ph.D. program, produced a 34-track rap album titled “Owning my Masters: The Rhetorics of Rhymes and Revolutions” as opposed to the traditional written dissertation. (Photo by Ken Scar)
The third annual Clemson University Wak for Veterans passes by Memorial Stadium, March 8, 2017. (Photo by Ken Scar)
Horace Priester, Brook Sill, and Wanda Johnson at the premier of “The Letters That Guided Us” in Clemson University’s Hendrix Center, Feb. 10, 2018. (Photo by Ken Scar)
Original Crystal Ball from the Wizard of Oz
1939, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
On loan from Jay ’77 and Eileen ’76, MBA ’78 Walker and The Walker Library of Human Imagination
The Oz crystal ball is a transparent hand-blown glass globe with an open neck at the bottom, similar to a dry lightbulb. It is not perfectly spherical but very slightly egg shaped. Experts have painstakingly authenticated the artifact by mapping slight imperfections (bubbles) in the glass, then matching them with images of the crystal ball as it appeared in the film.
The cast of Clemson University’s production of The Diviners, a play by Jim Leonard Jr., run through the show during a tech rehearsal in the courtyard of the Brooks Center for the Performing Arts, April 13, 2018. The production was originally slated to run in the blackbox theater inside the center, but was forced to tear down, reconstruct and hold performances outside in the courtyard when a colony of bats was discovered in the building. (Photo by Ken Scar)
Retired U.S. Air Force Col. Alton Whitley speaks after being inducted into Clemson University's Reserve Officer's Training Corps hall of fame in the Tillman Hall auditorium, April 13, 2017. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Staff Sgt. Ken Scar)
Clemson University alumnus Andrew Whitley and performing arts professor Kerrie Seymour film a video for Clemson’s website and social media pages at the Brooks Center for the Performing Arts, June 19, 2017. Seymour was Whitley’s theater professor and the two were both cast in a production of “Spring Awakening” at the Warehouse Theater in Greenville after Whitley graduated. (Photo by Ken Scar)
Clemson Tigers play football with kids at Clemsonâs football complex, Dec. 18, 2017. The children were there as part of the âKicks, Cleats, and Kidsâ event sponsored by Dabo Swinneyâs All In Team Foundation, PAW Journey and Call Me MiSTER. Two-hundred children received Nike shoes and an experience designed to motivate and inspire them to better understand the link between strong personal character, commitment to academic success and positive life outcomes. (Photo by Ken Scar)
Participants in Clemson University’s Wak for Veterans begin their walk to Memorial Stadium, March 8, 2017. (Photo by Ken Scar)
Ever Gann, 8, views the 2017 Solar Eclipse from the Clemson University campus, Aug. 21. 2017. (Photo by Ken Scar)
Clemson University senior Madison Williams, a graphic communications major, poses for a photo with her camera in Sirrine Hall, Feb. 6, 2018. (Photo by Ken Scar)
Volunteers with the Clemson University student-led nonprofit Clemson Hope (in red shirts) pose with children at James M. Brown elementary school in Walhalla, S.C. after giving each child a Christmas present, Dec. 8, 2017. (Photo by Ken Scar)
Col. Ben Skardon recieves the key to the City of Clemson at his 100th birthday party, Aug. 11, 2017. (Photo by Ken Scar)
Clemson University's Army and Air Force Reserve Officer's Training Corps units held a joint awards ceremony in the Tillman Hall auditorium, April 13, 2017. U.S. Army Brig. Gen. (ret) Chalmers R. "Hap" Carr Jr. was the featured speaker, and retired U.S. Air Force Col. Alton Whitley was inducted into the Clemson ROTC Hall of Fame. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Staff Sgt. Ken Scar)
Sara Reeves, a fiscal analyst for Clemson University, shares a laugh with U.S. Army Cpl. Harold Rice, 90, a Korean War veteran, at the Richard M. Campbell Veterans Nursing Home in Anderson, S.C., Oct. 21, 2017. Reeves was there with a group of Clemson University student veterans, family members, and staff members delivering who delivered more than 200 packages to veterans in the home. Each box contained a hand-written note from a member of the Clemson Family. (Photo by Ken Scar)
U.S. Army Master Sgt. Shane Werst, of Lake Forest, Cali., the senior military leadership instructor for Clemson University’s Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program, takes a selfie with two brand new second lieutenants after their commissioning ceremony, Dec. 20, 2017. (Photo by Ken Scar)
Retired U.S. Army Col. Ben Skardon, a survivor of the Bataan Death March, speaks from the heart during his 100th birthday celebration at Clemson University, Aug. 11, 2017. (Photo by Ken Scar)
The cast of Clemson University’s production of The Diviners, a play by Jim Leonard Jr., run through the show during a tech rehearsal in the courtyard of the Brooks Center for the Performing Arts, April 13, 2018. The production was originally slated to run in the blackbox theater inside the center, but was forced to tear down, reconstruct and hold performances outside in the courtyard when a colony of bats was discovered in the building. (Photo by Ken Scar)