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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)
budget cuts budget cuts budget cuts
chopping choking cheating
until you're begging for admittance
for all nighters and dead unblinking eyes
locked onto the glowing blank screen
is this how we climb high?
education stripped down to its sleazy monetary motives
cranking the conveyor belt of future ceo's and closet crack addicts
let's not turn into those zombies
let's remember to actually think
let's die with a soul instead of being buried with benjamins or rollin in bentleys
fuck the economy
this isn't your resume
this is your life.
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)
The Memorial Transept
This memorial space boasts a 2,600 square foot marble floor, a sixty foot high wooden Gothic vault, two stained glass windows spanning 708 square feet each, black walnut paneling, stenciled walls and 28 white marble tablets bearing the names of 136 Harvard associates who fell on behalf of the Union cause during the Civil War. The youngest, Sumner Paine, class of 1865, fell at Gettysburg on July 3, 1863, two years before his intended graduation. The Paul Joseph Revere listed is the grandson of the famous Paul Revere.
Three different stained-glass works have been installed in the north transept window. The original work designed for this window by Donald MacDonald was removed and replaced by Sarah Wyman Whitman’s Martin Brimmer Memorial Window in 1898. There are no records indicating the reason for the replacement nor the fate of the original north transept window. In 1902 or 1903, the Whitman window was transposed with MacDonald’s Virtues window which was originally installed in the south window. The transposition was made, presumably, to allow more light for the Brimmer Memorial Window.
Public viewing hours of the transept are dictated by the College’s academic calendar, the Sander’s Theater performance schedule and maintenance requirements. Typically, visitors may gain access to the transept on weekdays from 12:00 noon until 6:00 PM.
I made sure to get over to the STC from Trafalgar Campus before they started moving everything and everyone out.
A door into one of the shops.
Hasselblad 500c - Carl Zeiss Distagon 50mm 1:4 - Fuji Acros 100 @ ASA-100
Kodak D-23 (Stock) 9:00 @ 20C
Meter: Pentax Spotmeter V
Scanner: Epson V700
Editor: Adobe Photoshop CC (2017)
Horace Priester and Madison Williams chat at the premier of his movie “The Letters That Guided Us” in Clemson University’s Hendrix Center, Feb. 10, 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)
Richie Parker leans on his red 1964 Chevy Impala at his home in Charlotte, N.C., Aug. 3, 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)
EISS HALL. VINYARD HALL.
Date: 1894
Source Type: Photograph
Publisher, Printer, Photographer: Robert R. Beatty, Photo Tint Engraving Company
Postmark: Not Applicable
Collection: Steven R. Shook
Remark: Eiss Hall was constructed by Dr. Daniel W. Eiss in 1889 as a boarding hall for students attending the Northern Indiana Normal School and Business Institute, which later became known as Valparaiso University. The structure contained nearly sixty rooms.
By 1916, Eiss Hall, still owned by Dr. Eiss, was in rather poor repair and rumors circulated that the building would soon be razed and replaced by a four story brick structure equipped with a gym. Students had even boycotted the building and placed signs on the premises warning others not to live in the structure due to its derelict conduction.
On July 10, 1917, Eiss Hall, as well as neighboring Vineyard Hall, were completely destroyed by fire. Four firefighters from Valparaiso's Company L of the Indiana National Guard were injured in the blaze. Fireman James Henry Jacoby had to be carried out on Vineyard Hall on a cot. His colleagues, Floyd LePell and John Holman, suffered burnt hands, while William B. Forney, another fireman, was overcome with smoke.
This photographic image was included in a souvenir photograph book published by Robert R. Beatty in 1894. Beatty was the proprietor of a photography studio in Valparaiso that was first located at 65 College Avenue and later at 20 South Locust Street. The Valparaiso studio was in operation from the 1880s to about 1902 when he sold his business to Henry A. W. Brown and became a student at the Northern Illinois College of Ophthalmology and Otology.
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The following newspaper item appeared in the July 12, 1917, issue of The Chesterton Tribune:
$50,000 FIRE LOSS AT VALPARAISO UNIVERSITY.
Two of Largest Rooming Halls Destroyed. -- Several Persons Injured.
Valparaiso, Ind., July 10. -- Vineyard and Eiss halls, two of the largest and oldest rooming halls at Valparaiso university, were destroyed by fire last night. The loss is estimated at $50,000. The fire, which originated in the furnace room of Eiss hall, is thought to have been started by a student who earlier in the evening built a fire to heat water.
Damage of $2,000 was done to Eiss hall only three weeks ago, and this was the fifth fire since the hall was built thirty years ago. Vineyard hall burned in 2900, but was rebuilt. Almost the entire block was occupied by the two halls. students of the two halls saved little.
The firemen were assisted by Company L, Indiana national guard, which was drilling in the street when the fire alarm sounded. The two halls were side by side.
Floyd Lepell and John Holman, firemen, suffered burns on the arms. James H. Jacoby, owner of Vineyard hall, was carried out from a sick bed. Scores of roomers fled from the buildings with no time to save any of their personal effect. The two structures were built entirely of pine.
During the run to the university a taxicab, occupied by James Robinson, Frank Olavinski and Miss Ida Coyer, ran into an express wagon and the three were taken to the hospital suffering injuries. Freeman Lane, driver of the wagon, escaped. Low water pressure hindered the work of the firemen.
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The following newspaper item appeared in the July 12, 1917, issue of The Chesterton Tribune:
Local, Personal, Social
Vineyard and Eiss halls, two of the largest and oldest rooming houses of Valparaiso, were destroyed by fire Monday night. The alarm was given at 9:30 o'clock and before 11 o'clock the buildings were in ruins. Eiss Hall was insured for $2,500, and Vineyard for $9,700. Adjacent buildings were more or less damaged. John Bartels and family, of this place, were among those who witnessed the fire. The flames lit up Chesterton.
Sources:
Beatty, Robert R. 1894. Souvenir Valparaiso, Ind. Chicago, Illinois: Photo Tint Engraving Company. 37 p.
The Chesterton Tribune, Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana; July 12, 1917; Volume 34, Number 17, Page 2, Columns 3-4. Column titled "$50,000 Fire Loss at Valparaiso University."
The Chesterton Tribune, Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana; July 12, 1917; Volume 34, Number 17, Page 7, Column 4. Column titled "Local, Personal, Social."
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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)
Clemson University Reserve Officers’ Training Corps cadet Zachary Ballard, a sophomore studying agricultural mechanization from Denver, N.C., practices pulling security during a training exercise on the Clemson campus, March 16, 2017. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Staff Sgt. Ken Scar)
The Clemson University ROTC Pershing Rifles honor guard march away after raising the American flag and a special flag commemorating Col. Ben Skardon’s 100th birthday, Aug. 11, 2017. (Photo by Ken Scar)
A woman takes a photo of an ice sculpture of Clemson University’s new College of Business building before the groundbreaking, Oct. 27, 2017. (Photo by Ken Scar)
Actress Brook Sill signs the marquis poster at the premier of her movie, “The Letters That Guided Us,” in Clemson University’s Hendrix Center, Feb. 10, 2018. (Photo by Ken Scar)
Two Clemson University Reserve Officers’ Training Corps cadets practice a combat sling carrying technique during a community outreach training day on the Clemson campus, March 16, 2017. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Staff Sgt. Ken Scar)
Photographer and fitness instructor Janna Lemur holds a Clemson Tigers flag in the top of Memorial Stadium minutes before the 2017 Solar Eclipse, Aug. 21. 2017. (Photo by Ken Scar)
Retired U.S. Army Col. Ben Skardon, a survivor of the Bataan Death March, speaks to a standing-room only crowd the night before the Bataan Memorial Death March at White Sands Missile Range, March 18, 2017. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Staff Sgt. Ken Scar)
Matt Leckenbusch, technical director of Clemson University’s Brooks Center for the Performing Arts, and his crew of students reconstruct the set for “The Diviners” outside the Brooks Center, March 30, 2018. The play was moved out of its space inside the building so animal control officers could trap a colony of bats that had decided to make the theater their home. (Photo by Ken Scar)
Clemson Tigers play football with kids at Clemson’s football complex, Dec. 18, 2017. The children were there as part of the “Kicks, Cleats, and Kids” event sponsered by Dabo Swinney’s 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)
Clemson University doctoral candidate A.D. Carson gathers himself to defend 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)
Families, students, faculty, staff and administrators came together to celebrate the college, student achievement, and larger community.
Poet Patricia Lockwood participates in a round table discussion during the 10th annual Clemson University Literary Festival, March 31, 2017. (Photo by Ken Scar)
Clemson University student Abby Baker, a Ph.D. candidate in learning sciences, hands out graham crackers during a STEAM workshop held at the former Holly Springs Elementary School near Pickens, S.C. as part of an undergraduate research project, Feb. 27, 2018. The school, closed in 2017 by the Pickens County school board in a cost-cutting move, would become the Holly Springs Center under a plan devised by Baker. (Photo by Ken Scar)