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This is a chronicle of South Carolina describing in human terms 475 years of recorded history in the Palmetto State. Recounting the period from the first Spanish exploration to the end of the Civil War, the author charts South Carolina's rising national and international importance.

A history & biography of the 13 presidents of Clemson University in South Carolina from its founding as an agricultural college in 1889 to the publication of this work in 1998.

Overview with index. Tables of trustees, alumni professors, Norris award winners, etc., at back.

This study shows how Clemson weaves together the three federal charges of land-grant institutions--teaching (specified in the Land Grant Act of 1862), research (the Hatch Act of 1887), and public service (the Smith-Lever Act of 1914)--into a "high seminary of learning." Clemson students and their lives here are the other major theme of this work. The narrative of this institution traces the people who created it, those who guided it, and the people who lived under its influence and the paths they followed as they left "dear old Clemson."

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