1951

Sports
Description
Clemson's football team defeats the Miami Hurricanes, 15-14, in the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida for a 9-0-1 season.
In the News
Article
Former baseball player "Shoeless Joe" Jackson dies in Greenville, where he operated a liquor store. He was 63.
Article
On September 8, 1951, the Treaty of San Francisco was signed, officially ending the state of war between Japan and the Allied Powers. The treaty also laid the groundwork for Japan's post-war reconstruction and its emergence as a key ally in the Pacific.
On Campus
Description
Brackett Hall is completed, named after Richard Newman Brackett, a professor of Chemistry at Clemson Agricultural College from 1891-1937.