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LANDMARKS & LEGENDS<\/b><\/p>\n
Sweet Swindle<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div> By\u00a0Nancy Spitler<\/b> More than 100 years ago, Clemson began making ice cream. Clemson Ice Cream Highlights:<\/p>\n 1904<\/b><\/span> 1965<\/b><\/span> 1995<\/b><\/span> 2001<\/b><\/span> 2006<\/b><\/span> 2020<\/b><\/span>
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\nPhoto by Robert G. Hufford \u201943<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><\/p>\n
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\nThe Dairy Department already was producing milk, cheese and butter and, in 1904, began manufacturing ice cream. The ice cream quickly became a favorite among students, so much so that it served as the basis of a major prank played on freshmen for years.
\nWhen Clemson was still an all-male military school, freshmen were known as \u201crats\u201d and were subject to hazing, sometimes more lighthearted than others. One hoax seemed to work every year.
\nDuring lunch, an announcement would be made on the PA system that the freezers had broken down at the creamery and free ice cream was available. Freshmen would grab stainless steel milk pitchers from the table and rush over to the creamery, only to be met by upperclassmen telling them they needed something bigger \u2014 milk cans or trashcans \u2014 so they could bring ice cream back for them as well.
\nA crowd of 300-400 freshmen would line up outside the sales room, some of them missing classes to stay in line, only to find out when they entered the sales room that it was all a joke. This story and scene is depicted at the Cadet Life Garden located within the South Carolina Botanical Garden. The scene was based on a 1939 photograph by Robert G. Hufford \u201943, published in\u00a0The Tiger.<\/i> Hufford was a photographer for both TAPS<\/i> and The Tiger<\/i> while he was at Clemson.
\nAccording to an article in a 1919 issue of\u00a0<\/span>The Ice Cream Trade Journal<\/em> by Assistant Professor of Dairying L.B. Cannon, Clemson was training men \u201cin the manufacturing of ice cream as well as in the management of ice cream plants.\u201d
\nThe training and experience received \u2014 both theoretical and practical \u2014 is still going on today, courtesy of the student-run microcreamery created in 2001. In 2006, a gift from the Class of 1955 funded the opening of the current retail store in the Hendrix Student Center, named the \u201955 Exchange. The proprietary mix is custom manufactured to the original specifications by a private company using milk from various farms. Students use a small-batch freezing process located in Newman Hall to convert it into Clemson Ice Cream.
\nFor years, the students who work in the \u201955 Exchange have not only manufactured ice cream; they\u2019ve created new flavors, marketed their products, designed packaging and gained experience running a small business. This past year, they took the leap of adding online ordering and nationwide shipping, which kept sales going throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
\nDo you have a story to share about Clemson ice cream? Send that to <\/em>nspitle@clemson.edu or include it in comments below.\u00a0<\/em>To learn more or to order, go to <\/em>clemson.edu\/icecream.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>
\nThe beginning of Clemson Ice Cream.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nCreamery operations moved from the original dairy building, located behind Sikes Hall, to Newman Hall.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nThe manufacturing of Clemson Ice Cream subcontracted to an outside vendor located in Wisconsin.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nOn-campus, student-run microcreamery created and the freezing of Clemson Ice Cream returned to Newman Hall.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nA generous gift by the Class of 1955 funded the opening of the current Clemson Ice Cream retail store, named \u201955 Exchange in honor of Clemson’s last all-military class.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nStudents began accepting online orders and shipping Clemson Ice Cream nationwide.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><\/p>\n
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