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DANIEL, CHARLES EZRA
November 11, 1895-Sept. 13, 1964. Class of 1918. He attended The Citadel September 1914 to June 1916 when, upon completion of his sophomore year, he was forced to resign for financial reasons. He then entered the army, 1917-1919, and served in World War I. He left with the rank of lieutenant. Home from the war, he took his first full time job at $18 a week. In 1934, he founded the Daniel Construction Company with a loan of $25,000. It became a multimillion dollar international corporation. He was a U.S. Senator from Sept. 6, 1954, to Dec. 23, 1954, upon the death of Senator Burnett R. Maybank. In 1963, Richard Nixon bestowed upon him the honor, Industrialist of the Year in the United States. The Citadel Library is named after him and his brother, R. Hugh Daniel. Paintings of both brothers hang in the foyer of the Daniel Library. He and his brother erected the carillon in 1984 which they named after Thomas Dry Howie, a classmate of R. Hugh. In 1952, The Citadel awarded him an honorary degree. (Sources: Claude R. Canup and W.D. Workman, Charles E. Daniel: His Philosophy and Legacy, c1981, CT259.D3 C3; Daniel file, Citadel Archives) (DH)
DANIEL FUND
This was started in 1954 from contributions of the Daniel brothers, Charles E. and R. Hugh. The fund is under the jurisdiction of The Citadel Board of Visitors. It has been used for financial assistance to cadets, athletic grants-in-aid, discretionary funds for The Citadel's president, and support to the Advisory Committee to The Citadel Board of Visitors. (HN)
DANIEL LIBRARY
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DANIEL LIBRARY FRIENDS
The Friends of the Daniel Library was established in 1996 to bring together those who share an enthusiasm for books and other library materials. For just $25 (Students $15) anyone can become a member of the Friends and participate in a full agenda of interesting tours, lectures, book club discussions, and even musical events. All activities include wonderful refreshments. Members of the Daniel Library Friends have limited library book circulation circulation privileges. To learn more about this fine organization click: Daniel Library Friends.
DANIEL, ROBERT HUGH
Sept. 1, 1906-Oct. 27, 1983. Class of 1929. As a cadet played varsity football and basketball and was editor of the campus newspaper, the Bull Dog. Business executive. Chairman and CEO, Daniel International Corporation, 1964-1977. The Citadel Library is named after him and his brother, Charles E. Daniel. Paintings of both brothers hang in the foyer of the Daniel Library. In 1957 The Citadel awarded him an Honorary Doctor of Science degree. During World War II, he had the rank of lieutenant commander in the navy. He and his brother erected the carillon in 1984 which they named after Thomas Dry Howie, a classmate of R. Hugh. In 1972, he gave the Daniel Building in Greenville to The Citadel. At 25 stories, it was the highest building in the state. At the time, it was the largest gift made to any college or university in the United States. In 1980 it was sold for $16 million, ensuring the future of the Citadel Development Foundation. He and his brother, Charles Ezra Daniel, also donated $50,000 in 1957 to endow two scholarships. (Source: Alumni record, Citadel Records Management Department) (DH)
DANIELS, GARY
Class of 1962. Played basketball as a cadet. Averaged 23.2 in 1961, 23.9 in 1962, and in both years was named to the All-Southern Conference First Team. Later served in the U.S. Army, attaining the rank of Major. (Sources: Citadel 2003-04 Men's Basketball, pp. 99, 101; Citadel Alumni Directory, various years) (DH)
DAVANT, RICHARD JAMES
June 22, 1805-January 15, 1873. Chairman of the Board of Visitors, February 4-December, 1865. Made important contributions to The Citadel by protecting the institution in the months of Confederate defeat and Union occupation. Served in the South Carolina Senate. His portait hangs in the Daniel Library. (Source: John P. Thomas, History of the South Carolina Military Academy, pp. 233-235. U430 .S51 T55 1991) (HN and DH)
DAVID, JOHN HODGES, JR.
Class of 1914. John Hodges A First Lieutenant, 18th Infantry, 1st Division, U. S. Army Expeditionary Force, David was killed on 1 March 1918, in a battle near Ansauville, France. (Source: Oliver J. Bond, The Story of The Citadel, pp. 186-187. U430 .C5 S57 1989) There is a plaque in the front sally port of Padgett-Thomas barracks in his honor: "In the memory of First Lieut. John H. David, Jr. First Citadel Graduate to Fall in France. 1918" (HN and DH)
DAVIS, ALLEN
Assistant football coach at The Citadel (line), 1955-56; assistant coach, San Diego Chargers, 1960-62; general manager and head coach, Oakland Raiders, 1963-66; owner and managing general partner of the Raiders, 1966. Professional Coach of the Year, 1963. Only individual in history to be assistant coach, head coach, league commissioner and owner. (Source: Who's Who in America, 2004), vol. 1, p. 1177) (HN and DH)
DEAS, HENRY ("HAPPY"), JR.
1917-1968. Citadel Class of 1938. Won letters in football and boxing while a student. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II, spending three years in the Pacific Theater, and attaining the rank of Major. Founded the Deas Brokerage Company of Charleston. Member of The Citadel Board of Visitors. Chairman of the Charleston Development Board, president of the Chamber of Commerce, and member of several boards and commissions. Deas Hall is named for him. (Source: "Local Businessman, Henry Deas, Jr., Dies," News and Courier, Aug. 6, 1968, pp. 1-A, 9-A) (DH) DEAS HALL
Dedicated: November 9, 1976. Cost $3.8 million. Named for Henry Deas. For additional information click Deas Hall.
DEAS HALL TREE
The redwood tree at NE corner is named for General Mark Clark.
DECLINE OF THE WEST
In The Lords of Discipline, cadet McClean left messages in Oswald Spengler's book, Decline of the West. (HN)
DE LA ROCHE, HARRY
Attended The Citadel, Fall 1976. On November 28, 1976, the last day of Thanksgiving furlough, he murdered four members of his family: his father, mother, and his two younger brothers. He is currently in prison. (Sources: Roberta F. Roesch. Anyone's Son. HV6248 D36 R63.)
DENNIS, PAT
Head basketball coach, 1992-2006. Dennis graduated from Washington & Lee University in 1978. While there he was named NCAA Division III first-team All-American by the National Association of Basketball Coaches, The Associated Press, and Basketball Weekly. During his senion year he was named the NCAA Division III Player-of-the-Year. His record at the Citadel 1992-2000: 89-130. (Source: Citadel Basketball: The Second 100 Years, pp. 36-7)(HN)
DIAMOND
The path around the missile is in the shape of a diamond.(HN)
DICEL
The Scarlet Pimpernel is a humorous regular feature of The Brigadier. It is written by an unknown cadet who satirizes The Citadel and its inhabitants. Sometimes it contains more truth than fiction. It has its own vocabulary which are plays on words of well known Citadel terms. It started in the early 1970s. Below are a few of the terms which have been around for a while:
Altar of Cark.....The rack
Bearers of silver adorned firesticks.....Summerall Guards
Blue robed priests.....Air Force tac officers
Bonks.....Knobs
Caste.....Class, e.g., freshman, sophomore, etc.
Decat.....Cadet
Dicel.....The Citadel, the language of the Scarlet Pimpernell
Domb.....Bond Hall
El Cid.....The Citadel
Firesticks.....Rifles
Forced periods of verbal boredom.....Classes
Fraternal corners.....Company areas
Green robed priests.....Army tac officers
Hall of Culinary Catastrophes.....Mess Hall
Head priest.....Commandant
Island of Four Sides.....Second Battalion quadrangle
Ivory Tower.....Second Battalion tower where the regimental staff lives. Used for the staff
Lotodesh.....Toolshed (Jenkins Hall)
Mophosores.....Sophomores
Mountain of Lotodesh.....Jenkins Hall. Military departments.
Pharmesos.....Sophomores
Pimp.....Scarlet Pimpernel
Place where night turns to day.....Lesesne Gate
Place where the eagle is perched.....Bond Hall. The top administrators.
Primary quadrant.....First Battalion
Primary zoo.....First Battalion
Quadcaste Mystes.....Fourth Class System
Reeb and Riquol.....Beer and liquor
Runojsi.....Juniors
Scrop.....Corps of Cadets
Search for Dirt.....Saturday Morning Inspection
Sensori.....Seniors
Spacer Hall.....Capers Hall
Tan robed priests.....Marine tac officers
Tertiary Quadrant.....Third Battalion
Tests of Strength.....Football games
Toolshed.....Jenkins Hall. Military departments
Ultimate Zoo.....Fourth Battalion
White robed priests.....Navy tac officers.
Yemick Soume.....Mickey Mouse
(Source: "The Exclusive Dicel Lexicon," The Brigadier, Sept. 24, 1976, p. 5) (HN)
DIPLOMAS--CITADEL
Citadel diplomas are made of genuine sheepskin. Each diploma bears a picture of The Citadel seal. (Information furnished by The Citadel Registrar's Office) (DH)
DISCIPLINE--DEFINITION
"What is discipline? Sir/Ma'am, discipline is the state of order or obedience, derived from training that makes punishment unnecessary." (Source: The Guidon, 1998-99. p. 77.)
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS
The Distinguished Service Cross is second only to the Medal of Honor for army personnel. It was established by Congress, 9 July 1918. Several Citadel graduates have been recipients.
Capt. G.C. McCelvey, '11, Fourth Infantry, DSC.
First Lt. George Hampton Yarborough, Jr., '16, USMC, DSC and
  Navy Cross(posthumously).
Capt. James Hill Holmes, Jr., '15, 26th Infantry, 1st Division, DSC
    posthumously).
Capt. Julius Andrew Mood, Jr., '16, 26th Infantry, 1st Division, DSC
    (posthumously).
First Lt. J.C. Cogswell, '17, USMC, DSC/Navy Cross
Capt. E.B. Hope, '17, USMC, DSC
Capt. B.R. Legge, '11, 26th Infantry, 1st Division, DSC
Gen. E.A. Pollock, USMC, '21, Navy Cross
Capt. Hugh Reavis Nelson, '59, USA, DSC
Capt. William David Howsare Ragin, '61, USA, DSC
    (posthumously)
Capt. Theodore S. Bell, '42, USA, DSC
DIXIE--SONG
It was written by Dan Emmett and first sung in New York, in 1859. It was first used by the Confederacy on February 15, 1861, at Jefferson Davis's inauguration in Montgomery, Alabama. After he heard of Lee's surrender, Lincoln had the Marine Band play Dixie. He said: "I have always thought 'Dixie' one of the best tunes I ever heard. I have heard that our adversaries over the way have attempted to appropriate it as a national air. I insisted yesterday that we had fairly captured it. I presented the question to the attorney general, and he gives his opinion that it is our lawful prize. I ask the band to give us a good turn upon it--Response to serenade, April 10, 1865." The text of the song can be found in an old Guidon (c. 1950). It used to be played at Friday dress parades, but it is now played only as part of a medley of pieces or for special occasions. (Sources: The Civil War Dictionary, rev. ed., by Mark Mayo Boatner, p. 242. REFERENCE E468 .B7 1988; The Lincoln Encyclopedia, comp. and ed. by Archer H. Shaw, p. 80. REFERENCE E457.92 1950) (HN)
DON BUNCH COURTS
The Don Bunch Courts are the center of The Citadel Tennis Program. Named for Donald Bunch, a Citadel Business professor and tennis coach for over 30 years. It is adjacent to the O. Perry Earle Tennis Center that is named for a member of the class of 1936 and former varsity player. (Source: The Citadel 2000 Football Media Guide, p. 111) (HN)
DOOLITTLE RAID OVER JAPAN
On 18 April 1942, 16 B25 Mitchel medium bombers took off from the carrier Hornet in the first bombing of Japan in World War II. Horace E. Crouch, Class of 1940, served as the navigator on plane #10. It was the tenth one to take off from the carrier hence its name. Its official designation was Plane 40-2250. This plane bombed steel works and factories in Tokyo. It was intercepted by 16 Japanese fighters of which two were shot down. It also endured heavy anti-aircraft. The plane was abandoned in China, the crew bailed out 50 miles northwest of Chuchow. He remained in the China-Burma-India Theater until June 13, 1943. He retired as a Lt. Col. on 30 April 1962. After retirement he became a high school mathematics teacher in Columbia, S.C. His many decorations include the Distinguished Flying Cross. (Sources: D. D. Nicholson, A History of The Citadel: The Years of Summerall and Clark, pp. 222-223. U430 .C5 N53 1994; Carroll V. Glines, Doolittle's Tokyo Raiders. D790 .G55; Craig Nelson, The First Heroes: The Extraordinary Story of the Doolittle Raid--Ameria's First World War II Victory. D767.25 .T6 N45 2002) The Daniel Library has a copy of Carroll Glines' book, autographed by many veterans of Doolittle's Raiders, signed at one of their reunsion held in Charleston. (HN & DH)
DRILL TEAMS
Summerall Guards are seniors. Bond Volunteers are juniors who will become Summerall Guards. The Junior Sword Drill was an entirely separate organization whose sole function was to give a precision drill demonstration at the Ring Hop, the Friday before Parents' Day. It was disbanded in 1992.
    In 1932, Lang's Grenadiers (named after the Commandant at that time) was formed as the senior precision drill team of The Citadel. Lang's resignation in 1933 caused the unit's name to be changed to the Bond Volunteers. Later, this became the junior drill team (not to be confused with the Junior Sword Drill, an entirely separate organization) and the senior drill team became known as the Summerall Guards. They were two separate units. When they marched together the combined unit was know as the Richardson Rifles.
    In 1943, '44, and '45 the Bond Volunteers did not exist. In 1946 they ceased being a separate entity. Instead, they became the Junior aspirants for the Summerall Guards. They no longer gave exhibitions. (HN)
DUBOSE, WILLIAM PORCHER
April 11, 1836-August 18, 1918. Class of 1855. Theologian. Episcopalian. Field grade officer in the Civil War for the Confederacy. Dean of the School of Theology at the University of the South, 1894-1908. He wrote seven books: The Soteriology of the New Testament, The Ecumenical Councils, The Gospel in the Gospels, The Gospel According to St. Paul, High Priesthood and Sacrifice, The Reason of Life, and Turning Points in My Life. (Sources: John Peyre Thomas, The History of the South Carolina Military Academy, pp. 263, 561. U430 .S51 T58; Dictionary of American Biography, vol. 5, pp. 472-73 .REF E176 .D56; Michael D. Blackwell, Remember Now Thy Creator in the Days of Thy Youth, pp. 177-183. U430 .B63 2003.) (HN & DH)
DUCKBUTTS
Old name given to short cadets. Originally, short cadets were placed in Padgett-Thomas or Law Barracks.
DUCKETT HALL
Named for Major General James W. Duckett, class of 1932 and President of The Citadel, 1970-1974. It houses the biology department. It was built in 1971 and replaced the west wing of Bond Hall.
DUCKETT, JAMES W.
1911-1991. Citadel Class of 1932. Earned M.A. from the University of Georgia and Ph.D. from University of North Carolina. For his service with the Army Chemical Corps in World War II he was awarded the Legion of Merit and the Army Commendation Medal. Major General, U.S.A. President of The Citadel, 1970-1974. He held many positions at The Citadel: professor of chemistry, Vice-President of Academic Affairs, Vice-President of Administration, and even the Registrar. Duckett Hall is named after him. (Source: "James W. Duckett, Former President of The Citadel, Dies," News and Courier, January 22, 1991, p. 2-B)
DUTY
"Duty then is the sublimest word in our language. Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more. You should never wish to do less." These words are found on a plaque in the East Sally Port of Second Battalion Barracks. The words are also in Third Battalion Barracks. The quotation was inscribed beneath Robert E. Lee's bust in New York University's Hall of Fame in 1901. The words are traditionally attributed to Lee, although the attribution has been challenged and disputed. (For more information about the attribution see: Suzy Platt, ed., Respectfully Quoted, p. 93. REF PN6081 .R435 1989). (HN & DH)
DUTY--DEFINITION
"What is duty? Sir/Ma'am, 'Duty is the sublimest word in the English language.'" (Source: Guidon, 1998-99, p. 74) (HN)

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