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T. O. & E. (Table of Organization and Equipment)
    The current T. O. & E, or Chain of Command, can be accessed from the Knob Survival Assistance page on the Daniel Library Web site.
TAAFFE, CHARLIE
Charlie Taaffe, 1987-1995, was the winningest football coach in Citadel history with 55 wins. Taaffe's win percentage was .539. In this regard he was sixth. (Sources: Citadel 2000 Football Media Guide) (HN)
TAILOR SHOP
Located between the laundry and the book store it fits each cadet for uniforms. It also does dry cleaning, alterations and repairs.(HN)
TANGERINE BOWL
In 1960, The Citadel defeated Tennessee Tech in the Tangerine Bowl. The score was Citadel 27, Tennessee Tech. 0. (Source: Citadel Football 2003, pp. 128-129) (HN)
TANK--SHERMAN
The M4A4 Sherman has a 75 mm short gun. It was presented to The Citadel on 15 September 1956. Col. Statler (d. 1967), a former English professor here, drove the tank to The Citadel. The tank used to be painted pink or some other color by cadets before a big weekend. (Source: Cadet Horace Greeley IV, Class of 1957.) General Clark did not seem to mind. He said that he had more paint than they had. It was last painted in the 1970s. Before the engines were rendered inoperable some cadets actually put gasoline in the tank and drove it in Charleston where they stranded it. For many years it was located at the southwest corner of the Parade Ground. It is now located near the northwest corner. The site is officially referred to as the Army Memorial. The actual inscription at the site reads as follows: 'Thunderbolt' This M4 Sherman Tank is similar to that used by LTC Creighton W. Abrams in World War II while commanding the 37th Tank Battalion - 4th Armored Division - Patton's Third Army. General Abrams was Army Chief of Staff from 12 Oct. 1972 until his death on 4 Sept. 1974. Donated by those who learned from his dynamic leadership. 'Courage Conquers' 37th Armor." (Source: Pamela C. Banas, AROTC.) (HN & DH)
TANK--SQUARE
The path around the Sherman Tank is called the square. (HN)
TARTAN
The Royal Stuart tartan was worn by The Citadel Bagpipe Band when it was established in 1955. A new Citadel tartan was designed and approved by the Board of Visitors on December 7, 1979. It is registered on the Rolls of the Scottish Tartans Society at the Museum of Scottish Tartans, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland. The new tartan was worn for the first time at the inauguration of Major General James A. Grimsley in March 1981. The colors symbolize Citadel traditions. Blue and white are the college colors; gold represents the brass on cadet uniforms; and red represents a cadet officer's sash. (Sources: Alumni News, summer 1980, pp. 1-3. PRIOLEAU ROOM U430 .C5 A82; "Tartan Idea Was Born in 1929," "Inauguration Edition," Charleston Evening Post, March 19, 1981, and News and Courier, March 20, 1981, p. 2) (DH)
TAU BETA PI MONUMENT
This is is a bronze replica of the emblem of the National Engineering Honor Society. It represents the "bent" or under frame of a trestle, that is, the supportring structure that carries the entire load of the trestle. It is a symbol of the Tau Beta Pi members' obligation to society and to the engineering profession. Originally the Bent was situated near Summerall Chapel because this position was about halfway betweem the Electrical Engineering Department located in Bond Hall (now in Grimsley Hall) and the Civil Engineering Department located in LeTellier Hall. When the School of Engineering was founded in 2003, the Dean of Engineering had the Bent moved to its present position in front of Grimsley Hall. It is inscribed as follows:
    Tau Beta Pi
    National Engineering Honor Society
    Distinguished Scholarship
    Exemplary Character
    South Carolina Gamma Chapter
    Installed at The Citadel
    MCMLXXXI [1981]
(Source: communication from COL Dennis J. Fallon, Dean of Engineering and Louis S. LeTellier Chair, March 21, 2007) (HN & DH)
TENNESSEE HALL
This was an old frame building located on the site of the coin laundry. Before the Museum moved to its present location on the third floor of the library, it was housed in this building. A service station sometimes existed on the site from the mid 1960s up to the early 1980s. The Citadel Archives has a photograph of the building.(HN)
TEW, CHARLES COURTNEY
Graduated first in the first graduation class of The Citadel in 1846. He was a colonel in the Confederate Army, and was killed at Sharpsburg (Antietam) in 1862. His portrait hangs in the Daniel Library. He was also superintendent of the Arsenal, the sister military academy to The Citadel, in Columbia, 1856-1858. (Source: John P. Thomas, The History of the South Carolina Military Academy, pp. 130-136. U430 .S51 T55 1991) (HN)
THE
The Citadel is one of the few colleges in the U.S. where the article "The" is actually the first word in the title of the college. Accredited Institutions of Postsecondary Education (REF L901 .A48) is published by the American Council on Education. It is a list of all accredited colleges and universities in the United States. "The Citadel" is the only college in S.C. prefixed by "The." For the legislation establishing the name of The Citadel click CITADEL--NAME.(HN & DH)
THOMAS, ALBERT S.
Class of 1892. He was the Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina, and also a noted writer and historian. His portrait hangs in the Daniel Library. (Sources: South Carolina Lives, pp. 598-599. REFERENCE. F268 D8; Who's Who In South Carolina, 1934-35, p. 473. REFERENCE. F268 W65.) (HN & DH)
THOMAS, JOHN PEYRE
March 17, 1833-February 11, 1912. Class of 1851. Superintendent of The Citadel, 1882-1885. During the Civil War he was the Superintendent of the Arsenal, The Citadel's sister academy in Columbia. The Arsenal closed in 1865 and never reopened. Thomas was probably the most important person in getting The Citadel re-established in 1882, after it had been closed for 17 years. He wrote History of the South Carolina Military Academy, 1783-1892 (U430 .S51 T55 1991), which is indispensible for early Citadel history. His portrait hangs in the Daniel Library and he is also depicted in the library mural on cadet life in 1883. [Source: Oliver J. Bond, The Story of The Citadel (see page references in index). U430 .C5 B57 1994] (HN & DH)
THOMAS, JOHN PULASKI
Class of 1893. Chairman of the Board of Visitors, 1925-1949. Padgett-Thomas Barracks was named after him. The future His portrait hangs in the Daniel Library. [Source: Dennis D. Nicholson, Jr., A History of The Citadel: The Years of Summerall and Clark (See index in book for page references. U430 .C5 N53 1994] (DH)
THOMPSON HALL
Construction begun 1938, completed 1939. Torn down 1999. It was located at the north end of the Parade Ground. It was named for Hugh Smith Thompson, Class of 1856, who was elected governor of South Carolina twice, 1882 and 1884. The building served many functions over the years. Originally called the Administration Building, it housed the post office, canteen, cadet lounge, barber shop, publications rooms, billeting for visiting athletic teams, several administrative offices and an auditorium seating approximately 600 persons that was used for meetings, stage performances such as the I. B. Early Show (a variety show) and tea dances. Most of these functions later moved to Mark Clark Hall. For about ten years, 1947-1957, it was called the Activities Building (or the Administration Building). About 1958 it was renamed the Physical Education Building, housing the Physical Education Department offices and classrooms, as well as engineering drawing rooms, surveying classrooms, athletic equipment, shower rooms, and apartments. Also in 1958 a soundproof band room was installed, with modern recording equipment. In 1963 it was renamed Thompson Hall. From 1977 to 1984 it housed the Department of Psychology, in addition to other functions. During the 1980s it temporarily housed the Civil Engineering Department and the Athletic Department, as well as the Band and Bagpipe rehearsal rooms, cheerleading practice room and the air gun rifle range. In the 1990s Thompson Hall housed The Citadel Counseling Center, Special Services, Multicultural Student Services and visiting teams' rooms. The 2000-01 Guidon stated that the site "is currently under removation." (Sources: Guidon, 1939-40 to 2000-01; A History of The Citadel: The Years of Summerall and Clark. D. D. Nicholson, Jr. U430 .C5N53 1994, pp. 242-243, 335.) (DH)
THOMPSON, HUGH SMITH
1836-1904. Class of 1856. He was elected governor of South Carolina twice, 1882 and 1884. He resigned the governorship in 1884 when President Grover Cleveland appointed him Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. He later served as the first Commissioner of the U.S. Civil Service. (Sources: Dictionary of American Biography, vol. 18, pp. 458-459. Yates Snowden, History of South Carolina, vol. 2, pp. 982-984.)(DH)
THORPE, JIM
Member of the class of 1936. He is a Harvard Ph.D. He was the Director of the Huntington Library and Art Gallery in California. (Source: Alumni News, Winter 1967-68, pp. 3-6) (HN)
THURSTON, JAMES
Class of 1861. He was the only Citadel graduate to serve in the CSA Marine Corps. (Source: Gary R. Baker, Cadets in Gray, p. 18. E470.65 .B3 1989) (HN)
TILES--BARRACKS
Formations start on the squares or blocks which make up the quadrangle (checkerboard) in each barracks.
      Old Murray. Torn down in 1996. 737 tiles.
      Padgett-Thomas. 922 tiles.
      Law. 737 tiles.
      Stevens. 737 tiles.
      Watts. 837 tiles. *
* Only 815 2/3 are visible. The distance from A & B companies to C & D companies is 31 rows. The distance from A & D companies to B & C companies is 27 rows. This totals 837 tiles. The 4 stairwells have 5 1/3 tiles each making an additional 21 1/3 tiles that are not visible; ergo, there are 837 tiles but only 815 2/3 are visible. (Source: Charles David Hodges, Class of 2000, Alpha Company.) (HN)
TIME--MAGAZINE
The Daniel Library was not allowed to own Time from the late 1930s until 1953. In the 1930s Time published an unflattering article about Col. Lang, The Citadel's commandant. General Summerall was so infuriated that he had the library cancel its subcription to Time. The library was not allowed to get Time again until General Summerall retired in 1953. Even as late as 1964 the library had not filled the gap in its run of Time. (HN)
TIME--WHAT TIME IS IT
What time is it? Sir/Ma'am, I am deeply embarrassed and greatly humiliated that due to unforeseen circumstances over which I have no control, the inner workings and hidden mechanisms of my chronometer are in such inaccord with the great sidereal movement by which time is commonly reckoned that I cannot with any degree of accuracy state the exact time, Sir/Ma'am. But without fear of being very far off, I will state that it is _____ minutes,_______ seconds and ______ ticks after the _____ hour, Sir/Ma'am! (By your wrist watch.) (Source: Guidon. 1999-2000. p. 76.) (HN)
TOBACCO STREET
The street in front of The Old Citadel at Marion Square was called this because an old tobacco warehouse was originally located there. (Source: Col. Ned Phillips.) (HN)
TOOLSHED
Jenkins Hall is referred to as the toolshed because the cadets' rifles, also known as tools, are stored there. One former tactical officer was known as the "wedge," because that is the simplest tool of all. (HN)
TORPEDO
The torpedo at the east end of Jenkins Hall is a 21-inch steam torpedo MK 15 on loan from the U.S. Navy. This weapon was the principal torpedo used by destroyers of the U.S. Navy during World War II. A similar type torpedo was used by the submarine forces with marked success against enemy shipping. This weapon, weighing appr. 3100 pounds, is completely automatic. (HN)
TORPEDO--RIDDLE
Q. What ship did the torpedo sink?
A. None. If it sank a ship, the torpedo would itself have been destroyed. (HN)
TOUCHDOWN CANNONS
In the 1956-57 football season the tradition started of firing a cannon when The Citadel makes a touchdown. In April 1957 Clarence Criswell, Class of 1957, and his brother LT Grover Criswell, Class of 1955, presented the cannon to General Mark Clark and The Citadel. The original touchdown cannon was a bronze Lyle gun, over a century old. It was cast in the late nineteenth century and was "used by the Coast Guard to throw lines to ships in distress." It was mounted on a naval carriage. In 1961 Cadet Janson Cox, Class of 1963, "replaced the naval carriage with the current field gun carriage that he designed and built in the museum workshop." The touchdown cannon leads the march of cadets to the stadium before each home football game. The cannon was named "Boomer" afer a 1980 contest among cadets. The name contains the letters "BOO," in honor of Col. Thomas N. Courvoisie, whose nickname was "The Boo." "The original extra point gun was a model 1898 Winchester cannon firing 10-gauge shotgun shells." (Source: Major Steven Smith, Tactical Officer, "Touchdown Cannons Help The Citadel Retain a Football Tradition," Brigadier, Nov. 9, 2001, p. 3) (DH)
TREES
There were originally fifty trees around the Parade Ground, one for each state. (HN)
TREES--BLOOMENSHINE AND EXLEY
The plaque in front of this tree which in located in front of the Daniel Library has this inscription:
      In Memoriam
      Lt. Frank Elwood Bloomenshine. Inf. US Army, Aug. 25, 1950.
      Lt. James Fotoell Exley. Inf. US Army. Apr. 5, 1951.
      Class of 1949
      Killed in Action. Republic of South Korea.
      Comrades True Born Anew
      Brave and Dear
      Your Memory Shall Shine
      Like the Morning Star
      Until We Meet Again
      WHR '48 (HN)
TREES--MEMORIAL
The Citadel has a custom of planting trees in honor of distinguished alumni and other individuals associated with The Citadel. Each tree has a plaque in front of it concerning the individual(s). (HN)
TREES--PARKER
Tree near Summerall Chapel. Honors Woodrow W. Parker, class of 1966. Planted Winter 1977. (HN)
TREES--WILDMAN
It is between the chapel and the library. It is named in honor of Capt. Stephen M. Wildman, USAF. Class of 1970, H Company. Captain Wildman was killed in an Air Force training accident, March 1977.(HN)
TREVILIAN STATION
The Battle of Trevilian Station, Virginia, took place on June 11-12, 1864. One of the fiercest cavalry fights that occurred in the Eastern theater of the Civil War. Under the command of General Wade Hampton, Confederate soldiers made a heroic charge against Union lines. Citadel Cadet Rangers fought with gallantry and suffered severe casualties, including two killed: Pvt. John Milling and Pvt. William A. Sarratt. A signed reproduction of Mort Künstler's painting The Charge at Trevilian Station hangs in Daniel Library. This was donated by Dr. Michael S. Kogan in memory of his great-uncle, Major General Melvin L. Krulewitch (U.S.M.C.). For information about the battle see: Gary R. Baker, Cadets in Gray, pp. 94-112. E470.65 .B3 1989; and Gregory J. W. Urwin, "Trevilian Station, Battle of," Encyclopedia of the American Civil War, vol. 4, pp. 1974-1975. REF E468 .H47 2000 v. 4; Mort Künstler, The Civil War Art of Mort Künstler, pp. 190-191. (DH)
TUCKER, REUBEN H., III
Major General Reuben H. Tucker, III, was the only Citadel Commandant who served twice. In 1955-56 he was Commandant when that position was held by the head of the Army R.O.T.C. unit. In 1963, after he retired from the army, he was appointed the Commandant by General Clark. He held that position until his death in 1968. (Source: Dennis D. Nicholson, Jr., A History of The Citadel: The Years of Summerall and Clark, pp. 347, 378. U430 .C5 N33 1994) (HN)
TULIFINNY, BATTLE OF
The Battle of Tulifinny was the first mural painted for the Daniel Library. It was dedicated 1 June 1961. It is 8 x 13. It depicts Tulifinny Creek, S.C., on December 9, 1864, when Citadel and Arsenel cadets together, forming the Battalion of State Cadets, succeeded in repulsing the Union Army attack on the Tulifinny trestle of the Charleston and Savannah Railroad, Tulifinny Creek, S.C. For more information, click Tulifinny. (On the battle see: Gary R. Baker, Cadets in Gray, pp. 134-152. U470.65 .B3 1989) (DH)
TWELVE NIGHTS
Refers to the number of nights the old Junior Sword Drill practiced before final cuts were made. Since two nights of cuts took place, the total number of practice nights was actually 14. (HN)
TWENTIETH CENTURY--GUARD
For the first guard of the 20th century. Click: Guard.

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