Contributions to Campus

The Tiger article announces Mrs. Atkins as the Winner of Mother of the Year. [1]

Mother of the Year

One of the most well-known traditions of the Tiger Brotherhood is the annual Mother of the Year award. This award was given to a mother of a Clemson student continuously from 1949 to at least 1991. [1] The award was given to the mother who has contributed the most to the university, through either her own actions or the actions of her children. [6]

The mother of the Year was traditionally awarded a large silver engraved bowl by the president of the University after the football team played. [6] The winner was chosen by both the student and faculty members of the organization. Mother of the Year recipients and their children were usually highly involved on campus, being a part of a diverse set of organizations and clubs. [1]

Winners of Mother of the Year include people such as Mary B. Hood, a member of the Clemson University Woman's Club and the United Methodist Church. She was Clemson University's first "house mother" when Mauldin Hall was added as the first female dorm. [6]

Plaque at the base of the stone gates. [2]

Stone Gates

Also known as "The gates of Clemson", is a series of 3 stone gates built by the Tiger Brotherhood from 1939 to 1980. The gates were originally built on highway 93 in honor of the class of 1928. [1] The first gates were made of stone and stood over 10 feet tall, as an entrance to campus. [2]

The two other gates were constructed as an expansion to the project, in order to cover the other main entrance to campus. [1] One was built on Cherry Road next to The Walker Course while the other was built outside the Botanical Gardens on Perimeter Road. 

Clemson students holding their hands up while singing the Alma Mater at a Football Game. [3]

Alma Mater

An example of just how powerful the Tiger Brotherhood was at one point is found in the Alma Mater of the University. The brotherhood held a contest in which the winning song would serve as the University's official song. Robert Farmer won the contest in 1949 and Dr. Hugh McGarity composed the music which would go along with the song. [5]

The Alma Mater is sung at every football game by thousands of fans and serves as the musical representation of the University. 

Image taken of the Tiger Statue outside Littlejohn Coliseum. [4]

Littlejohn Tiger Statue

Yet another physical representation of The Tiger Brotherhood is outside Littlejohn Coliseum. Right outside the complex stands a tiger statue on a piece of stone titled "Brotherhood of the Tiger". [4] The statue features a few lines of text that inscribe the last line of the Alma Mater on the side of the stone.