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"Spirgele df.' alnbsM loorli ' nlOsb&We&vddAyvMr."Frrik a series of illuminatrg.~lt!tures .under the directiondi theY M. . ..,bn Sex.4ygion Nt.in qthe atuofetta1of the University,f.-SQuth Carolina. A glance at an epitme, of Mr. Seerley's achievements shows that he. is a man of no meain tel,40p4 fHesa;'b .,eh,editor of a periodical, 'Mt in the Associat'i w I"tudent,. of phy409 i1KiWean of the InJe*qP naAlYtgMn'sChris% tian-Association-college, and now hoids-4poition of -top-most rank inth. 1.N A. fi11el d:* Mr. Seerley -gate -his -first lec t gelch'apel hour...An i nima i4eatire waeithe,nse 0 34-t i -- amplify'the pure-character,-blaekened by.sin, therqWW*l)JOh JO-the1-spirit of Christ. The $apkeheld two bottles in hisi,a-and*-one filled with a; w-hite fiuid,.-hich he -lik ened.gutQ the pure .young ,manj the other .contained a chemical whj ,e ' js sin. Sin was tqjP.,j e spotless you n came black, enediuaa Lamdyl er. bottle was proT I is- christian influebce*: Mi '-Seerley said and he began to add -to it discol ored liid"iS. n 'thai which was dirty ini blackened was wh nd.an ain. MIRW l1 t d again at one thirty and also at seven thiS4.vo tenor of his talks was honest,- advice. He indulged in holhiiistidexcesses. w1hich markq ne quack but he imparteds souid - information in a sird6itmanhe.o Ot IOVERSITY Sd aPMA vas the first president of. the., South Carolina College. He was'A native of Mas sachusetts and u graduate of Rhode Island College, now Brown University, of which he after ward became pres' nt. From this position he w to presiden cy of Union Col~ in New York, and it wlg,wh . tre;as engaged in directing the affai .(d this-in stituti6tthat- he.'was called to Colurmbia. Owing,to his-.impaired health Dr. Maxy had been desir ous of obming t the South. tht. lI%axey.. reached Columbia at Ithe close of48044nd rem'ained at the head of the college until his. 'death 'in 1820. Under his guidance the' college -grew to-a faculty of. five and:astudentbbody of one hundred. -Th'ere-were at the time of,'his .death two-'large dormitories with recitation halls andr $N y@wgya' Cothmonsa Hall, ~ erse&eJddbarybnjlds an1 obs&a&M(I 'wbat Js -now ProfessonnMcGaron's o.ardink - president's house and two doub leihouses for professors. Eve-y effort was -made to keep abreast of the times; money was. frpely given by 'the legiWature, for recognied that"to make the colleg6 the equal Qf any institu-t tion i-a 'the .coun.try mon.ey was; ,pded. Itg 'lumni,were 'begin ning to make themselves felt: Only two years- before President laxty's death Judge Hur had said on the- floor of the House of - ,epresentatives that if the South Carolina Coltege had only given George McDuffie to the State she had ainply repaid all the 'money _which the State had expended on her The new sciences of chemistry: and geology were introduced into thp curriculut-- French Awas taVight for>ten years; -then-disaV peared not to come hack, excpt ,for-short intervais-unti the uni versity,...was .,establishwl. . Dr. ,Maxcy also. wished.to have a chair. of iaw and one,of Engish. ,, As an orator Jonathan Maxcy was regarded as unequaled, in the ulpit.. ..He was a member of the Baptist church, During his,ad-. rinisrration- more attentioxi.was; paid..to public speaking than. un der any other preiident unless. it, was Colonel William,.C. Preston,j Gedrge McDutlie, WiIhari'. Prec stot.,and. Hugh,S. Legre,.who were in college together, were1 three students of ois time who became .renowned in i,owncila of the riation; among the'most dis- ' orators the Unite&States.has pro duced. Pr% Maxey. was,k.greatlyj beloved t. and admired by .the students. "ie had,." said Judge John Bel ton 0.' Neall. "a peculiar majesty in his.walk. Dressed in fair top *boots, canein hand,. andwalking through4 the -Campus,,. he was looked at with admiration by 'the,, young men. When he entered the - College Chapej.- for morning or cvening prayers, every student was erect in his place, and still as dOath.to receive him" I Dr. Robert Henry delivered a 'eulogy on President Maxey after 'his death- obn June 4, 1840, and seven years later the Clariosophic Society, of which-Drr.Maxcy was. an honorary member, erected in his memory.-the monument that now -stands in the center of the campus. SWAN... WELCOMES CAROLINA GAMECOCKS "Birds of a Feather Will Flpckc Together-." Swan's down on all prices. You get along swimmingly when-you wear his goods. He sells Schloss; Brosl, and Brokaw clothes, which Imeans-the-best-.- He gives 10 per' centidiscoun t on suits, overcoats, and; hata:eat@nb. B'sh . L.i B. Harrison, campus agent, asks' tuou..to.get in...the.awim. Thain's Barber Shop, 108 UnigpRSauk B.uikcng . Best. Hik, Cutters in the.City. ALL WHITE"WORKMEN DIXIE",GE $8.00 Ton , And g i heb University $upply; The G Reduc ONE,D( F4or the Sessif" Edited and Prin Support Your Take a Copy and Send ( University of S Foundadiy th*-State in 1 The University is organized m I. Schopi of Arts and Scie: study ip Languages, History, degres, of A. B. and B, S. frogV .$100 to $150 each, li. -School of FAlucatioa, wh to serve the State as teach tende.ts of schools. In this en bonfered. III.. Graduate School, with thedegree of Master of Arts. IV.. School of Qivil Eng;nee V. Schopl.of Law, with - e, LI B. 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