The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, November 28, 1916, Page 3, Image 3
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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.
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