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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROLINA
2676 Volume X XXVii, NO. 5 CLM IA, 50lTh CA RINA, I AY, SEPTEMBER . 114
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KSK Initiates
Movement To
Erect Memorial
r Students Asked To
Give To Central Fund
A itlotaneitta movem ent to erect
a lasting tribtite to I)r. 1. it,lt ic.
1ic,ick wa:tc started N.\nday by
Charlie Sloatt. presCidlent ti 1\'S. \ N,
definite plan has been tade fir tie
type of Iltemorial, hnt seveial Ileas
are being consilcred. .Memier, f thet
student body were asked t, give to
a rentral funi the int.llt that they
andi the orgali/atitns they beltmg it
Wouhl have spunt in iinerr. T hi,
" nltiley is it) be u"ed ini the e*. .Ill tion
of the prtject Iby I.
The faenilti has given it, applrt.)val
ttt thet memottrial and oiierce \altlable
s I'gecttitin: a tt, the type of me
niorial. One of the sugge,ted idea,
mas' for the erecti"ln (if a ch.tpel
whereint wanll be t;oilts to) cInitain
succestive pre,ident wh it way die in
office or wi\h to be iintterred onl tihe
Campus.
In his me.age t.t the snlents.
Charlie Sloan said, ''Kappa Siga
Kappa as an organi'ation realiies
deep]y the profound lo~ that each of
we students expeirwee in the paing
of President \[cKiilck. \\-e cow
that each situdent and t,rgani/ aiont
will w ish to expres, their ieelings in
some way. In lien of the flttwter< we
are reqceting that rach if the,e e.n
tributionscome"tot , a cenltral itndi
which %ill bIhe usled inl ;ddbbii411 t-1 c11
trihntitII- by alimnti and frintl-. t.
erect a perlanelnt memttriIl tto our
beloved friend and fiormer I're:ident.'"
Stnlent; are a.ked to le".tte their
Contrilbutions with one o f the KSk
ofticers. The are Charlie Sloan,
)re,idlnt: Hill 'onutg secretnii and
David lreeman. 1 reasur r.
Also initiated wa, a i,veentct by
the English department simuilar 14o the
Kappa Signma Kappa proiet. ;very
tol a i nml which will'he 114 ise to bihl
a memlloriia liaiiii. The Enigli,h die
partmienit w.1ill acep4lt 51neh 1.0fts ats the
stud4enlts ill lthe l.nll h clla-es m)ay
4. 4
ATHE COLONEL IS LAID TO
reverently sing the alma mater,
beloved President J Rinn McKis
OLII
BE
Love Of Stati
Of Dr. McK
BY FRANK
Adjunct Profess
I)c\"ti.ion h tii So th (ar,1li:a wta.
the lctnot li la i ,, k 1,n \i k is.
,iel's ife lit Ie. l e htlirt iat. lie
>slrt'tlher cl pe"1le. lile blelirtved inl hei
tnure. Ile dicd ft1h' ih" n ,is eritv.
II, bodyIit r I n1w hiS w ithinl th(
Shadow i lthit S futh ':,r.ilinianll: I.i
irta-y on th:e 1-niv'ersit- can)ne-t. The
httibling; i; :\nerit,t 4ildest college
library. hltt it u%a.s unle r hIii te
shipl that it ht<cllne the -er:>ure
b(+ut:t wilt rcIll i, .ti.re"l in1 recot"r(d
of Soull t l aral ta-s il.t.
TheI( past wa;, a bi" ingt thing> t.
ll4~iig le i;,ilv. It wa;1, not lead.
-ind he id in.i teIl ti1t it .e in.
Iiti . It w Is p p111ed ui me u-l %
tri s ii iln;ac iriI1i, t iC tit lie
,itnli h , e i .l iay tt a.l (i,.
In . 1, otit -linedl t y i.. h ,
11,1111t i IIStNl. 5511 . s e ta
beine.~ Iln the l ;nns g I' i .en< --s
light the spirit, tf Il:t ttn and
alh.tn. s .bu i .s I . I'eli'gir and
\ltit i I.r . 1 1:r 1is i.tlber.
idr l 1I 1n i, .'24 51i p. I he
i1tI11tht tn:,ny mle'.agc.,I., hil. in, n
(tge; htilc wt a; altats aititntite
t"i 'ea ; . I le ('iIlrted the i.1,i
ll l .it' ht,!I1 41 ii t l' [i t I 11 "111 1":11
I'""tlr c.nr tI h.1 a iigl . \\ 1l t ntIe
tl".tI1 he behl thel'.t 1 1t, " 1if the
iast, andit with eag r mblil iw ia--eI
their 1t'.,,-.
"\\Tha ist i tr 1.' the U-a
fondl( ill Itl itlg t i ll hakspeare:I''
I"W a Steh he Con s heI:
'i the histopry .f d etbl 'ahentt(
S tate hla, anyt le;;/n Nor* lts. it is, this:
"Ilat f aith ml yiu,et .ls.
"'I lave fatith inl Smith ( ;noliln.
i'I.b te iaithl in \ImItrtr .
"Ilate fatitht VIn ;
" .11.,1 t.1 lthe I'.1'h u\1 c i' e'< \ ' u
In I gioi l al l1 atltlres, detli\ tre(I
11 I"l:. I'1re.,ldent .\1reliinicl .aid.
"I li)e.c 'inth ('arl,lina, heir Peole.
mdt her Ii t irr ity. n\ilh a l,rt e that
-',tanty1\ griius greater.
"I'r1nd" a.f theml :!l. 1 ami 1~tett
.i a llc thecir fatte and it, -hiare their
" Ii I 1.<1 :I,'t'1 i sh1.1 .11 lhmth n .,
1,11u t'\c r liltt(,. 141 l tr 1t in at eet('lC
Iif N ny talI\c 't;t1, through tlty
\lta .I:atet', 1 sh:ll atlitln th " ronlt'
xithituoati onst ir..." th'ra e
e Was Theme
issick 's Life
WARDLAW
Dr of Journalism
the eai lIt.o' s. I lis feeling for the
Past Of the state he iniparted to his
stnudcnts througlh classes, bIt even
nlre than that through imllpronptll
-C5siutl in his st;ylv in the et enings.
'I broigi the large stuly windows
close to the walkway. te could see
hin sitting at his desk reading. or
hIang;ing aw:ay onm his oversi,ed type
writer with t tt a lingers. We n ouild
ilwavs stop and he would aitayIs; wel
Cuine us ssitlh warln ineiialit , offer
l. the best of his 'co;iortablh bis
''Ilate igar'. g'Iticinen." he
woil .a%. orte"ring a ho of White
}IhI. and i1iig a lew\ ~ ne in the
h 11 \\ ,, rt I t l t; I.. t nim
uI.
\\ e talked', a-w:n pitill,, anltliitnew
l'atit rin1g, ah,nt It,t~k" amd ablont peo(
(. H ie treatel i, altn:(t. a" intelli
.ent al.:it. which 41of .;err wte
weren't but Ie mtadle its feci that lie
li .ght n\ e sc.
'I he talk ifiten turned to "thle r'
'neaaning, (or co~urse. the \\ ar forl
ttnthernii , IIlwl ic'1rr V. isi("h lie al
tas c(\S i,i nsi' its pn tper .4 .Ite. It
had a deep antd abidiniii re ,erec te rt
the b".t tanse of the nit-ederat.
al:h:Ld 1th(' ntas 14-ter a more
Iltyal \r ei am.I,:11 and;( for" l - liiii in
;t'' w \1!n11 I!\\ C' ta ,1( nttt tegr
rill t, wthulm deathl conl not Icerrify.,
wt homil de ftlld noltdih,.'
Ile wta, a retI,tito)rv (ii mnaiy anec
ittt(". (e1ltitls and humo111r"n,. authen
tie ainl senn-ricti,t:ll. 1 instance.
he told abttt a (onfedcerate captain
froml1 l.dgetehl. n. ht n ith his mien.
t:as biot nn high i11to te ai.- hlv the
- ni4in m f ; Federal m.ine in t
ih,(lie (f t:.t ('ralter. \t lih<t were
4oling (i~t( n. tihe c.ttai'i .h.,,teI.
SI.allly b1" , . 1s soonI ; ~t 1,1'h t thlt
(',t1111.
I dln't lk w the Iau 1)1t it% I r tli
'tur. nr wt hlethcr or,n I I itu t u 4 ere in
tendledl to accrpt it literall.\, iut ii
-va to him andi to nl a .urt ot !y.r
I,'l tit the I pirit 14f Sothil (-arjinil ,s
iin tat gtreaI c nl i .
eventelyl the ('oht,;.c gas e me
1ille copty uf the rathel(1 r a re b,ook
I l.nntii and1 his at lir in S4."
b4 {' . \\ ells. l'rn,iled tppoo ite the
dr t1iptit.nl tf a ba:ttle werei thec
wa tr,Is:
"\i'. f.ahei wa.s wo.undied in the
left thigh herie and wsa'. carried fromi
the field."
Fr-equent ly thle (Colone I talked
abouit hi's expeiieine as a studenit
1 I ws' .& 4 iorlmathiemiaticiant- -lione
lthle':nanyi thiig. lie "1hared i
i 'lntinued1 on7 I 'age -i
Irsity, alumni, civilian students, and
iremonies were simple, but beautifu
rred upon the University campus.
AOURN4
ED PRE
J. RION McKISSICK
Faculty Members Praise
Their Leader's Memory
l i'* lii i il' >I l itl ' ih ll l n t j ,"
I\ I .i.1c . !lI b 'Ipre':idt11'll of .l instit it1t4i'.
Tlin- I'tllo inlI!.1,11t'l u "i . - have beent'll re'1'"i\ t".l -
D r. I''nr4is W . Iin'1il y. <1illn 1' t - ' l -. ,f' l! .\l"1- illlll
. itln te -1T1The enti' ret1 t I ers1ity t;llng>111,. N Itall 111 II -Ni44.Itlt. '(of
thl, l'tversitV wvrl' yfes tte l}I\ t\eningtely,t IItII " jti.l I, fli
t ".I l .d t il |t.111 \.
I(lIir (1 ii' ltat 4 :':.tC lt" i1 t ,'t l ,tf1'4 Ill ' FrIl t t 14 ' -tl: '
I .ltt'. t:1/'l t t" 1).Li,h.tt . I .i. 1:11 14i4 ,i,ic'nt~ ~I4. 4 ' j~4
t in. i ent'. .\l.e i 'ii, i s , . n l,
Ithi, |1,1111tlt lt. I i , t h I ni 'j,
tn u Ilrk 44l44 . tl {3 .Il .31wn.44' Ilt,'in inC
5twti t .lt 1th d tgree o titalh -r o
t . f : .,i ur.. li,_ . he nera ne , I ' . tt: )'( lt '1"
I.ater.nhen 1 . \\-.\\.44b4. dea
4.11irnan3m. resi.-..:e: t' 1a4,e(u
the editor,hip of the 4.4'har,les4) (.New.
i1n. '4. n h I t. a!p.i ''. e.~ ,< 4 3.e3u
trusteest '.4 344 'e.,idetC. '. til t hInl e1.
4. ly 1m ll 3443' al li lt'l . it ic d n e
ir esct ni~ an 1b(4e1 .. ho ' t.;' 1
nonlCl a c'a er1 i4 in' '1 1 li1 .It. 4"
andimresiv, fr aonos ni, do'. w(;c l1. 0,l.(1d
r ON INU 'ON --sde E |
ce tl .11 !'11 t's \ 0
LOSS
SIDEN
McKissick Honored
By Campus Burial
.\ II hIrI" ""I 1'1'r n1 i,e rII pn .ien'II t iII the hi" toi r of the
I'iiive"rsiity w\a' 1iOe t Io l1. a l{iln \'.Kissivik, Tuesday, Sep)
I emblIer'' .5 'w1in'-' I"- w"as I di 1t it "1 n'll tile ''amp us11)11 where lie haid
pelt So iOii i(nu ll fii . life a ,Ii. 1t4 whi he Jail givenl so 1,11 a
iIIIiS rit'e ' I 1 d Vo1t 11n. Tlh- )'iet'. itIi rI''.sive exei'S es ' were ai
11ended"( be\ 1 inllltitudet tof tiuthl 'ar1)linianl, "atheredl ito pay
finial Itribult(" tit I'rsidl"nt MI"hi.wiek', life and srie
hlirne Iy\ tle s1trln, arImlli Of sc111(t'ue t" to) his final resting
place. he .lh-t"p1 toiday\ unde1tr a ,preading ea1nopy of "owvers in
tr41111 of Ihe+ SIuthI ('ar(liniana librar\" on the old ealpus.
'riuir in the .serv ivv,s at the gravesile. rie"f exercises were
eI'ril;'te'd inl he 'I.iversit 4"hapel, where IDctor McKissick
had sat en-vrv tar\" a in itler'gr;raluate and where he had
s ikn any liiles ;. ir'silnt'l I. I'he chapel "as filled to over
tlt\win;, w\Iith ta."1I "lty "In-mher?,. Itudent... t ruisit s. andit other
dien111:1in - 'i e'1h r" was;1 r''"im 1"nl\ I'".! ;) Fraltion if ho ewho had4
\1ft"I' siII11ph- a\e'I,e .e II lit -iaie'l. where' , 1{ p tray.'.r wCe-' (1f
tt1'red ai' ; 'tt I. Ord, of Iomfor i, nd11 prom(IsI,t fronl the Bible read,
IhII(se ini the Iiajiel a4llj.1rnieil if, the griavesle -here the lodv
w"as e ininitdIIII 1 t. t' '1ra e with a b1rief r)1'ay'P' and a benledie
As i lth t' 'vlinl ' hatI i. t h ler ii the (ln i . (f the ,ld li
rl'al'y, iht.t ! \ 1 wi tl i,) t i \' tin l h'l "ii p,' 1) 'tl'.dent 1 "
"i\l iek .1 Iina d 1I1 siIt'inlrg the ' I'. 1i\ f l i1' Iau tiu i 1a lia mater,
All aftlln oInt 1 l'rtn-ieb- ill lii k I '. body h aitdI ;t lain In iate,
b anked( byv Inyri;ld. (,f ti1,\wers, inl the new'\ ilbrary w\hiebi %as a
Iprhu)1" t Ii. i. ;lh'tl!h i,ist it' n' . .nd latiiler In. h a pel' i). I was at
ten1 h1' II y\' a 1a14II n f h n . 11l 1hO11t'r",
t1'I l'rougt t fith- I'x, li,t' 11 -ti r 11"' 1e 'It ar on il tt' the Ilni -
tr'ty\'s Na\y" \'-.! ;tlll .\aval UNIT(' Ilnit, \ere" draw t upt inl
I l l it 4 I .'I l ' h I ' 111'\et ,, ' ;)1e'" I ii l 'eI. 't '"'i'e i.t )i' \ "%j'j 11
sl i' m urr iy li e th e g r a !. i r flagI wi re d raped th t
Ih- Ih-,v. Illu_h i . t .\in O n. 1). I)., .b"I lt;inl and1 head of the
dl r m;eitlnt f iI hnelieh itiblIe at the I nierverity, ( ffieiated at
Ihett- t Iun.r il. ani ed'ti I.v the 1411''. dliii, W ..ie a'k,te s ln, aD. D., pia5
4'" ifet'Oiwt ' ir I !i ' t)%et i nI ; e li e lit'; tlt- l i\. ,s 1 'ti('i. M eldher,
hiel' I . l ' ' . it.. t f t h;e ii t'i e i t tue hm -<e- . ( . l ani'
l-t'r ,m11 - ' . e t in;: t'' !i. ol le in t nu-' ei"n1'r I tf ithe' ratlitti1 s t he
1 tlt"'ad tle' f 1<. Iii,' i' "Iiu ' lll;r l t1 l'1i te ti1 iolina
I hnet' .\it i',,"ia k uii a I, llte tirst prer'let'1 in tite 1: years of
t tit- I n1iver' I,It \ .i h l a. 'ti to b '. .'-tlh t1i lte h enr to f b 'ial I'
tt po. T'i1111111 . 1t"" I e lt 'i'"11'l t in tier I'resh '11 t . cKis ick on
O wl alI l,I,ti \\;1, I;Illte "h';t"11 t1 111 ,llt'l i, i iii ('ill.l (' t'' "I t'J ler
u I thle 4 111t1t"1i1ieln t h i i I1 gt a eti iiti ubIt1Ch' re'i ne lte( that
I'er nse'I . the d. Io. u b h". ...., I e ' tu ad for hi .
Te ''ii'theeI~ l facult.'e'natbtousl iiendor .ed thi s t dt ' atin anda re
t itedi)~ tou heal rda til rust' et t o ati,ria. lt'ht t" he iake
jilreonah iai'pis.wi\\'.lit aliinet.einist'is 4.f t'hie \i'lloa
\\ I .)e 4'S nit ti. .hr. firmerii. w ;o- l i A . o tei Mind a cl
of .\'rs. .\l' , . and'hi' i'het rolt. u tudeti : l. 1i.i Mc ithe k
-lohn suiinpe n a i b'-h-sw sl'. .a,., AThompsl n -leens bro.Ck
tIm ii'il \ Misslli'-'r Mleli'e ige isjk agan-ieep~s
trS,Iiet'~ilber oft i('heat fuell presni e.te fSorth (31-sh Mar
Lret es. \\'.\ '. a . i.i ton.ite pre sen of the S ni Carli na
Mtlrse{. .hition \\he lI. goiangrepe;seting theMasons;
44 hint eateist st er, lMtsam. Wa Miie k 1Amteldna orEdar
A.1 ltrowdii n. o ' la . Rep~Srshntatire Allrison Tut. U of. .
l)tia'rdentier w, ws hry w ouldharrye Edw yars oldrOe.
lhakles amrr . hid Foster-inarry r...FstrMKiscl