The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, September 08, 1944, Page Page Four, Image 4

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Editor_........Katherine Armida Jennings. - EDITORIAL STAFF News Editor...........................John Reese Associate Editors-David Lynn Freeman, Helen Pride Craig, Jimmy Brockman Co-ed Editor....................Margaret D. Jone. Society Editor-.-..................Jeune Good Sport. Editor.......................Frank Griffin Managing Editor, Harry H. Jenkins, Jr. A Tribute To J. Rion McKissick, A Great Carolinian Perhaps it i. uint" ize to attempt. to write ai editorial about Pr(sident MciKissick this week. Perhaps it would he better to wnit until we really feel that he has gone. We still can't quite believe it. We still feel that we w%ill :ee him walking across the canll n. or t"oiiing ott of 'atnteenl. and that lie wvill reiiove Ii, <igar- from his llloutl, and raise his eoiforltable old hat. anl warm our hearts with hi' incomparable smile. We of the (Gamuecork felt particularly close to our Colonel. Despite the burden of his nany dutie', hie always wvent out of his waly to help writiug stories at tit' lIa t nilnutte to meet the dteadliine, 0'lrviiil ; with :tdvance news, and even withholtlilig it from t,Ilher papei- ,t that our. andl hi-. G;amet"ovk ,.old <-ome out with scoops. We took for granted statements from our president such as. "Meet le at .a. ev monumnent in 15 inulte. alnd I'll give y.oi enough material to fill the fi'ort page". in response to our frant ic. adt ubtliiiitess inoppor. tune, requests. If it were not for the mound of flowers down by the South Carolinana. Library, where he is sleeping. we just. cotitln't take it in tlint the ('olonel is tleatl. W e an-' "lad1 1hat. he is 4, ngtAb)it Alwvays. t n the c"amipis wvhi-h het b>nv'c .d , l'dal1. Ve are ladi that Is liemory will be lt.g alive for sIic-'teeding genera'tio 11 of smtens. ilVe litv them that theY did not know him. Of course the greater luiversity is itself his rnost appropriate miemorial. No president did Iitore than Ie to develop it ficilifies. tm in crease its iiefiilme.,". President Mi-cKI.sit'k nete not sirht of hli" great ob"ject1iNe: to lmnake te I'niver!-i1 y -t'rvte the people of S'ith ('artlinati. and to bring them closer to it. IIe awi ls colfe'red tih-gi-t' b saying: " i o t iii' o ilie ali itily n'IetIt i ie by the p trt/, of Sth 1 Ca.olina . . .' the ti r"ot Kis it k wa it war a.1ali . T'e task of convertigit r heu I "l'i -rit t . a n ietie thesi'was "snbeliel iffeicl gobu ts heia' colt.Vil.edtn it wu,t ih inimums ii otf is-it''t" to tt ~( regula unk nun aop- wssiM itl hi, d Dl sir tto ere the nast ion ina nit r waX s ittis ife tliit,he elpmen aofi Ii hi der-ipt~ . i ea. lost igt ot atiibjecti2 t-.Mi.h' i-' 8 wracos itwst itdee Ioro ittha~ t hitett watche fthe sfltdentst whomtti 'ti he Ioe i o' offi itoit w it-, hreavsem n tan tom.lii glories' n te ero'i. allrte my aetters ttten,.'httsig it'ss Doestorit .\IcIisik wlit t t ii- ai jI ha .in reuiistrto.iti lie.wasIa saphe iexecuti( .\lr ftng h th a al grhat i hmni tbeig sate.m th dnv ere awayl nI'i(iieh-rn ali't 'te .\t phee of theeir hme meant o -he ht counth. hten~'St' Wecnol)iko resident.W.ar )'ltllil .le Kissickt whtgout t tig o i\lti h\imit~t cen wand Worean fCain a ofo!i" s boialed Colle6ide Prenr Distributor of ROB Colle6iate Di6est la.d Eantered R. 41.. \., State Newspapers Lament Passing Of USC President in tribmte to Presdeint . leI( is.ick. many nlewtspalers in the state ran editotial. lan'ient ing Iis deat.h. We print excer pts fI'romni a few. l;',"/ ///ill Her'l/,/---Sh(,"kel. ii'ldee<I. i- thi -tate in the unexp,eetel and ti m eilv pas.,ing Of Pr"esident .1. Itionl .\cKissick of l be IUni versity of SouIlth ('arolinsal. lIr. .\("Kissiek: gave nllt-hI to thti, state. .\ native stIl. a latwyer. it newspleri ubllalisher, 11n1 Inor"e recetliv it t'at'ler (of i(llrnlalislh at1d executive head of our great state institition. he labored well and suc(essftulit for the state he loved. Not on1ly did lw lo1%-e his state. he was al-4 the retcit ie"nt of the' love of the -tate fort honi1 eli. as l'esile t .\Ie" i.-ilk hal tlhee fine ynlaliti.' that atltrae"tedl nlen to hint. HIis pa-ing is a distint"t lu-, to Sou1t 1ar lilna. /' hi/c/ -- iitn M.lEK i.,i(k loeII Momtbt Ca rulina. Andl he loved t he unni ter.,itv. So when lie Was called to his alnia inater le carried in his heart a burning desire that students who came under his influence should alppreciate the glories of our .tate. the ideals of e,utr people. the pr''eaeless heritage 1h: t is 1r1111 b i r"t hrighl. I le knew t he oputt 11111 ii-- I lat . .1 i ir',in1' w%a- n"it Siunayl b lmt Is 1i1n tileleyv eleast I. li;t w itlhtutt re-t'I"ati in it .alt lbe, sah 11i1t he hil loelt what he had Iprupo:el to do; that he had seeln his ambitions fruit.. ills were t rying yea r. 11a rdI lv had be pit. Iis progtra i Into actiont than war broke (1out in urope. Theii ame Pea rl Ilarb(or anl its e'ffee"t on all edluctational. institlituteins. Ile hall looked w+i-elV aht'al, hadi seettret I nal al ( ', w hib w as supph-mented byt \'.. ,I \'.2 raltiniti t i-e,ll' so tha311 the nl icer-itta-. is nade riili. enrr lbhlent tvery t Ilal. bu1ti i10 w-e aI.en' eaItrt' .l en (s1<)Wtled with dem.. hIas bIenI :tble' to ca11rr" oll. 6,0,, fua l o /l /l .r'.tl-./oi,rs' /iii T he lhathi of ltot-it i te l'nierty :'lnsl hiathe Sutha Ia rt"lit .1 I io \ K I -it "k i s e ll( t"1 i1 If l w ta . i leval l. at I..aro .l..ina 'd "I hi,'ealse for' the, wuelart el of ,eil ''l'nh r it' were friItel jin'i Sii: is lart ereis thiihtiyars ofi hi, It iet'sael he ofte itit ti on. iThe iVl'i fa'citliie aiti lt ne( itoldsit i t illa e a momi- e' e' .til. .a Ssl l aitiindl i,p s..i i. ir seiigl of humor. h'''itvsvi in tete i ln ffa ir . i tt ah r i'e tal re,ponsi' w'it tith her hain he Int'lties mIleei. trusteeI ('altin aou)il fo a presiigh- lft St wi 'iinit neitsu, pickeiuon'.i''\t I '. Ale,'isie't'iiii. I look im'i ut ofiitel fichwi ofc i jormim g'ait thru1 o s h .im tmb-inh. iintt-it the ieh l I ( ldct i'onal a'it' i is trlation. leOt undertlok irthe ob tiihn )' o sl miit'' lliiut he li. uneti'oit ,atio. wdi tn ad s.e,' Vefl appr'citedtino tte un'bII)ie '*i er,i y1 Mami(iIS the "'dl'eod f themts~ al l,gs'.:n con'tent les' ides thetir 'at' and to sare'd s'oheir li foum Iblietve ['he Gamecoc Founded January 30, 1O IRT ELLIOTT GONZALES. Fint reekly by the student body of the Uttiversitt turt'ta the college sear. at .econdt-clast matter at the poetofftce at ". '0. l 6. Love Of Statt Of Dr. McK4 (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1) cOttutt with ates Snowden-and after failing distally otn one at tetpt to pass college tmatlh, pe titioned the faculty to permit hini to "ab.stitute any tw eottr e, of tl-eir 4-Ni It choosing theretor. 'I he p tition w a declined. "Voncer can tell 'lhat fool thintg sttudent, are likely tI d,-." A eemer of the iacnit\ ()ntce s:.id I. tle Colonvel. "I can tell." ie replied; "I c lone them all my elf." The Colonel loved his book., and liked to talk about them. He re ceived scores of catalogues front rare book firnt and pored over them avidly, on the constant look out for obscttre hoyk'. patphlets and manntscriptc w' tich had to dot w\iith South t'artlnat aid the t'.it yerNity . t hie I noticed that lie had checked several Georgia item, in an old book catalogue, and a' ked hint if he collected Georgia material too. "No," he said: "thtose are lu-t oImne thing" that I n ntld like to buy if I wo ere collec iinrg (',ergia ma terial." ''lhc Cokiel's books ov'ertlow\eed his spacious library into all parts of the house. In one of the last con versations I had with hii, he asked inc to engage a student to begin the joh of cataloging 1:iq library. 11 e lte;kedl forwartl eei rly tee the day wh1len, Ii i Il a1 I te,liIn:i lieUIIe. le I eetil r 'eirt- t i ll et it \iet nut1 ei his e t, . " ~ \ i we re:eeI iii t hle e r of e..inhi l 'i ini t"'. Ita:t t. te \" e, l t.tri ttti1 4, Said., "et" are uli diti ttel l "ie e that \\e fall eI nly to rite" again. an that, w hate\ver clond< t ma ntw darken tile h oriron. tttuttrr'W %i Ill bie het ler than toda"." 1'I)l4nel \ic"Ki,'.hk indieedl "looked to tie rock wc liille he%I. n c re." Slie I Itlonel w\a a pat itt w itt l,oeolle 'wlto niade tui"takes. hnt lie could not ttoleraIe dli,lo alty. TIhe tntttt) lf hi. lite inight "ell han-e beenii that ef \atre lnI\Ilen, C'ar elinta itt enihqne : "I s;alI! he hte. .41 thr'ttghot.t t % ie." I eenre hearid himi ,t" selral.iiIg eei an rrir:ttic \(tunii a11111t1n \'e. ht V. I t at atI'll ked hi Altma \Matei litterb .1r14 m eal t el i i : " at n at bir1 that hio,.. u, l.., lie techl the ihat;ei ha,l;ij hieardi laie .e . let' .e lit p hn:1. the re at ii dher honti een the Ri'chmoned Titiies It-atchi. ande that lhe had never leer gcotteni the le-monl wihih it catrriede. "All the cv world udepies di,e.. oyat." th le Cotlon:eile delaredl in a SpeechI to tlhe studentt bodyl. "htti all lhe 'ceri admitire, till mani or w.'omian wIho cain say itht one of lie tllharacters ini ancient mii thiology. 't Neptunite. 'cel tiay. Iwe iime vl thni. -inke. buct I wciii ieep miye irtedder trmi'." "T ei I i.ersit\ - le-;test iineed n"".,ce" hei t l thle Iledeit .e "is el ."ni andi' da:ttihiteri who. inc.ill standi he her, ;iiii tight teer het. whoslieS .hinie- Iilni, l'etigril. thii glreatest ilan' yetr wci hoe h:;i, g..ne feeth fromii ii r e a l it itie e es rt m lie 4 ehn el'ei hail eonly cotiiiiet fo r lil-i who. tiereed ai es'-: harpinig eli thle de(ti'cienes. e f Siithi Caro liia. alhthoughi lie re1cogntizedl s.nhi dleheiencijes and dlid hiie pear tee re moe)t themi. l)>ib.alty to tihe state thtler eli inethler, tie thioiught. I )eteer .\l1K iwsick hail a rare -toile. wi.chil lit tip hi- rutged ceoni. eianc attJel wared h erso .ec,tioingiL :et tie hd,i li. I senit hiim ele' eeg ti, thi e int.ie nn ;iie, - era.l dla, hater I ree-i. eed at ltte-r itlim hon. ".\ thiells;il ihantil il,r ti eee. i . e s~'li .aiel . . . c "\ eur pat ka;ge -\t tilt ed eel t delghitiiil ini feet tial letter, lie adedee tis pioet Iinyt: ':oe.,li itt the nomen 'iit n heatig sit are lely,V hut ethiets retminid iiie of the cla-,ie descripiietn of thec (Cterry Siseter's in thle famious~ libel i c-e: t caperning monstitre eeit ies, irolic e.(ime lillies of forty.) ete." i i-. hinnort brightenied hiis d-eh~tic 'eieen of cien tihe tmoe.t sereioti 'tib "Soutth tarehn emthled all othier Stattes in thet ititltlb e l hales. of e.rif'e ' lit eii geoed re-ettionii to the lie e said otice in a spech k Editor NatioAalAdv Editr cllsp 420 MADISON of South C1tcAie . .08tON Columbia, Was Theme issick 's Lift Speaking of the reconstruction period in another talk. he said: "Thc negro legislator told time by a S600 clock, gazed at the city of Columbia through SJ,'>0 window curtains, rested on a :20iU sofa. sat inl a Sit chlair at a $1.5 desk, spat in a $11 .pittot t,t, alinired himself in a vllu irrtnr. pretendled to read by the ligh1t ''I a S:!..,( chandelier, dipped a t1(1 gt,ld 1en into a $': inki.tand-and made his mark." The Ct1ilonel was the 5uul (of lmodesty. Ie never thought that lie was a great president, or great any thing else. He sought and took ad vice from others. But in matters of principle he was as immovable as Gibraltar. ( )nce he decided that a cotrse of action was right, he never departed thereirom. and Iresure onl\ Inale him the more .tutbborni. "No tie el"c knows iv ' nimita tions o n%ell a, I do,'' he told the -tudetlit body hortly atter he be cate presidet. "\\ hate\ er I can accoiplih n% ill not he brilliant, t\riginal. orl tinttanding. \hen my telure end-. I w\ ill not be ranked with the great preident- the Uni er-ity has had now and then itr it ltng life. All I can hope is that I may be able to say, when ltmy work is done, as Grover Cleveland said in his last hours, 'have tried so hard to do right'." A man of deep religious convic tion, the Colonel placed the spiritual weltare oi tit t ah ,,e all other a'ntie r;I'ilie ns. li e "a \ r iilhe ain . o n in ' t" h sIa-ni w at,. t ;:I .1 th1C!1r - 'ii- \ ere t-\ 4"n oI .r imp111161 - I.1nt th;an Ilheir m1inth.. Speak.ing to a gratitniig t la.: 11et Ye a llale I uhe mI , ie bets were gointg innediatel into the armeitdel f.woc h lie -aid: "Out t..' lttng e\perient'e and 1t1h servali( n. a- a alttta (i the w\orld1, \\ith all Inl. heart I nrge yott, if yotl are not ready} in '.iul, that you will1 ttiIt debt*" tt* atteindi t this. the .premlel' iituratit matter f tour life, and that ytll w\ill altel to itI '"\la% t;ttd .prak It, ,tn a" he tlid tt, a \ont' lnan , et'ttories ago: Ie "trtsing and ti a goil cour uIIh ihe t i ihiter-i eri thun I :in - 11 c I that a L,ti tr 1i 1ia1I thtan lhe fnt 1-e pre-iided is cr at '-tudents- aittied. ye-, but far ninre Siociatlly -reps l ible jurinia lisim and ned er(' allow edti his~ studen t tio for get that the~ were <nt 411ering a pro fes'isn which wa' the very heart an td souml iof D)emIocracy, that every ntewsp)aper job is a public trust. Tlhe Coluoie hail ito patience with smnart ileeky liewpperen Accuracy alI wayi's .accu racy, antI social respotnsi bijlity w elre thle key nii tes of lis I i retni tim ned aper~ s to itileltt crefuctl ly amnltl chaboratecly icorreited. feature articie,~ andii nieser faih-id toc loo~k uip thi- eiliurce him,ili. I oice mnent ined an oiirbscurne Cnf esderateIf (.tice-r ill a fealture storyv, calling him :i cioonel. D1ono .\e i n ick'' red t'iencil rediicedl his, rank toi lie-utetnant cmilonel n. htichi. ini fact, it w-a-. i kno ofiu noi piire.sident ito A hiomi - Ituden ts felt c loser. The loI s eml bimi amnd his lively wcife dletily andI en i.i a-ed the' intimiate iniformtalit v of th emi hospitable homle. N li-s Catro line i the me.i't graci''us homste:,- I baltSe ever kniwn, ainid, like the, 'liineil, hadl the kn.lack of mai.kinig lie hmnb111le*si t mtuen t fiel Ithat hi' prlesece iin the- .Nikick lime u a', eonuidelired ;in honolsr. Nii on v ver i nteri:t:i'ed 111>e s - ten,iel amcai dlitul than thel dC lu hi :a i huri,hly ta.iCons' oue-r dict guesll plnc ier ang thei wart 1- olumbia to iir- is the 3.\totlidk. andl (oll theirk iteiwo hi whomythar w-man lbe riun haeh.ad bilarhn hou ''t thethil, sua th<y r I canimg t li ttemp(hre sti vlute ai tadini,rton aif teideno. can Ihug Kil am~l sre that Kasays Citr dicte fwio pl itng the besft.o( n olyif the grew ofth phca emptiness, depspirit al futlrnesa, I IATI"NAL. AWVGATIINa N dI ertisingSgvicn,inc. r1/tth.ra lNrtsetftlvv 1vt. New YORK. N. Y. Lee AlSLimei " SAN yaacIRce C oe EA 'T Vice Pr.sident O- Ch ARt d itorr of CaRoUnia Ste-ta y of - m thlan YwICA Cabin&, Embea Ail Dr. J. Rion Mc Tribute In Ninet Babcock Speaks a President's Portre '\ sp .rtraiit i,f I)r. T. l:iso . le1 - Isi,.l1, . ptrsidlent I.f ther I nive"r,it% .I Sou th ("arttlina. n\L., died ias}t night iollkm ing a ricei iltie'c of wo lay, wihen lie suffered irou a beart attack. wa' presentel to the "illege in 19-11. It now hangc in the main library, w%hirh was con dletei in that year. I)r. H{avilah tBabrock. eicutivCe head of the F.ngi.h departnient made the following remark-. at the tmveilin}c ceremo,ur : "fienid, of the I "itrr.in\ : '\ are happIv to preCnt to the 'niversity thic lii ne:. of [. l<in \lrisi.ick. ':3rd preSident of the I>,tituttion, and a w%orthe nuccessor t the "ilnettrinuu sp.iri- s uho have >rereded him. " I he I'nis ersit( 'residIeni hiac i.nt beeni ditingui.iedl for their u'nge it . Intdernd n Ime been atheri hard oni (our pre,idenit., their a-erage t enunre ha vinig been arouind ice years. You. Hion,. has already er ed a' long as .ouar average pred -cesoir. Yet. ini the langunage of high expeancy. "Yuare mnore deeply entrenchieud ii our cateemn anid aff ections than er. The c i'i ver'ityv now -t ands md frtuitfiul. Ilde youri guidanice t ill di,teover new ws- (f ingti ling it -1 eiece~ wa v;a of iaking it,-elf uiseful to the State roIm i.,ch it dirau s it. su'tenanuce. "It wa, said if the ki.mperer .\u tmdl Ieft it nimarbule. Now. Rin. don'it miero inhle youitr ego. Y ou arc teit ter an A lgtistily iir aligust. Buit youl dlid tind a 'comewhiat ramn -hac kle a lit 'Lutgro~wn institti otn, md 1)1u diid give- it a phyusiecal plant [hial miighit we.ll he the envy of wis "'\'hen yout ibecamte P rehident, ont Il'niuer,itv hutiblinttg, wetre aLpri,ed iwei.rding to. IDean ( hia'e :andi 'Tre reir \Yelbogulrne, ait approshnaiiI~telV i miillin andiie a hali ell;ars. 'The havi b.een a<hiled idurinig *ou ;4i ii haj li llair,. So within the spiacie of i e ear,. y ou have doubitled tihe ilune of tin proper ty e ntrtdi t' Lthi,. by youirelf. Thiel) <ni.>erats hav~e hilele some! greater pre(ii1idet. Certainly it lIlt hadl nonie whoii ha' lablored tmore in Iciat igabily for her advanlcement.t tid hiimielf noire unsp iarinigly in her behialf. I hare netieer known iangs the legetd: ..The Great initert iew." The title of the drawing is ''ut t Cnh naain.'* uiness Manager.............. Billy Murray u NEWS STAFF tty Pennell, Majed Akal. Ethel Lazar, Hamil ton Simpson, Bubby Wiliams, Margaret Me. Elveen. Ernest Davis. Knobby Walsh, Je1a Martin, Lil Foster "-thai Love Seidema ', Kinloch Bull. Julia Bull, Dorothy Phasey ' Bob Piaeie, Jimmy Newton, Barbara Quiok, Babe Sifford, Pinky Bartlett. Jerry Robinson, Evelyn Faress. rculation Mgr ....................Ed Phelps U By J,BULL WJLLEY S-tuhrn ServlcE CtU12 fl Rast-rt sdent Soph. Sec. ofStuwknt- FacuL ->h s i'it Z.T.A.I Kissick Paid een Forty-one kt Unveiling Of it In Library hii,n t...,-d ano,the"r 1to d. oiething he .-.ubll d1. htti,t If. or t~ su-m;est to ano,tlher a s oure- of action he w%ould nost him,.rli follow. " N., pre;ident ha, worked harder to li'aru hotile criticism, none hal 'triven more valiantly to make the in.itttitutio acceptale to the State, or to nake it uerit tht atiection of the p"-rple who si it. On the day that Rionl he"rane P rcsident, the I'nlvercity cea;sl to he apolo getic. The t tiver,ity is not only ls n .ioh : it is hi, 1.iie. "\"ot oinly i, he a reat presi dentl. hint a great hitman being. It occur, to me. a: I conteimiplate the henignant featiue, of his portrait, tl.at the arlist Iriel in paint a 'niverit pre.sient and sutcceeded cinlyv in painting a lhuimani being; that lie triedi to painit a great ex (titiv. a ebiairman i f thiIle board, andt that lie nound np with Rion .\teKiwtick: that lie tried to paint a great mian,. and succeeded only in painting a good one. Thtere was too much of the real Rion to be sub merged, so niuch does his rich hu-. mnanity stick out. "The Uniiversity ha . never had a piresidlent more pers-onally popu. lar. a presidenit mnore affable. miore ascce- ile to all n' hto wish to soe him,i. Vom knw. people whlo act im po'rtanti seldom are.. and people whIo imake themaselv*es hard to 'ee ate 'eldomn wo rthI seeing. R<ion i's a g reat is-tenera. "ine of the Iiniest his tenters I've eve r known, wthich mia kes him ni aitn con ver-atilonalist 1 "The I nhersit. has necver had a prtesidenit who was taIled by his brat tnme by' -o miany eletO.t. UTe new'spIapers miay refer to him as D)oct or McK~i'tick: in fa culty meet ings we ay addrliewt hima as .\lster Presidenit. and whletn we wvant a tigar we miay call himt Colone. but we. nei er -peak of "coniferrig with lie ipresidenit." \\e ,ayv: "l,el's talk iit over with Rioni." \\e of the fae. ityt do tnot feel that 'n e arte work. "\\'hen S loiltl aii'ii'kedl Andsrewt 'arnesgiiei to what hei attibhutedl hisi sutce-,. the inusi-triali,1 replied: I har~ e' ail a' - ,i~. h ta te enough to in'inid tihe inarison'i~,-you too have had en, ienughi to hire people us l'.. hi < iio~re sense in their lields laai .iin. aiud ~otu have hadl the lie indgme'ntt toi let tIhtoui alone! "I hat is as dEoubhle-barre-lled conm plimient designed to pltease prei- 4 denat and faculty' administatir e staff alike-andt an excellent hilace for tie ti i'top. "Now, Rion. 30uo havye bieen duly excectuted, v'eiledI, and uinveiled. and w'e sball all be dWightedl to see vou officially - hung. ,We dos't rnind hianging .yout oursejves. but we had better not hear i'f anybodyr cIhe * dlomtg it. ''i . t.- eidje , it miakest us htappy thus to prese-rs e . our pith. chrinde for n~m:,it3.