Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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1isto contest or win $50 by writing an essay on "Why We Have No Di vorce Law in South Carolina." Publication date of The Game cock was changed from Saturday to Tuesday, so "that' more news of the campus could be included." The student body invited the entire citizenry of Winthrop to come down as their guests for the Davidson football game. Then, faces grew red when Davidson re fused to play at the last minute. Clemson 0, Carolina 0. Dean Orin F. Crow became edi tor and the words "While I Live, I Crow" were added to the mast head. The student body was asked to join in a Southwide effort to stop lynching. 1916 arrived and The Gamecock welcomed the Hornet of Furman into the fold of South Carolina college newspapers. Seventy se niors 'applied for degrees as final commencement neared. Skirts Shorten The editors found that skirts were getting shorter and mused at what would happen should the trend continue. Campus decorum was upset when a skeleton was discovered by workmen making an excava tion. Dr. E. L. Green, the uni versity's historian, opinioned that it was probably the remains of a Confederate soldier buried when some of the university buildings were used as hospitals during The War. The office of managing editor was added for the twi:e, and a chapter was organized on the campus to study the significance of socialism. Shakespeare's birth was ap propriately celebrated on the campus and in the city after sev eral mishaps. An elaborate pageant was presented, with fac ulty and students joining Colum bians in the festivities. The issue of The Gamecock was late about that time, because the editor wanted to cover a conven tion of prohibitionists in Co Jumbia. The war came and'with it much of Carolina departed. An ROTC unit was on the campus to re mind those at home of what was going on abroad. Then came the great day, and Carolina joined the world in celebrating the Armistice. * In 1919, Dr. Francis W. Brad ley returned to the campus after service in France and Belgium, and George A. Buchanan, presenit editor of the Columbia Record, was editor of the Garnet and Black. Joseph R. Bryson, current con gressman from the South Caro lina fourth district, and W. C. McColl were members of The Gamecock staff. *Scholarship Sale Offered for sale in the columns of The Gamecock was a scholar ry- -I Preston college wr.s constructed un for men on the Carolina campus. ship to Bowen's Business School pape in Columbia. i the On October 23, 1919, the first pape constitution of The Gamecock was FE approved. Previously, - it had stud been at the whims of the presi- in ' dents of the two literary societies, were but now became the property of tain( the members. In Five hundred sixteen students "ear the were overjoyed to learn that a and and canteen had been set up for their ado convenience in Flinn Hall. The liar pool tables made their debut at ing the same time. befo A coed issue proclaimed the in- TI dependence of womanhood. And adde coed editors loudly proclaimed the and Biblical quotation "Make the men that sit down." pria Gypsy Smith, the evangelist,1 The arrived on the campus for a series anld of talks, and Rutledge had its wer< century-old face and interior lift- dent ed. Petigru was added to the R. campus edifices. oft dent Face Lifting cali September, 1920, saw TheGa Gamecock have its own plastic surgery. The paper for the first TI time beg-an to look like a news- of 908-1948 der a federal grant to complete the building of dormitories r, instead of being printed onibiology department. His name slick Sunday-school quarterly Leo. ,r previously used. b. 7, 1921, saw the first First April Fool Lnt body constitution printed In 1924, the first April Fool 'he Gamerark. Its provisions euition of The Gameeck ap verypeared. It was approved by the very muchp liken thoseu on- adm inistration, and no editors ed in the present document. were expelled. the same issue, the first Mah Jong was advertised as s" appeared on either side of the "game that is sweeping the nameplate on the front page, later in the year the paper county Anhe Lg ofNa ted the nameplate, now fami- toswsdbtdo h aps to all Carolina students, show- Crln a ecigit h the small gamecock, standingJazAe ndtesit we re the name.getn shre,aogwhte ec School of Journalism wasFrtnieseund d to the university in 1923, add hntento i h The Gamecock wished aloudslm of92an190 the legislature would appro e the money for a building.ThGaeokdprdten new school, the publicationstinlstaonndhdwrsn some administrative officesHebrHov.D.J.inMc located in the 01(d presi-Kisk jond te uvriy lo mith nowa me ber "oing FoprmAt Grete Caro ounThoas,anohe Geera Frnin 1924 Roeeirs spril Foo mbma wseiooTe foele of oThet tameockap ecock.sityeakd. it ws approed afte the ~e paperumournednthetdeathadepression Jazztkngsak f h Stue bod thesits hadrt ban drinking at football games when Prohibition was repealed, and the student union board was set up on the campus. Movies had become the Carolina pastime, and the advertisements were pay ing uptown dividends. The Gamecock had joined the National Association of College Newspapers and editors were tak ing off for conventions in the far north--Chicago, Minneapolis, etc. Stadium Built The great new, Carolina sta dium had been built to accommo date what had become the great est even in Carolina, the Caro lina-Clemson annual State Fair clash. Interfraternity council was clashing with the faculty over* control of dances on the campus. The Carolina enrollment topped 1,500 as the now famous myste rious Mr. "B" tried to break into the field to tackle a Carolina player during the game with The Citadel. Dr. J. Rion McKissick appeared before the legislature to ask a million dollars for Carolina, the largest appropriation in the his tory of the institution. The stu dents were spending their time trying to obtain a pep song for Carolina. Maxey was opened as the stu dent union building, the answer to many dreams at the university. The editor announced that syphilis in South Carolina must be stamped out. December 17, 1937, and the granting of the swimming p-I funds by the WPA. An exclisive story beneath the largest head lines ever to appear in the paper, was copyrighted by the editor. Catfish Smith came to the campus as assistant to Head Coach Enright and Ted -Twojney was added to his staff. The Caro linian, predecessor of The Caro lina Review, reappeared on the campus. The faculty approved a tutorial bureau by which students 'could aid their lagging fellows in an organized fashion. Engineering students aided in construction of the swimming pool, with their familiar tripods. President Roosevelt approved the grant for the university li brary on March 18, 1938. Pic tures were taken on the steps of LeConte, and now campus photog rahr ol have a new place to pose their subjects. Sims and Preston were being constructed and the university was physically becoming that which we know today. Then, the Navy came to Caro lina and the War was fought. Traditions gave way to expedi ency and Maxcy became the home of Navy blue. It was the cap tain, the ensign, the navy. But soon, the war ended and the Navy packed its largest bags and departed, leaving a rear guard. Peace returned to Carolina, and it and its traditions flow on, re flected in the pages of The Gamecok.