Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Of The Doctor McKissick carried tht University of South Caroliria t< the state itself. The McKissick house on thi campus was a center of life fol student and faculty member alike The McKissicks had the custom o: giving teas for the students an< at these gatherings the studente came to know the man who wau their president. Under his leadership, the uni Doctor McKissick breaks the his name today. versity had undergone its greatest era of building. The campus' phy. sical plant developed into that which we know today. Enrollment had risen to the highest in history, the faculty was the largest, and the summer sessions, the most successful. The Navy had come to Carolina. Sims, the new library, the na. tatorium, Maxcy, Preston, Mc. Bryde and tho others had bVr added to take care of the enroll ment that for the first time ir history passed 2,000. These were the material contributions of J Rion McKissick-making the uni versity what it is today. But his greatest contributior ITHE C Is YOI 80 11 SCHOOL JEWELR' SPORTSA SODA FC niversity was one that has somehow dis. appeared today-that of making all of us feel that we belonged right here. Doctor McKissick al ways attempted to draw the stu. dents and their state closer to gether-to make the studentg know that the university and the state was theirs. In bestowing diplomas on the graduates during his administra. tion he always said "By virtue M ground for the library that bearg of the authority vested in me by the people of South Carolina...' So love of the state and the people made the University ol South Carolina and its studentU love their president, J. Rion Mc Kissick. The words of his inaugural ad dress in 1937 sum up his aims: "I love South Carolina, her peo ple'and her university, with a love that constantly grows g'eater. "Proud of them all, I am con tent to abide their fate and tc share their fortunes . . . "If I can accomplish something, however little, f.or the advance ment of my native state, througb my Alma Mater, I shall attai1 Ithe only ambition I have." N TEEN fS... tse it SUPPLIES { TEAR UNTAIN Fred Waring Ar To Express Fighi By JANE DOWE Exchange Editor ."Pep when Carolina needs pep --just before the Clemson football game-is coming from Fred War ing's Pensylvanians," announced The Gamecock for the fall se mester of 1940. The campaign for a fight song dedicated to us from Fred War ing had been begun the winter before by Frank Wardlaw, head of the News Service, and Hugh Williamson, music director. It brought a negative response. Then Sol Blatt, Jr., student body presi dent, continued 'to. campaign and succeeded in obtaining a- petition t signed by eighteen hundred and fifty Carolina students to be sent' to Mr. Waring. In September, Blatt received a letter from the Pennsylvanian saying that Pat Ballard would arrange a score for a Gamecock fight song in tin pan alley swing time. The campus waited with anxiety Friday night, October 18, when the song was to be presented by Waring's Chesterfield Pleasure Willkie Supporters Receive Setbacks Back in 1940, The Gamecock re ported the antics of the anti Willkie campaigners among the student body of the university. Wendell Willkie was running for the presidency against Frank lin D. Roosevelt, seeking his third term. Campus politicians - joined in the fun with some supporting the Republican, some the Demo crat. University coeds pinned "Third Term" campaign buttons on Dr. J. Rion McKissick, Sol Blatt, and Alumni Association President John Crews. The University band blared forth with Democratic airs in "Third Term Day" ceremonies in front of Maxcy monument. Roosevelt's picture was displayed all over the campus and student leaders made speeches for the president. President MKissick hurled scorn at other college presidents who had requested him to join them in endorsing Willkie. The president replied that Roosevelt's administration had done too much for Carolina, for him to bolt the party. And then came the day of the election. That night the Demo crats of USC joined their older brethren of the nation in cele brating. Such was campus politics in those days. for Shoes that look like new visit ROBERTS SHOE REPAIRING SERVICE 0 0 0 NEXT TO CITY FIRE DEPT. 1319 Sumter.St. iswers Student -ingSpiritatI94C 'ime over NBC at 7 p. m. Tht )ctober 18 issue of The Gamecock iaid, "Every available radio ori ;he campus will be turned on full >last to tell Columbia that Caro ina has a new fight song." Fifty Carolina alumni gathered ror the New York show. And, w special thanks to Fred Waring Blatt declared Chesterfield Week )n the Carolina campus. Studente imoked only "the cigarette thal ;atisfies." A large, smiling pic. ;ure of Waring adorned the froni )age. So the song, with a catchy tune, vas presented and was sung by h.e students at the Carolina-Clem on game the following week. ['he words are: 'They can crow, they can cackle, They can throw each foe they tackle, The Gamecocks of South Caro lina U. B E WIS on 4( ANNIVI SIL 5 & 10( irage vmne Campaign Song Cle'mson Game They can fight like a rooster, They can thrill each fan and booster, The Gamecocks of South Caro lina U. They can strike, and woe to any who strike them back. The Garnet and Black will knock them black and blue. They can fight like a kite. They're happy when they're fighting, The Gamecocks of South Caro lina U. U. C. S. C. You'll come flying through Over the top, out of the blue. U. C. S. C. You'll come flying through Over the top, out of the blue, Never to stop fighting for you." SIT H ES its Ith ERSARYI ER'S .ent Store