Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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IN: ..X1 IN, ,C}2 ~~~~~ 4 Sv kLt $y l All' 'f a.. A A x.: xix VI .. ~ N *~ i T _TE GAMECOCK - -/ iA a -MNew outfit ..-Fixing the bird... lilEvents Pr Dig Thi I nat fom te hllsNancy Fox and H The Gamecock Sta On Carolina Campus a burning, writhing ' tiger, weary night sentries and smart fall th( outfits mean but one thing -Big Thursday. ser With the advent of the annual Carolina- t* Clemson football game Carolina students thi turn out in full force as Big Thursday and wo State Fair Holidays spark fall semester for rai fashion-conscious coeds, avid football fans in * ~and loyal students alike. (det Stuffing the tiger for the pep rally pyre] tonight on the State House steps was tra- anm ditionally carried out this year by McBryde Ho Brotherhood. For the second year Maxcy six Brotherhood constructed a Gamecock effigy add to crow over the tired bengal in the pre-game me rally- Fri Rivalry between Clemson and Carolina that th< culminates in the yearly gridiron classic, is an always intense, with Carolina and Clemson "Be on the lookout" . .. students both making clandestine nocturnal da; visits to their rival's campuses in a spirit of ter competitive pride for their schools. This year dei the rivalry started early, when a group of pr< Clemson men allegedly traveled to Columbia let to paint the Gamecock school in a new au- cai tumn coat of tiger orange. so N.yt tie,war ih senrie) an s&t: alh Page Nine Stuffing the tiger... eceding irsduy hrb Bryant ff Photos 'he painting of Maxcy Monument aroused ire of alert University men, who as abled on the Horseshoe and posted sen s against the unwelcome v'isitors. After ively demonstration of anti-Clemson en siasm, men students marched to the rnen's dormitories in an attempted panty I but they disbanded with vigorous chant to "Beat Hell out of Clemson" after being erred by campus policemen. 'lacing sentries at strategic intersections I setting up an auto blockade on the rseshoe, Carolina students started a long -day vigil to protect the campus against litional Clemson marauders. In a mass eting in front of Maxcy Monument last day, Student Body President White urged demonstiators to maintain vigilance I to proceed with prudence. .second visit from the tiger school Mon ' night left more orange traces on fra nity house walls - but Gamecock stu its began sharpening the bird's gaffs and ~ening his feathers, with no intention of bing the tiger orange trail desecrate the npus again this year or move any further thward toward the Sunshine State. Campus roadblock...