The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, January 30, 1958, SECTION TWO, Page Page Eleven, Image 11
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By A"se Vaft
Adthe coes came to campusl
It seems - If the coes' appear
anee -mad* quite a difterene on
the campus life of-the collegiate
male, but you will have to,admit
*bat they,dId liven the old plase
Up a bit. These are a few tidbits
from coed life on campus,- at
eported by The Gamecock
through' the years.
Oct. 7, 191
"The first meeting of the Co
eds was held Tuesday morning,
Sept. 27, in the girl's study. The
following officers were elected
to seve that organization during
this year: President, Miss Mary
Boykin Heyward; Vice-president,
Misi Francis Wannamaker; Seo
retOy.Treasurer, Miss Thelma
Peo .
Oct. 18, 1921
"The Co-eds gymnasium class
was organized Thursday after
noon with about 50 girls and
Miss Sara Godbold as Instructor.
Since Physical Education has
b e e n made compulsory for
women students at the Univer
qity quite A bit of enthusiasm
has been manifested in all the
gymnasium work."
Oct. 28, 1921
"At a meeting held in the
Girl's Study Friday morning, a
question that has been brewing
among the Co-eds for sometime
came to a definite conclusion. The
girls appreciate the spirit the
boys have shown In reserving the
places on the bleachers for them
and it was decided that the Co
eds would sit as a body In the
place reserved for them . . .
under their enthusiastic leader
ship the girls are already manI
festing much interest and "pep."
Oct. 28, 1921
"The Hypathian Literary So
ciety held a short literary pro
gram.
. . . other members on the
program being absent, business
was postponed until the next
meeting on ,account of. the early
- hour of the game."
Mar. 3, 1922
"That 'Tackey Party' of last
Saturday nig%t was a jim, jam,
Jazzy, jamboree enjoyed to the
nth degree by the old, young,
and middle aged of the Univer
sity community. If you missed
this affair, sit down and knash
yur teeth, and grind them in des
pair, for It was the ONE incom
parable social event of the col
leg* year. If you were there,
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verily you had your reward.
"Professok Stephen Taber, who
woild - havi thought it canie
dressed as Simple Simon, and
what's more he looked the part!"
Mar. 24, 1922
"-.--. Hypatian candy-pull, were
suddenly transformed into joy
ous kids. We gleefully- joined
hands and played drop-the-han
dercbief.".
Feb. 23, 1923
" the German Club gave
its annual mid-winter Gernian
at Ridgewood Club, The ballroom
was tastefully decorated in a
color scheme of green. . . . The
affair was easily one of the best
and most enjoyable mid-winter
dances. of years."
Oct. s1, 1924
"A mid-night feast was given
last Friday night by Misses Mar
guerite Johnson and Delle Evans
in honor of their visitor, Miss
Virginia Bradham.
Nov. 7, 1924
"Miss Irene Dillard motored
over to Chapel Hill to see the
game there last Saturday."
Jan. 23, 1925
"The goddess Athene has ben%
invoked again by a student or
ganization. It is hoped that she
will look kindly on the "Athene
Club," recently formed at the
Woman's Building. It's purpose
is for mutual, social, and educa
tional advantage."
Feb. 20, 1925
Euphrosynean Literary
Society. . . The subject of the
afternoon was "children." . . .
Readins from a child's library
forty years ago were given."
Sept. 23, 1927
"The University is glad to an
nounce the completion of a new
co-ed athletic field, which if di
rectly opposite the Woman's
Buildirg. It will be used for the
first time this fall, hockey oc
cupying the fall season, soccer
the winter, and probably track
the spring."
Feb. 17, 1928
"A marriage of campus wide
interest was that of Miss Ethel
Ann McLure of Cheater, S. C. and
"Sy" Seideman of Newark, N. J.
Both, have bee# prortnnt. is
campus activities as well as ath
letics.
Mar. 9, 1928
"'The hatless, garterless lad
is no longer collegiate.' A bomb
shell dropped into the midst of
the Euphrosynean literary so
ciety could have given no greater
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USC ORCHESTRA
Music Ch4
By Bob Grosse
Music Analyst
One of the surest indications
of the conditiQn of a nation is
the condition of its music. This
rule works for college campuses
too; let's take a look at the past
and see how music has serve*d as
it barometer here at Carolina.
Back in 1908, when the first
issues of The Gamecock were
rolling off the presses, music
was a much more sedate and
gentle art than it is now. Just
after the turn of the century,
that was the era of the Sousa
bands, of "The Man on the Fly
ing Trapeeze," the barber shop
quartet, and of a new invention
called the "gramaphone."
Carolina, back in 1908, was a
gentleman's college where about
500 young men studied Latin and
Greek, cheered lustilg for their
"Galine Cdoeks" on'Big 'Thursday
and escorted young ladies to the
cotillion dances on Saturday
night. The Carolina German Club
balls had already become an in
stitution and the club's formals,
held at Thanksgiving, Christmas
and Easter gave the city folks
a chance to look at the latest
fashions of the beaux and bells.
Immoral Music
But even in that leisurely age,
there were signs of discord and
of -coming changes. Minstrel
shows and traveling piano play
ers brought ragtime to town and
wanderers from down in Lou
isiana began talking about some
thing they heard in New Orleans
called "ss." Dr. D. W. Hollis
reports in his history of the
University that by 1918 matters
Hi, Youngster!
50 Years?
Wonderful! Say
we at Kohn's,
who - like the
Gameb,oeka - stay
young . ... you with
each class that
enters . .. we with
each new style
we show!
We're 89 years young
attested to by our
outstanding new
spring cottons for
co-ed.. See our
delightful collection .. .
$5downs holds up
to 5 dresses on
our layaway.
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years Flinn Hall was the center of
It was also the home of the Young
unges Wit]
had gotten so far out of hand
that "the professors refused tc
permit the 'one step' to be
danced at the Christmas Ger
man Ball because they felt the
new dances were '"essentially
immoral"'."
By the time World War I
came, everything was changed
The good old days had gone the
way of the mandoline and the
mustache cup. The player pianc
was an installation in every
home; R. C. A. Victor's little dog
had everyone listening to "his
master's voice"; and the Orig
inal Dixieland Jazz Band, King
Oliver, and a youngster fronr
New Orleans named Louis Arm
strong were spreading the gospel
of Dixieland jazz throughout the
country.
Fox Trot
While at Carolina the strains
of "Over There" were leading
away most of the student body,
those left behind were now hold.
ing their dances at the venerable
Greek temple-gymnasium at the
corner of Green and Sumter
ATd what dances they did! The
good professors now threw up
their hands in horror while the
younger generation did the
bunny hug, fox trot, and a Soutb
American import, the rhumba.
Roaring Twenties
Came the Twelties, the Roar
ing Twenties, and with It, th
ukelele, six-day bicycle races
Rudolph Valentino and Clara
Bow, prohibition, and a new me
dium, radio. It was the "Jaz2
Age" in full flower-the age ol
goldfish eating, flagsfole sitting,
The League of Nations, Mali
Jongg, "Twenty-three skidoot"
and the speakeasys. Those were
days when Charleston became
the main port of entry to New
York for Canadian exporters,
when Warren G. Harding won
an election on his handsome ap
pearance, when -athletes like
Bobby Jones, Babe Ruth, and Red
Grange strode the Earth In
spiked shoes, and when cares
were in the past and the future
was years away.
Music and Singing
At the beginning of the decade,
Keith's Vaudeville at the old
Opera House was a big attrac
tion to Columbians; Carolina's
first marching band was organ
ized in 1921 and there'*ere 24
members; and the Glee Club
started the same year with Mr.
Maurice Matteson, a professional
singer, director and only mem
ber of the Carolina Music De
partment, as conductor. The
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campus life. Many parties, long
Men'o Christian Association.
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Gamecock reports tell that for
their audition, prospective mem
bers had to sing a chorus of
"Ain't We Got Fun."
1924 came, bringing "Silent
Cal" Cooledge to the White
House, Will Rogers to Broad
way, and coeds to Carolina. The
first women's dormitory, later
named Wade Hampton, was built
in that year and Miss Irene Dil
lard was appointed Dean of
Women.
Coed Glee Club
The same year, a new dance,
the Charleston, came up from tha
low country, swept the Carolina
campus, and went on to become
a favorite of flappers and shieks
all over the world. The Carolina
Music Department was enlarged
to two instructors when Mr. Mat
teson married his accompanist;
a coed Glee Club was organized;
and the girls had a short-lived
fling at putting together a di
staff brass band.
1927 came along to mark the
peak of the Jazz Age. The Babe
hit 60 homers; Jack Dempsey
and Gene Tunney exchanged
courtesies at Madison Square
Garden; Paul Whiteman, Gene
Goldkette, and Ben Pollack were
big names in music that year;
and the young man with a horn,
Leon Bismarck "Bix" Beider
becke, was nearing the peak of
his metoric rise.
USC Jazz
Carolina had its own jazz band
then, "The Gamecocks," and they
were a big success. For two sum
mers, they toured Europe and
were featured at the famed
Deauville Casino on the French
Riviera. The Carolina Marching
Band played for the State Fair
shows, and our Glee Club em
barked on tours of the South,
winning prizes and medals every
where. On campus, the Black
Blottom was all the rage; Kay
Kaiser, Jan Garber, and Ted
Weems appeared at campeis
dances; the Music Department
now had four instructors; and
the Matteson's had two children.
Soon, however, dark storm
clouds began to shape on the
horizon and on "Black Tuesday,"
October 29, 1929, they hurst in
a deluge of financial panic and
economic chaos. The golden Jazz
Age became a memory; vaude
ville disappeared from the thea
ters, a victim to the "talkies";
radio the baby of the Twenties,
became a giant in the early
Thirties; and on Broadway, musi
cal comedies became popular
with Rodgers and Hart, Cole
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_ By DIANE WOODSIDE
. Bill Cain sent in an an
spirits a little during this ex
of which Bill is dance chairi
April 25 in the new Wade i
Best
Congratulations and bes
among them are Beverly I
Miller and Lowell Fulenwide
Melvin, Dotsy Gunnefs and J
and Jimmy Cathcart, Beverl;
Davis and Butch Williamsoi
Peace, Dale Hawkinson and
and Danna Sample, Tommy
Francis Pinckney and Diana
The above same salutati
have become pinned: Charlie
O'Dell and Georgia McMahar
Daniel, Curtis Jones and Lir
and Alex Garner, and Betty
Bridge,
Bridge during exam weel
Jane McGowan, Sue Sande
Cutcheon, and Barbara Holli
diversion.
KA's and dates partied al
recently; the group incuded
Cloud, Legare Millette and S
Norma Hearne, Kay Lloyd
Price and Julie Petoskey.
Porter, and the Gershwin's sup
plying the words and music. The
jazz bands faded from the scene
as the sweet bands took over;
meanwhile, something c a 11 e d
"swing" seemed to be develop
ing among the Harlem musicians
Depression '
At Carolina, austerity was is
the air. Enrollment dropped fron
over 2,000 in 1928 to 1,100 in
1933; organizations found thei
allocations sliced neatly in half;
government agencies and the
Carolina Placement Bureau tried
to find part-time jobs for the
students. Things grew so ba
that in 1934, The Gamecock re
ported that there was a cam
paign underway "to gain funds
to supplement the regular meals
for the football players."
I USC Orchestra
The Carolina Symphony Or.
chestra, started in 1929, had be.
come firmly established and, in
1932, played a program consist,
ing of Weber's "Oberon Over
ture," Schubert's "Unfinished
Symphony," and "several popu
lar pieces featuring a mirimbe
solo." The Gamecock Jazz Or
chestra was playing regularly
at campus dances, and a sister,
all-girl group called the "Dame
cocks" had organized also.
Dances at Carolina at that
period were still a major social
event which even the Depression
could not dim. Dr. Hollis tells of
them being ". . . as lavish a.
festooned crepe paper, the music
of local bands, home-amed even
ing dresses, and ill-fitting, bor
rowed tuxedos would m a k e
them."
However, there were some
breaks in the soutine; the fine
bands of Isham Jones and Glen
Grey and his Casa Loma Orches
tra visited Carolina in 1984, and
two new dances, the lindy hop
and the shag, enlivened campus
parties.
The later Thirties were hap
pier; F. D. R. and his New Deal
were running things in Washing
ton; Clark Gable was making
the women fgrget Rudolph Val
entino; and in music, Benny
Goodman, Artie Shaw, the Dor
sey Brothers, and Glenn Miller
had risen phonex-like from the
ashes of the Twenties to bring
a new spark to American musie.
Swing Era
Once ag a in at Carolina,
campus social life was gay, light,
and undisturbed. The swing era
brought a whole new set of cus
toms and traditions, and soon
Carolina students danced the
Big Apple and the Susie Q and
jitterbugged all over the plae
The Gamecock Jass Band, nou
the Gamecock Orchestra traveled
over the entire South playing
dance dates; the Carolina Band
enjoyed an era of prosparity and
increased appropriations; and
the University Symphony gre
into the Columbia Symphony
later into the South Carelinu
Symphony.
The years froma 191 to 'eWI
were too grim for' meus to be
of much impertanes. We iemum
ber the warthee smp "Prsb
The Lard asud Pn. s a.
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nouncement that should boost
am week ... the Cotillion Club,
nan, will hold its spring dance
ampton Ballroom.
Wishes
,t wishes to all the engaged;
'river and Bob Ratliff, Marty
r, Nancy Estridge and Ronnie
immy Fuller, Charlene Griffith
7 Parler and Larry Ford, Wray
i, Salters McClary and Estelle
Pam Eastburn, Major Pearman
Yon and Sadie Lou. Catoe, and
Brown.
mn are, extended to those who
Jacocks and Ann Banks, Jack
, Gerald Fisher and Trudy Mc
ida Kennedy, Betty Lane Wise
Sacks and Arnold Fram.
Anyone?
, anyone? Mary Vernon Clary,
rs, Sybil Kendall, Emily Mc
ns seem to find it a satisfying
'ter a Saturday night ball game
Beaver Hardy and Rhett Mc
ue Sanders, Robert Selman and
nd Pat Moss, and Edgeworth
nition," "The White Cliffs of
Dover," and Irving Berlin's "God
Bless America."
For Carolina students, wartime
restrictions cut down on text
book supplies, professors left
campuses to serve in the Armed
Forces, and "Anchors Aweigh"
became as familiar as the Alma
Mater as the Navy took over ur
campus for its -V-12 programs.
7 a.m. Classes
Finally, it was all over and the
veterans began flocking back to
Carolina. The post-war years
were indeed busy ones; classes
began at 7:00 in the morning;
seven temporary buildings were
erected as class rooms and hous
ing as the rollment soared close
to 5,000; and Maxey College was
built (1948) to serve as a fresh
man women's dorm and student
union center.
Delta Omicron
Musically, Carolina grew once
again. The national music soror
ity, Delta Omicron, located its
Delta Mu Chapter here in 1948;
radio station WUSC b e g a n
broadcasting popular music to
the students in 1947; and the
Carolina band, back in operation
after the war, sported a new sot
of uniforms during the 1948 foot
ball season. Local trumpeter
Eddie Helms reorganized the
"Gamecock Band" in 1947, and,
as an indication of the doubt still
prevalent concerning jazz bands,
the 1947 Gamecock carried this
announcement: "The recently or
ganized Lucius Weather, Combo
will play for the dance Thursday
. . . the orchestra will specialize
in slow music."
Growth and Improvement con
tinued to be a Carolina theme
through the next decade. Le
Conte College was built in 1950,
replacing Barnwell as the science
building; Freshman Center was
built the same year to relieve the
housing shortage. The new En
gineering Building went up in
1952 as did the present Adminis
tration Building. 1954 saw the
new Freshman Dormitory fin
ished, and in 1955, the Student
-Union Building end the Pratern
ity Quadrangle were added. 1956
gave us the new Busines Ad
ministration. University enroll
ment rose from 3,000 in 1950
to almost 5,000 this year with
out sign of slacking and plans
for future continued in en op
timistic spirit of prosperity.
.Transformations
In music, Carolina and the en
tire nation have seen several
major trensformation. The rime
of the 45 rm end L. P. records
have boosted canned music sales
many fold since the Vhr; dis
Jockeys have replaced network
radio shows and given the re.
ord boom added Impetus; Jam.
has comspletely revised its
in the past 15 years and bn
gained an amount of persg
and popularity auburn bdsise
and, finally, that base of gi4.
Imation, Rek ad 3d., has y
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