Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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lbol .4q11t be there, Cheer fhr v%toy toty; vre th sun is sunk t .t, In' the iadle of .theWest Oh, *6e'll proidly, proudlr float our banern ge Thinoemisa4pieal example ycopositifa con tained in the e~4sy editioni of the Garnet and thkek. As the twen tieth century began at South Caro lina College, student sense of self esteem resulted in appearance of the first Garnet and Black. Un like otber campus publications it did not originate with the literary societies, but with an ambitious group of students who felt that the College needed a yearly record of campus activities. Appearing in 1899, the first Garnet and Black was cloth bound and green in color, possessing 280 pages. This edition and the ones (ollowing it had relatively few pictures but featured sketches of alumni, faculty, and College his tory. First Editor " . . to our Alma Mater . . . this volume is dedicated in recog nition of her past services, her present worth and her future promise," read the preface to the 1899 publication. The first editor in-chief of the yearbook was John Gordon Hughes and it was printed by the Bryan Printing Company. All early annuals contained a "Greeting" page and a "Good bye" page and the "Calendar" of 4."THE' GARE NAND BLACK P-W* h &udenss. GAMECOCK (Continued fi led the paper to label them "'I Co-eds were there to stay hair, The Gamecock reported. ( activities also edged out .the as predominating Carolina in 'The twenties wound uip w honor system, paved streets page Gamecock and a.survey a student body were sons of fai In the early 80's the collel the first time to both men and to "have a solidifying effect appropriations also made the WARS BRINi Two world wars also broui In 1917, "For the first time si was heard on the Carolina Ca morning at 6:80 and drill call volunteered for' reserve officer weW organized. With the outbreak of Worn was e$tablished, and numbers teered for service. Duing th sent a total of 286,750 Gamec After the war (Carolna el Sturning veterans. Carovet A buildings were erected to talc 'The late 40's witnessed tic lena. The Gameceek waged al iarging removal of the Univeri U*iversitj might epnd mo were deplored. "Condemned bi do not make a great Universi the in0vemnent came to nothiri Jthe early 50's The Gamn ~~Is m~utof a controllinj t~Iw,e ensorship. a~otip~ of the tenipoa - * coOstruction ' 4~fl el, Meats .an4a MBamaary at st db. w - -ke"op P?b i thahe beat recely. lng asked-or anqon. superb reooe*Ts M was alwa1 af the Governer- at South CaroUna with both pietures and a conpVeto his tory-of his life. the President af the South Carolina CoDeg was also recognised, denotis his ad ministration and his attributes. Lteiry Sids On the literary sido seations of the annuals were 4evoted to fic tion and, humor. The fiction disappeared ta lest than a decade, but the humor section was to re main for almost 80 years. History of the four college classes was an annual Oinust." One of the. most interesting was that of the "Junior Class History of 1899." The following excerpt tells how the South Carolina Col lege colors were chosen: "On a dark night in October, 1896, about midnight, a crowd of Freshmen might have been seen making their way very stealthly towards the somewhat antiquated building known as "Steward's Hall." These individuals represented the Class of 1900, and had been wandering through the intricacies of college life but a short time. On this particular night, they were bent on organization. . . . After much confusion, someone was chosen chairman . . . finally the body succeeded in electing a president, three vice-presidents, a secretary, and a treasurer, the last being quite a useless officer. . . . There was much agitation in selecting class colors. Some wanted navy green and old pur ple, others liked pink and gray, while someone desired black and white, thinking that appropriate about "exam" time. Finally garnet and old gold were chosen. ... In a few minutes, the follow ro page 9) he Carolina Bloomer Society." by 1923 and so was bobbed so-eds' participation in campus literary societies and football luences. [th cries of renovation of the around the University, a 10 liowing that 20 per cent of the rners. re dining hail was opened for women, a move was designed on the student body." Cut news. CHANGES ht changes to the University. nce 1886 the sound of a bugle rnpus. Reveille sounded every was at 8:50" as 178 students a training and four companies d War U, a Naval ROTC unit of faculty and students volun e war the alumni association ocks to men overseas. trollment was swelled by re partments and prefabricated a care of the .infltax. kcet and football seating prob i intensive editorial campaign ity to another site where the re easily. Decrepit buildings aildings and crowded quarters ty," an editorial declared but g. ocock steadfastly opposed the board of publications which try buildings was bgnand program accelerate under dical facilities and academic he w.lytudent newwspp mient. Ihe seven i awaded (egiate Pre I'hee awards night: N~ineteen Rund 8..,0 Uterary Se tes The ndw present literary so cleties, Euphradian and Clario sophic, were quite active during the infancy of the Garnet and Black and were given several pages to be used for their his tories, developments, pictures, and awards. The football and baseball teams were recognised In the first an nual. The South Carolina College had some of the same organiza tions that are still on the Carolina campus. Among them were the YMCA and the German Club. There was also a Glee Club that claimed to follow the motto, "It matters not if it be in tune, so It make noise enolgh." Early issues listed organizations so ephemeral that their primary object must have been to fill a page in the Garnet and Black. Examples of these were the "Tricky Tricksters' Whisk (?) Clubf" "Coquetish Co-Ed Club," "Hobo Club," "Water Thrower's Club," and "The Saturday Night Tappers." Original Mottoes Some of the clubs possessed original mottoes which deserve mention. The motto for the "Roaring Wrecks of Poverty" was "Do others or they'll do you." The Baby Football Team followed this motto: "He who 1on't play, but runs away, will see us beaten another day." Baby Blue was the team's color! The 1900 Garnet and Black was Religious (Continued from page 9) through Thursday, Feb. 10-13. The Protestant meetings will be in the Naval Armory, the Catholic in Russell House Auditorium, and the Jewish in Room 204 of Russell House. Conferences Each afternoon members of the Religious Emphasis Week team will schedule individual confer ences with students, meetings to be arranged through the "Y" of fice. In the evenin'gs, discussion groups will be led by team mem bers in Russell Rouse and in dor mitories, fraternity and sorority rooms, and regular meeting rooms of campus groups. For the four-day program, reg ular class schedules are being changed to allow a free period dur ing the time of the convocations. Headquarters for RE Week will be the YM-YWCA offices, in its executive suite, on the second floor of Russell House. Students may obtain information and make per sonal contacts through this office. Book Sale ., Books related to RE Week will be on display in the ground lobby of Russell House. Students may purchase any of these books from the attendants in charge of the exhibit. Plans for RE Week were made by the executive committee under the chairmanship of Dr. Eugene F. Murphy of the Department of Foreign Languages, faculty chair mnan and Robert E. Freeman, stu dent chairman. Acting President Robert L. Sumwalt of the Univer sity is honorary chairman of Re. lgious Emphasis Week. Men (Continued from page 9) studied and played with the Col onel were shocked when they learned of his death In September of 1944. The Gamecock said edi torially th&n: "We still can't believe it. We still feel that we will see him walk ing across the campus or coming out of the canteen, and that he will remove his cigar from his mouth, and warm our hearts with his incomparable smile. . . . Pres ident McKissick sliowed us what true devotion to duty is like, lie died in action, fighting with all that was In him for the State, the University, and the principles which were so dear to him, "We are deeply thankful for the eight years he was our president. We are proudly grateful that it was given to us to hear him'say: "Men and Women of Carolina!" The students regeested that his body be pissed on the empss. His grave is here now, in front of the South Caroliniana Library, cov ored with ivy and bearing the in scription "I have kept the faith." r M#tfer noted for having ,b6n the, owe to enclose the photograph of the first woman graduat% Misp Mat. tie Jean Adams of Utopia in New berry County. It was an old tradltion for the various colleges In South Caro lina to place advertisements In the last pages of the Garnet and Black. The South Carolina Col lege even had an ad In its own yearbook. The following excerpts from an ad gives one an idea of the cost to attend the College at that time: " . . . Expenses: Board from $8 to $12 a rmonth; tuition, $40 a session; term fee, 418 a session; fuel lights, washin'g and attendance, about $25 a session; books, stationery and _incidentals, about $10 a session; total ex penses, from $185 to $175 a ses sion. . . ." Instead of being called the South Carolina College, the Col lege became the University of South Carolina during the publica tion of the Garnet and Black of 1907. Suffering Printer In 1908 a long-suffering printer wrote Dean A. C. Moore that nothing had been paid for several years on a Garnet and Black debt of several hundred dollars. The Annual added variety to campus life, but brought with it increasing adm-nistrative problems. In the Publication Section of the Garnet and Black of 1908 a new staff was added, The Gamecock staff, sponsored by the Euphradian and Clariosophic Literary Socie ties. The first editor-in-chief was Robert E. Gonzales. A Beauty Section was an added feature for the 1918 Annual. Some of the staffs named it "The Fairer Sex" or "Eden Musee," al though most of them used more conservative titles. The first sponsor for the Garnet and Black was Mrs. W. A. Wright In the 1918 edition. Slim Editions During the war years the an nuals recognized the veterans with a Military Section. Slightly slim mer yekrbooks were published during the depression years, de noting "hard times" even at the University. The editions between 1928 and 1929 followed a set pattern. They were the same size, color, and had the same design on the cover. Most of the Annuals carried a theme. For example, the 198! Garnet and Black had as its inspi. ration the immortal plays ol Shakespeare. Probably the most beautiful and interesting publication was that of 1935. It was filled witla artistic paintings and told the history of the, University as Its theme. It was dedicated to the first editor of the Garnet and Black, John Gordon Hughes. The staff of the Garnet and Black as early as 1900 made the following statement: "We would like to see the student body at large take a more helpful interest in the undertaking of the big job and challenge of molding a complete .and interesting record of our college life." The challenge remains today; II will remain~ as long as there i a Carolina! Two teams reresenuting the U bate tosunment held at Agnes sen wors the trophies for top e They are, left to right, WillIam erss., Usc debate teams coael tha etasa7eavs, (Phaot.beI FOUR OPPE-ED FellowshIO4 In High er'. The Southern Regional Educa tion Board has available four fel lowships for research on problems in higher education. The fellowships are for the year beginning Sept. 1, 1958, and carry stipends of $5,000 to $7,000. They are designed to provide research experience on general problems of higher educeation such as the re cruitment of college teachers, the recruitment and selection of grad uate'students, or the economics of HISTORICA ARTERE 8 Mb' 4110 V tI FOURAOERED W FellowsipM Locte onih errckwll ing Boar ths USCaplabe forel lowships fomsechon poblems6 inrmagher educatiortri Carhen fellhpse for80 the year begineing fopt 1,158ondraerye arne ind tolack"ierac exprecemn geeale probemstof thiedcong uhal aso there Marui onment hlle e cers,ste recritymenptre and speleono ra utie tet, or fmte enmic tof Hbe,MkeOToO,l R C Aq SdbyDteCrstheenae ICYNewsIYervOes R Available Education higher education. The fellowships are available both for post doc toral sInd .advanced pre-doctoral applItcants. Applications may be obtained di rectly from SREB (881 Peachtree .St., NE, Atlanta 9, Ga.) or from the chief administrative officer of the applicant'p college or univer sity. The fellowships afe provided from funds made available to SjtEB by a grant from the Car negie Corporation of New York. L MARKER 87 o. 00LLEtQE lVEOHANIa ARTR ie300 +. U. 0? L .. 1Iga7" ~THE AMBITONB; 9 THE E T ront of the Administration Build In 1938 by the Columbia Sesqul In addition to the giving of in g of the University as the South ker tells of the entire student body vice In 1861. (Photo courtesy of A campus senior apparently remniniscing: "SkinnyMtg; like polities, makes strange bed fel lows." . y at the 12.sehool Afl-Se.thern Doe. ..aehed by Dr. M. G. Clstopheu. echool, and best idivhhaal speaker. ste Martin, and Doetor Chtlstoph wen the national ch.ainsh naan. 4t byh.Jlip.D. M . AM for highi4 oi thiaV~~ *4 departlwnt of matfi4il at the Univarsioy of Alabauha, ad by Dri Robert A. Pingry, associate profesdot -f education and Ahe matas-at tbe Univ4drsit*of ilifti6is. Doctor! faneill has served. as mathemptii and director of3dbe Redstoie;;G1adudte Institute, ned btoile Arsenal, ad lhe auth(w of numerous 4rticles In mathematical * jourals; He is the co-author. of a seies of algebra textbpoks pub lished in Spanish in Cuba, lastyear. Doctor Pingry Doctor Pingry is the co-author of a series of textbooks in mathe matics for junior higi schools and of a series of high school algebra texts. A former high school teach er, he is now vice-president of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. He is author'of num erous articles in professional jour nals. The Institute will be open to two groups of teachers. The first group will be composed of persons ac tually teaching mathematics in high school who have not com pleted sufficient study In mathe matics to be certified as teachers of the subject. The second group will be composed of persons hold ing baccalaureate degrees who are certified to teach mathematics. Scholarships in the amount of $800 -each are being offered to those enrolling in the Institute. This amount will defray expenses for room, board, tuition charges, and fees. The Institute is being adminis tered by a committee composed of Dr. R. H. Wienefeld, dean of the College of Arts and Science; Dr. W. L. Williams, head of the De partment of Mathematics; and Dr. Williani W. Savage, dean of the School of Education. New Service Inaugurated By University A new service to educators and institutions and agencies concerned with education has been inaugu rated by the University School of Education, according to Dean Wil liam W. Savage. The first issue of the Univer sity's Education Report" was' mailed recently to public school personnel and various agencies. The purpose of the publication is to discuss research and trends in education, report activities of the University faculty and alumni of 9 the School of Education, and cafl attention to important events and developments In the field of edu cation. Dr. Newton Edwards, professor of education at the University, wrote the lead artiaje for the re cent issue 6f the publication, en titled "Education and a Chanin~g Population." According to Doctor Edwards, few changes in society within re cent decades have affected educa tion co ptofoundly as have the changes 'in population, and these changes in the rate of population growth have modified the respon sibility of the American peqple'for p roviding educational opportuni lies for .children and youth. Following the depression and the ending of World War II, the cen tury-old decline In the birth rate .was rather suddenly and mater ally reversed and the impact of thes rising birth rate was felt first by the elementary school, Doctor Ed wards continued. Doctor Edwards says tYhat the prospect is for a still greater ini crease in the number of children and youth of school and college g and, instead of looking for wad-to ai.staid and even a do clining school po1 ltiom, as was the case only a few years ago, the American people now face the task of providing educational facilities for the.many millions of children who have been thrust suddenily into the population stream. Population growth in South Car-. olina has been similar to that of the rest of the nation, an2 it hab created similar problems, although some of them are not so acute as is the case in many o+th.. stae.