The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, September 30, 1960, Page Page Three, Image 3
'Red Hills and Cott(
USC Repju
BY JUDY KILLOUGH
Managing Editor
From the red clay hills of u
country South Carolina comes
book that distills the essence
the South. Ben Robertson's "R(
Hills and Cotton," republished 1
the University of South Carolir
Press, reveals what makes t
South tick. Robertson writes of h
kinfolks, painting a vivid pictu
of the traditions, p r i d e s, ar
* humilities of the South.
"By the grace of God, my ki
folks and I are Carolinians. O1
Grandmother Bowen always to
us we had the honor to be born
Carolina. She said we and all (
our kissing kin were Carolinian
and that after we were Carolinial
we were Southerners, and aftq
we were Southerners, we we
citizens of the United States
This is the way Robertson bega
recounting his stories.
Robertson's Southerners 1)
lieved in God, the Baptist Churc
the Democratic Party, and Cotto
Cotton was a way of life. EvE
though more cash could be realiz(
on other crops, this money did n
represent security as did the pr
ceeds from a bale of cotton.
Migrating from the hills
Pennsylvania, Robertson's ance
tors brought with them stern Put
tan beliefs and a rigid moral cod
They loved their beautiful lan
yet feared the easy life it pr
vided. They felt "threatened 1
magnolias."
Grandfather Howen
Through t h e s e pages mar(
Comie in and see our
for Fall an
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my cuff links..
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blishes Rob
such personages as Grandfather
Bowen, sterri patriarch, who was
so gentle with the grandchildren;
a Granmother Bowen, with her in
)f tense curiosity and gigantic~ faith;
id and Great-Aunt Narcissa, who
y sewed seeds of doubt about the
a infallibility of the "Southern Way
ie of Life."
is Great-Aunt Narcissa's compan
*e ions were Margit, the last living
d Clayton ex-slave; and Windy Bill,
the gentle murderer who hunted
i- possums, played on a banjo, drank
ir lightning liquor, and t o l d tall
d tales.
n Windy Hill, as a trustee at the
)f state penitentiary, had cared for
s, the roses on the State House
IS grounds and hunted possums for
!r the Governor's table.
Old 97
To the up-country people the
n railroad seemed to take a place in
glory, with trains such as Old 97,
iastest train on the line, which
, was often compared to the wrath
of God; and No. 37, the Gospel
n rain, piloted by Gypsy Smith,
! Sunday evangelist. "Trains made
us realize how much there was to
do that we would never do, how
much there was to tap if only
we could touch it."
The m a j o r weakness of this
morally and physically strong
family was the urge to wander, to
pack up and go look over the
~ horizon, to make a million the easy
way. Any one of Robertson's
family was fair game for a story
of the fortunes to be made in
h Texas, or Montana, or California.
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Some of the wanderers never
made it back to the home valley
but they carried it with them ir
their hearts and minds. Always
South Carolina remained home.
Ben Robertson was an ace news.
paper man. lie was k i ll e d il
February, 1943, in the crash of th<
famous Yankee Clipper. He wag
acting as war correspondent foi
"PM," a New York newspaper, an
for the Columbia Broadcasting
Company.
Comments
Made On...
lY TOMMY MARCHANT
Staff Writer
What's the meaning of the
sudden surge of athletics in the
Undergraduate Library ? Per
haps Athletic Director Giese has
assigned some parallel reading
for his romping Romans. The
"Tortoise an(d the Hare" per
haps?
In France, a womian measures
her man by his virility, in Eng
land by his nobility, and in
America by his hank account
Sad. . . .
It there he any student, es
pecially graduate, who thinks
that McKissick should be open
on the week-end, let him sit
down now and write us a letter
to that effect. They tell us this
is a land of democratic repre
sentation. You send the letters,
and we'll make 'em prove it.
A recent survey shows that
the average young American
mother, given a choice between
another son or another daugh
ter, usually shows preference
toward a Chevrolet. . . .
Bravo! The school of business
administration has roused it
self from its former state of in
tellectual stagnation. They're
now t e a c h i n g Economics in
Greek. . . .
Friends, we are living in a
declining civilization. Our apa
thetic society is sinking deeper
with the passing of each day
into a disgusting s t a t e of
materialism. We are steadily
losing ground in the prestige
race with Russia, and the threat
of World War III hangs over
us daily . . . and what are we
worried about ? --Who's got the
skinny?
Hollywood Star's P r a y e r
. . and deliver us some temp
tation
History fatalities are rising,
friends, be careful!
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Caroliniana
Gives Years
Of Service
RY JANET ROBElSON
Staff Writer
Thlie South Caroliniana Library,
1which is i heavy - columed old
building located on the horseshoe,
has the unique distinction of be
ing the only American university
library wholly devoted to the his
tory and literature of its sup
porting state. 'he one hundred
and seventeen - year - old building
has a further distinction of being
the first separate structure for a
college 1 i h r i r y in t he United
Sta1tes.
The galleried reading room, 0
cated in the heart of the building,
has deep alcoves and high arched
windows. Iwo huge black marble
1810 fireplaces are at each end
of the reading room. Located inl
the alcoves are various paintings
jind pieces of sculpture.
A smaller beautifully propor
tioned gaIllery, located at the west
end, is used by persois engaged
ill research in) m11an1uscript rec
ords. Around the walls of this
reading rooi are the pictures of
nlinie past USC presidents, South
Carolina governors, judges. and
religious leaders. Several of them
were painted by William liarrison.
Book )ivision
The collecting of the present
contents of the b o o k division
started thirty-five years before
Caroliniana was built. Large addi
tions have come through the years
by gifts, bequests. and purchases.
Th'llis Imethod of acquisition has
brought. in mny duplicates and
made it possible to put the books
most in denmand on the oplen
shelves of the mainl r(ading room
tor general circulation.
The Library's collection of a
half million newspapers includes
county and weekly papers for the
e n t i r v iineteenth century. The
only known existing copy of the
South Carolina "Gazette," pub
lished at, the end (of the Revolu
tionary War, is in the Library.
Preservation
'Taking e a r e of old books,
pamphlets, an ; nuscripts pre
sents a vairiety of problems. The
library staff is small, but turns
out an imimense amiount of work
requiring highly technical skill.
Special cataloging systems have
been devised. Old books and let
ters are repaired and reinforced
with silk or tissue. Letters are
mounted and bound in folders.
Caroliniana is not a relic of the
past, but a functioning library
carrying on the same services it
didl more than a cenitury ago.
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Feature Editor
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place I have ever visited," com1- (,
Ient ied Dr. I. William zartman, t
ne-w professor in the international v
studies department.
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IrTv y lars M or-occo before
iniig to the University.
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ree at Johns lbopkins in 11952,
is Pih.I). at Yale ini 195G, and has
t u d i e d at t he University of
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kught at Johns lopkins. Yale, the
aiculte (It I roit inl Rabat. N1o
>eco, and lectured at the U. S.
Ibassy il Itabat.
Fro-Am 145 to February, 11060.
T. Zartman served inl the Navy
a lieutenant j. g. I)urling this
me. he worked on intelligence
Ihe liddle East, often being
illed upon to brief officers for
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