The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, March 02, 1962, Page Page Three, Image 3
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Jonathan Maxcy, first preside
of USC, was born in AttleborouE
Massachusetts, in 1768. You
Jonathan showed an early inter<
in the academic side of life, a
graduated from Brown Univers:
in 1787, reputed for his intelle
manners, devotion to study, a
honorable ambition. His valed
tory address took the form of
poem, only fragments of whi
have survived. The Brunoni
mentions that the scarcity of copi
is probably due to Maxcy's ov<
whelming modesty - he is believ
to have bought up and burn
most of his manuscripts. We quc
the little that survived the c
flagration:
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Amidst the various chance
human life,
Then drop the silent tear and clq
our eyes
In one eternal sleep. Then, m
our souls,
Borne on the raven wings of m
night gales,
Safe through the lonesome dres
shade of death
Up to the realms of life triumphs
rise.
Then will these bodies moulder
the dust
Lodged in the dark and silt
house of death.
But Oh! till then may some ki
angel guard
And keep us from the devic
paths of vice.
nt May all our actions virtuous de4
,h, inspire,
And every effort tend to bl
-st mankind.
nd With these, my friends, j
ty brothers, must we part,
et, And each to other bid a lo
rd Farewell."
ic- Maxcy received his doctorate
a Divinity, and was nominated a
ch served as President first at Brov
an where he assumed his duties
es the age of twenty-four, and th
tr- at Union College in Schenecta<
ed New York, where he succeed
,d Jonathon Edwards.
n- Meanwhile, in South Caroli
the legislature was meeting
establish a College of South Cai
rt lina. Progress came slowly. T
buildings went up, and the scho4
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of was still without students or
faculty. The trustees met for the
s all-important job of selecting a
ay president for the fledging educa
tional institution. Dr. Maxcy was
id- proposed by Dr. Richard Furman,
an active educator, who like Dr.
ry Maxcy was a Federalist. Opposi
tion arose and a eandidate was
nominated and his election urged;.
nt because he was a Democrat.
Colonel Wade Hampton, a trustee,
to said that he "saw no necessary
connection between politics and
nt literature." The trustees wisely
put prejudice aside and chose the
nd man they believed would do what
the act of legislature proposed,
,us namely, "advance the learning,
promote friendship between young
ds men from the different sections
and advance the political union of
.ss the state."
The Union Alumni later wrote,:
ny in a tribute to their former presi
dent, "It was a unique experience
ng before him as organizer and Presi
dent of a southern State Univer
. sity, after having been President
in of two prominent northern colleges.
nd There had been efforts to establish
'n, colleges in different parts of South
at Carolina which had failed for lack
en of sufficient support."
ly Dr. Maxcy rose to the challenge
admirably. His administration was
at once a turbulent and expansive
ta, one in the history of Carolina. r
to Student riots over the Mexican
0- War were common, and the high
he spirits of the young men made I
>ol discipline a problem. A rather t
amusing incident illustrating his ;
method of government is relatedi<
in the Union Alumni as follows: I
"Several of the students resolved
to drag the Doctor's carriage into
the woods and fixed upon a night
for the performance. The Doctor
learned somehow of their inten
tions. He got into his carriage
and waited for them, permitted
them to drag the carriage, with
him in it, about a mile until they
came to the woods and were about
to leave it in a secluded spot, when
the Doctor dropped the doorsash
and exclaimed, 'So, so, gentlemen,
you are going to leave me in
the woods, are you? Surely, as
you have brought me hither
for your own gratification you
will not refuse to take me back for
mine. Come, buckle to, it's gettingr
late.' So they drew the carriage
back to his barn. He never calledil
them to account for it."
For sixteen years, Dr. Maxey
served the University in the cause
of higher education and in spite
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Our Belo
The bug slithered through the
larkness, its gleaming eyes probing
irst this way and then that in
.earch of the Unknown. Strange
narkings, this creature, two small
of failing health. The college grew
>hysically and in academic strue
ure under his steady, devoted
,uidance. On June 4, 1820, four
lays after presiding at his last
acuity meeting, he died.
The students, faculty, a n d
>rominent persons of the state
iled through his room for a last
,limpse of the man who had stood
Ls a noble example to them aU for
o long.
James L. Pettigru, in a semi
entennial address, said, "Never
vill the charm of his eloquence be
rased from the memory on which
ts impression has once been
nade."
The Brunonian, the publication
f his old alma mater, wrote with
he sentiment of a later time,
"Though f o r fifty summers
.outhern rains have wept above
is grave, and for fifty winters
iorthern snows have woven over
iis funeral shroud, yet in the
vorld of influence Maxcy is not
lead, but lives to exemplify his
)wn maxim, 'Do good to others
or in so doing you will do the
rreatest good to yourself'."
counts
inston has it!
and specially
ved Boys
antennae in the rear on a white
body, with a red eye, not unlike a
lightning bug's . . . only used in
cases of grave danger.
What should be its wings are
marked in black and glittering
gold "POLICE."
This is a friendly bug, though
some still believe it to be an evil
creature. Its very presence ac
Itually wards off many evils that
would otherwise beset its habitat
-the campus. It and a mate roam
the University area day and night
. . . mostly it's routine.
54 . . . 10-20?
Inside the "bug" is another
species - Constabularius Campii
- (commonly: Kampus Kop). He
drives slowly through dark alleys
and eases carefully through pile-4
of construction materials behind
the new dorms. The slow routine
of checking every window and door
begins anew following a run out
to the roundhouse and the stadium.
"We have a better class of stu
dents nowadays . . . they get better
every year. Of course, we haven't
seen this bunch in the springtime
yet. It's amazing what a few
flowers will do to the attitude of
a student body.
"Speaking of student bodies, I'll
have to check out fraternity row
. . . maybe tuck a few fellows in
. . . chase away the shoeshine
boys . . ."
The city police radio crackles
again: 54 . . . 10-20? (This can be
roughly translated: "Car 5.1. where
are you?")
"Times have changed since the
days when a statue was found atop
the Muaxcy monument andl the ball
was in the president's yard. Andl
there w~as the case when we had
to send( a man up in ai tree to cut
downi the figure of a bandleader
wvho was hanged in effigy because
Carolina could not have major
ettes."
Times HIAV E changed!
A nother message, this time from)f
the c'ampus radio system : ars.
Slears has a sick co-ed. Could you
get her to the infirmary?
All in the line of duty, ma'am!
Tossing its h o o dI ornament
p)roduly, the bug is off on an
errand of mercy!
Across campus, the other car on
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In Brass I
night patrol has heard the mes
sage also, but continues a Slow
careful prowl around the confines
of Mcaster school, then by Tivoli!
and back to the campus proper for'
another check of the dark corners.
Routine, just routine.
Surprising how few students
know how to get in touch with the
police at night! No trick at all
really, just dial 200 and ask the
University operator to send some
one over . . . she'll he on the radio
in a flash.
"One of these day's we'll get a.
real break! Maybe crack a ring
of smugglers or something. Not
just a little case, but something
big like hour quizzes in Hydro
dynanics 892 - none of this busi
ness of chasing down English 11
r'lli'.s.
"Oh. well, quit dreaming. It's
time to make your call."
(Once every half-hour the of
ficer must go in one of the campus
buildings and make a telephone
call to the operator as a fire check
procedure. Only one of the ears is
assigned this duty.)
Nothing glamorous, just the
facts of life on a cold night, warm
night. rainyf night . . . they're all
quite the same.
And then there're p a r t y
nights ...
niohtars, each with no set pat
tern of patroling roam the campus
day and night. The cars work
jiust about around the clock, the
men in eight-hour shifts. During
the (lay (8 a.m. to 4 p.m.) the
bigge'st job is keeping the tragie
C.ar'olina traffic a n d parking
p roblem from getting (out of hand.
Years of experience hav'e shown
that t he familiar penc'il-in-hand
form of' d iscour'agement is the most
effecttiv'e ('un1ce of p)revention to
over - sol id ificationr Jf vehicular
rouitine i nvestigat ion of complaintsq
a nd bin Iging the "'names I've beenr
caflh'd in the line of duty'' file up
t ae. TI'he norm'tal (lay shift is
usmdu~Ily suppJlemented b)y the ample
presenc'le of C am pus Pol0ice C'h ief
Calie P undrick. (Chief Bundr'ick
hras been qjuoted( as saying thaUt
there are no cr-iminals onr the cam
pus .a feeling shared by the
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rest of the force, despite all too
frequent evidence to the contrary.
Chief Bundrick has been the
guiding I i g h t for Carolina's
friendly storm troopers for almost
nine years. When he came to the
University in May, 1953, he was a
veteran of fifteen years on the
Columbia City Police force. Now
he is also a veteran of several
fires, abortive panty-raids, snow
ball fights (with real snow), and
the heckling cries of thousands of
oppressed students.
These things don't bother him.
really, but one big pain in the neck
is trying to hold a private con
versation with anyone in his closet
sized headquarters. No wonder
it's not manned around the clock.
An hour in the office makes the
inside of the patrol car seem like
the wide-open spaces.
A growing campus has brought
growing problems to the police
force, but the problems are mainly
physical - spreading, lack of
parking space, construction pro.j
ects --- not human ones.
The real paradox of a police
man's life is that the more effec
tively he does his job, the less he
appears to he needed.
Yes, these Wyatt Earps of the
New Frontier are modern martyrs
in disguise. He PROUD to have
themi autograph your next ticket!
Ooh -La-La
The Columbia Art Association,
founded in 1916., provided the
initiative which ultimately re
suIted in the Art Museum. Int 1950
the M useuml of Art was created
for the c'ity ot Columbia through
individual contrib)utions, whichi
mtadle Possible the purichase and
dev'elopment of its property.
The Art Museum of today,
located on 1112 Hull Street, has
grown to. include paintings and
sculp)tur ke. a ,J unIior Museum C'en -
tea library, and( a Jlunior
Plan etarii um.
On view at all time's is the .'x
Ihibitioni of Italian Renaissanc'e
p)ainttings fr'om thte collection of
the Samuel 11. Kress Foundlation.
The Mutseum now holds1 27 of
these paintings but will soon ac
quire 20 more, plus three pieces of'
sculpt urie.
The i ntr'oduction of fresh ideas
is the basis for the temporary ex
hibhits at the Museum. All histor'i
cal and creativ'e art is shownt in
the fornts of prints, paintings,
sculpture, ceramics, photography
andl archItectural designs.
On temporary exhibition at the
Art Museum are two shows - the
G;uild of Columbia Artists' annual
spring show, and a primitiv'e art
collection from Africa.
The Guild of' Columhia Artists
shtow is an exhibition of local
talent. It includes oil and water
colors atnd is of very high quality.
The pr'imtitiv'e art collection
from Africa consists of stone head
portria it sculIptu re, carved woodeni
head sculpture, and many~ other
pieces representing primitive Afri
can ar't. Some of the piece's are
over 1000 years old and comie from
places such as Nigeria, Ghana, and
the Congo,
For the Carolinta student the
Art Museum can become a place
of many hours of enjoyment, For
those who like paintings and
sculpture, the Museum galleries
are open Tuesday through Satur
day fronm 10:00 to 6:00 p.m.;
Sunday from 2:00 to 6:00 p.m. The
Museum is closed on Monday.
Admission to the Museum is
free at all public hours. Why not
drop by sometime?