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The Years Pass SI Will "The township of Columbia is not large, being only two miles square - the territory laid out into lots and streets, but not more than one-third of the streets are yet opened, and of those, several f have not more than two or three buildings to them. The principal street is Richardson, which runs on the east side of the State House. That part of the town which is not put into streets, is mainly a wilderness of pines. Now and then is seen a cultivated spot of a few acres which form an ex ception. The State House is very large on the ground, but yet so low as to be entirely void of any thing like just proportions. The court house is a much handsomer building - of brick, two stories high." "The number of houses and stores in the town I should judge to be over a hundred. They are generally built of wood, and the chimneys carried all the way on the outside. Everything has a shakling, flimsy look - joints are parting - boards coming off, plastering full of cracks and breaks." The preceding somewhat aston ishing passage is quoted from Professor Edward Hooker's diary, from the University of South ADVANCE GUARD Styled by ENRO Tapered Body Oxford Cloth Short Sleeve Sizes 141/2-161% Yellow COPELAND CO. 1409 Main St. Career Cues: "An intere: activities dividends GIbE "Extracurricular activ architecture and const though, because as it tu a big jump on my care "Studies educated r a the confidence I needi Looking back, it was t Smoking more i Have a owly By, Lorena The Real South, O 0 HooKER'S MAP Of Carolina, written in 1805. James F. Williams, the late author of Old and New Columbia, has left an indelibly vivid account of Co lumbia's growth and development over the first century and a half of its existence. Student Riot He gives Julian Selby's lively account of the "Student's Row" of 1854. "About 1855, a party of students connected with the South Carolina College, got into trouble with the city police, and several were arrested, but through the in tervention of the Faculty were re leased. Young Albert Rhett was the principal in the affair, backed by his brother John (afterwards Mayor of the City). "The South Carolinean office was located on Washington street, near Sumter, and there was an open lot on the east side. The stu dents were in the habit of prome nading up and down Main street in parties of three and four dur ing the afternons and evenings; but, much to my surprise the promenaders were out in full force that morning, going up Sumter Street. After seeing so ~t in student can pay you later on!" on F. Dailey, Asst. to the President George A. Fuller Company ities never really interested me... ruction always did. It's a paradox, rned out student activities gave me er in construction. ie. But college activities provided ~d to approach the business world. hese activities that really gave me now but enjoying It less? real cig aretth TIHE BEST TOBACCO AA Columbia - -- t A GLurt HoUSE olleg e 4eth0dist (wrrJ COLUMBIA) I9O5 many passing at that unusual hour, and apparently very quiet, I suspected the cause - that they were collecting in the upper part of the city and intended making a descent on the guard house and police in force. I immediately noti fied the officials, but not a min ute too soon, for in a short time large numbers attacked the police, and Chief John Burdell was badly beaten, but stood his ground, the policemen present aiding him. Chief Burdell seized a gun and kept the party at bay, and the alarm bell was rung. Sheriff Jes sie E. Dent arrived promptly and the posse comitatus was sum moned and at once supplied with muskets loaded with a ball and three buckshot - an upper room in the building being the armory. "The belligerent students hur riedly retired, but soon returned -evidently they had gone to the campus to procure their guns, as the young men had drilled and equipped military company; but the college officials had taken the precaution to secure and remove the weapons to a safe place. "Nothing daunted, the boys yelled "College" and their ranks were materially augmented; but my first knowledge of people, s "Working for the college new engineering bulletin taught me in the promotion and getting Council brought the chance to daily occurrence now. Penn's t neering shows helped me rela: then - and help me find my s large groups now. 'True, today's heavy college much time for activities. There in my day either. I burned a io tectural studies, but difficult time for student activities.-I'n "If you have time during the to take an interest in activities big dividends in an inspiring your choice."~ Gibson Dailey starte Fuller Company, construction firm after college. Tc to the president. Camels while stil the University of been a Camel am, ..change to Camel! AKES THE BEST SMOKE Please Stf then they found several hundred o rmed citizens extending from I 'lain street down Main and d round into Washington, they f vere taken completely aback, and d hey confined themselves to the t ast side, while the posse stood I eady for orders on the west. In- a 'luential citizens and professors v rom the college mingled in the rowd of excited students and at empted to calm them; while others begged the Sheriff to re- I train his force. His simple reply i vas, the men will not fire until I order them to do so, and that will iot be done unless we are at acked. The rioters were finally nduced to return to the College ,valls. Their spirits seemed com Aletely broken, when they found -itizens in such numbers prepared .o enforce the law. Sheriff Dent appeared as cool as the proverbial :ucumber. "The military companies were Linder arms all night and uni rormed soldiers patrolled the streets, while the Columbia Flying Artillery, their pieces loaded with trace-chains, ready to clear the treets if necessary, quartered silently and in the darkness in their gun-shed until daylight the next morning. The Rhetts and a number of other students left the college, the afternoon promenades up and down Main street were discontinued, the military com pany (College Cadets) was dis banded, and so the affair ended, much to the gratification of all parties. There had been serious trouble with these young men once or twice before, but armed men had not been called out; many of our people were much ir-ensed, and expressions of a determina tion to put an end to these trou bles had been freely expressed." Painted Mule It seems that Lauderdale, the Blight Of The New Generation, is rather calm after all. And as for practical jokes. . . . "There was an old Scotchman by the name of Amzie Neely, who bought cotton on the corner where Donly's Filling Station is. le was a strict Presbyterian, hav ing no children, but a nephew lived with him. He thought this boy was perfect. "He had an old gray mule he used to haul cotton with. One night this boy got some of his boy friends to help him and they went out to the stable, took the old mule and painted him green all idministration, leadership. spaper, fun magazine, and writing - a gift I use today of new business. Student work with other men-a heatrical group and engi-. e in front of an audience oice when I'm talking to curriculum doesn't allow wasn't much time for them t of midnight oil on archi is the.y were I still found i mighty happy that I did. rest of your years in school -do it! It's certain to pay future in the business of ad with the George A. the largest building in the country, right day he Is assistant Gib started smoking I on the campus of Pennsylvania. He's >ker ever since. 3 m R.J. RnoIdg 'robaco coea. md? ver with large red rings around is eyes. The next morning the old river went out to the stable to eed old Bob and seeing his con ition he ran to the house and old the boss: 'Mas Amzie, old log gone and the debbill in the table.' The old boss told him to ,o and feed the mule, but he said, No, I ain't gwine.' The old man vent out and found old Bob all Iressed up. He offered fifty dol ars to find out but nobody knew mnything about it." "There was a boat line running o Columbia which played a good >art in the business of the city. rhe boats ran to Granby and the ;oods were hauled by drays to a ine of river boats that ran to the ip-country, bringing the cotton mnd carrying back goods. The -iver boats ran to the foot of Elmwood avenue, then known as 3oundary street. These boats vould bring from seventy-five to mne hundred bales of cotton and ake back a load of merchandise." "The boats had long tin horns, ind you could hear them up-town. When the boats would land, the iorns would blow and the wagons would soon be on the scene. Everything was in a bustle until 'he cotton was down-town, and then there would be another rush to get them loaded for the return trip. It was an easy job coining iown, but a pretty hard one go ing back, as it was all (lone with poles and ropes. In places men would get out on the banks and haul with ropes and others pushed with poles." Hanging Humor Public amusement was a little different from that sadism and violence so prevalent today. "In 1857 1 saw a man hung at the old Potter's Field, where the Atlantic Coastline Railroads are now. His name was Goings, from out in the sand hills. He had killed his brother-in-law over a game of cards for a quarter of a dollar. When he was about to swing off some of his relatives who were there to see it, yelled., 'Good-bye, Jimmie, take good care of your self.' It was told that when they were on the way back home with the body, they stopped at Hope's Store, which was where Cohen's Store is now, corner Main and Blanding Streets, and wanted to trade the rope to him for whis key; saying that a rope that any body had been hung with was very good for snake bites. le did not want the rope, but gave them a bottle of whiskey. It wvas a very common thing in the country to bury the body, and then sometime after to have the funeral preached. Accordingly, some months after the widow got the Rev. William Martin of Columbia to prleach the iuneral. At the conclusion he married her to another man.'' in 18141 there was a young man, a student at the South Carolina C'ollege, who (lied here andl was buried in Potter's Field. In 1860 his remains were removed by the students of the college to Elm wvood. I give you the inscription on his stone as it standls todlay. lie is buried under a big oak, near the Confederate grav(es. and has a slab over his grav'e so that anyone who wishes can find it; 'Here lies the body of Jlean Louis Finley. lie came hither in search of knowledge, wvhich he loved, And of his gentleness, virtue, and talent our College wvas justly proud. But pious, a ffect ionate( andi ardent, His zeal was too much for Frank talk about your ha keeps your hair neat all Naturally.V-7 is the geaseless gr< with V7, fights embarrassing noes kee your hair nat all d "Cocky" " E TE' TJ T DONT CELE6RATE him, and in his junior year, when I C( he looked forward and deservedly It to the first honors of his college, M he sank heneath the unequal con- is: flict of a vigorous mind and a fo feeble frame of body." ea "The Potter's Field was later sold by the city to the Atlantic A fhat To Do? The Colli Ed. Note - This week "The k (anmecck" is fortunate to have a E it noted g u e s t columnist. Here,, recognized travel authority and frontier scout Margery Maclemac offers her impressions of an ex- p citing weekend for the student in f South Carolina's capital city. May is the time when those C fortunate enough to have time, h nium,-y and transportation take S merrily off every Saturday morn ing aind head for the beach . . . leaving their cares . . . and Caro iina behind them. These are the . lucky ones. n But what of those less fortu- a nate? t] What about those who ( 1) have no transportation . . . car or hearse (2) have no money or a :0 must stay in towvn because r of a weekend job or a jealous k boy-or-girl friend? Columbia-Bound WVhat promise doe1s Spring hold I for these un fortunate and oft- C forgotten creatures who are . .. shall we say . . . Columbia-b ound ?t Ahm! Contrary to p)opular belief. there are a myriad1 of inexpensive and . . . yes . .. simple things to brighten the lives of those who muist renaun in Columbia while I their friends are having a great ...but expensive . . . time on the strandl. Probably one of the most fas eitug ways to spn a warm Ma eeing itofind a friend and share a hunk of gingerbread atop a moonlit grave in Trinity churchyard. If it's an afternoon you wish to iir: Vitalis with V-7 day without grease. ;Vali >oming discovery.Vitatis@ . dandruff, prevents dry ay without rease. Try itit By Rosemary Hankina MAV RIC14T THESE DAYS.a )ast Line, when they came here. is now their freight yard. oney corporations have no re ect for the dead and very little r the living - only what they n grind out of them." NEXT WEEK: The War, and fter. ege Try 11, the grounds of the State ouse offer unlimited possibil les. For Peanuts For the price of a package of -anuts, you can have more -iends than a Mercedes owner. or peanuts, thousands of pigeons ill forsake their devotion to eneral Wade Hampton and the Lavenly heights of Trinity's pires and flock to your feet. Other recommended pursuits ielude a look around the State louse-both inside and out-ad iiring the markers and statuary. ee if you can find all the stars iarking the results of Sherman's helling, or you might be inter sted in counting the fronds on be bronze palmettos. With the newly installed light ig, the State House grounds re now reasonably safe even for octurnal wanderers, and the well ept flower beds provide excel ant background for a variety of etivities. Of cotu rse', don't overlook movie' ossibilities (including Student nion)1 when planning a week nd( onI the town. And if it's sun o'u want, window shopping onI he East side of Main Street pro idles plenty of it any afternoon. Art and Theater Other activities that should not e ignored are the fascinating nd constantly changing exhibits t Columbia Museum of Art. If ou are lucky enoiugh to be free n Saturday mornings, the plan tarium offers the only show of ts kind in this area. Other evening entertainment i ffe'redl frotn time to tim(' by own Theater ( "J. I." will he shiyvmng later th is month. , the 'olumbmia Lyric Theater (soon to ar(esent " La Trav'iata" 1 and other roups. The "Kev to Columbia," vailable each week at the Rus elI llouse in format ion des5k, pro ides a handy index to such vents. MIiscellaneotas For those wvho have given upl rying to correct real or imagined iverweight conditions, there's an ce cream p)arlor at Five Points vhere one may while away the vening on a variety of goodies 'rom vanilla to tutti-frutti. There s a host of other good food--in vide variety--at establishments within comfortable walking dis tance of campus. D)on't overlook an evening bowling or playing billiards. For the more sedentary types, a portahle radio makes good com pany either lying in the cool grass somewhere or picnicking by the river . . . perhaps with a fishing pole. There are hundreds of fascinat ing things to do in Columbia on a weekend. These few just popped into mind. I'd love to spend hours making suggestions, but I must go pack my beachwear. Happy weekend! I'll send you a postcard.