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rHHHBHH ||||||||| Sg?g| " ' BH^^BK. S J i Lisa Smarr THE < Stre-e-tch Alex Peter shows <?ff his style and concentration as he shoots pool in the Itusscll I The < >43v a JSJt t ? By JANKT (ilBSON ct.irr ir..;?Ak. iidiiii vuv i\ niuii m i m i Five minutes before the kiekoff of the 194t? CarolinaClemson game, (lie decrepit general admission gate collapsed as 10,000 frenzied fans dashed through it. Dick Anderson, head ticket man, looked at Internal Revenue Agent 11. M. Funderhurk with a puzzled expression and frantically asked, "What do we do now '.'" "1 don't know about you, buddy, but I'm getting the hell out of here before 1 get killed," replied Fun (lermirK. vvunoui luriner ueiay, me moo siampeuea into the stadium, sweeping Anderson to the fifty yard line. TIIK I 'A Mors gate-crashing incident of '4(> became history - a tale grandpa told the kids. But this was not really an unusual occurrence. After all, it was Big Thursday, a reason for craziness in Columbia lor more than nail a century. I he game was sold out in August and it was futile for Anderson to tell 90,000 screaming fans that there were only 25,000 seats available. Big Thursday l>egan on November 12, 18% with the kickoff at 11 a.m. between Carolina and Clemson. The State Agricultural and Mechanical Society, sponsors of the State Fair, offered the football game as something new in grandstand entertainment. A capacity crowd of ') nrtn ujilnucvoH f'i?rf*liri!i'c 19J1 uir>lnru nuor r'lpmcitri H fc,VW T? iviivu^ivvi *v ? ?v- v\?? J v ? v/?w?i iu\/ii . I What started out as an added attraction soon became 9 I the main attraction. H Dorm reside M By ELLEN KOB1NSON Gamecock Staff Writer |g Recent cold weather sent temperatures dow p record lows across the state, but dormitory t H peratures have been unusually high. Using a darkroom thermometer to mea: 1 temperature in the individual dorms. The Game* II found average temperatures ranged between HO I 82 degrees in South Tower, South Building, v| women's quad, and the Towers complex. Resi advisors in these areas said they had rece complaints alx>ut extremes of both hot and coli According to Harold Mitchell of Univei 'V<N Hmminii parh rlnrm cnmnlpv has :? Hiffnrnnf Ivi v housing system, which explains why lemperat vary in the dorms. Because those dorms are or same heating system, it is difficult to regi temperatures in all dorms at the same time, said Stewart of the USC housing office. South To JAME COCK ji :ompeTmve ttoc Carolina-Clem son rivalry inten s id it all began with 'Big Thursi The intense Carolina-Clemson rivalry was more than just a hunch of fun-loving football players and screaming fans. Its roots go much deeper. It was horn amid the partisans of "Pitchfork" Ben Tillman, governor of South Carolina in the nineties. Tillman, avid promoter of farm and factory, freely broadcast his conviction that the university was a center of snobbery. SO WIIKM Tom Clemson, son-in-law of John C. Calhoun, offered money and land for agricultural and military training, Tillman seized the opportunity. At Tillman's bidding, the legislature took away Carolina's agricultural and mechanical departments and reorganized USC into South Carolina College. When Clemson opened its doors in 1893 lo 446 students, Carolina's enrollment dwindled to 72. The annual football classic continued to l>e "the game" in South Carolina. Big Thursday was many things wrapped up in one big package. Persons went to m?p;inrl lw? soon It was the state's fall fashion shnu ami the drinking bout of the season. By decree of state law, Big Thursday became a legal holiday in Kichland County. On Big Thursday, farmers r - a .. i a a I f' i i i i ? r i .. rr\ a iorgoi aixnu uit'ir ueius anu juufces iouiki sumcicni reason to recess court. Cries of "Beat 'em Carolina!" and "Give 'em Hell, Clemson!" were shouted by P/tlnmhio hncinnccmitn thrnmjh/uit lh<? (iKAI)l'ATKS OF Carolina and t'lemson often journeyed great distances to witness the battle of the nts very warm o iu n..:u: J ur?i - t * -i ? ? ouuiu uuiiuiiig uuu wuuu nuiiipiuii a it* steam neaiea with individual fan coils in each room. Sims and McClintock are also heated with steam, hul their 11 to temperature is regulated in zones with thermostats, em TIIK OTI1KH DOHMS on campus, with the ex sure ception of the llorsehose and the tenements, are :ock heated by a system that controls both the air conand ditioning and the heat said Mitchell. Because of the energy conservation, air condition and chilled water ueni cooling systems nave Deen eui oil lor me lime being, ived so residents have control of the blowers and tem i. perature as far as heating is concerned. rsity >e of According to Stewart, there are some difficulties in ures regulating the temperatures inside the buildings i the when the heat is first turned on every season. I le said llate warm afternoons and cold mornings have an effect on Rnh Ihp Ipmnoratnrpc uhich nuitoc iliffurww... wer, which areas experience temperature extremes. R,?*ttflMfe?. MP rj?.i*'^^FZ^K0^r^Ki // 1 I Kichard Vogel THE GAMECCKK Jifion? e - ML day' schools. Once a Carolina alumnus traveled Irom Jamaica to see Ins alma mater heat Ciemson. Talk til moving the game away Irom I he lair ^rounds always stirred up opposition Irom ihe sponsoring society and tans. Actually, the nanu- \wts iioi pia\eil inside Ihe fair grounds. In iii:U, the old \\<oden Urn. was supplanted hy up to date steel stands .idjoimng ! lie fair grounds. The Cit> ol Columbia Unit the new stands :ilirl :i "Miinwiivil *<1:1(1111111 " I.i I nliriv.vi.,nv i.. * I"" ' I he game continued U> go through die lair groumis. However, the Municipal Stadiuiii was nut .1 paying proposition and payment ot the State K.ur soon tell into the lap of the I diversity of South Carolina. AT (INK 111114', both schools had sought to change the date and place of the annual event K.ich side said the other hacked out. hut they always ended up renewing contracts and playing the next >ear. No matter who the Oamccocks or Tigers tackled mrou^noiu ine season uneuier n uc I mailt', (teorgia Tech, or Duquesne, the \\ inner of Big Thursday was I Intrue champ to the home folks. In 1959, the Big Tliursday tradition rnded hi Columbia. There was simply no adequate lacilitx to house the event. Clemson ended the tradition with ;i substantial number of wins over Carolina. (>nl\ once did the teams tie and that was in I9f>0 with each team scoring 14 points. When liig Thursday ended, m.ni\ called it "The loss of a national spotlight." More than j just a eolorful celebration died in South Carolina that year ,