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Students CU A By Susan Hand Gamccock Staff Wrftsr he The harshness of the rules under tr which they live is an age-old of complaint of students. However, st today's students have it easy m compared to students who at- er tended South Carolina College, as lo USC was known in its early years, pi in the 1800s. si Proof of this can be found in fa "The Code of Student Conduct" for 1979 in comparison to the 1807 rules and regulations of South Carolina aj College. , w 1800's atroci _ ous crimes: w dueling, biasph- fc emy, forgery, 3" robbery and tc fornication. fc Students were not allowed to Inoirn Pr\l 11 ?r> hi o \inthnnf f hn nor. ivavv, vv/iuutuia n mivut tiiv pvi ? mission of the president of the r< college. If a student was caught m playing cards or "any unlawful B game," or heard speaking profane al or obscene language, he would be ai "admonished, suspended, rc degraded or expelled." 5] Degradation included being put in a lower class, or the refusal of promotion at commencements. pr di STUDENTS WERE NOT per- th mitted to "visit taverns without (d liberty, bring any spiritous liquor ar into the college or make any festive entertainment in the di college." Students were also not re allowed to "make a practice of cu entertaining company in his room, especially in the hours of study." w< If a student was found guilty of m any "atrocious crime" such as tl dueling, blasphemy, forgery, R r?rvKUrv**i r a*? notirvn lin ursxailrJ Kn C s lUUUCl^ U1 1U1 IH^aiiUU, lie WUUIU VC immediately expelled. (I It was against the rules to A associate with persons of "known bad character," to strike or insult tr any person, get drunk or "be guilty ki of any other gross immoralities." re Punishment was admonition, dt suspension, degradation or ex- cc pulsion. ar I CAROLINA WON Free Pregnancy Testir Abortion CnunsAlinn t IaPregnancy can be missing period Birth Control Counsel Pap Test and other Fe 2009 Hampton St. Colu BSHHnHnHHBHHH I is pleased to Nov. 20 & 21 - in rnnr I JWiMp CM ($3.51 Tickets Available The Quarter Moon 9i I | Greenstreets 2 I 1 The Last Chance y-, 6 have it ma :o college I A student could "be convicted of wing or blowing any horn or umpet, or beating any drum, or disturbing the nuiet of the in itution by riding any horse or ule within or near the college iclosure, or of making any other ud or unusual noise... He shall be inished by admonition or ispension, at the discretion of the culty." ANOTHER OFFENSE was to >pear in "indecent dress, or in oman's apparel." It was also unlawful to not attend flvprs rpri tat inns or nuhlir orship. Students had a strict schedule to How, which included: convening i the college chapel at sunrise to ttend prayers, then either atinding recitations or lectures, or ursuing studies until summoned >r breakfast. At 9 a.m. students returned to leir studies and remained in their w>m suntil 12 p.m., unless sumloned to recitations or lectures, etween 12 and 2 p.m. students ttended dinner when summoned, id at 2 p.m. returned to their >oms and continued to study until p.m. AT 5 P.M. STUDENTS attended ayers at the chapel and were : i tu ?. it * siiiissiiu. i uuy iiiun ieiuintu IU eir rooms to study until 9 or 9:30 lepending on the time of year) id then remained in for the night. On Saturdays, students were smissed after morning citations until the 9 or 9:30 p.m. irfew went into effect. Students had obligations they ere expected to meet. The young en were expected to be "genomnn 11 00 t hn "nonorol , UO VIIV \J Vll^l U1 egulations" of the Catalogue of )uth Carolina Session 1897-1898 Jniversity Museums, University rchives) spells out. "As the end of the college is to ain a body of gentlemen in lowledge, virtue, religion and rfinement, whatever has a ten?ncy to defeat this end, or is inmsistent with it, shall be treated id punished as an offense, UN'S CLINIC Hj ind Services I* detected before || ing and Pills I imale Problems | ] mbMC 256|012M i present 9:00p.m. ert% ^ _ :r;~ x: I ><9 rif in Advance at... f [j OOs.mainst. 771 9375 | 009 green st. | 14 beltline fcMvd. . | ide today 4* 0 /^/\/\ ije in l&uu whether expressly mentioned in the laws or not. "it was an offense not to attend prayers,, recitations, public worship." THE SENSE OF decency, j propriety and right, which every > honorable young man carries in his J bosom, shall be taken as a suf- j ficient means of knowing these i things, and he who pleads J ignorance in such matters is unfit to be a member of the college. The board expects and requires the students to maintain the character of refined and elevated Christian gentlemen. It would be ashamed of any man who would t t __ r i!i-- I excuse oreacnes 01 moraiuy, i propriety and decorum, on the plea | that the acts in question are not specifically condemned in the . college code." -T Chanelo's says I GO GAMEC ?== V^2 12-OZ. n 10T. IhA R 2 ots. n 2702! TIGER 1 Tommo PH Rnllrn ? \ I mrn^ wi I I W _ jrt featuring: 5 fHiller Beer coi Beer, foo< Lirri jj Sponsored by Co '? 4 H . % ~K. K .? * ' * *? ' . f EVOLUTIOI I FACT OR FICT Dr. Joseph l. 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