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Page 12A ? GAMECOCK ? August 25,1981 Campus Publications Make Mark 3 ?&\:i . ... ... continued from page 9 law, literature education ? a third classics. Wi South , Carolina longer any grc College. The new SCC, for cows an officialized in 1891, was trees, required to remain relinquished h within the boundaries land to C of theoretical science, College. WE HAVE THE BEST VARIEP GAMECOCK MERCHANDISE Items include: JEWELRY*GARMENT BAG HATS#CUPS*PANTIES SHIRTS AND MORE, MOR i AND MORE! I THE JEWELRY WAREHOUSI : I "It's more than just another jewelry i 2909 Piatt Springs Rd. West Colun h 9-6 Monday thru Saturday JShS .^H^4?iI J: l|-v--^L^:j'lA^|P|PBi^^^^ Sy^WMn;;: and the At the resignation of attract th no McBryde, Dr. James admi iat need Woodrow became legisk d fruit president. The student previo SCC body dropped as low as er farm 68 in 1893, but rose IN lemson suddenly to a high of PHES 184 with the added ow ^ ' | j ^ i j Serving 11a.m. to 1a.m. I i 771-4098 Acros F 1 j ^ Delicious I j <jjS* BURGERS HOT ttore. j creat Delivery Service to U B j Try our Homemade lc( b % ureo tuuKitJib rani B Jrmr _^r ^-i i - Lhhh I f ?fli-^r?^Sr^-'^r j k msgwmm t i 1 tion of 13 co-eds, tted by a itive act the us year. 1897 ilDENT Woodrras replaced by r Kvl $ ^ i 629 Main St. \ ;s from Towers j DOCS ^ \ SC students J 5 Cream, J astici t ?\C. Woodward, who our years later was eplaced by Benjamin Sloan. These last two idministrations saw he abolishment of xaternities by the egislature, the linking up of the campus with the new Columbia sewerage system, and i- 11 i ~f om peaK enrollment ui ou? students. The 101st year of the institution ushered in the official establishment of the presnt University of South Carolina. "It is doubtful that there is a college in the state that takes as little interest in athletics as we do..." stated a campus publication, The Carolinian, in an effort to raise a USC fotball team. The fact that all other colleges were making headway in the sport spurred Carolina into quickly assembling a team comprised of students as well as non-students. USC's football team had no coach and no other name tham "The College Boys." Their debut game, played against the ''Mountain Boys," resulted in a disastrous 44-0 loss. BUT IT WAS A beginning, and soon the players had a trainer (at $300 for three months) who whipped them into shape as a team that came to be known as the4'Game Cocks" and donned the colors oi garnet and black Clemson College was in the process of for I SOUTHER SER ...to talk with someone Problem pregnancy Abortion counseling Pregnancy tests Birth control service I# Trained counselors Speakers for school Abortion coun '"Confidentic Someone 1 254 4368 1614 Two Notch Rd. ming a team at the same time and soon fiery cahalenges were being tossed between the mountains and the midlands. The two teams were brought together at the ^ Elmwood fairgrounds ^ on Nov. 12. 1896, where Carolina was the 12-6 victor. The trustees were extremely opposed to "the illegitimate use of athletics as an advertising medium for educational institutions." * For a while, they refused to grant aid to the program, restricted the team to games witnin Columbia, and contemplated banning rooting and cheering. USC baseball was bron in this era, also. The Gamecock newspaper, first edited i by Robert Gonzales in 1908, adopted its name from the team, which at the time was on a year-to-year losing streak. A well-wishing professor remarked, "May the Gamecock survive longer than any chicken I've been ( able to keep on cam pus. The Garnet and Black yearbook was first published in 1899 and the first issues, consisting of sketches, i stories, poems, and a few photographs are ; worth a trip to the ; South Caroliniana I Library to have a good I laugh over. Although the s enrollment at the continued on next page... N WOMENS VICES 3 who cares counsleing ; and services es p & civic groups seling & services I ll Contact With Whn r^raty" ww i ?vy vv?? 24-Hour I Answering Service I