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Gamecocks Have Come A Long, Long Way
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University was
nearing 500,
regulations in the early
1900s did not relax. An
effort to abolish
compulsory church
attendance was
ignored and the faculty
forbade the students to
dance such immoral
dances a^ the "one
step. re; oning tne
theories 01 Evolution
was also forbade.
Winthrop College,
which seemed to have
the financial blessing
? of the Legislature, and
Clemson College,
growing wealthy from
the fertilizer tax, were
expanding and far
outdoing USC in
academics. The
University was still
being forced to beg for
renov \tion money,
with little help for
much-needed new
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in iyu?, ine new
President Samuel C.
Mitchell, coming to
USC and seeing thge
rundown conditions,
began travelling
around the state
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for moral and financial
support of USC. Mitchell's
efforts were
almost in vain as
Coleman Blease was
elected to the
Governorship of the
state. Blease, in order
to gain votes of the
many illiterate farmers
and textile
workers, spoke against
Mitchell and his
4'expensive, aristocratic"
university, as
well as Mitchell's
a. _ r i*i
support 01 pronioiuon,
child labor laws,
compulsory school
attendance for
children and
allocations for instruction
of black
school teachers.
Blease continued his
attack on the
University when he
was running for re_1
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election, Miicnen, wno
could gain suport of
only students and
faculty and who was
weary of political
attacks, accepted a
position at another
university. In 1913 he
left USC to its backwardness
and
legislative manipulat?
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Efforts to further
elevate the standards
were further hindered
by an agricultural
depression, the slow
start of public high
schools, and the First
World War. Students
were still expected to
heat and furnish their
uwn ruuius.
Under the administration
of
William Currell, ROTC
became madatory for
all male sophomores
and freshmen.
However, USC began
losing a substantial
portion of its faculty
and students to the
war. The student body
of well over 500 in 1916
fell to 200 by 1918 and
after the draft law
called men between
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service, President
Currell (opposed to the
use of students in the
military) resigned.
Would the university
once more be forced to
close its doors in
defeat? Some were
afraid the answer
would be yes.
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