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MEMORIAL TREES
were planted along
Green and Pickens
streets, several
monuments were
raised and the 28 war
dead from USC soon
rested in the dusty
annals of history along
with other men from
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oiner wars.
With little legislative
cooperation and lack of
funds, staff and
students, the "return
to normalcy" of the
university proved to be
a very slow and painful
process. The trustees
felt the ROTC program
on campus was "inconsistent
with the
traditions of the
University" so they
ended it in 1921. Who
needed a military
organization after the
44war to end all wars"
had been fought?
Because of the
stalemate USC had
seemingly come to,
President Currell was
pressured into
resignation in 1921. His
successor, W.D.
Melton, attempted to
ameliorate conditions
by following an
"education for all"
policy.
Melton went to the
legislature without the
usual apoligetic plea
for funds. He simply
demanded the money -and
he got it - $406,000,
almost double the
appropriation of the
year before. Melton
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saw the dwindling
student body rise from
621 in 1921 to 1,419 in
1925 ~ partly from his
efforts and partly from
the development of
high schools in the
state.
The fall of cotton
orices instigated an
early depression in
S.C. and the
legislature's generosity
soon ceased.
The atmosphere was
one of hostility toward
women students until
two co-eds were
graduated from the
law school in 1918.
When the female
scholars proved their
capabilities they
became an accepted
and sought after part
of the University.
Wade Hampton, the
first women's dorm,
was built after the
influentiali passage of
the 19th amendment.
President D.M.
Douglas was brought
in after the death of
Melton with a higher
salary than that of the
Governor's, so the
Trustees wre forced to
lower it. Douglas
urged the establishment
of Wardlaw
College Education and
University High
Schoo; for the practice
teachers.
The Depression hit
USC hard in 1932 with
appropriations cut 29
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tinued, tuition raised
and salaries slashed.
Aid, however, came in
1934 under Roosevelt's
"New Deal."
Scholarships were
reinstated. Sims,
Preston and McKissick
Library were built.
The first natatorium
was built at this time,
but the students
referred to it as the
"swimming Pool."
With the departure
of the Depression went
the social snobbery
associated with the
Columbia institution.
Social life was
carefree as the stock
market began to rise.
USC men and women
had cars, cigarettes,
jazz and bowling to
occupy their spare
time. The impending
war in Europe seemed
far away.
In 1940, 2000 students
were enrolled, a figure
that was cut in half by
1943. When World War
II started an intensive
naval program began
with classes being held
year-round. After four
years and 100 USC
nil1
alumni had been killed
in battle, the war
finally ended.
1947 brought forth
hundreds of veterans
seeking education
under the G.I. Bill.
With 4700 students USC
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was pies&eu IUI
and classes were being
held in attics and
basements. Under
President Donald S.
Russell, the extensive
construction program
as we know it today
was begun. The
Russell House
University Union, built
in 1955, bears his
namp
In January 1958,
eleven Allen
University students
threatened legal
means to gain acceptance
after they
were refused. Blacks
were not admitted
until the fall of 1963. By
1970 only six per cent of
the student body
consisted of black
students and the
election of Harry
Walker, a black man,
- ii i i* it
to tne presidency 01 me
student body in 1971
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