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August 25,1981 ? GAMECOCK ? Page 5A USC's Long And Varied History Revisited ..comintifrii from previous page tered throughout th< state, but all failec because of a lack ol support and funds. THE DAWN OF ? new century proved t( s* be a time ripe foi ^ change. The statt elections in 1800 oustec the Federalist part} and the chairs of the soutn Caroling Assembly were fillec with Republicans John Drayton, the new Governor, having beer himself denied e I* college educatior because of the death ol his father, saw the need for a local, state supported institution. Drayton also saw that sectional dif ferences over powei and college could be ameliorated, if nol enaeci, by the for ~ mation of the college ^ itself in the Columbia area. On February 23 1801, Draytor presented his proposai to the Legislature. II was the first public advocation of the state college in the Unitec States since the end ol iv" f h P Roimlnf inn Tfc ??V, V.UHUII Nurtured by a monetary surplus, a result of Alexander Hamilton's federal Assumption Program which returned the $? million South Carolina had spent in the - Revolution, the ** proposal was adopted. THE RESULTING AN-ti 1 ! .?> CHINESE RES M 8?9 Kno? AKkiM D> ( tt I Lunc I Evening |! Lunch: 11:3 i Tues-F I Evening: Tues Hpm-2; W Cantones( and Szech Beer and o Bank Care 829 Knox Abbe \ coc I BILL, granting $50,000 1 for the first year for f construction of classrooms and dori mitories . as well as ) $6,000 each successive * year for salaries, was v j i i it. ii? - pctsseu uy uoui me 1 House and the Senate. r On December 19, 1801, 5 the South Carolina t College ceased being 1 just a dream. On the 10th of i January, 1805, a board i of trustees, less than i half of whom had gone i to college, opened the f doors of the South j Carolina College to ninp <;f?plHna higner learning. The r College consisted of - the land bordered by * Bull, Pendleton, 5 Sumter and Devine t streets and had 1 1/2 - buildings and two i faculty members. To i welcome them was the first President of the , College, Jonathan i Maxcy, a former I Rhode Island minister, t later nicknamed "Old : Jock" by the students. ? Thp roll inrroacoH fn A a?v/ A V** AUV1 VUUVU tV UV I students by August, f 1806: 14 freshman, 36 sophomores, five t juniors and one senior, t The graduation ceremony granting I eight B.A. degrees was t held in December, > 1807. i By 1810, South J Carolina College was * well on its way to becomming a r notewortny institution mt* V| taurant t> & :jyce /?6 7IJ6 K :h and g Buffets 0am-2:30pm, :ri, Sun. | Hpm-lam, I ;-Thurs am, Fri-Sat 2, Mandarin uan Cuisine : , Wine cktails I Is Welcome I Dtt Dr. 796-7136 I OCKS! f when an epidemic of turkey stealing shook its foundations; The faculty levied a sevenmonth suspension on the pranksters. But the students were due a little frolicking for theirs was no easy life. Entrance requirements consisted of translating Cornelius Nepos, Sallust, r1 n /xr. ^ n V/dCSdl E> LyOIIlmentaries, and Virgil's Aeneid from Latin to English; passing a Latin and English grammar exam; translating a Greek passage from the Bible; and proof of legible handwriting, accurate spelling and some knowledge of mathematics. Upon becomming a bonified SCC student, a strict curriculum of Latin, Greek, philosophy, T7? X- 1 aigeuid, r lencii ana speech had to be followed. There were no electives. DORMITORIES-South (Rutledge) and North (DeSaussure) Buildings-had been Your new cloth Which is why, c available and filter o Sure, we could cleaning bill. But we money for new clotl 1908 BLOSSOM STREET / AX) designed by the boarc trustees in the form ol tenements, with stairways betweer every other two rooms so that any student disruption might be easily quenched Professors were alsc housed in the dorms and classes were helc in the larger rooms. A code of conduct die tated the students lives from sunrise tc sunrise. At 6 a.m., everyone convened in the chapel for nronorp one) fUnn pi ujvi o anu men went to their rooms tc study. The rest of the day went as follows: 8 a.m. was breakfast; S a.m.-noon was time tc back to one's room to study; 1 p.m. was dinner time; 2 p.m. became time to study or recite in their dorm room; 5 p.m. was prayers followed by supper. After the evening meal, the scholars had free time until 9 p.m. when they had to return to their rooms. This regimen flowed es get to be old clotf it Master Cleaners, w ur cleaning solutions cut a few comers ar re old fashioned enc aes; they shouldn't g< O CiAHNl HS n KRY ROAD / IMS HI I11JI 1 smoothly for three f years until several 1 students (who had i downed a few too many y at a local tavern) t broke windows and 5 destroyed furniture in the local dining hall. > Along with the in? creasing student body I came shooting of l firearms, drunken - tirades, harassment of ' Congaree boatmen, > and turkey theft. The faculty, in ! protest, banned all 1 forms of student fun: i firearms, dogs, private i servants, en! tertainment of guests l in rooms, ''spirituous > liquors," and visits to i taverns and brothels i were forbidden under ; penalty of expulsion. Dance attendance was restricted to juniors and seniors unless presidential permission was granted. Some faculty even proposed building a high wall around the university. As the code grew more oppressive, so did the students' spirit. les in a hurry, that's wh 'e use only the freshesl > continually. id maybe save you a fe >ugh to believe that wh< et old before their time NK ROUliVARD Li ANt F Turkey stealing continued to climb and there was not a safe bird in town. AS THE NOVELTY of turkey stealing wore off, students turned their attention to other aspects of campus life. Filthy buildings, wormy, ill-prepared food and harassment by an overly-strict professor, caused many to don disguises and burn an effigy of the professor. They then marched in a drunken frenzy with a drum and fife to Worth Building where the Riot of 1814 ensued. The angry students broke down the doors, Hp?;trnvpH nart r?f tHo wr va V/VI J/Ul V V/l 1/1IV library and battered the bell that awakened them each morning. Columbia's militia calmed the ruckus and ring leaders of the mob were expelled. But the air of dissatisfaction remained. 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