The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, August 25, 1981, Page Page 5A, Image 5
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.
When a legislative
committee investigated
the comcontinued
on next page...
at. ,
and best solvents
w bucks on your
zx\ you pay good
TBI )
!S fli I.AUNDRY J
COOPER