The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, December 22, 1944, Image 9

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r. l^yWiCLK. CAMDm. MUTH CAI N«nes Heads More jli^te Instilution Xo effort to brlns tbe 140- .iTersity of south CaroJina it/borders was glten ^8 as a result of a pon- ijBsiness, Industrial, pro civic leaders held In the J of the City Hall Monday In the banking business, croups, merchants, profes- 00 and interested cltlxens lent to be a part of the ma- mt In motion to bring tie iding institution of learning ('e*« ' . ^ itter was discussed at some rith House Member-Elect lodge NO.^29, a. F. M. Regular OommnnicaCibn, First Tuesday of Elach Month, At 8 P. M. Visitors Welcome L. H. JONES, W. M. [^W, Secrstary. Robert M. Kennedy, Jr., expressing himself in a most optimistie manner regarding the possibilities the situa tion offers. The fact that the trustees of the State University have expressed a determination to relocate the institu tion in order that it may properly ex pand was stressed at the meeting and it was apparent that Camden waa de termined to make an* all-out effort to have the institution located in or adjacent to this city. Mayor P. N. McCorkle presided at this epochal affair and following an extended discussion the mayor an- nounced the appointment of a steering committee consisting of Attorney Henry Savage as chairman, SUte Senator W. T. Redfearn, Mayor F. N. McCorkle, President J. C. Swing of the CJhamber of Commerce, House Member R. M, Kennedy, Jr.. Reuben B. Pitts of the Hermitage Mill, County Director Usher M. Myers, Henry A. Beard of the Beard-Laney company, and FYank H. Heath of the Camden News Bureau. As members of tbe committee on finance the Mayor named Henry A. Beard as. chairman, Ralph N. Shan non, T. Lee Little, Henry G. Carrison, W. L. Ooodale, Clude V. Massabeau, John Whitaker, Jr.,‘ W. Robin Zemp and Dewey J. Creed. The Public Relations committee is headed by R. M. Kennedy, Jr.,. as chairman, S. Stanley Llewellyn, Reu ben B. Pitta. Leon H. Schlosbnrg, W. F. Nettles, Sr., R. 8. Kirk, Charles E. Stevens. if stomelMr it— lluui the ee^ aai ist stamieher Crleads flUui eon T Seek CMstmasttme we realise mete keenly t that our saeeess in this eommunity r rooted in tike irm airil of trleadsklf. Mt tell yqa in so n^any words l|Ow ese friendly assoeiatioas mean to ns, we cherish them. But we know yen irstand. Boineau and John latter of Kershaw. A site committee consisting of Reu ben B. Pitts as chairman. J. M Bailee N. Armstrong. C. P. DuBose, Jr.. C. C. Whluker, Sr., and R. E. Steven son. was appointed. The publicity committee Is headed by Prank H. Heath as chairman, with A. Sam Karesh, Thomas Ancrum and George Stuart, Jr., as members. The steering committee will meet during the week following Christmas at which time reports and suggestions from other committees will be receiv ed and plans made for the immediate preparation of a prospectus or brief, which will be submitted to the board of trustees of the State University shortly after the first of the year. According to figures submitted to the board of trustees of the University the State could construct an entire new campus on another location for over a million dollars less than the cost to the State of expansion on the present site. 4^ Expansion, says the figures submitted, would cost the state $4,600,000 while a new plant would cost the State approximately $3,000,- 000. The tabulations showed that to ex pand at the present location with $1 additional buildings, plus thd purchase of the land, it would require a total of $9,200,000. Whereas, for the con struction of a new university on a different site the toUl figure would be $12,850,000. The trustees voting for the change lowever* plan to purchase the land for the new site for less than the coat of the land to expand. They expect a reimbursement of $2,600,000 for the old plant. According to their figures the land to expand adjacent to the present site would cost $1,000,000 plus improve ments of $2,000,000. But the land to be purchased would cost only $300,000. including the landscaping. Each of the 12 dormitories would cost $350,000. The most expensive building being planned for tbe new ecation would be the school of engi neering at $800,000. Other large build- ngs would be tbe student union at $750,000 and the library at $650,000. Tbe new plant would have 27 build ings or constructions, including a mod em stadium, 12 dormitories besides the homes of the president, faculty members and employees. Under the plan for moving the trustees noted Uat' the government FAM 4UIIK grant of 50 per cent would be $<.250,- 000, whereas a similar grant for an expansion program would be $3,M0.- 000. New buildings as outlined under an expansion program include an admin istration at $200,000; chapel, audi torium and music $€50,000; biology. $150,000; chemistry and pharmacy, $350,000; home economics, $250,000; engineering. $800,000; Journalism. $150,000. and a student union at $750,000. All these buildings are incorporated in the plan for changing the location. Some $400,000 would ^ spent on homes for the faculty, president and employees. A college of arts and science at the proposed new location would cost $400^0(10. Camden activity in connection with the action of tbe trustees and the fact that Camden is seriously campaigning to have the State University located here, is causing considerable discus sion in Columbia and among the rdhks of the alumni. Columbia naturally is violently opposed to bbting any re location of the University, or if one is necessary, that such a change would mean merely a transfer to a point near Columbia. Several sites are be ing considered, one of them most strongly favored being on the Sumter highway near the Columbia city limits.. Hundreds of alumni have taken up arms against any relocation, declaring that the university is built around a tradition well over a hundred years old and they are emphatic in their determination to retain the University in its presMt location, letting the ex pansion progiram branch out from there. The report that Camden was in the field to get the university was at first greeted throughout the Capital. City with amusement, which later gave way to indignation when it became known that the Camden move was genuine. 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And food cheer it an affair of the heart It cannot be withheld and hoarded to gain added value with the days or years. Good cheer must he spent! Let ua all radiate good cheer this Christmas of 1944, for there are reasons enough for good cheer if we but pause to reflect Merry Christmas from all of as to all of you. Dost wsH til the last miauls Ss repair. Weilc aan ha flaaaoad aa InatalHMiit plan. SEE — M.E. FORTE PhotipSffll **Your Howstowa ttaa Has Vaur Walfara At Haart” CAMDEN HARDWARE & SUPPLY COMPANY 19 44 THE SMR IN THE EAST; Tsilwy mi jl«idiiu we umliqli H. Pe MgMw «ide •f ChrisUiME. Wa wail yaa to bava Ih^ too, ait Tola aMaas of1944, piaR al dw aOw iaya dm pro OiWmaB- Down through tha agas haa coma flit ..atoqf-oL the abupbards taadinf thah flocka at night awad hy tha Star hi tha Bast During this sacrad aeason, mallowad bf tha thought of thoaa cannot ba with ua, wa hawa abandant raaaon for gratHoda. Wa hava coma a kng ^noa tha dark Chriatmas of 1941. Tha Star & fflMT iMii Bast ahinaa brightw now. That tfaia may, indaad, ba a Marry Chgiatmaa for mmiirmnh THE COMMERCIAL BANK OF CAMDEN MBMMR OF FBIMUUL RISIRVE tVfTBM MEMBER OF FEDERAL DEFOBIT IMBURANOE OORFORATION