The Citadel - Sphinx Yearbook (Charleston, SC)

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.».» ? ii V V ' Pit ««, i!TO iQrrrf f I R w • • n Jx fFif r r r ■ ' . %4 ylioue it ' e see GOVERNOR J. P. RICHARDSON, who can he called the father of THE CITADEL. Although he was not governor at the time the bill was passed creating the South Carolina Mili- tary Academy, he was its instigator and exponent, and full credit is only his due. THEME

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(JlJlTH the building of a neic chapel, ncic mess hall, and new faculty homes, made possible through W.P.A. funds. The Citadel has at last definitely realized the title. 1 he Greater Citadel. But it has not ukcays been so. and perhaps it is fitliny at this time that ice should glance hack lo its early beginning and trace its rise from a very inauspicious start to the important educational institution thai It noiU IS. LaU us loofi back down that long road — for it has been a long, uphill road — and see if we can comprehend the struggles, the heart breaks, the desires, the ambitions, and the .sacrifices that have made this school possible. In this book we will try to present the History of The Citadel. It has not been an easy task — there is so much to tell and so little space in which lo tell it. We can only represent the physical side, the changes in the buildings and location. For the rest has not changed — the same high code of honor, the same gentlemanly spirit that has always characterized Citadel men has not changed and never will. For the material f have drawn copiously on the books of both Colonel Thomas and Colonel Bond, and grateful acknowledgment IS hereby made. THE

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r J o ' muiji ' ■ 3( O HAD COURAGE IN THE FAC B- gJ ltlt- -.- H CAR MO UND A MILITARY DEM ACULTI TO IT AND ESID yiSIXfiSS, WHO s GH E COL RES ND OF HIGH REGARD -- T rrrTT fT r - ' TO THE C F cadets wiTHigraiWHo; — AND SERVK TER IN DEVOTION, LO O THEIR AL CAVALCADE OF PROGRESS, T ' jTADEL COULD NEVER HAVE SURVIVED, WE i BiTHIS, THE