University of South Carolina Columbia - Garnet and Black Yearbook (Columbia, SC)

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istor Behind USC ,... Q.-. ,-.- V By Susan Cate In tbir imaginative 1820 drawing, the Honfarboe if dqbicted with its chararterirtir beauty and charm. mid the fire and fury raged by the colonies after Farmer George and his parliamentis Stamp Act of 1765, a lit- tle bill proposing the charter of a South Carolina College was all but lost in the South Carolina Assembly. Several years later the South Carolina Gazette admonished the colony for being outdone by northern colleges which were at that time successfully soliciting funds from Carolina citi- zens. After all, Charleston was undoub- tably the colonial seat of wealth and culture and her lack of an institution 8 of higher learning was a disgrace to the colony. Soon after, another attempt was lost in the Assembly because of political disputes. Despite the failures, however, the idea of a college had been well impressed upon important minds and was not lost during the ravages of the Revolution. A depression, reorganization prob- lems and sectional disputes facing the new state delayed the college further. The new state constitution put the power into the hands of the wealthy landowners and merchants of the Lowlands, the majority of whom were sending their sons North or abroad to college. As the farming population of the Uplands grew to exceed the popula- tion of the Lowlands, it began to demand its share of power. The Uplanders, for the most part, saw lit- tle need for higher education. They were illiterate, irreligious, and happy and deemed it unthinkable that the poor should be taxed to pay for the education of the rich. In 1787 the state capitol was moved from Charleston to centrally located Columbia in an effort to unite the dis- puting sections and a new state consti-

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CAROLI HERITAGE I UNIVEIISITAS CARD MERID A PICTORIAL HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA 1801 EDITOR Robert L Baker ASSOCI ITL LDITORS Susan Cate Karen Petxt Cheryl Wood PICTURE I Drron Dane P Edens EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Brenda D Bell 1976 GARNET AND BLACK EDITOR IN CHIEF Robert L Baker BUSINESS MANAGER Dems: A Perry COPY I DITOR DESIGN LDITOR NelleH Eargle PHOTOC RAPI-IY EDITOR Dane P Edcns CAROLINA HERITAGE 15 pubhshed as part of the 1976 GARNET AND BLACK by the USC Board of Student Pubhcatrons and Communxcatmns edttorlal and CXCCUIIVC offlces 105 Kirkland Apts 1611 Pen dleton St maxhng address Box 85132 Umversrty of South Curolma Columbra South Carolma 29208 VJFIOUS Illustrated materrals for thts magazme have been clupltcated by the p1cture edrtor from Illustratrons In Vols 1 77 of the GARNET AND BLACK Vols 166 of the GAMECOCK the South Carolmmm LIbr:1ry and the Osborne Admrmstratron Burldrng Ongmal 19th C sketchlngs of campus from vanous Umversxty collectrons All copy IS the result of extensrve research Into var1ous aspects of the hrstory of the Umversrty CAROLINA HERITAGE acknowledges Edwrn Green Maxmrllmn L.1Borde Damel Hollns and student pubhcauons edI tors for thcrr respectrve contnbutrons In helpmg pres ent edItors make thrs publlcatxon as complete as possx e Spomoreeloy The 1976 Garnet ana' Black Yearbookfivlagazzne Network Staf CONTENTS Aprzl, 1976 Volume LXX VIII Number 1 THE HISTORY BEHIND USC by Susan Cate HALL OF PRESIDENTS by Karen Pen: WOMEN GAIN THEIR PLACE by Karen Pen: FIRST DEAN OF WOMEN LOOKS BACK by Karen Petzl THE GREEK SYSTEM MOVES UP by Karen Pen: SOMETHING TO CHEER ABOUT A look at USC: major Igporlr by Cheryl Wood TURKEY STEALING PANTY RAIDS ETC by Susan Cale OUTRANKING EDUCATION by Cheryl Wood WE HAIL THEE CAROLINA SPIRIT by Karen Petzl USC S OLDEST ALUMNUS A LIVING TRADITION A prohle W' Tom Anderson by Karen Petzl COLLEGE AIN T WHAT IT USED TO BE Ly Susan Cale GROWING BIGGER AND BIGGER by Clzefyl Wood LIFE IN A DORM by Cheryl Wood SCC USC AND RISING COSTS by Susan Cate LEGENDS by Karen Perf! 7 xq eggjg If, 1: -1 ' M ' 2 we .I..,'fI 1. E A - I , ff l ........................................ 8 I .,.t....e.,e...I,.....I,....t..IItI,I..I.I..I 12 as I ..................................... 22 -T ' ........,......,..,,,.... 26 I ' ...........,................... ...zs ' I f ' .......,.....,,......................... ....3o Catherine Watson CAMPUS ATTRACTIONS by Swan Cate ...........,.....,....,............,,... . . ,36 I , , . ,...........,,,,....... .58 ,- .f ...............,...e...,II...... .40 ' ' ,...,,..,,.,.............I.... .44 ' , - I I I. , ' - ' ...I,................,............ ,...........46 4, I ' 'i .' , ' Q ......t..I.e.IIIeI.,I I- 9 1.4 1' ......................... ..,,.5o 7 .A I I I ......................................... I 'I , , . .....e,,.....,......,..... A 1' ' 'lf - Iee.eIII,,,,,,.........,tI...ee..........,..ee,,,,, bl, I

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tution was adopted in 1790. The-lleaders of the Low Country realizing their days of dominating the uncultured Piedmont were num- bered, suddenly saw an urgent need for a state college to educate the future Upland leaders to the Charles- tonian standards. Five colleges were chartered throughout the state, but all failed because of a lack of support and funds. The dawn of a new century proved to be a time ripe for change. The state elections in 1800 ousted the Federalist party and the chairs of the South Car- olina Assembly were filled with Republicans. john Drayton, the new Governor, having been himself denied a college education because of the death of his father, saw the need for a local, state-supported institution. Drayton also saw that sectional dif- ferences over power and college could be ameliorated, if not ended, by the formation of the college itself in a central location such as Columbia. On February 25, 1801, Drayton presented his proposal to the Legisla- ture. It was the first public advocation of the state college in the United States since the end of the Revolu- tion. N urtured by a monetary surplus, a result of Alexander I-Iamilton's fed- eral Assumption Program which returned the 355 million South Caro- lina had spent in the Revolution, the proposal was adopted. The resulting bill, granting 51s5o,ooo for the first year for construction of classrooms and dormitories as well as 356,000 each successive year for sala- ries, was passed by both the House and the Senate. On December 19, 1801, the South Carolina College ceased being just a dream. n the 10th of january, 1805, a board of trustees, less than half of whom had gone to college, opened the doors of the South Carolina College to nine students seeking higher learning. The College consisted of the land bordered by Bull, Pendleton, Sumter and Devine streets and had 1M buildings and two faculty members. To wel- come them was the first President of the College, jonathan Maxcy, a for- mer Rhode Island minister and New York College president, later nick- named Old jock by the students. The roll increased to 56 students by August, 1806: 14 freshmen, 56 sopho- mores, five juniors and one senior. The graduation ceremony granting eight BA degrees was held in Decem- ber, 1807. By 1810 South Carolina College was well on its way to becoming a noteworthy institution when an epi- demic of turkey stealing shook its foundations. The faculty, had they foreseen the streakers of 1974, would have counted their blessings instead of levying a seven-month suspension on the pranksters. After all, the stu- dents were due a little frolicking for theirs was no easy life. Entrance requirements consisted of translating Cornelius Nepos, Sallust, Caesaris Commentaries, 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 handwrit- ing, accurate spelling and some knowledge of mathematics. Upon becoming a bonified SCC student, a strict curriculum of Latin, Greek, phi- losophy, algebra, French and speech had to be followed. There were no electives. Dormitories - South CRutledgej and North CDeSaussurej Buildings - had been designed by the board of trustees in the form of tenements, with stairways between every other two rooms so that any student disrup- tion might be easily quenched. Profes- sors were also housed in the dorms and classes were held in the larger rooms. A code of conduct dictated the students' lives from sunrise to sunrise. At 6 a.m. everyone convened in the chapel for prayers and then went back to their rooms to study. The rest of the day went as follows: 8 a.m. - breakfast. 9 a.m.-noon - back to the dorm for study or recitation. 1 p.m. - dinner. 2 p.m. - back to the dorm to study or recite. 5 p.m. - prayers fol- lowed by supper. After the evening meal, the schol- ars had free time until 9 p.m. when they had to return to their rooms. This regimen flowed smoothly for three years until several students Cwho had downed a few too many at a local tavernj broke windows and destroyed furniture in the dining hall. Along with the increasing student body came shooting of firearms, drunken tirades, harassment of Con- garee boatmen, and turkey theft. The faculty, in protest, banned all student fun: firearms, dogs, private servants, entertainment of guests in rooms, spirituous liquors, and visits to taverns and brothels were forbid- den 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, the student spirit continued to inflate and turkey stealing soared to a record high. Not a bird in town was safe. s 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 dis- guise and burn .an effigy of the pro- fessor. 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, destroyed part of the library and battered the bell that awakened them each morning. Columbia's militia calmed the ruckus and ring leaders of the mob were 9