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

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' v Students prepare for a horse-amihuggy ride in this pifture taken of the upper part of the Honeshoe over 100yea1:v ago. Notice the ala' house fPrasidentCf Mansion j where MrKissirk Library now stands. , A , t . - t 4 . ' Thomas Coo er was a tron v - .,,Q7'2, .fa-muff 51fmaAL.f4i11-qlaor1Ja-ng :tml 3:.as1n.4ug Ifawefmtg fo me, Cate of Statesfprighrs aid vghagnoa .L , K . Jatldg. .ffm-tmfrd 'ldntba-QQ-V f-fm gviflga- , national tariff was levied, he pro- ' .A c. a claimed that South Carolina would V 4 k U'q 'fr 1' -95 'fjhg ffl-0 ' soon be questioning the value of 'A A ' A A remaining in the Union. A A A A A A A A ' AA A A ' During the 1830's Cooper was put i ir M jflfv. under investigation initiated by the . T L 5 0 ' Q ALli'iYrll5 lwflf3fltQefi52'i.?ffl Ql,,53Q..felflg legislature and carried out by the Wd' if 3 'Nl wwffxf faofibd ya' Board of Trustees. They charged him A pa rnwmfw 05 TK. 33-tag- ffka JW-wailing WLWTCW with several offenses related to his A A Ka Krishna aryl Ma Lum Gwinn, ,L an T s threats of established religion. Cooper - , , JL? ' IT' 0 g 'f'j ' ' cornbatted the accusations on the it. .fo..',,5'fK.,,,,Q, wfn..mu.flul,m-1.5 flirt Mui 3 5,3 'A grounds that the Constitution allowed A T gynivcu YL A , I6 , A him to think and say what he pleased. 17 f'f'j? A'JV ' f '1'W a' .. 'Mfg 5i '?f?f' Cooperis academic record was tmwmwmlihan, 7541 5541 Af,.,,y,2.,,.,1 may Mm A01 3 highly successful. He raised entrance . .Q ,, , s requirements and remodeled the cur- ' 'gif Ke- G m- ff 5'H0fif-Tf'W -fgd riculurn. The fame of this brilliant J TMC mug xoiu hin 5,4 ,gum Jawa , T L hgfsdhilgigiiiiiihie the institution Letter of john Quincy Adams endorsing an application from South Carolina for a Chapter W' Phi Beta Kappa. 11

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The History Behind USC Ccont.J expelled. But the air of dissatisfaction remained. When a legislative ,committee investigated the complaints, they found that President Maxcy's inability to act because of ill health was the cause of the unfavorable conditions. After the investigation, improve- ments were made. When 52-year-old Maxcy died in 1820, Thomas Cooper was named Governor john Drayton was instrumental in the ertablzklament ofSoutb Carolina College. The Euplyradian ba!! ojien served as the scene of weekbf animated debate: on almost any and every con- reivable subject. president of the College. Cooper was a 61-year-old New Englander whose controversial nature was well known in the North. He took control of the College, raised the weakened entrance requirements and restored Latin and Greek to the curriculum. He believed that the quality of the student body was worth more than numbers. So, when there were no freshmen in the 114 attending SCC in 1831, Cooper deemed it an uplift in academic excel- lence. Cooper favored the idea of a uni- versity and also said a free public . N - otm rm es on 1 .pwrggfiitva-4-qffmafaxfm-assi . -. . ' ' ' ' 1' 1 it aa.ifrwi,'-tu: my -f c 5 - r 5 -' g- . 'Q Zoumaigeisf up ' H South-Carolina, College, waiitri-iowa-t. . ti l 1 151 Mgtivt. of 134111152111 af Z1'tw-ww,- f ..,. R - 4, if MQ V Maas rctuis ' Q 0 09' iw 'l!EfO901Ied.ifor the receptiu ugvwit, lpcvi Studignn, on. the .second srfmgny fn J,m,m.y Mm. ' WWW-imhmi fi mf- i 0 i?nW3.i95 333050 what propos, 8 nm-si., xi - V: i. NlhQivLn'1' ren ,to that iixstituhiin, l0,PifCf'8i'8 r ,i ,rhomqftimar adlmssiom'theifoiluwipugggiggg bgbfoyisiouaily Agn igitm-tgt-the ,Amin Pyllrlac. 'Y You ssiiliyxhbieforse heplem-ed to in .girgirimjiyfirilifiiihigttl-ltitri M, Wie. iotslttia-omit my Ga-zezttas.onriwwry rw .INA sigma..-cific pi ,il This order be ciouuterrp-fimlgd'. ' P ' by Teivablh -:Lab 1 5' WILLIAM' Ti8Y1-0Ri f5vwetery. . .p Fnxw-z.xv1,+esq. A -In -5 'Ti'5if ?m, ..-. 1 that .,.,,W,.,,. . it ftl ct'i gl' ? 'g?'f5 .- , - cmusmr ' . gtsaufl other sides--by - , ,, i - - - fi, Atari, 29.11, 1864, ... -fait, .aff-1?-4' !fft'f '4tf?- 'w2 'rfi6v '-V 'f'1 'ff of If--f so f t, W i- ,, t y - i,g,i.fi,ii.v,Mi it 'mai 1- . M tn- if -' - tl- r Tlyir article announcing the Colleges opening war in the itrae of july 13, 1804, ofthe Carolina Gazette. 10 school system should be created by the state. His advocation of a medical school prompted the medical society in Charleston to seek a charter for such a school. During the Cooper presidency, classical societies prospered and offered all students political, fraternal and intellectual activity. Saturday debates and oratories often lasted long into the night. General Lafayette was elected as an honorary member of one of the classical societies when he vis- ited the campus in 1825. Despite the rise in intellectual stimulation, the students still lacked discipline. Campus window breaking resulted in a 3135 glass tax for each stu- dent. The tax did not curb the break- ing of windows, however, and Colum- bians became infuriated by Coopet's lack of control over the students. Cooper was put under further attack for his religious and political antics. He declared himself a theist, yet denied the existence of the soul, the Trinity and hell. He proclaimed Christianity to be in error and worked diligently to overthrow its teachings. In his geology classes Cooper refuted the divine creation of the Earth as explained in Genesis. The churches of the state were infuriated about this pompous heretic who was implanting false notions into the minds of their youth.

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The History Behind USC fcont.J hen the Board of Trustees took a good, long look at the sad condition of South Carolina College in 1854, they asked the whole faculty to resign and started all over again. With no president and only 20 remaining students, the Board decided a little re-organization was called for. Robert Henry, serving as president pro tempore, and four faculty mem- bers were asked to remain until the College could elect a new president the following year. After the explosive administration of the controversial Thomas Cooper, politicians of the state wanted some- one of unquestionable values. They could have found no one better to fill their needs than Robert Barnwell, a graduate of Harvard and a native South Carolinian. Barnwell, elected in 1835, gave them little to fear for he was a staunch Episcopalian, a South- erner, and most important, a large slave owner. Barnwell's emphasis on the need of an extensive book collection prompted the building of the South Caroliniana Library, probably the first building in the U.S. to be used solely as a college library. The reading room is a model of Bulfinch's Library of Congress Room in Washington, D.C. Under Barnwell's influence, at least 353,000 started being allocated each year for the purchase of books and by 1850, with over 18,400 volumes, 'the library was larger than the one boasted by Princeton. South Carolini- ana Library was ranked one of the two top libraries in the South as well as one of the best in the nation. Elliott, Pinckney and Lieber Col- leges were constructed during this time to accommodate the needs of the expanding faculty and student body. Barnwell's administration also saw the building of a 6'9 brick wall around the main campus. However, the wall did little to curb the wander- Built in 1840, The South Caroliniana Library has long been dzlttinguzklyed at the older! sqlnzrate college library in the nation. 1 2 if ' Q e tl .1 11511 f , 1 , fee 4' f. , . l l ' 1 Fi N. . ' ,Q ,Q-U. fl' ,-, M if it 'V Q-. 'S' J 'i - i ' W H Y' V33 gfliflw ifvliif lf' X' v E A . WT. ' ' vig? .- C N ' , -1-. 'l'yQ I ' 7 , ' 'il ' , 1 1 . 'QQ75 diet ' ' if .1 .r.i r c A L Y, Wg. iggil, 'If' 'Z 'Z H ..... ' I llggliwt' 1 ja I xl sa I , , ,, ,r.e,3,i'.,f4'g-'g.5.,',-...jf 31.11. : J- : . if ,HUF g ,gf ',,- .' H ,r ,...., . EE '- 'ec -- f ri' ,Ltr , , - , up Lv-1', il A Md 1-751:-1 xl, 1 I 452155 ,Eg -it-ie! la ings of the students, they simply climbed over it. The S.C.C. trustees decided their students were too extravagant by 19th century standards, so the College Laws of 1836 set the yearly expense limit at 35550 per student Cexcluding room and booksj and at 31550 for pocket money. Students could not spend over 55100 for clothing and they were made to wear a gray uniform, a requirement that was soon forgotten. The Legislature decided the students' social habits were not befitting of that The SIC. Library had long Jerved as the main libmryhr100yearJ.