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

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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.

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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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JUNATHAN MAXCY THOMAS COOPER Assumed offxce at age 36 Assumed ofhce at age 61 Educahon Brownll Education Oxfordll' Prior positron held Presrdent of Prior positron held Occupied Union College nn Schenectady chan' of Cllenustry at S C C day erther, so they passed a brll forbrd drng the sale of lrquor to students as nunors a law that has remarned, yet not unhke the campus wall has sel dom proved to be a hrndrance to the Carolrna student Entrance requrrements were rarsed and the entrance age was lowered from 15 to 14 years rn order to garn the presence of a freshman class The Graduate program requxrements were vrrtually nonexrstent Upon obtarnmg a Bachelor s degree a person had only to apply after three years of worthy conduct and a Master s degree would be granted hrm Much was accomplrshed durrng Barnwell s presrdency He restored the farth of many South Carolrnlans v -.f augb nz 1850 f' -c T' lm, Assumed office atage50 ROBER 1 ENRY Education U of Edinburgh Prior posluou held Professor of Metaphysics, Logue, and Moral chan- oi Plulosopl1yatS C C Philosophy of Languages at NOTI' Occupied Loglc, and SCC Y YU! r..u..1J f -ft'- JW E- 4 C1153 Fifi mare: r:r:: 'n 1.51 NCNNEY Lllcf LLEGE fxwf I7 PQ M-A -1 il! I Eff, ummm '!lUU1'lTflPnYL'LI4J Ei.., 'lEfI'TIl Mlfkff f 2 fifty U gf! T57 S43 Y A7 vu' 'T el T 'l'la.ovfvsflterel17 435104 is The 50141 Ccxvdllnb. olleqe, rn the College, uplrfted the dwrndhng enrollment rnstrgated the construe t1on of well needed burldrngs and began what has been termed the gol den age of South Carohna College npopularrty was the plague of Presrdent Robert Henry and rumors of rmpeach ment permeated the campus A legrs latlve mvestrgatron of S C College found Henry to be unsatlsfactory as a presrdent and the trustees tactfully gave hrm a professorshrp rn return for the pres1dency Under Wrllram Pre ston, Henry's successor, Harper and Legare Colleges were burlt, Greek fra termtres were rntroduced CKappa Alpha and Phr Kappa PS1 are the only two of the orrglnal SIX that remarnj the college garned 1ts frrst out of state students and lost almost the entrre 1un1or class The Junrors were berng forced by Prof Brumby to attend extra chemrstry lectures whrle another professor was away They refused so Presrdent Preston temporarrly sus pended the 60 young men who then retahated by holdrng a bonfrre Ckrn dled by chemrstty textsj ln front of Old Fossrl s CBrumby sh house Ill health caused Preston to resrgn rn 1851 and as rehgron was growmg 13 ef' . ' F J! r-Egf i XX X ,P sa. . A A 5' 1' Y 1 ' rr E5 I V r j 1 X T. P H. X ru' - l V--J 1 X 5 V , . XX f' ru ' . X,X X X , P: X-. , a JU 7 . l in A .if 1 l . M -5 -1 '1 X , XX ZX , XX - .. X , X ij ' 3,3 w I gc - X 1 . l : ,fi ', f ,. 1 E H Qi: W -A. 1 ' H. ,H-C ,.-! .. . 'gl,,,lll1,,lll 1 Z: 1 L I , X. .N X,,,, ,zz 5 X m Zi: 5 m 55: X A if: 111111 w 1 z : a 2 Hr Z mmm 5: Z? :A ,.mw .:: i W 5 Z . V. :X X . 1, X - ., ,E ,V i X ' :XII FX i . 1 - s. f :X - 43- ., A 1 X3 1 .' 5, ., 'EX , , 1 X ,. . X T : K f . , ..,. ' X 1 .4 t XX. , XX .X . X L. . . -- ' fefiln ,j.,XX, ,XX , X- . 1 -r - 1, :i 1 0, I I Y 1 1 3 , if , 1 sf, . 2 3 1 2 E ' KQV 1: Z sl: : f:Y ' r V J ' F' -,- . -' ' ' 1: 1 'T ' .' - - tif-1 A- - - T-arf-f Wafer lf 1 K Ewen xr J: --at If :ie 'ali'-'ii' 1--fr ' lil' ',-. l , , , W, L--1 -V - r ng gf I 7-1-a fi v 1 ' -f ff :fl - s y -,r r. QV r . . . rferfg K S. - 1 r Fel 2 -asm ffm as f', ' , - 141 ' .. ' ' I H F 1 1- 41 eff, nzuffnw 'LL? ' . r , 1 ' . '- ' v - ' ' ' - 5 ,X - A- - f 1 . , , - N v lv l Q I ' ' , ,,, - - , ,- -, , -,,..,,...,-m,.Y.-Wvfx r,,,.--, ,. ,mmm Y i XXV ' lj r ' 'ix 1, nl v If f , 'x v x. 1 'Etna Y T 1 X . ' it ' :Lrg Q ' - ' ' - ,' -- '-H' fs 2' rTi.,,1E , - -4 'f-L.: -' 1 Xyfifql ETELJ 4, f vf 'l T f 3' i l ' 55 ' W ' Qi ' 'ii l-iw? rf , 'flag . I ariigl, r if 'il X from . . -- gesgl , 1- Y - L 2 , .-5+ ,' ' if Z' r-'AT' A 'W flffl L - E117 1 Caffwrf ' all fr I an . ff' ra -.I - 1 fr fe- aff, e , A P fag - M ,n,,.L f J ' 1 1 , ' r 1 Nfl ... . . ' J- I 'e vw' 1,1 4, - lyy ' , 1 .'-,, --'-- 1- - - L ' 4 '-' n, fi ' 5 , , MJ l -. ' ' fri, - g-4---lf- X ,.-1 ,X ,ll ' 'J' Z X -- A vw J.. 2.2- -'f ,-a.fs- A ' , -f- ., - .ff fer. I. -'wwf' W- -f -nrvf ' , . . . . .h 1. U - ,..L ,Y X ..-,- XX., ...,:1.V. ,X .---.4 4, .., K' ei . , .l--. -.vw , :CX - rf :iv 1., NX .hz 1.4,-5 - ft--t. .X ' . . 'Y . 51.2-142 S ,' -' - '- - '- . . I XX. Q, n 4: gi HX-,Tip . 1 Z. ' Q . 31- ' ' ' ' 'I . . , ,xv D ., 9 ' I b . - ' - C Q 7 - N . . . . ' 9 ,, . . . . l ' ' CC ' 5 ,Q 7