The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1904-09-14
The Lexington Dispatch
South Carolina College.
Centennial Celebration, January 10,
19O5.--History Before the War.

Centennial CeieDraIon, January ~,
1905.--History Before the War.
The centennial OF the opening ef
the South Carolina College will be
celebrated on the 10Th day of Jaru-
ary, 1905. TIE centennial of the
ehartering of the College was cele.
brsted December 19, 1901, in Char
lesion, during the Exposition. The
chief object Of this celebration, as
emphasized at the time, was to lead
up to worthy celebration OF the
true centennial of the life of the
College in January, 1905, when it is
expected that hundreds of alumni
from all parts of the country will be
present in Columbia to signalize one
of the most notable events in the
history of the State.
The establishment Of 3 State Col
lepe, conceived by John Rutledge,
was recommended to the Legislature
by Gov. John D.ayton, in November,
1901, and was carried successfully
through that body by b. W. De-
Saussure, afterwards Chancellor, and
until his death, in 1889, bulwark of
strength to the South Carolina COL
lege. The Governor, in his message,
referred to the advantage of an in
stitution supported by public funds.
...he means could not be wanting OF
inviting and providing for learned
and respectable professors in the
various branches of science" and the
need of q common center of education
in the State: ssThe friendships OF
young men would thence be pro-
mosed and strengthened througout
the State, and our political union be
much advanced thereby" The s'char-
teri of the College, ratified Decepber
19, 1901, bears the simple title, IAN
Act to Establish College at Go.
lumbis, andEis signed, John Ward,
President of the Senate" Theodore
Gaillard, Speaker of the House of
Representatives" The object was
thus set forth in the preamble:
whereas. the proper education Of
youth contributes to the property OF
society, and ought always to be an
object of Legislative attention; and
whereas, the establishment of COL
lege in central part of the State
where all it's youth may be educated,
will highly promote the instruction,
the good order and the harmony of
the whole community" The chief
provisions of the Act were the fol-
lowing: ''That his Excellency the
Governor, his Honor the Lieutenant-
Governor, the honorable the Presi-
dent of the Senate, and the Speaker.
of the House of Representatives, the
honorable the Associate Judges of
the Court of Equity, shall be, ex-
oficio, together with Gen. Charles
C. Pinckney, 81. w. DeSaussure,
Thomas Taylor, the Rev. D. E. Dun
lap, the Rev. MIR. John Brown, of
Lancaster, Wade Hampton, John
Chestnut, James B. Richardson, DIR.
Isaac Alexander, Henry Dana Ward,
the Rsv. Samuel W, Yongue, William
Falconer and Bartlee Smyth,' "The
Trustees Of the South Carolina Col
lege," and shall draw tout of the
treasury of this State the sum of fifty
thousand dollars, to be appropriated
to the purpose Of erecting building
Of brick or stone, and covered with
tile or slate, suitable to the sccomo-
dation of the students of the said
College, and suitable for fully carry
ing on the education of the said
students, and for the erection of
such other buildings as may be
necessary for the use of the said
College" The Comptroller is
authorized ito psy over to said trus-
tees the sum of six thousand dollars,
yearly and every year, to be approp.
rated to the purpose of paying the
salaries of the faculty of the said
ColIaoa and for the further support