ApioneerandleaderinprovidingeducationandopportunitytothePalmettoState’sblackpopulation,SouthCarolinaStateUniversityhascreatedandsustainedanacademictraditionofexcellencesinceitsinceptionin1896.FoundedastheColored,Normal,Industrial,AgriculturalandMechanicalCollegeofSouthCarolina,thishistoricallyblackcollegehasevolvedoverthedecadestobecomeoneoftheSouth’spremieracademicinstitutions.Thisvolume,withover200black-and-whitephotographs,tracestheinstitution’shistoryfromthecollege’sfirstyearsunderThomasMillertothepresent,undertheguidanceofLeroyDavis.Recording,inwordandimage,theacademictraditionsandeclecticcampusactivitiesoverthepastcentury,thisuniquepictorialretrospectivetouchesuponmanyelementsoftheBulldogexperience,includingearlyscenesofturn-of-the-centurycourses,suchascheese-making,tailoring,brickmasonry,andbeekeeping;photographsofvariousathleticteamsovertheyears;andpicturesofearlycampusorganizations,likethecollegeband,theNewFarmersofAmerica,andthefirstROTCofficers.However,collegememoriesarenotjustshapedbycourseworkandextracurricularorganizations,butarefondlyrememberedinthecontextofeverydaylifeoncampus,fromthedormitories,suchasLowman,Manning,andMillerHalls,tohistoricacademicbuildings,likeWhiteandWilkinsonHalls,totwolocationswherestudentsspentcountlesshours--FloydDiningHallandMillerF.WhittakerLibrary.
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