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William Hem Wofford Professor Uses Giant Globe S. C. Soldier-Statesman Had \As Aid in His Teaching of History Meteoric Rise From The Ranks Union-i-Only one other soldier, ^ ^^^^^^ ^^^ ^ tj according1 to American history, .When the South Carolina legisla ture met in 1877, following Hamp could boast of a record similar to ton©s election as governor in 1876, that of a man whose 125th birth the house members from La arena day occurs the 27th of this month. and Edgefield were refused ad Within two years and eight mission into the hall by Governor months William Henry Wallace Chamberlain and his henchmen. of Union rose from a private to a The Radicals, the Republican general in the Confederate army. part of the South Carolina claimed Wallace enlisted as a private in that frauds existed in the election Company A of. the 18th Regi in these two counties, and that the ment of infantry, South Carolina Republicans were elected. volunteers, on January 3, 1862, Democratic members from the at Columbia, under Captain Rob other counties would not go in un ert Macbeth of Union. less the representatives from all Just a few days after enlisting, the counties were admitted. The Colonel James M. Gadberry of Democrats retired to Carolina hall. Union appointed Wallace adjut Having a full quoroum, they orga ant of the regiment. nized the South Carolina house of When Colonel Gadberry was representatives. Wallace was. killed at Second Manassas on elected speaker, and the assembly August 30, 1862, Adjutant Wal was called the "Wallace House." lace was appointed colonel of©the regiment. On September 20, 18- Finally Governor Chamberlain abdicated in favor of Hampton, 64, Colonel Wallace was commis after the state supreme court rul sioned brigadier general with ed in the latter©s favor. United temporary rank. The aight be States troops evacuated the State fore the Battle of Appomatox he was placed in command of Gen House and Governor Hampton and 3-4©3fVR. D. D. WALLACE AND HIS EARTH eral Bush rod Johnson©s division his official family and the house by order of General John B. Gor members (Wallace house) moved BY RALPH BRACKETT. appropriate maps for teaching pur made by spherical trigonometry to don of Georgia. in. South Carolina was again in A quarter of a century ago a group poses than which he possessed at the 1-100 of an inch. A system of pul time. His first idea was to construct leys makes adjustments possible.© General Wallace participated charge of her state government. lot Wofford college studenta at Spv- a flat map of the world; but this Should Doctor Wallace desire to re in the campaigns of Northern General Wallace served as tanburg rushed eagerly each morning project was abandoned when he move the globe from its birthplace [in the classroom of Dr. D D. Wal found that only one with the dimen he could do so only by disammebling Virginia. The last firing by in judge of the Seventh circuit for 16 sions 18 by 20 feet would suit his it into its Eastern and Western Hem fantry, of this army was by troops years. In 1893 he retired to pri lace, profeator of history and «co- purposes. The measurements were ispheres, for which he has provided ica, to see how far he has pro- impracticable, he stated, so he turned in its internal structure. But the in his command. vate life, but maintained his in (rested since the previous day in the his attention tothe construction of enormous ball will probably remain He was bom in Laurens county terest in the material growth and construction of what is probably the a globe, which he figured would rep in the room in which it came into ex prosperity of his state. [largest globe of the world used pri resent the earth more perfectly than istence. March 27, 1827. His parents marily for class room purposes. the best of flat maps. However, of all the facts about moved to Union county in 1833. The general is buried in the Even today, when the advance- After making enough calculations globe, perhaps the most interesting it Iment of science are making yes- to put any student through Wofford, that it is "insect proof." Realizing The general was graduated from Presbyterian cemetery at Union. Iterday©s wonders more commonplace, mathematically speaking, Doctor Wsl- that after a time certain insects ar* the University of South Carolina Central school 4th graders placed Wofford students continue to have lace began the arduous task of getting prone to work destruction upon an. in 1849. That a flag of the Confederacy over his their curiosity stirred upon ftrat the right materials and shaping them object of this sort. Dr. Wallace pre year he went to catching sight of the mammoth spher- into the finished spheroid. It took cluded their entering the globe©s tis Washington to join his congress grave at the conclusion of the bur* loid. Occupying a prominent position him five months, working in spare sue by adding corrosive sublimate to man father, Daniel Wallace, who ial rites. (nevt to the professor©s desk, and time, to complete the job. He did the glue used in putting the 14 layer* I swung from the ceiling by a thin steel all the work himself, including the of paper together. Very poisonous, was serving from the congres A United Daughters of the Con cable, the 200 pound oddity runs the meticulous drawing, tracing in ink. this compound will kill any insect sional district of which Union federacy chapter and a street in gauntlet of student inspection al- and coloring the different areas of that tries to enter the map. district was a part. [most daily yet at the same time it the globe©s surface. Only the sawing Although it has never been cleaned* In 1850 the general returned to Union. has become as familiar an object on of the wooden framework, shaping several NYA students it the colleg* Union was named in General Wal the Methodist campus as the admin the steel axis, and lettering the coun will tackle the job in the near fu \~ He read law in the office of istration building any week day morn- tries required outside help. ture. Armed with ordinary artistr lace©s honor. Ing at 8:45 o©clock. Doctor Wallace described the work erasers, they will go ever every inch, Judge T. N. Dawkins and was ad I Inclosed in a brown cloth covering in the following manner: of the globe, removing the discolora mitted to practice in 1859. In I When not in use, the globe resem- "The framework is composed of tion. Ifeles a huge balloon amid its sur- 90 degree arcs and the quadrants are Doctor Wallace, who is nationally j 1860 Wallace was elected to the l round ings of books and desk. Al- made of three-quarter inch plank. known as a historian of South Caro-©l state legislature from Union Kindness of: [though there are several larger ones After these were spliced together, the lina, and maker of a series of other] county. in museums, it probably outranks all frame was covered with strip* one- maps, had the following to say in Mr. Wade B. Roddey 1 others in size which are used en- quarter inch thick and one inch wide, gard to the Wofford globe: Thre« days after L«e©s surrend jtirely for class room demonstration. extending from pole to pole. After "I have found it to be of incalctt-j Rlchburg, S.C. ! It is twice the diameter, or eight tacking 14 thicknesses of heavy wrap lable value in teaching the geographic I er, General Wallace came hom« times the surface area of the largest ping paper to the frame, I covered cal aspects of history, because it s/MHtl and engaged in his choaen pro .globe manufactured for sale. that with fine drawing paper, making all countries in their relative size ana] fession. j As Doctor Wallace related it he the sphere six and one-quarter feet positions. As Capt. John Smith said,! was prompted to build the large globe in diameter. The globe ie suspended ©History without geography wandar- In 1865 he was a member of [through the desire to possess more at 23 1-2 degrees. Calculations were eth as one having no abode.©" the state constitutional conven tion. That fall he waa elected without his solicitation to the state legislature..

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