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The CI Sow ONE OF THE LARGEST AN] OF PLANT OVER $1,300,( CAROLINA REPRESEN1 AND MODERN BUILDI N1 Location and Environ The College is located in Oconee County at the Blue Ridge Mountains, on the homestead Calhoun and later owned by his son-in-law Clemson. The College is over 800 feet abo level and the climate is healthful and in Temptations to dissipate or to spend mone; are reduced to a minimum. The students are under military government effort is made to train up manly young mei reflect credit on the College and on the State ji T?.,?7 nVLlglUUS lnjiueriLt The College contributes to the salary of fo ministers who conduct divine services and d work among the cadets in barracks. There Ishing Sunday School and Y. M. C. A. with Y. M. C. A. Secretary, who lives in the ba $75,000 Y. M. C. A. building will be begur 1915. Requirements of Admission No student will be admitted who is not i years old at the time of entrance. A prepa partment is no longer maintained at the Colle An honorable discharge from the last sch lege attended is required. No student will be admitted who is not healthy and free from contagious diseases, tuberculosis. Applicants for the Freshman Class must st * ? *-1 ? *- \r-? tVicifv* pniintioa nn .Tnlv 10 lllctllUUCS C1L11C1 Jill LltVil VVMMb?VW v.. College In September unless they can fill < scribed certificate, furnished by the College CHEMICAL LABORAT* Value of a Te< College Educ A young mail can make no better invc education. Viewed merely as a matter of borrow the money at interest, he will find capacity will perhaps even the first year aftei Financial Sup Clemson College is founded on a covena people. Back in the '80's, the advocates or I trial Education promised that If given the ti commercial fertilizers sold in the State, the not only an efficient system of inspection an farmers from Imposition In the purchase ol but with what remained after paying the cost build and operate a College. During the histo tax has averaged $110,247.62. For the past averaged $238,958.02. The Legislature of S appropriation for Clemson College. In addition to the fertilizer tax, the Colleg eral Treasurer $25,000 annually, and a small tlon and interest on the Clemson and Lands Carolina Experiment Station is supported en U. S. Department of Agriculture, and has no ] TEXTILE DEPART>0 For Catalogue, Etc., V (PRESERVE THIS PAGE FOR REFE emson th Carolina's Sc ) BEST EQUIPPED AGRICUI 300. OVER 90 TEACHERS, OF TED. TWELVE DEGREE COl NGS, EQUIPMENT AND SAN SXT SESSION OP1 is a flour a salaried rracks. A 1 January, it least 16 .ratory de sge. ool or col reasonably including and exam or at the jut a pre DRIES. ihnical repay the lo necessary to or one-third catcd labor ambition wli some friend will make fo to lose. The pa,y for then A Collej necessity of start on. In set a capita character an every year o A Colleg so much as i scsses and is character thi There n ation stmcnt than in a technical business, even if lie has to that his increased earning knowledge n and so lilghl TIOXS OF I Clemson lina the ben r graduation be sufficient to offered an op port nt with the agricultural Agricultural and Indus ix of 25c per ton on the c*f nrnnU OTfVarUTJA d analysis to protect the f their main commodity, of this protection, would ry of the College, the tag three fiscal years it has outh Carolina makes no < e receives from the Fed amount comes from tui cript Funds. The South tirely by funds from the part In the College work. EXT The ( courses oi session, heat, lig'li Tuition is The ( $117.95. listed abo The < and the ! $10.00. * water. N Do V'rite at Once to W REXCE) Agricultu hool of Engineering at ,TUBAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGES I* FICERS AND ASSISTANTS. NUMBER OF URSES. FIVE SHORT COURSES. TWENTY ITATION. ?NS WEDNESDAY, SEPTE an. It is a poor business policy to wait to earn the money pay for an education with an earning capacity only one-half that of an educated man.. Every year of untrained, unedu reprcsents a direct financial loss. Every boy of ability and lose parents are unable to pay for his education should get to indorse his note at the bank and begin preparation that r greater earning capacity and a fuller life. There is no time s world is looking for 1,000 horsepower men and is willing to <i. Alreody there is a surplus of the one horsepower variety. !*e education is no longer o luxury of the rich, but more a the poor boy whose parents can give him little or nothing to earning cupacity, a College education represents at the out 1 of from $15,000 to $30,000, depending upon the energy, d personality of the possessor, and the capital increases with f its efficient use. :e diploma lias come to be regarded by the business world not in evidence of knowledge as evidence that the graduate pos ; trained in those qualities of ability, industry, ambition and at are likely to make for success. ever was a time in the liistory of the world when expert as so much in demand, so indispensable to individual success, y compensated. FOR THE UNTRAINED WAIT THE POSI iOW WAGES, LONG HOURS AND POVERTY. College brings within the reach of every boy in South Caro cfits and possibilities of a technical education. He is here iportunity to enjoy some of the good things of life. The way AGRICULTURAL HALL COST ?ost for any of the twelve regular four-year the Two-Year Textile Course is $133.40 per This amount covers uniforms, board, room, t, water, laundry and all fees except tuition. $40.00 additional to those who are able to pay. 'ost of the One-Year Agricultural Course is This amount covers the same items as are ve. ost of the Four-Weeks' Course for Farmers, Four-Weeks' Course in Cotton Grading is rhis amount covers board, heat, light and o uniforms are required. not delay; you may be crowded out. IVI. RIGGS, Firesides iral College id Agriculture I THE SOUTH. 1,544 ACRES OF LAND. VALUE STUDENTS, 834. EVERY COUNTY IN SOUTH SIX DEPARTMENTS OF INSTRUCTION. NEW IMBER 9, 1914 O ?1?1 m 9 a ocnuiursnips ariu sy^urru nations The College maintains 168 four-year scholarships in the Agricultural and Tex tile Courses, and 51 in the One-Year Ag ricultural Course (October 1 to June 1). Each scholarship is worth $100 and free tuition. Scholarship and entrance examinations are held at the county court houses at 9 a. m., July 10. Write for full information in regard to the scholarships open to your county next session, ana tne laws govern ing their award. It is worth your while to try for one of these scholarships. Those who are not seeking to enter on scholarships are advised to stand exami nations on July 10, rather than wait until they come to College in the fall.. Credit will be given for any examinations passed at the county seat. DAIRY BUILDING is provided whereby, if he have the ambition and capacity for knowledge, tie need not continue in ignorance. Here, at a cost lower than at any similar institution, can a young man obtain an education second to none, if lio Ka c1-1nrr on n/lnnnHnn tViat trill nronnrr* him fnr cnlf.aiictninintr u liV WV cwnjo^ uu vuuvunvu iumv ????? p* v|/m? v self-respecting citizenship. Clemson's Public Service Out of the fertilizer tax only about $130,000 is expended upon the College. Nearly $100,000 annually represents the cost of public serv ice rendered to the farmers. This public work includes not only the fertilizer inspection and analysis, but veterinary and entomological in spection, cattle tick and hog cholera eradication, branch experiment stations, scholarships, cooperative experiments, extension and demon stration work, etc. The College officers write nearly 35,000 letters every year giving specific information, and send out nearly half a million bulletins and circulars. s A higher standard for commercial fertilizers Is maintained In South Carolina than in any other Southern State. The inspection and analy- \ sis carried on by the College Insures the attainment of that standard. The farmer, even if he and not the manufacturer pays the tax of 25c per ton, gets value received many times over in the Increased value of his fertilizers. In addition, a great Agricultural and Mechanical College has been built up worth over a million and a third dollars, enrolling annually nearly 850 young men, and demanding no appro priations from the State Treasury for its support. -it, Box A, Clemson College, S. C.