Keowee courier. (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, June 14, 1916, Image 8
CLEMSON'S HANDSOME
Y. M. C. A. BUILDING
Just north of (lie textile school
at Clemson Col logo there is reared
a magnificent structure that is
an important factor in the social
and religious life of the student
body ut the State's agricultural
arid mechanical college, lt is the
building of the Young Men's
Christian Association, one of thc
first association structures in the
South, and one of the finest col
lege association buildings in the
country. It cost $78,000 and was
mude possible by the generosity
of Mr. John 1). 'Rockefeller, who
donated $50,000 on condition that
the hillanco should be forthcom
ing. The College trustees appro
priated $15 000, which left $13,
000 still to be raised. This sum
was made up by the loyalty and
contributions from cadets, fac
ulty, alumni and former students.
Some of the recreational fea
tures of the building ure an up
to-date swimming pool, bowling
a Hey Sj games room, reading and
lounging rooms, cafe and audi
torium for lectures, concerts, mov
ing pictures, etc. Ample provis
ion is made in the building tor
the spiritual work of tho associa
tion.
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EXTENSION AND DEMONSTRA
TION WORK.
The Demonstration and Extension
Work la under tho direction of Mr.
W. W. Long, who ls jointly appointed
by tbe Collcgo and tho United States
Department of Agriculture.
Tbe funds available for tills work
last fiscal year were as follows:
From Clemson College... $20.290.48
From Smith-Lover Act
(United States) . 10,000.00
From U. S. Dept. of Agri
culture . 34,000.00
From counties . 2,379.36
From Individuals. 284 . 16
From organizations . 5,716. Cf
Total. $72,670. Bfi
In tho Demonstration work Ibero
nro three district agents and 4 0
county agents.
Out of tho 4 6 county agents, 28 are
Clemson graduates and several aro
from other Southern colleges.
In tho extension servlco thoro aro
six oxperts furnished by tho United
States Department of Agrlculturo and
cloven collogo olllcera.
POWER STATION.
Supple]
The entire building is io be
made ?is attractive as possible for
the cadets, giving them a home
like place where they can spend
their unemployed time pleasantly
and profitably.
CLEMSON'S PUBLIC SERVICE
During last fiscal year, more
than half of tho fertilizer tax
was returned directly to the farm
ers in the form of public service.
This service included the demon
stration and extension work, the
maintenance of two branch exper
iment stations, fertilizer inspec
tion and analysis, scholarships,
veterinary inspection, and control
of contagious diseases, co-opera
tive experimental work with
fanners, protection against plant
diseases and insect pests, designs
of rural school buildings, etc.
These lines of work cost last fiscal
year $81,323.99.
Any farmer in need of techni
cal expert advice on agricultural
subjects should not hesitate to
write to the College for informa
tion. The inquiry will be re
ferred to the proper expert and a
prompt answer will be received.
The College oilicials write nearly
!i0,()00 such letters annually, and
send out nearly a half million
pieces of printed matter.
3iiun HOYS IN Tina SUMMER SHOUT <
I SUMMER SHORT COURSES \
A Pleasant and Profitable Vaca
tion.
Clemson College is offering a
four weeks' course in agriculture
and colton grading. The course
begins July l?lst and ends Au
gust 26th.
The school will be arranged so
that one can get what he most
needs. During the first week the
subject of dairying will be taught,
tile second week animal husban
dry, and the third horticulture.
For tho last week of the course
agronomy, which includes field
crops, soils, fertilizers, etc., will
bc thc chief subject.
A special course for teachers
of agriculture has been arranged.
Four weeks' instruction will also
be given the winners in thc Boys'
Corn Club work of the State.
A ten-day course tor ministers
interested in rural affairs-Au
gust 10th to Aug.ist 18th, inclu
sive-has been specially designed
for them.
The entire equipment of the ag
ricultural department will be at
thc disposal of those taking the
four weeks' courses. The farm,
dairy, dairy barn and the labora
tories will bc open for use in in
struction.
Popular lectures will bo given
each evening by some member of
nent to THE K KOW EE COURIER,
THE STUDENT BODY.
Every year tho numbor ot applica
tions to enter Clemson College ex
ceeds the capacity of the Institution.
Early In August it is necessary to be
gin a "walting list," as all available
rooms In tho barracks have been
taken.
This session tho enrollment (not
considering tho 198 enrolled In the
summer school) was 812.
Tho following data on 785 of thcso
men will bo of Interest:
Average agc, 19.3 years.
Avorago height in shoos, C ft. 9.1 in.
Types: Blondes. 350
Urunottos . 435
Living In tho country and In
small towns und villages. . .70.9%
Living in cities of over 2,500
inhabitants .29.1%
Horn in country.61.0%
Horn In towns and cities.36.0%
Who havo lived on the farm. . . .69.3%
Parents are or have been farm
ors.81.0%
Parents aro now engaged in
farming .51.5%
Two hundred and twenty students
now in Collego have had 313 broth
ers, of whom 121 graduated, to at
tend Clemson.
Occupations of Student's Parents:
Formera, 405: merchants, 75; clerks,
22; manufacturers, 18; physicians,
17; postal service, 15; teachers, 14;
ministers, ll; railway service, ll;
lawyers, 9; bankers, 9; bookkeepers,
9; contractors, 7; Insuranco agents, 7;
dentists, 4; miscellaneous, 152.
These tlgures speak eloquently of
tho fulfillment of the primary pur
pose of the College-to servo tho agri
cultural and Industrial classes of our
people
SSS
COURSE.
thc faculty or other lecturer '
prominent in State or national 1
a lin i rs.
Thc college library, with its |
?'50,000 books and many popular
magazines, will be open during I
the whole four weeks. ?
Walhalla, S. O, June 7, 1??6.
A PEN PICTURE OF
CLEMSON COLLEGE
Works for Welfare in Many
Ways.
Picture a county estate of 1.500
ucres, with stately buildings
placed at elevated points to form
a great irregular circle of half a
mile in diameter. Inclose in this
circle a beautiful grove of native
oaks, threaded by smooth drive
walks. Turn to the north and for
a background outline against the
sk}' at a distance of 20 miles,
range after range of mountains,
the home of the Highlands, of
Cosar's Head, Whitcsides and
other lofty peaks of thc Blue
Ridge. Think of these mountains
as in summer clothed with ver
lure, standing out black against
the horizon, and in winter often
white with snow. Take for the
southern boundary a river of In
dian lineage and follow in its
sweeping crookedness the swift
und turbulent Seneca as it twists
this way and that lo mark the
confines of the estate. And to this
-setting add broad expanses of
river bottom lands green with
corn, .steep hillsides sinuous with
level grassy terraces and cool pas
Lures with winding brooks and
graceful shade trees and you have
i picture of Clemson College, not
colored to suit the canvas of an
irtist, but as seen every year by
nearly a thousand young South
Carolinians, who seek, amid these
surroundings, an education that
viii prepare them for self-respect
ing, self-supporting citizenship.
A Large Plant.
Thc college tract contains over
1,500 acres. On the property
lhere are 23 principal public
niildings, 70 dwellings and (54
minor buildings. The college
has in its employ HG teachers
und officers. Its inventoried prop
erty is $1,327,728.57. The of
ficers of the college send out year
ly over 35,000 letters and over
135,000 other pieces of mail mat
ter, most of which give agricul
tural information.
In addition to thc parent sta
tion, thc college maintains two
branch experiment stations-one
near Summerville and the other
nt Florence. One more to be sit
uated in the sand hill sections of
Ihe State, just as soon as funds
will permit, will complete a sys
tem representing the principal
soil types of the State.
Clemson's Finances
Tho public has a right to tho fullest information in regard to th? fiscal
affairs of a State institution.
It would not bo posslblo to mako a fuller or moro detailed report than
does Clemson College.
Not only does tho Treasurer's annual report to the Legislature contain
tho usual summary of receipts and expenditures, but this report of 169 pages
lists each Individual bill paid out of College funds ls shown.
Slnco the support of an educational institution is of Interest and Import
ance to Us patrons, tho following briof summary for tho last fiscal year, taken
from tho Treasurer's report to tho Legislature, should be of Interest:
Income.
Privilege tax on fertilizers.$155,869.76
Morrill & Nelson funds (U. S.). 25,000.00
Interest on landscrlpt fund (U. S.). 5,764.00
Tuition from cadets. 5,233.00
Interest on Clemson bequest. 3,512.36
Sales, Interest, rents, otc. 9,998.72
Total.$205,357.84
Reserve fund. 67,192.84
Total resourcos 1914-15.$272,550.68
Tho above total represents what was available for tho uso of the Collogo,
Including Us local development and Its Public Service. Tho South Carolina
Experiment Station receives $30,000 from tho United States Dopartmont of
Agriculture for conducting agricultural research, but nono of this money can
bo used }>y the College. Likewise tho $10,000 from tho Federal Smith-Lover
Act can bo used only for demonstration and oxtcnslon work, under F?deral
supervision.
Tho money paid in by students for boardi laundry, heat, light, and
water, medical attention and Incidentals, ls held in trust by tho College for the
uso of tho cadets, and is not used for College expenses.
Tho following ls a condensed summary of expenditures:
Expenditures.
1. For operating exponscs of Collogo (salaries of teachers, labor
era, Insurance, coal, shop and laboratory materials, otc.)... .$143,836.82
2. For buildings, permanent Improvements and additions to shop
and laboratory equipment. 37,688.83
3. For public work (fertilizer Inspection and analysis, veterinary
inspection, scholarships, branch stations, etc., otc.). 81,323.99
Total.$262,849.64
Tho decrease In tho fertilizer tax to $155,859.76 would have necessitated
cutting down the amount Invested In public service, but for tho balance of
$67,192.84 which had been husbanded from previous years. During the pres
ent fiscal year tho Collogo ls continuing the public service hy borrowing
$62,400 to supplement tho fortlllzor tax which this year is not likely much to
exceed last year.
AWARD OF SCHOLARSHIPS
AND FREE TUITION
It lins be?, the practice of the
trustees not to recommend any
young man for the award of a
scholarship unless his parents
signed an affidavit that they were
unable to pay for their son's edu
cation, and the tax returns show
ed an unencumbered property
valuation bore out the affidavit.
Free tuition was granted only
on the certificate of the County
Auditor, based upon an affidavit
of thc parent that he was unable
to pay it.
This yoar the State Board of
Charities and Corrections is
charged by law with investigat
ing the financial standing of all
applicants for scholarships and
free tuition, and reporting their
findings to the board of trustees.
WHEAT FIELD COLLEGE FARM.
RESULTS OF TOP-DRESSING
Best Times to Apply Nitrate of
Soda to Corn, Cotton and Grain.
Results obtained at the South
Carolina Experiment Station
show that a top-dressing with ni
trate of soda gives good results on
cotton, corn and small grains. The
increase is most marked during a
wet year, because this nitrogen is
already in an immediately avail
able form, while the rotting of
the organic sources does not pro
ceed as rapidly as usual on ac
count of the excess of moisture in
the soil. Thc amount to apply per
acres varies with the fertility of
the soil and the previous fertiliza
tion, but we would suggest from
50 pounds per acre on poor land
up, according to the fertility of
the soil.
Early applications are coming
into favor. Wc recommend that
the soda be applied to corn when
it is between knee and waist high,
to cotton just as the shapes begin
to form, and to small grain in
March. Care should be taken not
to sow nitrate of soda on wet
plants, because it is likely to scald
them. It is best to apply it just
after a rain, when tho moisture
had dried olf tho leaves of tho
plants, then cultivate with a
mulch forming implement as soon
as the ground is dry enough to
plow.