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Location and Environment
The College is located in Oconee County at the foot of
the Blue Itldge Mountains, on th ; homestead of John C,
Calhoun and later owned by his son-in-law, Thos. C5.
Clemson. The College Is over 800 feet above the sea
level and the climate Is healthful and invigorating.
Temptations to dissipate or to spend money foolishly
are reduced to a minimum.
The students are under military government and every
effort is made to train up manly young men who will
reflect credit on the College and on the State.
Religious Influences
The College contributes to the salary of four resident
ministers who conduct divine services and do pastoral
work among the cadets in barracks. There is a nourishing
Sunday School and Y. M. C. A. with a salaried
Y. M. C. A. Secretary, who lives in the barracks. A
$75,000 Y. M. C. A. building will be begun January,
1015.
Requirements of
Admission
No student will bo admitted who is not at least 16
years old at the time of entrance. A preparatory department
is no longer maintained at the College.
An honorable discharge from the last school or college
attended is required.
No student will bo admitted who is not reasonably
healthy and free from contagious diseases, including
tuberculosis.
Applicants for the Freshman Class must stand examinations.
either in their counties on July 10 or at the
College in September unless they can till out a proscribed
certificate, furnished by the College.
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CIIKMlt'AI, I.AIlOIt ATOIIIICS.
Value of a Technical
College Education
.. .t'M'i'h ?? * 4111 lllillil IHI nil I II ? II I I I I I III.Ill
education. Viewed merely as a matter of business, even
borrow (be money a( interest, lie will liml that Ids inei
capacity will perhaps e\en the lirst year after graduation I
Financial Support
Clemson College Is founded on a covenant with the
people. Hack In the '80's, the advocates of Agricultural
trial Education promised that If given the tax of 25c per
commercial fertilizers sold In the State, the Trustees wo;
not only an elllclent system of inspection and analysis to
farmers from Imposition In the purchase of their main
hut with what remained after paying the cost of this prote<
build and operate a College. During the history of the Coll
tax has averaged $1 10,247.62. For the past three fiscal ;
averaged $228,958.02. The Legislature of South Carolim
appropriation for Clemson College.
In addition to the fertilizer tax, the College receives fro
oral Treasurer $2 5,000 annually, and a small amount com*
tlon aAd interest on the Clemson and Landseript Funds.
Carolina Experiment Station is supported entirely by fun<
U. S. Department of Agriculture, and has no part In the C<
TEXTII.E I) EPA KTMEST
For Catalogue, Etc., Write a
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repay the loan. It is a poor hi
necessary to pay Tor an edueatln
or one-tliird that of an educated
rated labor represents a direct
ambition whose parents are mi;
some friend to indorse Ids note
C & will make for greater eariiint; ea
to lose. The world is looking fo
pay for tliem. Already there is
^ | A folle^e education is no
sfewjJlfcw ^>4 necessity of the |>oor hoy whose
start on. In earning capacity, a
If* 4&1- jfj srt a *'al,"al of from tiOO
character ami personality of the
- . , vt rv >ear of its ellielent use.
A College diploma lias come
so much as an exidenee of know
sesses and is trained in those qi
character that are likely to inak
There iic\rr was a time ii
knowledge was so much in ilriua
and so highly compensated, l't)
in a technical I IONS OF I.OW \N XtiKS, l.OV
t if In* lias to t'lemson College brings will
eased earning lina the iH-nelits and possiliilitii
lie stlflieicnt to offered an onoort unit \ to rnio\ j
agricultural
?s from tul
The South
ils from the AtillH
allege work.
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* ?* ' The cost for any o
courses or the Two-S ea
^ session. This ainonnt
jl- heat, light, water, laiuu
jgg , 'Tuition is $ 10.00 additio
The cost of the < h
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Do not delay; y<
t Once to W. IVI. R1
EES, Fort Mill, S. C., June 11, 1914.
ricultur
T~* a
engineering ana
MECHANICAL COLLEGES IN TH
ASSISTANTS. NUMBER OF STL
SHORT COURSES. TWENTY SIX
1NESDAY, SEPTEM1
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RATION mTIM?lN<;.
isint*ss policy to wait to cant tlic money
n with an earning capacity only one-half
I man., l'.very year of iiiitraincil, uncdtifiiuineial
lo^, I'.xery hoy of ability aiul
tblc to pay for his education should get
at the hank and begin preparation that
parity and a fuller life. There is no time
r 1,000 horsepower men and Is willing to
a surplus of the one horsepower variety,
longer a luxury of the rich, hut more a
parents can give him little or nothing to
College education represents at the outlet
$::<>.ono. depending upon tin' energy,
jKtssessor, and the capital increases with
to la* regarded lty the business world not
iledge as evidence that tin* graduate poslalities
of ability, industry, ambition and
e for success.
i the history of the world when expert
nil, so indispensable to indi\idunl success,
it tiii: rvnt \i\r.i> wait tiik i?osi- js
(i iiol Its anl) l'OVIdtl y. |?. n,
tin flu' roacli ?>f every boy in South Curo- ,-imih
s of a technical education. He is here if lie
Mime of the good things of life. Tin? way self-r
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UliTURAIi n \Lli er
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I' the twelve regular fnur-year
r Textile Course is per
covers uniforms, board, room,
Irv and all fees except tuition,
nal to those who are able to pay.
ic-Year Agricultural Course is
covers the same items as are
ir-Woeks* Course Pnr RVrmors. I
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Course in Cotton (trading is ^
covers hoard, heat, light and "***
e required.
)u may be crowded out.
[GGS, Presideri
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*al College
Agriculture
:E SOUTH. 1,544 ACRES OF LAND. VALUE r
rDENTS, 834. EVERY COUNTY IN SOUTH
; DEPARTMENTS OF INSTRUCTION. NEW
3ER 9, 1914
Scholarships and
nations
The College maintains 1(>S four-year 1
Scllnl.'l rslli lis in flw \ irriciilf nvi 1 Mini Tcv- I
tile Courses, and ~>1 in the One-Year Agricultural
Course (October 1 to dune 1).
Kadi scholarship is worth ^ 100 and free
t uition.
Scholarship and entrance examinations
are held at the county court houses at !> |
a. in., July 10. Write for full information
in regard to the scholarships open to your
^ county next session, and the laws govcrninig
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 examinations
on duly 10, rather than wait until
they conic to College in the fall. Credit
? will he given for any examinations passed
at the county seat.
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DAIUV IU II.IHNG
>\i11* ? 1 Hticri'liy, il'lie have tlx* ambition ami riipaclt) for kmmIciIk<'.
ril not continue in ignorance. Ilere, at a oust lower than at any
ir institution, ran a young; man obtain an eilneation sei-onil to none,
lie seeking; an eilneation tliat will prepare liim for seir-siistaining;,
espi'i-tiiiR eitlzeiislilp.
Clemson'sPublic Service
Out of the fertilizer tax only about $130,000 Is expcntlctl upon the
illegc. Nearly $100,000 annually representH the eost of public servb
rendered to the farmers. This public work includes n<>t only the
rtilizer inspection and analysis, but veterinary and entomological 1nectlon,
cattle tick and hog cholera eradication, branch experiment
ntions, scholarships, cooperative experiments. extension and demonration
work, etc. The College officers write nearly 35,000 letters
cry year giving specific information, and send out nearly half a
illlon bulletins and circulars.
A higher standard for commercial fertilizers is maintained in South
irollna than in any other Southern State. Tho inspection and analyst
carried on by the College Insures the attainment of that standard,
ae farmer, even if ho and not the manufacturer pays tho tax of 25c
r ton, gets value received many times over in the Increased value
his fertilizers. In addition, a great Agricultural and Mechanical
allege has been built up worth over a million and ?u third dollars,
irolling annually nearly 850 young men, and demanding no approbations
from the State Treasury for its support.
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