CLEMSON'S HANDSOME Y. M. C. A. BUILDING Just north of the textile school at Clemson College there is reared a magnificent structure that is an important factor in the social and religious life of the student lU a Cf n f aV nrnM/illlflirol UUU V Ut llic Uiaics Uglivuii/uiui and mechanical college. It is the building of the Young Men's Christian Association, one of the first association structures in the South, and one of the finest college association buildings in the country. It cost $78,000 and was made possible by the generosity of Mr. John D. Rockefeller, who donated $50,000 on condition that the balance should be forthcoming. The College trustees appropriated $15,000, which left $13,000 still to be raised. This sum was made up by the loyalty and contributions from cadets, faculty, alumni and former students. Some of the recreational features of the building are an up to-aate swimming pooi, nowung alleys, games room, reading and lounging rooms, cafe and auditorium for lectures, concerts, moving pictures, etc. Ample provision is made in the building tor the spiritual work of the association. * As KKiai.'; CORN < EXTENSION AND DEMONSTRATION WORK. The Demonstration and Extension Work is under the direction of Mr. W. W. Long, who is jointly appointed by the College and the United States Department of Agriculture. The funds available for this work last fiscal year were as follows: From Clemson College... $20,290.48 From Smith-Lever Act (United States) 10,000.00 From U. S. Dept. of Agriculture 34,000.00 From counties 2,379.36 From individuals 284 .16 From organizations 5,716.55 Total $72,670.55 In the Demonstration work there are three district agents and 46 county agents. Out of the 46 county agents, 28 are Clemson graduates and several are from other Southern colleges. In the extension service there are six experts furnished by the United States Department of Agriculture and eleven college officers. m . n I m POWER STATION. ,J| Religious ; => -vagjp' Wk&& <:- *%:-: . .t 2 ntfftfsffjfs' | h^hnflh ul i p; bh^|nh h ifu %*<*?! ?* . ;:; ' >. . ,...?.^ %.+ 1 j ' I ' COURSE. i the faculty or other lecturer ' prominent in State or national 1 affairs. The college library, with its | 30,000 books and many popular 1 magazines, will be open during < 1 the whole four weeks. ? DAIRY BUI LI I i I j u A PEN PICTURE OF CLEMSON COLLEGE 1 Works for Welfare in Many 2 Ways. 3 Picture a county estate of 1,500 acres, with stately buildings placed at eley.ated points to form a great irregular circle of half a j mile in diameter. Inclose in this e circle a beautiful grove of native * oaks, threaded by smooth drivewalks. . Turn to the north and for a background outline against the ^ sky at a distance of 20 miles, range after range of mountains, the home of the Highlands, of Caesar's Head, Whitesides and . other lofty peaks of the Blue Ridge. Think of these mountains ^ as in summer clothed with verdure, standing out black against si the horizon, and injvinter often |U] white with snow. Take for the C[ southern boundary a river of In- e( dian lineage and follow in its sweeping crookedness the swift and turbulent Seneca as it twists r this way and that to 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 pastures with winding brooks and graceful shade trees and you have a picture of Clemson College, not colored to suit the canvas of an artist, but as seen every year by nearly a thousand young Soutn Carolinians, who seek, amid these surroundings, an education that j will prepare them for self-respecting, self-supporting citizenship. A Large Plant > The college tract contains over 1,500 acres. On the property = there are 23 principal public r buildings, 70 dwellings and 64 minor buildings. The college has in its employ 116 teachers B and officers. Its inventoried prop jjll^ '< ^^PERCH ER O N Clemsor The public has a right to the flfalrs of a State Institution. It would not be possible to mi oes Clemson College. Not only does the Treasurer's lie usual summary of receipts and sts each individual bill paid out ol Since the support of an educat nee to Its patrons, the following br rom the Treasurer's report to the ] 1 Privilege tax on fertilizers Morrill & Nelson funds (U Interest on landscript fund Tuition from cadets Interest on Clemson beque Sales, interest, rents, etc. bMik Total Reserve fund Total resources 1914 The above total represents whs lcluding Its local development am !xperlment Station receives $30,00 griculture for conducting agriculti e used by the College. Likewise 1 ct can be used only for demonsti jpervision. The money paid in by stude rater, medical attention and incldei se of the cadets, and is not used f The following Is a condensed s Ex] . For operating expenses of Collet era, insurance, coal, shop and . For buildings, permanent impro'1 and laboratory equipment.... . For public work (fertilizer inapt Inspection, scholarships, brand Total The decrease in the fertilizer t uttlng down the amount invested 67,192.84 which had been husband nt fiscal year the College is con 62,400 to supplement the fertilizer xceed last year. WARD OF SCHOLARSHIPS AND FREE TUITIC It has been the practice of t :ustees not to recommend ai oung man for the award of iholarship unless his parer gned an affidavit that they we nable to pay for their son's ed ition, and the tax returns sho1 1 on nnnnnnmliorofl nrnnnr erty is $1,327,728.57. The officers of the college send out yearly over 35,000 letters and over C 135,000 other pieces of mail mat- si ter, most of which give agricul- tr tural information. cc In addition to the parent sta- in tion, the college maintains two w branch experiment stations?one al aear Summerville and the other al it Florence. One more to be sit- tli uated in the sand hill sections of ce the State, just as soon as funds cc svill permit, will complete a sys- th tern representing the principal ac soil types of the State. th ? IIIP ilBI Willi y j X an uiiv,iivuiiiuv/i wu |yx \j|yvt . . , '' / * * / 'j- ?a ' $, - - W'?a ' ' ' ! ' /, " % ' ' " f : , WHEAT FIE1L: ESULTS OF TOP-DRESSY est Times to Apply Nitrate < Soda to Corn, Cotton and Grain Results obtained at the Soil arolina Experiment Stati< low that a top-dressing with r ate of soda gives good results < >tton, corn and small grains. T1 icrease is most marked during et year, because this nitrogen ready in an immediately ava; )le form, while the rotting i le organic sources does not pr led as rapidly as usual on a >unt of the excess of moisture le soil. The amount to apply p ;res varies with the fertility < le soil and the previous fertiliz 1 i ? j i's Finances fullest Information In regard to the fiscal ike a fuller or more detailed report than annual report to the Legislature contain expenditures, but this report of 169 pages C College funds Is shown, ional Institution is of Interest and import lef summary for the last fiscal year, taken Legislature, should be of Interest: Income. $166,859.76 S.) 25,000.00 I (U. S.) 6,764.00 6,283.00 St 3,612.36 9,998.72 $205,857.84 67,192.84 L6 $272,650.68 it was available for the use of the College, d its Public Service. The South Carolina 10 from the United States Department of tiral research, but none of this money can :he $10,000 from the Federal Smith-Lever -atlon and extension work, under Federal nts for board, laundry, heat, light, and itals, is held in trust by the College for the or College expenses, ummary of expenditures: jcndltures, je (salaries of teachers, laborlaboratory materials, etc.)... .$143,886.82 cements and additions to shop 87,688.88 action and analysis, veterinary i stations, etc., etc.) 81,828.99 $262,849.64 nv 4a 1 K K QRQ 7C ntAiil A Viatrn in public service, but (or the balance of ed from previous years. During the preetlnuing the public service by borrowing tax which this year Is not likely mush to valuation bore out the affidavit. Free tuition was granted only on the certificate of the Countj Auditor, based upon an affidavit he of the parent that he was unable to pay it. a This year the State Board of Charities and Corrections is lts charged by law with investigatre ing the financial standing of all u- applicants for scholarships and 5V- free tuition, and reporting their ty findings to ?the board of trustees. D COLLEGE FARM. ? [G tion, but we would suggest from 50 pounds per acre on poor land 0f up, according to the fertility of the soil. Early applications are coming th into favor. We recommend that )n the soda be applied to corn when li- it is between knee and waist high, )n to cotton just as the shapes begin lie to form, and to small grain in a March. Care should be taken not is to sow nitrate of soda on wet il- plants, because it is likely to scald of them. It is best to apply it just o- after a rain, when the moisture c- had dried off the leaves of the in plants, then cultivate with a er mulch forming implement as soon of as the ground is dry enough to a- dIow. I* [ ^ ' *' ' v:: j^K