Cheraw chronicle. (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, June 08, 1916, Supplement to THE CHERAW CHRONICLE, Image 6
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
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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.
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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.
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The entire building is to be
made as attractive as possible foi
the cadets, giving them a home
like place where they can spenc
their unemployed time pleasantly
and profitably.
CLEMSOiYS PUBLIC SERVICI
During last fiscal year, more
than half of the fertilizer tas
was returned directly to the farm
ers in the form of public service
This service included the demonstration
and extension work, the
maintenance of two branch experiment
stations, fertilizer inspec
tion and analysis, scholarships
veterinary inspection, and control
of contagious diseases, co-operative
experimental work with
farmers, protection against planl
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 technical
expert advice on agricultural
subjects should not hesitate tc
write to the (Jollege lor rniormation.
The inquiry will be referred
to the proper expert and a
prompt answer will be received
The College officials write nearh
30,000 sucn letters annually, and
send out nearly a half millior
pieces of printed matter.
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SUMMER SHORT COURSES
A Pleasant and Profitable Vacation.
Clemson College is offering a
four weeks' course in agriculture
and cotton grading. The course
begins July 31st and ends August
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,
the second week animal husbandry,
and the third horticulture.
For the last week of the course
agronomy, which includes field
crops, soils, fertilizers, etc., will
be the chief subject.
A special course for teachers
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oi agriculture nas ueen mraiigeu,
Four weeks' instruction will alsc
be given the winners in the Boys
Corn Club work of the State.
A ten-day course for ministers
interested in rural affairs?August
10th to August 18th, inclusive?has
been specially designed
for them.
The entire equipment of the agricultural
department will be at
the disposal of those taking the
four weeks' courses. The farm
dairy, dairy barn and the laboratories
will be open for use in instruction.
Popular lectures will be giver
each evening by some member ol
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; THE STUDENT BODY.
r Every year the number of appllca
tlons to enter Clemson College exl
ceeds the capacity of the Institution.
r Early in August it is necessary to begin
a "waiting list," as all available
rooms In the barracks have been
taken.
] This session the enrollment toot
considering the 198 enrolled in the
i summer school) was 812.
I The following data on 785 of these
men will be of interest:
Average age, 19.3 years.
Average height In shoes, 5 ft. 9.1 in.
? Types: Blondes 350
Brunettes 435
Living in the country and in
small towns and villages...70.9%
, Living in cities of over 2,500
inhabitants ; 29.1%
Born in country 64.0%
' Born in towns and cities 36.0%
1 Who have lived on the farm... .69.3%
i Parents are or have been farmers
81.0%
5 Parents are now engaged In
farming 61.5%
[ Two hundred and twenty students
now in College have had 313 brothers,
of "whom 121 graduated, to at
tend Clemson.
i Occupations of Student's Parents: {
* Farmers, 406; merchants, 75; clerks,
. 22; manufacturers, 18; physicians,
17; postal service, 15; teachers, 14; :
ministers, 11; railway service, 11; <
t lawyers. 9; bankers, 9; bookkeepers,
9; contractors, 7; insurance agents, 7;
' dentists, 4; miscellaneous, 152. i
These figures speak eloquently of <
[ the fulfillment of the primary pur- '
pose of the College?to serve the agricultural
and Industrial classes of our^ j
people.
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prominent in State or national 1
affairs.
The college library, with its |
30,000 books and many popular 1
magazines, will be open during <
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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
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'< ^^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 ]
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Privilege tax on fertilizers
Morrill & Nelson funds (U
Interest on landscript fund
Tuition from cadets
Interest on Clemson beque
Sales, interest, rents, etc.
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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
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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
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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.
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[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.
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