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NEXT SESSION OPENS WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1915
PRESERVE THIS SHEET FOR REFERENCE
location and Environment
* n$ College Is located In Oconee County at the foot of
tbe Blue Itlogo Mountmtn*, on the homestead of John C.
Calhoun and later of hie eon-ln-law. Tho?. O. Clemson.
The College is over 800 feet above the tea level, and the
climate la healthful and Invigorating. Temptations to
I diMipate or to spend money foolishly are reduced to a
minimum.
The students are under military government and every
tfort Is made to train up young men who will refleot
credit on the College and on the State.
Religious Influences
The College contributes to the salary of four resident
ministers, who conduct dl.vlne services and do pastoral
work among the cadets In barracke. There Is a flour
Uhlng Sunday School and T. II, C. A. with a salaried
Secretary, who lives In ths barracks. A. $76,000 Y. M
k Q. A. building will be completed January, 1911.
Requirements of
Admission
No student will be admitted who la not at least 16
years old at the time of entrance.
An honorable discharge from tha last school or col
lege attended Is require.
No student will be admitted who la not reasonably
healthy and free from oontagloua diseases. Including
tuberculosis.
Applicants for the Freshman Class must stand exami
nations, either In thalr counties on July tth, of at the
College In September, unless they can fill out a pre
scribed certificate, furnished by the Collega.
A preparatory department la no longer maintained at '
ths College. .
ADMINISTRATION BUILDING.
Scholarships and Exami
nations
The College maintains 1G8 four-ywir
scholarships in the Agricultural and Tex
tile Coifrses, and 51 in the One-Year Agri
cultural 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 9. Write for full information
in regard to the scholarships open to your
county next session, and tne laws govern
ing their award. It is worth your Vj^iile
to try for one of these scholarships.
Those who are not peeking to enter on
scholarships are advised to stand exami
nations on July 9, rather than wait until
thev come to College in the fall. Credit
will be given for any examinations passed
at the county seat.
Financial Support
Clemsdn College la founded on a covenant with the agricultural
people. Back in the 'tO's, the advocates of Agricultural and Indus^
trial Education promised that If riven the tax of 26c. per ton on the
commercial fertilizer* sold In the State, the Trustees would not only
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organize an. efficient system of Inspection and analysis to protect the
"farmers frnw-iwupnatttnTi in purchase of their, main commodity,
but with what remained, after paying the cost of this protection, would
build and operate a College. During the history of the College the tag
tax has averaged $122,007.17. For the present fiscal year it will
approximate $150,000.00. The Legislature of 8outh Carolina makes no
appropriation for Clemson College.
In addition to the fertiliser tax, the College receives from the U. 8.
Treasury $26,000 annually, and an equal amount from tuition, sales,
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interest on the Clemson Bequest and the Landscrlpt Funds. : The
South Carolina Experiment 8tatlon Is supported entirely by funds,
from the U. 8. Department of Agriculture, and has no part in the
College work. *
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Clemson's Public Service
Out of the fertiliser tax over $100^000 annually represents the cost
of public agricultural service. This public work Includes not only
Ihe fertiliser inspection an<l analysis, but veterinary and ento
tnnlogloal tick and ho* cholera eradication,
branch experiment stations, scholarships, co -operative experimental ?
extension and demonstration work, etc. The College officers write over
36,000 letters annually fflvitiff specific Information, and send out nearly ?
half a million bulletins and circulars. ?
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Value of a Technical
"r? College Education
A young man can make no better investment than in* a
technical education. '-,1 Viewed merely as a matter of business, even
if he has tb borrow the money at interest, he will ftnd that his
increased earning capacity,- perhaps even -the first year after
graduation, will be sufficient to repay the loan. It is a poor
busiriess policy to wait to earn the money necessary to pay for an
education with, an earning capacity only one-half or one-third
that of an educated man. Every year of untrained, uneduoated
labor represents a direct financial loes. Every boy of ability and
ambition whose parents are unable to pay for his education
should get some friend to indorse his note at the bank and begin
preparation that will make for greater earning capacity' and a
fuller life. There is no time to lose. The world is looking for
men of large ability, and is willing to pay for them. Already
there is a surplus of the one horsepower variety. ?
A College education is no longer a luxury of the rich, but
more a necessity of th6 poor Jboy whose parents can give him little
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or nothing else to start on. In earning capacity, it represents at
the outset a capital of from $15,QQ0 to $80,000, depending upon
the energy, character and personality of the possessor, and the1
capital increases with every year of its efficient use.
There never was a tlmein the history of theworld when
expert knowledge was so much in demand, so indispensable to
individual success, and so highly compensated. For the un
trained wait the positions of low wages, long hours and
poverty.
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Clemson College brings within the "reach of every boy in
South Carplina the benefits and possibilities of a technical educa
tion, The way is provided whereby, if he have the ambition and
capacity fac-lmwrlarlgq, hfi n<*d nqt continue in ignorance. Here,
at a cost lower than at any similar,institution, can a young man
obtain -an education that will prepare him for self-sustaining,
self-respecting citizenship.
AfiKTCUI/rRAI/ HALL,
Summer Short Courses
In Agriculture
August 9th? September 4, 1915.
Courses in Dairying, Animal Industry, Horticul
ture, Field Crops and Cotton Grading.
For Farmers, Teachers, Corn Club Boys and any
one interested in Agriculture. Special course for
ministers in rural communities. *
Send for booklet giving full details of the courses.
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DAIRY BOlltDINO.
? COST
The cost for any of the thirteen regular four-year
courses or the Two- Year Textile Course is $141.90 per
session. This amount covers uniforms, board, room,
heat, light, water, laundry and all fees except tuition.
Tuition is $40.00 additional to those who are able to
pay.
The cost of the* One- Year Agricultural Course is
$117.95. This aipount covers the same items as are
listed above.
The cost of the Four-Weeks' Summer Course for
Farmers, and the Four-Weeks' Summer Course in
Cotton Grading is $17.00. This amount co***-? fS fees,
board, room, light and water. No uniforms are required.
Do not 4^7 in making application to enter; yon
may be crowded out.
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