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-A _ = mmm : " South Carolina’s School of Engineering and Agriculture ONE OF. THE LARGEST AND BEST EQUIPPED AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGES IN THE SOUTH. 1,514 ACRES OF LAND. TALUS OF PLANT OVER $1,300,000. OVER 90 TEACHERS, OFFICERS AND ASSISTANTS. NUMBER OF STUDENTS, 834. EVERT COUNTY IN SOUTH CAROLINA REPRESENTED. TWELVE DEGREE COURSES. FIVE SHORT COURSES. TWENTY-SIX DEPARTMENTS OF INSTRUCTION. NEW AND MODERN BUILDINGS, EQUIPMENT AND SANITATION. NEXT SESSION OPENS WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1914 Location and Environment The College is located In Oconee County at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains, on the homestead of John C. Calhoun and later owned by his son-in-law, Thos. G. Clemson. The College Is over 800 feet above the sea level and -the climate 1»- healthful and .Invlgpfating. 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 flour ishing 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, 1915. ' . • • Requirements of' Admission - No student will be admitted who is not at least 16 years old at the time of entrance. A preparatory de partment is no longer maintained at the College. An honorable discharge from the last school or col lie's W ip i ;• sVi :X :: Vi ' • • • v . ;ivK> " 2 io student wiTTTe admitted who is not reasonably healthy and free from contagious diseases, including tuberculosis. Applicants for the Freshman Class must stand exam inations, either in their counties on July 10 or at the College in September unless they can fill out a pre scribed certificate, furnished by the College. ADMINISTRATION BUILDING. Scholarships and Exami nations The Collcge maintains 168 four-year scholarships in the Agricultural and Tex tile Courses, and 51 in the One-Year Ag ricultural Course (October 1 to June 1). Each scholarship is worth $100 and free tuition. Scholarship and entrance examinations are held at the eounty court houses at 9 a. m., July 10. Write for full information in regard to the scholarships open to your county next session, and the laws govern ing their award. It is worth your while to try for one of these scholarships. Those who nrc not scpkmp-J^ scholarships arc advised to stand exami nations on July 10, rather than wait until they come to College in the fall. Credit will be given for any examinations passed at the county seat. CHEMICAL LABORATORIES. Value of a Technical College Education A young man can make no fx'ttor ln\estment than in a technical education. Viewed merely as a matter of business, even if he has to borrow the money at Interest, he will And that his increased earning caiiacity will perhaps even the first year after graduation be suffieient to re|>ay the loan. It is a |>oor business policy to wait to earn thfe money net-essary to pay for an education with an earning capacity only one-half or one-third that of an educated man.. Every year of untrained, unedu cated labor represents a direct financial loss. Every boy of ability and ambition whose parents are unable Ufpay fof 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 1,000 horsepower men 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 the poor boy whose iKirents can give him little or nothing to start on. In earning capacity, a College education represents at the out set a capital of from $15,000 to $30,000, depending upon the energy, character and personality of the possessor, and the capital increases with every year of Its ellichmt use. » A College diploma has come to be regarded by Uie business world not so much as an evidence of knowledge as evidence that the graduate pos sesses and is trained in those qualities of ability. Industry, ambition and character that are likely to make for success. There never was a time In the history of the world when expert knowledge was so much in demand, so Indispensable to individual success, and so highly cqm|>ensated. FOR THE UNTRAINED WAIT THE POSI TIONS OF LOW WAGES, LONG HOURS AND POVERTY. Clemson College brings within the reach bf every boy In South Caro lina the benefits and possibilities of a technical education. He is here offered an opportunity to enjoy some of the good things of life. The way 'Mf DAIRY BUILDING Is provided whereby, if he have the ambition and capacity for knowledge, he need not conUnue In ignorance.. Here, at a cost lower than at any similar institution, can a young man obtain an education second to none, If he be seeking an education that will prepare him for self-sustaining, self-respecting citizenship. Financial Support Clemson College is founded on a covenant with the agricultural people. Back in the ’SO’g, the advocates of Agricultural and Indus trial Education promised that If given the tax of 25c per ton on the commercial fertilizers sold in the State, the Trustees would organize not only an efficient system of inspection and analysis to protect the farmers from imposition in the purchase of their main commodity, • * 1»- • - ^ .f '- 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 $110,247.62. For the past three fiscal years it has averaged $238,968.02. The Legislature of South Carolina makes no appropriation for Clemson College. In addition to the fertilizer tax, the College receives from the Fed eral Treasurer $25,000 annually, and a small amount comes from tui tion and interest on the Clemson and Landscript Funds. The South Carolina Experiment Station is supported entirely by funds from the U. S. Department of Agriculture, and has no part in the College work. AGRICULTURAL HALL Clemsoris Public Service ik Out of the fertilizer tax only about $130,000 Is expended upon the College. Nearly $100,000 annually represents the cost of public serv ice rendered to the farmery. This public work Includes not‘‘only the fertilizer inspection and analysis, but veterinary and entomological in spection, cattle tick and hog cholera eradication, branch experiment stations, scholarships, cooperative experiments, extension and demon stration work, etc. The College officers write nearly 35,000 letters every year giving specific information, and send out nearly half a million bulletins and circulars. * A higher standard for commercial fertilizers is maintained in South Carolina than in any other Southern State. The Inspection and analy sis carried on by the College Insures the attainment of that standard. The farmer, even if he and not the manufacturer pays the tax of 2Sc per ton, gets value received many times over in the increased value of his fertilizers. In addition, a great Agricultural and Mechanical College has been built up worth over a million and a third dollars, enrolling annually nearly 850 young men, and demanding no appro priations from the State Treasury for Its support * ' vr- TEXTILE DEPARTMENT COST The cost for any of the twelve regular four-year courses or the Two-Year Textile-Course is $133.40 per session. This amount covers uniforms, board, room, heat, light, water, laundry and all fee& 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 amount covers the same items-as are listed above. ~ The cost .of the Four-Weeds’ Course for Fanners, and the Four-Weeks’ Course in Cotton Grading is $10.00. This amount covers board, heat, light and water. No uniforms are required. - • Do not delay; you may be crowded out. ;v 'Jr-! . ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT For Catalogue, Etc., Write at Once to ‘W r . M. ‘ V •: ' ' *” • \ ‘ \ f * (PRESERVE THIS PAGE FOR REFERENCE) \ Box A, Clemson College, S. C. V miLmmim