Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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South Carolina’s School of Engineering and Agriculture •• ■ 1,644 ACRES OP LAND. VALUE OF PLANT $1,300,000. OVER 100 TEACHERS, OFFICERS AND ASSISTANTS. NUMBER OF STUDENTS, 819. EVERY COUNTY IN SOUTH CAROLINA REPRESENTED. THIRTEEN DEGREE COURSES* FIVE SHORT COURSES. TWENTY SIX DEPART MENTS OF INSTRUCTipN. NEW AND MODERN BUILDINGS, EQUIPMENT AND SANITATION. Vj NEXT SESSION OPENS WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1915 PRESERVE THIS SHEET FOR REFERENCE Location and Environment The College le located In Oconee County, at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountain*, on the homestead of John C. Calhoun and later of hie son-in-law. Thos. O. 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. v \ The students are under military government and every effort Is made to train up 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 service* and do pastoral work among the cadet* In barracks. There Is a flour ishing Sunday School and T. M. C. A. with a salaried Secretary, who lives In the barracks. A 175,000 Y. M. C. A. building will be completed January, 1918. Requirements of Admission No student will be admitted who la not at least II years old at the time of entrance. An honorable discharge from the last school or col lege attended Is required. No student will be admitted who Is not reasonably healthy and free from contagious diseases. Including tuberculosis. Applicants for the Freshman Class must stand exami nations. either in their counties on July »th, or at the College In September, unless they caif All out a pre scribed certlflcate. furnished by the College. - a preparatory department Is no longer maintained at the College. ADMINISTRATION BUILDING. Scholarships and Exami nations The College maintains 168 four-year scholarships in the Agricultural and Tex tile Courses, and 51 in the One-Year Agri cultural Course (October 1 to June 1.) IJach 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 the laws govern ing 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 exami nations on July 9, rather than wait until they come to College in the fall. Credit will be given for any examinations passed at the county seat. Financial Support . Clsmson College Is founded on s covensnt with ths sgrlcultursl psople. Back in ths ’lO s, th# advocates of Agricultural and Indus trial Education promised that If given th# tax of lie. per ton on th# commercial fertilisers sold In th* State, th# Trustees would not only organ!*# an efficient system of Inspection and analysis to protect th# farmers from Imposition In th# purchase of their main commodity, but with what remained, after paying th# cost of this protection, would build and operate a College. During the history of th# College the tag tax has averaged III*.997.XT. For the present flacal year It will approximate *110.000.00 Th# Legislature of South Carolina makes no appropriation for Clemson College. In addition to the fertiliser tax. th# College receive# from th# XJ. 8. Treasury SI*.000 annually, and an equal amount from tuition, sales, Interest on the Clemson Bequeet and th# Landscrlpt Funds. Th# goutH Carolina Experiment Station Is supported entirely by funds from th# U. 8. Department of Agriculture, and has no part In th# College work. CIIKMICAI. t.ABORA Clemsons Public Service Out of the fert^lzer tax over 1100,000 annually represents the cost of public agricultural service. This public work Includes not only the fertilizer Inspection and analysis, but veterinary and -ento mological Inspection, cattle tick and hog cholera eradication, branch experiment stations, scholarships, co-operative experiments, extension and demonstration work, etc. The College officers write over 85,000 letters annually giving specific Information, and send out nearly half a million bulletins and circulars. Value of a Technical - College Education A young man ctn make no better investment than in a technical education. Viewed merely as a matter of business, even if he has to borrow the money at interest, he will find that his increased earning capacity, perhaps even the first year after graduation, will he sufficient to repay the loan. It is a poor business policy to wait to earn the money necessary to pay for an education with an earning capacity only one-half or one-third thlt of an educated man. Every year of untrained, uneducated labor represents a direct financial loss. 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 hank 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 the poor boy whose parents can give him little or nothing else to start on. In earning capacity, it represents at the outset 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 efficieht use. 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 compensated. For the un trained wait the positions of low wages, long hours and poverty. Clemson College brings within the reach of every boy in South Carolina the benefits and possibilities of a technical educa tion. The way is provided whereby, if be have the ambition and capacity for knowjedge, he need not 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^r . • '♦"V-V’TW AGRICTl/TRAL HAM. 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. DAIRY BUILDING. TLXTILK DEPARTMENT. 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 amount covers the same items as are listed above. The cosj of the Four-Weeks’ Summer Coyse for Farmers, and the Four-Weeks’ -Summer Course in Cotton Grading is $17.00. This amount co' x ~»r -H- fcco, board, room, light and water. No uniforms are required. Do not delay in making application to enter; you may be crowded out. > ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT For Catalogue, Etc., Write at Once to "W. M. Clemson College, S. G. (PRESERVE THU PAGE FOR KEFERKNCE-JiO OTHER NOTICE WILL APPEAR.)