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Q 1 c, m 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 body at the State’s agricultural and mechanical college. It is the T building of the loung Men’s Christian Association, one of the first association structures in the „ South, and one of the finest col lege 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 balance sliuulil tJB fflrttVtfmT U The entire building is to be made as attractive as possible for the cadets, giving them a home like place where they can spend their unemployed time pleasantly and profitably. ing. The College trustees appro priated $15,000, which left $18,- 000 still to be raised. This sum was made up by the loyalty and contributions from cadets, fac ulty, alumni and former students. Some of the recreational fea tures of the building are an up- to-date swimming pool, bowlin alleys, games room, reading am lounging rooms, cafe and audi torium for lectures, concerts, mov ing pictures, etc. Ample provis ion is made in the building for the spiritual work of the associa tion. CLEMSON’S PUBLIC SERVICE During last fiscal year, more than half of the fertilizer tax was returned directly to the farm ers in the form of public service. This service included the demon stration and extension work, the maintenance of two branch exper iment stations, fertilizer inspec tion and analysis, scholarships, veterinary inspection, and control of contagious diseases, co-o live expenmenfar work wi farmers, protection against plant diseases and insfiet pests,^designs of rural school buildings, etc. These lines of work cost last fiscal year $81,323.99. ^ny farmer in need of techni cal expert advice on agricultural subjects should not hesitate to write to the College for informa tion. The inquiry will be re ferred to the proper expert and a prompt answer will be received. The College officials write nearly 30,000 such letters annually, and send out nearly a half million pieces of printed matter. THE STUDENT BODY. Every year the number of applica tions to enter Clemson College ex ceeds the capacity of the Institution. Early In August It la necessary to be gin a "waiting list," as all available rooms In the barracks have been taken. This session the enrollment (not considering the 198 enrolled in the Summer school) was 812. The following data on 785 of these n^en will be of interest: - Average age, 19.3 years. Average height in shoes; 6 ft. 9.1 In. Types: Blondes 350 Brunettes 435 Living In the country and In small towns and villages.. .70.9X Living in cities of over 2,500 Inhabitants 29.IX Born In country ...64.OX r*rnrr who Parents -era. m tm& clttwr have lived on the farm. ... 69.3 X its are or have been farm' Parents are now engaged In farmmg 61.SX Two hundred and twynty students now In College have .had 313 broth ers, of whom 121 graduated, to at tend Clemsoh. theupations of Stadcnt’s Parents: Farmers. 405;\ merchants, 75: clerk^ 22; manufacturers, 18; physicians. 17; postal service, 16; teachers, 14; ministers, 11; railway service, 11; lawyers. 9; bankers, 9; bookkeepers. 9; contractors, 7; Insurance agents, 7; dentists, 4; miscellaneous, 152. These figures HP 1 ‘k elbquently of the fulfillment of ^the primary pur pose of the College->-to serve the agrl cultural and Industrial classes of our people. \ A PEN PICTURE OF CLEMSON COLLEGE in Many ■ ' ,k »-r-- 4- OORN CLUB BOYS IN THE SUMMER SHORT COURSE. f- i i l EXTENSION AND DEMONSTRA TION 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 Agri culture 34,000.00 From counties 2,379.36 From Individuals.. .•.Try. 284.16 From organizations 6,716.65 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 offleera SUMMER SHORT COURSES A Pleasant and Profitable Vaca tion. Clemson College is offering a four weeks’ course in agriculture and cotton grading. The course begins July 31st and ends Au gust 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 husban dry, and the third horticulture. For the last week of the course agronomy, which intludes field crops, soils, fertilizers, etc., will be the chief subject. A special course for teachers of agriculture has been arranged. Four weeks’ instruction will also be given the winners in the Boys’ Corn Club work of the State. A ten-day cofirse for ministers interested in rural affairs—Au gust 10th to August 18th, inclu sive—^has been specially designed for them. The entire equipment of the ag ricultural department will be at the disposal of those taking the four weeks’ courses. .The farm, dairy, dairy barn and the labora tories will be open for use in in struction..:^. r-j —: Popular lectures will be given the faculty or other lecturer prominent in State or national affairs. The college library, with its 30,000 books and many popular magazines, will be open during the whole four weeks. . otlTeT' Toffy "peaks of the’ Blue Ridge. Think of these mountains as in summer clothed with ver dure, standing out black against the horizon, and in winter often white with snow. Take for the southern boundarv a river of In dian lineage and follow in its sweeping crookedness the swift and turbulent Seneca as it twists 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 pas tures 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 bv nearly a thousand voting South Carolinians, who seek, ajnid these surroundings, an education that will prepare them for self-respect ing, self-supporting citizenship. A Large Plant The college tract contains over 1,500 acres. On the property there are 23 principal public buildings, 70 dwellings and 64 minor buildings. Tne college has in its employ 116 teachers and officers. Its inventoried prop erty' is $1,327,728.57. The of ficers of the college sertd out year ly ovit 35,000 letters and over 435,000 'pther pieces of mail mat ter, most of- which give agricut-" tural information. In addition to the parent sta tion, the college maintains two branch experiment stations—one near Summerville and the other at Florence. Ohe more to be sit uated in the sand hill sections of the State, just as\soon as funds will permit, will complete a sys tem representing th^ principal soil types of the Stat Works for Welfare Ways. Picture a county estate of 1,500 acres, with stately buildings placed at elevated points to form a great irregular circle of half a mile in diameter. Inclose in this circle a beautiful grove of native oaks, threaded by smooth drive- walks. Turn to the north and for a background outline against the sky at a distance of 20 miles, range after range of mountains, (he home of the Highlands, of It has ^ the practice of the uf .irluirwT/rttrustees not to recommend any ' Clemson’s Finances • * -TaA^pubUAiuM^ A^aat to aftalra of a State. Inafitutlon. ''' * . It would not be possible to make a fuller or more detailed report than does tllemson College. Not only does the Treasurer’s, annual report to the Legislature contain the’usual summary'or'recelpU and expenditures, but this report of 169 pages lists each Individual bill paid out of College funds Is shown. Since the support of an educational Institution is of Interest and Import ance to Its patrons, the following brief summary for fhe last fiscal year, taken from the Treasurer’#.report to the Legislature, should be of Interest: • ’ . * * Income. Privilege tax on fertilizers. .$166,$69.76’ Morrill & Nelson funds (U. 8.) 25,000.00 Interest on landscrlpt fund (U. S.) 6,754.00 Tuition from cadets 6,233.00 Interest on Clemson bequest.'. 8,612.36 Sales, interest, rents, etc 9.998.J2 Total $206,357.84 Reserve fund 67,192.84 £* ^ ■ Total resources 1914-16 $272,660.68 The above total represents what was available for the use of the College, Including Its local development and Its Public Service. The South Carolina Experiment Station receives $30,000 from the United States Department of Agriculture for coi^uctlng agricultural research, but none of this money can be used by the College. Likewise the $10,000 from the Federal Smith-Lever Act can be used only for demonstration and extension work, under Federal supervision. The money paid In by students fo^ board,'. laundry, heat, light, and water, medical attention and Incidentals, is held In trust by the College for the use of the cadets, and Is not used for College expenses. The following is a condensed summary of expenditures: Expenditures. 1. For operating expenses of Cpllege (salaries of teachers, labor ers, Insurance, coair shop and laboratory materials, etc.)... .$148,836.82 2. For buildings, permanent improvements and additions to shop and laboratory equipment • • 37,688.83 3. For public work (fertilizer inspection and analysis, veterinary Inspection, scholarships, branclf stations, etc., etc.) 81,823.99 Total...7T W $262,849.64 The decrease In the fertilizer tax to $166,869.76 would have necessitated cutting down the amount Invested in public service, but for the balance of $67,192.84 which had been husbanded from previous years. During the pres ent fiscal year the College is continuing the public service by borrowing $62,400 to supplement the fertilizer tax which this year is not likely mueh to exceed last year. AWARD OF SCHOLARSHIPS AND FREE TUITION young man for the award of a scholarship unless his parents signed an affidavit that they were unable to nay for their son’s edu cation, and the tax returns show ed an unencumbered property valuation bore out the affidavit. Free tuition was granted only on the certificate ot the County IWiffftOTf, based upon an affidavit of the parent that he was unable to pay it “ 7 This year th$ State Board of Charities and Corrections is charged by law with investigat ing the financial standing of all applicants for scholarships and free tuition, and reporting their findings to the board of trustees. WHEAT FIELD COLLEGE FARM. RESULTS OF TOP-DRESSING Best Times to Apply Nitrate of Soda to Corn, Cotton and Grain. Results obtained at the South Carolina * Experiment Station show that a top-dressing with ni trate of soda gives good results on cotton, corn and small grains. The increase is most marked during a wet year, because this nitrogen is already in an immediately avail able uirm, while the rotting of the organic sources does not pro ceed as rapidly as usual on ac count of the excess of moisture in the soil. The amount to apply per acres varies with the fertility of the soil and the previous fertiliza tion, but we would suggest from 50 pounds per acre on poor land up, according to the fertility of the soil. ; Early applications are coming into favor. We recommend that the soda be applied to corn when it is between knee and waist high, to cotton just as the shapes begin to form, and to Srtiall grain in March. Care should be taken not to sow nitrate of soda on wet plants, because it is likely to scald them. It is best to apply it just after a rain, when the moisture had dried off the leaves of the plants, then cultivate with a mulch forming implement as sooiT as the ground is dry enough to plow. 4 / v *