Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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TU*^^1 ATYI ( J. 11^ ViUllli South Carol 1,544 ACRES OF LAND. VALUE OF PLAJ EVERY COUNTY IN SOUTH CAROLI1 MENTS OF INSTRUCTION. NEW ANI NEXT SESJ / Location and Environment The College Is located In Oconee County at-the foqt of the Blue Ridge Mountains, on the homestead of John C. Calhoun and later of his son-in-law, Thos. G. Clemson. ^ -? The College is over S00 feet above the sea level, and the j Himatp is healthful and invigorating. Temptations to dissipate or to spend money foolishly are reduced to a minimum. v SsMB 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 StlslflP* ministers, who conduct divine services and do pastoral work among the cadets in barracks. There is a flour lshing Sunday School and Y. M. .C. A. with a salaried Secretary, who lives in the barracks. A $75,000 Y. M. ? C. A. building will be completed January, 1916. ||p|||p Requirements of |j|j ,'"i. Admission No student will be admitted who is not at least 16 / years old at the time of entrance. An honorable discharge from the last school or colI lege attended is required. jafejilgi No student will be admitted who Is not reasonably , healthy and free from contagious diseases, including |&dragg tuberculosis. ' BrelBEffi Applicants for the Freshman Class must stand examinations, either in their counties on July 9th, or at the 155555 College in September, unless they can fill out a pre- * scribed certificate, furnished by the,College. A preparatory department is no longer maintained at the College. , Financial Support Clemson College is founded on a covenant with the agricul people. Back in the '80's, the advocates of Agricultural and Ir trial Education promised that if given the tax of 25c. per ton 01 commercial fertilizers sold in the State, the Trustees would not organize an efficient system of inspection and analysis to proteci farmers from imposition in the purchase of their main commc but with what remained, after paying the cost of this protection, v build and operate a College. During the history of the College th> tax has averaged $122,997.17. For the present fiscal year it approximate $150,000.00. The Legislature of South Carolina mak< appropriation for Clemson College. In addition to the fertilizer tax. the College receives from the ' I Treasury $25,000 annually, ana an equai o.iuvu?l ?. . V interest on the Clemson Bequest and the Landscript Funds. \ South Carolina Experiment Station is supported entirely by f from the U. S. Department of Agriculture, and has no part in * College worjc. CHKMICAL t^ABORA >>111KS. cr. Clemson's Public Service is Out of the fertilizer tax over 5^)0.000 annually represents the of public agricultural service. This public work Includes not the fertilizer inspection and analysis, but veterinary and < mological Inspection, cattle tick and hog cholera eradlca j branch experiment stations, scholarships, co-operative experim > -.toncinii nnri domnristratlon work. etc. The College officers write S3.000 letters annually giving specific information, and send out n< half a million bulletins and circulars. % X ~ * TivXYILE DEPARTMENT. * t For Catalogue, Etc., Write al ^ ' * V . * son Agrici inas School of Enginee IT $1,300,000. OVER 100 TEACHERS, OFPIC *A REPRESENTED. THIRTEEN DEGREE O \ MODERN BUILDINGS, EQUIPMENT AND HON OPENS WEDNESDAY PRESERVE THIS SHEET FOR REI ' IIP* IP i 1 k k 23k v ; 7 -. , , Jgj|j : jgg ADMINISTRATION' BUILDING. \ V \ ' Value of a Technical r College Ei l me only A young man can make no better investm t the technical education. Viewed merely as a matter of ,dity' if he has to borrow the money at interest, he wil e te increased earning capacity, perhaps even the fi Win graduation, will be sufficient" to repay the'loan. is no business policy to wait to earn the money necessarj education with an earning capacity only one-hal that of an educated man. Every year of untrain< The labor represents a direct financial loss. Every boy unds ambition whose parents are unable'to pay for 1 the should get some friend to indorse his note at the b preparation that will make for greater earning c _____ fuller life. There is no time to#lose. The world * men of large ability, and is willing to pay for tl Ms? I 1 - xi-- l tmere is a surplus 01 me one uuiscpuwci vancuj. A College education is no longer a luxury oi ? more a necessity of the poor boy whose parents can 8 or nothing else to start on. In earning capacity, i the outset a capital of from $15,000 to $30,000, d* the energy, character and personality of the poss capital inereases with every year of its efficient use. There never was a time in the history of th ?? expert knowledge was so much in demand, so in individual success, and so highly compensated. trained wait the positions of low wages, lor poverty. Clemson College brings within the reach of only w ? :nto- South Carolina the benefits and possibilities of a tc .tion, tion. Tlie way is provided whereby, if he have the ent3, capacity for knowledge, he need not continue in ign over . . .. at a cost lower than at anv similar institution, can ;arly obtain an education that will prepare him for s self-respecting citizenship. Z The cost for any of the thirteen reguh tf- courses or the Two-Year Textile Course is session. This amount covers uniforms, b heat, light, water, laundry and all fees ex< Tuition is $40.00 additional to those who I The cost of the One-Year Agriculture t $117.95. This amount covers the same il - listed above. | The cost of the Four-Weeks' Summer I Farmers, and the Four-Weeks' Summer j Cotton Grading is $17.00. This amount coT I board, room, light and water. No uniforms a Do not delay in making application tc may be crowded out. t Once to W. M. RIGGS, (PRESERVE TOTS PAGE FOR ItEFERENCE?NO OTHER NO I wk rg'& lltural College j ring and Agriculture '?|| IERS AND ASSISTANTS. NUMBER OF STUDENTS, 819. | rvrn?QT!CS PTVTH rtthpt nnTTPSES TWENTV-SIX DEPART- 91 SANITATION. . ' .<?pf| , SEPTEMBER 8, 1915 'jlj TERENCE ' I Scholarships and * t|H 'fin*. (i- aintair s 168 four-Tear m scholarships in the Agricultural and Tex- . tile Courses, and 51 in the One-Year Agri- ' .rgm cultural Course (October 1 to June 1.)- j Each scholarship is worth $100 and free / Scholarship and entrance examinations % I ?B| are held at the county court houses at 9 wA marnmmmm a* m*' ^ ^^e for full information ;Jfll in regard to the scholarships open to your | : county next session, and the laws govern- | ||bF5 ing their award. It is worth your while j to try for one of these scholarships. 1 Those who are not seeking to enter, on ' |9| n/RflgBWESS^S scholarships are advised to stand jexami- j nations on July 9, rather than wait until - ^|i| they come to College in the fall. Credit f] will be given for any examinations passed | at the county seat. | of ability and agricultral hall. ||s his education Summer Short Courses ZgSl ' In Agriculture :fg is looking for August 9th?September 4,1915. iem. Already Courses in Dairying, Animal Industry, Horticulture, Field Crops and Cotton Grading. xi. -iii For Farmers, Teachers, Corn Club Boys and any : the rich, but *?. . ' *. J J. one interested in Aemculture. Snecial course for '.vSm give him little ....... f i?M . x .ministers in rural coimmimties. t represents at . . -"-Jai j. Send for booklet giving full details of the courses. wm spending upon " ^ |?' ^ | ' DAIRY BCIIxDlNO. > enter; you ^ - j viB fcLN'GINEERING DEPAKTMKNT . ! President, Clemson College, S. C. ?Jl T1CE WILL APPEAR.) v