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\ / \ / Supplement to THE PRESS AND STANDARD, Walterboro, S. C, June 9, 1915. < South Carolina's School of Engineering and Agriculture 1.544 ACRES OF LAND. VALUE OF PLANT $1,300,000. OVER 100 TEACHERS, OFFICERS AND ASSISTANTS. NUMBER OF STUDENTS, 819. EVERY COUNTY IN SOUTH CAROLINA REPRESENTED. THIRTEEN DEGREE COURSES. FIVE SHORT COURSES. TWENTY-SIX DEPART MENTS OF INSTRUCTION. NEW AND MODERN BUILDINGS, EQUIPMENT AND SANITATION. 0 NEXT SESSION OPENS WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1915 PRESERVE THIS SHEET FOR REFERENCE J Location- and Environment The College is located in Oconee County at the foot of the liiue Kid go Mountains, on the homestead of John O. Calhoun and later of his son-in-law, Thos. <!. Clemson. The College is over SOO teCt above the-sea level, and the climate is healthful and inVigoratinK. Temptations to dissipate or to spend money foolishly are reduced to a minimum. ’ The students are under military government and every eff..rt is made'to train up young men who will reded credit on the College and on the State,. Religious Influences The College contributes to the salary of f$ur resident ministers, who conduct divine services and <10 pastoral work among the cadets in barracks. There is a Hour-’ -i.-hing Sunday School and Y. M. C. A. with a salaried Secretary, who li\es in the bar/acks. A $.75,000 V. M C. A. building will be completfed.January, 1916. Requirements of Admission % No student will* be Admitted who is not at least 16 years old at the time of,entrance. Ati honorable discharge from the last school or col lege attended is required. No student will he admitted -who is not reasonably healthv and free from contagious diseases, including tuberculosis. Applicants for the Freshman Class must stand exami nations,-either in/their counties on July 9th. or at the College In September, unless they can till out a pre scribed certificate, furnished by'the College. A preparatory/departnient Is no longer maintained at the College. ’ i k. v # Financial Support \ Clemson' Cfoflege is founded on a covenant with the agricultural people. Hack in the 'SOs, the advocates of Agricultural and Indus trial Education promised that if given the tax of HSc. per ton on the commercial fertilisers sold in the State, the Trustees would not only organise an efficient system of inspection and analysis to protect the farmers from imposition in the 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 $122,997.17. For the present fiscal year it will . ^ " o', - approximate ^140.000.00. .The Legislature~of South,Carolina makes no* appropriation for Clemson CoHege. In additton to the fertilixer tax. the College receives from tlue U. S. Treasury $25,000 annually, and an equal amount from tuition, sales, interest on the Clemson Bequest and the Landscript Funds. The South Carolina Experiment Station is supported entirely by funds from the V. S. Department of Agriculture, and has no part in the College work. . • 5» A- t -1 r-5- A CllfeTMICAl, t.A$U»KA jVIUKs. Clemson’s Public Service Out of tin- femiuer lax over $100,000 annually represents the cost of public agricultural service. This public work Includes not only the fertilizer inspection And analysis, but veterinary and ento- m.rtdgi.al inspection, cattle tU;k and hog ^clfolcra eradication, branch experiment slat ions, scholarships, co-operative experiments.^ extension and demonstration work, etc /Hie College officers write ovsr 35.1M)t) letters annually giving specific Information, and send out nearly half a million bulletins and circulars. .MWIMKTRAIIOV lUTI.DlNG. Value of a Technical College Education A young man can 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^nd that his increased earning capacity, perhaps even tin* first year after graduation, will be 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-naif or one-third that 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 Jiis note at the'hank and begin preparation that will make for greater earning capacity and a fuller life. Thvt'c is no time to lose. The world is looking for men of large ability, -nd 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 ijd.I.OOO to depending upon * * ' o’* ' \ , , ' the energy, character and personality of the po-'tssor, and the capital increases with every year of its efficient u~4\ ’ • . ' . ■ nr / . \ There never was a tinje in the history of the world when exjKit knowledge was so much in demand, so indi^iensable.to individual success, and so highly compensated. For the UH- trained wait the positions of low wages, long hours and poverty. • Clemson College brings within the reach of every lx»y in South C’arolina the benefits and possibilities of a technical educa tion. The way is provided 'whereby, if he have the ambit ion and capacity for knowledge, be need not-continue in ignorance* Here, at a cost lower than at any similar institution, can a young man obtain an education that \vill prepare him for self-sustaining, self-respecting citizenship. 1 Scholarships and Exami- / nations * -1 X » r The College 'maintains 1G8 four-year scholarships in the Agricultural and Tex tile Courses, and 51 in the One-Year Agri- eultural Course (October 1 to June 1.) Each scholarship is worth $100 aud 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 1), rather than wait until they come to College in the fall. Credit will be giyen for any examinations passed at the county seat. ' »f « q* * „ , AtiltICtT/niAI, HALL. 0 V 3 . '*1 Summer Sliort Courses In Agriculture . August 9th—September 4, 1915. Courses in Dairying, Animal Industry, Horticul ture, Field (Tops and Cotton (trading. For Farmers, Teachers, Corn Club Bovs and any one interested in Agriculture. Special course for ministers in rural communities. Send foy booklet giving full details of the courses. y , ' Jb , D AI It Y (M’lLDl .NO. \ TLXTILK WCAIITMEM COST ’ . The cost for any of the thirteen regular four-year courses or the Two-Year Textile Course is $141.90 jHir 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 jteifis as arc listed above. T ^ The epst of the Four-Weeks’ Summer Course for Farmers, and the Four-Weeks’ Summer Course in Cotton Grading is $17.00. This amount covers all fees, board, roton, light and water.,No uniforms are re<|uircd.- Do not delay in making application to enter; you. V may be crowded out. /. t v V -; ’4 ^ •* V vr I •. w«. St 2 ' - . if*" I.NOINKKKISI. DKPAKTMKA 1 For Catalogue, Etc., Write at Once to W. M. Clemson College, S. C. x (FltfcsEItVK THIS l-.MiK Foil HKFKKEM .\0<t>TIIKH NOIH K WILL Al'PKiA'ft.> \ • • . / . ■y' / it If ’ r 1 y 3 i