The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, June 08, 1916, Supplement to THE COUNTY RECORD, Image 10
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CLEMSONTS HANDSOME
Y.M.C.A. BUILDING
Just north of the textile school
at Clem son 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
building of the Young Men's
Christian Association, one of the
first association structures in the
South, and one of the finest college
association buildings in the
country. It cost $78,000 and was
made possible by the generosity
of Mr. John D. Kockefeller, who
donated $50,000 on condition that
the balance should be forthcoming.
The College trustees appronnated
$15,000. which left $13.
000 still to be raised. This sum
was made up by the lovalty and
contributions from cadets, faculty,
alumni and former students.
Some of the recreational fea-(
tures of the building are an upto-date
swimming pool, bowling
alleys, games room, reading and
lounging rooms, cafe and auditorium
tor lectures, concerts, mov
ing pictures, etc. Ample provision
is made in the building tor
the spiritual work of the association.
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EXTENSION AND DEMOXSTRATlOX
WORK.
The Demonstration and Extension
Work is under the direction of Mr.
i 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 Agriculture
34,000.00
From counties 2,379. 36
From individuals 284.16
From organizations 5,716.55
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 officers.
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The entire building is to be
made as attractive as possible for
t.h? cadets. rnvinc them a home
like place wbere they can spend
their unemployed time pleasantly
and profitably.
CLEMSON'S PUBLIC SERVICE
During last fiscal year, more
than half of the fertilizer tax
was returned directly to the farmers
in the form of public service.
This service included the demonstration
and extension work, the
maintenance of two branch experiment
stations, fertilizer inspection
and analysis, scholarships,
veterinary inspection, and control
of contagious diseases, co-operative
experimental work with
farmers, protection against plant
diseases and insect pests, designs
of rural school buildings, etc.
These lines of work cost last fiscal
year $81,323.99.
Any farmer in need of technical
expert advice on agricultural
subjects should not hesitate to
write to the College for information.
The inquiry will be reI
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rerred to tne proper ex peri una u
prompt answer will be received.
The College officials write nearly
30,^00 such letters annually, and
send out nearly a half million
pieces of printed matter.
TjUB BOYS IX Tire SUMMER SHORT C
SUMMER SHORT COURSES
A Pleasant and Profitable Vacation.
Clemson College is offering a
four weeks' course in agriculture
and cotton grading. The course
begins July 31st and ends August
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 husbandry,
and the third horticulture.
For the last week of the course
agronomy, which includes 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-dav course for ministers
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interested in rural altairs?August
10th to August 18th, inclusive?has
been specially designed
for them.
The entire equipment of the agricultural
department will be at
the disposal of those taking the
four weeks' courses. The farm,
dairy, dairy barn and the laboratories
will be open for use in instruction.
Popular lectures will be given
each evening by some member of
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THE STUDENT BODY.
Every year the number of applications
to enter Clemson College exceeds
the capacity of the institution. ,
Early in August it Is necessary to begin
a "waiting list," as all available
rooms in the barracks have been
taken.
This session the enrollment (not j
considering the 198 enrolled in the .
summer school) was 812.
The following data on 785 of these 1
men will be of interest: 1
Average age, 19.J years. ,
Average height in shoes, 6 ft 9.1 in.
Types: Blondes 850 '
Brunettes 435 i
Living in the country and in
small towns and villages. . .70. 91! 1
Living in cities of over 2,500 <
inhabitants 29.1%
Born in country 64.0% 1
Born in towns and citiea. 36.0% \
Who have lived on the farm ....69.8% .
Parents are or have been farmers
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Parents are now engaged In
farming 61.551
Two hundred and twenty students
now in College have had 313 broth- (
ers, of whom 121 graduated, to at- (
tend Clemson.
Occupations of Student's Parents: c
Farmers, 405; merchants, 76; clerks, (
22; manufacturers, 18; physicians,
17; postal service, 15; teachers, 14; ministers,
11; railway service, 11; 8
lawyers. 9; bankers, 9; bookkeepers, f
9; contractors, 7; Insurance agents, 7;
dentists, 4; miscellaneous, 152. C
These figures speak eloquently of ?
the fulfillment of the primary purpose
of the College?to serve the agrl- 1
cultural and Industrial classes of our c
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the faculty or other lecturer ^
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The college library, with its t
30,000 books and many popular v
magazines, will be open during t
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A PEN PICTURE OF
CLEMSON COLLEGE
Works for Welfare in Manj
Ways.
Picture a county estate of 1,50C
acres, with stately buildings
placed at elevated points to forn
a great irregular circle of half a
mila in rliomofor TnelftCfl in thi<
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:ircle a beautiful grove of native
oaks, threaded by smooth drivewalks.
Turn to the north and foi
i background outline against the
sky at a distance of 20 miles
range after range of mountains
the home of the Highlands, o!
Caesar's Head, Whitesides and
other lofty peaks of the Blue
Ridge. Think of these mountains
is in summer clothed with veriure,
standing out black against
;he horizon, and in winter often
vhite with snow. Take for the
southern boundarv a river of Iniian
lineage and follow in its
sweeping crookedness the swift
tnd turbulent Seneca as it twists
his way and that to mark the
tonfines of the estate. And to this
etting add broad expanses of
iver bottom lands green witn
:orn, steep hillsides sinuous with
evel grassy terraces and cool pasures
with winding brooks and
graceful shade trees and you have
. picture of Clemson College, not
olored to suit the canvas of an
irtist, but as seen every year bv
learlv a thousand voungj South
Carolinians, who seek, amid these
urroundings, an education that
rill prepare them for self-respectng,
self-supporting citizenship.
A Large Plant
The college tract contains over
,500 acres. On the property
here are 23 principal public
>uildings, 70 dwellings and 64
ninor buildings. The college
las in its employ 116 teachers
ind officers. Its inventoried propsrty
is $1,327,728.57. The oficers
of the college send out yearv
over 35,000 letters and over
35,000 other pieces of mail mater,
most of which give agriculural
information.
In addition to the parent staion,
the college maintains two
>ranch experiment stations?one
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tear oummerwiie anu uie ouiei
t Florence. One more to be sitlated
in the sand hill sections of
he State, just as soon as funds
rill permit, will complete a sysem
representing the principal
oil types of the State.
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Clemson'i
The publio ha a a right to the full
attain of a State Institution.
It would not be possible to make
does Clemson College.
Not only does the Treasurer's an
the usual summary of receipts and exp
lists eaoh Individual bill paid out of C<
Since the support of an education!
ance to its patrons, the following brief
from the Treasurer's report to the Leg
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Privilege tax on fertilisers...
Morrill A Nelson funds (U. S.]
Interest on landsoript fund (I
Tuition from cadets
Interest on Clemson bequest.
Sales, interest, rents, etc.....
Total
Reserve fund
Total resources 1914-15..
Th? mhnvtt tntnJ renrenAntn what vt
Including Ha fecal development and It
Experiment Station receives 130,000 f
Agriculture for conducting agricultural
be used by the College. Likewise the
Act can be used only for demonstrate
supervision.
The money paid In by students
water, medical attention and Incidental
: use of the cadets, and Is not used for
The following Is a condensed sum
; Ex pea
1. For operating expenses of College i
era insurance, coal, shop and lab
r 2. For buildings, permanent lmproven
and laboratory equipment
8. For public work (fertilizer inspectl
Inspection, scholarships, branch st
, Total
L The decrease In the fertilizer tax
[ cutting down the amount Invested In
$67,192.84 which had been husbanded
5 ent fiscal year the College Is contln
5 $62,400 to supplement the fertilizer ta
. exceed last year.
! AWARD OF SCHOLARSHIPS
? AND FREE TUITION
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It lias been the practice of the
5 trustees not to recommend any
j young man for the award of a
scholarship unless his parents
' signed an affidavit that they were
, unable to pay for their son's education,
ana tne tax returns showed
an unencumbered property
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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 nitrate
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 available
form, while the rotting of
the organic sources does not proceed
as rapidly as usual on account
of the excess of moisture in
the soil. The amount to apply per
acres varies with the fertility of
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; Finances
est Information In regard to the fiscal
a fuller or more detailed report than
nual report to the Legislature contain ^
lendltures, but this report of 169 pages
allege funds is shown.
U institution la of Interest and Importsummary
for the last fiscal year, takpn
lalature, should be of interest:
irae,
1166,869.16
> 16,000.00
J. 9.) 6,764.00
6,288.00
1,612.86
9,998.72
$205,167.84
67.192.14
$272,660.61
'as available for the use of the College,
a Publio Service. The South Carolina
rom the United States Department or
1 research, but none of this money can
110,000 from the Federal Smith-Lever
an and extension work, under Federal
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(or board, laundry, heat, light, and
s, Is held In trust by the College for the
College expenses. 1
mary of expenditures:
Uturee.
(salaries of teachers, labororatory
materials, etc.)... .9141,830.82
lents and additions to shop
87,688.83
on and analysis, veterinary
atlons, etc., etc.) 81,323.99
8262,849.64
to 8156,869.76 would have necessitated
public service, but for the balance of
from previous yeara During the presulng
the public service by borrowing
x which this year Is not likely much to
valuation bore out the affidavit.
Free tuition was granted only
on the certificate or the County
Auditor, based upon an affidavit
of the parent that he was unable
to pay it
This year the State Board of d
Charities and Corrections is I
charged by law with investigat- 1
ing the financial standing of all 1
applicants for scholarships and ]
free tuition, and reporting their
findings to the board of trustees.
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X)LlLEGE FARM.
firm Km* ttq vvnnlrJ cilfrnrpnt. frnm
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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 small 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 I
mulch forming implement as soon j
as the ground is dry enough to 1
plow. j
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