Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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1 CLEMSON'S HANDSOME Y. M. C. A. BUILDING Just north of the textile school at Clenison College there is reared j <? lii^uiiicviit structure unit is I an important factor in tlie social and religions 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 col- j lege association buildings in the | country. It cost $78,000 and wasj made possible by the generosity i of Mr. John 1). Rockefeller, who, donated $.">0,000 on condition that the balance should be forthcoin- i ing. The College trustees appro-j printed $1.7.000. which left $13.000 still to be raised. This sum was made up bv the loyalty and contributions from cadets faculty, alumni and former students. Some of the recreational fea tures of the building are m mj>- j to-date swimming pool, bowling! alleys, games room, reading and lounging rooms, cafe and auditorium for lectures, concerts, moving pictures, etc. Ample provision is made in the building for the spiritual work of the association. H&K ;v- Vv &? > - - < i, .*>'> ? - ?< '/itoi? "' A < CORN C] EXTENSION ANI) DEMONSTRA- ; TION WORK. The Demonstration and Extension Work is under the direction of Mr. W. W. Eons, 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... $110,290.48 From Smith-I.ever Act (United States) 10,000.00 ji From IT. S. Dept. of Agriculture 34,000 . 00 j | From counties 2,379. 30 j From Individuals 284.16 From organizations 5,716.55 ji Total $72,670,55 1 ( 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 ofheers. | i fi , i; i i I :> j y I m 2 " : ( POWER STATION. ( ^Reliq.0U5 11 BARISTCHURCH }^ I The entire building is to be made as attractive as possible for the cadets, giving them a homelike nlaee where tbev I'lin cnnnrl their unemployed time pleasantly I and profitably. CLEiMSON'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 experiinent stations, fertilizer ins|)ection 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 liscal year $81,3*23.5)!). Any farmer in need of technical expert advice on agricultural subjects should not hesitate to write to the College for information. The inquiry will Ik? re- , ferred to the proper expert and a prompt answer win ne received.' The College officials write nearly 30.000 such letters annually, and i send out nearly a half million ] pieces of printed matter. LI'15 IiOYS IN TIIK SUMMER SIIOHT C SUMMER SHORT COURSES t I A Pleasant and Profitable Vaca- j tion. Clenison College is offering a ' four weeks' course in agriculture ^ and cotton grading. The course begins July 01st and ends August 20th. The schotd will he arranged so that one can get what he most needs. During the first week the subject of dairying will be taught, [he second week animal husbandry, and the third horticulture. For (he last week of the course igronomy, which includes field wops, soils, fertilizers, etc., will Ik* the chief subject. A special course for teachers >f agriculture has been arranged. Four weeks' instruction will also lie given the winners in the Boys' (Join (Mub work of the State. A ten-day course for ministers interested in rural a flairs?August 10th to August 18th, inclusive?has been specially designed for them. , The entire equipment of the agricultural department will lie 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 Mich ovenimr hv sntru? rrw?tiilu>i' NFLUENCEsfj^ * if^TH EM ETHODIST CHURCH lllJi 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 considering the 198 enrolled in the summer school) was 812. The following data on 785 of these men will be of interest: Average age, 19.3 years. Average height in shoes, 5 ft. 9.1 in. Types: Blondes 350 Brunettes 436 Living in the country and in small towns and villages. .. 70. 9% Living in cities of over 2,500 inhabitants 29.1% Lorn in country 64.0% Born in towns and cities 36.0% Who have lived on the farm. .. . 69 .3% Parents are or have been farmers 81.0% Parents are now engaged in farming 51.5% Two hundred and twenty students now in College have had 313 brothers, of whom 121 graduated, to attend Clemson. Occupations of Student's Parents: | Farmers, 405; merchants, 70; clerks, ! 22; manufacturers, 18; physicians, 17; postal service, 15; teachers, 14; ministers, 11; railway service, 11; lawyers. 9; bankers, 9: bookkeepers, 9; contractors, 7; Insurance agents, 7; dentists, 4; miscellaneous, 152. These figures speak eloquently of the fulfillment of the primary purpose of the College?to serve the agricultural and industrial classes of people. &MC--MC*. - - - rvA- - ' < ' *. . ..< < */. ; , / ? ' *- . >?*: OUHSE. the faculty or other lecturer prominent in State or national t iTairs. The college library, with its j 10,000 hooks and many popular Magazines, will be open during ji he whole four weeks. I amiMffrwiifiii him i ? butli , ' I * < t\ : aj'yy v . i N>?vi>i r A PEN PICTURE OF CLEMSON COLLEG Works for Welfare in Mar Ways. Picture a county estate of 1,50 acres, with stately building placed at elevated points to fori it great irregular circle of half mile in diameter. Inclose in tli circle a beautiful grove of nath oaks, threaded by smooth driv< walks. Turn to the north and f< a background outline against tl sky at a distance of '20 mile range after range of mountain the home of the Highlands, < Caesar's Head. Whitesides an other lofty peaks of the Bin Ridge. Think of these mountaii as in summer clothed with vei dure, standing out black again> the horizon, and in winter ofte white with snow. Take for tli southern boundary a river of Ii dian lineage and follow in it -weeping crookedness the swil and turbulent Seneca as it twist this way and that to mark tli confines of the estate. And to thi setting add broad expanses c river bottom lands green wit ~?rn, steep hillsides sinuous wit level grassv terraces and conl nm hires with winding brooks nn graceful shade trees and you hav a picture of Clonison College, n< colored to suit the canvas of a irtist, hut as seen every year h nearly a thousand young Sout Carolinians, who seek, amid thesurroundings, an education tlui will prepare them for *el f-respect ng. self-supporting citizenship. A l^arge Plant. The college tract contains ove 1,500 acres. On the propert there are 23 principal puhli buildings, 70 dwellings and ?'> minor buildings. The collep has in its employ 116 teachei and ollicers. Its inventoried prop erty is $1,327,728.57. The ol ticers of the college send out ycai ly over 35,000 letters and ove 135,000 other pieces of mail mat ter, most of which give agricul tural information. In addition to the parent sta tion, the college maintains tw branch experiment stations?on near Summerville and the othe at Florence. One more to l>o sit uated in the sand hill sections o the State, just as soon as fund will permit, will complete a sy.< tern representing the principa soil types of the State. Clemson's The public has a right to the fulle affairs of a State institution. It would not be possible to make i does Clemson College. Not only does the Treasurer's ann the usual summary of receipts and expc lists each Individual bill paid out of Col Since the support of an educationa ance to Its patrons, the following brief s from the Treasurer's report to the L.egh Incoi Privilege tax on fertilisers. . .. Morrill & Nelson funds (U. S.) Interest on landscript fund (U. Tuition from cadets Interest on Clemson bequest.., Sales, Interest, rents, etc Total Reserve fund La Total resources 1914-16.., The above total represents what wt ncluding Its local development and Its Experiment Station receives >30,000 fr agriculture for conducting agricultural e used by the College. Likewise the $ ?ct can be used only for demonstratio . supervision. The money paid In by students water, medical attention and Incidentals, use of the cadets, and Is not used for C The following Is a condensed sumn _ Expend E 1. For operating expenses of College (s ers. Insurance, coal, shop and laboi |V 2. For buildings, permanent improvemt v and laboratory equipment 3. For public work (fertilizer lnspectio Inspection, scholarships, branch sta 10 Total rs The decrease in the fertilizer tax t cutting down the amount invested In i $67,192.84 which had been husbanded f is ent fiscal year the College is continu $62,400 to supplement the fertilizer tax exceed last year. 3. AWARD OF SCHOLARSHIPS AND FREE TUITION t It has been (ho practice of the ' '' trustees not to recommend any ' le < .. young man for the award of a is . < i-. scholarship unless his parents ( >t signed an ailidavit that they were 11 unable to pay for their son's edu- i 0 cation, and the tax returns sliow'* ed an unencumbered property I ft lO is if ~ . h h , WHEAT FIELD C< RESULTS^OF^TOP-DRESSING i I e s Best Times to Apply Nitrate of 1 Soda to Corn, Cotton and Grain. 1 fResults obtained at the South i r Carolina Experiment Station I - show that a top-dressing with ni- i [- trate of soda gives good results on I cotton, corn and small grains. The I - increase is most marked during a . 1 ^1 * 0 jfai, uecuuse mis nitrogen is i e already in an immediately avail- j r able form, while the rotti ng of I the organic sources does not pro- i f ceed as rapidly as usual 011 ac- I s count of the excess of moisture in j i- the soil. The amount to apply per 1 1 acres varies with the fertility of < the soil and the previous fertiliza j ?======3=? Mil Finances st Information In regard to the fiscal a fuller or more detailed report than ual report to the Legislature contain >ndltures, but this report of 169 pages liege funds is shown. I institution Is of interest and Importummary for the last fiscal year, taken 3lature. should be of Interest: ne. $165,869.76 25,000.00 , S.) 6,764 .00 6,233.00 3,612.36 9,998.72 $205,367.84 67,192.84 $272,660.68 is available for the use of the College, Public Service. The South Carolina om the United States Department of caeolkll, uui IIUIID U1 II1IB ITlOIiey CtlQ !10,000 from the Federal Smith-Lever n and extension work, under Federal for board, laundry, heat, light, and , la held In trust by the College for the ollege expenses, lary of expenditures: Iturce. talarles of teachers, laboratory materials, etc.) .... $143,836 . 82 snts and additions to shop 37,688.83 n and analysis, veterinary tlons, etc., etc.) 81,323.99 $262,849.64 o $155,859.76 would have necessitated subllc service, but for the balance of rom previous years. During the presing the public service by borrowing which this year is not likely much to valuation bore out the affidavit. Free tuition was granted only on the certificate of the County Auditor, based upon an affidavit of the parent that he was unable to pay it. This year the State Board of Charities and Corrections is charged by law with investigating the financial standing of all 1111)1 i CM lit s: for Sfliolnroliioa onrl free tuition, and reporting their findings to the hoard of trustees. 3LLEGE FARM. tion, but we would suggest from ~j0 pounds per acre on poor land LID. accord in I* til (lip fnrtilirv O ? ?- "-""V 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 ifter a rain, when the moisture liad dried oil the leaves of the plants, then cultivate with a mulch forming implement as soon c the ground is dry enough to plow. t-^ i tu'lJEnll 1 B