The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-10-08
THE FARMERS COLLEGE.
PLAN OF THE WORK TO BE DONE AT
FORT HILL.

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FORT HILL.
tees, and President Strodc Gives Inter
estinc Account of the work that is:
been Done at the Clemson College.
Fort HILL, S. c.. Sept. 29.-In
generally descriptive and somewha
hastily prepared article of the 2lth in
slant l endeavored 80 give the reader:
of the News and Courier some account
of the work that has been done and i:
still to be accom- plished at Fort Hill
Inasmuch as the Clemson College, by
reason OF its own inherent Importance
and that which political agitation has
given it, now occupies a very promi
nent place among the educational insti
tutions of the State, it may. be well tc
give an idea of the erection and prac.
tical operations of the College.
WHAT HAS BEEN DONE.
AS has heretofore been stated, the
contractors have laid the foundations
OF three buildings, the chemical labor
atory. the presidents house and the
secretary's dwelling, all of which are
expected to be completed during the
present year. A considerable force of
hands. including fifty convlcts, IS en-
ployed in getting out materla; for build
ing other structures. which will be
more rapidly pushed forward next
Spring. Considerable quantities of lum-
Der and stone are already on the ground,
and special attention is being devoted
to securing brick, the Contractors thus
far having :ailed to meet requirements
in the grade OF the article turned out.
CHAIRMAN SIMPSONS VIEWS.
The intentions and purposes Of the
board of trustees may be very clearly
perceived from the following express
SionS OF it's chairman, Col. r. ". Simp-
son, of Pendieton
"The board of trustees" said Col.
Simpson, IN response to my question
ing. have not yet determined all the
details connected with the College.
There Will be, however, a main college
building, four dormitories which will
be detached. and not more than Two
stories high as protection against fire,
a mess hall, laboratory, mechanical
hall. an experimental station and a
sufficient number of professors houses.
"The professors houses, l under
stand, will be twelve in number, IN
cluding those of the president and sec
retary of the faculty.
"The laboratory, the experimental
station and two of the professors
houses" continued Col. Simpson, "will
be com pleted this fall. The laboratory
will be erected with all the approved
appliances belonging to such buildings.
The experimental station. and the
work thereon, will also be put in opera
tion before the 1St of January, and it
is the confident hope Of the board that
the College, at least the freshman and
sophomore classes, will be opened next
fall, unless there should be some I'M
ayoidable hindrance.
The board has determined that in
erecting these houses there shall be no
money spent on them for ornaments,
their purpose being to make them plain
yet substantial buildings. The main
college building, however, if there is to
be any ornamentation, will be made the
most attractive of all the structures.
There will be meeting Of the board
on the second day of October next. at
which steps will be taken to ascertain
the cost of these buildings and to de-
termiDe upon their further course Of
erection.
There have been some drawbacks to
the carrying out of the work by the
failure of the board to get brick, but
the prospects now in that line are bet
ter than they have been before and
there will be no trouble on that score
when the spring opens"
THE MONEY TO RUN THE COLLEGE.
'sWhat financial encouragement will
the College need and likely receive?
This Institution when completed the
trustees think can be sustained and
supported by the funds applicable there
to without levying any tax upon the
people; for instance. it Will get the
Hatch fund Of $4,000, and if it should
get the amount recently appropriated
By Congress, which is Sl5,CoO, due on
the lst of last June, and $4,000 due
next June, the amount to he increased
by $1,000 each year until the sum
reaches 5000, with one. half the agri-
cultural land scrip, $1,000, and the tag
tax, varying from S25,0 600 to SIC, coo an
nualiy. these funGs will be- sufficient to
ruu the whole work OF the College, the
experimental station and the agricul-
tural department.
THE COURSE OF STUDY.
"The curriculum, or course OF study,
has not yet been determined upon, that
duty having been assigned to com
mittee, of which Mr.. Strobe is presl.
dent, but il is the intention Of the tTus'
tees to develop very largely the mech
arical features of the College"
THE PRESIDENT.
@Why did you select president a;
this early stage of the work x"
ut was found necessary to have some
man at the head OF this institution tt
plan out, direct and conceive the many
matters an:l things that are necessary
for its erection No Que menli,er OF ;iie
board OF trustees Was situated so rs /,
accept such position. They. there
fore, determined 70 elect president
and MT him in charge, SO that he mieh
become familiar with the history OF ti:'
institution from its infancy, that IN tn;
erection and location Of the building
everything might be made when coz:
plcted into a harmonious whole, an(
that these buildings might be made
suited to the necessities of the cours'
of study that shall be adopted. Hav
ing these ideas in view, the board elect
ed their president at once and have pu
him in charge.
$50 far Mr.. Strobe has proved to b
everything that was expected OF him
While possessed of very fine literary at
tainments, he has shown himself to b
eminently a practical man. and on
thoroughly in sympathy with the grea
necessity now existing Of affordln;
chronological education to the youth 0
annntry lno of the mast ceriNu