The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-10-08

le%e with him. lie will in a grea
measure have charge of the selection
OF q faculty. the formation of a cur
riculum and other matters almost i
not quite as important.
The following interview had witt
him will give an insight into the opera
tionS Of the institution that is to he
and viii show that Mr.. Strobe has {
thorough understanding of the matters
upon which he speakes:
"When will the Clemson College be
opened to the public?"
1T is contemplated now to open its
doors for agricultural students about
October |, 1891. 4 failure in many
ways on the part Of important contrac
tors might GiSappoint present expecta
tions. Already one failure of this sort
has for awhile disturbed our calcutta
tons. as the brick contractors lately
abandoned their contract. We are
making every effort to prevent this
failure delaying the opening of the
|! College on the day first appointed. To
make up for the lost time we will in
crease the rate of manufacture of the
bricks in the spring to million q
month and place them in the wall at
the same rate. II sufficient buildings
are no: ready for all it is contemplated
to open the College for the two lower
classes at least. BY the year following
the buildings of the mechanical depart
ment will be gotten ready and the Col
/ lege in its second year be opened to that
class of students. By the third or
fourth year it may he hoped that there
will lie material from the classes Of
previous years for the organization of
the higher departments of the inStitu-
tion in all lines of engineering"
when Will the faculty Of the Col
lege be elected and how will they be
selected?"
"a chemist in-chief will be elected
very soon, as he has to take charge Of
the laboratory for the experiment STA
ton which is now in course of erection.
His assistants will be elected as soon as
the station is ready for them in its
work. The professors in the College
will be elected in May or June. They
will be selected from the whole South
ern field Of education as picked men
are wanted for all the more important
positions, men of experience and repu-
tation in their special lines. In the
lower positions, without high salaries,
young men of brilliant promise will be
sought. In no case, perhaps, will men
be appointed on solicited testimonials
alone. In all cases efforts ::;:;iimii De made
TO supplement- Sucn testimonials by
others obt,, ned in different way"
What are the prospects OF the insti-
tuition SO far as attendance of students
is concerned?"
"Our expectation is that we will have
more students offering than we can
take for few years. The public in
terest has been so centred on the Col
lege in various ways for several years
that the result is 4 wide advertisement
of its plans, ETC."
What will be the conditions Of ad-
mission 90
These will not be hard. AS the Col
lege is intended primarily for the ben
efit Of the farming classes and the
public schools in the country arc not
of a high grade generally, the College
will have its own preparatory classes
to bridge the gap between the country
public schools and the regular College
classes"
"Will scholarships be established in
the Colege?"
'"rhis matter has not been discussed
yet. but undoubtedly wide and wise
provision will be made to secure for the
benefit of the State the education OF all
of its marked talent that may appear IN
homes unprovided with wealth. But
the expenses here will be very low any
how. The charge for board will be
sim ply it's actual cost, and this cost Will
be made as low as possible by using the
resources of q farm Of over eight hun
dred acres, and the labor OF the students
themselves. Board at the College will
cost no more than board at home
What viii be the length OF the
courseS:"
'These will vary from two years to
four or i've years, according 10 the
needs and ambitions of the students
There will be arrangements here for a
very thorough education in all but
purely literary lines. The State Uni
verslty at Columbia will continue, of
course, to offer all advantages that
could be desired in the literary lines,
and these need not be introduced here
except in so far as they bear upon d
thorough English education and upon
the opening OF foreign scientific lltera-
ture &c our Students
".Are the interests OF Clemson College
and those of the University ct Colum-
bia liable to contlict!"
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Clemson who would never have thought
of entering any college without the
special advantages it will offer. On
the other hand many must continue to
find in the State University advantages
in other directions which we cannot
offer in our curriculum. There will
hardly be an opportunity even for a
generous rivalry between the TWO. as
their fields viii lie so wideapart. Sons
| from the same family will no doubt be
sert one to Columbia and one to Glenn
son in some cases.
"uoW will the fluids coming from the
F.! Clemson bequ.St Ir disposed of?
"TheSe will ir preserved untouched
as III ent.owm.!:; fiin;i OF the College.
unless the Legislature orders other
wise"
"Wha: aid Wi. he expected OF the
Legislature il running the College,"
The necessary funds for the build
iuuS and then It S!I!,;.nle SUM To go with
tn. Federal gran. annually to keep the
College in 2no,i r.rning order. in
annual ~ p:ui:ri>ti"n OF $4,000 will
keep Gems j in ins first rank of the
Southern agricultural colleges. Nc
college TOT university OF any sort, with:
in my knowledge III the South, would
have an equal annual revenue, without
counting tuition fees, if the State adds
the above amount to the revenue from
the bequest and from Federal aid
The whole amount for the buildings
will not be cfargeabie upon the State
treasury. During the two years that
the College will be in course of erection
over $4,000 from other sources coulo
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