The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-11-25
PREPARATIONS AT CLEMSON.
Sixty-odd Thousand Dollars More Will be
Needed to Complete the Buildings.
Applications for Scholarships.
1.-THE State 20th.1

The report of the Board Of trustees OF
Clemson College will be one of much
interest. Last evening Governor Till
man and Secretary Of State Tindal re-
turned from the college, where they
attended the final meeting of the board,
and secured Ill the data for the report.
From Governor Tillman much of
this data was obtained, and is given
below.
AS to the condition Of the work, the
chemical laboratory is finished and
partly equipped; the mechanical hall
is done, as are three brick houses for
professors residences, seven wooden
frame residences, one 2-Toom frame
cottage and six 3,room frame cottages.
The experimental station house and
barn is finished, and the cow barn is
ready and fitted with silos and ma
chinery. 1t contains accommodations
for 100 animals.
The dorrnitory it completed, contain
ing 166 sleeping rooms 14xl7 feet ia
size: dining hall 200X42 feet, and
other rooms. These rooms are yet to
be plastered, and this will be done in
the next fortnight. The main building
is ready for the roof, and work has be-
gun on two more professors brick
residences.
THE FINANCES.
The amount left over last year was
s25,S13. Including this the receipts
from all sources were, during the year
from Nov. l, 1890, to Nov. /, 1891,
S419, ,S3461. The amount expended
during the year was sl0G,l27.26, leay-
ing balance of So, ,767.40.
In addition to the expenditures men
toned above, .224 was expended
during the year in performing the
duties of the old department Of agri-
culture, which devolved upon the trus-
tees when the department was abol-
ished. This was spent for guano and
fertilizer analysis, veterinary attention,
and other matters.
MORE MONEY NEEDED.
Gov. Tillman says the board made
careful estimates for the future, and an
amount between s65,000 and $4,000
will yet be required to complete the
work. They expect to put up twelve
professors houses, and so far only the
few mentioned above have been COM
pleted. Temporarily, therefore, the
few buildings ready will be we'll
crowded.
He says they intend to have every
thing in readiness for the opening OF
the college by the lst of February, or,
if not at that time, by March l., at any
rate.
APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION.
Applications for admission still con-
tinue to pour in, and now they number
very nearly a Thousand. Here are the
figures by counties: Abbeville SO, Aiken
Is. Anderson 81, BarnwelL49, Beaufort
|, Berkeley 10, Charleston 8, Chester
23, Chesterfield ), Clarendon Is, Collie
ton 20, Darlington Is, Edgefeld 81,
Fairfield IS, Florence 3, Georgetown I,
Greenviile A, Hampton p, Horny ,,
kershaw Z, Lancaster IA, Laurans 3S,
Lexington 5, Marion "A, Laurens 3S;
Oconee 81, Orangeburg 73, Pickens s.,
Richland II, Spartanburg Is, Sumter
50, Union 8, Williamsburg Is, York 5,
unclassified II.
! lifting THE NUMBER.
The board passed the following very
important resolution:
"Reeolved, If upon the opening day
Of the session, more applicants report
than can be admitted in the dormito,
ries, that the number admitted from
each county be in the proportion of
five to each member of the House OF
Representative from each county; and
in the event that enough applicants
shall not report to fill out a county's
quota, ther the vacancies shall be
given to the counties having an excess,
preference being given to those who
applied first; Provided, however, that
when applicants from a county are in
excess Of its quota, the fitness of the
applicants for collegiate work upon ex-
animation, will govern"