The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1891-11-26
Preparations at Clemson.

The report Of the Board of Trustees Of
Clemson College will be one Of much in
terest. Last evening Governor Tillman
and Secretary Of State Tindal returned
from the college, where they attended the
final meeting of the board, and secured
all 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; tho mechanical hall is done, as
are three brick houses for professors res
idences, seven wooden frame residences,
one 2-room frame cottages, and six Groom
frame cottages. The experimental station
house and barn is finished, and the COW
barn is ready and fitted with silos and
machinery. 1t contains accommodations
for 100 animals.
Tie dormitory is completed, containing
166 sleeping rooms, 14117 feet in size; a
dining hall 2OOx42 feet, and other rooms;
These rooms are yet to be plasterad, and
this will be dono in the next fortnight.
The main building is ready for the roof,
and work has been begun on two moro
professors brick residences.
The amount left over from last year
was $25,Sl3. Including this the receipts
from all sources were, during the year
from November l, 1896, to Novem Der /,
1891, $1O9, ,834.61. THE amount expended
during the year was S1O6, 1926, leayins
balance of $3,767.40.
Inaddition to the expenditures mention
ed above, Sl1, pa was expended during
tho year in performing the duties of the
old department of agriculture, which de-
volved upon the trustees when the de-
partment was abolished. This was spent
for guano and fertilizer analyses, veterin-
ary attention, and other matters.
Governor Tillman says the board made
careful estimates for the future, and an
amount between $65, 900 and $4,000 will
yet be required to complete the work.
They expect to put up twelve professors
houses, ard so far only the few mention
ed above have been completed. Tempo
rarily, therefore, the few buildings ready
will be well crowded.
He says they intend to have everything
in readiness for the opening Of the col
lege by the 1st of February, or, if not at
that time, by March l. at any rate.
Applications for admission still contin-
ue to pour in, and now they number very
nearly thousand. Here are the figures
by Counties:
Anderson 81. Abbeville SO, Aiken IS,
Barnwel 40, Beaufort l., Berkeley 10,
Charleston 9, Chester q, Chesterfield S,
Clarendon 1s, Colleton 20, Darlington 10,
Edgefeld 50, Fairfield 15, Florence g.,
Georgetown 7, Greenville A, Hampton
q, Horny 2, Kershaw Z, Lancaster 4.
Laurens 3s, Lexington S, Marion Il,
Newberry 38, Oconee 80, Orangeburg 73,
Pickens IS, Richland ID, Spartanburg Is,
Sumter 50, Union 8, Williamsburg 13,
York 5, unclassifed II.
The board passed the following very
important resolution:
"Resotved: eff upon the opening day
of the session.. more applicants report
than can be admitted in the dormitories,
that the number admitted from each
County be in the proportion Of five to
each member Of the House of Represen-
tatives from such County and in the
event that enough applicants shall not re-
port to fill out a County's quota, then 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 tit
ness of the applicants for Collegiate work,
upon examination will govern" CoIuna-
biG State, august 20.