The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1891-03-12
Clemson Takine Shape,

Tie most important meeting Of the
board of trustees of the Clemson college
yet held was the session Wednesday night
and yesterday at Pendleton;: The future
work Of the College was planned out and
much work was done that will guide the
Institution as long as it stands.
The trustees determined not to give out
the work Of the meeting for publication
for several days, but a Neps reporter has
obtained automatically the gist of the
most important business transacted.
The executive committee of the board
of trustees held q meeting Tuesday night
and mapped out the work to be done by
the full board Of trustees. The commit
tee on curriculum also met Tuesday night
and reported to the board.
The board decided to press the work
in all the departments and prepare to
open the college February LIST, 1892. The
sessions of the college will be from Feb
ruary lst to December 1st, making ten
months for students to study and work.
There will be no Saturday holiday, as in
other schools, and the school days will
be six in every week. No student under
Is years of age will be admitted, unless
the student has an older brother in atten-
dance. Every student will be required
to work two hours of each working day
at manual labor, ard will receive such
compensation for his work as the board
iof trustees can afford and shall hereafter
determine upon.
The students will be required to live
and board at the institution, except
where they live near enough to attend
from home. Board will be furnished at
actual cost, which will not be over 81
month, and books and stationery will al
so be furnished at actual cost. The COL
lege will be under military discipline, and
every student will be required to wear a
uniform of cadet grey. The board also;
fixed upon list of studies, but they will
be given to the press later.
There will be two general departments
in the college, the agricultural and tech
biological. For entrance into the college
the applicant must have thorough
knowledge of arithmetic, history, geog-
raphy and grammar. The agricultural
course will be thorough aud the student
will be given complete education in
practical as we'll as scientific farming.
The chronological department will be as
complete as that of any chronological
school in the country. The standard will
be high and every facility will be given
for a thorough course.
5 The board has determined to provide
preparatory department on account of
the present condition of the public
schools, but the same Limitation as to age
will apply in this department..
The college will be able to accommo-
date 800 students. There are already over
200 applications on file, and they are be-
ing received every day.
The board has not decided what the
tuition fee will be. The committee on
the selection of professors has been con-
tinued, and the committee will take
plenty Of time before making the selec-
tions in order to get the best men to be
had. Professor Strobe, the president of
the college, has the work of building un-
der his supervision, and is displaying
great deal of energy and judgment. His
work; is thoroughly satisfactory.
There are now 100 convicts at work on
the grounds. The experimental station,
the only all wood building to be put up,
is nearly finished. Two brick houses for
the use of professors, are also being fn-
ished. They are eight room buildings,
and are covered with slate. The labora-
tory, a tbree.story brick building, 100 by
so feet, is now being covered, and will
soon be done. A new stockade for the
convicts has been built, and FIVE dwelling
houses now used by mechanics have also
been completed.
The historic old Calhoun house, in
which Thomas Clemson lived and died,
has been recovered, repainted and repair
ed inside and out.
The trustees are making their own
brick and have 100000 ready for use and
1000 cords of wood on the ground for
burning more. There is also q large
quantity of stone on hand for laying the
foundations of the other buildings.
The weather of the last two months has
delayed work in every way, but despite
this the buildings are going up on every
hand. Work on the main college build
ing will be started in the near future
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