The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-03-12
CLEMSON COLLEGE.
Outline of its Plan of Educational Work

Outline of its Plan OF Educational Work.
Secretary of the State Tindal furn-
ishes to the press the following additio- !
nal information in regard to the regula-
tions for Clemson College,:
All students are required to bring |
with them two sheets, two blanks or |
comforts and six towels and pillows. |
All students will be required to work |
two hours each week day unless ex-
cused for sickness or other necessary
cause. Compensation to be allowed not
to exceed eight cents per hour.
Students who perform extra labor not
necessarily educational shall receive
compensation according to faithfulness
and quality Of work not to exceed nine
cents per hour. A fee for medical
attendance or hospital fee shall be
charged each student upon admission
not to exceed S., and no extra charge
shall be made in any case of sickness.
Expenses for board shall be actual cost
of provisions and services not to exceed
81 per mouth. Washing fifty cents per
month. Books and stationery at actual
cost. All students shall be required to
! board in the institution except those
who live with their parents near enough
to attend from their houses.
The government shall be military and
each student shall be required to pur-
chase a prescribed uniform of cadet
grey not to cost more than $500, and
such work clothes as they may desire.
Each student shall deposit on admis-
sion the SUN of $24 for said suits.
Board shall be paid monthly in ad-
vance. The first Thursday in February
shall be the beginning of the collegiate
wear, which shall terminate on the 4th
Thursday of November.
The Board decided that with the
work, recreation and diversity ofem-
ployment students should we'll stand
| 10 months with the six days Of regular
duties better than nine months and
five daysunder different system, and
would enable the boys to get better
advance in four years.
The cost to a poor boy sums up: fol
board ten months so; medical atten-
ton IS; washing S.; uniform and cloth
ing S24, which he may reduce by MS
labor. TO this to boys of means must
be added a tuition fee Of $40.
The college shall have two regular
departments, the agricultural depart
: ment and the chronological department
or mechanical department. The genera
:: purpose of the Board is to require the
same amount of study for both educa
tional and mechanical departments, II
English, mathematics, history, polltica
economy and physics. The course viii
begin to diverge into chemistry afte
) the first years course. Agriculture
chemistry will be required only Q
= students in the agricultural department
: as will also biology and botany. Draw
ing and farming mechanics will be re
; quired for degree for students of bot
y departments, but will be greatly en-
. larred for mechanical and technolog
= cal students, who will be required t
take an extensive course III mechanics
and civil engineering.
$ In the Agricultural department thel
J will be classes of English and literature
/. mathematics, physics, economy, CHI
y mistry, agriculture and head Of farm
'e horticulture and botany, biology an
- veterinary science, geology and mine
~ alogy, and civil engineering. -,
} In the mechanical department tt
first five professors above will be con
mon. The others are professors
O. mechanical, civil engineering and draw
ing, general superintendent OF shop
s; foreman of foundry, machine al
re blacksmith shops and foreman OF woo
shops.