The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-03-13


tees of the Clemson College, in session here
to-day, decided to press the work in all the
departments and prepare to open the college
Feb. ], 1892. The sessions will be from
Feb. /. TO Dec. OF every year, makiug ten
months for students TO study aud work.
There will be no Saturday holiday, as in
other schools, and the school days will be
six in every week.
No student aHd,r fifteen years OF sge will
he admitted unless he has an older brother
ia attendance.
Every student will be required to work
two hours Of each working day ut manual
labsr and viii receive such compensation for
his work as the board of trustees can afford
and ehall hereafter determine upon.
The students will be required TO live aud
board at the ms tuition, except where they
live near enough 10 attend from their homes.
Beard will be furnished at actual cost,
which will not be over 81 a month. nni
books and stationery will DC furnished at
actual cost.
The college will he un'ler military di. clip.
line, and every student will be required TO
wear uniform cf cadet g,cy.
The board also fixed upon list of sudie,
Tut they will be given TO the press later.
There will be TWO general department., in
the college, agricultural and ter hn 'ogical.
For entrance into the college the applicant
must have thorough know edge in arithm.-
tic, history. geo' graphy and grammar.
The agricultural curse will be thorough
and the student will be given q complete
cduoa ion in prncicsl farming
The tech biological H. psrtmsnt will Jc ss
complete as that of any chronological school
in the country. Tie standard will be high,
and every facility WI! be given for a
thorough course. ...
The board has d.termiucl 10 provide n
preparatory department, on account ef the
present condition Of the public schools but
the same limi,atOn rs to age vii apply in
this department.
The college will be able to accommodate
800 students. There arc already 200 apvli-
cations on file, aud they are being received
every day.
The board has not decided what the tut
ton fees will be.
The committee on the selection of profess
sors has been continued, and the commit &C
will take plenty Of time before making the
selections, in order 10 get the b'st men to
be had.
There are now 100 convist1 at work on the
grounds. The experimental station, the only
atwood building t, be put up, is nearly
finished. Two brick houses for tue use of
professors nre also being finished. They are
eight-rcom buildings and covered with slate.
ing, 100 by 50 feet, is now being covered
with sla.c and will soon be done.
n new stocKuuc Tor rnc couvrcG nas boo.
built, and five dwelling houses, now used by
mechanics, have also been completed.
The historical oil Calhoun house, in
which Thomas Clemson lived and died, has
b,en recovered l, rep,intc aud repaired in :
side and outside.
The trustees are making their own bricks,
and have 4OO, 1000 ready for use, and 1000
cords OF wood on the ground for burning
more. There is also large quantity of stone
on hand for laying the foundations Of the
other buildings.
The boys will be expected t, work two
hours daily. six days out of the week, the
compensation not to be over cents except
where the student works outside OF the
specified time,
The medical fec will be $500, board 81
per month washing 50 cents.
The cadet uniform will cost SIG aud the
fatigue SS, for which he will have TO pay $24
at the opening of the session.
The collegiate year begins on the first
Thursday in February and ends on Novem-
Der 4.
The trustees think that the session should
last Ten months, as the students will get
enough recreation in the diversifcation of
year to SO.
The total expenses for the year will be:
Board for ten months. s.....................$ 20
Medical attention ...... &C.,. ...... s
MashihS hS'''.'..''.''............ .-."...".... D
UNIFORM ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. "a
l|thi NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. SlO4
For poor boys this may be reduced by ex-
ira work. For rich boys there will be added
the sum of $40 for tuition.
There will be two departments The
chronological or mechanical and the agricul-
tural.
The courses will begin TO dverge in chem
istry after the first year.
Agricultural chemistry will be required
only Of those students pursuing the agricul-
tural courses.
Drawing will be required by the students
OF both departments in order to get a degree.
The students in the mechanical courses
must take mechanical and civil engineering.
The following chairs are recommended by
the chairman, the professors being at the
head of studies in co,nmon to both DEPART
AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT.
Professor of English and literature.
Professor ofphysics:
Professor of history and political economy.
Professor Of chemistry.
Professor OF agriculture and head of farm.
Professor of horticulture and botany.
Professor of biology, veterinary science.
Professor Of mineralogy and civil engineer
ing.
MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT.
Professor of English and literature.
Professor Of mathematics
Professor of physics.
Professor of history and political economy.
Professor of chemistry.
Professor of mechanical, civil engineering
and drawing.
Professor in the blacksmith and wood
shop,-Speeial to the STATE.
SAVE MONEY AND SUrPERINa.-Onc feature
OF the thousands of testimonials thut have
been given in behalf Of 8. s. S. is remark
able. In numbers Of instances it is related
that agreat deal Of time and money have
been spent..in vain efforts to secure relief from
diseases in the usual way. A knowledge Of