The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-11-05
CLEMSON COLLEGE.
Magnificent Plans and Good Prospects 1or
a Great School If the State VIII Foot
the Bills.
ISpurtanburg Herald

the railroad. The campus slopes on
all sides giving excellent drainage, and
is we'll wooded with oak and locust
trees. On one side a stream of water
flows and the ground on the others,
gradually slopes towards the Seneca
river. The campus proper contains
about two hundred acres, and when
improved and laid out according to
the plans adopted it will be perhaps
the most beautiful in the South.
There will be sixteen brick buildings
the main college, building, the mess
hall, the Laboratory and twelve professors
houses, three of which are now COM
pleted.
The laboratory is already completed
and is large building, but an addition
will have to be made as the number OF
students who will attend will be much
larger than expected. The lower floor
of the building will be used for State
work, in fact, Col. Hardin and two as
sistants are now busily employed. The
upper story has two apartments,
lecture room and an experiment room.
The experiment room is conveniently
fitted up with gas and other fixtures
essential to we'll appointed laboratory.
From the outside the building pre-
sents very handsome appearance.
The windows and doors are arched
and finished with sacd stone. Over
the main entrance engraved in sand
stone are the words "Chemistry."
The mechanics hall is about COM
pleted with the exception of the inside
work. The building IS large one and
there is ample room for the accommo-
dation Of the host of young men who
will take the mechanical course, thus
fitting themselves for the practical
side of life.
The ,domitory and mess hall is a
huge affair. There are three hundred
sleeping rooms on the second floor, one
hundred on each of the three wings.
The first floor will used as the mess
hall and will with ease sit eight hun
dred students. The building has not
yet been finished on the inside, large
force of carpenters and plasterers being
now employed on th"+ work. This is
by far the largest college domitory in
TIE South.
The main college building is not yet
completed. On account of the lack of
funds, work On it will cease as soon as
the walls are run up and the roof put
on to protect it from the weather. The
chapel and recitation rooms will be
here. The expected large crowd mas
necesitated the erection of two galleries
in lhe chapel. The building is of ar
tistic design and when the finishing
work is done, will be second to few COL
leges in point of beauty.
Ali of the buildings will be heated
by steam and lighted by electricity.
In a few weeks all work will cease on
account Of the lack of funds. Already
much that could I've done is at stand
still by reason of this. The board OF
trustees can raise no more money, and
those in charge do not dare to contract
for work without knowing where or
when the money to pay for it will be
raised. For some time there has been
a scarcity of funds, and money has
been borrowed on the property Of the
college, mainly on the buildings owned
in Columbia. The rate Of interes' paid
has been extremel.- high, and it was
with great difficulty that it could even
then be gotten. President Strobe says
that the interest paid was not over ten
per cent. and he is confident that it was
not less. The exact rate paid he does
not know, but thinks that it was ten
per cent. All resources are exhausted
and unless the legislature at its next
session grants an appropriation every
thing will stop.
All of the work done so far at Glenn
SOD has cost two and a half times less
than was contracted for. Everything is
worked on a strict cash and economic
basis. The hands are paid every Satur-
day night in cash, and cash is paid for
all material. The monthly payment
amounts to $500.
There are now employed three hun
dred and fifty workmen besides the one
hundred and fifty eonvicts who per-
form most of the heavy labor.
AS an evidence Of the economy prac-
ticed it is only necessary to cite two ex-
amples. The contract for building the
college proper, was between 100000
add Sl25, 200; being built as it now is,
it will cost little under $4,000. The
contract for making brick was S2.75
per thousand. The contractor tried it
for while but failed, saying that the
clay could not be used, and asked to be
released from his contract. His request
was granted and now brick, and excel
lent ones, too, are made at cost Of
only Sl.25 a thousand.
When asked about the reported waste
and unsystematic management, Prof.
Strobe said that there had been none to
his knowledge. The superintendent
that he had, Mr.. Sharp, was not a
good choice. He was very unsystematic
and had good deal of trouble with
the workmen, causing many of them to
leave, but other than this there has not
been the slightest trouble and certainly
no waste. Mr.. James Hall is now super
intendent and is said to be capable and
efficient man. AS soon as Mr.. Sharp
deficiencies uora discovered So Voc