The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-08-19
THE NEW EDUCATION.
CLEMSON COLLEGE-iTS ORIGIN AND
OBJECTS.

OBJECTS.
An Address Delivered by President Strod
Before the State Agricultural and Me
chanical Society at it's Summer Meetin'
in OrapSeburG
When l received from your secretar'
the honor of the invitation 10 address
YOU l might very we'll have asked to b'
excused in view of the enGrossing nature
of the great work at Fort Hill, the dall'
superintendeuce Of which Is my duty
But as did not then beg to be excused
in my great desire to meet you l mus
uoY protler as all excuse tur The STUDY
and care that is lacking in my paper, ant
which should be due this body in am
matter presented for its consideration
that the work there is so full OF perpleX
tiles and responsibilities that only mo
ments Of suatchcd opportunities coult
be used for this service, and these mo
ments have been all too rare for the prop
er preparation Of a paper or this occa
sion.
Too fresh In tine minds of all are the
events which led to the founding of Glenn
son College to need now mirute histo
rv of it's beginning. Thomas G. Glenn
son. the son-iu-iaw of John &. Calhoun
died in April, 1883. leaving by his vii
Sl4 acres of land, with Fort Hill, the
old home of John &. Calhoun. and abo1
$50. 900 in money and interest bearing
sto:k as bequest to the Safe Tor the
founding Of an agricultural college. /
certain conditions were accepted by the
Legislature.
TIE REVENUES OF THE COLLEGE.
Finally the bequest was formally
accepted, and. in sympathy with the
feeling OF many in the State, the Legs
lature furthermore granted certain iundS
coming from the General Government
and the proceeds OF a certain small taS
ev.ed on those interested in fertilizers,
as 4n annual income to sustain the Col
lege. These combined sources of rev
enue were found to yield between
seventy and sventy-iSe thousand dollars
annually, and to place the College al
once on a footing OF equality Will
the richest Institutions OF learning IN the
South. The matter of building tunC
was not at once arranged, as the ample
annual revenue, part OF which might be
legally used for buildings, was thought
sufficient to provide against immediate
Embarrassment.
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
The boa d of trustees, composed ol
seven gentlemen appointed by Mr.. Clem.
son as a selfperpetuatlng body, and Of
slx others elected by the Legislature for
terms of four years each, met, ORGANIZED
and took up their great responsibility
One of their first acts was tue election
of an executive committee to represent
the board in the intervals between their
regular meetings, which could not be
frequent with the board composed OF
gentlemen living in widely separated
parts of the State. The next act was
the election of president OF the College
to be a representative OF the executive
c ommittee for all current business which
had to be transacted iu the two weeks
intervals, which finally became the SET
periods between the meetings Of the COM
nittee. Thus the plans of the College
along all its lines of growth and pro-
gress represent by the organization tue
work of the members Of the full board,
who have given their time and devotion
to the great task. Provided for by the
iar-seeing mind Of Mr.. Clemson against
the dangers OF sudden changes II the
board of trustees, the College has been
from the beginning under the influence
of steady policy which has had as Its
ruling principle the foundii & OF one OF
the greatest institutions Of lis character
in the SoGth.
a GOOD FOUNDATION.
AS the representative oil the executive
committee, which in its turn represents
the fuller management: am by your
courtesy here today 10 tell you what
words Of hope and promise they wish to
20 out through you to the eXpectant
youth of the state; TO tell you BY what
methods they expect that the sentiments
of honor, the spirit OF thoroushness, and
the cultivation of a pure ambition may
be made TO blend in an educational sys-
tenn with that training OF the hand, the
eve and the brain that is to :orm the new
education. AS all must recognize that
no institution N the South can aspire TO
the first rank that ignores as the basic
element of Southern manhood love OF
truth and honor, pei haps it is needless
to assure you that this will be a tounda-
ton stone in Clemson College. Along
with this more chivalrous element Will
90 hand in hand in the character build
ins attempted there the forming 0! those
habits promptness, accuracy, thorouS-
ness and reliability in regard 10 all re.
sponsibilities that make The successful
man. The cultivation OF the esprit de
corps will he looked TO as the safeguard
of the College. lis graduates will 60
forth with that tie still attaching them
O the alma mater that will teach them
TO point with honorable pride to the
source Of the instruction that moulded
them for usefulness; and On her % them
as her most precious children destined
to bring honorable reputation ior her
a;thful work.
THE MILITARY FEATURE.
In the military system, which becomes
a part OF the College in connection with
the Federal grant, will be planted the
discipline of the institution. There
will be no loss here to the student boy
shose farm exercises viii grow into
manly shape in the exercises CT the daily
routine. whist the MUD OF Southern
youth sill naturally turn to thoughts OF
that past 0. his country's history that
Yields much to stir the blood and to tend
to the eurichins Of their uobler impulses.
They will not be taushtto be tie uutnlnk'
ing machiues 10 prop the supports OF lu-
ture tyranny. whilst they draw their IN
splration from the record OF that citizen
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