The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-11-30
Preparati0ns at Clemson.

The report of the Board of Trustees o
Clemson College will be one of much In
terest. Last evening Governor Tillmar
and Secretary of State Tindal returned
from the college, where they attended the
final meeting of the board, and secured
all the data for the report.
From Governor Tillman much of this
data was obtained, and is given below.
AS to the condition of the work, the
chemical laboratory is finished and partly
equipped; the mechanical hall Is done, as
are three brick houses for professors res
licences, seven wooden frame residences
one 2-room frame cottages, and six Broom
frame cottages. The experimental station
house and barn is finished, and the COW
barn is ready and fitted with silos and
machinery. 1t contains accommodations
for 100 animals.
The dormitory is completed, containing
l66 sleeping rooms, l4xl7 feet in size; q
dining bali 200x42 feet, and other rooms.
These rooms are yet to be plastered, and
this will be done in the next fortnight.
The main building is ready for the roof,
and work has been begun on two more
professors brick residences.
The amount left over from last year
was $25,S13. Including this the receipts
from all sources were, during the year
from November /, 1890, to November 1,
1891, $1O9, ,834.6I. The amount expended
during the year was BLOC, 1925, leayinS a
balance of $3,767.4O.
In addition to the expenditures mention
ed above, S11, ,2A was expended during
the year in performing the duties of the
old department of agriculture, which de-
volved upon the trustees when the de-
partment was abolished. This was spent
for guano and fertilizer analyses, veterin-
ary attention, and other matters.
Governor Tillman says the board made
careful estimates for the future, and an
amount between PSI, 900 and $4,000 will
yet be required to complete the work.
They expect to put up twelve professors
houses, and SO far only the few mention
rarily, therefore, the few buildings ready
will be we'll crowded.
He says they intend to have everything
in readiness for the opening Of the col
lege by the LIST of February, or, If not at
that time, by March l, at any rate.
Applications for admission still contin-
ne to pour in, and now they number very
nearly thousand. Here are the figures
by Counties:
Anderson 81, Abbeville SO, Aiken 16,
Barnwell 40, Beaufort !, Berkeley 10,
Charleston 8, Chester %, Chesterfield 5,
Clarendon 1S, Colleton 20, Darlington Is,
Edgefeld So, Fairfield Is, Florence 3,
Georgetown 7, Greenville A, Hampton
%, Horny 2, Kershaw 7, Lancaster IA,
Laurens 3S, Lexington S, Marion IA,
Newberry 38, Oconee 80, Orangeburg 7S,
Pickens S5, Richland IA, Spartanburg Is,
Sumter 80, Union 8, Williamsburg Is,
York s, unclassified H..
The board passed the following very
resolution:
"Resolved: ar upon the opening day
of the session, moro applicants report
than can be admitted in the dormitories,
that the number admitted from each
County be in the proportion of five to
each member of the House of Represen-
tatives from such County; and In the
event that enough applicants shall not re-
port to fill out County's quota, then the
vacancies shall be given to the Counties
having an excess, preference being given
to those who applied first: Provided
however, that when applicants from q
County are in excess of its quota, the fit-
ness Of the applicants for Collegiate work,
upon examination will govern. ."-Colum-
biq State. Att0ttSt 20,