The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1893-08-23
THE STATUS AT CLEsisoN.

III 4hI al SllENulf3NJNs
The Wounded boys all Recovering
a The institution Progressing Finely
Applications Still Come Flooding ii
More Room Needed in the Me
chanical Building.
The Columbia Register interviewed
President 3. b. Craighead, of Clemson
College, while he was in that city las
, week, and obtained from him interest
, ing facts concerning the condition o
affairs at the institution of which h,
is In charge. He said none of the
sufferers by the recent deplorable &C
cident were in danger when he left
or else he would have remained a.
Clemson.
The boys who were most injured
are in the infirmary, where they are
receiving the best Of attention. Their
every want Is cared for Immediately.
did not quit their quarters in the
barracks. All are getting along nicely
and it Is hoped that in a short time
every one of the injured will again be
at work.
The bridge whose. fall caused all the
trouble seems to have been little more
than an apology for such a structure.
When the great crowd of boys got
upon 1t, the planks fell out like the
Stats in a bed sometimes do, letting
the struggling mass Of humanity fall
about fifteen feet. The boards accom-
panied 1t and were responsible for most
of the wounds and bruises.
A new bridge has already taken the
place of the collapsed structure. 1t
is built in the most substantial manner
and will hold carload of mules.
There is not the least danger of its
following the bad example of its pre-
decessor. This bridge is great con-
venience, as it saves the boys the
trouble of descending the side of the
excavation made to secure level for
the foundation of the barracks and of
ascending q flight of stairs to the
rooms on the second and third floors.
The work feature is one of the most
important of all industrial colleges
and hitherto more have solved the
problem of Incorporating it with the
other features without interfering
with them. This problem has been
given successful solution at Clemson
| College. The schedule was prepared
by Professors Strobe, @. w. Welch
and Harrison, who spent two days at
this job. They have arranged such q
college is enabled to work two hours u
day without in the least interfering
with his literary studies.
The mechanical shop is entirely too
small for the wants of this college. 1t
was built when the trustees aimed to
accommodate only 200 students.
Under the schedule, thirty-five boys,
as many as the building will accom-
modate, work in it for two hours.
Four squads work there each day, each
squad staying there two hours. So
that, working the professors eight
hours day, l40 boys are all that can
take the mechanical course.
This same feat was accomplished
with the farm work. The schedule
was so arranged as to allow each boy
taking the agricultural course to work
on the farm two hours day without
in the least interfering with their
literary course.
A boy cannot take both the agricul-
tural and mechanical course at the
same time.
The students are paid for their work,
and President Craighead realized from
it that the boys did such work as they
could be paid for. The boys in the
mechanical and woodwork department
will not be paid a cent unless their
work is made profitable by themselves.
AS o matter Of fact, for the first year
or so, the work of the boys, except
such as have a natural bent for it, in
this department will simply entail eX
pense upon the college, for they will
destroy much material without obtain
ing saleable results.
On the farm, the work is different
and the boys can all do such work
there as will merit pay. 1t would be
impossible, however, for one man to
superintend all this work, and Presi-
dent Craighead so stated at a meeting
of the faculty. The faculty considered
| the matter and now the boys work in
squads under the supervision Of the
members of the faculty. For instance,
President Craighead sees piece of
work to be done. He assigns that job
to Professor Clinkscales, who inn
| mediately sets his squad to work. AT
the end of the month he makes q
report to President Craighead about
this labor of the boys, just as he reports
the work they have done in his class
rooms. This report serves as pay
roll. This plan works very success
fully.
The boys in the mechanical depart
ment will make chairs, tables, desks,
school furniture ETC., which will be
sold at low prices, the proceeds to be
used in paying the boys for their labor.
1t Is thought that this department can
sell goods at half the price Northern
houses charge. Professor Tompkins,
who has charge of this department, is
on his way back from Chicago where
he had charge of some important ex-
hibits.
The truck farm at Clemson is very
large and supplies plenty of vegetables.
The boys work this farm and it will
furnish fresh vegetables for six months.
The boys will run a large cannery,
which will put up vegetables enough
for use during the other six months.
The college owns a largo herd OF
high grade and thoroughbred cattle.
The boys will be required to take care
of these. They will furnish milk and
butter for the students in the greatest
abundance. The refuse from the
kitchen will feed about seventy-five
hogs. These will not furnish enough
meat, but they will go long ways.
Commandant Donaldson has got the
boys in fine shape. He has worked
hard with them and they are beginning
to drill very we'll. Three hundred
uniforms have already been received
and distributed among the boys. The
balance will be received in short
time. The boys are not yet ready fol
the guns, which will shortly be
furnished by Uncle Sam.
There are now 440 boys enrolled a
Clemson College. More would have
been enrolled had not the faculty de