The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-02-28
LIFE At CLEMSON COLLEGE.
Nearly 500 Students IL the Grese school.
Prepara1tou for Work

CLEMSON COLLEGE, Feb. 22.-FouI
hundred and eighty-three cadets have
reported for duty, and Of this number
1876 are new. The recruits are all in
one large company, ID charge Of Capt
R. E. Lee, but rs socn as they have
been drilled sufficiently well, eight com.
panies will be formed. Each company
is to have about equal numbers or Old
and new cadets. There will be two
battalions, each composed of four
companies, and on Saturday afternoons
there Will be regimental parades, with
Mr.. Shanklin, tutor in mathematics,
and Mr.. Blythe, tutor in English, as
majors, and Lieutenant Donaldson as
colonel of the regiment. There is
some talk Of organizing brass band
among the cadets, and If this be done
the regiment, with the flag which Lieu
tenant Donaldson presented to Compa.
ny G. for being the best drilled CON-
pany at Clemson, and the field music,
will present very fine appearance.
President Craiglead yesterday morn
ing divided the cadets of the college
classes into agricultural and mecheDi.
cal students. and 1t was seen that there
was about an equal number in both
departments, and not as some had pre-
dicted, a big majority in favor OF agri-
cultural students are being given work
on the farm, garden and at the bare.
The mechanical students as yet have
done but little work, but will CON-
merce in few days, as supplies of
lumber, etc, are being put IN at the
shops for their use.
The professors are besy now exam
ining and classifying the new cadets,
which will soon be completed, and the
recitation will begin. Physical exam
nations are being held daily by DR..
Redfern, but as yet no ore has been re-
fused admittance into the college on
account of failure to pass the examina-
tion.
a good many old cadets, and some
new ones, who received appointments
by the examination held in January,
have failed to put in their appearance,
and preparation is now being made to
fill their places from those who have
tie highest grades but failed to win
the appointments. Several have al
ready been admitted who came on at
the opening and remained, watching
for chance to enter. 1t is safe to say
that in short while the barracks will
be filed with 600 cadets. Measure.
ments are being taken for the uniforms,
and in about SIX weeks all will be in
jeans. The laundry is doing very nice
work indeed, as good as any IL the
State and the board is decidedly better
than it was last year, in fact. There is
perfect harmony among the cadets.
They have organized an athletic asso.
citation, with Mr. Il. G. Cliff as p!eSl-
dent, and several baseball mines Oaye
been formed, and during tie coming
season Clemson is gong TO have some
very fine games, not only among the
home teams, hut with Furman Uni
versity, Wotford College and Others.
a few nights ago one OF the new ca
diets was passing the post OF a sentinel.
He had on a very large, snowy badge,
which seemed to be the pride of his
whole being. Having failed to give
the countersign as he passed; the senti-
mel said, with very stern look upon
his face, "Give me the counsersigb. "
" On, friend, l can't part with this
cutting his hand over mis- badge, my
mother gave it to me. STATE.