The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-09-19
[From the Anderson Intelligencer.]
Clemson College Happenings.

Perhaps the readers of the INTELLIGENT
GER would be glad to have few items
from Clemson occasionally.
The College has opened with over five
hundred young men, and others are COM
ing in on every train. The boys are
good looking set, and seem to be we'll be-
haved. Everybody on the Hill is looking
forward to a pleasant and profitable ses-
sion.
The Cadets are going down to hard work
in the various departments. They will
soon don their new uniforms, as the
measures Of nearly all have been taken.
With few exceptions, they seem we'll sat-
isfed, though four or five have given up
the struggle against student blues and
gone home. One rat" as the new boys
are called, said he had to 60 home because
be couldn't sleep; another said be wanted
to "see mama" Two others left because
they could not enter as high as they e1-
pected to enter.
It is fact worthy of mention that the
College opened with more of the old stu
dents present than were here at the close
of last session. Every member OF the
Sophomore class returned, except the son
of Col. Newman. His absence Is regret
ted-be is q most excellent young man.
Anderson County has large represen..
tation among the Cadets. AS general
thing, her representatives are first class
men. She sends very few trif1ers to
Clemson. The fact is, triiers are not
wanted here, and they soon find 1t out.
Work is the watch word here. Any day
when the weather is fit one may See squads
| Of fifty boys each at work under the super.
vision of the Professors. The labor is all
done in the afternoons, the recitations
being completed in the mornings. Last
Friday, one squad, under the supervision
of Prof. Morrlsop, was piling and burning
corn stalks in the bottoms Prof. Clink
scales had another rolling logs at tne
same time; Professor Harrison and Mon
creiff, with their respective charges, were
clearing and grubbing; while Professorf
Welch and Shsnklin were arranging the
parade ground more to the notion OF Com
mandant Donaldson.
Notwithstanding the weather has beer
disagreeable, pic mic parties have begur
their visits to the College campus. Will
six hundred Cadets at Clemson, the temp
tation to visit the pls5e will be greater
even than last year. We are not surprised
that the people like to visit Clemson
Those of us who live here and are famtl
lar with the historic old place, never grow
tired of seeing the boys drill and work ane
play. Last year the presence Of 30 many
visitors interfered not q little with th'
working of College plans. This year th'
matter will be regulated by the authorities
The hitching posts have all been removed
from the campus by order Of the Presi'
dent, and, before Spring, q hfst-class pi'
MIC ground will be provided between tn
College and the river.
There is q good joke on the Board o
TRUSTEES that has not found its way mt
the papers. On the evening of the l4tt
inst, President Craighead sent q hack Il
| Cherry's to meet the Trustees expected u
come on that Road. The train was NOR
than an hour late. The road between
Clemson and Cherry's was fearfully mud
dy and badly cut up. About three hun
dred Cadets, old and now, got OF tht
train. The driver of the hack sent for th'
Trustees could not find those gentlemen
in the darkness and consequent confusion
Six or eight Of the old Cadets, hearing tht
driver enquire for his men, appreciated
the situation, and persuaded the darke!
that the honorable gentlemen OF th'
Board of Trustees would arrive later, pos
sibly on the next train, ard assured hin
that the best thing be could do would b,
to drive them to the College. This he did
saving the boys long walk through tn
mud and leaving the Governor and othel
mem bers of the Board to make their wa,
as best they could. An open wagon Will
planks across the body was the best con
veyance the Trustees found at hand.
L. D. G.