The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1894-11-27
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40 Intellsgcnt and Valuable Repor
ofthe Institution. u
The annual reports In regard I,
Clemson College are extle emely inter
married. report 6ff the board OF trus
bees: x ~ q
On she. nightiof. the, 22d Of May las
the main college sbuild ling was burned
together with sallequipments therein
The lire originated ION the third Hoo,
In room in which the State's exhibit,
were stored and, not yithstanding the
heroic efforts OF the professors ant
students, everything in tue building
was burned, owing to the sisGt thai
shortly after the IRE was discovered' il
reached "a lot Of articles preserved In
alcohol, and Immediately the vessels
burst and scattered the burning fnf1
= all over the large museum room. Ell
forts were then directed to saving the
large and handsome chapel which ad.
joined the burning building. BY the
aid Of the well-equipped fire depart
ment, these efforts were successful and
the chapel was saved.
This building was insured for the
sum of $40, 900, all Of which was paid
promptly. Immediately after the fire.
the board OF trustees met and proceed
ed to have the building re-erected. The
contract for this purpose was let to
Messrs. GUIDE & Walker OF Atlanta,
Ca, for the sum of $23, ,393, to be COM
pleted January 1st, 1896. These gem
tlemen gave bond for the faithful per
formance OF their contract, AT this
: time the work is progressing satisfac-
torily, and we feel assured that by the
beginning OF the next session, Febru-
ary 18th, 1895, the building will be
ready for use again.
M AT the same meeting the board de-
cided that 1t would never do to suspend
the college exercises. Such tempor-
ary arrangements as were possible
were made and exercises were con.
tinued until better arrangements were
effected To this end large wooden
building was hurriedly erected and is
now used for class rooms. When the
college Is completed, this house Is in
tended to be used as a hotel, the want
of which has been for a long time felt
upon the grOand.
The destruction of the class rooms,
with their equipments, the library,
offices and fixtures, necessarily pro-
duced considerable disorder for some
time, but both the professors and the
students met the situation with COM
~
which resulted In but slight interfer-
ence with the regular routine of college
duties.
The heating apparatus, electric plant
and water works, together with the
class room fixtures and equipments
and library, were all destroyed in this
! building. To re-equip the new build
ing In the same manner and pay the
difference between the contract price
for its re-erection and the amount re-
ceived from insurance will require
about 10000. 5.,S 8
A board OF visitors, composed ofons
gentleman from each of the Congress
sional districts in the State, visited
the college in August last, and spent
two days examining into the organizac
tion OF the several departments, and
the building plans and purposes of the
college. Their report is herewith sub
mitted, and we ask that 1t may be par
ticularly read and examined.
Since making our last report, the
mechanical hall has been enlarged, in
fact doubled in its capacity, and, with
the necessary machinery put into it, sif
will be sufficient tosupply the demands
necessary to afford practical instruction
half of the entire possible attendance
I'm the college. To this department
also has been added partly equipped
foundry and forge.
Satisfactory instruction has not been
given to all who desired instruction in
this department. during the year, ow.
ing to the fact that the new addition
was in process OF construction, and for
the want of more machines to equip it,
but, notN ithstanding these drawbacks,
@ class o. work has been turned out by
the boy which surprises every one
who has seen 1t. !.
A leves has been built for the pro-
lection Of the river bottoms against
freshets. The dairy has been COM
pleted and equipped, and cheese of the
hotel has been built as aforesaid. The
water works have been taken up and
relaid, and with the additions thereto
we are able to report that there need
be no more apprehension Of danger
from that source. A great deal of work
has been done around the dormitory,
and upon the grounds generally, which
1t would be hard to particularize.
Heretofore the water clGsats ann
bath roops have been in the dormitory,
sII although they were well arranged
the board was fearful that it might
prove to be injurious to the health of
the boys, and hence they have con-
4 trscted for buildings outside in which
these conveniences may be placed.
These buildings will cost about SO, 600.
The board, In its anxiety to receive
as many boys into college as ppacti-
cable, directed that four boys be placed
in room, which would make the at
tendance 900. This large number OF
boys crowded into one building we con-
slider eminently dangerous to both
health and discipline, We therefore
earnestly request such an appropria-
tion as will be sufficient to erect a
building that will furnish ample room
to accommodate the full 600, so that
only two boys need be placed In room.
The experimental and agricultural
departments have been closely looked
after, and their developments pushed
( forward as rapidly as circumstances
would permit.
BY resolution adopted by the last
General Assembly, $4,000 were ap
propriated for the purchase of the Lee
land, upon five equal annual install
ments This property, which lies con
originally q part of the Calhoun tract
of land, and contains 288 acres, has
been purchased and the title made ttt
the State of South Carolina. Tive
thousand dollars. the amount appro
priated to make the cash payment, wa
collected and paid. The balance o
the purchase money--$7, ,000---was Dor
rowed by the board and paid to Mrs
Lee. One-fourth OF this amount (S1 ,Tb0