The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-01-17
TIE FARMERS COLLEGE,.
7GLEMSON'S TRUSTEES HOLD TIER
ANNUAL MEETING.

ANNUAL MEETING.
Omcers E:ecfed and Committees Se,ect'd
The Rssisnst.on O, Prof. Nswm msn-IIn-
provsmen,s to b, M,dr-Tbs Rush of
Applicants tos Admission.
CoI17Ms1A. S. c. Jan. 14.-Governor
Tilnau and Secretary or state I1ndal
returned Yesterday from tne annual
meeting of the Board OF Trustees of
Clemson College The board me, on
Wednesday nighr, every member nelng
present. It continued in session au
Thursday and until late Thursday
night, practically holding all night ses-
sions
There was mass of business to con-
slider and act upon, and rhe trustees
preferred getting through with 1t TO
putting 1t off to another meeting. The
board reelected Col. r. W. simpson
chairman and Dr.. P. II. Z. Sloan sec
retary ana treasurer
The following executive committee
com posed of men who live neareSs the
institution was elected: Coz. Il. w.
Simpson, D h. Norris, Col. r. E Bow
en-, Hon N. L. Donotdson and Col. d. +.
Bradley.
: The committee IN charge of the fer
tilizer department. OF the college is COM
posed of Governor TIlIman, Secretary
of State Tindal and J.. E Wannamaker.
The following comMlttee on the EX-
perimental Station was selected: Col.
D. K. Norris, NJ. L. Donaldson and Col.
r. E. Bowen. The faculty was author
ized to employ two more tutors II any
department if found necessary.
It has been known for some time
that there was little harmony between
the Board OF Trustees and President
Craiehead on one side and Prof. j. S.
Newman, Professor Of Agriculture on
the other. Exactly what brought
aboat these strained relations is not
known, as the members Of the board
do not care to talk Oh the subject.
Finding that lack of harmony u any
of the departments would be detri-
mental to the college, the trustees re-
qces.ed theresignation Of Prof. New
man. The resignation was rendered as
requested and Was, OF course, accepted.
It will take effect On the 1st of Fe5ru-
ary. A committee OF three was ap-
pointed to select suitable man tc fill
the vacancy. The committee will re-
port to the next meeting of the
board, which will confirm or reject the
selection as it thinks proper. Prof.
Newman has been with college almost
since work began On the buildings. He
came to this State from the Auburn,
Ala, Agricultural College, in WHICH he
held position similar to the one at
Clemson he is a valuable man and
the board knew it, but preferred that
every person connected with the lnstI-
Satios should work together as one
man.
Considerable time was given to the
consideration of financial affairs. It is
feared that there will be a falling off
ID the income this year owing to the
expected small business in fertilizers.
This has heretofore formed an impOr-
:tant part of the income of the college.
Notwithstanding this prospect the
board OF ldered several Improvements to
be made.
The dairy is to be completed and an
addition mads to Mechanical Hall.
This building has not been large enough
and the necessity of more room was
appreciated. The foundations for an
addition to the hall were begun some
time ago. The wing to be built is to
cost about So, 500.
The purchase OF another dynamo
WasauthoriZsd. The Institution now
has first class electric system in it,
but tae dynamo 10 use was not consid-
cred large enough for the demands
likely to be made on it. The room of
every student has tweaty-candie
power incandescent light in it.
The engineer of the college was ord
cred to make a survey Of the Seneca
River with the purpose in view OF
building a dixie for the protection of
tbs bottom lands of the institution.
The lands are frequently everhowed in
the Summer after freshet. The dixie
is to be built some time this year.
A track is to be built to the college
from the Air Line Railroad, which is
over mile away. The ooject of this
spur is to allow the hauling of coal
and other freightto the college by cars
and not by wagons as now.
The Trustees find that every depart,
ment is all right and will be working
smoothly when the institution opens
in February. Three or four months
ago thee was some trouble over the
food and the cooking, or, in the student
Yernacular, @the hash." The "hash de-
partment," as the boys some times call
It, is IN fine shape aDd-the boys have
had nothing to coErlain about for
long time. Tie board giyea for the
unusually low sum of 81 month is
SUBSTANTIAL and palatable. A first
class caterer is in charge of the cook
ing department and the food is pre-
pared In a most wholesome manner.
The Board appropriated $1,000 for
printing outfit. When this is bought
the college will do most of its own
printing, which now costs a good deal
of money.
The maximum number of students
at the last session was between four
and FIVE hundred. Provision has been
made for six hundred boys at the COM
ing session. There are, however, many
mora applications than there Will be
room for. The manner in which the
applicants Will be admitted has been
given in this paper. The following IS
a table by counties of the number Of
old students who have signified their
intention to return and Of the num- beE
of new applications for admission. It
is probable that about fifty more old
students than the number given will
return:
County. Old stud'ss. .Appl'nts.
Abbeville. 81 rs
Anderson. 80 6S
Aiken. . 26
Barnweu.. 9 "a
Berkeley ....
Charleston. s II
Chester. $500. 8 8
Chesterfield. 5 Is
Clarendon.... 12
Colleton.. 4 IS
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