The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-08-28

are never secret. FROM tlle very oe
ginning the Board of Trustees ad'
dressed itself principally to erect at
Fort Hill such a plant for the College
as would best secure the results aimed
at. The first of these results was to
reduce the cost of education and place
it in the reach of every boy IN the
State. if possible, Our work IN this
direction speaks for itself:
Board, room and furniture,
washing, lights and heating
$500 per month, ten months.S6O W
Two suits uniforms. ............ y W
Washing ten months. 5 oC
Hospital fee.. D "
S92 0C
What can you say as to the mar
mony existing in the faculty.
when the College was organized
the management of the College was
placed in the hands Of the President
and Faculty. Now. it was not expect
ed that perfect system and order IN
the management and coordination OF
the various departments of the College
could be attained at once or without
some friction. This the Board expect
ed-because such has been the uni
form experience of all other agricul-
Atural and mechanical colleges. There
has been, however, far less friction at
Clemson than we expected, and the
Board is now working to harmonic
and coordinate the various branches
taught in the College, and to accom-
plish this no trouble is anticipated. y
'What are the relations existing be-
tween President Craighead and the
Board of Trustees, and between him
and the studentsl'
1.-The relations between President
Craighead and the Board are entirely
satisfactory. President Craighead is
proving himself eminently well quail
fed to manage the affairs of the Col
lege, and the question IS now agitated
of vesting in President Craighead
more and enlarged power and author
ity. The very best of feelings exist
between President Craighead and the
students"
''What have you to say about the
management of the mechanical de-
-partment?"
81 am personally familiar with the
details of the management OF the me-
chanical department. This is the larg-
est department of the kind in the
Southern States, and it has taken some
time to organize and equip it, but it is
source of pride to the Board of Trus-
tees. and to every citizen who has Wis
tied it. Prof. Tompkins was not elect
ed as full professor until the Board
was perfectly satisfied with his ability
to conduct the department creditably.
The fact that the Board last winter
promoted Prof. Tompkins to a full
professorship is enough to show his
standing with the Board. The work
and instruction in this department is
entirely satisfactory to the Board, and
the students take great pleasure and
delight in their work in this depart
ment."
SIS the agricultural department in
efficiently managed, by its present
head2"
'sIt takes more time to fully organ
ize and equip the agricultural depart
ment. This the Board has learned by
experience, but Associate Professor
MCGEE, the head of this department,
has the full confidence of the Board Of
Trustees.
lis it true that the boys in both
these departments are dissatisfied with
their progress"
eff the students in these depart
ments are dissatisfied it has never
come to my hearing. Last winter
when the Board met, and we We're IN
formed that the Legislature had de-
clined to make the appropriation ask
ed for, it was found necessary to dis
continue the pay for labor of students
as heretofore, but when we learned Of
the fact that the full amount asked for
had been given, I Immediately called
a special meeting of the Board, and
Immediately upon assembling the
Board made ample provisions for this
purpose. | have no doubt there was
some disappointment among the boys
when their pay was cut OFT, but there
has been none since it has been re-
stored"
'sWas the meeting Of the Board a
stormy one in the sense in which The
State speaks of it,
''Emphatically, the meeting Of the
Board was not a stormy one. The
Board felt that the time had come
when each member should be person
ally familiar with the workings of the
College so that we could the better
work together to forward the interest
Of the College, and to this end the
members which have heretofore been
doing the bulk of the work resigned
in order to force the work upon the
whole Board There was no personal
feeling in the matter"
Why has the number of students
decreased?H
This is the middle of the College
year and we did not expect any in
crease in the number of boys in at
tendance. There is no decrease in the
number, except from natural causes.
What can you say as to the
amounts received during tine last
scholastic year,"
A full report OF the amount need
ed for the College was made to the
Legislature at the last session. OF this
amount the State gave So, ,00o, and the
balance of the privilege Tag tax after
paving the expenses of this depart
:nent, amounted to s24, 000 The bal
ance of the money coming to the Col
lege comes from the Federal Govern
,nent. The s35, 600 given by the State
us a special appropriation was expend-
cd upon the College plant, full re-
port of which will be made to the
LEGISLATURE at the next session.
''Have you substituted convict labor
because the work of the boys was un-
satisfactory
THE convict labor is used only to
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