The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-01-22

This institution as q part of the
South Carolina university I regret to
say is the only State institution that I
have been unable to visit during the
past year. I am entirely dependent,
therefore, upon the report of the board
for information concerning its manage
ment. The enrolment for the year
was $40 students, which shows a large
increase to that for the previous year.
You are familiar with the fact that
Clafin college and Claain university
have been united for many years and
the two operate as one institution.
Under the new constitution, it is in
cumbent upon you, as soon as practi-
cable to wholly separate Clafin college
from Clafin university and provide q
separate corps Of professors and in
stluctors therein, representation to be
given to men and women of the Negro
race. The new institution shall be the
Colored Normal, Industrial, Agricul-
tural and Mechanical college of the
State. 1t will be impracticable foryou
to establish this college or to effect the
separation at this session Of your body.
THE MILITARY ACADEMY.
Ihave never been a great advocate
of military education but it has great
fascination for a large clase of our citi-
zens and young men. This institution
is one of the oldest in the State and
one around which clusters many his
torical events. During the first part
of last year it was my pleasure to visit
this institution, as a member of the
board of Visitors, and to personally re-
view the cadets and the work of the
faculty. Ihave visited many military
institutions and there is no cause for
any South Carolinian to be ashamed of
his. The work of the professors is
well done, considering the poor equip
ment with which they have to do it.
I was surprised to find many of the
class rooms inadequately furnished
and in most cases hardly better than
the crossroad school house.. If the
academy is to be maintained it should
be done in a manner worthy of the
State, if not, ih should be abolished.
There were upon the rolls during the
last collegiate year 146 cad ITS. of which
68 were beneficiary and 70 pay cadets.
The per capita cost of maintenance
and support of the beneficiary cadets
was $293.89. This includes clothing,
and in fact everything necessary to
support the student in becoming style.
No other institution in the State fur
nishes the articles included in this
sum, so no comparison can be made as
to relative amounts of per capita for
support. The amount asked by the
board of visitors for the maintenance
of the institution for the year is $21,-
400. You will observe that for the
last year no appropriation whatever
was made for repairs. In my judge
lnent $40, 900 will be ample to support
repair and equip the institution.
CLEMSON COLLEGE.
The governor is not a member of the
board of trustees of this college, but I
am grateful to the president, trustees
and other officers of the institution for
information in reference thereto. I
visited the college last spring for the
first time since its erection. Itshould
be a matter of pride to any South
Carolinian to witness the successful
operation of. an institution of such
magnitude within the State. The col
lege compares fayorably with any in.
stitution of like character in the Unit
ed States. The institution opened its
first session with over 900 students.
To one who is familiar with the capac-
ity of the building it would readily
appear that this number is far beyond
its capacity, and I am glad to see that
the students have reached such num-
ber as to enable the institution to do
Justice to each and every one. During
the past collegiate year the total en-
rollment was 372- The amonnt of
money received from the State was as
follows:
Special appropriation. 1876, 900. 90
Privilege tax, less expenses. 25, 94 80
Interest on Clemson bequest. 3,512.36
From old agricultural de-
partment. t............... 79l.o9
From experiment station
fund for repairs. .....".. 837. 40
Balance of insurance. ....... 10, 951. .43
Land scrip fund. d............ 5,754.0O
Total. 1882, ,7Ss.17
Besides this amount the fol-
lowing sums were re-
ceived.
Hatch fund. .$15, 900. 90
Morrill, fund. ..... 100000 90 25,0OO.OO