The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1896-01-29
Clemson College will be Better in the
Future.

Board of Trustees of Clemson College bar
made the following report, which wa
adopted by the trustees at the meetins
s friday morning. This committee exam
ined into the WOrkingo order Of the College
some months ago. The report was sub
United to the board at meeting shortly
afterwards. but 1t was no. adopted at tha'
meeting The report is as follows:
CLEMSON COLLEGE, s. c.. Dec. IL, 1895.
To the Board OF Trustees Of the Clem
son Agricultural Collegs-Gentlemen |:
We, your committee appointed to inves
tlgate the management OF the College,
respectfully submit the following recon
mendations:
We consider the academic department
unduly pro ninent, there being III tnlt
department. three full professors and t~"
associates, the latter paid 81 $40 each,
while in the Agricultural Department,
there is no iull professor and IN the Me-
chanical Department only one. In order,
therefore, to reduce this department T.
its proper, proportion and ~ show our
determination to give special prominence
10 practical and scientific subjects, we re.
com mend that salaries of literary profes
sors range from 81, 900 70 81, 500.
Believing the success Of the Mathemah.
cal DeparGIDe ent 10 be greatly tmLe let,
because of the in-fficienoy of Professor
STROBE, we recommen that he be requir-
ed 20 resign at such time as may seem
proper to the Board. This and similar
Recommendations cause US much pain,
but we cannot permit our sympathy fol
any individual to outweigh our interests
In the welfare Of students whose prepara.
tion for the responsible duties Of llt
would be irrevocably impaired by inef.
hcisnt instructions.
We believe that all Of our instructors
should be- men Of at least respectabl.
education and we, therefore, recon mend
mentally deficient, be requested to resign
and that his place be filled by an experl
of liberal education.
We do not recommend any immediate
increase in the salaries Of the INSTRUCTORS
in the Mechanical Department., but recog-
nizing the importance of having thor,
oughly trained men here, we recommend
that our present instructors be urged IT,
make use Of every opportunity for I'm
provement and that they be permitted,
whenever practicable, to spend thei
vacation at special schools or universities
Offering advanced instruction in mechan
.ical arts.
We think that the salaries ofinstructors
In this department should be not less
than 81 200, and We recon mend that thest
salaries be increased from time to time
in proportion to the zeal and efficiency
displayed by the instructors in charge.
Inasmuoh as the Department of Physics
was, at the last meeting of the Board,
made branch of the Mechanical Depart
PHYSICS be abolished and that the In.
strnctor In this subject be paid FROM 500
to 81 200, thereby ranking with other in-
structors in the Mechanical Department.
Mr.. j. w. Hart, our dairy yman, has
shown himself to be an expert In his
work and we, therefore, recommend tina,
his salary be increased to at least 81 2OU
We recommend that Professor Nor
rison continue In charge OF the Fitting
Schools at salary of$l 500. AS thorough
preparatory training is Indispensable e.
successful work in the college, failure IN
higher cla8ses often being due to shoddy
work in the rudimentary branches, We
recommend that hereafter only expert
and experienced teachers be employed
for the Fitting School and that the young
men now assisting Professcr Morrison bs
urged to fit themselves as BOON as possi-
BILE, by special university training, for
the vocation of teaching. Since 1t IL now
easy to secure the services Of men who,
after completing college courses, have
made special preparation at the univer-
slties for the work Of teaching. we do not
think it wise to employ here young meD
who have received only general college
education. Experienced teachers of 3d.
tablished reputation would, of course,
form exceptions to this rule.
In conclusion, We consider 1t the duty
of the educator not simply to hear les
sons, but to strive both In and out OF the
class room by all means at his com mand
to develop his pupils in mind and morals.
We want no hirelings at Clemson, and
we recommend that the Board retain only
those professors who manifest, by their
acts, q genuine love for their work aud
hearty interest in all their pupils, especi.
ally in dull backward boys who most
need the encouragement Of sympathetic
teachers.