The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1896-01-22

ate with the authorities of the State in
their efforts to settle this matter in On
amicable way, doing justice to all
parties. There will be no difficulty in
making the separation as required by
the Constitution, but the necessity is
not urgent. l would respectfully rec
ommend that you make it the duty OF
the board of trustees of the South
Carolina university to adjust this mat
ter as soon as practicable in obedience
to the Constitution. There is no ne
cessity for an appropriation for the
support of this institution as the
amount heretofore appropriated was
merely nominal and the necessity for
it no longer exists.
The South Carolina Military Acade
MY have never been great advo-
cate of military education, but it has
great fascination for a large class Of
our citizens and young men. This
institution is one of the Oldest in the
State, and one around which clusteSs
many historical events. During the
first part of last year it was my pleas
ure to visit this institution, as MEM
ber of party of the board of visitors,
and to personally review the cadets
and the work of the faculty. I have
visited many military institutions, and
there is no cause for any South Caro-
linian to be ashamed of his. The
work of the professors is well done,
considering the poor equipment with
which they have to do it. l was sur :
prised to find many of the class rooms
inadequately furnished, and in most
cases hardly better than the Cross
road school house. If the academy IS
to be maintained it should be done in
manner worthy of the State; # not,
it should be abolished. There were
upon the rolls during the last collegi-
ate year 146 cadets, of which 6S were
BENEFICIARY and 78 pay cadets. The
per capita cost of maintenance and
support of the beneficiary cadets was
S293.89. This includes clothing, and
in fact everything necessary to support
the student in becoming style. No
other institution in the State furnishes
the articles included in this sum, 30 no
comparison can be made as to the rel
ative amounts of per capita for sup
port. The amount asked by the board
of visitors for the maintenance of the
institutions for the year is $2l, 400.
You will observe that for the last year
no appropriation whatever was made
for repairs. In my judgment 500, 900
will be ample to support, repair and
equip the institution to all intents and
purposes.
The report OF the board Of visitors
is herewith transmitted for your in
formation.
Clemson College.-The governor is
not member of the board of trustees
of this college, but I am grateful to
the president, trustees and other OIL
GERS of the institution for information
in reference thereto. I visited the
college last spring for the first time
since it's erection. It should be mat
ter of pride to any South Carolinian
to witness the successful operation OF
an institution of such magnitude with
in the State. The college compares
favorably with any institution of like
character in the United States. The
institution opened it's first session with
over 600 students. To one who is
familiar with the capacity of the build
ing it would readily appear that this
number is far beyond its capacity, and
T am glad to see that the students have
reached such number as to enable
the institution to do justice to each
and every one. During the past col
legiate year the total enrolment was
372. The amount of money received
from the State was as follows:
Special appropriation. ....$ 35, 900 oO
Privilege tax, less expenses 25,941 20
Interest on Clemson be-
quest 1872 36
From old agricultural de-
partment 791 G9
From experiment station
fund for repairs. ...... S37 40
Balance OF insurance. -. lO,95l 10
Land script fund ......... 5,754 %
Total 1882, 7ss II
Besides this amount the following
sums were received:
Hatch fund. IS $4,000 90
Morrill, fund. 10000 90 s25, 1000 90
Total income from all
OF this $50, ,256.79 was spent for en-
larging, rebuilding the main building
and equipping recitation rooms, dairy,
insurance, library, construction and
repairs, tools and machinery, leaving
for maintenance and support s57,-
531.3S, to which must be added l0,6SO
days of convict labor at 40 cents per
day, making $4,472, grand total for
maintenance of SCI, ,805.3S. The
amount required of each student for