The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-11-09
THE NEW REGIML AT CLEMSON COLLEGE.
THE POLICY OF PRESIDENT
HARTZOG
~ Worker With the Faculty to
Carry on the Work Upon Lines
Already Projected"

is naturally felt throughout the Stat
as to the management and success @
the College under its new president,
correspondent Of the News and Courie
called on President Hartzog and aske,
him to outline his policy rs to the con
duct Of the College. Mr.. Hartzog gav
pleasant and interesting talk on va
rious subjects of College work. HI
seems to have entered heart and sou
into his work here, and has made
good impression on his ass s)ciatcs, VIII,
are ready to give him helping haut
for the accomplishment of the ditlicul
task before him.
One thing has been brought on
clearly, and that is that the College
will not suffer from any lack of energy
on his part, for he has shown unusua
resent briefly and partially his ideas
about the College:
Replying to your question to outline
my plans for the future, permit mo tC
state a. the outset that have not come
to Clemson College as u revoutionist
L have come as Co-workcr with the
faculty, to carry on the work on the
line s already projected | am in hearty
sympathy with the spirit and purpose
or Clemson. | believe that Clemson
fills long felt want
Clemson was not designed as o fac
tional school, to antagoniZe or break
down other colleges in South Carolina
Clemson has q mission OF her own. 1t
offers q course of study which cannot
be pursued elsewhere in the State
Among other studies your attention is
called to pure agriculture, HORTICULTURE
botany, veterinary science, dairying,
woodwork, forge and foundry work and
electricity. In other words; g 'emson
College is an agricultural and mechan-
ical institution.
English Is taught because students
must know their mother tongue before
they can pursue scientific studies The
majority of students who come here
need Eoglish training.
Lord Brougham has said "Ap edu-
Gated man is one who knows something
of everything and everything Of some
thing" Clemson College attempts to
fulfil that definition. A broad founda.
tion is laid in English work, and upon
that Is built a superstructure Of special
work | am thoroughly convinced that
instruction given at Clemson will ben
eft the whole Commonwealth Of South
Carolina.
A Klondike of undeveloped resources
in South Carolina is but awaiting the
touch of expert hands. We need
trained mechanics to utilize the wasted
we lie supinely on our backs aud send
North of Mason and Dixons line for
our skilled mechanics Carlyle said
MOT arms and man. but tools and the
man. Is now and hencefOrth to be the
great epic Of the world" To kecD q
school fully abreast OF the best current
Of modern scientific thought it is neccs-
sary TO have thorough equipments.
One learns to do by doing. All the lee.
curing in the world will not teach boy
woodwork. Machinery is expensive.
Those who think that Clemson has re-
ceived too much money should remem-
ber that IL takes more money to run u
technical school than it does literary
college. While Clemson has not all the
equipments that may be desired, it will
easily rank among the first, il not the
first, among institutions of similar
character in the Southern States. For
that reason Clemson graduates will be
in demand, because they are known to
have had opportunities to become &C
quainted with the latest fruits OF scien-
:ific research
All industrial reforms are painfully
slow, but believe that we can see in
many sections of South Carolina al
ready a growing appreciation OF scien-
titic and agricultural subjects as
result of the instruction given at Glenn
son. No one will attempt to deny the
Importance Of an agricultural training.
1t is generally accepted axiom that
agriculture is the basis of wealth.
Clemson, therefore, is doing a very i'm
portant work. 1t teaches boys how to
farm intelligently how to use fertil-
izers with best results; how to select
seeds how to build up worn out soils ;
how to make farming pay.
In the study OF agriculture and me-
chanjcs certain amount of educational
work Is necessary, for, as we have re-
marked before, one learns to do by
doing. The work required of students
at Clemson is not only educational but
emphasizes the dignity of labor. Glenn
son graduates are not ashamed to work,
and as result they are going to sue.
ceed in the battle Of life.
We have too many educated men
who spend their time In aristocratic
languor or democratic laziness. This
fag end of the nineteenth century de-
mands energetic bodies, guided and
controlled by educated brains.
l am well aware Of the fact that
some criticisms have been directed
against Clemson in the past. This
was to be expected. Every new col
lege must go through a settling pro-
cess.
1t requires time to fix the grooves OF
work and to establish rules of govern
ment. When we consider the many
difficulties that had to be encountered
from the beginning, Clemson College
to-day stands as monument to the
scholarly thoughtfulness and business
judgment OF the board OF trustees.
Though 1T may not bear directly
upon your question to outline my
plans for the future" will you permit
me to make q statement about the san
itary condition OF the College. Glenn
son Is now the safest spot in South
Carolina from sanitary point of view
From the abundance of caution the
trustees have done everything sug
gested by medical wisdom to prevent
recurrence of fever.
The barracks have been painted
cleaned and fumigated. The sewe
system has been improved by doublin,
the number OF closets. The canal
which some thought was cause O
sickness, has been filed. The drinking
water is repeatedly enalyZed. A rigi
system Of inspection has been organ
lied. A local board OF health, consist
ing OF doctors, chemists and practice
mon, meet regularly to consider Tin
health;of Clemson.
The health so far this season ia YER
good. One young man came her
sick, and is still ill. But the hospitt