The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-01-11
WINTHROP COLLEGE.
A Number of Improvements in the
Grounds and Buildings.
INTERESTING STATISTICS.
Annual Report Of the Trustees
The Sum Of Thirty-One DOL
lars Asked from the Leg
iSlafure,
islature.

islature.
The report of the trustees OF Nm
throo college has been given to the prln-
ter. The report as whole indicates
continued Development and progress.
The following extracts emb"Iy the
priacipal features Of the report:
During the past year many improve
ments have been made in the buildings
and grounds and on the farm and III
the equipment of the different depart
nents Of the college.
A bowlingalley has been built, sky
light placed over the laboratory, drop
curtain and partition in the auditorium.
inside blinds on the windows on the hrse
floor rooms of the dormitory for PRIV
acy and security, a freight elevator
erected on the back piazza OF the or
mitory and dunn waiter piacec IN lne
inirmary, the Roors, of the dormitoTy
naint3ed and mating laid in all the hall
Tgys and on the steps, additional hre
escapes arranged and fire truck with
ladder and all necessary outht bought,
an emergency steel tank Of l,0O0, gal
Ions capacity placed in the power, house
ara nine connections so made that 1t
NAV be filed from the reservoir IN case
of accident at the pump house; add
tional steam pipes were covered with
asbestos to save fuel: steel tank OF
5000 gallons capacity was placed at the
farm to SUPPLY pure water for the DAIRY
herd and beef cattle and for the dairy
and farm, water being pumped into 1t
from a we'll by neansof a hot air motor
which requires not much more than
barrel of coal to run it for month;
GRIP and tool house have been built near
the farmers dwelling and two circular
silos, each holding 50 tons OF ensllage,
erected near the barn.
THOROUGH drainage for the depression
in the college campus, northwest OF the
dormitory, is being established, prepara-
tory to sling and grading. Ihesewer-
ase system has been extended IN con-
fermity, with the recommendatlons OF
the medical commission which visited
the college last Decenber--the terra
Gotta sewer being continued to point
below the Arcade mill, over mile from
the college, and emptying into oranch
beyond the corporate limits OF the city.
Tie precautions always taken TO
guard against sickness were aos omitted
Ssst snmmer-the college buildings and
premises were thoroughly cleaned, the
tower tank and reservoir secured, and
all sewers carefully and frequently
flushed, and there has been no serious
sickness thus far this season, and very
little sickness Of any kind.
We kept within all Of our financial
estimates as to the expense Of students
last session, and also within the ap-
ppopriation for the maintenance OF the
college made by the general assembly,
as viii be seen by the financial state,
nent accompanying this report. Good
board, including furnished room, light,
heat and washing, is given for $500 a
month. and the average cost OF the uni
forms for the whole session was less
than $24.
This ses ,ion has begun most ausple-
iously. The attendance IS already
greater than that Of the whole OF last
session, and would have been stilIIarger
if there had been dormitory accomnoda
tions for ell those making application
for admission. One Of the most gratl-
flying features Of the attendance IS the
large percentage of old students en-
rolled. The senior class numbers IS,
and only is new student. The stu
dents are better prepared in all classes
than heretofore to do the work Of the
school, and the fine spirit Of earnestness
and loyalty pervades the whole student
body. The girls as arule are pslnstak-
Ing and conscientious, and there has
been no &iction or trouble in the dlscl-
pline of the school. The teachers are
working together for the common good.
There are 29 teachers in all.
In its three years life at Rock Hill,
Winthrop college has had over 500 stu
dents from South Carolina and other
States in its walls, and has sent out
many trained teachers and workers,
Who are proving by their labors IN the
school room, the Office and the home
that though it may not have reached its
full development, it IS at least develop
ing along the linesintended by its char
ter.
ENROLMENT.
The total number Of pupils admitted
to the college this session is 463-three
hundred and fcrty-four in the college
classes, and one hundred and nineteen
in the practice. The States Of South
Carolina, North Carolina, Florida,
Texas and Virginia, and all the counties
of South Carolina are represented IN
the student body. The enrolment by
counties is as follows
Abbeville e............ .
Aiken. n.......-.... .-......--'' -
Anderson. .....n-... &c
6amDerS :.
Barnwell OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. .
beaufort
Oerke1ey ....... -
Cherokee ..................
Chester. -
Chesterfield ...........- .
Clarendon. ........-