Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-02-08
HOW CLEMSON yHR|YEESS.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD or cot.
LEGE TRUSTEES is FILED.
CAN'T ACCOMMODATE I'LL Of THE
Applicants Why and How tho Macadam Road
TO The Railroad Station Was Built.

~ $o''SH 't iiilSi SSOiIIS SolNoiio"'ioh
Of the work of the College. Follow
ing are extracts from the report:
In submitting this, the tenth
annual report Of Clemson College, as
required by law, it is exceedingly
gratifying to the board Of trustees to
state that, notwithstanding the low
price of cotton and tho consequent
stringcncy in money matters, the
College has experienced during the
year degree of success beyond our
most sanguinc anticipations.
President II. S. IIartzog has con-
tinued to. display an aptitude and
ability to manage the affairs Of the
College, and to his careful manage
mcnt the present prosperous condi-
tions are largely due.
Owing to the extensive sani-
tar, improvements made there
has been but very little sick
ness during the year. There has
been no eases of & serious nature.
AT the beginning of the scholastic
year in September last the number of
applicants for admission largely cx-
ccrdcd the capacity OF the College
and it was with much regret that
something over 200 applicants had
to be turned away. -Four hundred
and srvcnty-Iivc students matricu-
lated, and these were distributed, as
far rs possible, among the several
counties in proportion to their repre-
srntation in the General Assembly
At this time the president has re-
ccivcd enough written applications
for admission int" the College, at
the beginning Of the term, Scptcm-
brr, 1900, to fill the College, not
counting the liO students now here.
Notwithstanding this increased de-
mand upon the College this board is
not prepared to recommend at this
time any extensive enlargement of
the College plant. Such an enlarge
mcnt would be Il serious matter, as
it would require the enlargement of
every department. Of the College,
which would necessarily entail a
large expenditure of money. But it
is imperative that there should be an
enlargement Of the plant rs to prop
crly take care Of and provide for
those students that arc here now.
In cquipping and co-ordinating the
several departments this board could
not forcscc every condition liable to
accrue. The large increase Of stu
dents this year was not distributed
equally among the several classes,
but was necessarily confined to the
freshman and sophomore classes.
Had this increase been distributed
among all the classes we could posi-
bly, have managed very well with the
equipment; but when there is an
overflow in say two classes every
Department into which these two
classes 80 Cor instruction has to be
enlarged, otherwise it would be i'm
possible to give them all proper
instruction. Experience this year
has demonstrated the fact that, i'm
order to properly provide for and
property instruct tn" students now
here, under the conditions above
stated, there will have to be large
additions both to the buildings and
equipment.
We will here call your attention to
some Of these necessary enlarge
mcnts. The chemical laboratory
was primarily constructed for class
instruction only, but for six or seven
years large part of the building has
been occupied by the State analyti-
rai department, the work in which
department haS more than doubled
IN the last few years. Chemistry is
largely taught in the agricultural
course and in the course OF tcxtil,
industry and t" Il less extent i'm tho