The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-02-07
HOW CLEMSON THRIVES.
Annual Report Of the Board Of College
Trustees.
Trustees.

OoLOMbiA3 y. ", JANUARY 90
The report Of the board Of trustees of
Clemson College has been filed. 1t
gives an interesting condensation
of the work Of the College. Follow
ing are extracts from the report:
In submitting this, the tenth an
nual 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 the consequent
stringency in money matters, the Col
lege has experienced during the year
degree of success beyond our most
sanguine anticipat;ons.
President Il. S. Hartzog has contin-
ued to display an aptitude and ability
to manage the affairs of the College, and
to his careful management the pres
ent prosperous conditions are largely
due.
Owing to the extensive sanitary i'm
provements made there has been but
very little sickness during the year.
There have been no cases Of serious
nature.
At the beginning of the scholastic
year in September last the number Of
applicants for admission largely ex-
ceeded the capacity of the College, and
it was with much regret that some
thing over 200 applicants had to be
turned away. Four hundred and sew
enty-fve students matriculated, and
these were distributed, as far as pos
sible, among the several Counties in
proportion to their representation in
the General Assembly. At this time
the president has received enough
written applications for admission into
the College at the beginning of the
term, September, 1900, to fill the Col
lege, not counting the 40 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 enlargement
would be serious matter, as it would
require the enlargement of every de-
partment in the College, which would
necessarily entail large expenditure
OF money. But it is imperative that
there should be an enlargement of the
plant as to properly take care of and
provide for those students that are here
now.
In equipping and co-ordinating the
several departments this board could
not foresee every condition liable to
accrue. The large increase of students
this year was not distributed equally
among the several classes, but was ne
cessarily confined to the freshman and
sophomore classes. Had this increase
been distributed among ali the classes
we could possibly have managed very
well with the equipment, but when
there is an overflow in say two classes
every department into which these two
classes go for instruction has to be en-
larged, other wise it will be impossible
to give them ell proper instruction.
Experience this year has demonstrated
the fact that, in order to properly pro-
vide for and properly instruct the stu
dents now here, under the conditions
above stated, there will have to be large
additions both to the buildings and
equipment.
We will here call ycur att. nt;on to
some of these necessary enlargements.
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 analytical department, the
work in which department. has more
than doubled in the last few years.
Chemistry is largely taught in the ag :
ricultural course and in the course of
textile industry and to a less extenti in
the mechanical course. Now the in
crease in the College, as above speci-
fed, renders it necessary to either
build q new ard separate building for
the fertilizer and State analytical de-
partment, or enlarge che present build
ing, as the building at present is en-
tirely too small. And here we will
state further that the expenses of the
fertilizer department. ne published do
not represent all the expenses, as the
department. has no rent and other such
expense to provide for, and the board
requires the professors Of che College
TO give their work to the department,
when they are not otherwise employed.
By this arrangement the money ac-