The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-02-07
WORK OF CLEMSON COLLEGE.

the board of trustees to state that, not
wilhstanding the low price of cotton
and the consequent stringcncy in mon
ey matters, the College has experience
ed during the year a degree of success
beyond our most sanguinc anticipa-
tions.
President II. s. ITartzog has con
tinued to display an aptitude and alb
ihty to manage the affairs Of the Col |
lege, and to his careful management |
the present prosperous conditions are |
largely due.
Owing to the extensive sanitary inn
proVcmentS 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 III September last the number of
applicants for admission largely exceed
cd the capacity of the College and ii
was with much regret that something
over 200 applicants had TO be turned
away. -Four hundred and scventy-fvo
students matriCulated. and these were
distributed, as far as possible, among
the several counties in proportion to
their representation in the General AS
scmbly. At this time the president
has received enough written applica-
tons for admission into the College at
the beginning of the term, September,
1900, to fill the College, 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-
partmcnt OF the College, which would
necessarily entail large expenditure
OF money. Bat it is imperative that
there should be such ali enlargement Of
the plant as TO properly take care of
and provide for those students that
are here now.
In equippng and 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 cu-
ually among the several cla scs, but was
necessarily confined to the freshmen
and sophomore classes. IIad this in
crease been distributed among all the
classes we could possibly have manac.
ed 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 enlarged, otherwise it will be i'm
possible to give them all proper in
struction. Experience this year has
demonstrated the fact that, in order to
properly provide for and properly in
struct the students now here, under the
conditions above stated, there VIII have
to be large additions both TO the build.
inas and equipment.
We Will here call your attention TO
some OF these necessary cnlaroemcn,s
The chemical laboratory was primarily
constructed for class instruction onlv
but Tor SIX ur seven years a large part
of the building has been occurred bv
the State analytical department.. the
work in which department has mora
than doubled In the last few wears
Chemistry is largely taught III the ag-
rlcullural course and in the cOursr Of
textile industry and to a less extent in
the mechanical course. Now the in
crease IN the College, as above speci-
fled, renders it necessary TO cither
bul!d new and separate building for
Inc lcrtlllzcr and State analytical de-
partmcnt, or enlarge the present build
ing as the building at present Is entire
~ TOO small. And here we will state
lurtheS that the expenses of the fel till
zer department as published do not re-
present all the expenses, as The DEPART
menl mas no rent and other such cx-
pense to provide for, and the board re.
quires the professors of the College TO
give their wolk to the department.
when they are not otherwise en-
ployed. BY this arrangement the
money actually pail out for this work
has been reduced nearly onc-half of
what it cost when located in Columbia
The textile department, recently add
cd to the College course, has met with
gratifying approval and success. Bat
The skilled instructors employed in
thls department., together with the us.
uaI current expenses, have added con-
sidelaply to the total expenses of The
College. The building for this depart
ment, when planned, provided for dou
bic the present building, but it was
deemed wsed to construct onc-half of
the building at the beginning. Now
the present building is not largc en-
ough to permit the placing in it of the
machinery given to it, nor is it larpe
enough to accommodate the number of
OF students desiring tc take this course.
hence this building will have 20 be en-
larged.
In the mechanical department. the
divisions of wood work, force and
foundcry and machinery were eauip
ped to accommodate sections of cloh-
teen students al time, as this number
was as large as any instructor could pro-
perly teach. The increase of students
in the two lower College classes is far
beyond the capacity of these divisions
and the equipment of each one must
necessarily be increased.
Our agricultural department needs
many appliances and equipments to
strengthen the practical side of the
sgQrk.> All agricultural courses are
still in Il formative state to some ex-
tent, as education along this line is
new, and there are not many precc-
dents to follow. We have now reach
cd point where we can see clearly
the desirabllity and necessity of max
ing many permanent improvements.
Tho personnel of the agricultural
faculty is strong, but for the most ef-