The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1900-02-08
The Peoples Journal
PICkENS 8. 9.
WORK OF CLEMSON COLLEGE.

report of Clemson College, as rCQuirct
by law, it is exceedingly gratifying L
the board Of trustees to state that, not
withstandiug the low price of cottol
and the consequent stringcncy in mon
cy matters, the College has cxpericnc
cd during the year a degree Of success
beyond our most sanguinc anticip;
lions.
President II. s. Ilartzog has COZ
tinucd to display an aptitude and al
ihty to manage the affairs of the Co
lcge, and TO his careful manaycmcl
the present prosperous conditions ar
largely due.
Owing to the extensive sanitary i'm
provemcnts made there has been bl
very little sickness during The ycal
There have been no eases of Il scriou
nature.
At the beginning Of the scholastic
year III September last the number 0
applicants for admission largely exceed
cd the capacity OF the College and il
was with much regret that something
over 200 applicants had to be turned
away. -Four hundred and Scvcnty-ivc
students matriculatcd. and these were
distributed, rs far us possible, among
the several counties in PROPORTION to
their representation in the General AS
scmbly. at this time the president
has received enough writtcn applica
tiOnS for admission into the College at
the hcyinring OF the term, September,
1900. TO fill the Collv"r, not counliuo
the l4O students now here.
Notwithstanding this increased Ir.
mand upon the College this board -
not prcparcd to recommend at this
time any extensive cnlarrcmcn, nr ,hr
College plant. Such an enhancement
would be a serious matter, os if would
require the enhancement or every dc.
partmcnt of the Collc"c. which wnuln
necessarily entail Il larrc rynru,liturr
of money. Bat il is mpcraIivc ,ho,
there should be such I'm cnlarrcmrnt ,f
the plant as to properly take care of
and provide for those s,u,rni. ,L,,
are here now.
In cuuippinu and cn.orJ;u,tinw th.
several Icpartmru,S this hoard rnuld
not forcsrr every coulinun Ii,Ll, in
accrue, Thr )orrr ;ncrn,., nr ~,
dents this year was NOT Lisnihn.nJ ~,
a. l,,I
necessarily confined to ihr frrshnn,,
and sopLnmorc clo,srs Had hi. -
crease been distributed ,n,nn,, IN ,ho
classes we could poss,hly h,vr n,,,n',
ed very well with lhr Guuinn,nri. w.,
when thcrc * an ,vrrnnv j., .,,,.' ,,,. ,,''
classes every druor,mru in,n vL;'l,
these two Glasses 90 for instruction. h''.
to br rulurucd nthcrwisr Il viii ~, ;.',
possible TO uivc them all nrnnrr ~
stluctiou. EXpcricucc Tins Won, hn.
demonstrated the fact ,hol ir ,,,,,, T.,
properlv provide for and nr,nnr,, =,
siruct the students now here undrr ~,
conditions above stated, there will h,vr
to be large additions both io ,hc hn,lL
in"s and cuuipncnl.
We Will here call YOUR oticntiou T.,
some OF these necessity cnIorrrmrn,s
The chemical laboratory was nrim,r;l,,
constructed for class instrurt,nn nnl
but for six OF seven years a Iarrr p,rt
of the building has been occuprd Inv
the State analytical drpor,mrn, No
work in which drpa,,mrn, has mnr,
than doubled IN the last few wears
Chemistry is largely taught III the no.
ricullural course and in ihr r,ursn =,
textile industry and to a les, ryirn, ", w
the mechanical course. Nnw Ihr in ~
crease in the College, os above snrn;
fed, renders it necessary ,n ni,,,n, ,'
bmld new and scraratc builIin,r rn,
the fertilizer and State onnly,ir2l Ln M
partmcnt, or enlarge the present hu;lJ
ing as the building at present IS rn,;rn
" too small. And here we win .i,t,
further that the expenses of fine rr,,i, '>
zcr department as published do MOT 80
present all the cxpenyrs. rs ,hr Inn,r.
mcnt has no rent and other snrh nx
pcnsc to provide for, and the bn,rJ rn
uuircs the professors of thc roIIrg, =,
give their wolk to the Jcno,iTnrt
when they are not otherwise rm,
ploycd. BY this arranrcmrn, ,hn
money actually paid out fn,. thi, w,,'I.
has been reduced nearly nur.h,lr ~ ~
what il cost when !ocatrj in C,lnnI,;n
The textile dcpartmrnt rrcrn,I, nII
ed to the Collcuc coursr ho, r'n, '';'L ,,''I
gratifying approval and surrnss nn'
The skilled instructors en- ,Invol ~, ~
tins department., together w,ih 'I ~" y" M y"