The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-10-21
CLEMSON COLLEGE.
In Bis Report DR.. Nell Suggests Ex-
tending the Dormitories
AsSMoRE ROOM IS NEEDED.
The. Financial Showing of the In
stitutfon Indicates That There
,5s Surplus After Max
- ing improvements.

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,5s Surplus After Max
I'D ing Improvements.
The annual report of Clemson col
lege Was filed recently With Superln-
tendept Of Education Martin. The
reportis for the school year ending
June 90, 1904, and is the fifteenth
made. The preliminary shows that
in every department it was necessary
to fill vacancies made by designations,
showing that Clemson graduates and
The demand and expenditures are
enormous and are given in the tabu-
lated report below as follows:
The college opened with $50 stu.
dents aud this increased to Cos. Over
660 applied for entrance. The board
reports with regret that the trustees
have not sufficient money to increase
the accommodations OF the college.
1t Is estimated that could this be
done the attendance would be fully
1000 year.
Agricultural, 1873 in freshman and
33 in other three classes.
Chemical, 215 students.
Mechanical, BAG students.
Textile, al students.
Civil engineering, IA students.
In the preparatory department. out
of LAG in the class 81 remained until
the end Of the session and 53 tf these
rose to the freshman class, % being
country boys and 25 town boys.
Enrolled under the new scholarship
law this year were 2C4 students dis
afibuued according TO an opinion of
the attorney general as follows:
Seniors 5, juniors 2l, sophomores
AZ, freshmen 81, preparatory "a,
total 2O4.
The report Of the fertilizer inspec-
tion department. for 1904 as compared
with 1903 Is q follows:
1904-TaX colecetd, S1OG, 73O. Tons
OF fertilizer sold 426,92l.
1908 Tax collected, sl03,43 Tons
OF fertilizer sold, Alb, 1913.
The expenses, including salaries and
cost OF inspection vas 39,I5O.77 for
1904. as compared with S9.2O6.6S for
1903.
The Notal income Of the college iu-
cludlrg. interest, fertilizer tax, tut
tion, Morrill, fund, land scrip, Glenn.
son beGdest, ETC., is SlGS ,694 GO.
The sotal expenses of the college to
June BIC were sl2S, ,O3S25.
3GE PRESIDENTS REPORT.
In,hs annual report to the general
.asss' It?,s,s DIP y III. Nell, president Of
Clemson college, states that "A ap.
plicantS were denied admission to the
college, this fall, and he suggests that
1t will be necessary to enlarge the
dormitpries and the laboratories. He
also recommends that the fiscal year
be changed SO that it will end at the
same time as the fiscal year Of the
State government-Jan. 1st instead
Of July lst. The scholastic year over
the Stste ends on the date last nam
ed
Another matter Of general interest
In the report is the statement as to
the summer Institutes conducted in q
nuGber of places in the State by
members Of the Clemson faculty. The
,otal attendance on these institutes
was 8, $50, and the number attending
the State institute at Clemson was
$50.
DR.. Nell refers with pride to the
conduct Of the military department
of the college and gives an account
Of the march to Anderson, Is miles
away, and the sham battle. The
cadet corpse is reported to have made
a tine appearance on this trip.
DIR. a. S. Shealy, the veterinary in
charge since the resignation of DR..
NesCm, who has gone to the Philip
pines, reports that he has made a
number Of experiments with inocula-
tion with the dreaded cattle ticks and
| the experiments were successful,
showing that it is possible TO render
cattle immune. The object Of this is
to increase the raising of beef cattle
in the State. Texas fever was found
in II counties last summer.
Mr.. Chas. e. Chambllss, in charge
Of the department. of horticulture,
went to Texas to study the habits OF
the boil weevil and is now preparing
for circulation a report on this pest
which is running the cotton belt VIZ st
OF the Mississippi river. He was call.
ed to a number OF counties in thi,
State by reports OF the presence OF
the weevil, but found none.
A few days ago a synopsis of the
financial report was given. Following
is Il more detailed statement for the
year ending July 1st, 1901:
RECEIPTS.
Balance on hand July
lst, 1903 =. SIS, 903. 4:
interests on deposits. 1901 q
Cash from Clemson be-