The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-10-19
In his Report Or. Nell Suggests Ex-
tending the 7 Iormitories
As MORE ROOM IS NEEDED.
The Financial Showing of the In
stitution Indicates That There
is a Surplus After Max
inG ImnrOYemen.S
ing Improvements.

to I'll vacancies made by designations,
showing that Clemson graduates and
professors are in demand elsewhere.
The demand and expenditures are
enormous and are given in the tabu-
'ated report below as follows:
The college opened with $50 stu.
dents and this increased to sos. Over
$50 applied for entrance. The board
reports with regret that the trustees
have not sufficient money tt increase
the accommodations of the college.
1t is estimated that could this be
done the attendance would be fully
| 900 year.
Agricultural, lsS in freshman and
50 in other three classes.
Chemical, 2l5 students.
Mechanical, 346 students.
Textile, Al students.
Civil engineering, II StuIents.
In the preparatory department. out
of l46 in the class 81 remained until
the end of the session and So (f these
rose to the freshman class, 2S being
country boys and 25 town boys.
Enrolled under the Eew scholarship
law this year were 204 students dis
tributed according to an opinion Of
the attorney general as follows:
Seniors 5, Juniors 81, sophomores
II, freshmen 81, preparatory 81,
total 204
Tne report Of the fertilizer inspec-
tiCn department. for 1904 as compared
with 1903 is follows:
1sO4-Tax collecetd, slo6, 730 Tons
Of fertilizer sold 1926, ,92l.
1903-TaA collected. SOB, ,432. Tens
of fertilizer sold, 4l3, 729.
The expenses, including salaries and
cost of inspection was SO, 9,l50.Il for
1904, as compared with s9.206.6S for
1903.
The total income Of the college iu-
c.udipg interest, fertilizer tax, tut.
tion, Morrill, fund, land Strip, Glenn
son bequest, ETC., is sl6s, ,694. 81.
The total expenses of the cyllege to
June 80 were SIPS, OBS. .25.
THE PRESIDENTS REPORT.
In his annual report to the general
assembly, Or. ?. II. Nell president Of
Clemson college, states that II ap
plican5s we-s denied ADMISSION to the
college tais fall, and he suggests that
it will be necessary to enlarge the
dormitories 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 lSt instead
Of July lst. The scholastic year over
the State 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 a
uumbsr Of places in the State by
members of the Clemson faculty. The
otal attendance on these institutes
was 5, 1850, 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 fine appearance on this trip.
Dr.. A. S. Shealy, the veterinary in
charge since the resignation of Dr..
Neslm, who has gone to the Philip
pines, reports that be has made a
number Of experiments with inocula-
zion with the dreaded cattle ticks and
the experiments were successful,
showing that it is possible to rtnder
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 sum mer.
Mr.. Chas. E. Chambliss, in charge
Of the department Of horticulture,
went to Texas to study the habits OF
the boil weevil and is now preparing
for circulation 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 this
State by reports Of the presence OF
the weevil, but found zone.
A few Gays ago q synopsis OF the
financial report was given. Following
is a more detailed statement for the
year ending July lst, 1904: