The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-08-29
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RAJ isES TIE MANAGEMENT
MOST VIGOROUSLY.
My Instance Where any College or
Iep .rtment Foes as it Fleases.
Needs CLEANING Cut.
The following is more complete
eport Of Mr.. McMahon's remarks OF
clemson unan could be given in The
Record Wednesday afternoon:
The management Cf Clemson has
ever been noted for It's fdcieEcy. l:
las surrounded the young men OF the
tate with conditions which would bt
ntolerable in decent homes He hao
'esigned from che board OF trustees o.
be university in Columbia as be was
xpecting to make some such or1t1.
ism and he desired to bear alone ths
responsibility Of his views. He de-
,lared the entire organization OF Glenn
son to be wrong. 1t is supported b!
/ tax upon the farmers, which ta1
,ome years far exceeds the usual in
;ons. To avoid criticism for spend
.ng more money than is nsc s-ar}
hey use the surplus before the tim;
- report to the legislature annually.
his encourages extraVigance. Th'
appropriation is in violation Of lhe
fundamental safeguard Of govern
aent. Exospu st Clamson it has be- n
lnheard Of in our state for board CT
rustees without specific suthorit!
from the legislature TO erect bulle
ogs, add new departments, comni
he state to rev departures withoui
skiing the consent Ct the legislature.
Che fer5i' z,r tsx should go into th.
tate treasury and Clemson should b.
Imported by annual appropriation:
IS the other state institutions are.
BE depiore6 the fact that under th
erms Of acceptance by the state
a mere pi5Isnce OF poor land and
little cash" from Mr.. Clemstn, the!t
9 perpetual condition that a major
ty Of the trustees should be namet
OF him and should have the power tc
oerpeIusts themselves and thus rule
forever the institution upon which
ne state Shou & lavish her wealth
n state Institution should be beyont
rate control. Trustees become olo
.nsiquated in their ideas and out o.
joint with the progress of the times
rhei- Caesar like power may breed Il
lem srroganoe, bigotry and selfish
less.
Il has long been felt that Clsms,r
>orege is a class corporation, largely
TT tered by tie kinsnen and other "a
oritss Of these life trustees, who will
,oatrol, even beyond the period @:
heir natural lives, because they
choose their successors. Nepotisr
lone; combs the institution. 4 is nr
,rated in largs measures BY the trus
.es for the trustees. Before the leg
sla' u.e stopped the trustees from
irswipg per diem and confined then
actual expenses, there were 8 few
Id broken down trustees who wsrt
N committees to supervise work thai
ioould have been LETT to the presi
lent. The mileage snd four dolisrs
Der day were an inducement to hang
around the college nearly all the time.
50 tyraanous are the trustees, thai
professors have been taught to kee5
,neir mouths shut and to be In COZ.
stsnt terror and son etimes to cTinge
Mr.. Mcmahon declared that the
sme6y is for the state to purchase
rom heirs OF residuary legateeS the
-sversionary interest so that the STATE
,an repudiate the will and take charge
II the management Of the institu-
ion. Then the name should be chang.
ID to Calhoun, after the great States
can whose name the world over is
linked with thai cf South Carolina
lalhoun's estate was willed by an un.
worthy SON in. law, q northern maj
7it out claim upon the ssat, who va.
% ungenerous, 20 neanly selfish tina
q dscreed in bis dictatorial will no!
ely to rule for var the institution
shich he asked the state 70 support
,ut to foist upon it his name instead
II the name which sprsng to every
life-the immortal Calhoun.