Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-01-29
LEGISLATURE AT CLEMSON.
Law Makers Accept Invitation to Visit
the Big College.


Law Makers Accept invitation to Visit
the Big College.
COLUMBIA, January 2S.-As is known
to those who try to keep posted on the
doings of the legislature, that body
accepted an invitation more than a
week ago to visit Clemson college on
last Saturday as the guests, and at the
expense Of the college.
An opportunity presenting itself to
go, in view of the fact that had never
been there. concluded to avail myself
of it.
The special train, consisting OF To-
comotive, a combination baggage and
passenger car and four elegant coaches
left here on Saturday morning at ex-
actly 6 o'clock in charge Of Col. r. w.
Hunt, division passenger agent OF the
Southern railway, one Of the most cap
able, clever and genial officials con-
nected with the Southern or any other
road anywhere. Col. Hunt Informed
the party at the start that they would
arrive at Calhoun at IL o'clock, and he
made good to the minute. The trip
Greenville, the actual distance being
about $50 miles.
The party was met at the depot at
Calhoun by committees from the facul-
ty Of the college and the senior class
and the visitors were escorted to the
college in carriages, hacks, buggies
and wagons.
AS soon as the entire party had land
ed 1t assembled in the college chapel.
which would say has a seating capac-
ity OF not less than 1000, and an ad-
dress Of welcome. short and to the
point, was made by President Nell. and
this was replied to in behalf of the
legislature by Lieutenant Governor
T. G. Mcleod. After the latter had
finished his talk. President Nell an
nounced that in view of the vastness
Of the plant. there being about l.400
acres Of land and about ten acres OF
floor space in the buildings 1t would
require not less than a weeks time TO
see all that was to be seen in q sat
isfactory manner, whereas the visitors
only had six hours at their disposal.
and In order to facilitate matters 1t
had been arranged that members OF
the senior class from the various coun-
ties would act as escorts to the repre-
sentatives and visitors from each coun-
" anu tIius eudpie thSh W
much as possible during the limited
time. He then called the roll Of coun-
ties from Abbeville to York and
requested that as the names or
the various counties were announc-
ed the representatives Of those
counties would stand up In order
that they might be identified. The
York representatives consisting OF DR..
j. H. Saye, Messrs. S. H, Epps, Sr.,
]. S. Glassccck and W. T. Slaughter,
together with myself were taken In
charge by Cadets Crawford and Wylie
Of the senior class, and Cadet Law
renee Of the sophomore class. and II
the other visitors Jared as we'll as we
did at the hands of these young men
none have the remotest cause to COM
plain. They escorted US in turn
through the textile building. the dor
mitorIes. the home of John c. Calhoun,
the civil engineering department, the
mechanical and electrical building, the
chemical buildings, the experimental
station. COW barn, the green houses the
agricultural building. the college cow
barn and the dairy, showed us speci-
mems Of various breeds OF cattle and
hogs. ETC., etc. About three hours and
a half were consumed in making these
nspections-partly before and partly
after dinner. and necessarily critical
examinations were impossible. Dinner
was announced at 100 and 1t is safe
to say that everybody was on time. 1t
was served in the regular dining room
and was under the supervision OF the
college steward and there Is no gain
SAYING the fact that on this especial
occasion he did himself proud. / shall
not attempt TO give the menu complete
but will name a part: There were
stewed and fried oysters, boiled pork
ham. crabs, fried chicken, green peas,
corn bread, wasp nest" pickles, cof-
fee. The preparation Of the food was
all that an epicure could reasonably
ask for and the service was good. 1t
goes without saying that everybody
did justice to the occasion. Shortly
after we had taken our places at the
table one of our cadet friends remarked
that he did not want us to get the idea
that this was typical dinner as the
fact was that it might properly be
termed a dress parade affair. OF
course, we all knew this before put on
notice.
At 4.30 p. m. the entire party as
sembled at the athletic field to witness
a regimental dress parade by the cadet
corps under Capt. Clay. U. S. A. The
parade indicated very clearly that the
training at Clemson in the school Of
the soldier is not secondary matter.
but that on the contrary its value and
Importance Is fully appreciated. The
various movements were executed with
a promptness and precision that would
indicate that the work being done by
Capt. Clay and his assistants is, to
say the least. equal to that Of any other
school in the country. The corps was
reviewed by the legislature.
Tn, tot tnlx hn a
party drove over to Calhoun and
promptly at 6 o'clock the special start
ed on the return trip to Columbia,
where 1t arrived at IL. midnight. with
everybody happy and well pleased with
the entire trip and especially so with
he fine work done bv Col. Hunt and
his assistants in handling the train.
Manv Of the visitors had never visit
ed Clemson until Saturday and each
one in this class was amazed at its
vastness and the scope Of work 1t Is
doing.
While there Is no doubt of the fact
that it's income is enormous. as COM
pared with all the other schools of the
state. where its size and work are con-
sidered the income does not appear to
he so much out Of proportion as a view
taken at distance. and perhaps
through glasses clouded with preju-
dice. as mine have heretofore been to
more or less extent. would indicate.
and while ii is possible. YES probable
that the business end of the enterprise
is not handled as successfully as 1t
might be. still there can be no excuse
for runnin" the risk Of crippling its
usefulness for the sake of satisfying
ourselves as to whether or not ii could
do equally as well on less money.
There are at present about twenty
bows at Clemson from York. I did not
learn the names of all, but did hear
good reports as to their work. Among
those met or heard spoken of were
two Wvlies from Rock Hill. two Craw-
fords and Sanders from McConnells-
vile. Hone from Tirzah. Lawrence
from Glover. Blair, Sims and Good
from Sharon, Massey from Fort Mill.
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