Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-07-22
THE CLEMSON TRUSTEES MEET.
Various Vacancies in Faculty Filled.
Experiment Station.

E&pertInent StattOn. YnfH
Clemson College, July 15.-At the
meeting OF the trustees of Clemson
College held here to-day all members
of the board were present except
Senator Tillman and ]. @. Richards.
The following elections, were held:
). M. Martin, associate professor,was
promoted to the professorship of
mathematics. He Is a graduate OF
the Citadel and has taught at Glenn
son for ten years.
Hale Houston, associate professor
or civil engineering, was made pro-
fessor of civil engineering and APP
piled mathematics. He is a graduate
or Washington and Lee, and has
taught at Clemson about five years.
A. G. Sbanklin was promoted to be
associate professor of mathematics,
and j. e. Hunter, y. H. Johnston,
E. w. Bramlett were promoted in
line.
l.. A. Sease, of Newberry county,
graduate of Clemson, the first
alumnus elected trustee, and for
twenty years a teacher, was elected
assistant professor of mathematics.
His election makes vacancy on the
board which the Legislature will fill.
hS S'spCiihShI is as IOl-
lows: j. N. Harper, director; C. G.
Newman, horticulturist; A. F. Con-
rad, zo-ologist; Enoch Barnett, vete-
rinarian and animal husbandman;
II. w. Barre, botanist; T. e. Keith,
chemist. All these have been con-
nected with the college and station
combined, and go with the station
by choice on the separation of sta
tion and college.
No director for the agricultural de-
partment Of the college was elected.
committee OF the trustees will Sc
iect man.
DR.. G. H. Shattoch, Phi. D., of the
University of Chicago, at present at
Wabash College, Indiana, was elected
to the chair Of botany and forestry.
few other vacancies in the agricul-
tural department will be filled later.
Samuel Evans, of Cheraw, was
elected assistant book-keeper.
w. ID. Garrison was transferred
from the college station to the coast
experiment station as superintend-
ent.
Four inspectors were appointed to
continue the work of tick eradica-
t1on. The department of agriculture
at Washington has appointed six
b.
same department has transferred two
government veterinarians to this
State to work under the direction of
the college veterinarian
The trustees decided 10 make an
exhibit at the State Fair. The alum
nj and former students of Clemson
Will hold big reunion in Columbia
during the State Fair.
The CLOSING SocS;nn
Clemson College, July 16.-Con-
sideration of the budget was made
this morning and appropriations were
provided, only making proportionate
appropriations as high as is absolute
another meeting of the board can be
held.
While the next regular meeting is
scheduled for November, 1t is proba-
BILE that called meeting will be held
within the next 40 days to receive
the report of committee, consisting
OF K. w. Simpson, Alan Johnstone,
w. ID. Evans, w. w. Bradley and Iva
NJ. Mauldfn, appointed to select a
director of the department of agri-
culture to succeed Prof. j. N. Har-
per, who has been transferred to the
experimental station at the college.
AS sanitary measure and as pro-
lection, a resolution was passed, re-
quiring all new cadets to supply
themselves with two mattress COW
ers, which will cost about SO cents
each.
The coast experimental station
committee, composed Of Hon. ]. e.
Wcnnamaker, chairman; Messrs. Ev-
ans. Tillman, Donaldson and Mann,
reported that most satisfactory pro-
gress had been made In the drainage
of the coast experiment station, near
Summerville, that 40 acres Of land
was now thoroughly ,ile-drained and
other work well under way.
An emergency appropriation OF
1890 was made for digging an ar
tesian we'll and making general prep
arations for the planting of a full
crop.
w. S. Garrison, who was trans
ferred from the college station. has
been put In charge of the work ON
the coast.
The college experimental station
has been enlarged by the transfer of
large tract Of land to the station
from the college farm.
DR.. Enoch Barnett was elected to
the position of animal husbandman
and veterinarian Of the station.
Thomas e. Keitt. of the chemical
department OF the college, was elect
cd chemist of the station.
Appropriation was made for re-
pairing barracks No. l.
The meeting adjourned aa 11.3O