Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-07-14
CLEMSON BOARD ADgouRNs.
DIR. Melrs Resignation Will BE Com
sidered at August Meeting.

Clemson College, July To- The
meeting Of the board of trustees OF
Clemson College adjourned this
morning without taking any action
on the resignation of President Nell
other than announcing that 1t will be
considered at called meeting of
the board, to be held ct he college
on August IL. The resignation was
submitted to the board last night
and with 1t DR.. Nell presented a
statement explaining why ne resign
ed, three main causes being given.
The first cause named by DR.. Nell
was the. frequent interference in the
administration of his duties by the
trustees; the second was the plan of
selecting faculty members without al
lowing the president large infiu-
ence, and the third was the need Of
reorganization of the military de-
pGrtment. The latter cause was re-
sponsible for the ruptures Of the past
year between DR.. Nell and Comman-
dant Minus.
Besides approving the annual
budget for the coming year and at
tending to other matters of more or
less Importance, the board took ac-
! tion as follows:
DR.. H. r. Barrow, director of agri-
culture, elected one year ago, resign
ed to take effect September /. His
successor will be elected in August.
John Hook, of chair OF assistant
professor in engineering department,
resigned. Prof. A. b. Gardner, Of
the same department, was promoted
to succeed Mr. Hook. j. d. Little
john, graduate of Clemson, 19OS,was
elected assistant professor in engi-
neering department to succeed Mr..
| Gardner.
DR.. II. c. Shattuck, professor of
botany and forestry, resigned TO ac-
cept similar position with the Uni
versity of Idaho. This chail will be
filled in August.
Prof. ID. ID. Folling, of the Missis-
sippi Agricultural and Mechanical
College, was elected 20 the chair of
horticulture in the agricultural de-
partment This chair has been va
| cant some time.
f.. II. Sweeney, graduate of Glenn
son (19O6), was elected assistant In
structor in the civil engineering de-
| partment.
The board placed the studies of
| German and bookkeeping optional
with the student.
The printing office, recently estab-
lished at the college, was placed on
a firm financial basis A linotype
machine will be installed and print
Ing will be taught, as suggested by
several newspapers of the State. The
office will do all the college printing.
Prof. A. M. Burgess was granted
several months leave of absence to
take special course in a prominent
university in animal husbandry.
| According to ruling OF the board
all members of the faculty and en-
ployees of the college are elected for
one year, and as soon as the first
years service expires the boasd con-
| siders the names for permanent elec-
tions. Under this ruling the followa
ing elections were made permanent: /:
DR.. r. o. Shelley, assistant State
veterinarian. under DR.. M. Ray Pow
ers; Prof. G.. G. Ainsley, chair of en-
tomology; w. A. Thomas, State en-
tomologist; s. w. Evans, assistant
book-keeper; r. A. Hall, assistant
chemist; l.. A. Sease, head of pre-
paratory department; l.. o. Watson.
assistant professor of chemistry.
Richard I. Manning, of Sumter, re-
Gently elected a life trustee. was
present and took an active part in all
the deliberations of the board. He is
going to be valuable asset to the
board and to the college.
All Of the trustees left for their
respective homes this morning.