The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-06-09

gloomy reflection "all this money goes
TO Clemson College"
:. The public has made the mistake
| Oi regarding al part of the support of
| the college the income received from
| the L. S. Department OF Agriculture
for the support of the S. c. Expert
mcnt Station, and also tic funds re-
ceivcd from the cadets. none of which.
except the tuition, goes into the Col
lege treasury.
The S. &. Experiment Station is
/ financially Il separate institution. and
| none of the federal funds which core
to It's support can he used for ire
college or its Public service The
| amount received. $50. .GOU ant,Ia,;y. can
be used only for agricultural research
work done under the close suDrrvi.i0n
| of the office of Experiment stations
M Washington.
The total received from I'll" cadets
! per session for uniforms. N.urd. laun-
dry, heat, light. water. medical irci-
dental and breakagc fees. using the
| figures of l?l2-t3. is $l0a. a.nAi.i1 I'll"
receipts for tuition were s3.aj) o. Tor
the same year.
Only tho last item Of :It'oh. paIi
| by comparatively few cadets. j.: usci
by the college. The r,nEcy received
| under the other items is i1rll in trust
| for the students, and admins cred
| for thcir benefit. The cu,!cg" does
| EO' Use o: make ono cG:t OF these
Interests. Ii there are any :;m:!i bal
| anceS at The end OF the sHs.,0n. th.y
arc continued into thr n.:t college
year. or used to MAX" improvements
in the facilities for serving tie cadets.
.. While many anoH how rnuch the
| college receives, few take the irauh,c
| to inquire how it is spent. large
| expenditure is not necessarily al
unwise expenditure, and Il SIM IA pre-
sentation OF the facts in the case is
usually sufficient to convince any un-
| prcjudiced m!Ed. However. 4 is Jill
cult to- get these details before Tie
public brraI5e the facts regarding
| the expenditures cannot be SD br"iEy
| stated as can the income.
| 1t is with tho desire of giving !nfor-
| nation both to the students; and to
the public. that l have prepared the
chart that accompanies this article
ans: which is SO simple ny tu Ned no
| TX. ]anatioh. /. rcnr-5 tits IL" prob
! ale incom" .lni expenditure Gi the
, to.h;e fer t.. present fiscal ear. aS
I.a-ccd by til" rca:i n; the last July
I.c..ting.
/
we'll as to operate a college with an
| enrolment of 44G the first session
was the task that confronted the trus-
tees and officers of this institution ut
| its beginning twenty-one years ago.
| Without being burden UPON the
| State Treasury, the College .aas gone
forward building It's plant IL, fast as
Iu0ney cou,d be spared from operat-
, Ing expenses. For tile first ten years
the fertilizer tex averaged Sis ,SGG.l3;
for the second ten years, Si...;;i SO;
| and for the past FIVE ycurS, Sl3",9. 26
With this support, how much less
than many people have Hupposcd!--
the college mas grown into Il plant
valued ut over one and = :hird million
dollars, and a total cEroilmcn: during
the twenty-One sessions of its ,.d.t, IL
| t'onar history, Of i2.:.Sj.
During the past livc years tho col
lege has halted in the dc,ni,pincnt Of
its plant in order 10 carry it's bcnc-
fits TO that large number who could
not come to the college. How largo
is now the expenditure ior I'ui'lIc
Service, (Ovcr Sil0,J10.WD, the dia-
gram clearly shows.
| Unless the revenues of the college
increase, so large an oxpandtur, for
| Public Service cannot likely be coH-
tinued. 1t has been the policy of tho
college to teach the people of .:.c need
of certain work by doing It for them,
convinced that when the college was
| no longer able to carry the financial
burden, the people through the Iegis-
lature would provide the NECESSARY
funds. This work of tick eradication
is good illustration Of this policy.
The work as inauguratcd on a small
scale, met with little help or sympa-
tiny, and much opposition, from the
people of the counties In which II was
begun,-now tho people arc demand
ing that the Legislature appropriate
| $4,000 to carry on the work at ] 4
more rapid rate than is possible with
the funds at the disposal OF the col
lege. The Lever Bill now assured of
passage, by congress. will in the Same
| way come to the aid of the Demon
stration Work. The people have been
taught the value of this work, and they
will demand of their legislature the
appropriation necessary to claim the
| benefits of this great piece OF con-
structive legislation. h,
Clemson College has. no policies to
play, except the policies of efficient
service to the people Of tho state. The
| best service can be rendered only toA
people In sympathy with the work and
purposes of the institution. That
sympathy must come by making con-
| fidents of the people and giving them
| information In regard to their agrl-
cultural colleges. an agricultural col
lege whose unique boast Is that SO per
cent. OF It's students are the sons Of
men who are now or have been farm
ers.