The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-04-03
FACTS ABOUT CLEMSON COLLEGE
ALSO SOME INTERESTING FIGURES PRESENTED b YPREs.
RIGGS IN SERIES OF ARTICLES WRITTEN FOR
THE TIGER"
I" THE TIGER"
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<Jlenisonf College, March + 2l.--4Spec-
.iai: DR. W. N. Riggs, President of
College, fias written a series OF three
ARTICLES for the Tiger, the weekly
newspaper published by the GieInson
students. TIE first article was on
This College" the second on "The
College Finances" and the third, Just
pub ollshed, isg on Clemson College in
1921 "a sort OF prophecy of what the
next ten years may bring forth.
In his first article President Riggs
has information about the College or
.ganiZation that Is interesting to the
general reader. By explanation and
diagram he shows that the governing
powers III the IuaTd 0f trustees, sssss::;;aaS;;
up OF seven life members and six eiec-
tive members, who elect q president as
the executive head of the affairs OF tine
institution. This president selects and
the board confirms directors OF depart
Ements, who In turn have voice in Sc
|ieCting heads of divisions in their de-
partments. These divisions are the
smallest ii the organization.
departments and Heads.
The departments as the institution is
noWe organized are, with their direct
ors.> as follows: Agricultural depart
Ineut, J. n. Harper; engineering de-
partment, s. b. Earle; textile depart.
|nent, g. s. Doggett; chemical depart
1ne1it, r. n. Bfackstt: academic de-
partment, Lieut. ]. NJ Cummins, U. 8.
A. bSS!siss sn-eElled miscellaneous
department Including such things as
tine library, the treagurer's things az
the library, the treasurers Office, con-
sta ncti m and repairs, etc.
The second OF Or. RiggS articles is
of more vital interest to the public,
since it is an explanation OF College
finances, incoming and outgoing. Some
facts from 1t follow. The probabl iiI-
come from ali sources for this fiscal
yesr arc: Clemson bequest, S3.512.3G;
tuition, $4,000; Fertilizer tag tax,
s2253D 900; Morrill, anu Hensop funds
! III. 81, $4,000; land script fund,
lS5,754; miscellaneous sources, $1,000;
balance brongft forward. $l2A64.92--
making q total OF S2S8,7S1.2e es the
probable income.
.... where the Money Gees.
Tie out gaing FUNDS run through two
main channels; the current expense
of the College. and the public service
work OF the expenditures for the
College,, S25,448.35 will go TO new
buildings, and Sts8;6f3, 90 for the ops
arati0n OF the institutiCn Al the teach
Ejng OF the 834 students. The public
service work Will take SiG0, 0,512, S. as
| follows; branch experiment station
81 $780, fertilizer inpeetfon and anaiy-
si5, SIS 96S. SIS; exteFssi5a and demon
etfatioa work, $20s500; Agricultural
schoiar arships, $22.S0O; veterinary In
speesf ton asiG hog cholera work $4.541 ;
'atlys experiments. 80 ,125; cTcc @est
commission, s2.see; misceilaneous,
Experimental Station.
Tho Sonth Carolina experiment sta
ton is financially a separate institu-
tipfl. and none of the Federal funds
/ that come 70 It can bc used for the
| Coiiese or the public service expenses
the sfooIInt receiver, $50, coo annually,
eak be used only for agricultural fs-
] sSsstFeh WoI.S done Under the elisa SUI
| petyisioa OF the ONCE OF experiment
stations at Washingtop, u. G.
or tho funds received from stti-
dente. sos, ,0Si.ST last year, only the
fbart coming from tuition SIS used
s,y the College. ms FeAt IS held n
trust for the students and IS spent Ia
tIfSif beifefft fof. rood, ciothing. .a.ss- .a.ss-
dfy. heat ana light. Isiedicsl service,
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Rsgss article on CIelnson College In
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