The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1915-06-10
PEN PICTURE OF
CLEMSON COLLEGE
rks for Welfare In Many
Ways.

ways.
'icture county estate of 1900
IS, with stately buildings
ced at elevated points to form
reat irregular circle of half a
in diameter. Inclose in this
lie q beautiful grove of native
S, threaded by smooth drive
IS and paths and cement side
ks. Turn to the north and for
background outline against the
at distance Of 20 miles,
ge after range of mountains,
home of the Highlands, Of
sar's Head, Whitesides and
sr lofty peaks of the Blue
ge. Think of these mountains
in summer clothed with ver-
e, standing out black against
horizon, and in winter often
te with snow. Take for the
.hern boundary a river of In
lineage and follow in it's
sping crookedness the swift
turbulent Seneca as it twists
way and that to mark the
ines of the estate. And to this
ng add broad expanses of
+ bottom lands green with
steep hillsides sinuous with
grassy terraces and cool pas
with winding brooks and
eful shade trees and you have
cture of Clemson College, not
'ed to suit the canvas of an
t, but as seen every year by
ly thousand young South
'linians who seek, amid these
oundings, an education that
prepare them for self-respect-
self-supporting citizenship.
A Stored Spot.
emson College is a unique
ling of the old and the new,
e historic with the now. Just
IS the road from the cadet
litories, which every session
over 800 young men, and in
of the new electric power
IN that day or night beats as
Industrial heart of the COM
ty, is the white columned
ion of the illustrious John
alhoun. One can almost pic
the great statesman, as with
behind him he PAGES the
les of cedar and oak, putting
form those matchless ideals
triotism whose fulfllment he
lived to see.
out SO yards to the rear of
mansion is a queer little one
room structure with col
ID porch to match the man
This was the "study" of the
statesman, and here were
en- many of his great ora
Under this little study,
h is about 20 feet square, is
deep pit in which ice cut in
81 was stored for summer use.
the seasons must have
ged, for only during one or
winters of the 20 which the
r has spent in the sup coun-
has ice formed in sufficient
ness to justify such ample
ge.
the old mansion are many
ric relics, including a chair
by Gen. George Washington,
a seven-f foot mohair- covered
ye on the back of which is
!d the American eagle. 1t is
that the engraving on our
was copied from this cary
e old mansion with its his
memories, the peer of the
nitage, Mount Vernon and
:icello, is priceless State and
nal asset, and should be a
lnial source Of inspiration to
eding generations of young
h Carolinians who are priv
d to live for four years in the
ow of it's historic walls.
INV are wont to ask why the
pc does not bear the name of
oun instead Of the name OF
on-in-law, Thos. G. Clemson.
answer is that nowhere does
pear in the records that Mr..
oun ever wished or planned
,rection of an industrial and
lical college on the old home
!. The complete story OF Mr..
sons part in the founding
college is too long to be told
A Vast Plant.
.e college tract contains over
acres. On the property
are 23 principal public
Sn <lro1l,nr no onI "a