Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1916-01-12
CLEMSON COLLEGE.
Bright Edgefield Boy Writes
Interesting Letter. Second
Term Begun. New Y. M. Il
c A. Building.

~ N. DOl0lilS.
If you see fit to give me some
space, will attempt to write few
lines for your good old paper.
All of the boys that are coming
back for the remainder of the ses-
sion have arrived, and you can i'm
agine what we have been doing this
week. Each of US has been rela-
ting to our best friends and pals
what grand time we had during
the holidays, and each one declares
thai he has had the incest time. y
After this week we all will begin
the second term proper and lay aside
the pleasant recollections that we
have in mind now of the past holi-
days. But some thoughts will be
impossible for we Clemson boys to
lay aside, and those are about our
best girls, whom we spent many
pleasant hours with while at home.
This is leap-year now though, and
possibly we won't have to write 80
many letters to the girls, as they
will write us. We had good news
from our sister college, Winthrop,
during the past week. The girls
over there said it was their year
now and they could afford to write
a good many letters. Now watch
the letters flow to Clemson for the
remainder of the session.
We have lost a good many boys
during the holidays. Almost every
section marcher of the under-class-
men is carrying a card to be sign
ed by the different professors to get
an honorable discharge for some
one who dropped out during the
holidays. We certainly miss some
of our classmates who were so un-
fortunate as not to come back. We
miss them almost as much as when
a member of the family at home
goes off for some length Of tlma e
PresidenJ Riggs said, some of
the under classmen's work during
the first term has not been so salts
factory as those of the preceding
two or three years. This inefi-
cheney is probably partly due to
inefficient preparation in the home
school. A student makes great
mistake in undertaking collegiate
work before he is prepared for it,
by doing so he is over-worked most
of his time and disappointed by
failures good many times.
Well, l believe about the latest
and newest thing for Clemson is
the new Y. M. c.. A. building,
which was opened for inspection by
the students and all of the residing
people on the hill. Friday afternoon,
January 7. l feel sure it came up
to and above every ones expec-
tation.
A movement was put on foot to
get this handsome new building a
little over year ago. Mr.. Roce-
Teller donated $4,000 towards this
handsome new building upon condi.
tion that the resident members and
students would raise S25, 900, which
was soon raised. The building was
begun early last spring. Mr.. Goth
ran of Greenwood had the contract.
He is an old graduate of Clemson.
The building is said to be one of
the most modern of it's kind in the
country, and in few weeks I guess
it will Be one Of the most modernly
equipped also. 1t contains four
floors including the basement. In
the basement is modern restaurant
and soda fountain. Now you can
easily imagine how we boys will
enjoy eating for few weeks, or at
least until we become broke.
I believe this is all of the news
with US at the present, and l don't
want to impose on the good nature
of your readers now, hence l will
draw to a close for this time.
Best wishes and new year greet
ings.
W.D. o. Jr.
Clemson College.