The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-01-05
STATE COLLEGE
GAINS BY "-NT''
So Called scholarship Act, Has Been
the Means of Increasing the
Revenue by Large Sum.

Columbia, Jan. 2.-Through its in
vestigations and reports upon the
granting of free tuition in the state
colleges, the State Board of Charities
and Corrections has potentially IN
creased the revenue of the colleges
from tuition by sum amounting 10
$16,200.
The Investigations Of the board were
made under an act passed By tie las1
general assembly which required 1t TO
Investigate applicants fro beneficiary
scholarships and free tuition and re-
port on their financial status with Its
recommendation to the trustees OF the
State colleges who were to grant or
refuse free tuition or scholarships on
the basis of the boards report. Ap-
peal from the decision OF the trustees
TO the State board of education is pro-
vided in the law.
Besides the sum of s16,200 recon-
mended by the State Board OF Charl-
ties and Corrections for COLLECTION
from applicants for free tuition, or
persons liable for their support, tne
so-called scholarship act has been
the means of increasing the revenue
of the State colleges from tuition Dy
a sum estimated at about $1,000 Tor
the session of 1867.
This added to the amount recon-
mended for collection by the State
Board of Charities and Corrections IN
dicates a total of s27,000 received oy
the State colleges from tuition this
session which they would not have
received if the scholarship law had
not been passed and the board had
not made it's investigations under It's
provisions. ~,
In its annual report, which Will
soon come from the press, the State
Board of Charities and Corrections
will say in regard to its investlsa-
tons of applicants for free tuition:
eve have actually reported to the
several colleges the results OF our IN
yestisations on 1923 applicants for
free tuition. AS matter of fact, how
ever. we investigated 273 applicants
in addition to the 1923 reported on.
These additional Investigations were
made of applicants who had hled thelr
requests for free tuition ana VINO
were investigated before the colleges
furnished us with revised nst' OF
those students in their respective IN
stitutions applying for free tuition.
But of this additional 273 we have
been unable, in the time at our dis
posal, to trace those who are now ac-
tually attending the several colleges
and paying tuition.
.-Oi the 1923 free tuition apphca-
tions reported On by US. we recon-
mended hat 652 be given free tuition
and that 405 be required to pay In
addition, we made a special report on
sc applicants under the attorney gen
erals ruling thai applicants over age
we're themselves i:aale. but not their
1arents. Wherever Nc found aa ap.
plicant over age whose pareEts we're
in our judgment, not able to pay We
recommended that he be given free
tuition and did not lnclude his case
in the 66 that made up our special
report.' However, if his parents were
able to pay we did include him in our
special report so that the IS app'l-
cants reported on specially are young
men and young women who are them
selves unable to pay tuition, but whose
parents are, in our judgment, able to
pay.
Tuition is regularly $40 per an
mum at each of the colleges. It is
impossible to say how many of the
applicants for free tuition, whom we
recommended shall be required to
pay, were taking full courses. How
ever, assuming that all were taking
full courses, and, therefore. liable for
tuition of $40 each, it will be seen
that our reports recommend that the
students be required to pay tuition
amounting to s16.20G; further, that St
students, while themselves unable to
pay, have parents, who, in our judg-
ment, are able to do so. Thus, if full
tuition could be legally collected from
these 66 students, a total Of $3.50
would be realized from this group.
Moreover, it would seem proper to
what those students are to pay during
the year who, after applying for TUT
ton, entered the respective colleges
and are now listed as pay students.
However, we have been unable to
ascertain figures on this point; but
the following statements furnished us
by the college authoritaties indicate
in striking fashion the normal effect
of the scholarship act and of the
financial investigations based there
on:
"Up to December 20, 1916, Winthrop
college had received in tuition fees
from pay students a total of 1888,
compared with s2,0s0 received from
the same source up to the same date
in 1915. This is an increase of s4,51S
due, in the opinion of President John
son. to the scholarship act
"Col. o. ]. Bond, superintendent of
&ho la1 hot