The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-03-26
the cadets.


necessity before? Why have the con-
ditions in this mess gone on, not
simply since the war, but for years
from bad to worse? Why does the
richest educational institution in the
state with an income for its college
department, paid directly by the
farmers and indirectly by the con-
sumers, equal to an endowment OF
S5,OO0,000, furnish to it's students q
dining room characterized to the
writer by a prominent state officla
in the last few days, as fit for the
penitentiary? Why are the students
who come from all over. the state
from every home, the humble cottage
as we'll as the mansion, furnished
food of a grade and character, and
served in a manner that the most
poverty stricken home would not 40!
Why are the boys furnished oleo-
margarine while Clemson butter, a
very good grade Of butter, is sold not
simply to the professors but through
out the state? Why are the boys
furnished cold storage eggs which
produce such a smell in the dining
room when served as to invite the
exit of the student body? Why are
they furnished and served cereals
with weevils and worms floating in
them when put on The table? Why is
their food furnished in such unclean-
ly and apparently unsanitary dishes!
With large farm, which, if prac-
run, could easily furnish milk,
eggs and butter to it's own student
body there for feeding the boys on
less healthful or sanitary,
and especially at that age which re-
quires the best nourishment for
proper support and development OF
the body?
St>ess is laid on the necessity of
keeping the board at SIS per month,
and this is made point of merit IN
the annual report to the legislature.
The cost of everything else has gone
up; we are told that the salaries of
the teaching force had to be increas-
ed. Why not, if it were necessary
and proper, increase the cost OF
board?
On page IA of the annual report to
the legislature, by the president, it
is stated: cit will be noticed that the
college finished the year (1918-19)
with cash on hand in the college
account, amounting to $57 ,22O.05.
This balance is occasioned by the un-
usually low operating expenses of the
college for the fiscal year covered by
this report"
On the same page we are told that
the debt incurred by authority of the
legislature in 1916, by borrowing
s62,50O, up to the end of the fiscal
wear, July l, 1919, had been reduced
by payments amounting to s21,511.-
al, "and at the writing of this report,
December i, payment in full has been
made"
This evidently means that from
July /, 1919, to December l.. 1919,
there had been paid from the income
Of the college on this debt SAL ,886.56.
We are told at page Is of the same
report, that the college was able to
put aside on June 80, 1919, $4,000
as a sinking fund to repay the loan,
and s47,220.05 to reserve fund, to in
sure the college finances during the
season of small fertilizer sales, July
to January l.
And at page 16, it shows total re-
serves and expenditures, not simply
of the college itself, but all the vari-
Gus collateral branches managed and
conducted through this college, of
grand total of S1,202,02o.11, which
sum includes balance representing re-
serve July 1, 1918, s137,655.19.
The same report tells US that the
fund derived from the cadets, SIS per
month for board, is set aside and
used for this purpose; but by refer
ence to page sc of the report, we find
that the receipts in this fund for sub
sistence for the season 1918-19, was
s117,225.52, while the expenditures
for this same purpose, were s112,-
1886. Although there has been
complaint about the mess hall for
years, we are not told why all of the
money paid for subsistence should
not be used for that purpose. What
public or other dewand or necessity
is there for making so-called favor