The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-01-12
WINTHROP COL
LEGE REPORT
Annual Report Of the Board of
Trustees to the Legislature


trustees OF Winthrop College to the
general assembly Of South Carolina
has been made up. II covers the
work Of the past year and presents
the needs OF the coming year
The total enrolment i'm ali depart.
mcnts including the summer school
tn" training school together with tho.
regular College classes is 2,915. OF
the 3G? new student submitted this;
year $50 are from secondary schools
ana colleges, % have been admitted
upon examination and upon teach
ers'' certificates and IS upon certin.
cate and examination. or the total
number of students enrolled in the
college classes 341 or 80 per cent are
the daughters of farmers. There are
three Students pursuing post -gradu-
ate courses at the college, this year
working for the a. NJ. degree.
or the twelve South Carolina wo-
men pursuing postgraduate courses
at higher institutions OF learning out
side Of South Carolina, six are Win
throp graduates.
With the completion OF the new
dormitory at Winthrop, now rooted in.
the college will be in position to
accommodate $50 more students and
Will thus be able to admit all Of the
high school graduates prepared for
college who have heretofore been
turned away for lack Of room
There are now $500 Winthrop
Daughters.
Winthrop College renders great
service IN its extension work to the
people Of the state outside of the coll
lege class rooms and campus. 1t gives
correspondence courses; reading
courses; consultation service relative
TO school grounds and civic improve
ment supplies speakers for addresses
and lectures; IT makes educational
surveys; conducts county study center
work for county teachers; publishes
a weekly newspaper; issues many i'm
portant and helpful bulletins: helps
schools 10 secure teachers best suited
to their work, (this department re-
spondcd to 1,iii calls for service in
this particular last year coming from
colleges, high schools. graded schools.
and rural schoo.s The home dem
onstration work Of the college is car
ried on in A counties of the state for
the improvements OF the homes and
living conditions Of the people. Dur
ing the year 1920, 5,Gl6 meetings OF
the woman's and girls home demon
stration clubs were held with an at
tendance OF $9.S11.
winthrop Colleges charter granted
in 1891, when no other South Caro-
lima State college was open to wo-
men, provides for the practical and
higher education of women, literary,
scientific and professional, and VIM
throp college has been conducting
courses through all OF these years in
accordance with this charter
There las been very little sickness
at the college this session, and as a
! consequence the students have been
| very regular in their attendance and
have made unusual progress in their
studies
The students are strong and well rs
rule OF 345 new students weigh
cd uron entering college this session
and weighed again before leaving for
home for the Christmas holidays 32S
gained an average OF nine pounds
each. Only seventeen students had
lost weight, the average loss being
two pounds and a fraction.
The committee OF teachers and off,
GERS appointed to investigate and re-
port upon the college fare reports
through its chairman the head of the
department of domestic science, that
the food is palatable, we'll served, and
ample in quantity, and that good
wholesome, properly balanced meals
OF more than sufficient caloric and
protcin value arc being served to the
Wirthcop students.
The building operations at VIM
ohTop are progressing. The new dor
, m!tOry is rooted in, the library en-
l'a'gcnont is going forward and the
! teachers home has been begun with
practically all the material for the
! building en- the ground.
The board Of trustees OF Winthrop
College wish to avail themselves of
the Carnegie plan Tor the pension
Of the teachers Of Winthrop College
ana are arranging to put that plan in
operation for another year.
The enrolment in the. summer
school last summer was LAS. The
prospects for AS good an attendance
az this. If not n better attendance,
for the next summer school are ex-
cellent.
1t is due Winthrop College to call
attention to the fact that, although
the inventory Of the college plant
"rbmiucd to the budget commission
last summer shows the value of the
plant to be on June 80. 1920, $2,255,-
Si2.36 the state of South Carolina has
paid from the state trno S,l,.y of tbis
@Uojnt. from the beginning of the
college in 1856 to June 30, 1929 only
s62l, 1852. The remainder repre-
scns the value Of the property ac-
qulrcd through donations and savings
from college revenues other than the
state appropriations through the "a
years OF lis life. together with some
enhancement in the value OF some of
the land acquired. IT should also be
remembered in connection with Win