The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1921-11-09

characterized as among the best man.
aged institutions Of the kind in the
country. AS yet the physical plant Of
the hospital is not fully up to stand
ard as some buildings are in poor
condition and others needed have not
been built. Some members Of the
committee who are familiar with the
efforts in the last few years to build
up modern institution for the insane
with little more than a group Of
poorly kept and unsanitary buildings
to start with expressed qualification
at the present state Of affairs, at the
engineers report as to the efficiency
of the management both as to treat
lnent OF patients and cost, and at the
steps being taken to secure even bet
ter results. 1t is believed by the COM
mittee that no other hospital for the
insane in the South or in the whole
country is now better managed than
the South Cnrolina State hospital.
Praise for Clemson.
The committee also feels gratifled
at the manner in which several Of the
state supported colleges have stood up
under investigation. Clemson agricul-
tural college, while not as large as
similar institutions in some other
states, carries on effectively many di-
verse activities such as tick eradica-
ton work, farm demonstration work,
control Of insect pests, and the en-
forcement of the fertilizer tax law as
we'll as giving instruction in agrlcul-
ture, textiles, and other technical sub
iects and carrying on experiment and
research work; the people of the state,
the committee thinks. unquestionab-
" are getting large returns for every
dollar spent. twas pointed out also
that Winthrop college is giving teach
er training and other vocational work
OF high quality at low cost; this school
has set the pace for practically all
COLLEGES of it's kind in the country in
establishing four year teacher train
ing courses and in introducing courses
in household economies at time
when the more strictly agricultural
courses with emphasis on ancient
languages, history, mathematics, and
the like were popular. The School
for the Deaf and the Blind at Cedar
Springs. in the opinion Of the en-
gineers who are familiar with such
institutions in other states, is second
to none in the country either as TO
economy of operation or as to the
high character Of the instruction
given.
The committee expressed it's salts
faction with the conduct Of q number
of state departments, commissions,
and boards. The state warehouse
commission, for example, is handling
san increasing volume of work prompt
ly and accurately with small staff
in addition to undertaking extensive
field work in the inspection off ware
houses and the grading of cotton; the
growth of the state warehouse system
is due in no small part to the eff
cheney of the commission, while the
newly organized cotton grading work
has started off we'll. Another office
handling a large volume of work al
low cost and with small staff is
that Of the attorney general. Commen-
dation was also given the state cleo
trician for his work in protecting the
interests of the state in the installa-
ton and maintenance OF electrical
equipment and in the economical op-
Grafton of an unsuitable heating plant
in the State House.
For Central Purchasing
The engineers assert that the hand
ling of the state printing is as ef-
fectively and economically done as in
any other jurisdiction in which they
have made surveys. After carefully
observing the results achieved by the
join committee on printing, the COM
mittee is unanimously Of the opinion
that the system of central purchases
should be extended so as to ;nclude
not merely state printing and station
cry but practically all other supplies
used by state departments and insti-
tutions. The joint committee on
printing through its power to secure
l.; lot o1cn.