The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1922-04-12
NEWS FROM CLEMSON COLLEGE
T.. ID. Plowden, Correspondent.

Clemson College, S. c., April IL
The local chapter of the. Clemson
alumni association has recently been
reorganzed with a total Of about
fifty members. There are at present
over twenty-five chapters of the asso-
citation in this state and elsewhere
and they have total Of over eigh-
teen hundred members.
Both the Pickcns County High
School and the Piedmont High School
track meets are to be held at Glenn
son College this year. The Pickcns
county meet will be held on April
18th and the Piedmont meet on April
22nd. The officers of the college will
preside at each Of these meets.
The r. o. II. G.. Camp for this year
has been selected and will be at Camp
Mcclellan, which is located about
nine miles from Admission, Ala, Il
town Of about $4,000 inhabitants. The
camp will open on Thursday, June
Is, and will last about six weeks.
Cadet j. f.. Hodge, Of Manning route
| will be the only Clarendon boy from
here to attend the camp, he being the
only Clarendon boy in the Junior
class.
The baseball season is now in full
blast and three games were played
here last week against Presbyterian
College, The College Of Charleston,
and the Citadel. In the first game
played last Monday, Clemson won by
score of 5 to 0. The second game,
played last Friday, ended 2 to 0 in
Clcmson's favor. The Citadel "Bull-
dogs came up last Saturday to be
defeated by the Clemson "Tigers" to
the tune Of II to g. Capt. Durfce's
good for the State Champions of
1922. Other games near at hand are
Woiford at Anderson, April ~; Frs
kline at Clemson, April Id, and Fur
man at Clemson, April Is.
About twenty-five members of the
Clemson College "Y. NJ. c. A." will
hike to the Blue Ridge Conference
in June, leaving here on June IL for
the ten-day conference at Black Noun
tain, N. c., which begins on June ID.
Clemson is half owner Of Il cottage at
Blue Ridge winthrop owns the 9TH
er half and every year 4 band or
Clemson men go to the conference to
spend the best ten days of their lives.
The Clemson Glce Club is to be
complmcntcd on the excellent show
ing they made last Saturday night
when they went to Anderson and en-
tcr5aincd the Anderson College girls.
The Clemson College track team
and defeated the University of Gcor-
gia, by the score Of GO to 40. This
was the first meet of the 1922 sea-
son.
A shadow Of grief was spread over
hn mt
news of the death Of w. w. Mcllettc
was received. This young man was
stricken with influenza which later
developed into pneumonia. He was
a member of the Sophomore class Of
Clemson College. His death, which
occurred at his home i'm Sumter
County late Saturday afternoon April
9Th, was a shock to all his college
mates and we deeply mourn our loss
but we all feel that he is at rest.
President w. NJ. Riggs of Clemson
College, who has been appointed
chairman OF the educational section
Of the Woodrow Wilson Foundation
for South Carolina, is making an ap-
peal through the newspapers to the
public schools to assist in raising
South Caroina's quota of $30,000.O0
to the Woodrow Wilson Foundation
lhiS appear Slloulu DC particularly
strong to the school boys and girls
of this state, DR.. Riggs thinks, be-
cause Mr.. Wilson spent a part Of his
school days in South Carolina.
For the information of those who
may not already know, Dr.. Riggs calls
attention to the purpose of the Wood
row Wilson Foundation to raise ST.
100000 as a permanent fund, from
the income Of which awards will be
made to individuals and groups who
have rendered distinguished service
"to democracy, public welfare, liberal
thought, on peace through Justice"
State superintendent Of Education
}. f. Swcaringcn, in writing to Dr..
Riggs, says that public school teach
cra and pupils can very properly take
an active interest in the campaign
Tor the Foundation; and DR.. Riggs
suggests that each school should on
ganiZc Il committee to collect money,
to be sent together with the names of
contributors, to General Wylc Jones,
Palmetto National Bank Building,
Columbia, S. c., who is treasurer Of
the fund for South Carolina