The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1922-02-08
NEWS FROM CLEMSON COLLEGE
3. d. PlOwden, Correspondent.

cording to the plans concerning the
summer school which were recently
announced, this branch of the college
work will be of much more Importance
and extent this summer than that of
any summer heretofore. Several
new courses have been added and all
of the old ones have been greatly
strengthened in preparation for the
most successful summer school in the
history of the college.
The following courses will be given
/. Courses for teachers: G) pri-
mary teachers, (2) elementary teach
ers, 90 high school teachers, (4)
teachers for special subjects.
2. Courses in cotton grading.
3. Courses in Science: % Physics
(2) Chemistry, (3) Biology, (4)
Earth Science.
a.. Courses for club boys.
5. Courses for making up back
conditions.
G. Courses for Federal Board stu
dents.
Plans are now being made for re-
creation. The baseball diamonds, the
tennis courts, and the swimming pool
will be- ready for the use of the sum-
mer school students. Excursions and
field trips will be arranged, the lib
rary will be open and special lectur-
ers, famous in the educational and
business world, have been secured.
The animal husbandry division of
Clemson College will sell at auction
on Wednesday, February the 9th, 35
registered Duroc Jersey hog sand 16
registered Poland China hogs The
sale will begin ut two o'clock in the
afternoon,
This is the first auction sale ever
held by the Animal Husbandry Dlvis-
ion, but present plans indicate that
the sale will be an annual event after
this year. The hogs are of good
breeding and all were raised here at
the college.
The enrolment for the present
Session has now reached 1,007, which
number is approximately one hundred
and fifty over and above the enroll
ment for last year and much greater
than that for any previous year.
The demcrt record for the first
term is one Of which everyone con-
nected with the college in any way
should be proud. Figures recently
given out show that 371 students re-
ceivcd no demerts; 308 students re-
reived from one to twenty dcmerits !;
that is 80.4 per cent. of the entire
student body received less than twen-
ty demerits for period Of over three
months. 112 students received from
II to 40 dcmerits; 38 received from
Al to GO; 5 from 81 to 66 demerits !;
and no cadet received over 66 de-
merits; and no cadet received over 66
demerits, or the amount necessary to
cause withdrawal from college on ac-
count of excessive dcmerits.
On last Saturday and Sunday, Feb
4 and 5, Dr.. Scely K. Thompkins of
the South Congregational Church,
Brockton, Mass, visited Clemson and
made three very interesting and in
structivc talks to the student body.
On Saturday night, DR.. Thompkins
On Sunday morning, Dr.. Thompkins
spoke to the members Of the Presby-
terian Church, and on Sunday night,
DR.. Thompkins again addressed the
members Of the student body. Each
time DR.. Thompkins spoke the houses
were filled to Overlooking. DR..
Thompkins is a speaker of much re-
nown. He has been actively identified
as a worker with students and with
student life, having once been a, Pro-
fessor of Public Speaking and many
times since associated with students
in various ways. We certainly hope
that Dr. Thompkins will visit Glenn
son again.
Clemson's basketball teams were
undisputcd champions in that branch
of athletics last Friday and Saturday,
when the Piedmont College team came
here to battle with the "Tigcrs." On
Friday night, the Freshman team met
and defeated the Piedmont team by
a scorcc of 2d to IS. The team from
Georgia did some worthy playing but
the "ratS" were too Str0np for thrm