account exceeds $3.00 will be required to make another deposit. A fee of $1.50 is charged for diploma, payable before graduation. The above charges do not include cost of books and stationery, which, however, may be obtained at the Cadet Exchange at wholesale prices. Each student must provide himself with 4 sheets, 2 blankets, a comfort, 6 towels, 1 pillow, 2 pillow cases. Beds are single width. Free Tuition Section 1120, Revised Statutes of South Carolina, 1893, Vol. I., setting forth the powers and duties of the Board of Trustees, contains the following provision: "They shall charge each student a tuition fee of forty dollars per annum; . . . indigent students shall not be required to pay said tuition fee." In accordance with this law, residents of South Carolina are granted free tuition upon presentation of the following certificate, properly signed: CERTIFICATE OF INABILITY TO PAY TUITION. THIS IS TO CERTIFY, That I am unable to pay tuition for my in the Clemson Agricultural College for the session of 1905-1906. Father or Guardian. I hereby certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the above statement is true. County Auditor. Certificate blanks will be furnished upon application to the President. For students receiving free tuition the quarterly charges will be $10 less in each case than the amounts given above, namely: September 13th, 1905.. November 17th, 1905. January 31st, 1906... April 7th, 1906.... $52 88 16 88 16 88 16 88 The total charges for the year in such cases are only $103.52. Agricultural Scholarships By an Act of the State Legislature in the session of 1904, 124 beneficiary scholarships were established, of the value of $100 per annum each, and apportioned among the counties in the same manner as the members of the House of Representatives. The law provides "That the said scholarships shall be awarded by the State Board of Education, upon the recommendation of the County Boards of Education of the several counties, to the most worthy and needy young men of such age as is fixed by the Board of Trustees of said College for other students, who shall have passed an approved entrance examination upon the common school branches and made at least sixty per cent. upon such examination; and preference shall be given to those young men who desire to take the agricultural course." Examination questions are to be prepared by the President and Faculty of the College and sent to the County Board of Education of each county on or before the 15th day of July in each year, with a statement of the number of vacant schol arships to which the county is entitled. The County Board holds the examinations, grades the papers, and forwards them with recommendations to the State Board of Education. Section 4 reads, "That before applying for said scholarships applicants shall make proof under oath to their respective County Boards of Education, as required by law for scholarships in the South Carolina Military Academy, of their financial inability to attend college, before they shall receive from said Board permission to stand such examination." The law further provides that these scholarships "shall each continue for the term of four years, or for such length of time as the beneficiary shall be able to maintain himself and comply with the rules of the College; and said sum of one hundred dollars per annum shall be placed to the credit of each of said beneficiaries, and applied towards the payment of his board and other necessary school expenses." |