New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-05-20
GOOD WORK OF THE SLATER FUND
MONTY HAS BEEN SPENT.


MONTY HAS BEEN SPENT.
Tho ,,,stccs of the John +. Slater Fund for the
edncofjou of tie freedmen Of tie south held thcIG
tourth annual meeting Yesterday afternoon AT We
Fifth Avenue Hotel EX-Prcsaeni The otb a.
Uavos chairman OF the heard preSlded; me 9tn H
members present were Chief Justice Waltc, OF the
United States Supreme Court, Villain r. D9 81
Morris X. Jesup James T. Boyce iresIdent -; -
Gilman. of Johns Hopkins University, and the KEY;
Dr Atticus G.. HaygOod, OF Atlanta, the echclai
agent of the board. The reports of the treasurer.
10 finance Committee, and the general agent
were read. The Rev. Dr. Haygood, IL IS sald re-
fused a pishorric in the Methodist Episcopal
Church TO devote himself to the question OF negro
Animation. and his report. printed in a good
pamphlet, gives a complete view OF the WORK uoHe
y the Slater Fund during the last two years III the
Thir;y-six thousand seven hundred ana sixty
four dollars spent in leo1ISo IN ten states
and the District OF Columbia as foilows'
81 100: Alabama, 5000 Georgia, S6,sl4; sontn
Tar"lna. s$.5C0; North Carolina si,400; virginia;
* OO0; Kentucky, $l,O0O Texas, $uoO; DslIloI VI
Columbia. II 600; special students Tioo'
Alist of the schools aided from one to SIX IN
each State-foll0ws with detailed account OF we
way in which The money was spent. linus, AT we &c
Iiss Tniycrsity at Nashville the apprOpfiatlon Is
g. 900 II was used IS follows: ~ 900 Tor aolhg
students $500 for supporting two new teachers;
one TO GIVE instruction in nursing and hygiene ana
tLe other in cooking. sewing and w0naAs WoIk,
and 5000 for setting up printing Once AZ tnc
Sueman Female Seminary. Atlanta, the applopIla-
tion was S23l4. Three hundred and fourteen
dollars were used for cqulppng printing u1pa rio
me y 60 Tor SUBJ lcHltutiIS NaN "NiH S"''-.
and 1914 for building a laundry. ne appropriate
tions for the year 1ss5-s6 were as fOloNS:
Tennessee six schools, $500; MISSISSIPPI Two
scIonls - 900; Louisiana ono school SluoV Ala IA
Tnur sci oo,, 80 500; Georgia, dOm schooS S1'iVV;
tnth Carona three schools, 200; Noi,h Oa5"ilna
,6vr schn,ls, $4,000; Virginia 1.-TWO schoaisl, So'oU,
Ectnrkv ,oro school. 500 Teyis 'one school SOoO'
nis,.,r, of Columbia zone SCHOOL, 5000 sleclai stu
dents. $50; total, @3O,oOV
The rcport saws in closing that the fund mas
bccn a Leanhful and productive stimulus III every
Auction II has alIcadY helped 5000 coiored
scholar and over 300 teachers TO an euucalloil
II has civen great push to industrial education III
HE South There is much more kindly 1eeing
toward The coioIcd schools than before they were
assisted hv the Board Money has been raised Tor
them in several Southern cities Both North ana
Sonth more than $50, 900 has been contributed IN
he last eighteen months under tie stimulus oil the
Slater Fun1 Co!orcd - hool work has been maze
more practical. The Co'ored people themselNe s
have a growing appreciation Of cGucdloh. II
10 M lorGrr a passionate LONGING fOr book learning
They understand now what b0ok-learnng can
do and what il cannot Go. his appreciation Is
shown i'm their efforts TO Acip themselves. me
colored churches make regular assessments Oh ,ne
Yne,nhers for educational enterprises. more
colored church members nave put money mo
church COLLEGES during the last I'VE years tiiail
white ones There is gTo0ug disposition among
them all to supp lement public Scool iunds ny pr,
vatc subscription and TO extend the snort 'cnOoi
term DR.. Haygo added that more money was
needed TO extend the work into hrkansas ana
florida The Board appropriated $1,000 Tor
IsNG-s7 to be expended at the discretion oil the
general age nt and chen adjourned until next May