The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-10-26
: GROWTH AND EXPANSION OF

r.. .--ta - ..sS WORK. F.. w. Ill
The experiment, which we began try
Ing some two years ago of giving
training to portion of our young
women in such, outdoor industries as
gardening, horticulture, dairying, bee
raising and poultry-raising, is proving
quite successful. This is especially
true of poultry raising. Several of the
new agricultural buildings mentioned
in my last report have been completed
All of these were buildings greatly
needed. Among them hennery. This
new building gives us the opportunity
Of teaching the raising of all kinds of
fowls in the best manner. The same
friends whose gift made it possible for
us TO erect the hennery, also enabled
us to build a new barn for the dairy
COWS, and a new dairy house. All
three Of these buildings were much
needed and put. us in position to do
much more effective work. >
. Dorothy Hall, the new Trades
Building for Girls, given us by friends
in New York, to which I made refer
ence in my last report, is completed
and was dedicated April %, 1901. This
is a very satisfactory building, and
puts us in a position to give more eff
fectiVe training to girls than ever be-
fore.
A friend in Boston, has given us
$4,000 to be used in the erection of a
training school building, and another
in Connecticut has given $4,000 for a
hospital. Both of these buildings are
III process of erection and are much
needed.
Mr.. Morris K. Jesup, of New York,
has given $4,000 for a new barn for
horses and mules. This building is
also being constructed.
Mr.. Andrew Carnegie has given $2O,-
900 for new library building, which
is also in process of erection. In con-
nectiOn with all these buildings we are
sticking to our original idea of having
practically all Of the work done by the
labor Of the. Students 49,. m.-ss.s..
"a In many respects this has been our
most prosperous and encouraging year
The report Of the Treasurer will show
our financial condition in detail
Very largely through the medium of
large meetings held in Boston, New
York and Philadelphia and other CEN
tiers, the interest in our work has not
only been kept alive, but has grown
and broadened
FINANCIAL.
The total amount of money re-
ceived for general purposes this year
has been S1S9,7S2.3O OF this amount
SIP, 104.34 has been used to meet the
current expenses of this year, and the
remainder to meet prior obligations
and for permanent equipment. The
report of the Treasurer, will show. that
the institution is practically free from
debt, and friends can feel assured that
whatever they give will be used for
forwarding the work of the school, and
not in meeting debts.
Since my last report we have re-
ceived for special buildings and other
designated purposes in the direction of
Improving the plant, $28,008.25
At the time of my last report the
Fund amounted to $685.
232. 49,. Since that time this fund has
been Increased to $252,971.O2 The
whole Of this fund is invested in safe
and conservative securities by our En-
dOWment Fund Committee in New
York. This committee consists of Mr..
William H. Baldwin, Jr, 1928 Broad
way, New York; Mr.. J. G. Phelps
Stokes, AZ Cedar street, New York.
The average interest now being re-
ceived upon our Endowment is about
Az per cent. 1. la
The total amount received from all
sources. for all purposes, 1912 ,529OS. H.
1t now costs annually to operate the
Institution. in all it's departments not
far from 100000. .-...
TO meet this annual expense we are
now assured of the following amounts:
$4,000 from the state of Alabama.
! $1,000 from the Peabody Fund. 81
$500 A. U..A., Boston. &
: $4,000 from students entrance fees. s.
$4,000 from the John F. Slater Fund.
I $40 from the Woman's Home Mis-
sion Association, of Boston, as well as
several other smaller amounts.
Added to these is the interest of our
Endowment Fund which is about S11, :
900, thus making a total of $32, 900 that
we can depend upon with reasonable
certainty, leaving approximately $685.
OOO to be raised each year in order to
meet the current expenses of the
school. This money is secured mainly
IN the form of small gifts from indi-
ylduals, Sunday schools and churches
and other organizations in all parts Of
the country.
The amount named as needed for
current expenses leaves out of account
the money needed for buildings, ma
chllnery and other improvements Of the
plant 81 ~
Two-ffths of the total amount re-
ceived during the past two years has
gene into the permanent plant and En-
doWment Fund.
We have q right, think. to point
with pride to. the small average cost Of
educating our students The total
number Of students reached being
l.514, and the total current expenses
charged being about $4,000 brings
the whole cost for each individual to
$73. 3
The greater proportion Of what the
students pay is in the form Of labor,
They. have paid toward their expenses
in labor this year, $67 ,291 i 5.
Every effort u is constantly being
made to reduce the expenses Of the in
sstitution, and to exercise the strictest
economy in every department.
AT this point I cannot refrain from
mentioning our indebtedness to- SIX
friends whose quiet unrestricted gen
crosby has lifted this year 4 great
ce.fsnues - ~ $50