The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-10-15

Booker r. Washington. principal OF Tus-
kegee CAla.J Normal and Industrial Instr
tute. has made public his annual report on
the institution for the year ending Nay 81.
1902 The cover of the report shows the
Carnegie library. and this Is described
built almost wholly with student labor"
a matter almost doctrine in the instita-
ton.
The report shows that there have been
,.SSf students enrolled. with an average at
tendance OF LIS These came from thirty
States and Territories and FIVE foreign
countries. The figures do not include the
classes in the children's house. a primary
model school, nor the I39 students in the
night school and cooking class in town.
The school community consists OF 1-sOe ptI-
pills. The cost of education has been ssz
per pupil The receipts during the year
amounted to S34I. 401. OF which $l26.Ss4 went
for current expenses, $40, 10 was used 10
swell the endowment fund. and Sl5O M was
put into the plant TIE sum OF 10
endowment fund now is s2g9. 15s, and the to-
tai Indebtedness $5.SS7.5c- The amount re-
cefved from the South IS larger than ever
before. Bolton Gilreath, of Birmingham.
an ex-slavemaster. gave 500. and II w
Atkinson OF Atlanta, contributed N,V0.
Robert +. Baptist, OF Galway, n. Y, am ex-
slave, contributed 81, eOo
Many new buildings are now under way.
Carnesfe library has been finished. end
Rockefeller Hall Is nearing completion
building. two bath houses and a memorial
gateway. THE Lincoln Gate" Mrs. Coils
L. Huntington has given a large building
TO be known as the Coils II. Huntington
Memorial Another friend has offered to
build a woman's dormftory, and means
have been provided TO extend the trades
| building. The barn given by Morris h.
Jesup has been completed. These large
| gifts. however, are not all. The greater
| part of the maintenance fund has come
| from former pupils and friends in small
amounts, from so cents upward The insti-
| tuition, however. continues TO need support.
and Mr.. Washington asks that the idea
| that Tuskegee is rich be not accepted The
/ report says.
among our most urgent needs at pres
ent are: An adequate endowment fund.
J This fund is now much too small. Scholar
| ships each of $50 a year TO pay the
| tuition of one student. $500 enables a
| student to complete the four years course.
and $1,000 endows permanent scholar,
| ship; $500 for a dining room ana
kitchen: 5000 for a commissary building:
$4,000 for boys dormitory; $4,000 for
a central heating plant; sle.eeo for a drain
| age system; $4,000 for better equipment
| of the industrial department, and slo,UOo Tor
an addition TO Alabama Hail.
The institution continues TO lay stress on
| training in agriculture and on industrial
| education. At present there taught
thirty-four industries, as follows; Carpen-
try, blacksmitiing painting. Wheel
| trimming, painting, machinery, found
ing. shoemaking. brickmasonry, pias-
| tering. brickmaking. sawmillng, TIN
| ming, tailoring, mechanical, architectural
| and freehand drawing. electrical and steam
| engineering, canning, plain sewing. dress
| making, millinery, cooking, laundering.
| housekeeping. mattress making. basketry.
| nurse training, agriculture. dairytng. horu-
culture and stock raising. In the Drick-
making department the students have made
2,12S 900 bricks during the year.
AS instances of the success OF the school
Mr.. Washington cites many cases OF ne
groes who within a year or two after grad
uation have become prosperous mechanics
or tradesmen or have established SUCCESSFUL
schools on the lines of Tuskegee. Three
of the graduates sent to Africa by the Ger
man government 10 teach cotton raising
have been so successful that four more
have been added to the colony. Out or
Tuskegee have grown az least twelve large
schools, one of which is Snow Hill Insti-
tute.