The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-14
TUsKEGEE'S NEEDS
Booker r. Washlngton's Report on the
Ill Requirements of the Ala
bama Institute.
indianapolis Journal.

Indianapolis journal.
Booker T. Washington, principal of Tus-
kegee, Ala, Normal and Industrial Insti-
tute, has made public his annual report
on the institution for the year ending May
81, 1902. The cover Of the report shows
the Carnegie library, and this is described
as "built almost wholly with student la
bor. q matter almost a doctrine In the
institution.
The report shows that there have been
1885, students enrolled with an average
attendance of 1928. These came from
thirty states and territories and five for
eign countries. The figures do not include
the classes In the children's house, pr1-
mary model school, nor the 1879 students
in the night school and cooking class In
town. The school community consists of
1900 pupils. The cost Of education has
been S72 per pupil. The receipts during
the year amounted to $341, 401, of which
1925 1854 went for current expenses, $46,788
was used to swell the endowment fund,
and S150.2O3 was put into the plant. The
SIM Of s17.545.05 was devoted to various
special uses. The endowment fund now
is $29e759, and the total, Indebtedness
s5,S87.52. The amount received from the
south is larger than ever before. Bolton
Gilreath Of Birmingham, an ex-slavemas-
ter, gave $500, and H. w. Atkinson of
Atlanta contributed $1,000. Robert F.
Baptist Of Galway, N. Y, an ex-slaVe,
contributed $1,000.
Many new buildings are now under way,
Carnegie library. has been finished and
Rockefeller hall is nearing completion
Three friends have provided for an Of
flee building, two bath houses and me-
mortal gateway. 1.-The Lincoln Gate" Mrs.
Coils P. Huntington has given large
building to be known as the Coils P. Hun
tington Memorial. Another friend has Of
fered to build woman's dormitory, and
means have been provided to extend the
trades building. The barn given by Nor
ris X. 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 80 cents upward
The institution, 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.
This fund is now much too small. Schol-
arships each of $50 a year to pay the tut
ton Of one student ($200 enables student
to complete the four years course and
81, 900 endows a permanent scholarship,
SEE, 900 for dining room and kitchen;
s.. 900 for comn1issary building; $4,000
for a boys dormitory; $4,000 for a CEN
trail heating plant; $4,000 for drainage
system 900 for a better equipment Of
| the Industrial department, and $4,000 for
an addition to Alabama hall.
| The institution continues to lay stress
| on training in agriculture and on indus
| trial education. At present there are
taught thirty four industries, as follows:
Carpentry, blacksmithing, painting, wheel
wrighting, harness making, carriage trim
ming, painting. machinery, founding,
shoemaking, brick masonry, plastering,
brickmaking. sawmilling, timing, tailor
/ ing, mechanical, architectural and free
hand drawing, electrical and steam engi-
neering canning, plain sewing, dressmak-
| ing, millinery, cooking, laundering, house,
keeping. mattress making, basketry, nurse
training, agriculture, dairying, horticul-
jture and stock raising. In the brickn1ak-
I ing department the students have made
IL, 1928, 900 bricks during the year.