The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-10-08
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Despite Financial Depression schooI
Has Met Carxeat Expenses and
- Continues the Work Which Has ?
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TO the Trustees of the Tuskegee
Normal and Industrial .Institute.
Gentlemen: During the year
, which has just crossed, the number
Of students enrolled in all the de-
partments Of the institute proper
has been 1;621-1,085 young, men
and 536 young women The ave,
rage attendance has been about
1,4OO. This number does not In
clude the 400 enrolled In the winter
Short Course In Agriculture nor the
14& children in the Training School
The regular students in the institute
proper have come from S8 states and
Fl foreign countries: Their average
age has been 18 ~, none being ad-
m1tted under IA. At the close OF
the year ITO persons received di+t
plomas and Industrial or trade GER
tif1cates. The number of students
to finish the courses I'm (. proportion
to the enrollment is small, and per-
maps will always be so for the rea-
son that in the degree that the econ
omic element enters into trade ed1-
cation, the student is tempted to
leave school before f1nishings the
course, but experience shows that
many of those who are doing. the
most useful work left the institu-
ton before finishing the full course,
The number of students reached
directly in the class room does not
howavor ON bro 90 an tho -,or,x = -
by the. institution. 1t carries on
constantly q wide range Of what
might be designated as Extension
Work." and this greatly, adds to the,
annual expenditure tor current ex-
pensess " This xteABl on rWork"if
brief includes the annual Negro. Con-;
ference together, With It's numerous
branches known as local conferences
This extension work also includes
the publication of < weekly farm,
paper; Farmers Monthly Institute;'
the Short Course in Agriculture; the
Farm Demonstration work now .ea-i
attended to Mississippl< and Texas,
supported largely by the United:
States Government and the General
Education Board; a. town night,
school; a town afternoon cooking
class; the County Institute; Mfnis-.
ters' meetings; supervision OF "a
county and state: FAIR: the National
Negro tBusiness League, and a gen:
eral effort TO cooperate with pthe:
county officials to improve " the
country schools. One result of;this,
latter work is seen, In the fact that,
in one year the eolored people I'M
Macon County, Alabama, e5ntributedi
in cash toward the building Of new
school-houses and the extension Of
the schol term more than $4,000,
In this work it. ought to be added:
that school officials have given us
every assistance and encouragement
possible.
In all the departments OF the In.
stitution, 166. instructors and help.
ers have been employed. ,,....
In considering, the cost, Of educa1
ton at the Tuskegee Institute, one
should not only keep IN mind the
double character Of the education,
academic and industrial, but. also the
further fact that the institution is in
session practically twelve months in
the year instead Of eight or, nine
as is true of most institutions. 1t
may interest the Trustee to note
that the cost Of the table board for
students has been for each one;
81. 1S per week, II cents per day, or
5.68 cents per meal. ..... =.
I ought to mention three elements
that have added considerable to- the
item of current expense; one,. an
almost entire loss Of sweet po-I
tsto crop from rottening; second,
| tho loss Of q large proportion Of
our pigs from cholera, and third. an
unexpected outbreak. of sickness
among our students. 80.
notwithstanding the hard and
constant Struggle we have had this.
year to get money it will be seen
from the detailed report ! Of our
Treasurer that we have ended the
year free from all Indebtedness for
current expenses. This has not
been done without tho exercise of
the strictest economy. 4 The ending
OF the year free OF debt has been
brought about very largely, how
ever, through the generosity of.
Three Friends in Brooklyn, N. T."
Mrs. Russell Sage, and other friends
who will not permit the use OF their
names. ..> g.. =.
We have received during the year
from ali sources for current .ex-
penses, including interest on en-
dowment, from Slater Fund, General
Education Board, state OF Alabama,
entrance fees Of students, and gffts,