The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-10-08

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aid the remainder tor necessary In
screases of Plant and 8 Equipment.
,sriShanks to, the proYiaion made by the
beard OF Trustees at our. Last meet
Ing ths operat ionasof the. school for
the year have been conducted ON
: the cash basis. ~ yaS.ia8 ~ Seyt I IA,
q We have received tor speoial pur-
poses, mainly, in thS way. OF i'm PROV
ihg the permanent PLANE $a8sss5s Sc. !:
Fer addition to the endoNynent fund ;,
/ fASludingrsale ~ fpNAtfN ialfa,%s116,-
|. 7sS,86, This ndakesa t6e present en-
doWment $1.51S, $40. 20 SS ia A. For All
plirposes the income has been $4O5,-
,Ial. 8 ~ The above figh res include
$the 7 rscsint sof esSartfiest, tom the
execute or the Henry Mal1iken en-.
tate, whose market value is $8O,-
"642..7 a. IS ave sha1tt litter recetye sad-
iitioHalI securities from ;thts estate to2
the ambunt Of about 4a0.OoO or $685.
900. ~ So :, N:.M SH,&& ',:'r&
-. The following ISL INST }of the prin-
etpal requests aside from the Multi
] ken beQUest, which shaNs beenr re-
ceiyed since my last report and used
according to the wishes of the tesla
ktQrs: ~ ., yi.2>><s@l - s. :,
Estate, Emelins W, Dawes. ,,Butta-
To- NJ Y, k4,7S2.50. FL E,s S. III
Estate, Sarah H,| Ropes, salem.
Mass, $50c:ti ~. &e>y5 a /, ~.
;. Estate, Louisa g, Perkins. Boston,
Mass, $3,2S6, 84,h4>ni. :st.t m jjf,,1;4
Legacy, Manly A., : RulanG;' New
York, N. ~, Lace. ~ ,.:5. ~
i. Legacy. John G!ttHaynes, BOSTON,
Mass, $4,000. @t,s.,.,5'tapis r.. s. 5
Estate, Mary stP. Ropes. I. Salem,
Legacy, Lpcretta j: Triton, chica-
60 Ill, $4,000. ~, 500: i -. i;:|.<>,
Z Legacy, Anderson Hartin, Pleas
;antvtlle, ILL.,, $3,0SA50,f:lsss - =
IT. should be noted that the stu
dents themselves have paid in cash
towards their expenses $41,834 IN
the form Of entrance fees and board
bills y This, OF course, is aside from
what they have paid, in labor: =,
The only proper way to measure
the wisdom of such expenditure of
money as have outlined is by an .ac-
tua1, close and constant examination
OF the work Of our graduates. and ex-
students. Judged by this test, every
dollar that we are expendlng is more
than justified, though this statement
should not be taken to imply that we
should not seek to economic and re-
due the per. capita cost of educh-
ton. Said, a noted writer once: "Tne
holding Of my pen helps me %
thinA. " There is,\ ~ think, some
thing IN the holding Of tool that
not only maAes our. students Ink,
|Tbut makes them act. - / wish con-
stantly that our trustees. and donors
might have the opportunity Of going
into the places where our men and
women are at work, now practically
+ in every corner OF the South. and sec
for themselves itheA" Teshlts4 + Which
they are achieving. In q recent trip
through South Carolina and portions
Of Georgia, l was constantly surpris-
Fed to note the large number of men
and women who, had remaiped Eat
Tuskegee but for a Few monthg, who
are doing good work AlInoGt nth
bout exception l. found that our ggae-
yates were the leaders in agricuItur-
l.al work, school work, trades. house
keeping, business, moral and reMgi-
Eous effort, and In some cases. In the
professions. Everywhere there Is a
demand for more of them. ...s-1S,....-.
. T hope. that the'trUstees will be pa
| tient. with sthe active officers on the
grounds while we are developing
the farm. We realize, fully that the
cost Of the, farm training. and farm
Operations as at,Hpresent carried on
Els exceedingly large and we believe
that with few more years the farm
can be placed. more nearly upon a
paying basis. At the same time, we
have the satisfaction Of knowing that
even at the present cost, Of opera
tons, every man who graduates from
! this departments in immediate de-
| mand, and almost without exception
they succeed ia. more marked de-
/ gree than from any other one depart
ment. Five times as many as we are
now training are in urgent demand.
One university In the South has in its
employ seven students who have re-
ceived training in our Agricultural
department. ......4 :
During the three summer months
there are employed in the yatious di-
visions Of the farm about $50 stu
dents. We haze arranged during the
present summer. to carry on a Farm
School swing regular and: system
/ attic instruction5at night to those stu
dents in all branches Of farm work
in connection with practical work on
the farm, The work is now under
way. and the students appear enthu-
I siastic over what they are having. :,
A few years ago, we began hold
ing for two weeks in the winter what
is known as b Short Course in Agri-