The Denver star., 1914-10-31
TUSKEGEE INSTITUTES WORK.
GIVEN IN ANNUAL REPORT.
cendlhsprsf the School Laid e>fors
1rustsss by Principal Washington.

Trustees by Principal Washington.
DR.. Booker T. Washington's annual
report to the trustees Of the Tuskegee
(Ala.) institute for the fiscal year Of
I 1914. recently issued, covers in detail
every phase of the institutions activ-
tiles. At the very outset Principal
Washington says:
While both the extension and pub
licity work are costly, nevertheless
from every point Of view it is believ-
ed that such work pays. Our justifi-
cation for large expenditures in these
two directions is found in the fact
that but for the activity Of Hampton
and Tuskegee in keeping the cause Of
Negro education before the people in
the north and south interest in the
subject would be waning instead Of
waxing as 1t is. In q word, every dol
lar that these two institutions expend
In extension work and publicity is
helping all the institutions in the
south and the whole subject Of Negro
education.
Indeed not a few of the most prom
inent white people In the south have
expressed the opinion both in private
and In public that both races in the
south are constantly indebted to these
institutions for newer and better meth
DDS Of education.
At the close of the school tszm, May
%, 1914, we had registered a total en-
rollment Of 1,527-S96 men and 631
women-who came from thirty-twc
states and territories and seventeen
foreign countries or colonies of for
eign countries. In addition to the at
tendance in the institute proper the
average attendance at the Children's
House. our training school, was 2O1;
the average attendance during the
agricultural short course was 275. and
the average attendance during the
summer school last year was 412.
During the past ten years the col
ored farmers Of the south have made
the greatest progress since emancipa-
ton In getting farm property. The re-
suits Of Investigation show that in the
single state of Alabama the Negro
owns 1900 600 acres Of land, an in
crease of 100000 acres in ten years.
The value Of domestic animals which
they own in the south increased in ten
years from &s5.216,3 ,337 to &177.273. 7s5,
poultry from So, ,7Ss, 1913 to $5.113, ,T56
and implements and machinery from
$1aos6. .223 to s3e. .s61. .41s. The values
of land and buildings have increased
from $50, ,e3s. 40 to $273, ,5O1 .e65. From
1900 to 1910 the total value OF farm
property owned by the colored farm
ers Of the south increased from $1II.-
4O4, ,6ss to s492, s9S.21s )
The new hospital at Tuskegee Is
demonstrating its usefulness not only
to the student and teaching body. but
to the colored people in many parts Of
the south. Among the purposes 1t Is
serving are disease prevention. train
Ing of large number of nurses, op-
portunity for young colored internes
to be trained. and furnishing a place
where colored people. especially those
demanding surgical treatment, can re
ceive the best attention.
The urgent needs of the institute,
says DR.. Washington. are $50 year
for annual scholarships for tuition for
one student. the student himself pro
viding for his own board and other
personal expenses in labor and cash:
1890 for permanent scholarships:
money for operating expenses in any
amounts, however small; $500 for
teachers cottages: $4,000 for a build
ing for religious purposes; $4,000 to
complete the boys trade building; $50
900 for boys dormitory; $1,000 for
a girls dormitory: an addition of at
least So OOO. COO to the endowment fund
The effectiveness Of the work OF the
institute would be many times in
creased II funds for new dormitory
for boys to cost about $4,000 and So
600 for veterinary hospital could be
secured. Legacies paid in part or in
full during the year amounted to
S36,41I.99. Other legacies, notice of
which was not received prior to June.
1918. which also have been paid in full
or in part, amounted to SS6,O1S,0G.
The total receipts for the year, In
Guiding current expenses, were S473,-
764 90 The endowment fund at the
present time is $1.9I2, 112.OS. For fur
ther details OF the schools financial
condition DR.. Washington refers to the