z _ 3*.r MEHARRY DENTAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL HALL. 041K9u,k. REPORT OF HE GENERAL IAGENT, GENTLEMEN OF THE BOARD: At the last annual meeting of the Board I reported the appropriations that had been made in view of your ac- tion at the meeting in April, 1883. The action taken by the Board at its October meeting allowed other appropria- tions for the school year of 1883-84. As the actual use of the income of the "John F. Slater fund" really began with the Fall Term (of 1883) opening of institutions aided by it, it seems best to restate the appropriations reported to you at your last meeting, as well as those made subse- quently—thus giving a complete view of the work for the first year. APPROPRIATIONS MADE BY THE GENERAL AGENT PRIOR TO OCT. 16, 1883. To Clark University, Atlanta, Ga., Rev. E. 0. Thayer, President, . $2,000 oo Lewis High School, Macon, Ga., W. A. Hodges, Principal, 200 oo Tuskegee Normal School, Tuskegee, Ala., Rev. B. T. Washington, Principal, . Ioo 00 Tougaloo University, Tougaloo, Miss., Rev. G. Stanley Pope, President, . i,000 oo Le Moyne Institute, Memphis, Tenn., A. J. Steele, Principal, 500 00 Claflin University, Orangeburg, S. C., Rev. Dr. E. Cooke, President, . 2,000 00 Atlanta University, Atlanta, Ga., 2 Rev. E. A. Ware, President, . 2,000 00 Talladega College, Talladega, Ala., Rev. H. S. De Forest, President, . 2,000 00 Shaw University, Raleigh, N. C, Rev. H. M.Tupper, President, . 2,000 00 Hampton Institute, Hampton, Va., Gen. S. C. Armstrong, Principal, . • • 2,000 00 Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary, Atlanta, Ga., Miss S. B. Packard, Principal, . 2,000 00 Austin High School, Knoxville, Tenn., Miss E. L. Austin, Superintendent, . 450 00 Total prior to October 16, . $16,250 00 APPROPRIATIONS SINCE OCTOBER 16, 1883. Tuskegee Normal School, Tuskegee, Ala., Rev. B. T. Washington, Principal, . $1,000 00 Brainerd Institute, Chester, S. C., Rev. S. Loomis, Principal, 750 oo Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tenn., G. W. Hubbard, M. D., Dean, • . 500 oo Tillotson Institute, Austin, Tex., Rev. W. E. Brooks, Principal, . 600 oo Leonard Medical School, Raleigh, N. C., Rev. H. M. Tupper, President, . 500 oo Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn., Rev. E. M. Cravath, President, . 1,975 00 Central Tennessee College, Nashville, Tenn., Rev. Dr. John Braden, President, . 500 00 Roger Williams University, Nashville, Tenn., Rev. Wm. Stewart, President, . 1,35o 00 Southern University, New Orleans, La., Mr. J. H. Harrison, President, . 250 00 Le Land University, New Orleans, La., Rev. H. R. Travers, President, . 341 66 Lincoln Normal University, Marion, Ala., 3 W. B. Patterson, President, 450 00 Rust University, Hay Springs, Miss., Rev. W. W. Hooper, President, . 1,600 oo Scotia Seminary, Concord, N. C., Rev. Luke Dorland, President, . • 240 00 Tougaloo University, Tougaloo, Miss., Rev. G. Stanley Pope, President, . • 1,000 oo State Normal School, Huntsville, Ala., Mr. W. H. Councill, Principal, . • 1,000 oo Kentucky Normal chool, Louisville, Ky., Rev. W. J. Simmons, D. D., President, 1,000 00 Hartshorn Memorial College, Richmond, Va., Rev. Lyman B. Tefft, President, . 2,000 oo Howard University, Washington City, Rev. W. M. Patton, D. D., President, 1,00o 00 Miss Sophie B. RelEper4s, at Ann Arbor, Mich., 200 oo Mr. A. A. Wesley,at Chicago Medical College, 150 00 Mr. M. Morris, at Fisk University, Nashville, 200 00 Conditionally to Atlanta University, 500 oo Total since October 16, 1883, 17,106 66 Total appropriations to date, 33,356 66 USE OF THE MONEY AND RESULTS. It has been impossible, as was stated to the Board at its last meeting, to fix upon any absolute rule for the use of money appropriated to the different institutions—their circumstances, opportunities and needs being so diverse The Agent has found the Principals always ready to be ad- vised, and he believes that the best judgment has been employed in the application of the funds. It will be seen that a considerable portion of the money has been used in starting and equipping the industrial departments in the various schools. This was necessary at first. I believe that the expenditure has been wise and economical. Here- after a greater share of the money will be available for sal- aries and student aid. 4 The reports of the Principals are very different in form —because the conditions of the schools are different and the business is new to them, and each school is, in a sense, a law unto itself. From the reports of Principals made direct to me and from their annual catalogues I make up, for the informa- tion of the Board, the following statements: CLARK UNIVERSITY; ATLANTA, GA.—Rev. E. 0. Thay- er, A. M., President. Organized 1869, under the auspices of the Freedmen's Aid Society. Real estate 460 acres. Improvements worth $86,000. Officers and teachers, 15; students, 222. This school is well advanced in its Industrial and Bus- iness as well as in its Literary departments. Instruction is given in Agriculture, Carpentry, Iron work, Printing and House-keeper's work. Book-keeping, Telegraphy and Phonography are also taught. President Thayer reports that of the $2,000.00 appro- priated to Clark University, $695.65 has been used on sal- ary account ; $161.60 for student aid, and $1,142.75 in "equipping the industrial department in farming, printing, the domestic department and in the purchase of some need- ed apparatus in the scientific department." Concerning "results" President Thayer says in his re- port to the General Agent: "I. Without the aid from the 'Slater Fund' we could —/ have done comparatively little in the industrial department. Without it our printing department would have failed en- tirely. As it is, we have taught twenty pupils type-set- ting and press work. We have published a weekly paper, our own catalogues and programmes. [I submit their cat- alogue to the inspection of the Board as a creditable piece of printer's work.] On the farm we have been able to give work to a large number, so that what was expended in equipping this department has been really 'student aid.' I have concentrated chiefly on two departments, but the others have had their efficiency greatly increased by the S material furnished, and it is my purpose to develop other departments more fully another year. In the carpentry department about thirty have been constantly employed. We have built for ourselves and other people eight houses. We have also made our own tables, book-cases and other furniture. The girls have been taught to make their own dresses and some of them have learned dress-making well enough to cut and make very nice dresses for the lady teachers— thus acquiring skill and earning good wages. In the Model House the girls have been taught the various departments of house wifery. Our aim is to teach every student a trade thoroughly so that he may be a skilled workman. One boy, not yet eighteen, is building a house of six rooms from his own original drawings and specifications." TUSKEGEE STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, TUSKEGEE, ALA.— Rev. B. T: Washington, Principal. Established by act of the Legislature of Alabama, 1880; receives from the State of Alabama, $3,000 per annum. Real estate 580 acres; buildings, including one in process of erection, worth about t2O,000. Officers and teachers, JO; students, 169. The Principal, Mr. B. T. Washington, (a colored man himself, educated chiefly at "Hampton Institute") has shown very great energy and capacity in providing for and managing his work. The industries of the school are farm- ing, brick-making, printing, black-smithing, and house- wifery for the girls. The Principal says, in the annual cat- alogue: "For the impetus given to the Industrial Depart- ment the school is chiefly indebted to the 'John F. Slater Fund.'" Under the advice of the General Agent the whole of the $1, too appropriated to the Institute has been used, during the past year, in equipping the various industrial depart- ments. Concerning "results" the Principal reports: "I. A good carpenter's shop, 20x50. In this shop, un- der competent instruction, nine young men are learning thoroughly the carpenter's trade. In this shop we make 6 and repair school furniture, plain house furniture, etc. Much of the work on our new Hall, now being erected, has been done in this shop by these young men. They have also built a blacksmith shop. By help of the aid ,/ from the Slater appropriation we have already made a large part of the 500,000 brick for our new College building. Many of the young men here, in our farm work, have not only been taught how to cultivate the soil, make manures, and care for stock. etc., but they have earned enough in wages to greatly help them in meeting their expenses. The girls have been taught cooking, sewing, knitting and other branches of woman's work." LE MOYNE NORMAL INSTITUTE, MEMPHIS, TENN.—Mr. A. J. Steele, Principal. Under the auspices of the Amer- ican Missionary Association, organized 1871. Property worth $20,000. Officers and teachers, 12; students, 350. The special design of this Institution, as set forth in the annual catalogue, "is to give a thoroughly practical English education, and to prepare teachers for the public schools." Mr. Steele used the appropriation of $500 as follows: Student aid, $338.75 ; salary industrial teacher, $150; sup- plies for industrial department, $11.25. The largest amount paid to one beneficiary was $40.00; the smallest $5.00; the average $24.20. Mr. Steele concludes his re- port by saying: "I am more and more impressed with the value of in- dustrial instruction, both as an educational factor and a practical benefit.