PROC EEDINGS AND REPORTS OF THE L JOHN F. S ATER FUND FOR YE R EN G SEPTEMBE A DIN R 30, 1925 CONTENTS Trustees . Committees and Officers Minutes Seventy- Fourth Meeting Minutes Seventy- Fi fth Meeting - Appropriations for 1 92 5 2 6 . County Training Schools Town and City Schools Private Secondary Schools Colleges and Universities B y- Laws Occasional Papers TRU STE E S (IN ORDER OF DATE OF ELECTION ) R R JAME S H . DILLA D ALB E T SHAW R R R R S CHA LE S SC IBNE W . US ELL BOWIE M R G . JOHN . LE NN CLA ENCE H KELSEY R RR R F ANCI S P . VE NABLE WA E N KEA NY M R G JA E S H . KI KLAND JO SEPH D . EG LE STON R R RR CHA LE S S . B OWN PIE E JAY S TAND IN G CO MM ITTE E S E xecutive O M G Chairman J HN . LENN , ALB ERT SHAW WARREN KEARN Y RU OW R AY W . S SELL B IE PIE RE J E ducation m n S . Chair a JAME H DILLARD , B C . S Y FRANCI S P . VENA LE CLAREN E H KEL E K OS P . EGG STO JAMES H . KIR LAND J E H D LE N Finance m S S . W Chair an CHARLE BRO N , CHARLES SCRIB NER CLARENCE H . KELSEY OFFI C E RS Chairman Of the B o ard CHARLES SCRIB NER New York City Pre sident JAMES H . DILLARD v . Charlottes ille, Va S ecretary M G T U M IS S ER R DE C . ANN 418 Box , Charlottesville, Va . Assistant S ecretary M C M M c G I S S ALI E . EE 418 Box , Charlottesville, Va . Treasurer CHATHAM P HEN I x NATIONAL BAN K AND TRU ST COM P AN Y OF NEW YORK 149 k Broadway, New Yor City F ield Directors . W B C . CALD ELL, Natchitoches , La . S W . T B WILLIAM , Tuskegee Institute , Ala . PROC EEDINGS OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE LATER PUND JOHN F. S S E VE NT Y-F OURT H M E E T IN G ber 1 0 1 9 24 Decem , The 74th Meeting of the Trustees of the John F . Slater Fund was held in the office of the General E ducational Board 1 24 1 0 9 . on at a m Wednesday, December , . Present Messrs . Scribner , Brown , Kelsey , Jay, Dillard , o . Shaw and B wie . Mr . Scribner was in the chair The minutes o f the 73 rd Meeting were read and approved . The President presented communications from Doctors V E r a enable , ggleston and Ki kland in which they st ted that , O er be be owing to th engagements , they would unable to pres ent at the meeting . The Chairman o f the Finance Committee submitted reports from the auditors and the treasurer for the year ending Sep 30 1 924 on tember , , which were examined and ordered placed fil e. The report of the Treasurer showed the following summ ary o f the income account for the fiscal year ending Septembe r 30 1 24 , 9 : RECEIP TS 1 1923 Balance October , Income from securities ( Slater ) * From donations ( other funds ) DI SB U R SEMENTS a 1923 -24 Appropri tions , Expense and field account Accrued interest TB alance to new fiscal year * I f R D o not f ncluding rom osenwald onati n , previously trans erred to F Slater und . ' ‘ j This balance is used immediately in payment of first instalments oi the appro r - p Iat i ons for 1 924 25 . 6 THE SLATER F UN D The President made the following report on the appropria tions for County Training Schools and Special Work for the o 1923 - 2 4 sessi n . APP ROPRIATI ON S County Training S chools Slater Fund Peabody Fund Carnegie Corporation General Education Board Accrued interest on Rosenwald Accrued interest on Carnegie D O nation Special Wor k DI SB U RSEMENTS County Training S chools (204) S pecial Wor k R m a G . o e , ( equipment and repairs ) S . Preachers Institute, Bettis Academy Trenton , C S 30 Balance eptember , The President then made a verbal report Of various activ i Of ties the Slater Fund during the past session , calling atten o i o 22 in tion t the fact that some aid was g ven t colleges , m 2 1 r cluding Ha pton and Tuskegee , and to private seconda y schools . He stated that care was taken to let these institutions know that a donation for any one year carried no implication o of a c ntinuance . These donations , he stated , were made where the help given seemed to promise good results o r to . o supply a real need As to the County Training Sch ols , the President reported a steady growth . The financial condition for taking a school on the list had been raised from $750 a f 1 0 year or salaries from public funds to $ 00 . As a matter of fact the average amount from public school funds for the 1 92 3 - 24 3000 year was nearly $ , the total amount for all pur poses being $7 At the close of the report mention was P ROCEEDI N GS OF THE TRUSTEES 7 - E made of the Hampton Tuskegee ndowment Campaign , and the question was raised as to what action the Board would take . The following motion , duly seconded , was unanimously adopted ° That the Slater Fund donate to the Hampton - Tuskegee E n dowment Campaign the sum of Thirty thousand Dollars , payable in installments during a period not exceeding the three ensuing years . There being no further business the meeting then ad ourn d j e . S E VE NT Y -F I F T H M E E T I N G 1 2 April 2 8 , 9 5 The 75th Meeting of the Board o f Trustees o f the John F . Slater Fund was held at the Office o f the General E ducation n 1 . N 1 1 :00 . o O. 6 Y Board , Broadway, New ork , at a m Tues 2 th 192 5 day, April 8 , : E . V Present Messrs Kelsey, Brown , enable , Kirkland , g l eston w . g , Glenn , Sha , Dillard and Scribner d . an The meeting was opened , Dr Glenn presiding , the min o f 4 h utes the 7 t meeting were approved . m m Mr . Charles S . Brown , Chair an of the Finance Com it r o f tee , presented his repo t showing the present condition the Of o finances the Slater and Peab dy Funds . S h m Mr cribner , C airman of the Board , ca e in at this time and took the chair . o f n The President , as Chairman the Committee o Educa tion , then presented the appropriations recommended by the 3 0 1 926 committee for the year ending September , , which were considered by the Board and , on motion duly seconded , were approved and passed 8 THE SLATER F UND APPROPRIATION S 1925-26 County Training S chools Town and City S ch ools P rivate S econdary S ch ools m Ga. A ericus Institute , Americus , ; Farmers Agri . S S i chool , Wolfe City , Texas ; tillman Inst tute, Tus caloosa Ala s S m 4 S . , ; Voorhee chool , Den ark, C ( ) at $500 . St. Florida N I Institute, Augustine, Fla Ft Val ’ le Ga. t u . S . S . y Indus chool , Ft Valley, ; Aug stine s R 600 S . 3 chool , aleigh , N C ( ) at $ S . Bettis Academy, Trenton , C Calhoun Colored A1 S a. S S . chool , Calhoun , ; Penn chool , Frogmore, C . t . 4 S . S . ; Paul N I chool , Lawrenceville , Va ( ) ll e 5. Co eg s i n S . Alle , Un versity, Columbia, C Jackson College, k M Jac son , iss . Leland College, Baker, La . ; Living M um C . S . S stone College , alisbury, N ; orris College, ' 5 S . ter, C ( ) at S Ga. pelman College, Atlanta, ; Texas College, Tyler, M 3 o . Texas ; Tougalo College , Tougaloo, iss ( ) at $750 k Ga. Atlanta University, Atlanta, ; Fis University, Nash M Ga. ville, Tenn . ; orris Brown University, Atlanta, ; M Ga. orehouse College , Atlanta, Shaw University , T llede R C . a a . aleigh, N . ; Talladega College , g , Ala ; M 7 1000 Wiley University, arshall , Texas ( ) at $ Hampton and Tusk egee Campaign Total AMOUNT To B E E"PENDED F OR COUNTY TRAINING S CHOOLS Slater Fund Peabody Fund Carnegie Corporation General Education Board Total P ROCEEDIN GS OF THE TRUSTEES 9 TOTAL AMOUNT TO B E E"PENDED BY SLATER BOARD Slater Fund Other Funds for Training Schools General Education Board ( Town and City Schools ) Total Officers for the ensuing year were elected as follows : C C . H . harles Scribner , hairman ; J Dillard , President ; Miss n G . C . Mann , Secretary ; Chatham Phenix National Ba k and Trust Company , Treasurer . Standing committees were appointed as follows E x ti . ecu v e: . W John M Glenn, Chairman ; Albert Shaw , Ru W . ssell Bowie, arren Kearny , Pierre Jay E ducation : . H . C . V J Dillard, hairman ; Francis P enable , ' E James H . Kirkland , Clarence H . Kelsey , Joseph D . g l s on g e t . Finan ce: . Charles S Brown , Chairman ; Charles Scribner , Clarence H . Kelsey . After som e discussion o f various other matters of impor tance and interest to the Board , on motion duly seconded , the meeting adjourned . REPORTS C OUN TY T RAIN I N G S CH O O L S These schools have been established by county superin tendents coO eration o f and school boards , with the p the Slater Fund acting through the State Agents in the Departments of E o ducation .