made by the students in the various shops, who at
the same time were learning trades and creating articles of use.

The annual cost of conducting the institution is, in round numbers,
$150,000. This may seem high, but when certain facts in regard to the
work are borne in mind it will not appear exorbitant. In the first
place, there are really three schools at Tuskegee--a day-school, a
night-school, and a trade-school. Such a system makes necessary the
employment of a larger number of teachers than would be needed in a
purely academic institution holding only one session a day. Teachers in
the trade-school, with special technical training, can be obtained only
by paying them higher salaries than are paid to those who simply teach
in the class-rooms.

Secondly, and principally, it is expensive to employ student labor to do
the work of the school. By the time students become fairly proficient in
their trades and reach the point where their services begin to be
profitable, their time at the institution has expired, and a new,
untrained set take their places, so that the school is constantly
working on new material or raw recruits. Then, too, Tuskegee is still in
the formative period of its growth as to buildings, laying-out and
improvement of grounds, and equipment of its various departments. When
the school's needs in these directions shall have been met, and the
Negro parent shall become able to pay a larger share of the cost of
educating his children, the expenses to the public of running the school
may be materially reduced.

Money for the support of the school is derived principally from the
following sources, viz.: The State of Alabama, $4,500; the John F.
Slater Fund, $10,000; the General Education Board, $10,000; the Peabody
Fund, $1,500; the Institute's Endowment Fund, $40,000; contributions of
persons and charitable organizations, $84,000; a total of $150,000. The
individual contributions are, for the most part, small, and come from
persons of moderate means. Yet the institution annually receives some
large gifts toward its expenses from those who are blessed with wealth.

Especial appeals are made by the institution for scholarships of $50
each, in order to pay the tuition of students who provide for their
other expenses themselves largely by their work for the school, but who
are unable to contribute anything toward the item of teaching. These
scholarships are not turned over to the students, but are held by