MANUAL LABOR FUND. 1918. July 1. By balance.. By 8 Southern Railway Co. coupons, at $25. By 2 Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. coupons, at $22.50_ Mar. 18. To Percival Hall, president, account of salary of manual training teacher___ June 30. To balance__. $547.90 200.00 45.00 $700.00 By 2 Washington Railway & Electric Co. coupon, at $10. Dec. 16. To 1 United States 44 per cent, fourth issue, Liberty .75 By principal of 1 United States 1898 3 per cent bond No. 100.00 20.00 2.02 $100.00 ESTIMATES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1921. The following estimates for the fiscal year to end June 30, 1921, have already been submitted: For the support of the institution, including salaries and incidental expenses, for books and illustrative apparatus, and for general repairs and improvements, $110,250. For repairs to the buildings of the institution, including plumbing and steamfitting, and for repairs to pavements within the grounds, $10,000. For painting and equipping new women's dormitory building and finishing grading and walks adjacent thereto, $7,000. For the purchase of 6.2 acres of land between Montello Avenue, West Virginia Avenue, and the northeast boundary of the grounds of the institution, at present belonging to Richard E. Pairo, $12,000. For the purchase of automobile truck, $2,000. During the past year the number of free scholarships allowed in the advanced department was increased from 100 to 125. The number of students for the fiscal year to end June 30, 1920 will be the largest in the history of the institution. There is every reason to believe that all of the free scholarships will be taken up in another year, and this fact, together with the need of a teacher in domestic science and the necessity of increasing the inadequate salaries paid to all employees, necessitates the small increase of $4,250 asked in the current appropriation over last year. 1 $300 unexpended returned to general fund, and $700 withdrawn from manual-labor fund returned and entered July 2, 1919. 140922°-INT 1919-VOL 1—55 While $7,500 has been allowed for special repairs and improvements during the coming fiscal year, as against $6,000 usually allowed, the cost of materials and labor has increased from 50 to 100 per cent in the past few years. The buildings and roadways of the institution are suffering for lack of repairs at the present time. The estimated value of these buildings is at least $600,000, and $10,000 per annum is the minimum amount which should be spent for repairs alone to keep up the buildings of the institution in the proper manner. Walks and roadways also need attention. It will be a matter of poor economy to allow deterioration of the plant now used by the institution, and if such deterioration is not to take place, it is absolutely necessary to increase the amount allowed for repairs and improvements. The fine new dormitory provided by Congress for our young women has never been completed, as far as painting of the walls, entire equipment of rooms, and grading about the building go. The sum of $7,000 is very much needed to take care of these items and to finish in a proper and complete manner the splendid building now in use by the young women of the college. On the northeast boundary of our grounds there is at present a tract of 6.2 acres of land containing only one dwelling house, which, in the near future, is likely to be subdivided and built upon. This land borders on Montello Road, West Virginia Avenue, and our northeast boundary. Its acquisition by our institution would set most desirable limits to our institution grounds, would add much needed territory to our farm land, and would prevent undesirable building in the immediate neighborhood of our institution. I believe the purchase of this tract would be of great benefit to our institution in the near future. The sum of $2,000 is asked for the purchase of a small automobile truck equipped to handle with economy the considerable hauling necessary in such an institution as ours. EXERCISES OF PRESENTATION DAY. The fifty-fifth public anniversary of the collegiate department was held in the college chapel on Wednesday, May 7. Dr. John Brittan Clark, of the First Presbyterian Church, offered the opening prayer. Orations given by members of the graduating class were as follows: The Promise of the South, Claude Venable Ozier, of Tennessee. Candidates for degrees were presented by President Hall, Vico President Fay, and Dr. Ely, as follows: Ida Gaarder, Iowa State Teachers College. Agnes E. Suman, Central High School, Washington, D. C. The Hon. Wesley L. Jones, Senator from Washington, delivered the address to the graduating class and friends of the college. A recitation of "America" in the sign language was given by Miss Florence Lewis, of Connecticut, a student in the college. The benediction was pronounced by Rev. Arthur D. Bryant, Baptist minister to the deaf in Washington. CONFERRING OF DEGREES. On the closing day of the term, June 18, 1919, degrees and certificates were conferred in accordance with the recommendations of presentation day, and, in addition, the degree of master of arts, in course, was granted to Grover C. Farquhar, of the class of 1913. All of which is respectfully submitted. The SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, Washington, D. C. PERCIVAL HALL, President. |