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1897.] Document No. 18. 27
room and board in the college, except when the consent
of the faculty has been secured by written request of the
parent or guardian. Consent will only be given, how-ever,
when the judgment of the faculty directs that it can
be done with safety, as the college cannot, nor does it
de ire, to wholly rid itself of the responsibility out of
school hours of the conduct of students who do not room
and board in the college.
All communications relating to the college should be
addressed to " The President of the Agricultural and
Mechanical College for the Colored Race, Greensboro,
North Carolina."
Since the official visit of j'our Excellency in the summer
of 1895, many important and substantial improvements
have been made, among which is the Mechanical building,
with adequate equipment. Connection was made last
year with the city water system, and in tiiis way protec-tion
against lire is iixed at a maximum. The buildings,
furniture, fixtures and equipment are fully insured.
The State appropriations have been meagre, and much
of necessary work is yet to be done. Lack of funds has
forced the trustees to limit the number of instructors, and
the faculty is much liampered on this account. AVithin a
few years this will become the highest standard agricul-tural
and mechanical college for colored youth in the
United States. The work is now at a stage when liberal
expenditure for proper buildings and full development of
educational facilities will be practical economy.
There has been withheld from this institution by the
State Treasurer the sum of $1-1,695. This amount, up
to the 1st of July, 1896, is due. There is in the State
Treasury a certificate for $125,000 wliicli represents
the bonds received by the State for the land scrip granted
to it by the United States, under the Act of Congress
entitled "An act donating lands to the several States and
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| Full Text | 1897.] Document No. 18. 27 room and board in the college, except when the consent of the faculty has been secured by written request of the parent or guardian. Consent will only be given, how-ever, when the judgment of the faculty directs that it can be done with safety, as the college cannot, nor does it de ire, to wholly rid itself of the responsibility out of school hours of the conduct of students who do not room and board in the college. All communications relating to the college should be addressed to " The President of the Agricultural and Mechanical College for the Colored Race, Greensboro, North Carolina." Since the official visit of j'our Excellency in the summer of 1895, many important and substantial improvements have been made, among which is the Mechanical building, with adequate equipment. Connection was made last year with the city water system, and in tiiis way protec-tion against lire is iixed at a maximum. The buildings, furniture, fixtures and equipment are fully insured. The State appropriations have been meagre, and much of necessary work is yet to be done. Lack of funds has forced the trustees to limit the number of instructors, and the faculty is much liampered on this account. AVithin a few years this will become the highest standard agricul-tural and mechanical college for colored youth in the United States. The work is now at a stage when liberal expenditure for proper buildings and full development of educational facilities will be practical economy. There has been withheld from this institution by the State Treasurer the sum of $1-1,695. This amount, up to the 1st of July, 1896, is due. There is in the State Treasury a certificate for $125,000 wliicli represents the bonds received by the State for the land scrip granted to it by the United States, under the Act of Congress entitled "An act donating lands to the several States and |
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