The Agricultural and Technical College Greensboro, N. C. The Negro State College seeks and deserves your support Cfce Jliotarp of tDe SJntoetsitp of H3ott!) Carolina Collection of &oit§ Caroliniana A3l The Agricultural and Technical College Greensboro, North Carolina The Negro State College seeks and deserves your support Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2013 http://archive.org/details/negrostatecollegOOagri Agricultural and Technical College, Greensboro, N. C, November 15, 1922. President Dudley: I am handing you below amount of state ap- propriations, regular and special, from May 20, 1912. Hope this is what you asked for. If not, let me know. From May 20, 1912, to May 20, 1913 — State appropriation (regular) $13,875.00 State appropriation (special) 13,125.00 Total $37, 000. 00 From May 20, 1913, to May 20, 1914 — State appropriation (regular) $12,500.00 State appropriation (special) 16,125.00 Total $28,625.00 From May 20, 1914, to May 20, 1915 — State appropriation (regular) * $13,750.00 From May 20, 1915, to May 20, 1916 — State appropriation (regular) $15,000.00 State appropriation (special) 4,000.00 Total * $19,000.00 From May 20, 1916, to May 20, 1917 — State appropriation (regular) * $15,000.00 From May 20, 1917, to May 20, 1918 — State appropriation (regular) * $15,000.00 From May 20, 1918, to May 20, 1919 — State appropriation (regular) $15,500.00 State appropriation (special) 7,500.00 Total $23,000.00 From May 20, 1919, to May 20, 1920 — State appropriation (regular) $16,000.00 State appropriation (special) 6,000.00 Total : $22,000.00 From May 20, 1920, to May 20, 1921 — State appropriation (regular) $24,000.00 State appropriation (special) 10,000.00 Total $34,000.00 From May 20, 1921, to May 20, 1922 — State appropriation (regular) $26,500.00 Respectfully submitted, A. T. WHIT SETT, Secretary-Treasurer. W* Note decreasing support during war period. 3 Greensboro, North Carolina, December 12, 1922. To His Excellency, Honorable Cameron Morrison, Governor of North Carolina, Kaleigh, North Carolina. Dear Sir: — We have the honor of herewith transmitting to you the report of James B. Dud- ley, President of the Agricultural and Technical College for Negroes, Greensboro, North Carolina. This report will inform you fully as to the splendid success achieved by the college during the past two years, the disheartening obstacles that stood in the way of this success, and the many opportunities it has of becoming a still greater factor in the industrial development of the Negroes in North Carolina. We beg to call your attention to the following facts : 1. Very great and very gratifying success has been achieved by the college during the past two years. 2. This success has been achieved in spite of the lack of money and the equipment necessary to secure the greatest results and necessary to enable the college to admit all who wish an industrial education. 3. Because of lack of room for all who wish to attend the college the enrollment has not in- creased for the past ten or fifteen years. Neither parents nor the college authorities are willing for their sons to board in the city away from the re- straining discipline of college authority. The in- ability to house more students on our campus has prevented an increase in numbers. And yet we have had an enrollment of more than four hundred annually. 4. The college has been forced into debt to the amount of $31,000 which has slowly accumu- lated during the past years. This debt was un- avoidable because of the lack of adequate appro- priations to meet the increased expenses of opera- tion during and since the World War. This indebted- ness is very small when we remember that it has been accumulating during so many years. The future is full of opportunities for service by the college. It is one of the state's finest means of increasing its material advancement. With increased accommodations we can bring to the college one thousand industrial negro youths. These young negro men, after having been trained at the college in agriculture and the mechanic arts, will return to their homes prepared to live lives of greater usefulness to themselves and their state. We hope that the attendance will no longer 1 e held where it has been for years merely for the lack of room and necessary support. We believe that the people of the state are heartily in favor of the legislature's enabling the college to open its doors to all who wish to be trained for efficiency on the farm and in the various fields of mechanic arts. In spite of its lack of means its success has been phenomenal and its work has won the high ap- proval of the national government experts who have carefully inspected its work from time to time. We confidently rely on your constructive ideas and your proverbial state pride for help and en- couragement in our request for such legislative enactments as will enable us to admit and instruct the many negro boys who ought to be in the col- lege and who would be in it but for the lack of room and increased teaching force. We have the honor to be, Very respectfully, (Signed) M. C. S. Noble, (Signed) C. M. Vanstory, (Signed) A. M. Scales, (Signed) F. W. Dunlap, Executive Committee. Agricultural and Technical College, Greensboro, North Carolina, December 11, 1922. Mr. M. C. S. Noble, President of the Board of Trustees, Agricultural and Technical Col- lege for the Negro Eace, Greensboro, North Carolina. Sir: As president of the Agricultural and Technical College for the Negro race it becomes my duty, through you, to seek legislative atten- tion to the urgent needs of this institution. As briefly as possible I shall endeavor to indicate what is necessary for the progress and growth of this institution, leaving with you, His Excel- lency, Governor Morrison, our Board of Trus- tees, and the Legislature the responsibility of administering to these needs as wisdom and con- ference may best determine. The urgent needs upon which the future growth and usefulness of this college materially depend are: I. ANNUAL MAINTENANCE, $100,000.00 North Carolina owes both to itself and to its Negro citizens that there should be at least one standard technical college within its borders that will relieve Negro parents of the necessity of sending their sons to more expensive institutions of the north. The educational authorities in the state and nation now declare that such a college should have a minimum annual appropriation of $50,000 in order to do effective work and secure recognition. Our experience justifies this opin- ion. We are, therefore, asking for that amount together with an annual appropriation of $25,- 000.00 for our trade school and $25,000.00 for the equipment and general upkeep of the buildings. 6 In order, therefore, that the North Carolina Agri- cultural and Technical College for the Negro race may maintain its rank among other Land Grant Colleges of the country for Negroes and at the same time render its greatest possible ser- vice to the state, we believe that it actually needs an annual maintenance of $100,000.00. II. GENERAL FUND, $501,000.00 1. Indebtedness, $31,000.00. — This indebted- ness represents an accumulation of years preced- ing the world war. The causes are: (a) Unusual advance in the cost of all sup- plies with decreasing appropriations to meet this advance. (b) The general advance in teachers ' salar- ies throughout the state and nation made it necessary for the college to go in debt in order to hold its teachers. (c) The United States Bureau of Education a year or two ago began a movement to require the Negro Land Grant Colleges to raise the standards of their courses of study. It was nec- essary for us to meet these requirements in order to continue to hold our rating by the government as one of the best of these institutions. (d) The buildings were in urgent need of repairs that could not be delayed and the cost of these repairs compelled an increase in our in- debtedness. 2. Dormitories, $200,000.00.— The college dor- mitories at present will accommodate one hun- dred sixty students. The barracks building erected without any appropriation, during the world war, while unfit for winter use, will ac- commodate one hundred students; that is, only two hundred sixty students can be accommo- 7 dated on the campus. The other students have to look for lodging in the city. Many parents will not send their boys to the college when it is impossible for them to live on the campus under its restrictions and protection. For fifteen years the growth of the college in numbers has been prevented by lack of sufficient dormitory space. The general overhead expenses of the college could be decreased and its useful- ness increased by the erection of additional dor- mitories which are sorely needed to take care of those who wish to attend college, but cannot for lack of dormitory accommodations. Fully iive hundred more young men every year would apply for entrance to the college but for the well known fact of dormitory space being so limited. 3. Dining Hall, Kitchen and Laundry, $70,- 000.00. — Our present dining hall will seat three hundred. This often necessitates our having to serve meals in relays; that is, to serve six meals a day instead of three, which adds to the cost of operation. The kitchen which answered the purposes twenty-five years ago is now entirely too small and affords no space for modern labor-saving devices that would facilitate labor and reduce the cost. The college is badly in need of a laundry. The work is now being done away from the cam- pus and is expensive and annoying. 4. Library, $50,000.00. — A library is a neces- sary equipment of the college. In our crowded condition, while we have not the amount of books needed, we have no space for the limited supply to be used to advantage. The college, therefore, greatly needs a library. 8 5. Land, $125,000.00. — The future growth and expansion of this college makes the extension of its campus imperative. The college campus; should include all lands between its present loca- tion and East Market Street. At the time this college was established this land could have been bought easily for $5,000.00, but now it will cost. $125,000.00 and it is rapidly increasing in value. A careful and secret survey has been made under my direction and the amount asked for is, I be- lieve, a moderate estimate. Even with this, amount, in order to secure the land it will be necessary to confer upon the college authorities power to resort to condemnatory proceedings. 6. Repairs, $25,000.00.— With the decrease in the provisions for the general upkeep of this, college during the war period when the prices had reached their peak, the wear and tear of college property was at its worse. The college was used for military purposes — training more men for the war than any other Negro Land Grant College in the nation, whereby proper attention to necessary repairs could not be given. The amount asked for this purpose is very mod- erate and is necessary to put the college property in a creditable condition. III. MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT $164,179.55 1. Carpentry Division, $800.00. — The carpen- try division needs this amount to add some mod- ern equipment to its present outfit. 2. The Masonry Division, $459.25. — The masonry division, a most popular one among our students, is asking this amount for needed addi- tional equipment. 9 3. The Broommaking Division, $405.50 .--The broommaking division seeks this amount also for modern equipment. 4. Power Plant, $90,000.00.— The present heating plant is now being over-taxed and can- not properly heat our buildings. The request is, therefore, made for $35,000.00 for a power plant and $40,000.00 for boilers and other equipment. Further request is made in this connection for $10,000.00 for a spur track and $5,000.00 for the land. This will be just one block from the col- lege and will be a great saving to the college in the hauling of coal and other materials. This is a need that sooner or later must be supplied. The president once had an option on this land for $1,500.00; at present it can be bought for $5,000.00. Later it ivill cost more. 5. Machine Shop, $14,500.00. — There is an in- creasing demand for Negro machinists as evi- denced by the ease with which graduates of our machine shop are receiving employment. The department is now in need of modern equip- ment and the amount asked for is for the pur- pose of adding this much needed equipment. 6. The Photographic Division, $1,977.00. — Photography is a new field for Negroes. In every community in North Carolina where Negroes live there is a demand for a Negro photographer. The division is, therefore, ask- ing for provisions to supplement its present out- fit to the amount of $1,977.00 to prepare men for this new field. 7. Shoemaking Division, $652.80. — This field of labor is constantly calling for trained, ex- pert workmen and the college will render a great 10 service to the state and to the race by making this division more attractive and enabling it to be more efficient. 8. The Blacksmithing Division, $200.00. — The present equipment that was furnished years ago has been well handled, but this division needs new and modern equipment to do effective work. 9. The Auto Mechanics Division, $15,185.00. — The auto mechanics division has recently se- cured its new building which needs to be fur- nished. The amount it is asking for has been carefully considered as what is absolutely neces- sary for its proper equipment. 10. Mechanical Building, $40,000.00. — In the present mechanical building which was built twenty-five years ago, the tailor shop is crowd- ing other important branches. The machine shop needs more room and light. Therefore, an additional building is needed to provide a cleaner room for the tailor shop and quieter lec- ture rooms for recitations. The smoke, dust and noise of the machinery together with the growth of the department make this additional building necessary. IV. AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT $76,939.00 1. Director's Office, $2,181.00. — In the Agri- cultural Department the amount indicated is needed for its efficient management. 2. Animal Project Division, $1,047.00. — This amount is needed to teach some important small industries or agricultural projects that are im- portant and serviceable on every farm. 11 3. Chemistry and Physics Division, $1,618.00. — This amount is needed to enable the science course of the agricultural department to regain its former high standing and to retain it. 4. Dairy Division, $9,874.00. — The dairy dur- ing the world war, for lack of labor and cost of supplies, was greatly reduced in equipment and service. The amount asked for is needed to enable it to regain its former state of efficiency and usefulness. 5. Farm Division, $16,152.00. — The farm dur- ing the war with its management changing seven times in one season was very much demoralized. Under the present efficient management the farm's increased service and usefulness will fully justify this investment in additional equip- ment. 6. The Greenhouse Division, $4,756.00. — In every community in North Carolina greenhouse work or floriculture presents an inviting field to Negro labor. The amount asked for is neces- sary for its proper equipment and progress. 7. Campus, $4,500.00. — During the world war the appearance of the campus was severely dam- aged. It is important that the surroundings should be such as to exercise a wholesome in- fluence upon the students and upon visitors. For this purpose the amount asked for is needed. 8. Poultry Division, $4,331.00. — The poultry division presents a popular and practical voca- tion for the Negro youth. The college seeks to impress this field upon the students and its ad- vantages and in doing so it needs the facilities to the amount requested. 12 9. Equipment for Agricultural Building, $30,- 000.00. — The agricultural building, now nearing completion, will be the finest and the most im- posing building on the campus. As the appro- priation was not sufficient to construct this building, we have been drawing upon the gen- erosity of our Negro friends to put in some de- sired features. There is no fund to provide for its permanent equipment and the amount asked for is necessary for the proper equipment of our excellent agricultural building. 10. Teacher Training, Vocational Agricul- ture, $2,500.00. — The State Director of Voca- tional Agriculture informs us that the State Board of Vocational Education will be only pre- pared to advance us fifty per cent of its former allowance. As we have had the best Teacher Training Department in Vocational Agriculture of the Negro Land Grant Colleges of the coun- try and desire to maintain that standard this division will need $2,500.00. SUMMARY I. Annual Maintenance $100,000.00 $100,000.0,0 II. General Fund 1. Indebtedness $ 31,000.00 2. Two Dormitories 200,000.00 3. Dining Hall, Kitchen and Laundry 70,000.00 4. Library 50,000.00 5. Land 125,000.00 6. Eepairs 25,000.00 $501,000.00 13 III. Mechanical Department 1. Carpentry Division $ 800.00 2. Masonry Division 459.25 3. Broommakmg Division t 405.50 4. Power Plant 90,000.00 5. Machine Shop Division 15,500.00 6. Photographic Division 1,977.00 7. Shoemaking Division 652.80 8. Blacksmithing Division 200.00 9. Auto Mechanics Division 15,185.00 10. Mechanical Building 40,000.00 $164,179.55 IV. Agricultural Department 1. Director's Office $ 2,181.00 2. Animal Project Work 1,047.00 3. Chemistry and Physics 1,618.00 4. Dairy Division 9,874.00 5. Farm 16,152.00 6. Greenhouse 4,736.00 7. Campus 4,500.00 8. Poultry 4,331.00 9. Equipment, Agricultural Building 30,000.00 10. Teacher Training, Vocational Agriculture 2,500.00 $76,939.00 I. Annual Maintenance $100,000.00 11. General Fund 501,000.00 III. Mechanical Department 164,179.55 IV. Agricultural Department 76,939.00 Total $842,118.55 In connection with this statement of the needs of this college, permit me to add that North Carolina has been kind and generous to the 14 Agricultural and Technical College, the princi- pal state school for Negroes, in the past, and the result of the state's aid encourages me to hope for larger plans for the future. That the con- sideration shown this college has been a profit- able investment is plainly seen in the encourag- ing fact that although the Agricultural and Technical College is the last established of the state's schools for the Negro race, already in nearly every community in North Carolina, where Negroes live, graduates or under-gradu- ates of this institution can be found foremost in nearly every vocation of useful life and honor- able citizenship. It is, therefore, with a great degree of confidence, that I respectfully submit the foregoing statement of the actual and urgent needs of the college for the next two years and sincerely hope you will be able to bring this matter to the careful and sympathetic consider- ation of the legislature to the end that we may be able to point to the Negro Agricultural and Technical College as the greatest Negro institu- tion of the nation as suggested by His Excel- lency, Governor Morrison, because of the un- equalled services it has rendered and is now ren- dering for the elevation of the Negro race, and tits contribution to the progress of our state. Eespectfully submitted, James B. Dudley, President, 15 ;***• JOS. J. STONE & CO., PRINTERS, GREENSBORO, N. C.