One of the best Land-grant schools in the South. It has 25 teachers,
about 200 young men students and property valued at $130,000.
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Nelson Amendment of 1907.—An act making appropriations for the
Department of Agriculture.—That said colleges may use a portion of this
money for providing courses for the special preparation of instructors
for teaching the elements of agriculture and the mechanic arts.
Rulings and instructions relative to the acts of Congress of August 30,
1890, and March 4, 1907, in aid of colleges of agriculture and mechanic
arts.—“To be applied only to instruction in agriculture, the mechanic
arts, the English language, and the various branches of mathematical,
physical, natural, and economic science, with special reference to their
applications in the industries of life, and to the facilities for such
instruction” and “for providing courses for the special preparation of
instructors for teaching the elements of agriculture and the mechanic
arts.” It is held that this language authorizes the purchase from this
money of apparatus, machinery, text-books, reference books, stock, and
material used in instruction, or for the purposes of illustration in
connection with any of the branches enumerated, and the payment of
salaries of instructors in said branches only; but in case of machinery
(such as boilers, engines, pumps, etc.) and farm stock, which are made
to serve for both instructional and other purposes, the Federal funds
may be charged with only an equitable portion of the cost of said
machinery and stock.
The acts prohibit the expenditure of any portion of these funds for the
purchase, erection, preservation, or repair of any building or buildings
under any pretense whatever, and the salaries of purely administrative
officers, such as treasurers, presidents, secretaries.
In accordance with these acts, 17 institutions for Negroes in the
Southern States are receiving Federal funds. The principal facts for
sixteen of these institutions are shown in the table herewith. Hampton
Institute is classified with the independent institutions because its
financial support is very largely from private sources. The total annual
income for the current expenses of the sixteen institutions is $544,520.
Of this amount $263,074 is received from State appropriations and
$2,598.51 from the Federal acts. Including the Federal grant to Hampton
Institute, the total of Federal appropriations is $286,817. The value of
property in the sixteen institutions is $2,576,142.
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TENNESSEE AGRICULTURAL, AND INDUSTRIAL STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, NASHVILLE,
TENN.
The land-grant school for the State. It was founded in 1912, has 32
teachers, 1200 students and property valued at $250,000.
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