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The BOOKER T. WAS HINGTON Papers 30th. Hereafter, this Report will appear annually. By this Report it will be seen that the receipts from all sources, for the two sessions, have been $~ ~,659.69. The greater part of this amount was given for the erection of Porter Hall which, we are glad to say to our friends, is completed without a debt. Our great and pressing need is another large and substantial building. The quarters occupied by the boys are crowded, and the young men are so exposed to the weather that it is impossible for them to keep comfortable enough to study to advantage; besides, the students need to be taught as much as other things, habits of order, cleanliness, and neatness; and this it is hard to do the way they are now situated. The young men say that they will make the bricks, and what they want is the money with which to put the building up. The faithfulness with which they now work in the yard testifies that they will keep their promise. A building such as we need will cost $~o,ooo. A part of this amount has been secured. Miss Davidson is going to spend November in Boston and vicinity, soliciting donations for the building, and if our friends aid us in the future, as they have in the past, we feel sure that we shall not be long in proving that their gifts have been well bestowed. B. T. Washington Southern Workman, I? (NOV. 1883), II5. To James Fowle Baldwin Marshall Tuskegee, Ala., Nov. 4 1883 Dear Gen'l: I thank you for your letter in regard to organizing a Band of Mercy. I have reed a letter and badges from Mr. Angell.2 Shall try to look after the matter soon. A large band was organized a few days ago in Montgomery. I have just performed the saddest duty that has come upon me since my connection with the school. I have just asked Mr. Parrott to give up his position. Letters came into my possession showing that a vulgar correspondence was going on between him and one of the students (a married woman) and that an opportunity was only wanting for them to have criminal intercourse. It was a shock to all of us, but 242