1917

TILLOTSON is far away seldom seen by travellers and tourists who for the most part do not know much about the great and flourishing state of Texas Tillotson College is the only higher educational institution of the American Missionary Association west of the Mississippi river. Its location in Austin, the capital of the stale, is one of the finest and most strategic in all the West and South. Its service for the elevation of the colored people in the great Southwest for more than thirty years has been very great in teaching aspiring youth to cherish high ideals to live true lives to make real homes to be good citizens and worthy exemplars and teachers of their race Its collegiate courses lead to the degree of Bachelor of Arts and several of its students have likewise been graduated with distinction in our highest and exacting Universities in the Northern states Its secondary courses classical scientific normal commercial and industrial studies are markedly thorough Its industrial courses include carpentry joinery iron working mechanical drawing printing home economics dressmaking millinery and nursing an able faculty able directed and presided over has made the youngest of the American Missionary Association Colleges on of the best Its President sends us his good words

"Again we send our greetings, grateful, and glad to tell our friends how we are pressing forward. You gave us funds for our Industrial Building and its equipment. Through your assistance, our fair Administration Building was finished months ago. Then, other gifts that brought rejoicing began the fund for its equipment; and now, except the library and laboratories, which still must wait in part, we have the furnishings of this new building fairly in hand. We plan to open its inviting rooms with the near opening of the glad New Year.

You will rejoice with us; but we must pause only to gather strength for new endeavor. In recent years our efforts have centered largely in the struggle to gain the thirty thousand dollars placed in two new buildings. The older buildings, planned for earlier times, through many years of service worn must be repaired and re-adapted now to changed conditions and progressive methods. This need is urgent, if Tillotson is to hold the standing it has won and grow. At least six thousand dollars, so we estimate, will be required to meet this urgent need.

Already, we have a good assurance of one thousand dollars for this new fund, if we will raise two thousand dollars more. The College has the heart for this endeavor, but since its work is with the lowly, its gifts from students and alumni except in loyalty and earnestness of spirit, must be small. Again we must appeal to other friends of Christian education also for encouragement and aid. Even If far away, your greetings, yow prayers, your gifts will bring you near."

by American Missionary Association, Congregational Home Missionary Society - 1917