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Show 416 ' ' REPORT8,OR rn~rni+=NT ECRCIOL~ an apemeit, because of the fmt that & of the principals is on a vacation somr where in Europe. Impfovement~ needed.-hlwe hall mid employees7 uutere This ehould wntsin a dinin room capable of seating comfortably 250 pnpiys; chi& closet and linen closet; a ki&en of capacity equal to tiiat of the dining room, with closets for kitchen fur-niture and baking utensils; storeroom eapable of holding two weeks' supplies of subsistence; hread room-for two days' mppl In front of the dining room shoold be hills or vestibules large mouth tohold &e outer clothing of all the dining room will accommodate, and either a ove the &nmg room in this huilding or in.a sepa-rate building sho'uld be ten rooms for employees, with sittingrooma, baths, and closets. Steam heating plant should he installed as building is constructed. Soperintendent's cottage.-Three thousand five hundred dollars should be appro-priated for the construction of a superintendent's cottage. As appropriation of $7,625 is available for ioatallation of steam heat, we hope and expect to get rid of the soft-coal Etoves ecattered over the plant before another annual report is due. New lanudry.-The failure to get bids for a new laundry leaves us without adequate proviaion in that line. An appropriation has been asked in the hope that we may secure a buildingin which wecan nmtall the laundry nlachinery secured while adver-tisement for the new building was running.. Sehwl prodncta during the year have been asfollows: From the sewing room and &'mmthefarmaud~arden-shoe shop: Continued. Aprons .............. ti6 Equashes .... pounds.. 1,214 Pillowcases .......... 50 Cow beeta .....d o.. .. 13, OM) Tablecloths .......... 58 Radishes ......d o.. .. 221 Curtains ............. 46 Peas ........... do .... 1,281 Drawers ............. 92 String beans. ..do .... 444 Dree~e.s. ............ 282 Onions ........d o .... 2W) Sheets ............... 244 Sweet corn ..... do .... 6,247 Shirts ............... 18 .do.... 60 Skirts ............... 5 d o 2,859 Underwear ....s uits.. 277 Carrots ........ do .... 800 Towels .............. 249 Cucumbers ....d o.. .. 660 Pants ................ 9 Kaffir corn .... do.. .. 6,240 Shoes ......... pa im.. 708 Turnips .......d o .... 3,2W From the farm and garden: Milk ........ gallons.. 11,169 Alfalfa hay.. .. .tons.. 167 Butter ......p ounds.. 199 Oats hay ...... do .... 20 Chickens ..... dozen.. 10 Sorghum.. .. pounds.. 4,500 Turkeys ............. 15 Muskmelons .. .do .... 2,540 Belgim hazes ....;... 28 Pumpkins ..... do.. .. 8,060 Very respectfully, Tam. G. LEXMON,' ene en^&. The COXMI~S~OoNaE IRN DIAANP PAIRR. - REPORT OF HASKELL INSTITUTE, LAWRENCE, KANS. . . . . HMEELL IN~ITUTE, Laweke, Kans., July $6, 1908. SIR: I have the honor to shhmit, as the twentieth annual report of Haskell Institute, the report for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1903. The year 1903 was an eventhl one for Haskell Institute, a series of fortunes and misfortunes having fol-lowed each other in close proximity throughout the ear Among the fortunes of the year were the compLtion and occu ncy of Curtis Hall, the beautiful andeornmod~ousdomeatic science building, to begvoted entirely to the domestic training of the girls. This gift from the Government should be w a sidered by the girls who are able to aecure admittance to Haelre11 a great fortune. For the boys, the purchase of the additional farm land is just as great a fortune. It has been the hope of the present management of Haskell Institute during the p,ast sixteen and one-half years, the entire tune of his connection with the institu-tlon, some day to see it m developed and organized.as to make it in ita relation to |