This new building has not yet been duly named, and if anyone of those who may read this sketch will give $1,000 to be used as an endowment fund, the interest to be applied year by year as long as the school stands, we shall be glad to name this new hall after the giver, unless the name should happen to be too un-euphonious.  Would not this beautiful hall be a fine monument to bear the name of some considerate and generous giver?

[Illustration:  NEW HALL:  DORMITORY FOR TEACHERS AND PUPILS.]

Tillotson was chartered under the corporate name of “Institute.”  This charter has now expired, and since the institution has blossomed out with the possibilities of a college it is hoped that under the new charter it may bear the name of “College.”

It has the following departments:  Common English, Normal, College Preparatory, College, Vocal and Instrumental Music, and Industrial, and a department for trained nurses.  The faculty of the institution has consisted of the president, the normal principal, the industrial teacher, and ten other teachers.  The boarding department is conducted upon the model of a Christian household.  The intention is by no means simply to furnish rooms and meals for those who are in attendance, but also to inculcate ideas of right living and thinking, which are indispensable to true manhood and womanhood.

In the Common English department the purpose is to prepare the pupils thoroughly for the practical duties of life.

The College Preparatory gives a careful preparation in the way of language studies which will fit them to enter into the more generous course of study in which they may be fitted to be intelligent preachers and leaders of their race.  The demand for college-educated men among the negroes is an intelligent one.  This race cannot be elevated unless there can be raised a sufficient number of strong, earnest men, thoroughly trained intellectually, as well as morally; men who shall have a larger than a local vision, and who shall stand forth as representative leaders and teachers of those less fortunate than themselves.

The Normal department adds the study of subjects and methods, for those who are preparing to become teachers among their own people.

The Industrial includes not only manual instruction, but carpentry, blacksmithing and mechanical drawing for boys and young men, and also sewing and dressmaking for girls and young women.

[Illustration:  MANUAL INSTRUCTION SHOP.]

For a young institution the record of Tillotson is excellent.  There are few places in the great empire of Texas where it has not already become known through its pupils, or through teachers who have received their education within its walls.

Being under the care of a distinctively Christian organization it carries out the intention of its founders in providing religious instruction for all who attend.  Its Sunday School, its Christian Endeavor Societies, its social worship, its church service, its mission work, all intensify the religious influence and religious life.