of contributions by the
Negroes up to $1,500,000, and make Mr. Rosenwald's contribution over
$1,000,000. These school building projects and the financial outlays
for them have been definitely approved, and all that is lacking is the
actual completion of contracts let.

When the work was first undertaken, the thought was to build one-room
rural schoolhouses. Under the developing interest, however, larger and
better buildings have been erected. As the teacher capacity is an
important thing, the total number of teachers has been given to serve
as another index to the value of this achievement.

Still another significant thing should be noted. All of the
construction now going on is being done through the States themselves.
Every project is presented for approval by the State educational
authorities, and is certified as completed by the same officers. The
interest manifested is sincere and continuing, and in North Carolina,
for example, there are no fewer than eight people connected with the
office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction who are giving
their time toward Negro education.

There is another point too which may be interesting. The buildings are
constructed according to definite plans and specifications and no
building receives Rosenwald aid unless it conforms to the details of
such plans and specifications. As a result in the Rosenwald schools
the windows are so placed as to give the right kind of light; the
blackboards too are properly located; and the equipment in the way of
desks is the best available for the funds on hand. No school building
is paid for until inspection has shown it to be built according to the
approved ideas.

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The following extract from _Current History_, Vol. XV, pages 771-772,
sets forth the participation of Alice Ball, a scholarly Negro chemist,
in the treatment of leprosy through the use of chaulmoogra oil
extracted by a difficult scientific process.

"Credit for initiating a revolutionary method of treatment is
generally ascribed to Dr. Victor Heiser of the United States
Public Health Service in the Philippines. Instead of giving raw
chaulmoogra oil in doses, as had been the custom for centuries,
he gave it by injection to the muscles. Mixed with olive oil and
drugs, it was efficacious and helped all patients treated. The
old method of taking the oil through the mouth, even in
capsules, produ