in the Chapel. Near the Chapel are the Barracks, two long, roughly
constructed one-story frame buildings, which are used as sleeping
quarters for young men until they can be better housed in permanent
buildings.

Until 1900 the mechanical industries at Tuskegee were conducted in
Cassedy Hall and some adjoining frame buildings. In that year they were
moved into the commodious quarters which the then just completed
Slater-Armstrong Memorial Trades Building furnished. This building is
rectangular in shape, is built about a central court, and covers more
space than any other of the school buildings. In its outside dimensions
it is 283 feet by 315 feet. The front half of the building is two
stories high, the rear half one story. It is constructed of brick, with
a tin roof, and, like the other larger buildings at the Institute, has
steam heat and electric light. The money for this building came in part
from the J. W. and Belinda L. Randall Charities Fund of Boston and the
steadfast friend of the school, Mr. George Foster Peabody, of New York.
There is a tablet in the building bearing the following inscription:
"This tablet is erected in memory of the generosity of J. W. and
Belinda L. Randall, of Boston, Massachusetts, from whose estate $20,000
were received toward the erection of the building."

The various shops in this building are fairly well equipped with tools
and apparatus to do the work required of them and to teach the trades
pursued by the young men. Taking the Machine Division as an example, we
find it supplied with one 18-inch lathe, one 14-inch lathe, one 20-inch
planer, one 12-inch shaping-machine, one 20-inch drill-press, one
6-1/2-inch pipe-cutting and threading machine, one Brown and Sharpe
tool-grinder, one sensitive drill-press, and, of course, the customary
tools that go with these machines. The Electric-Lighting Plant is also
located in this building. Not only does this Division light the
buildings and grounds of the Institute, but it furnishes light to
individuals in the town of Tuskegee, which is, at present, without other
electric-lighting facilities.

In 1895 the school suffered the loss by fire of its well-appointed barn,
together with some of its finest milch cows. This is the only serious
fire that has occurred in the history of the school--a record almost
unparalleled in an establishment so large. This fact has led to the
school being able to get insurance at a lower rate than is generally
giv