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Chandler Normal School, Lexington, Ky.
Miss Fanny J. Webster, Principal
NAMED in honor of Mrs. Phebe Chandler, of Andover,
Mas ., who gave $15,000 to the American Mi ionary
A sociation in 1889, for the purchase of four acre of land
and the erection of a brick building at Lexington Ky.
The American M:.i sionary As ociation e tabli hed Howard
School in Lexington, Ky., 1866, and continued the work under
that name with intermission of seven years (1875-1882) until
the new Chandler ormal School building was erected in 1890.
The property is valued at $25,000. In 1908 there were 11
teachers and 312 students enrolled. The annual expenses are
$5,600, provided by the A. M. A. and the Daniel Hand Fund.
The special aim of Chandler ormal School, in addition to
giving practical instruction in the common branches, is to provide
for the education and training of teachers for the public
schools. The girls are taught needlework, and· a department
for teaching cooking is greatly de ired.
ALLEN NORMAL AND INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL, THOMASVILLE, GA.
Founded by the American Missionary Association, 1885. Named in honor of MIs.
T. L. Allen. Waterbury. Conn. Miss Abbie B. Howland, principal, since 1900. Eleven
teachers and 275 students in 1!)O8. Value of property, $24.000. Annual expenses,
S4.600. provided by the American Missionary Association.
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CHANDLER NORMAL SCHOOL, LEXINGTON, KY.
COTTAGE GROVE INDUSTRIAL ACADEMY, NIXBURG, ALA.
Rev. Jobn R. Savage. founder and principal. The union of two or thIee log cabin
rural schools in 1899. Conducted under the auspices of the American Missionary
Association. The Academy owns 240 acres of land. 2 substantial buildings, and
several smaller ones. Five teachers and 225 students in 1908. The school is thirteen
miles from the nearest railroad station. It has an important extension work,
including normal rural teachers' and ministers' institute, a circulating library, and
farmers· conference. Approximate anaual expenses, $2.000, secured largely fTom
donations. The Daniel Hand Fund provided S400 for teachers in 1907. The
people are encouraged to own farms and build homes, and the one-room log
cabins are giving place to frame buildings with thIee to six rooms. In many cases
the old buildings have been enlarged and improved.
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