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economy, the purchase of land, the buildinO' of hOll e with more
than one room, etc., are con idered in proper order. Each tudent
is required to r port the condition of hi community
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and to note the improvement. Blanks are furni hcd, and
he i required to make a report of hi work along thi line, with
other tati tic of the ocial, moral. and material condition of
the.l>eople.
Social Settlement Work
The college has inaul1urated a new plan of endeavor which
might be called" Social ettlement work." The pe ial aim i
to improve the home life of the peopl .
The work is begun in the tudent hom Each tudent i
reque ted to do omething to improve hi own home, by cleaning
the front ~·ard, fixing the broken pane planting flowers.
hanging th gate, painting the hou e, etc. Th Bible in the
home hom decoration, etc.. are con idered. The qu tion of
SaOluel Huston College.
Austin. Texas
R. S. Lovinggood, A.M., President
I N 188~ the F~eedmen's Aid Society purcha, ed. six acres of
land ill Au tin, Tex., for the purpo e of erecting a chool
for egroes.
Mr. Samuel Huston, of Marengo, 1a. (for whom the chool
is named), gave $9,000 to the enterprise, and the foundation of a
building was laid.
The financial cri is of 1893 put a top to the work and nothing
was done for nearly five years. In 1898, by direction of Dr. J.
W. Hamilton (now bishop), then secretary of the ociety, work
wa begun, only to top shortly, to be re umed again in 1900
under the direction of Secretary Dr. W. P. Thirkield.
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In ovember, 1900, with R. S. Lovinggood a president,
the chool wa opened, with the cooperation and a istance of
the member of the West Texa Conference.
Only one story of the building was completed. There wa
no furniture and no money. At the clo e of the seventh month
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of chool the enrollment was 205. Many were turned awa~·
becau e of lack of accommodations.
. Rapid Growth and Progress
The school ha made rapid growth and progre . The property
i valued at $40.000. There are two principal building :
Burrowes Hall, the main building erected largely throul1h the
generosity of ir. E. S. Burrowe , of Maine, and the Boy
Dormitory, recently erected at a cost of 18,000. The room for
girl are in the main building.
In 1908 there were 375 students and 17 teacher. The expen
es were $21,000. Of this amount $18,600 came from the
student and $2,400 from the Freedmen's Aid oeiety. The
library ha 4,000 volume .
The Eliza Dee Indu trial Home for girl, was opened in
October, 1904, with accommodation for 14 girl. It aim i
to develop Chri tian character, and teach economy, energ~·. and
neatne s in domestic cience.
President Lovinggood ays:"" e teach the Engli h branche .
College Preparatory cour e, a teacher' Normal course, plain
sewine: millinery dre makinl1 cookinl1 housekeeping. Engli h '-" . , . 0' 0'
Bible, printing, and mu ic."
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PRESIDENT R. S. LOVINGGOOD AND FAMILY
Samuel Huston CoUege, Austin, Texas
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