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SARAH LINCOLN ACADEMY, ABERDEEN, N. C.
One of the schools of the Presbyterian Board ofiMission(for Freedmen
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REV. W. J. RANKIN
Principal Sarah Lincoln Academy, Aberdeen, N. C.
Three teachers and 136 students in 1908. Approximate
expenses, $700, - $220 of which is received from the
Freedmen's Board. $120 from the county, and the balance
from tuition fees and friends. Valuation of property,
$1,500. Founded in 1896.
Hardin Institute, Allendale, S. C. distant school. Barnwell County alone could easily fill the
school, which will accommodate 500 or more.
I-LUlDIN IN TITUTE i one hundred and four miles from
Charle ton, S. C., and i situated at Allendale, Barnwell County.
The advantage of the location consist chiefly in its healthfulness
and nearness to the ma es. It i the center of the great
"Black Belt" of South arolina. In thi portion of the
state the egroes outnumber the whites.
The educational advantage are poor, e pecially in the rural
districts, where the chools are open only from two to three
months in the year, and are poorly taught. There is little or no
system. The choolroom are overcrowded, and often one
teacher. Such chool do little towards the uplifting of a race.
It was the purpose of the founder of Hardin Institute to
establi h a school in the mid t of this vast population where
good normal training could be had. In isolated localities of
this kind there are not any high or training schools for the Negro
youth, the major portion of whom are too poor to go to any far-
Arkadelphia Academy, Arkadelphia, Ark.
ONE of the schools of the Presbyterian Board of Missions
for Freedmen, in the White River, Ark., Presbytery. .
Three teachers and 134 students in 1908. The students
contributed $534 in 1908 for self-support. The property is
valued at $1,300.
Richard Allen Institute, Pine Bluff, Ark.
Thomas C. Ogburn, President
FOUNDED in 1885 bv Lewis Johnston. One of the schools
under the care of th; Presbyterian Board of Missions for
Freedmen. In 1908, there were 3 teachers and 151 students
enrolled. The annual expenses of $600 provided by the Board
of Mission Property valued at $8,200.
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