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Thyne Institute. Chase City. Va.
Rev. F. W. Wilson, Principal
I N 1876, Mr. John Thyne donated a small tract of land near
Chase City, Va., to the Board of Freedmen's Missions, of the
United Presbyterian Church. Upon this tract a two-story
frame school building was erected and an important work for the
education of Negro youth was inaugurated. The school has
grown until the present enrollment is 224 students and 12
teachers. Four buildings have been erected and they are well
adapted to the purposes of the work. Rev. F. W. Wilson, the
principal, has been in charge of the school for two years. The
annual expenses are $7,000, secured from the United Presbyterian
Church. The work is co-educational. Boys are given
instruction in agriculture, including practical work on the
mission farm; and for the girls, domestic science and sewing are
emphasized. The curriculum of the school includes a nine
years' course in the primary, intermediate,. and normal departments,
and a four years' normal course.
VINCENT HALL, THYNE INSTITUTE
Girls' Dormitory. A three-story building, containing sewing room. music room, dining room,
Domestic Science Department, laundry, and bed rooms. The building
accommodates thirty-five girls.
HUNTER HALL, THYNE INSTITUTE, CHASE CITY, VA.
Boys' Dormitory contains rooms for thirty students. Students pay $II for incidental fee
and eight weeks' board. For each succeeding week $5 is charged. This does not include
laundry. Students are required to belong to one of the three literary societies of the school.
THYNE INSTITUTE SCHOOL BUILDING
Located in a town of two thousand population, ninety miles south of Richmond, Va. The
object of the institute is to furnish young colored boys and girls the opportunity
for obtaining a Christian education. The Bible is taught daily in all grades.
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