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REV. W. B. BALL, D.D.
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Gua.da.lupe College. Seguin. Tex.
Rev. W. B. Ball, D.D.
President and One of the Founders
FOU~DED by the Guadalupe Baptist Association, and
loca,ted near the center of the city. Chartered under the •
state laws of Texas, with a board of nine trustees, who
hold the property and manage the school in behalf of the people.
The property consists
of a campus of
five acres, on which
are eight buildings, the
whole valued at $65,000.
The college also
operates a farm of two
hunch'ed and thirty
acres, called Brackenridge
Farm, in honor
of its donor, Mr
George W. Brackenridge,
of San Antonio,
Tex.
The Indu trial Departments
have outgrown
their quarters,
and new buildings are
needed, that the institution
may meet the
growing demand for
thorough training in the industrial arts.
The school has a somewhat extensive curriculum. The
courses of study include the college, normal, theological, missionary
training, musical, domestic economy, tailoring, blacksmithing,
carpentry, and printing.
In 1908 there were 12 teachers and 193 students reported,
including 22 students in the Theological Department preparing
for the Christian ministry. Special emphasis is laid,
in the school, upon the development of the moral and religious
life of the students, and each student is required to pur ue a
regular course in Bible study.
The purpose of the college is to train the students in elfreliance
and self-control; to stimulate race pride; to teach honesty,
industry, and frugality; to help form best ideals of virtue.
2i3
GUADALUPE COLLEGE
Brinkley Academy, Brinkley, Ark.
]. F. Clark, A.B., Principal
BRINKLEY ACADEMY, better known as the"Con olidated Wllite
River Academy," an institution built b:-' the colored Baptists
of Eastern Arkansas, was founded in 1893 by the Con olidated
White River Association. There were 5 teachers and 112 students
in 1908. There is a Theological Department yet in its
infancy. The Board of Trustees appointed by the Consolidated
White River Baptist Association, which provided the
funds, $4,000 annuall:-', for the support of the academy, had a
large and well arranged building, costing $8,000, and well
equipped for the work.
This property was totally destroyed by the cyclone and fire
which swept over the city, March 8, 1909. It is proposed to
replace the building, and work is in progress on a two-story brick
school building which will be ready at the opening of the fall
term of the school. J. F. Clark, A.B., the principal of Brinkley
Academy, i doing excellent work, and will receive contributions
from interested friends for the purpose of aiding the school in its
laudable endeavor to continue in the service of the Negroes.
In speaking of the efforts of those in charge of the work of
rebuilding, Mayor Jackson, of Brinkley, the editor of the A1'glIS,
the postmaster, and two bank cashier unite in saying: "They
are among our very be t colored citizens. amI are doing a splendid
work among their race. We heartily endorse their efforts and
purpose to rebuild."
