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ment of our school and general control of the money rai ed by
the church for education, but it is also empowered to formulate
the courses of study and supervise the wOI'k of instruction. a
actually carried on in the school, The purpo e i to coordinate
and articulate the work in uch a way as to make the
whole a unified, sympathetic system.
" ~ e now have only one institution of real college rank, viz.,
Livingstone College, Salisbury, N. C. We are well on the way
toward one or two more schools of such rank, and in the near
future to the development of Living tone College into the field of
univer ity work. We are already doing, also, considerable indu trial
training, which, in the rounding out of our courses of study,
will be a regular' and permanent feature.
The Chief Purpose •
,. Of course, the chief purpo e of our work is to train preachers
for our pulpits. We have laid the foundation for a full-fledged
theological seminary in connection with Livingstone College,
and the course of study in our other chools will soon include a
preparatory cour of Biblical and theolol1ical in truction a
preparator'y to di tinct theological training in the theological
seminary at Livingstone College. Our idea, you will see, i
C'omplete training, including the training of the head, hand, and
heart; and wc believe especially in a Christian education.
Foundation for a Significant Work
" 'Ve think we have the foundation for a si(Tflificant and comprehen
ive work in conn'dion with the uplift of the Negro
people of the country. 'Yith our school' graded and coordinated,
and all brought into harmony with the late t requirements
of the scicnee of education, we hall hope to have a
y tem that will take rank wilh the be t e lucational force of the
world, e pecially as the enlightenment and Chri tianizing of
near'ly a million people will soon be on our hand ."
)1:0 t of the fir t 1 cgro school were wnnected with a church,
and many of the early egro teachers were also preacher. All
over the South Negro church buildings were u 'ed a the first
chool-house and many ar~ 0 u ed to-day.
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CLINTON NORMAL AND INDUSTRIAL INSTITUTE, ROCK HILL, S. C. FOUNDED 1893. VALUE OF PROPERTY, $10,000
Founded by Rev. Nero A. Crockett. Conducted under the auspices of the African Methodist Epis<:opal Zio~ C~urch, Five teachers and 2J5,students in J908. Approximate annual
expenses, $ 3,000, sec:ured from ku."uti'on and boarding pupils and contributions. Robert J. Bulware. pres,dent.
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