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are clamoring for the trades. The institution stands for such
practical training, but is without means, for the present, to provide
adequate facilities. The colored people of Mississippi
have wrought nobly and are still struggling. They are untiring
in their labors and constant in their liberalities. They deserve
the sympathies of those who are benevolently inclined and who
have Jlleans to give to work of this kind. The affairs of this
institution are judiciously managed through Bishop Cottrell,
assisted by a board of control of thirty-nine members. Means
intrusted to them will certainly be judiciously applied. Those
who desire to consider this institution may take the matter up
with Bishop E. Cottrell, General Manager, Holly Springs, Miss.
Phillips College. Tyler. Tex.
Rev. S. W. BrooIne, A.M., President
PHI L LIP S COLLEGE
was founded in
1895. It is supported
by the Colored
Met hod i s t
Episcopal Church.
The ann u a I expenses
are abo u t
$15,000. The r e
w ere 12 teachers
and 310 pupils in
1908. Twenty-four
of the students were
in the Theological
Department. The
college has a farm
of one hun d red
acres of good land.
All of the work is
PRESIDENT S. W. BROOME done by the student8.
A new brick building is in course of erection, which will
cost $40,000. In two efforts, $22,000 was secured, all from
poor colored people in the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church
in Texas. It requires much effort on the part of the president
, to secure the necessary funds. He states that sometimes he
waits six months for his salary.
This is an institution for the higher education of youth.
Equal advantage are offered to all denominations. The Bible
is taught daily.
PHILLIPS COLLEGE, TYLER, TEXAS
Holsey Academy. Cordele. Ga.
Rev. H. L. Stallworth, D.D., President
FOUNDED in 1893 by the Southern Georgia Conference
of the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church and supported
by the three conferences in Georgia. The school
was first known as "Union Academy" and was located at •
Lumber City. Its name was changed to Holsey Academy in
honor of Bishop L. H. Holsey, a pioneer of education of the
Methodists. Later, the property at Lumber City was sold and
the school moved to Cordele.
The academy had a struggle for existence until Bishop Holsey
accepted the presidency of the board. The General Conference
of 1906 voted to allow all of the educational money raised
in the three conference of Georgia to be given to thi choo!'
The academy is located in the heart of the" Black Belt" of
Georgia. The grounds consist of twelve acres of land situated
about one-half mile from the center of the city. There are two
buildings, - a large two-story structure containing class-rooms
and a dormitory for girls, and a cottage dormitory for boys.
The enrollment in 1908 was 6 teachers and 175 students.
There were 15 studying for the ministry. Expenses, $2,500.
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