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colorcd youth of thc mal ,·cx." and the in titution has main-
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taincd this work f!"Om the beginning.
Tn 190 th 1'(' W n.' H teacher' and 197 students.
FifLy-thre students were preparing for the mini try. The
proportion of those in the College department preparing for the
minis\J'y is unusually lar 'c.
A distinelive kature of thc work of the univer ity is the
En~li. h Bibl hair. found d in 1884 by Mr. u an D. Brown.
The English Bible is n part of the r gular course of the university
and the seminary. Lincoln is thc pioncer in the formal
eredion of thi, department a a di tinct cour e and foundation.
Olu'ing th years of this "rcat work more than 1,500 students
have gone from the univer ity and 500 from the theological
·eminary. Twenty-three have gon as foreign missionaries to
ierra L one, Liberia, outh A.frica, and Porto Rico. There
are now 1.50 Lincoln graduates on the roll of ministers of the
Presbyterian General A embly. A carefully prepared table,
showing the re 'idence ,occupation and characters, of the work
of nearly 100 student who have left the school since 1866 and
estimate of nearly 500 others. shows the following classification:
Mini ters of all denomination, 656: doctors, includi~g dentist
and druggi ts. 263; teachers. 255; busines ,227; lawyer, 86.
In the Republican National Convention of 1904 a graduate of
Lincoln made a notable speech, econding the nomination of
Theodore Roo evelt, and in the convention of 1908 one of the
Lincoln graduate presided 0\ er the convention during the
temporary absenee of enator Lodg. Graduates of the university
have given the chool a high rating.
Robert Hungerford Industrial School,
Eatonville, Fla.
Russell C. Calhoun, Principal
Fou .m:o I8!)9. Property valued at 32,000. pproximate
ex pen cs. ] !)07. $6,000. Twelv t achers, 132 students. The
farm play. an important part in the indu try of the school.
Thil·ty-follr acres ar under cultivation and the work is in charge
of a young man lrained at Tu. kegee and at Knoxville College.
The. chool has tCII buildings well located and in good condition.
An exceptionally good chool of its ·ize. The work of the school
is of an elementary cia. s, uil d 10 the needs of the community.
The industries ar pradical and well carried on.
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SELDEN INSTITUTE, BRUNSWICK, GA.
Selden Institute, Brunswick, Ga.
Miss Carrie E. Bemus, Principal
FOUNDED 1903. Property vested in C. C. Selden and Miss
C. E. Bemus. Approximate annual expenses, $2,500; 9 teachers,
103 students. A printing-office under the management of
one of the pupils publishes a paper, The Wark, and does job
work for the colored people of Brunswick and vicinity. In
preparing for teachers. the students are trained in at least four
indu. trial course and the theory and practice of teaching and
psychology.
Utica Normal and Industrial Institute,
Utica, Miss.
W. H. Holtzclaw, Principal
FOUNDED 1902. Property valued at $47,000, which includes
endowment of $17,000. The income for expenses in 1907,
$6,700; receipts for endowment during the year, $1fl700.
Twenty-two teachers, 480 students. The school is in the open
country and aims particularly at industrial education. .It .ha
a farm of about one hundred acres on which the school bUilding
are located. The tru tees have r:cently come into possession of
a superior farm of one thousand acres, at a cost of $14,500, which
is expe~ted to add much to the usefulness of the chool.
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