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Hawkinsville Rural and Industrial School. Hawkinsville. Ala.
• w. D. Floyd, Principal
,. •
W. D. FLOYD HAWKINSVILLE RURAL AND INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL, HAWKINSVILLE, ALA.
HAWKINSVILLE RURAL AND INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL was
founded in 1899 by W. D. Floyd, 'who is still the principal.
The scho~l has property valued at $1,200, with annual
expenses of about $850, secured from the state and other
friends. In 1908, there were 89 male and 100 female
students, the average age of the students being ten to eleven
years.
The thought of bettering the conditions of educational interests
in Hawkinsville originated among the trustees of the school.
They decided to have but one school, and that located in the
center of the township; and to have a longer term and better
teachers, thus securing more satisfactory results. In 1899, the
school had its beginning, with the present teacher and 22 pupils,
as the Hawkinsville Hi g h
School, the name having been
changed to its present title.
The school is healthfully•
located, one mile from the
village, four miles from the
Montgomery & Eufaula Railroad.
The chief object of
the school is the extension
and improvement of industrial
education as a means
of opening better and wider avenues of employment to colored
~'oung men and women. For the training of pupils in parliamentary
usages there is a literary society. Each morning in
the chapel there are devotions. At this meeting, visitors are
given an opportunity to speak to the pupils. The students are
constantly reminded of the dignity of labor. The academic side
is considered equally important. The endeavor is to give such
an education as will lift the mental, moral, religious, and economic
life of the students. As a result, communities in which
the students make their homes see the benefits of education.
The school is carried on eight months each year, and 3 teachers
are employed at an average salary of $19 per month. The government
furni hes money to partly pay one teacher six months.
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