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HENRY D. DAVIDSON MRS. LULA ]. DAVIDSON
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tion a center for industrial and high-school training of the
advanced pupil of the various rural schools in the ection.
In order that the families may have better access to the school,
it was decided to cut off twenty acres from one corner of the
farm and divide it into quarter-acre lots for home, the lots to be
sold at sufficiently low price to induce residence near the school.
Two crop of vegetables are rai ed on the truck patch each
year, one in the pring and ummel', one in the fall and winter.
Howland Hall, a five-room two-story frame tructure, is the
principal building on the grounds. Money for the erection of
this building was mostly given by {iss Howland, of ew York.
The building is used as assembly room for the primary department,
four smaller rooms being used as bedrooms. Frazier
House, a five-room dwelling, is used for the principal's home, for
classrooms, and for bedrooms. To supply the buildings with
Centerville Industrial Institute
Henry D. Davidson, Principal
THE Centerville Indu trial In. titute, located at Centerville,
Ala., was founded in 1900 by Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Davidon.
It is an independent, charitable institution. The
property is valued at $5,500. The approximate annual expenses
are $1,500. There were 152 tudents in 1908, 82 mare
and 70 female. There were 5 egro teachers, 3 male and 2
female. l\Ione,'" for the expense i ecured from ubscriptions,
concerts, etc.
Eight of the students are tudying for the mini tr,'".
There i no other -chool for the industrial and advanced
training of colored youth in Bibb County or the counties adjoining
it. The aim of thos mo t intere ted is to make this in titu-
EMILY HOWLAND HALL, CENTERVILLE INSTITUTE
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SEWING CLASS, CENTERVILLE INSTITUTE
proper school furniture, such as charts, maps, desks, etc., is a
hard task. There is not a teacher's de k in a single class room.
Mrs. Davidson, who died in 1903, practically gave her life for
this school.
Palmer Memorial Institute, Sedalia, N. C.
Charlotte E. Hawkins, President
P ALMER MEMORIAL INSTITUTE wa founded in 1903 by
Charlotte E. Hawkins. There were 5 teachers and 2 helpers and
125 students in 1908. The annual expenses approximate $3,500.
The institute ha for it end the development of rural life for
Christian service. It aims to thoroughly arouse interest in
Christian education in all the rural districts in the county. There
are two buildings and eighty acres of land, worth $15,000.
