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M. H. GRIFFm
Corona Industrial Institute.
Corona. Ala.
Prof. M. H. Griffin, Principal
THE orona Indu.·trial Institute was establi. hed in 1903
for the purpose of giving the people of that region,
who were larO'ely coal miners. an opportunity for education.
It is within reach of four coal mines.
Thc course of tudy embrace ix grade, including the beginner.
two prel aratory grades, two
years in thc normal course, and junior
and senior 'ears. Each miner above
the age of fourteen year, regardles of
whether he has children or not, pays $1
per month the year round toward the
support of this in titution. In 1909,
the college i receivinO' an average of
,~30 per month from thi soutce.
The miners established tbi college
and main tain it. In 1908, there wa
an enrollment of 76 male and 180 female
students. and 4 male and 5 female
Kegro tcachers.
Tbe in ,titutc owns about 7,900 worth of prope,t~·. In 1908,
on a twent.v-sewn-ane farm eonducted b.v the tudents, a net
profit of, fH.. 5 was realized. The annual expen es approxi-mate
,,·:l,500. seeured from thc local wagc tax, $500 from the
publie-. chool fund, and from \'ClI'ious field .
The normal years make a 'pecialty of the 'ubje t taught in the
public sehools. covering the requirement for the fir t-grade
certifintt<' ill any of the. outhel'l1 stat<,s. DlI1'ing thc entire year,
a ni"ht sehool is mailltained. The regular teachers do the work.
A lar<r<, number of bon; who must work dll1'ing th day allend c>. •
the ni<,..rht sehool. :\Ian.y parenl.~ also are in allendancc; one
tudenl is above fifl.\' .ITars old.
Th<' farm comprises one hundred aeres of land. Thi i
<'ultivated b~' the. tudellts. Ther arc eontinuous crop, pring,
UIllIIl('r. fall. and \\'inter. It is the aim of thc school to give
el·er.,' boy sm:h kno\\'ledge of the industries a will enable him
to make a pecialty of. and maskr, the trade to which he is
best adapted. '''ith Ule girls. also. a part of thei,'. chool work is
industrial. ~o on(' is exc·used.
The chool· is undenominational but Christian. Every member
of the faculty is a Christian. Devotions are beld every
morning on opening the school. The Bible bas a period each
week. Chri tianity is pre ented as a requisite for a true man
or a true woman. There is a weekly prayer meeting.
Luther College, New Orleans, La.
Prof. F. Wenger, President
Lu'rHER COLLEGE wa founded in 1903 by the Evangelical
Lutheran Synodical Conference of North America, by which it
is supported.
Its property is valued at $6,000. The annual expenses are
$2,500, secured chiefly by free contributions of the Lutheran
Conference and small amounts from tuition. There were 14
male and 9 female students in 1908, ranging in age from thirteen
to twenty-four years. There are 3 male white teachers. Six
of the students are tudying for the ministry. The college has a
preparatory, a normal, and a theological dep~rtment.
State Colored Normal School, Fayetteville, N. C.
E. E. Smith, Principal
FOUNDED 1877. Property valued at $15,000, ve ted in the
state. Income for expense, 1907, $3,500, of which all but $304
was contributed by state. Expended 011 account of permanent
improvements, 1907, $11,000. Six teachers, 343 students. A
new two-story brick school building erected on a portion of land
of forty acres cost $3,500, of which the state paid $500 and the
colored citizens, with their friends, the remainder.
Prairie View State Normal and Industrial
College
.
THE Prairie Yiew tate Normal and Industrial College J
located at Prairie' iew, Tex. The college was founded in
1879 by the state legi lature (Texa). It has collateral federal
upport. The valuation of the property i $250,000. The
annual expen e , $50,000.
In 1908, there were 187 male students and 324 female student,
a total of 511. The entrance age limit is i:-.i:een years; the average
age of the pupils is twenty years. There are 16 male and 7
female teachers, a total of 23, all Negroes. Edward L. Blaekshier,
principal; T. T. Thompson, secretary.
