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Manassas Industrial School, Manassas, Va.
Leslie P. Hill, Principal
FOUNDED 1895. The school is undenominational. In 1908,
10 teachers and 100 students were enrolled. The annual expen
es of $10,000 are provided for by ubscription from interested
friends in the orth. The principal of the school write,
under date of April 15, 1909, saying: "We are only one of the
small schools whose mi ion it i to carry industrial training into
the less conspicuous places where need is great. We are now
fourteen years old. Have eight pretty good buildings, with
modern equipment; two hundred acres of timber land, and take
care of 100 children, in round number, each year."
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SCHOOL BUILDING, STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE
Colored Normal, Industrial, Agricultural and
Mechanical College, Orangeburg, S. C.
Thomas E. Miller, President
THE Colored Normal, Indu trial, Agricultural, and Mechanical
College was founded in 1896 by the tate of South Carolina.
There were 26 teachers and 683 students in 1908. The annual
expenses are $80,000. Of till , $15,000 is ecured from the Land
Script Fund, $5,000 from the Morrill Enactment, $8,000 from
the state appropriation, and the remainder from students for
board, books, clothing, and incidentals.
FARM SCENE, STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE
William McKinley Normal and Industrial
School, Alexandria, Va.
Rev. SiInon P. M. Drew-, Ph.D., President
THE 'William :\IcKinlcy Kormal and Indu trial chool wa
founded in 189-1: b." M. L. and R. B. Robin on. There
were 5 teachcr and 100 tudents in 1908. The annual
expenses approximate 1.000. The school is supported by eontribution
from friend and the board of tudents. It wa incorporated
by thc legi.lature of Virginia in 1898 as the John
Hay Jormal and Industrial School. With thc approval of Hon.
John Ha.v, the name was changed and the sehool incorporated.
February 20, 1902, a the William l\Iel\:inb' "Tormal and •
Industrial School.
The object of thc . ehool is to give thorough ('(ementary eoueation
and to train the. tuoents for trade- that will prepare them
for good citizenship and for the re ponsibilities of life.
The chool i 110n- ectarian. but the tudcnts are required to
attend Sunda,'- chool and church sen'ice at least once each Sun- •
day. Devotional exercise are held dail~'. There are 100,000
colored people residing within a radiu of t"'enty mile.
