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H. A. HUNT
Principal, Fort Valley High and Industrial
School, Fort Valley, Ga. Three hundred and
ninety-six students and 15 teachers in 1908. The
enrollment varies with the cotton crop.
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FORT VALLEY IDGH AND INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL, FORT VALLEY, GA. FOUNDED 1895
Founded by]. W. Davison. Thirty-five acres, on which are 8 buildings. The largest, Collis P. Huntington Memorial
Hall (see picture), is the gift of Mrs. C. P. Huntington, and represents the work of students and instructors in the Building
Trades Department. Regular grammar school work, also a four years' normal and industrial course. Expenses, $10,000,
received from friends, mainly in the North.
Southern University, Agricultural and
Mechanical College, New Orleans, La.
H. A. Hill, President
FOUNDED 1880 by the legislature of Louisiana. Valuation of
property. $80,000. Annual expenses, $26,000, secured from the
state of Louisiana and from the United States Government.
Seven white and 11 Negro teachers, and 135 male and 301 female
students in 1908.
Port Royal Agricultural School, Beaufort, S. C.
Joseph S. Shanklin, Principal
FOUNDED 1901. The property valued at $13,000. Approximate
annual expenses, $2,000. Four teachers, 158 students.
The school represents a combination of a private boarding- chool
and public school. "It is one of the few colored schools in
the South supported to an appreciable degree by the local white
people over and above what they usually contribute to their,
taxes."
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Mather Academy and Browning Industrial
Home, Camden, S. C. Founded 1886
Miss Frances V. Russell, Principal
FOUNDED by Mrs. James Mather. Courses of study: Kindergarten
and primary; preparatory; En17lish, three years; normal;
industrial department. Ten teachers and 180 students in 1908.
Under the direction of the Woman's Home Mission Society of
the Methodist Episcopal Church. Annual expen es, $4,000,
ecured from board, tuition, and the Home Mission Society.
Providence Normal Academy and Industrial
School, Cowpens, S. C.
Rev. David H. Kearse, President
Fou 'DED, 1903. A Methodist school, supported by private
contributions. Annual expen e, $1,500. Seven teachers and
311 students in 1908. Pre ident Kearse wrote, December 24,
1908, "In our work at this place, we are dealing with
tremendous problems at first hand."
