- Title
- Era of progress and promise, 1863-1910 : the religious, moral, and educational development of the American Negro since his emancipation
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- Date
- 1910
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- Creator
- ["Hartshorn, W. N. (William Newton), 1843-1920."]
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- Place
- ["North Carolina, United States"]
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Era of progress and promise, 1863-1910 : the religious, moral, and educational development of the American Negro since his emancipation
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wood and iron working, manual training, painting, printing,
cooking, millinery, nurse training, plain sewing, dressmaking,
stenography, and typewriting.
Mr. Andrew Carnegie has given the college a library building
which is being stocked with books and periodicals.
There are two literary societies for the young men and two for
the young women. One evening each month is given to public
oratorical exercises.
The college is non-sectarian, yet Christian. There are daily
devotions, preaching, and Sunday-school services on the cam¬
pus, and an active Young Men’s Christian Association and
Young People’s Society of Christian Endeavor.
Charleston Normal and Industrial
Institute, Charleston, S. C.
Rev. J. L. Dart, A.M., President
T
н
e Charles¬
ton Normal and
I ndustrial I n s t i-
tute was founded
in 1894 by J. L.
*
Dart and others.
T here were 5
teachers and 270
students in 1908.
T h e institute i s
supported by the
colored Baptists.
The annual ex¬
penses are $8,000,
secured from con¬
tributions. The
property, valued
at $20,000, is free
of debt. This is
rev. j. l. dart a primary and
secondary school,
started to supplement the inefficient work of the colored public
schools. There is an industrial department in which wheel-
wrighting, blacksmithing, printing, sewing, and domestic science
are taught. The Southern Rejxyrter is printed by the school.
State Agricultural and Mechanical College,
Greensboro, N. C. Founded 1893
James B. Dudley, President
Established by an act of the General Assembly of North
Carolina. The school was opened in the fall of 1898. The
citizens of Greensboro donated 14 acres of land, and gave
$11,000 for buildings. The state added $10,000. The main
building, erected 1893, is one of the finest school edifices in North
Carolina. A large dormitory costing $6,000, and a mechanical
building, costing $9,000 have been added, and the expenditure
of $7,000 has supplied the college with one of the finest and most
modern equipments in the South.
The management of the property is vested in a board of sixteen
trustees elected by the General Assembly for a term of six years.
The United States Government, under the “ Morrill Act,” joins
with the state in maintaining the institution. There were 14
teachers and 194 students in 1908. The students represented
49 counties of North Carolina and 6 states. The departments
of the college are academic, teacher training, agricultural,
mechanical, dairy, and the industries.
Slater State Normal and Industrial School,
Winston-Salem, N. C.
C. G. O’ Kelly, Principal
Founded 1892. Property valued at $35,000, vested in the
state of North Carolina and the trustees. The approximate
annual expenses, $6,000. Ten teachers, 385 students. The
normal department follows the regulation course, and in the
industrial department special emphasis is made on agriculture.
The agricultural work of the school includes class-room work of
the theory of agriculture and farm work with students’ labor.
Peabody State Normal School, Alexandria, La.
John B. LaFarque, President
Peabody State Normal School was founded in 1899 by
John B. LaFarque. The value of its property is $20,000. The
annual expenses are about $4,000, secured from the state and
from donation. In 1908, there were 351 male and 395 female
students, the average age of the pupils being eighteen years.
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