- 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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pared and qualified for the work required from the fifth grade
English to the graduation in the professions. Each department
was organized and is managed in the most helpful way to meet
necessary mental and moral obligations.” The value of the real
estate of Walden University is $125,000. The endowments
amount to less than $40,000, and the annual expenses in all
departments are $42,000. Nearly $32,000 in 1908 were received
from students, $2,200 from endowments, and $7,400 from the
Freedmen’s Aid Society.
The Needs of the University
What the university lacks in buildings, money, and equipment,
the teachers try to make up in planning and enthusiasm. In the
medical, dental, and pharmacy departments, the university has
three good buildings. They meet the present demands, though
crowded, and the equipment is ample for efficient work. In
connection with the Meliarry College, Mercy Hospital has been
established, and during the school year of 1908 more than two
thousand patients received surgical treatment. The success and
skillful surgery in Mercy Hospital has been of a most gratifying
character. In 1908, the mortality following many serious cases
was less than 2 per cent, and it is said that no hospital in that
section of the South shows so low a per cent. Large buildings
are needed for the hospital purposes, and several thousand
dollars have already been paid in. The new hospital is to be
known as the “ George W. Hubbard Hospital.”
The great need of Walden University is new buildings for the
main departments. The recitation rooms are insufficient for
the purpose of the work, both as to number and accommodations.
The buildings are so old that President Kumler says, “ Needed
repairs on them seem like a sacrifice and a waste of money.”
Students who have taken advanced studies and are properly
in advanced classes, showing studious habits, usefulness, and
good deportment, may secure loans for a limited amount from
the Board of Education of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Walden University has a library building containing 4,600
volumes, 2,000 magazines and pamphlets, and a collection of
more than 1,500 specimens in mineralogy, geology, natural
history, African relics, treasures, etc. A portion of this building
is used for the Braden Bible Training School.
BOARDING STUDENTS,
LITERARY
DEPARTMENT, WALDEN UNIVERSITY, NASHVILLE, TENN.
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