The first principal of the school was its founder, the late Rev. Moses A. Hopkins. Many young men and women have been sent from this institution to higher schools, as Lincoln University, Pa., Biddle University, N. C., Fisk University, Tenn., and Howard University, D. C., etc. The school is designed for the education of the many thousands in this section of the State. It is the only educational centre of the Presbyterian Church, in Eastern North Carolina, for the Negro race. It offers the benefits of a liberal education to the Negroes of the South, as well as the State of North Carolina. [Illustration: REV. JOHN A. SAVAGE, D. D.] Many friends in the North have given largely to the support of the Academy. There are three halls. The Stamford Hall, and the Darling Hall, are for the young ladies. The Academy Hall contains eight recitation-rooms and a chapel hall. REV. JOHN A. SAVAGE, D. D. After the resignation of Rev. Samuel S. Sevier in the year of 1892, as the principal of the Academy, Rev. John A. Savage, D. D., was called and appointed by the Board of Trustees to the presidency of the Academy. Since his government the Academy has taken a fresh start in every direction. Rev. Mr. Savage, the president of Albion Academy, is a graduate of Lincoln University. He is an unassuming gentleman of much natural ability and his work in the State of North Carolina is most creditable. The school has been rapidly built up under his charge, and many young men and women in the community are thankful to Rev. Savage for his kind attention and earnest interest in their education. BIDDLE UNIVERSITY. This University is located at Charlotte, N. C., and is named in memory of the late Henry J. Biddle, of Philadelphia, whose widow, Mrs. Mary D. Biddle, has been one of its most liberal supporters. It is chartered by the Legislature of the State, and is under the auspices of the Presbyterian Church in the United States. The object of the institution is the education of colored teachers and preachers, and leaders for the race in other walks of life. It stands at the terminus of seven railroads, in the midst of a dense and comparatively intelligent colored population, and occupies a site of sixty acres in the suburbs of the city. [Illustration: BIDDLE UNIVERSITY.]