Progress and Achievements of the Colored People: Containing the Story of the Wonderful Advancement of the Colored Americans—the Most Marvelous in the History of Nations—Their Past Accomplishments, Together With Their Present-day Opportunities and a Glimpse Into the Future for Further Developments—the Dawn of a Triumphant Era. A Handbook for Self-improvement Which Leads to Greater Success — John Stuart Mill — John Shaqi
Progress and Achievements of the Colored People: Containing the Story of the Wonderful Advancement of the Colored Americans—the Most Marvelous in the History of Nations—Their Past Accomplishments, Together With Their Present-day Opportunities and a Glimpse Into the Future for Further Developments—the Dawn of a Triumphant Era. A Handbook for Self-improvement Which Leads to Greater Success
John Stuart Mill · en
The larger denominations maintain central offices and one or more
traveling secretaries whose duties include both the supervision of the
schools and the appeal for funds to the supporting churches. This
personal supervision, together with regular reports of both financial
and educational activities, has developed economy and honesty in the use
of funds and thoroughness in the school work.
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MAIN BUILDING. GIRLS DORMITORY.
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[Illustration:
SHAW UNIVERSITY, RALEIGH, N. C.
One of the leading schools for colored people. Founded in 1865 by the
American Baptist Home Mission Society. It has 30 teachers, 250
students and property valued at nearly $400,000.
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_The American Baptist Home Mission Society._—The American Baptist Home
Mission Society owns or supervises 24 educational institutions. All of
these are large and important schools. These schools are effectively
managed, and their general average of educational efficiency is very
high. The following table shows the distribution of these schools by
States:
AMERICAN BAPTIST HOME MISSION SOCIETY.
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│Number │ │ │Income for│
│ of │ Counted │ │ Current │ Value of
States │Schools│Attendance│ Teachers │ Expenses │ Property
───────────┼───────┼──────────┼─────┬─────┬─────┼──────────┼───────────
│ │ │Total│White│Negr.│ │
───────────┼───────┼──────────┼─────┼─────┼─────┼──────────┼───────────
Total │ 24│ 5,536│ 419│ 139│ 280│ $304,861│ $3,870,744
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Alabama │ 1│ 268│ 21│ 1│ 20│ 9,479│ 83,000
Arkansas │ 1│ 313│ 18│ │ 18│ 15,109│ 90,000
Florida │ 1│ 404│ 18│ │ 18│ 8,070│ 80,158
Georgia │ 5│ 1,287│ 106│ 50│ 56│ 81,573│ 621,624
Kentucky │ 1│ 130│ 15│ 1│ 14│ 11,308│ 60,000
Louisiana │ 2│ 572│ 26│ 10│ 16│ 16,356│ 462,000
Mississippi│ 1│ 310│ 16│ │ 16│ 1,591│ 100,000
Missouri │ 1│ 66│ 11│ │ 11│ 4,486│ 20,000
North │ │ │ │ │ │ │
Carolina │ 3│ 419│ 46│ 14│ 32│ 41,051│ 433,251
South │ │ │ │ │ │ │
Carolina │ 1│ 507│ 30│ 18│ 12│ 21,384│ 635,744
Tennessee │ 2│ 242│ 31│ │ 31│ 9,942│ 117,500
Texas │ 1│ 371│ 22│ 12│ 10│ 19,247│ 314,935
Virginia │ 3│ 537│ 36│ 21│ 15│ 37,684│ 630,354
West │ │ │ │ │ │ │
Virginia │ 1│ 110│ 23│ 12│ 11│ 17,581│ 222,178