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
Many of the schools of this group represent churches with considerable
wealth. Of special interest are the two institutions maintained by white
church boards of the South. Paine College of Augusta, is maintained by
the Methodist Episcopal Church South. This institution is the largest of
the group. The other school owned by the South is Stillman Institute,
maintained by the Presbyterian Church South. Both of these schools are
taught by Southern white people who are genuinely interested in the
colored. It is especially significant in this connection to mention the
fact that it is the announced purpose of the Methodist Church to make
Paine College an institution of higher education in every sense of that
term. Stillman Institute, at Tuscaloosa, Alabama, is also of importance
as it touches of point of most vital concern to the development of the
race, the development of trained ministers. While the institution has
not reached its highest point of development, there is every hope that
it too will eventually be a higher institution for the training of
ministers.
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PAINE COLLEGE, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
Founded in 1884 by the Methodist Episcopal Church South. One of the
few private institutions for Negroes owned and taught by Southern
white people. It has 20 teachers, over 200 pupils, an income of
about $25,000, and property valued at $125,000.
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The figures for schools under these miscellaneous boards are herewith
presented:
MISCELLANEOUS DENOMINATIONAL SCHOOLS—WHITE BOARDS.