GIRLS’ DORMITORY. ELIZA DEE HOME. BOYS’ DORMITORY.
SAMUEL HOUSTON COLLEGE, AUSTIN, TEXAS.
Founded in 1900 by the late President, J. S. Lovinggood. Now under the Freedmen’s Aid Society of the M. E. Church. It has 17 teachers, about 400 pupils, an income of $15,000, and property valued at $100,000.
MAIN BUILDING, WILEY COLLEGE, MARSHALL, TEXAS.
The institution was founded in 1873 by the Freedmen’s Aid Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church. It has thirty teachers, four hundred students and a property valuation of $200,000.
Of the many notable persons who have rendered valuable service to this society, only two or three of those who are now in the service can be mentioned here. Reference is made in the school sketches to the long years given by the presidents of Meharry Medical College, Claflin University, and Morristown Normal and Industrial College. To these should be added the name of Bishop W. P. Thirkield, whose wisdom and energy in the various important positions entrusted to him have contributed greatly not only to the work of this society, but also to the general welfare of the colored people.
The executive officers of the society at present, are two corresponding secretaries and a school inspector. These three officers supervise the schools and appeal to the white and colored churches for funds to support the institutions.
MORGAN COLLEGE, BALTIMORE, MD.
Owned and supported by the Methodist Episcopal Church. It has eleven teachers and one hundred students. The total value of the college is $100,000.
The purpose of the Freedmen’s Aid Society to continue its splendid work of education is revealed in the report of the commission recently appointed by the Society to study the schools, which among other things, said:
