GEORGE R. SMITH COLLEGE, SEDALIA, MO.
“We are persuaded that in spite of the better rural schools now being provided for the Negroes, in spite of some growth in normal school and high school accommodations, the work of the Freedmen’s Aid Society is still an urgent need of the South. So far from sounding any retreat, we of the church should make a great advance, provide a large endowment, give more adequate facilities, pay better salaries, and, in general, strengthen the institutions we have established. They are needed to train a Christian leadership for the colored race, and while they can touch but a few out of the negro millions, they can do, as they have already done, great things through these selected leaders.”
Woman’s Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church.—The Woman’s Home Missionary Society owns and maintains 12 home schools for girls. Eight of them are connected with the various educational institutions of the Freedmen’s Aid Society. These homes usually provide home training for the girls at the larger schools of the Freedmen’s Aid Society. All of these homes are well managed. They are in charge of the best type of northern women and colored women, who have manifested unusual devotion and efficiency in their work. The important facts for these schools by States, are given below:
| WOMAN’S HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY OF THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| States | Number of Schools | Counted Attendance | Teachers | Income for Current Expenses | Value of Property | ||
| Total | White | Negr. | |||||
| Total | 12 | 1,572 | 71 | 41 | 30 | $42,975 | $309,500 |
| Arkansas | 1 | 119 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2,257 | 14,300 |
| Florida | 1 | 224 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 6,281 | 73,000 |
| Georgia | 2 | 259 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 7,220 | 15,000 |
| Louisiana | 1 | 175 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3,171 | 45,000 |
| Mississippi | 1 | 55 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4,895 | 32,000 |
| North Carolina | 2 | 380 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 7,488 | 33,000 |
| South Carolina | 1 | 279 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 5,373 | 75,500 |
| Tennessee | 1 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 2,595 | 8,700 | |
| Texas | 2 | 50 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3,695 | 13,000 |
LINCOLN UNIVERSITY, LINCOLN, PENNSYLVANIA.
One of the oldest colleges for colored people. Founded in 1854 by Rev. John Dickey, of Oxford, Pa. It is one of the most liberally endowed institutions, and has an able faculty. There are 14 teachers, about 225 students, and property valued at approximately $1,100,000.
The total income for the current expenses of all the homes is $54,975, of which $38,502 is received from the Missionary Society. The value of all the property is $287,000. The total attendance is 1,572 girls, of whom 808 are in the homes not connected with the Freedmen’s Aid Society. The teachers and workers are 71 women, of whom 41 are white and 30 colored; 18 are academic and 42 are industrial teachers.
MAIN BUILDING, BIDDLE UNIVERSITY, CHARLOTTE, N. C.
An institution maintained exclusively for colored young men. It was founded in 1867, by the Presbyterian Board of Missions for Freedmen. It has sixteen teachers, over two hundred students and property valued at nearly $300,000.