The names and locations of these homes are as follows: Adeline Smith Home, Little Rock, Alabama; Boylan Home, Jacksonville, Florida; Thayer Home, Atlanta, Georgia; Haven and Speedwell Home, Savannah, Georgia; Peck Home, New Orleans, Louisiana; Rust Home, Holly Springs, Mississippi; Kent Home, Greensboro, North Carolina; Allen Industrial Home and School, Asheville, North Carolina; Browning Industrial Home, Camden, South Carolina; New Jersey Home, Morristown, Tennessee; Eliza Dee Home, Austin, Texas, and King Industrial Home, Marshall, Texas.
The society began its work in 1881, when Thayer Home was built at Clark University, Atlanta, Georgia. The society is divided into “bureaus” consisting of a secretary and assistants who are white volunteer workers. “Each bureau has the responsibility in its own field of executing the plans and applying the funds as ordered by the general board of managers.” The central office is at Cincinnati, Ohio.
Presbyterian Board.—The Board of Missions for Freedmen of the Presbyterian Church owns and supervises 85 schools for colored people. Of these 32 are large important institutions. Through wise administration and fairly adequate equipment, they are meeting the needs of their communities or working successfully in that direction. Five of them are seminaries for colored girls. The educational work and general administration of these seminaries are excellent. They are among the best schools for colored people in the South. Two are boarding schools for young colored men, the others are boarding and day schools for boys and girls.
A summary table of these schools follows:
| BOARD OF MISSIONS FOR FREEDMEN OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| States | Number of Schools | Counted Attendance | Teachers | Income for Current Expenses | Value of Property | ||
| Total | White | Negr. | |||||
| Total | 85 | 8,915 | 423 | 84 | 339 | $200,124 | $2,151,321 |
| Alabama | 3 | 391 | 25 | 13 | 12 | 10,116 | 55,000 |
| Arkansas | 8 | 774 | 28 | 28 | 5,911 | 40,350 | |
| Florida | 3 | 247 | 9 | 9 | 1,150 | 4,000 | |
| Georgia | 11 | 1,787 | 67 | 67 | 20,192 | 91,444 | |
| Kentucky | 2 | 98 | 9 | 9 | 3,000 | 11,050 | |
| Mississippi | 1 | 199 | 14 | 14 | 6,517 | 71,000 | |
| North Carolina | 15 | 1,879 | 93 | 15 | 78 | 47,346 | 478,665 |
| Oklahoma | 1 | 93 | 6 | 6 | 1,976 | 8,000 | |
| South Carolina | 19 | 1,808 | 75 | 7 | 68 | 22,907 | 158,050 |
| Tennessee | 8 | 607 | 34 | 34 | 10,052 | 87,950 | |
| Texas | 1 | 115 | 13 | 13 | 10,979 | 60,000 | |
| Virginia | 12 | 701 | 36 | 10 | 26 | 11,915 | 44,400 |
| Northern States | 1 | 216 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 48,063 | 1,041,412 |
The total income for current expenses of the schools under the Freedmen’s Board, including Lincoln University, was $200,124. Of this $176,946 was spent in the 32 larger schools and $23,178 in the 53 smaller schools. According to income, 17 schools were under $2,500; 4 between $2,500 and $5,000; 9 between $5,000 and $15,000, and one between $15,000 and $30,000. Lincoln University has an income of $48,000.
HAINES SCHOOL, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
One of the best private High Schools in the South for Negroes. Founded in 1886, by Miss Lucy Laney, a young colored woman of marked ability. It has 25 teachers, about 900 pupils, an income of $9,000, and property valued at $75,000.
The total value of property of the 31 schools directly under the board was $1,109,909, of which $1,038,729 was in the property of the larger schools and $71,180 in the property of the smaller schools. The inclusion of Lincoln University, would bring the property of the larger Presbyterian schools up to $2,151,321. On the basis of property valuation 14 schools were below $2,500; 5 between $10,000 and $25,000; 3 between $25,000 and $50,000; 8 between $50,000 and $100,000 and one over $30,000.