The leading school of the United Presbyterian Church. It was founded
in 1875, by the Board of Freedmen’s Missions of that church. It has
30 teachers, 350 students and property valued at $175,000.
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The proportion of colored workers is very large. Only St. Augustine’s
and Bishop Payne Divinity School have any white officers or teachers. In
addition to the scholars under the American Church Institute, the St.
Michael’s School at Charlotte, North Carolina and the St. Phillip’s
School, San Antonio, Texas, are among the important schools.
_United Presbyterian Church._—The Board of Freedmen’s Missions of the
United Presbyterian Church owns and maintains 15 schools for Negroes in
the United States, of these eleven are rated as “more important,” and
four as “less important.” While eleven schools are regarded as
“important,” or essential parts of the educational activities of their
community, the average income per school is only about six or seven
thousand dollars a year. Knoxville College, with an income of $25,470,
is the central institution of the system. The colored teachers of all
these schools are largely prepared at Knoxville. The good work of this
institution is seen in the high type of graduates who are employed in
the smaller schools.