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│ │ │ │ Income │
│ Number │ │ │ for │
│ of │ Counted │ │ Current │Value of
States │Schools │Attendance │Teachers │Expenses │Property
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Total │ 17│ 3,212│ 187│ $129,778│ $800,609
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Alabama │ 1│ 265│ 13│ 6,500│ 35,600
Arkansas │ 1│ 219│ 14│ 8,416│ 29,622
Florida │ 2│ 343│ 17│ 18,901│ 44,500
Georgia │ 3│ 710│ 41│ 17,448│ 180,300
Kentucky │ 1│ 33│ 3│ 1,500│ 7,000
Louisiana │ 1│ 142│ 6│ 1,500│ 10,150
Mississippi │ 2│ 282│ 15│ 8,450│ 47,000
North Carolina │ 1│ 176│ 12│ 9,046│ 61,500
South Carolina │ 2│ 462│ 21│ 16,902│ 82,500
Tennessee │ 1│ 101│ 11│ 4,737│ 48,400
Texas │ 1│ 286│ 15│ 8,064│ 97,000
Northern States │ 1│ 193│ 19│ 28,314│ 157,037
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The various conferences of the African Methodist Episcopal Church own
and maintain 17 schools, of which 13 are rated in this report as “larger
or more important,” by the Bureau of Education. The total income for
current expenses is $128,778, and the total value of property is
$800,609. On the basis of income four of the larger schools have incomes
under $5,000, six between $5,000 and $15,000, and three between $15,000
and $30,000. According to property, three schools have a valuation under
$25,000, five between $25,000 and $50,000, three between $50,000 and
$100,000, and two between $150,000 and $250,000.
The total attendance is 3,212 pupils, of whom 2,096 are elementary,
1,028 secondary, and 88 collegiate. Three institutions offer college
courses. The number of teachers is 187, or whom 98 are men and 89 women.
As an indication of the progress of the colored people, the extent of
these educational facilities and the character of the organization are
exceedingly satisfactory.
The 13 larger schools of the A. M. E. Church are: Payne University,
Selma, Alabama; Shorter College, Argenta, Arkansas; Edward Waters
College, Tallahassee, Florida; Morris Brown University, Atlanta,
Georgia; Payne Institute, Cuthbert, Georgia; Central Park Normal and
Industrial Institute, Savannah, Georgia; Lampton Literary and Industrial
College, Alexandria, Louisiana; Campbell College, Jackson, Mississippi;
Kittrell College, Kittrell, North Carolina; Allen University, Columbia
South Carolina; Turner Normal School, Shelbyville, Tennessee; Paul Quinn
College, Waco Texas; Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio.
_African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church._—The African Methodist
Episcopal Zion Church has been very active and effective in the
establishment and management of schools. Much credit is due Dr. S. G.
Atkins, the former educational secretary, through whose tact and ability
a number of these schools greatly increased in the value of their work.
The leading facts are given below: