The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-06-08
COLORED YOUTH.

Seventeenth Annual Report Of their Ins,,,u,e
, he seventeenth annual report OF the Board of
been issued II ia very interesting and satisfactory
exhibiting the operations OF the school for the pasl
year ana detailing the circumstances Of It's success
the I1nsttute for Colored YOUTH was founded
Humphreys for the ducaon Of cooTeGy ~ yoStS ia
sch00tlearnlng, in order to prepare and ft and
qualify them to act as teachers.n Since the early
part OF 1906 the school has been conducted in large
and commodous building on the north side OF shin
pen street. west OF Ninth, erected for the purpose
at cost dncludinR the ground on which IL standsl
OF about forty thousand dollars Accommodatons
are provided for nearly 300 pupils. The Institute"
is under the management OF association com
Friends "
The teachers, all colored persons, are az fol-
High School-Fanny NJ. Jackson, Principal: octa-
yius V. Cato, Principal OF Male Department; Mary
j. Patterson, Assistant Teacher Of the Female De
partment; Lucretia G. Miller, Second Assistant
Teacher of the Female Department.
Preparatory SchOOls-.James +. Needham, teacher
OF boys; Sarah NJ Douglass teacher OF girls Frazea
Campbell, assistant teacher OF Girls; II. e. d. Ven
Schools.
The managers report that the number Of scholars
In all the departments Of the Institute at the time OF
the last annual report 223; there have since
been received 104, and 109 have left, making the
present number on the roll 21S, distributed as fol-
lows, vH:-Boys' High School, SO; Girls High
School, 1903; Boys Preparatory, &c; Girls Prepara-
ratory, SO. Total 21s.
The number at present in the BOYS Preparatory is
smaller than usual. There are however, quite as
many applicants for admission into this school as
Will, when entered bring the class list up to the
usual number The average attendance for the past
year has been 1885, an increase OF S1 as compared
with the previous twelve months.
The diligence and attention to study the part of
the scholars generally have been very satisfactory to
the managers, and we believe there has been
steady improvement I'm this direction since the open
ing OF the Institute as high school, nearly seven
teen years ago. the advance having been most
marked during the last five six years This is q
natural consequence OF the alteration in the political
and social status OF the col0red race, whereby new
fields for the employment OF educated talent
have been opened and encouragement given to those
OF African descent to labor diligently to fit them
selves for posts of responsibility and pecuniary
profit Inducements being thus offered to young
COlOred people to bestow more time and attention
upon their education than formerly, they have
promptly apprehended the advantages which the
possession OF a sound and liberal education affords
them, and have turned to this school as where
the discipline and OF instruction of the
very best character.
The regular course OF study has been materially
enlarged and improved of late years, requiring the
employment OF highly edReated and accomplished
teachers, and embraces the branches usually pur-
sued in other high schools, including the Latin and
Greek languages, Algebra, Geometry and Plane and
| Spherical Trigonometry
The average cost OF maintaining each scholar for
the fiscal year just closed has been $780, exclusive
Of interest on cost OF building, etc, decrease OF
| 1882 as compared with last year.
Several changes have occurred in the corps OF
teachers during the year. EbeneZer d. Bassett the
PTnclpa after service OF about fourteen years in
the institute having been appointed United States
Minister Resident and Consu-General at Hayti, was
| released by the Board on the 1st of the present
month
Since the opening Of the Institute 81 students have
| graduated, OF whom az now or have been en-
| gagged in teaching. The present Senior Glass is a
| large one and, Judging from present appearances
we may reasonably expect that the number of gra-
duates will hereafter amount to at least twelve tc
fifteen annually.