New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1874-08-20
STORER COLLEGE.
ttiih a formal Department,

rs located at Harper's Ferry, West Virginia.
l. 1t was first opened in October, 1867, and has
| ever since been crowded with young men and
women eager for an education. 1t originated in
| proposal Of John Storer, of Maine, Congre.
| gatiOnal brother; to give $4,000 to found a
Normal College at the South, on condition that
others contributed like sum to the same pur.
pose, and no distinction on account of race or
| color. A few Christian men in Western New
York collected the required amount, with a
| little aid from friends in New England, and the
School became a fact
Through the influence of the late Senator
Fessenden, of Maine, Senator (now Vice Presi.
| dent Wilson, of Massachusetts, General Gar.
| field, of Ohio, and others, Congress donated the
four large brick dwelling houses, and the land
on which they stand, situated on the heights
The buildings had been riddled by shot and
shell but, by the aid of contributions from the
| freedman's Bureau and from generous friends
at the North, they we're repaired, and another
| large building erected. Into these buildings
| about two hundred young people are crowded
| every term, and trained for teaching and other
positions of usefulness.
Two pressing necessities now confront those
having this work in hand-a Girls Boarding
Hall, and an Endowment. The former is an
immediate necessity it is impossible to meet
| the wants of the large number of girls who seek
| to qualify themselves for teaching, without it.
There is no other School above Primary in
grade in all West Virginia, Western Maryland,
| and Southern Pennsylvania, which admits Col
ored youth, and the number who flock to this
School far exceeds the accommodations pro-
vidsd. 1t is exceedingly hard to turn them
away, and force them to remain in ignorance,
when they are so eager to learn
Fifty Thousand poIlars are Needed
to erect and furnish suitable Girls Hall. The
| foundations have been laid, in faith. and the
| walls will go up as fast as the Lords people
| furnish the funds, and no faster. 1t is a work
| tor the Lords poor, .unsectarian in character,
| of great moment, and very promising. We ap.
peal to friends of humanity for help.
Any desired information in regard to the
School may be had by addressing Hon. ]. T..
Hoke, New Creek, West Virginia Hon. Henry
James A. Garfield, NJ C. from Ohio Hon.
Daniel Ames, Harper Ferry Rev. G. H. Hail.
DID,. Editor of the Baptist Union, 81 Park
| Row, New York, or any of the Officers Of the
School at Harper's Ferry.
Miss Ann Dudley is the authorized Agent of
the College to collect funds for erecting and
furnishing the Girls Boarding Hall, and money
may be paid directly to her, address, 81 Park
Row, New York, y or sent to the Treasurer, Rev.
+. G. Bracket, Harper's Ferry, West Vir
ginia.
G. H. BALL, President,
81 Park Row, New York.
n. c. BRACKET,
Secretary and Treasurer,
Harper's Ferry.
January 90, 1874.
From Testimonials Recently Receiced:
81 commend your honesty, your perseverance,
and your high Christian character. 30. O.
Howard, Brig. Gen. U. S. A.
81 am always the friend of Storer College. y
Mary Clemmer Ames.
81 take great pleasure in commencing you,
your pupils, and your cause. Your enterprise
is truly noble and Christian one.'-Wm. E.
Stevenson, Elk Gov. of West Virginia