Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1891-02-03
Very respectfully yours,
N O. RR hnrR..s

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For tWeniy.three years. storer College has
been using In running expenses and The cree
ton of buildings from i've to fifteen thousand
| dollars annually, In an effort to help edu-
cate the colored people of this State and TicIn-
ity. ALI the while its main labor has been di-
rected to fitting teachers for the free schools.
The money for this work has been contributed
almost entirely by the generous outside of tho
State. 1t Is still dependent for its running ex-
Penses, In large measure, upon the gifts OF its
friends from year to year. The work 1t is now
doing especially in the industrial line, would be
greatly enlarged If the means for doing so
could be secured.
The property of the Institution. includfnp
buildings, farm and endowment. amounts to
not less than 800. 600, all free of debt and held
| In trust by an independent board of trustees
West Virginia.
The school, while the special ward and pro
| tege of single branch of the church has
among its most active trustees and on its
executive board of five, Christians of at least
| four different denominations. It has al
ways been conducted on the most Catholic
basis, with the single basis of helping to edu-
cate the people for whom IL was established.
While many similar institutions in the South
have been literally aided by the States in
which they arc located, Storer College has
only received from West Virginia pay for tu-
| itton and use of books of eighteen pupils for a
period OF eight years. Though she has fur
nished tuition. books and free dormftories to
twenty annually and all but the books TO more
| IMAM uOUDle G0AB NUMBER. Last year those
commissioned by the State on the free list were
more than fifty.
The Act of Congress, approved last August,
for the aid of Agricultural Colleges in the
various States, opens the way for West Vir-
gtnia. without assuming extra burdens. to aid
an enterprise within her borders. that has
been carried on at great cost. and with marked
! success for many years. The Trustees of
Storer College offer to the State for the pur-
poses of education in Agriculture and Me-
Ichanic Arts, the use of site unrivaled for
| beauty and healthfulnces. ample buildings for
classes. workshops and the accommodation of
students. and farm well adapted to agricul-
tural experiments The school now has a
printing office, sewing department, with one
teacher. carpenter shop with six benches,
where daily instruction is given. and is organ
iztng cooking department. It only lacks
| the means, to make the Industrial prominent
feature of the educational enterprise at Har-
i per.s Ferry.
The State is invited to liberal representa-
ton on our Board of Trustees. and to the most
careful examination and oversight of ELL oi1r
work and expenditures
We respectfully ask of the Legislature of
1 West Virginia, such liberal aid in enlarging
| and developing the Mechanical and Agricultur-
al Department of tho school as in their iudg-
ment it may be wise and just to render.
Very respectfully.
N. Z. BRACKETT, Prin. and Treaa
| JOHN AaLIoNBY, Sec'y.
| Approved by FIX. Com.-Judge j. T. HoKR.
/ JOHN AoLIoNBY, Esq.. Rev. DANIR1. AMEs.
Hon. s. v. YANTIs, N. C. BRAcKETT.
January 81, 1891.