The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-06
NEGRO INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL.
Famous Tuskegee school to Be
Established at EatOnViIIe. Fla.


Famous Tuskegee school to BE
Established at EatOnviIIe, Fla.
Eatonville, Fla, May 6.-This Negro
City, inhabited and governed In all things
exclusively by negroes, is just now on a
boom that creates widespread enthusiasm
cause of this is the perfecting of plans to
at once establish here a branch of the
Colored Industrial School at Tuskegee.
Ala, made famous by Booker Washing
tons successful management of all its
varied departments. Prof. r. c. Calhoun
for the past two years principal of the
Eatonville public school, is the moving
spirit in the enterprise, he being former
student at that institution. and one who
enjoyed the fun benefits of its self sus~
tanning educational features.
Fortunately for Prof. Calhoun, as a
starter for his enterprise. Hon. E. c. Hun
gerford of the Chester. Conn, Savings
Bank who has an elegant winter home in
Maitland, a mile distant, and is large
land owner in Orange county, donated a
tract of desirable land adjoining Eaton
vile. forty acres for immediate use and
forty more for future development of the
enterprise, or to be sold and the proceeds
used for the school
Bishop Henry Z. Whipple. of Minnesota,
who also has a winter home in Maitland
as wen as large landed interests. gave his
support to the movement and secured some
substantial cash donations from wealthy
Northern people Then the county board
of education consented to make the Eaton
VILE public school nucleus for the pro-
posed Industrial school, thus giving fun
supply of pupils, and a couple of teachers
paid out of the regular school funds OF the
state to start off with.
With this firm foundation to operate
upon, Prof. Calhoun and his FRIENDS
while and colored, proceeded to organize
a board of trustees Prof. w. b. Lynch
Of Orlando. superintendent of public in
struction for Orange county, and under
whose official supervision the school viii
begin operation, was chosen president OF
the board, and Mr.. S. E. Ives, proml-
nent Orlando merchant, was made treas
urer. Mrs. Mary E. Thurston of st. Paul,
Mimi, whose husband has a beautiful
winter home between Eatonville and Matt
land, was made trustee because of her
deep interest in the industrial education
of the negroes, and Hon. f. c. Hungerford
on account of his large donation of land.
The colored trustees are Prof. r.. G. Cal
houn, the principal; Rev. r. c. Bedford
of Tuskegee, secretary of the board of
trustees of the Tuskegee School; Warren
Logan, also of that place, and Joseph e.
Clarke and Samuel M. Moseley of Eaton
vile.
The name selected is ''The Robert Hun
gerford Industrial School, Branch of the
Tuskegee, Ala. Industrial School," Mr.
Robert Hungerford was a gifted young
son of Hon. E. E. Hungerford and came
to Maitland years ago for his health, but
finally succumbed to an incurable disease.
He took great interest in the successful
development of Eatonville as a purely me-
gro city, and the colored people became
much attached to him. In view of this
fact, and his fathers generous donation,
the proposed institution that will, no
doubt, put Eatonvile on a substantial
basis for future growth and prosperity,
will bear his honored name and perpetu-
ate his cherished memory in the hearts of
a people grateful for what he did for them
when living.
Already the colored people are donating
their labor in clearing up the grounds and
preparing for the erection of the needed
buildings. The blacksmithing department
will be the first to open up, and then will
come the woodworking department. and
the school buildings proper. AS a branch
of the Tuskegee school 1t will, in a small
way, cover all the Industrial features thai
| have made that institution so popular and
| efficient. The girls will be taught sewing,
! cooking, housekeeping, dairying, ETC.
while the boys will take 10 iron work
wood work, stock raising. farming gar
| dening, etc. and in these d Apartmenfs find
means of support to enable them to pur-
| sue also a full literary course This indus
| trial, self-supporting feature is one that
| commends itself very fore bly, to the
| friends of the enterprise
There is a somewhat similar institution
| at Tallahassee and another at Jackson
| VILE. so that West and Middle
! Florida are provided for, and the Robert
| Hungerford Industrial School will give
| South Florida the same advantages. There
can be no question as to the value of a
practical Industrial education to the ne
| groes. If our white boys and girls are
benefited by our agricultural col
| leges and Industrial schools, the
| colored boys and girls ought to be made
| better. mechanics and farmers and general
| honsekeepers by similar institutions. Prof
| Calhoun is an accomplished, energetic and
| practical educator and he begins his en-.
| terprise with the fun confidence and re-
| spect of the white people of wealth anc
| culture. who are behind the movement, an6
| any donations of money, tools, books, etc
! made to him will be used to the very best
| advantage.