The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-06-04

education of the women of North Caro-
lima and of the Southern States. Salem
Female Academy which had its centen-
NAL year during May, 1902, is one of the
oldest and most interesting schools in the
whole South practically the only one
which has never closed it's doors in a
century.
The MethodiSts, now one of the strong
est and largest denominations in tho
State, have had an important part in our
educational life. Their first school in
North Carolina was Cokesbury school IN
Davie county. which opened in 1893. They
were comparatively small in numbers
then, but they continued to grow. In
1887 the North Conference was made an
Independent body and since that year the
| church has done something for educa-
ton. Today they have fna system
of colleges and schools. They now have
Trinity College, Greensboro Female Col
lege, Weaverville College, Asheville Fee
male College, Davenport College, Louis
burg Female College, Littleton Fee
male College, and few high
schools. Most of these receive
no financial aid from the conferences
Trinity College is their chief institution.
Beginning in 1888 as private academy, it
was turned over to the conference in
1858, but did not receive much financial
aid from it until 1884 Ever since this
the conference or conferences have Civ.
aid Trinity has within the past few
years received large sum of money,
largely from the generous Duke family.
1t now has one of the finest college plants
in the South and has an endowment
fund Of 100000. Among the other Meth
| odist schools Greensboro Female Col
| lege has been prominent. 1t opened its
| doors in 1916 and since that time, with
one break. it has done a fine work for
the education of young women. The
church has never given much financial
aid to il, and since 1882 it has been in
the hands OF body of liberal men who
have supported it for the benefit of the
| church. The Methodist church has di-
rectly or indirectly been connected with
the Wesleyan Female College and the
Warrenton Female College, both of which
are no longer in operation.
Not only has the Methodist Episcopal
| Church done much for education, but the
Methodist Professionals have had school
| -Yadkin College--in operation from 1856
| to 1887, with one suspension.
| The Baptists have been strong in num-
| bers and in their zeal for education. They
| lad become rather large in numbers by
| 1850, when the State Convention was
| formed. BY this time the educational
| idea had become strong. In 1882 they
| proposed to have a school, and Wake
| Forest College was the result, it being
| chartered in 1S33-1S34. The school opened
| in 1884 and since that time it has been
a most important institution. It has
for many years taken rank with the very
best schools in the State. Today its
equipment and plant are fine. 1t has an
endowment fund of 100000.
The Baptists have other good schools
! besides Wake Forest College-the Chowan
Baptist Female Institute, oxford Female
Seminary. and the Baptist Female Uni
versity The university for young women
belongs to the convention. being their
church school for women, just as Wake
Forest is for men. The other institutions
are under the protection and influence of
the church. but receive little or no imam
cial aid The churches of the western
part of North Carolina have had one
school-Judson College, in operation 1882.
1892.
sect in the State, still have done much.
The New Garden Boarding School, since
1883 Guilford College, has been one of
the States famous institutions, going
back to 1888 1887. The Catholics have
had st. Mary's College since 1878, the only
Catholic college south of Maryland ex-
| cepting one, in Mobile. The Christians
have had Elon College since 1890, being
| the outgrowth of Graham Institute which
| dates back to 1852. This, though a new
| institution, is one of the good schools of
| the State.
From this brief and imperfect sketch
the idea forms itself, that the denomina-
| tions have had very great deal to do
with the educational life of North Caro-
lima; they have done much, and will do