The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-12-26
Pres. B. F. Allen.

he subject or this sketch, is
Prof. b. F. Allen the scholarly
president of Lincoln Institute:
Prof. Allen is a graduate of Atlanta
University, and received his A.
Nj. degree from the University of
Chicago. He was connected with
Lincoln Institute for eight years.
And held first the chair of Latin
and Greek and then that of pedagogy
and serving most of this time as
vice President of the Institution.
He resigned in 1901 to accept a
position in the Georgia State Col
lege, at Savannah, Ga. But was
called to the presidency of Lincoln
Institute last June. The new
England Journal of Educatiodn"
recently paid Pres. Allen and his
work at Lincoln the following
tribute.
Lincoln Institute, Jefferson
City, Mo-, was founded in 1866
by funds contributed by the Sixty
second and SiXty-fifth regiments of
United States Colored infan try
when discharged from service and
in a comparatively short time taken
under the care and protection Of
the liberal state of Missouri. 1t
affords excellent opportunities for
both higher and industrial train
ing and through It's lone line Of
graduates has furnished Missouri
and other states not only many
high grade teachers, but in ad-
dition, many leading lawyers,
physicians, and other professional
and business men.
The buildings, commodious,
slightly and modern. are we'll
located on a height of land that
commands a fine view of Jefferson
City, and the picturesque sur
rounding country for miles around.
With such a location, excellent
water, good drainage, food well
selected and prepared, and with
| athletic sports, in which all are
encouraged to take part, sickness
, among the students is practically
unknown; in fact, young people
with weak lungs, or a tendency
!, thereto, often find themselves
: very much benefited after resi-
dence of a few months here. En-
tering now upon the thirty-sixth
year of its career, the institution
is exceedingly fortunate in having
at it's head a gentleman and
scholar of wide experience in
educational matters in the person
of President B. F. Allen, A. NJ,
who by eight years experience as
a professor in n Of the most i'm
p%ortant departments of the same
school, and for the greater part of
this time its vice-president, brings
with him a more than theoretical
knowledge of existing conditions,
and of both general and specific
needs of the young people, who
come under his care and guidance /;
one who desiring to be helpful to
his race and believing most
thoroughly in a happy combina.
ton of higher and industrial
education, leads out along most
practical lines.
The enrolment of students has
been from the opening day,
September l., a record breaker in
the history of the school. Each
week brings a decided increase in
number, and at present an over
crowded condition exists that can
not be alleviated until the com.
pletion of the commodious build
ing now being erected as a boys
dormitory. r., s,'.y5
President Allen, with his usual
progressive spirit, recently called
a Farmers convention to meet at
Lincoln Institute November l, to
discuss, among other things, such
practical questions as, "What is
the outlook for the colored farmer
in Missouri" "What can we dc
to keep our boys and girls on thu
farmf" GLOW do we spend our
time when the crops are laid byf
ST GLOW can the agricultural depart
~ ment of Lincoln Institute and tn,
colored farmers help each otherf
is The movement created mucl
interest among both the white ant
Is colored educators of the state, ant
the meeting was in every n o
20 the term a decided success"