The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-24
An Educational Center.

are the builders, in that their encourage
ment fosters and their patronage makes
rich.
An Educational Center.
Talladega is a great educational center
Here are located the Alabama school for
the deaf and blind. No institution IN
=! the state appeals more strongly TO the
sympathy of the public than do THESE
schools. They are now well equipped
with modern appliances for the care COM
fort and instruction of pupils. The corps
of teachers in both the intellectual and
Industrial departments is full. The instl-
tuition is giving to all deaf and blind chill
dren of the state who enters Its walls
thorough practical English education,
and trade by means of which they may
become self-sustaining
The School for the Deaf was founded
In 1858 The School for the Blind In 1867
The School for Negro Deaf and Blind In
1892. The total enrolment January l, 1903.
was $50. The plant consists OF three
tracts of land--in all about forty acres
and thirteen brick buildings, the total
value of which is about 100000. The
schools are supported by the state upon
per capita basis
At the last session Of the legislature
an appropriation was made of $4,000 for
the erection of new dormitory Tor boys
This building Is now being contracted
and Is to be quite handsome comfortable
and modern in every respect The grounds
are quite beautiful and well kept ana the
buildings substantial and imposing. The
institution is under the general superin-
tendency of Prof j. II. Johnson. who Is
successor to his lamented father, who was
the real founder. 1t Is supported entlfely
by the state. The circular of Information
states specifically that these are schools
not homes or hospitals" Twenty teachers
I'd afOhf
manual training Jefferson county has
more than three times the number OF
pupls of any other county In the state In
each and all of the schools
The Orphans Home.
The Orphans Home of the Synod OF
Alabama (Presbyterian) Is another of the
great eleemosymary and educational IN
situations located at Taladega. Whhe
this orphanage has struggled under great
financial pressure for a long time, IL mas
accomplished a wonderful work, and the
past year has been one of extension ana
Improvement A farm of 1863 acres has
been purchased. and Superintendent Eos
ter is now busiy engaged putting In
seeds for the harvest. The buildings are
handsome and substantial, and seventy
two orphan children-thirty-six of each
sex-are here being blessed by careful
and wholesome training of body and mind
This great work appeals strongly to the
hearts of all Alabamians, especially to
the Presbyterians of the state, under
whose special direction the home is con-
troled.
SynodicaI College.
The alabama Synodical College for
Women" is located in the heart of the
city. This was formerly Isbell college,
and was the property of the First Pres
byterian church of Talladega, but the
grounds and buildings were decided last
year to the synod of Alabama. The
synod assumed control, thoroughly re-
paired the buildings and the board of
trustees elected the Rev. T. Peyton Wal
ton of Tennessee president Or. Walton
is a scholarly gentleman, who has made
the education of women his life work.
The college is now prospecting, and the
belief here Is that 1t will quickly attain
high rank among the educational insti-
tutions of the south 1t is the only col
lege. male or female in the state which
is conducted under the auspices Of the
Presbyterian chruch, and it must receive
that practical encouragement to which It's
lofty aim entities IT. Its curriculum
ranks with the highest in the south. The
faculty is full and thoroughly efficient.
Negro College.
The Talladega college for the education
of colored people is a fourishng instltu-
ton. under the care of the American Mis-
sionary society and of the Congregational
church. About 600 pupils are here en-
rolled, and the official board and faculty
are composed of northern white men and
women. This school is well endowed by
northern phisnthropists, and Is doing a
work somewhat different from that Of
Tuskegee. There Is some sentiment here
in opposition to this work but the general