The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-04-07
EMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENT
.po COLLEGE BUILT FROM
xrCKELS AND PENNIES.

IN Of Handsome Buildings and
,,.o Hundred Students Result
q Rack Man Perseverance.
r-cT1N. Tex.-Through the cour-
industry and perseverance of
I man this city has one of the most
orkable colleges for negroes in
oonntry. In 1898 r. S. Loving
came here to start a college.
.oIarv of $500 year had been
r,isad him, and when he and his
came to the college building
found a bare, unfinished
,c+ure. There was a roof over it
+he four walls, but little else.
ds nestled in the rafters, pigs
goats-the characteristic fauna
snburban Austin-quarreled and
rod and butted and slept in the
lItor of the still open basement.
Fbpre was not a stick of furni-
in the place. No heat, no light,
bods. no dishes, no chairs, even.
II add to these material troubles
&nupils appeared the first day-be-
IN thp professor and his wife had
. chance to unlock their trunks.
this number Al came from out in
4 country. They had to be fed
# lodged as we'll as taught. All
#se Young negroes had been carried
In by the announcement that had
Il from lip to lip all through that
lion that the college was going to
8n that day.
A Gloomy Prospect.
After the new college president
called the students together and
blamed the situation he set out
I get some of the things that were
IN needed The people who lived
4 h the college responded literally.
u president returned with a jug of
Masses and 1 4 lOaves of bread, and
hi back to get a little stove that
II the first contribution that was
bred him in the first house he went
They built a fire, for the evening
i chilly, and, seated on the floor,
college president, his wife and
Students ate their bread and mo-
kes and were undiscouraged.
Ehe next day President Loving
sd began the work of fitting up
college. He begged pennies and
Skles and dimes from the negro
Bulation of Austin. He organized
i social" after another to get the
sniture that was required. The
pnd evening there was a CHAIR
\ al' People desiring to attend
D to bring a chair as a ticket of
Aission. The college got 81 chairs
+. this way. A "sheet and pillow
b entertainment" a dish social"
laundry equipment fair" and a
of other entertainments to get
il supplies they needed followed
Ia the shortest of intervals be-
Men. Temporary rooms for dining
Il and kitchen were prepared.
ID colored washerwomen came
IA bedding and made beds ready
u students with their own hands.
The College Today.
Such is the history of the begin
Ags of the Samuel Huston College
austin, TeXaS-a school for negOr
%ths. Today SIT students live
q study in a group of handsome
8ldings. Lovinggood's ability and
0omitable courage have wrought
change 1t is a history of hard
4p He had done even more than
Build up a college. His successful
Rtion of the race problem in the
@ter of cotton section larger than
N England, where the cOlOred
euIation is more than a million, is
Nted on every letter and every bit
literature that his college sends
4 1t is this: Strive always to
M others better than they treat
y That is the rule that every
W has to try to live up to.
austin is the capital of Texas-a
" Of about $4,000. About half
\ population of the town are ne
Res, and in the country round
put they outnumber the whites
Re to one. For nearly 80 years
I coIored people III Austin have
guggled to establish this school.
Is not named after the famous Sam
EuSton, that historic figure in the
VA southwest, but after Samuel
RSJon, farmer of Marengo, Iowa,
II long ago gave $4,000 toward
I establishment of this college.
acres of land were purchased,
Y the stone basement of one build
4 Was constructed. Then the mon
gave out and for 16 years the
IL stopped. Meantime pennies,
fheIS and dimes from laborers,
4SnerWomen and farmers were col
Eco and in 1898 it was inclosed.
pIAce then several other buildings
u been erected, and IT teachers
/ engaged. One of the new build
r cost $4,000, and the college
7AIfeIy free of debt.
HEALTH AND VITALITY,