The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-05-05
An
niversary
or THE WEST VIRGINIA COLOR
Ed INSTITUTE WAS CELE-
NRSArED TUESDAY.
General Watts Speaks
And CAVITY, school historian, reads
Interesting sketch setting torth
main facts in history of the inSti-
tuition.

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delivered the principal address at
the celebration Of the 18th Anniver-
sary Of the West Virginia Colored In
IStltute today. he address was re-
Garded by those who heard it, as
the most liberal and subcommittee
every delivered at the school. He
paid glowing tribute to the Negroes
loyalty, saying that it had no parallel
| Ii all history and should be talked
about more among white people and
Icolored people. He made most
touching appeal for the cultivation of
| loyalty friendly relations between the
races. He said that wherever the
| nlack man and white man under
stood each other they were friends
and that it was only the enemy to
| them both who tried to engcnder
trace feeling.
| BY the part General Watts took in
Establishing the West Virginia Color
led institution. he erected to himself
IA monument more endearing than
granite
| Just before he spoke Mr.. }. NJ.
|
| following sketch OF. the school,:
| Each year reviewing the history
7 of the school, it has been the custom
| 20 discuss in detail the Morrill, Bill
and The Act Of the State Legislature
Irelating TO the establishment of this
| Institution. AT best. the history 0:
| he school is apt TO become monotOn-
| ~ ,.b,n
| relating or it for several years AS
| Honorable Thomas +. Hodges, in his
| recent address on the life OF the late
| honorable Justin S. Morrill,. review
! ID the Congressional and state acts
| hat had 10 do with the establish
| Ment Of this school. and as the dis
| tlnguished speaker with us may touch
On the same points shall be brief
| n relating some Of The other Incl
Tents in the history Of the school,"
| The first Board Of Regents, appoin-
| ed to control the institution, as it's
| inst meeting. April LIST 1892. elected
| he late Mr.. J. Edwin Campbell Prin-
ipal and our present President Mr.
| Byrd Prillerman. his ASSISTANT.
"On May Bird. 1892, the original
part Of this building being complet-
ed, the school was formally opened
| with TWO instructors and twelve
lstudents. The value Of the entire
| liant, consisting Of one building and
| thirty-one acres OF land. was $40
| 900"
Before this school was established
the state was approaching money for
the training Of colored teachers
| Storer College was the beneficiary of
thiS appropriation. In 1898 the
State Superintendent. Honorable B.
rs. Morgan. and the Board Of Regents
icntered into an agreement which re-
suited in this institution. instead of
lStorer College, receiving the Normal
Appropriations. Thus our Normal
Department was established"
Our part Of the Morrill, Fund, in
1.-THE beginning, was $4,000, annually
The states first appropriation was
$4,000 making the total amount
l&vailable for the school for all pur-
lposes for the first year $13,000."
| THE institution has made continu-
IouS progress since its inCipiency. II
has grown from a plant Of one build
ing and thirty-Onc acres Of land to
one Of nine buildings (if We count
the greenhouse and barn) and sixty
IsCven acres Of land. The number Of
lStudentS has increased from twelve
lin 1892 TO the present enrolment OF
two thousand and ffty-one The
teaching force has been augmented
IRON two instructors to twenty-thrcc
officers and teachers. The Depart
ments Of the school have grown from
two 10 seven"
During the eighteen years Of the
history Of the school, we have had.
including the present incumbent.
four heads Of the institution. viz:
J Mr.. J. Edwin Campbell elected
April /. 1892: resigned May 80. 1894
Mr.. John H. Hi, elected June
1894. and resigned in July 1898 to
accept First Lictounant's c0mmiss-
ion in the Sth Immuncs. l.. S. V.
The Late Mr.. J. McEIrnery Jones'
vas elected September 2tst. $685.
and was the first TO be styled "Prcsi-
dent"
"Th" demise Of President Jones
Sept 22nd. 1909. made i; necessary
for the Board Of Regents TO elect the
fourth executive officer Of the school,
preliminary steps in this dircctin
were taken September %. 1909
when d committee Of the Board OF
Regents appointed MIR. Byrd Prillpr.