The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-12-22
Record fO !.
5ssssst S.
Attendant. =. J.
Y WEST VIRGINIA coLoREHgE. /.
STITUTE BROKEN sIR&S
TERM JUST CLOSED. s >;,
Alumni Make Coca
Many OF Them Holding ,Respq 1
Positions In Similar Institahistos
Accommodations ExhaustsdnS Arkd
Board Called Upon to ItlcxESo
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Institute, w. Va, Dec. 20.s1TReE eE
fall term of~the West Virginia Btt-
cred Institute will close Wednesyiay.
December 21. This has been one 81
the most successful terms in fhes Kfa-t
tory Of the institution. Morei stu
dents have been registered durfnH,
this term than in any other yeafs6f
the school. The entire registratfdh
has reached 253 from ten States t0f
the Union and Africa OF tI1is fiiiii6Y.
Der % are in the class traiIfinfStf tfSf
teachers. They are largely under
the immediate instruction OF, Miss
Fanny G. Cobb, who is regatdHdsas
one Of the ablest training teachers
in the country. She has studied H3
Oberlin, Ohio State University. EhY-
cago University and attended fiIa
summer session at Colambia a1ass
term. Er%::Tsx
Two new teachers were added fo
the faculty this year, Mrs. c.. IL. Il:
Mitchell and J. B. Bragg. l., Mrs.
Mitchell finished the course In the
New England Conservatory al" BnSa
ton last June, and is one of the mosf
accomplished music teachers lin. TIE
State. Mr.. Bragg comes to- take
charge Of the blacksmith denapf-
ment. being graduate of both
duskegee Institute and Talfdgsa
The institution has had dramatic
recitals by Edward Brigham Of New
YORK. and Miss Henrietta vinfon
Davis, OF Washington. The institU-
tlon has had some other prominent
Flsltor3~> during the term, aftoiag
them being J. c.. Rankin, Of. SEha
United States Department or ARrfa.
e+tft#fe,eand Mrs.. Eliza Peterson. of
TeXarkana, Texas. ~ 'isE22-5S
The method Of instruction in the
West Virginia Colored Institute fsl
regarded by many. we'll infermeas !
people to be the best that can :i5a
devised. The class work is SO ar-
ranged that each student, exce1r
those taking the commercial coursg
or the normal training class is tsses
qu1red to spend one-half of each
school day at his trade and the other
half in the literary department.. Thfa
enables the student to acquire fair
education and at the same timaS Sfaarn
some useful occupation. :, = ~. !
The girls are required to egsSa&4
ooth cooking and sewing the sarst
TWO or three years Of their course
and after that they may speSiaalaA,
in either cooking. sewing OF sfYfffTfs. Y
Eery' The-boys may take Gas pen
try, blacksmith, bricklaying OF plaa-
tering, printing, wheelwrightfig UT
painting. A good evidence of; the
importance Of these trades iasSsn
IN the erection Of five new resiaaps se
and one business house in this corr
munity this fall. These were eraGk-'
ed wholly by persons who have been J
trained at this institution. Someyof
these buildings are beautiful twos
story structures of excellent finish. Y
When the school could not hire
men from Charleston for .7O%, ,oehtb
per hoIr to do bricklaying in repair
ing the boiler the superintendent Of
mechanics and the teacher in charge
took the boys learning this trade
and did the work. The wheeiwff$ht-
ing department has built wagon TO
he used by mission station IN,
South Africa. This wagon was huilt
at the special request Of Rev. l., Gs
Jordan, d. D., Of Louisville, KY, and
was paid for by the white Baptfss. OK
this State ,t4.,
The graduates Of the school are
to be found 1aboring all over tlats
State ut the various occupations &nd
in their professions. Among tilose.
laboring out Of the State are MISS
Katherine McRoberts, teacher oR
millinery in Wilberforce Unjvesssty.
Ohio; G. G. Poindexter, Fisk UnivSr-
sity, Nashville, Tenn; Miss, Mamie
| Cobbs, training teacher, JofimGoft
City, Tenn; A. G.. Spurlock, suBefih-
tendent OF mechanics Miss EJtfTBF
Jones, teacher Of sewing, and WH9&Ag
James, teacher Of agriculture; alf-an
the Normal and Industrial IyssiEhta
Of bawrenceville, Va: F. C.. PffE0,
teacher Of blacksmithing in the
Maysville institute, Maysville. S.. .C.s
II. Preston, teacher in the puhA0
schools Of Muskogee, Okla; Roskoa
Deans, bookkeeper in Norfolk, We:
A. ]. Booker, Demonstration work
under the United States goverhmant
lin Missiesipni. atTaS 81
The school VIII begin it's wihtss
torn January 9Th. Tho bOasdsaM
halls bave All been crowded ana fk ia
necessary that greater accommSdss
' ions be provided by the hnafas