Franklin's paper the statesman., 1911-10-28
UNIVERSITY FOR
HIGHER CULTURE
Enrolment at Atlanta May Break
All Former Records.
OLDEST OF ITS KIND IN SOUTH

With Students From Five States and
Twenty two Cities and Towns Allan
ia University Begins Its Forty third
School Year With Enlarged Facilities
For Doing Greater Work.
Atlanta, Ga.-The forty-third school
year at Atlanta university opened re-
Gently under very favorable circum-
stances. The enrolment Of the first
few days gives promise Of an unusu-
ally large attendance. The boarding
department has almost reached its
full capacity of 16O, and the number
of day students fill tho seats in the
study rooms. The total number will
probably be something over 400. All
of these students are above the grades
in classification. In the preparatory
classes there are 800, in the normal
school sixty-fve. and in the college
something over fifty.
The largest number come from sa-
vannah. Athens sends the next largest
delegation, and the remainder come
from Rome and Augusta, Ga; Jackson
Vile, Fla; Charleston, 8. c., and Chat
tanooga, Tenn. Altogether they rep
resent I'VE different states and twenty
two different towns and cities. This
institution is one of the Oldest in the
south for the higher education Of Ne
gro youth and. beyond the payments
of students. is supported by voluntary
contributions Of friends throughout
the country. There are thirty-three
on the force Of teachers and officers.
among them graduates of Harvard.
Yale and Chicago universities, Smith.
Wellesley, Mount Holyoke, Dartsmouth
and Beloit colleges.
The students charges for board and
tuition amount to $120 year in the
college and normal school, but every
student has the privilege Of reducing
this amount appreciably by extra
work about the grounds and buildings
There are also scholarship funds avail
able for needy students who show
ability and earnestness Of purpose.
Through the generosity Of friends in
New York city the institution offers
this year chance for special work in
kindergarten training. There IL also
opportunity for individual training In
instrumental music and vocal music.
The university is beautifully located
upon a hill in the western part Of the
city of Atlanta. There are seven sub
stantial brick buildings. some Of them
beautifully overgrown with Ivy and
surrounded by a campus of sixty acres.
In the Knowles industrial building
boys receive instruction in manual
training, and there are facilities for an
extended course in mechanic arts. The
girls are given instruction in domestic
science and 1t is expected that each
one before graduating shall spend at
least four months in the Furber cot
tage or domestic science home. where
all the work is carried on by the girls
under the supervision Of the house
mother. thus giving excellent training
and experience.
The work is earnestly Christian. hut
undenominational. 1t Is governed by
an independent board Of sixteen trus-
tees and from its founding in 1867 has
stood unequivocally for the best op-
portunities Of liberal education for col
ored boys and girls. In line with this
purpose the trustees have recently au-
thorized an enlargement In the courses
of study. Hereafter the normal pre-
paratory course will be four years in
stead OF three. as heretofore, and stu
dents desiring to accept the provision
of teaching may elect two years
normal course on the completion Of the
preparatory course or a four years
teachers college course parallel to the
classical course.
In order that those who are expect
ing to be teachers may have an oppor-
tunity to observe the best methods, the
Oglethorpe practice school was erected
on the campus FIVE years ago. In this
building are gathered about $50 little
children for Kindergarten and grade
work. and here the normal girls OBJ
serve and practice under the supervi-
sion of the principal.
Atlanta university has for some six
teen years specialized in the depart
ment of sociology and economics, which
under Professor w. II. b. Du Bois was
brought to a high state Of excellence.
Under the auspices Of this department
there have been published fourteen an
nual studies on the Negro problems.
These studies are in the form Of re-
ports of conference which ia held
each May at the university. The last
to be issued from the Atlanta Univer-
sity Press was the report on "The Col
lege Bred Negro" This study has re-
ceived extended and fattering notice
in the papers and periodicals Of the
nation. Though DR.. Du Bois IL no
longer professor of sociology at At.
lanta university. he still retains the d.