Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-11
ATLANTA UNIVERSITY.
Prominent Southern Institution
Founded by Norwich Man to OBJ
serve Semi Centennial.

Atlanta university was chartered in
1867 The present enrolment is $40.
There are thirty eight teachers and
officers, among them graduates of
Yale, Harvard Columbia and other
well-known colleges. The annual cost
thousand dollars. All of the students
are required to pay according 10 their
ability. About one-third of the an
nual cost is met by their payments
and work; for the balance Atlanta
university is dependent upon the in
come from an endowment of one
hundred and ten thousand dollars and
upon the annual gifts of friends. The
graduates are contributing an increas-
ing amount from year to year.
There are many touching incidents
of sacrifice on the part of parents and
pupils for the sake Of education. One
of the first men to graduate walked to
from southern Georgia, a distance of
over a hundred miles. He is now the
president of the Georgia State In
dustriaE College for Negroes at Savan-
nah.
The boys and many of the girls
work during the suner to meet the
expense of their education, often US
ing the knowledge gained in the man
ual arts department to make a decent
wage. One of the girls helped her
mother with a large washing by
means of which they paid the school
bills After graduation she worked as
the head of a kindergarten and set
Element in an Alabama mill town,
where she won the lasting gratitude
of both employer and operatives. An
other girl taught school in a Geor-
gia country community during vaca-
tiops. After graduation she organ
lied a school and country settlement
that FnNnIIv~a cd I1xy
her the farmers have bought and
paid for over four hundred acres of
land and greatly improved their
homes.
Atlanta University is noted for .ts
success in the training of teachers.
public schools of the South makes
evident the peculiar Importance of
such training for Negroes. The Ne
gro schools are differed and taught
by Negroes. This IS true of the whole
educational system from the elemen-
tary schools to the State Normal Col
'eges. The graduates Of Atlanta Uni
versity are in great demand as teach
ers and are making an excellent rec
ord in all parts of the South in both
public schools and private schools.
Atlanta University nowa comes be
fore the public with an appeal for ad-
equate endowment. 1t has the strong
North and South. The Atlanta gradu-
ates are organizing help in the cam
paign for endowment. One Atlanta
Negro who has had both children and
grandchildren at Atlanta University
has subscribed two hundred and fifty
dollars. Many others will give as they
are able. A. half a million dollars is
asked for this semi centennial fund.
The appeal is to all public spirited
people who may wish to have a share
in so important an enterprise.
President Edward y. Ware. son of
Edmund A. Ware, the founder, who
was a resident of Norwich, was grad
uated from Yale University IN 1897,
and from Uliion Theological Seminary
in 1901. He Isl the son of the found
er and first president Of Atlanta Uni
versity. He is by Inheritance and
training peeAiiarly fitted for the task
of leadership in this educational work
for the Negroes. He . has the conf
dence of both races North and South.
Contributions may be sent to President
Ware at Atlanta.