CHAPTER XIII. STATISTICS OF SCHOOLS FOR NEGROES. The statistics of colleges, normal schools, industrial schools, public and private high schools for negroes will be found incorporated with other schools of similar grades in the preceding chapters. They are here brought together to facilitate the separate study of negro schools. In 1913 there were 426 of these schools reporting to this office, 156 public high schools, and 270 private high schools, normal schools, colleges, and industrial schools. Tables 2, 3, and 4 relate to the 270 schools. The progress of the public high schools for the past four years is indicated in the following synopsis: BENEFACTIONS OR BEQUESTS OF OVER $1,000 RECEIVED IN 1912-13. Snow Hill Normal and Industrial Institute, Ala., $1,013; Talladega College, Ala., $13,565; Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, Ala., $22,901; Howard University, D. C., $4,417; Atlanta University, Ga., $11,704; Clark University, South Atlanta, Ga., $1,200; Morgan College, Baltimore, Md., $50,000; Okolona Industrial College, Miss., $3,000; Mather Industrial School, Beaufort, S. C., $3,798; Claflin University, S. C., $5,288; Knoxville College, Tenn., $175,000; Fisk University, Tenn., $3,147; Meharry Medical College, Tenn., $7,000. Twenty-two States and the District of Columbia reported 156 public high schools for negroes in 1913. As indicated above, these schools had 566 teachers and 10,594 students of high-school grade. Enrollment by States is given in the table following. 607 |