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By the provisions of the act, all negro deaf, mute and blind children, residents of the State, between the ages of ten and twenty years, if-suitable to be admitted, are entitled to board, tuition, school room expenses and medical attendance free of charge, for the term of six years. Application for admission
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must be made, in writing to the Principal, stating name, age and place of residence.
The number of pupils in the school at present (1892) is, males, 4; females, 5; total, 9.
THE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF ALABAMA, AT MOBILE.
This college, located at Mobile, Ala, was incorporated by the general assembly of Alabama January 30, 1860. It is governed by a board of nineteen trustees, in whom all the corporate powers of the college are vested. Vacancies in the board are filled by the board. Five members of the board constitute a quorum, and meetings of the board are appointed by its president. The president of the board is, ex-officio, a member of the board of trustees of the University of Ala- bama. The board elects the faculty and other officers, makes by-laws for the government of the board, and may hold and dispose of property necessary for the purposes of the college. - The faculty of the college is authorized by the act of incorpo- ration to constitute and fill chairs and vacancies therein ; to prescribe the duties and terms of office and to remove mem- cbers of the faculty ; grant and revoke diplomas, and make by-laws for the government of the college.
The act appropriated the sum of $50,000, to be applied by the board in the purchase of a suitable lot and the erection of necessary college buildings, and declared that the college should constitute a department of the University of Alabama, and that, upon its dissolution, all its property should vest in the university, but that no portion of the university fund should be applied to the use of the college.
With the money thus appropriated, a commodious building, adapted, in size and appointments, to the needs of such an institution, was erected, and the college was rapidly gaining reputation when the civil war broke out and put a stop to all educational establishments in the south. Six, out of seven, of the professors went into the military service, and nothing was done in the way of lecturing during the remainder of the war. At the close of the war the Freedmen's Bureau took possession
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of the college and maintained it as a primary school for young negroes for nearly two years.
. Having regained possession of the college, the faculty, in 1868, was reorganized and the college doors reopened. A class of twenty-three matriculates responded to the first annual announcement.
Mobile has proven to be a good centre for the diffusion of medical knowledge. Its genial climate, its natural advantages, and the general hospitality of its inhabitants, all contribute towards making it a proper site for a medical school, and no pains are spared by the faculty to make the school attractive and useful.
The college has no endowment, and the State makes no ap- propriation for its support ; but the general assembly in 1870, appropriated $10,000 for necessary repairs on the college build- ings, and in 1891, 810,000 to remodel the building and purchase appliances and apparatus.
The commodious and imposing college building and exten- sive grounds, occupy an entire square, and are situated away from the noise and confusion of the business centres of the city. The building, comfortable and complete in all its ap- pointments, and supplied with ever needed convenience and facility for thorough instruction in all the departments of medicine, offers advantages not surpassed by any similar insti- tution in the country.
A large space in the building is devoted to the museum, which is one of the largest and most complete possessed by any medical college in the United States.
The pathological department is being constantly enriched by contributions generously bestowed by physicians and sur- geons, many of whom are alumni of the college.
The materia medica collection has a large room appropriated to it, and the extent and completeness of it may be inferred from the statement that it was imported at a cost of $5,000. It is rich, not only in all the ordinary specimens of the materia medica, but contains also many rare and costly ones, and is continually used to demonstrate the lectures and instructions of the professor of this department.
The chemical laboratory is well arranged and supplied with all the appliances, apparatus, and essentials, necessary for full
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instruction in the most important details, facts and principles of modern chemistry and practical pharmacy, enabling the professor to give especial attention to such matters as are of particular interest to the practicing physician, and to illustrate his course by experiments and practical demonstrations.
- The rooms for practical anatomy are well lighted, venti- lated and furnished with all necessary conveniences, afford sufficient space for the largest class ; most convenient and effi- cient arrangements have been added to them for the preserva- tion and care of subjects, and the observance of cleanliness.
The faculty, at present, consists of eight professors, five lecturers and two demonstrators, and the course of construc- tion consists of didactic and clinical lectures, examinations or quizzes, demonstrations, dissections and practical manipula- tions. The city hospital, entirely under the control of the faculty, is open to students, free of charge.
Attendance on two full courses of lectures entitles the stu- dent to become an applicant for examination for his degree ; but the student may avail himself of graded instruction ex- tending over three terms, without extra expense in the way of college fees, except the matriculation fee.
The college fees are as follows :
Matriculation - paid annually - 85.00; attendance on all lectures, at college and hospital, 875.00; ticket of demon- strator of anatomy, $10.00; graduating fee, $25.00.
Students desiring to attend the lectures in any one or more of the branches, less than the full course, will be charged $10.00 for each ticket.
Graduates of other respectable schools are admitted to all the privileges of the college, upon payment of the matricula- tion and half-lecture fees. They cannot, however, obtain the diploma of the college without passing the regular examina- tion, and paying the usual graduation fee.
To meet a want which is making itself more and more felt, the faculty have established a chair of pharmacy in connection with the college, and to that end have secured the services of a practical pharmaceutist, who is a regular graduate in this branch. Students taking this course will be required to attend the regular lectures on chemistry and materia medica and therapeutics, and receive practical instruction in the chemical laboratory.
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In the practical part of the course they will be taught the properties of drugs and their modes of preparation, and will be thoroughly drilled in compounding medicines and filling prescriptions.
The fees for the course will be: Matriculation, $5.00; tickets, $30.00; graduation, $5.00.
Two courses will be required for graduation. Regular medical students who desire to take the course can do so by paying for the ticket in practical pharmacy ($10.00) and for the diploma ($5.60).
Students may obtain board in the city at from $3.00 to $5.00 a week.
By the terms of the charter granted this college, one bene- ficiary student from each county in the State is allowed to attend the course of lectures in the college, free of all cost, except as to the matriculation, dissection and graduation fee. Such student must obtain from the probate judge and com- missioners of roads and revenue of the county in which he resides, certificates that he is without the means of procuring a medical education ; that he is worthy, both by character and preliminary education, of such scholarship, and must furnish the same to the Dean. Students participating in the benefits of this provision are unknown as such, except to the faculty.
Students who may receive such appointments have the privilege of its renewal for three terms, or until they receive their diplomas, provided the conditions upon which they were appointed remain unchanged during that time. Under no cir- cumstances will two beneficiaries from the same county be received during the same session.
The number of matriculates, session of 1891-92, was 131; number of graduates, 35. Number of graduates to date, (1892), 660.
Catalogues and full information will be furnished on ap- plication to the Dean of the Faculty, at Mobile.
SPRING HILL COLLEGE.
Spring Hill, or St. Joseph's College is located at Spring Hill, in Mobile county, five miles from the city of Mobile, and is
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reached by a line of steam railway from that city, over which trains run hourly during the day and early night. It was founded in 1830, and chartered by the general assembly in 1836. August 20, 1840, it was empowered by Pope Gregory XVI, to grant degrees in philosophy and theology.
- The college was established by the catholics, and is under the control of the "Society of Jesus," and its directors, officers and professors all belong to that ancient order. The public worship of the college is that of the catholic religion, but pupils of other denominations are received, if willing to con- form to the exterior exercises of worship.
The college is built on rising ground, and at an elevation of one hundred and fifty feet above the sea level. It enjoys a constantly refreshing breeze, which renders its situation both agreeable and healthy. The surrounding woods afford the most pleasant summer walks. A never failing spring at the foot of the hill, and within the college grounds, furnishes an abundant and lasting supply of water to a beautiful pond, where students may safely enjoy the beneficial exercise of swimming.
The college is governed by a board of trustees. The faculty is able and extensive. The plan of instruction is es- - tablished on a large scale, and is calculated to suit not only the wants, but the progress of society. It consists of three prin- ciple courses, preparatory, classical and commercial. The first is completed in one year, the second in six years, and the third in four years. Bookkeeping, penmanship, French, German, Spanish and Italian, form separate courses, the last four being at the option of parents.
The age of admission is from nine to fifteen years. The terms per session of ten months are: entrance fee, first year only $15.00, board, tuition, washing, bed and bedding, $300.00 medical fees, $14.00.
Students of the sixth classical year, and of the third and fourth commercial years, pay $10.00 for the philosophical ap- paratus and supply of chemicals. Graduation fees, $10.00. Drawing and music extra.
Vacation at college for students too distant from home, $80.00.
The session begins in September and ends in June.
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There are several societies, religious, literary and musical, connected with the college, over each of which some member of the faculty presides.
There are two literary societies, the senior and the junior. They have for their object "the cultivation of eloquence by means of debates, dramatic readings and declamation."
The philharmonic societies are two in number, and are also called senior and junior.
Besides the societies named, there are the college orchestra, the college choir, the billiard room association, and the reading room association, each under the direction of an officer of the college.
The college is one of the oldest and best known institutions of learning in the State; and beyond the State, in Louisana, Mexico, the island of Cuba, and in Central and South America, it is probably better known than any other college in the United States.
The number of students during the session ending June, 1892, was 168.
The roll of alumni of the college comprises some of the most distinguished names of the country, in all the walks of life.
For catalogue and full information, address the President, at Spring Hill, Ala.
TUSKALOOSA FEMALE COLLEGE.
This college, located at Tuskaloosa, Alabama, and now (1892) in its thirty-second session, and seventeenth session under its present management, is a private institution, its prop- erty being owned by its president, Mr. Alonzo Hill, a graduate of the University of Virginia, and an educator of great expe- rience and ability.
The institution relies for patronage solely upon the superior character of the advantages offered. It is not under the auspices of any religious denomination and has no board. of trustees.
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galleries, are the sohool buildings, consisting of college, prim- ary, art and calisthenic hails, laboratory, recitation and music rooms, all well ventilated, easily warmed, and supplied with the necessary furniture and apparatus. The rooms of the pupils are carpeted and handsomely and comfortably furnished.
. The college park, tastefully laid off in winding walks and ornamented with trees, shrubbery and flowers, is a most attractive place for exercise and recreation. A beautiful summer house crowns an artificial mound in the center, and the grass-carpeted lawns are supplied with rustic benches and seats.
A splendid system of water works has recently been con- structed in the city, and the college buildings are now supplied throughout with an abundance of purest water. Bath rooms, with hot and cold water, and other conveniences, have been added.
The music department is supplied with two organs and twenty excellent pianos, most of which are new and of supe- rior make.
The philosophical and chemical apparatus are sufficient to illustrate with experiments the various branches in these - departments. The supply of apparatus has received large and valuable additions during the past year. The classes in astronomy have the use of the university observatory.
The college has a large and valuable collection of minerals, rocks and fossils.
The art department is supplied with a kiln, and with stat- ues, models, studies, photographic instruments and apparatus, etc., to which additions are constantly made.
The calisthenic hall is supplied with all necessary appa- ratus.
A carefully selected library, containing about 3,000 volumes among which are many valuable works of reference, is open to pupils.
Pupils are received as members of the president's family, and their welfare and happiness are carefully guarded.
Pupils, non-residents of Tuskaloosa, are required to board in [the college, unless by special arrangement with the pres- ident.
The college is non-denominational, and pupils attend, under
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care of an officer, the church and Sunday school selected for them by their parents or guardians. The faculty consists of members of different denominations.
The faculty has been organized with great care, and is composed entirely of professional teachers, who are specialists in their several departments.
The course of study includes three departments - the pri- mary, academic, and collegiate-and extends over eleven years. The complete collegiate course embraces the following distinct schools : English language and literature, history, moral phi- losophy, mathematics, natural science, languages (modern).
In the department of music, instruction is given on the piano, organ, guitar, violin, in voice culture, harmony, and in the theory of music.
In the department of art, instruction is given in drawing, sketching, painting, decorative painting, photography, etc.
In the industrial department, instruction is given in book- keeping, typewriting, stenography, telegraphy, photography, and printing.
Certificates of proficiency and diplomas are conferred in each of these departments.
The sessions, divided into two terms, begin in September and end in June.
The total expense of a boarding pupil in regular class for a term of four and a half months, without music or other extra branch, is $105; same with music is $135.
No charge for tuition in regular course is made to daugh- ters of ministers in regular service, or of deceased ministers.
The charge for board is 850 per term.
The number of pupils in attendance during the session ending June, 1892, in all departments, was 221.
For full information and catalogues, address the President.
ALABAMA CENTRAL FEMALE COLLEGE.
This college is located at Tuskaloosa, Ala. The main edi- fice, 189 by 120 feet, was erected at a cost of $150,000, and, as a specimen of splendid architecture, is believed to be unsur-
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passed in the south. The central rotunda, towering to a height of 100 feet, gives facility rarely found in college build- ings for exhibiting Foucault's beautiful pendulum illustration of the earth's diurnal motion. An additional building of brick, .66 by 45 feet, four stories high, has been erected in connection with the main edifice, for the better accommodation of board- ers. The large sums which have been judiciously expended in buildings, musical instruments, scientific apparatus, dorm- itory and school furniture, etc., enable the college to provide substantial advantages to which very few institutions in the land can lay claim.
All the dormitories are well lighted, thoroughly ventilated, and supplied with fire places. The building is supplied with water from the city water works and from an excellent well on the premises, and is furnished with electric lights and bath rooms.
The spacious halls and passages, and circular gallery in the rotunda, all under the main roof, constitute a feature of special attraction, as affording ample room for the recreation of the pupils in inclement weather.
The college grounds, over three acres in area, covered with beautiful shade trees and evergreens, afford ample facilities for outdoor exercise.
C. Standing on an eminence at the foot of Broad street, and commanding a charming view of the surrounding country, this institution is at once of easy access and enjoys the perfect quiet of retirement.
The college was incorporated December 19, 1857, and is governed by a board of trustees. The president is chosen by the board for an indefinite term of years, and professors, teachers, and other officers are appointed by him. The officers and teachers, with the boarding pupils, have their home at the college.
The entire range of studies is distributed into four depart- ments : (1) Preparatory, (2) collegiate, (3) music, (4) art. The time required for the completion of the whole preparatory course is six years, and four years are necessary for the com- pletion of the collegiate course.
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refinement and experience. The college is decidedly a chris- tian school, and the most diligent efforts of precept and example are employed to impress the pupil with the beauty and excellence of the christian religion.
The college is supplied with a number of maps, charts, globes, etc., together with fine chemical and philosophical apparatus, and a valuable cabinet of specimens, illustrating and investing with interest the sciences of geology and mine- ralogy. The kind offer of access to the university observa- tory, with occasional lectures by the professor, will be gladly accepted by the classes in astronomy and physics.
The pupils have access to an excellent library and reading room in the college.
The expense of a boarding pupil, taking regular course, without music or art, is $100 per term of four and a half months.
For full information and catalogue, address the President, at Tuskaloosa.
MARION MILITARY INSTITUTE.
When, in 1887, Howard College, which, for a number of years had been located at Marion, Perry county, Alabama, was removed to East Lake, near Birmingham, in Jefferson county, Alabama, its president, Col. J. T. Murfee, a distinguished educator, who had been with the college for sixteen years, as president, decided to resign from the college and to open in Marion a school of high order, to be known as the Marion Military Institute.
The fine buildings and grounds of the Howard College were secured for the institute, a competent faculty engaged, and the school was opened for students in October, 1887. There were 79 students in attendance the first year, and since then the buildings have been full.
The institute was incorporated by an act of the general assembly, approved February 20, 1889, and is under the control of a board of seven trustees, named in the act, and their suc- cessors in office .- By this act, the head of the institute is styled superintendent, who, with the professors, constitute the faculty.
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It is a private corporation and receives no financial aid from the State.
The college buildings and grounds are worth $60,000, and in beauty and fitness for college purposes, are not excelled by any in the State.
The superintendent, with his family, lives on the grounds, and all his time is-devoted to the physical and moral culture of the students.
The college curriculum comprises the following schools : School of science, school of mathematics, school of English language and literature, school of Latin, school of Greek, school of German, school of French. There is also a business course, embracing arithmetic, geometry, surveying, levelling, drawing, penmanship, bookkeeping, telegraphy, typewriting, chemistry, commercial law and the English branches, which may be com- pleted in a limited time.
Parents and guardians may select such studies as desired, not omitting English and such fundamental branches as are recited in the chapel at the last recitation hour of the day.
As its name denotes, the institute has a military depart- ment. The cadets are organized in a battalion of two compa- nies. All students are required to join the corps of cadets, unless physically disqualified. The drill is one hour a day, and only when the weather is good. No other military duty is required.
The institute has two literary societies-the Philomathic and the Franklin, each with comfortable and well furnished halls.
The session, divided into two terms, begins in October and ends in June.
A student may enter at any time and be assigned to suita- ble classes, and pay only from the time he enters.
The charges are board, tuition, fuel, furnished room and servants hire, per term, $100.
The uniform is an economical one, and costs about twenty dollars.
The total number of students in attendance during the ses- sion ending June, 1892, was 124.
The institute is non-denominational.
For catalogue and full information, address the Superin- tendent, at Marion, Ala.
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JUDSON INSTITUTE.
This school, located at Marion, Alabama, was founded in 1839 and incorporated January 9, 1841. It is the property of the Alabama Baptist State Convention .. Its affairs are in the hands of a board of trustees appointed by that body. Its offi- cers and teachers all receive stipulated salaries ; so that there is no one who is at all interested in having any pecuniary profits arise from its management.
The buildings are a combination of Roman and French re- naissance. They present an imposing front of 240 feet, the mrain depth being 121 feet, the height being three stories, ex- cept the central part, which is four stories. The height of the rooms is 16 feet on the first floor and 14 feet on all the other floors. The top cornice of the dome is 100 feet from the ground. The main entrance has a vestibule measuring 17 by 41 feet; the main stair hall is 37 by 41 feet; while the main stair case is 12 feet wide and continues to the third floor. There are two other stairways that reach the third floor, and each of these can be reached from any part of the building by means of halls and corridors.
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There are 153 feet of open promenade on the front veranda, and the same on the back, enclosed by an arcade, besides 200 feet of hallways.
The dining room is 41 by f2 feet, with transept on either side, making a cross of 62 by 69 feet. The first floor com- prises two study halls, the one 20 by 52 feet, and the other 31 by 41 feet, five large lecture rooms, one office, two parlors, one reading room, ten other rooms and two vestibules.
The second floor contains a chapel with a capacity, floor and gallery, for 800 seats, a stair hall 37 by 41 feet, library 17 by 13 feet, two reading rooms, each 17 by 13 feet, these three rooms connecting with balconies & by 52 feet, musical director's and vocal teacher's instruction rooms, each 25 by 20 feet, 36 dormitories and 350 feet length of hallways.
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