Noxubee Industrial School Catalog

              h    Cdtulogue  OF THE    NOXUBEE INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL    MOLLISON HALL    I    McLEOD, MISSISSIPPI  Eight m i b can of    MACON. MISSISSIPPI    19171918  zoTH YEAR    CATALOGUE  OF THE    McLEOD, MISSISSIPPI  Eight miles east of Macon, Miss.    Incorporated 1899  (Non Sectarian)    Nearest Railroad Mobile & Ohio, Macon, Miss.    !MOTTO: ""Moral excellence is the bright, consumate flower. of all progress.""- Chas. Sumner  T h e Hope of the American Negro : ""The ability to do things as well as to know things.""-    Hunter    S . J. HUNTER, Founder    The School is under the supervision of a Boartl of h~lanagement, and tlie Superintentlent of Public Instruction.    Local Board  MR. WYATT JONES, M. Macon, Miss. Cotton Broker  HON. A. T. DENT,Macon, Miss. Lnrryei.    PROF. R.JACKSOX, J. Macon, Miss.    L. V. HUKTER, Macon, Miss.  Pri~zcipal  J. G. CIIANDLER, Macon, Miss. Szlperinte?zde~zt Public S c l ~ o o l ~ J. H. HUNTER, Macon, Miss. Secretary n~zdTreastrrer    &isory    Board    Judge J. S Tuthill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Waterloo, Iowa Mr. R. B. Currier. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Aurora. Ill. Mr. J. A. Ho\vells.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tefferson, Ohio Rev. J. J. Johnson.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Grand Rapids, Mich. Mr. Geo. H. Jessee.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mattoon, Ill. Mr. Geo. W. Hayes. : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Cincinnati, Ohio Mrs. Delia Killough. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Clinton, Ill. Mr. Wm. E. Harrison.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jackson, Mich. Prof. A. W. Mitchell.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Panola, Ala. Mr. Peter A. Chase. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chatam, Canada Rev. C. A. Vincent.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Boston, Mass. Mrs. Alice J. Kaine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Mil\nraul<ee,Wis.    Oficers and Teachers  -    -    L. V. H U N T E R  Principal    J. F FIGNTER  Secretary atzd Treaszcrer    Mas. S . J . HUNTER  L a d y Principal    MISS GENEVA STEVENS  iVorvilal Depart~?ze~zt    MISS VERAN . HUNTER  No~,nzalDepartwie~rt    ERNESTHUNTER L. Ag~icliltrcral D e p a r t n ~ e ~ r t  -34anual Training  -    EDDIE LEE EANKHEAD  /la    cha.rge of F a r ~ n Mi~liste~    REV.ROBINSON REV.R. A. BROYLES  Fi~rancialS e c ~ e t a r y    REV.W . R. B o o m Traz~elingReprrse~itatizle ( I n Clzicago)    Industrial Training  C o o ~ r n r ~ T u e s d a y s Thursdays and MYS.H u n t e r Sr;wr~c>Iondays ant1 Thursdays M s I-lzr~~tet. is ~ I A N U A ~ R A I N I N G - - M o ~Wednestlays and Fridays 'L ~~~s,  .\GRICUI,TUKE:  AND    GAm~:Nl~~-Xlternate Sections    E. L. H u n t e r    -    THISSCHOOL, which ])eat-s the name of the county in which it is located, was founded April, 1898, as the ripened fruit which grew out of a11 innate desire to test the Negro's capacity f o r developing the resources which lay buried 1vithi11his grasp, as well as out of the deepened convictioll that the hope of the Negro race depends upon the industrial development of the masses, eightyfive per cent. of whom are in the rural districts and, therefore, remote from those influences of culture and refinement possessed 1 y the farmers in the more favored communities of the North and 1 East. T h e aim is not a college education, but thoroughness in the English branches and to make good, useful Christian citizens of our boys and girls. O u r object and aim is to educate the head, cultivate the heart and train the band-the head to think, the heart to dictate and the hand to do noble things. While this work, located as it is, eight nliles from any railroad station, and remote from the center of civilization, carries with it some discouragements, yet there are lnnny cotntnendahle features -""distance lends enchantment to the view."" W e should not be discouraged when we remember that our own beautiful America, with her cultivated fields, nlagnificient cities, and net worl< of railroads, was itself, a few years ago, a dense forest. , This school is located in the prairies of Noxubee county, Miss., nine miles from the Alabama line. There a r e 14,000 Kegro children in this county, 6,000 of whom have never attended any school. Some industrial effort is needed to gather them into the school room, where they may receive Christian training to fit them for Christian citizensl~ip. T o this end a Board of Trustees incorporated under the laws of Mississippi have undertaken the work.    tn    McLeod, Miss., where the school is locatetl, is a country hamlet with three stores, a cotton gin, grist mill, post office (money order office) and an immense population of farming colored people. Macon, Miss., the county seat and nearest railroad station on the Mobile and Ohio railroad is eight miles west. The school has received snlall donations from various individuals, churches, young people's societies and Sabbath Schools which have enabled the management to go thru the year and close with a small balance.    That the Negro has made ~vonderfulprogress since ernancipation, goes without saying, and yet there remains much work to be done. T h e contention, that the towns, villages ant1 hamlets, in most of the Southern States, make anlple provision for the public education of the Negro youth, is self-evident from the educational reports. They may o r may not be receiving the kind of education best suited to their needs, ant1 yet the fact remains that tlie avenues are open to them. T h e sat1 thing about it all is that they are not taliing advantage of the best opportunities ofieretl them. T h e average parent has either lost hope o r has become criminally indifferent to the future needs of their chiltlren. Since the future conduct of these children must affect the citizen( ip of the county and state and even the nation, it is very necL-sary that attention should be called to this alarming condition. T h e Negro is not entirely responsible for this condition, as a chiltl cannot see the pitfalls ahead of him, unless directed, neither should the Negro, a child race, be expectecl unless properly directed, to see his future conclition. T h e Negro is an integral part of our nation, and as such, has a tangible claim upon the whole country for assistance, and that assistance should not be to pauperize, but to help him to see his conclition that he may take courage ancl help himself. The Negro, as a people, is here to stay. H e knows no other country, he honors 110 other flag. Here, his ancestry have labored. H e r e he will be buried. Tlie criminals do not come from the educated, hut from the ignorant ancl vicious classes.    Illiteracy is a dangerous foe to civilization and ignorance is social dynamite. I t is unfortunate for the Kegro, that the crime of one Negro is placed a t the tloor of a whole community of Xegroes-no other race suffers such reputation. Let us face the conditions ; our greatest problem is the plantation Negroes, seventy-five per cent o f ~ v h o m r e in the rural districts of the South. a We must reach this mass of illiterac), with that kind of education which will be self-sustail~ing. T h e young Kegroes are leaving the farms by the thousands and floclcing to the cities and towns 11-it11outany knowledge of city    life. T h e r e they fall easy prey to the wicked environments of city life and soon add fresh fuel to the crin~inal class. T h e Noxubee Industrial School is engaged in an efiort to stem this tide, established out in the country eight miles from any railroad o r town, where colored children a r e found like black birds in a corn field; and f o r fifteen years the process has been slow; but that evolution which developes permanent results must necessarily be slow. W e a r e asking f o r funds with \vhich to further prosecute o u r good and well-begun work. If you have a dollar you can spare,    there is no better place to put it than where it will help to make good industrious citizens of the children of o u r freedmen. ExGovernor Longino once said, speaking of the freedmen : ""They are wards of the nation, it is every American's privilege to help make them useful citizens."" O u r need for a Teachers' Home is becoming more and more marked and shoultl be given serious consideration.    Calendar  --    Fall T e r m Begins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Wednesday, October 15th Harvest Home Convention. . . . . . . .November Sth, 9th and 10th Thanksgiving Day. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Last Thursday in November Fall Examinations Begin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .December 18th Christmas Holitlays. . . . . . . . . . . . . .December 23d to January 1st Test Exami~lations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T h i r d Wednesday in March . Final Examinations.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Commencen~ent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Last Friday in April .    Form of Bequefl  .....    I give aiitl tlevise to the Trustees of the N O X U B E E INDUSTRIAL    SCHOOLMcLeocl, Miss., the sum o f S ......................................... of  payable, etc.  . . .............................................................................. .:    .............................................................    T h e school is foundecI on Faith, and must necessarily depend upon the voluntary contributions, of any person o r persons, or organizations who may be interested in bringing the blessings of a Christian Industrial Education ~vithinthe reach of a neetly and deserving people.    -/""    The Inaitution  -    rhe school was fountled by Prof. S. J. Hunter, a late graduate LeMoyne School, lIe~iiphis,Tenn., April 7, 1898; and was %red in 1899, and sig~ied the late U. S . Senator A. J. Mcby Lauriti, and the .\tnendment was signet1 by Hon. James I<. Vardaman in 1901.    McL~on,MISSISSIPPI    l i e figion  While the school is non-sectarian in its teaching, the Bible is used as our rule and guide, and once a day the whole school is required to devote one period of study to the Bible.    .. ddmrsszon  Students are admitted at any time a d almost all ages after six years are past. Students must be /"" U T good moral character. Prompt obedience is exacted of every student.    POULTRY YARD AT NOXUBEE    Each student is required to do so much work during work period.    Mollison Hall, a commodious two-story structure is the main building with dormitory, recitation rooms, library and office. Chapel is a large commodious structt~rein the center of the Can~pus Teachers' Home, and Rietzel Cottage are located, one in the rear and the other one west of the commissary near Mollison Hall on the public roadside, and the barn make up the list of six buildings on the campus.    The %ible  ""This book contains the 111iild of God, the state of man, the way of salvation, the do0111 of sinners, and the happiness of believers. Its doctrines a're holy, its precepts are bincling, its stories a r e true a n d its decisions a r e immutable. ""Read it to be wise, believe it to I)e saved, practice it to he holy. I t contains light to direct you, food to support you, and comfort to cheer you. ""It is a traveler's map, the pilgrim's staff, the pilot's compass, the soldier's sword and the Christian's chart. ""Here Paradise is restored. Hea\.en opened, and the gates of hell disclosed. Christ is its grand ollject, our good its design, and thc glory of Gocl its end. ""It should fill the memory, rule the heart, and guitle the feet. Read it slo~vly, frequently, prayerfully. I t is a mine of wealth, a Paradise of glory, and a ri\,er of pleasure. I t is given you in life, will open at the judgment, and be remembered forever. I t in\vill reward the searcher and convolves the highest respo~lsibility, demns all who trifle with its contents.""    .    Course o Study f  F I R S T YEAR  P R I M A R Y GRADE    Chart and 13lackboard work. Kindergarten Methods. Physical Exercise. First Reader Introduced. Arithmetic-Objects. Spelling-Making Words. SECOND YEAR First Reader Completed. Arithmetic-Objects. Spelling-Such as found in Reading Lesson. Needle Work Introduced. Physical Exercise.    MCL,EOD,MISSISSIPPI  T H I R D YEAR Secopd eader Completed. i n ""p e t i c . Geograph! -( Ibjects. Spelling-Primary . hieedle Work. Plant Life. Physical Exercise.    11    P    -    FOUR'I'H YEAR  Third Reader Colnpleted.    SEWING ROOM    Primary Arithmetic Conipleted. Spelling. Geography-Primary. Health-Primer. Needle Work. Plant Life. Mother Tongue. F I F T H YEAR Fourth Reader Completed. Geography-Intermediate. Arithmetic-Secontl.    Mother Tongue. Spelling. Calisthenics. Hygiene-Alcohol and Tobacco Studied. Needle Work. Cooking and Gardening. S I X T H YEAR From this grade on to the close of school is divided into sectiolls for Industrial Worlr. History of the United States. Language-Modern Grammar. Geography-Intermediate. Arithmetic-Second Completed. Physiology. Spelling. Calisthenics. Sewing, Cool<ing and Agriculture throughout the grade. S E V E N T H YEAR History of United States. Geography-Advance. Fifth Reader. Calisthenics. Physiology. English Grammar Arithmetic-Complete. Composition. Spelling. Agriculture-The Soils and their Cultivation. E I G H T H YEAR History of Mississippi. Agriculture. Grammar. Geography. Physiology. Arithmetic. Calisthenics.  '    JUNIOR YEAR United States History. English Grammar. Complete Geography. Physiology. Composition. Arithmetic. Algebra. Civil Government Calisthenics.    Agriculture. S E N I O R YEAR Students \vho cornplete this year's work and pass a satisfactory examination are given diplomas. Composition. English Literature. Mathematics, -4rithmetic ant1 .Algebra. The Bible. Mississippi History. Natural Philosophy. Calisthenics.    Agriculture. In finishing this grade the girls rnust pass a sa.tisfactory examination in Donlestic Science, includi~lghouse-keeping. Eoys in Agriculture, both theory and practice. Ex-Governor W. D. Hoard, of Wisconsin, says that the soil has no prejudice in it. O u r cry is back to the soil.    FIRST YEAR Running and Basting. Backstitching and Overcasting. Felling. Turning H e m by Measure and Hemming. 5. Gathering, Placing of gathers ant1 putting on bands. 6. Darning. 7. Patching. 8. Euttonholes, sewing on hooks and eyes, sewing on buttons and making loops and eyelets.    1. 2. 3. 4.    SECOND YEAR 1. Buttonholes in cashmere. 2. Hemstitching. 3. Featherstitching on flannel ant1 making fla~lnelfell. 4. Making one plain wash shirtwaist under direction of instructor.    1. 2. 3. These    T H I R D YEAR Making pocket gusset. Making other models. Making suit of underclothes consisting of five pieces. may be embroidered i f pupil is able to do it well enough.    FOURTH YEAR Dressmaking-Drafting to measurements, cutting and fitting; making tailored shirtwaist and worsted house gown. This class will consist of a limited number, chosen by the instructor, who wish to make dressmaking their occupation. Students in the Seminary wishing garments made, can have them made by the members of this class, paying a very reasonable price for    same. room.    T h e proceeds will help to pay the expenses of the sewing    9omeRic Science  LESSONS I N COOKING, ETC. Lessons in cooliing are given to the four highest grades. They are instructed carefully in the proper methods of cooking of wholeson~e,nourishing food; cereals, meats, eggs, corn bread, light bread, plain cakes and desserts being talcen up in detail. I t is planned that pupils finishing the English course o f study shall be prepared to be good home-makers in the fullest sense of the term. T h e work in this department has for its aim: 1. T o give a thorough study of foods as the source of human energy. 2. T o give special attention to proper preparation ant1 combination of food materials. 3. T o establish a simpler standard of living and to teach that economy means care, watchfulness and forethought. PREPIIRATION Kitchen : 1. Arrangement ant1 care of kitchen aizd its equipment. 2. Necessity of cleanliness, of person and of utensils. 3. Rules for 111easuring and combining food materials. Food : 1. Definition. Elements found in food. 2. Digestion. 3. Classification. Organic-proteids, carbohydrates, fats and oils. Inorganic-mineral matter and water. 1. Study of carbohydrates-starch, sugar. Practice. Special directions for preparing, 1. Vegetables. 2. Cereals. 3. Rice. 4. Flour mixtures : Kinds : Ratters-pour, drop.    Doughs-soft, Sponges. Study of leavens used    stiff.    B. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. C. D.    t::: s Study of proteins. Eggs. Milk. Meat. Fish. Gelatin (proteid sporer). Study-of fats and oils. Study of fruits and canning.    \    ( Air Steam    {    Baking powder. Sour milk and soda. Molasses and soda.    S P E C I A L C L A S S E S I N C O O K I N G AND DRESSMAICING Special classes in Dressmalting and Cooking \vill be provicled for pupils residing near the school who desire this training. Classes will be formed on the condition that the number of pupils will . be from eight to twelve. In the dressmaking class pupils will provitle themselves with thread, needles and material. Also in cooking class.  -    R A T E S FOR S P E C I A L C L - I S S E S I N D R E S S M A K I N G AND COOKING No student will be enrolled for less than two months, and the class will not be formed unless there are a t least eight pupils. T h e classes recite once a weeli and the recitation period is two hours long. In the Dressmalting class the students furnish their own material. Also in the Cooking classes. EXPENSES Admissioll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ .50 Board per ~ l ~ o l l t h four weelis.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.25 of This covers but a small part of the cost of maintenance each pupil accepting this concession agrees thereby to earn.the rest by work, such a s will be assigned from time to time. Girls do their o w n laundry work. Boys have their's done a t a small cost. Each student must pay a deposit of 50 cents for fuel. Tuition is free.    cAlumni  -    CL.4SS O F 1917 Sadie M. Hunter . . . . . . . . . . .Student at Mary Holmes Seminary Clieord Ross.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Student in Elail]. '\la. Docia Rankhead. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Farrlling C L A S S OF 1916 Anna Susie Della Clara hlae Facen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Teacl?er Macon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Teacher Rankhead. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. F a r m e r Ti. hIoore. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F a r m e r    901 +1    o Students f  -    PRIbIXRY DEPXR'I'MENT F I R S T GRADE hlartha Gilky \17illie Rloore Edna Harris Earie Taylor Odtlie Harris -Anderson Portegep Lilla &IcDavitl Davy Gilkp i\iIariah Rupert \\-illie Simmons Mayme McCullough IHenry Si~ntnons Sadie Connor Johnnie Simmons Gertrude Moses Mose Joiner .-\lter &loses Lucious Taylor Geatrice Moore Henry Steward Savanah Portegee James \Vhitfield Alice Stewart itnmie Moore Emily Joiner Jack McCullough Betty Jones Rosevelt Whitefield Ernest Bankhead Charlotte M a t t h e w Oscar Bankheact Ernest Hill \Vi!lie Gilky Ailin~sGilkp Fred Gilky SECOND GRADE Ollie Steward Johe Rupert    Ozzielee Matthews M. E. IZ'ayne Nathan Joiner Curtis Niclcerson Annie Smith Minnie Griggs Perie McCullough Nettie Alattl~ews Mary Thonipkins Rosa Macon i\nnie ;\,lacon Mary Macon Sadie Connor Nettie Macon Jessie Lee Daney    Stanley Steward Lula Murry Evelina Moore Caroline Jones Minnie Joiner T H I R D GRADE John R. ,Macon Emma Taylo~. 1,ula Murray Dennie 1:. Sanders E~iinia Jones Willie Taylor I3adie Steward Mary Spilles Alexander Banlcheatl F O U R T H GRADE Willie Dent Joshua Joiner Willie Taylor Dallas Dane? Benjaniitl Da~iey F I F T H GRADE Carrie Griggs .\ugusta Steward Willie Stewar<l Hassie L. Tliompkins Roberta Uisliop Alberta Dent Nancy Ilishop S I X T H GRADE Collins Jones Willie Jones Isiah Moore Louise Hunter    Fannie Robinson Birdie Gilky Elsie Taylor Ethie Daney Annie Frierson    Georgia William Polly Rupert Tommie Ross Sadie Steward Sadie Griggs Viola Bankheand ""Augusta Robinson Fannie Bishop Mariah Taylor Norman Taylor John Taylor Frank Shaw    SEVENTH GK.IL)E  1-iola Sickerson 'I'ennessee iLIcCullougli E>tella Dent Jlartha Simmons 1,uella Moore Settie Eanliliexd hlillie I-:a~ilcliead .\lice Sinith    EI(;HfI'T-I G I i i i D E Irene Spiller Laura I,. Smith --\-\nnieL). 'l'aylor    JUNIOR CLASS  \.ictoria Dent Emma I,. I:earsel\Eva Macon I,ouis Moore Irene K i c l i e r s o ~ ~ Carrie RJcbb Fannie Macon Oscar Nickerson \-iola 'I'aylor Fannie Bush ,\Inrtha Criggs S E N I O R CLASS \Iyillie Smith  Il>i11    Moore,