Chapter 2

It is curious to note what most interests visitors in certain departments. Straight University sends large numbers of imaginary letters written by pupils from various parts of the world. The visiting public read these letters with as much avidity as if the innocent epistles were real letters, and the neat manuscripts are already well thumbed. One of the best letters, all things considered, is from a pupil from Honduras, who has only been studying English two years. His letter, signed Emilio Mazien, is first rate.

The display from the Indian School at Santee, Neb., consists of school books printed in the Sioux Indian language, and these are a first, second and third reader, a moderately advanced geography, a hymn-book, and "Dakota Wowapi Wakan," or Bible in the Sioux tongue. A little oblong crocheted tidy is made of parti-colored stripes, each one the work of a young Pocahontas, who has added her name, age and tribe to which she belongs. In fact all the Indian work is thus marked--the young red men and maidens seeming particularly careful to give their tribe. This school also exhibits shoes, harness, tin cans, step ladders and models of household furniture. The girls have sent long linen bands full of buttonholes, aprons and undergarments finely hemmed.

The Atlanta University sends silk-worms, cocoons, a neatly drawn map of the city, and fine examples of free-hand drawings applied with colors.

The kindergarten exhibits from Storrs Atlanta school are very cunning, and the photograph of the ebony kindergarteners, taken while at their tasks, is like a picture. The work of the children, braided wraps, embroidered animals and paper contrivances, will compare favorably with any kindergarten in the country.

The exhibit from the Hampton Institute, Virginia, is placed upon a pedestal. This school is properly a State Agricultural University for the negro race in Virginia and for such Indians as may be sent to it by the National Government. It has 600 members, and these have sent some very fine harness, woolen work and carpentry work.

A curious display from the Gregory Institute, Wilmington, N. C., teaches quite a lesson in domestic economy. The girls have sent specimens of "stocking darning" and of that still more economical and homely employment known as "re-footing old stockings." A patchwork quilt made by the boys, forms a part of this display. Looking over the exhibits made under the American Missionary Association, the writer is pleasantly impressed with the excellent care with which the colored and Indian pupils all over the country are being instructed in trades. As cooks, carpenters, blacksmiths, farmers, brick-makers they are being practically instructed, as well as being given good collegiate educations.

The display of drawings from the Le Moyne Institute, of Memphis, is exceedingly beautiful and attracts universal admiration, as being most artistic and complete.

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THE FIELD.

1884-1885.

The following list presents the names and post-office addresses of those who are employed in the Churches, Institutions and Schools aided by the American Missionary Association.

REV. J. E. ROY, D.D., Field Superintendent. PROF. ALBERT SALISBURY, Supt. of Education.

THE SOUTH.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

WASHINGTON.

THEOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT, HOWARD UNIVERSITY.

Rev. W. W. Patton, D.D., Washington, D. C. " J. G. Craighead, D.D., " " " E. Whittlesey, " " " John G. Butler, D.D., " "

LINCOLN MEMORIAL CHURCH.

_Pastor._ Rev. G. W. Moore, Nashville, Tenn.

_Missionary._ Mrs. G. W. Moore, Nashville, Tenn.

VIRGINIA.

HAMPTON.

_Minister._ Rev. H. B. Frissell, Hampton, Va.

NORTH CAROLINA.

WILMINGTON.

_Minister._ Rev. D. D. Dodge, Nashua, N. H.

GREGORY INSTITUTE.

_Principal._ Mr. Geo. A. Woodard, Weymouth, Mass.

_Assistants._ Miss Nellie A. Vinton, Southbridge, Mass. " H. L. Fitts, Candia, N. H. " E. A. Warner, Lowell, Mass. " Elizabeth F. Thayer, Lexington, Mass. " Mary E. Lapham, Dorchester, Mass. " Mary D. Hyde, Zumbrota, Minn. " R. G. Jillson, Providence, R. I. Mrs. Janet Dodge, Nashua, N. H.

_Special Missionary._ Miss A. E. Farrington, Portland, Me.

RALEIGH.

_Minister._ Rev. Geo. S. Smith, Raleigh, N. C.

DUDLEY.

_Minister and Teacher._ Rev. J. E. B. Jewett, Pepperell, Mass. Mrs. J. E. B. Jewett, " "

KITTRELL.

_Teacher._ Miss P. M. Lee, Oxford, Mass.

McLEANSVILLE.

_Minister._ Rev. Alfred Connel, Solsberry, Ind.

_Teacher._ Mr. Julius W. Brown, Leicester, Mass.

OAKS.

_Minister and Teacher._ Rev. J. N. Ray, Oaks, N. C. Miss E. W. Douglas, Decorah, Iowa.

HILLSBORO.

_Minister._ Rev. Jas. Walker, Charleston, S. C.

_Teacher._ Miss M. B. Curtiss, Atlanta, Ga.

CEDAR CLIFF.

_Teacher._ Mr. Sandy Paris, Cedar Cliff, N. C.

BEAUFORT.

_Minister and Teacher._ Rev. Michael Jerkins, Beaufort, N. C. Miss Lydia Hatch, " "

STRIEBY.

_Minister._ Rev. Z. Simmons, Dudley, N. C.

_Teacher._ Mrs. Islay Walden, Strieby, N. C.

TROY.

_Minister and Teacher._ Rev. Wm. H. Ellis, Southfield, Mass.

PEKIN.

_Minister and Teacher._ Rev. James E. Smith, Pekin, N. C.

SOUTH CAROLINA.

CHARLESTON.

_Minister._ Rev. E. T. Hooker, Castleton, Vt.

AVERY INSTITUTE.

_Principal._ Prof. Wm. M. Bristoll, Minneapolis, Minn.

_Assistants._ Mrs. A. A. F. Sprague, Georgiaville, R. I. Miss E. F. Marsh, Worcester, Mass. " Anna F. Condict, Adrian, Mich. " Anna M. Nicholas, Toledo, Ohio. " Katherine T. Plant, Minneapolis, Minn. " Anna Hammond, Charleston, S. C. Mr. K. A. Lawrence, Charleston, S. C. Miss C. A. Wallace, Charleston, S. C. Mr. E. A. Ransome, Charleston, S. C. Miss Emma Rand, Whitewater, Wis.

ORANGEBURG.

_Minister._ Rev. J. L. Grice, Orangeburg, S. C.

GREENWOOD.

BREWER NORMAL SCHOOL.

Mr. J. D. Backenstose, Geneva, N. Y. " W. C. McLester, Greenwood, S. C.

LADIES' ISLAND.

Miss M. H. Clary, Conway, Mass.

GEORGIA.

ATLANTA.

_Ministers._ Rev. Evarts Kent, Chicago, Ill. " C. W. Francis, Atlanta, Ga.

ATLANTA UNIVERSITY.

_Instructors and Managers._ Pres. Edmund A. Ware, Atlanta, Ga. Prof. Thomas N. Chase, " " Rev. Cyrus W. Francis, " " " Horace Bumstead, D.D., " " Mr. Horace M. Sessions, Wilbraham, Mass. " Charles P Sinnott, Marshfield, Mass. " C. C. Tucker, Fitchburg, Mass. Miss Emma G. Ware, Norfolk, Mass. " Ella W. Moore, Chicago, Ill. " Rebecca Massey, Oberlin, O. " Margaret Neel, Livonia, N. Y. " Sarah E. Marsh, Lake Forest, Ill. Mrs. Lucy E. Case, Millbury, Mass. " M. N. Chapman, Boston, Mass. " H. W. Chase, West Randolph, Vt. " L. H. Kendall, Wellesley, Mass. Miss Olive A. Thompson, Durham, N. H. " Fannie M. Andrews, Milltown, N. B. " E. H. Merrill, Boston, Mass.

STORRS SCHOOL (104 Houston St.).

_Principal._ Miss Amy Williams, Livonia Sta., N. Y.

_Assistants._ Miss Anna L. Colman, Whitewater, Wis. " Julia A. Goodwin, Mason, N. H. " Amelia L. Ferris, Oneida, Ill. Mrs. C. G. Ball, Palermo, N. Y. Miss Emma F. Woods, Grand River, Ia. " Anna M. Bartlett, Chicago, Ill. " A. H. Levering, Philadelphia, Pa. " Carrie J. Parrey, Chicago, Ill.

_Special Missionary._ Miss Lizzie Stevenson, Bellefontaine, O.

MACON.

_Minister._ Rev. S. E. Lathrop, New London, Wis.

LEWIS HIGH SCHOOL.

_Principal._ Mr. W. A. Hodge, W. Rosendale, Wis.

_Assistants._ Mr. Aug. J. Burger, New London, Wis. Miss Susie A. Jeffris, Janesville, Wis. " Gertrude F. Yard, Dakota City, Ia. " Naomi Pinch, West Rosendale, Wis. " Alice White, Newburyport, Mass. " Clara E. Tonnesen, Oshkosh, Wis. Mrs. S. E. Lathrop, New London, Wis. " W. A. Hodge, W. Rosendale, Wis.

_Special Missionary._ Miss H. M. Beard, Chicago, Ill.

MARIETTA.

_Minister and Teacher._ Rev. E. J. Penney, Marietta, Ga.

AUGUSTA.

_Teacher._ Miss S. A. Hosmer, Ashley, Mass.

THOMASVILLE.

_Teacher._ ---- ----

ALBANY.

_Teacher._ Mr. W. C. Greene, Albany, Ga.

CUTHBERT.

_Teacher._ Mr. F. H. Henderson, Cuthbert, Ga.

ATHENS.

_Minister._ Rev. Geo. V. Clark, Atlanta, Ga.

_Teachers._ Mr. O. A. Combs, Athens, Ga. Miss Lizzie McComb, " " Miss Laura L. Holbrook, " "

BYRON.

_Minister and Teacher._ Rev. N. B. James, New Orleans, La.

SAVANNAH.

_Minister and Superintendent of Missions._ Rev. Dana Sherrill, Forrest, Ill.

BEACH INSTITUTE.

_Principal._ Miss E. D. Santley, Wellington, O.

_Assistants._ Miss Mary F. Lord, Fredonia, N. Y. " Annie E. Gillette, Atlanta, Ga. " M. M. Foote, Norwich, N. Y. " Josephine Marcy, East Springfield, Pa. " Georgiana Hunter, Brooklyn, N. Y. Mrs. Dana Sherrill, Forrest, Ill.

_Special Missionary._ Miss J. S. Hardy, Shelburne, Mass.

WOODVILLE.

_Minister and Teacher._ Rev. J. H. H. Sengstacke, Savannah, Ga.

MILLER'S STATION.

_Minister and Teacher._ Rev. Wilson Callen, Selma, Ala.

LOUISVILLE AND BELMONT.

_Minister._ Rev. Wilson Callen, Selma, Ala.

M'INTOSH, LIBERTY CO.

THE GROVE.

_Minister._ Rev. Floyd Snelson, McIntosh, Ga.

_Teachers._ Miss Elizabeth Plimpton, Walpole, Mass. " Helen L. Grimes, Mansfield, Ohio. " Bertha Robertson, Richibucto, N. B.

CYPRESS SLASH.

_Minister and Teacher._ Rev. Geo. C. Rowe, Cypress Slash, Ga.

FLORIDA.

ST. AUGUSTINE.

_Teachers._ Miss Emma R. Caughey, Kingsville, O. " Helen D. Barton, Terre Haute, Ind.

ORANGE PARK.

_Minister._ Rev. W. A. Benedict, Orange Park, Fla.

ALABAMA.

TALLADEGA.

_Minister._ Rev. Mason Noble, Roxbury, Mass.

TALLADEGA COLLEGE.

_Instructors and Managers._ Pres. H. S. DeForest, D.D., Muscatine, Iowa. Rev. G. W. Andrews, Collinsville, Ct. Rev. Mason Noble, Roxbury, Mass. Prof. Geo. H. Howe, Orwell, Pa. Mr. C. B. Rice, W. Brattleboro, Vt. " John Orr, Clinton, Mass. " E. A. Bishop, Arnold's Mills, R. I. Miss Mary H. Jefferds, Windham, Vt. " L. F. Partridge, Holliston, Mass. " Maud S. Wheeler, Salem, Mass. " May L. Phillips, Canonsburg, Pa. Mrs. Clara O. Rindge, Homer, N. Y. " Mary P. Bloss, Oshkosh, Wis. Miss O. E. Goodridge, Saratoga, N. Y. Mrs. John Orr, Clinton, Mass. Miss Carrie L. Gasser, Oberlin, O. " Nellie E. Blood, Pepperell, Mass. " Frances Yeomans, Danville, Ill. " Julia C. Andrews, Milltown, N. B. " Kate DeJarnette, Talladega, Ala. Mrs. H. S. De Forest, Muscatine, Iowa. " G. W. Andrews, Collinsville, Ct. " Mason Noble, Roxbury, Mass. " C. B. Rice, W. Brattleboro, Vt.

KYMULGA.

_Minister._ Rev. Spencer Snell, Talladega, Ala.

SHELBY IRON WORKS.

_Minister._ Rev. J. R. Sims, Talladega, Ala.

CHILDERSBURG.

_Minister._ Rev. J. R. Sims, Talladega, Ala.

BIRMINGHAM.

_Minister._ Rev. A. J. Headen, Talladega, Ala.

MOBILE.

_Minister._ Rev. F. G. Ragland, Mobile, Ala.

EMERSON INSTITUTE.

_Principal._ Rev. M. E. Churchill, Galesburg, Ill.

_Assistants._ Miss Marietta Lay, Kewanee, Ill. " Isadore M. Caughey, Kingsville, Ohio. " Carrie E. Ferris, Passaic, N. J. " Nellie S. Donnell, Bath, Me. " H. M. Hegeman, Island City, N. Y. " Gertrude Wyckoff, Galesburg, Ill. Mrs. M. E. Churchill, " "

_Special Missionary._ Miss Lizzie A. Pingree, Denmark, Me.

MONTGOMERY (P. O. BOX 62).

_Minister._ Rev. R. C. Bedford, Watertown, Wis.

SELMA.

_Minister._ Rev. C. B. Curtis, Burlington, Wis.

_Special Missionary._ Miss Mary K. Lunt, New Gloucester, Me.

MARION.

_Minister._ Rev. A. W. Curtis, Crete, Neb.

ANNISTON.

_Minister and Teacher._ Rev. H. W. Conley, Talladega, Ala.

LAWSONVILLE AND COVE.

_Minister._ Rev. L. B. Cunningham, Talladega, Ala.

JENIFER AND IRONIA.

_Minister._ Rev. J. B. Grant, Talladega, Ala.

TECUMSEH.

_Minister and Teacher._ Rev. Milus Harris, Talladega, Ala.

ATHENS.

_Minister._ Rev. H. S. Williams, Wetumpka, Ala.

TRINITY SCHOOL.

_Teachers._ Miss M. F. Wells, Ann Arbor, Mich. " Mary E. Cull, Salem, Wis. " Louise Denton, Hempstead, L. I. " Belle J. Ferris, Sound Beach, Ct.

FLORENCE.

_Minister and Teacher._ Rev. J. M. Shippen, Washington, D. C. Miss L. A. Wilson, Florence, Ala.

TENNESSEE.

NASHVILLE.

_Minister._ Rev. Henry S. Bennett, Nashville, Tenn.

FISK UNIVERSITY.

_Instructors and Managers._ Pres. E. M. Cravath, Nashville, Tenn. Rev. A. K. Spence, " " " H. S. Bennett, " " " F. A. Chase, " " Prof. H. H. Wright, Oberlin, O. Rev. E. C. Stickel, " " Miss Helen C. Morgan, Cleveland, O. " Anna M. Cahill, Nashville, Tenn. " Laura A. Parmelee, Toledo, O. " Gert. L. Bridgeman, So. Amherst, Mass. " Mary E. Edwards, Westhampton, Mass. " Henrietta Matson, N. Bloomfield, O. " Martha A. Perry, Holden, Mass. " Alice Younglove, Rochester, Minn. " Nora Thayer, Garrettsville, O. " Anna Whelan, Minneapolis, Minn. " Harriet E. Cushman, Mattoon, Ill. Mrs. E. C. Stickel, Oberlin, O. " Sara La Moure, " " Miss Helen B. Spelman, Brooklyn, N. Y. Mrs. Lucy R. Greene, N. Amherst, Mass. " H. S. Woodruff, Berea, Ky. Mr. William R. Morris, Nashville, Tenn. Mrs. A. K. Spence, " " " E. M. Cravath, " "

HOWARD CHURCH.

_Minister._ Rev. Alfred Jones, Childersburg, Ala.

THIRD CHURCH.

_Minister._ Rev. A. J. De Hart, Nashville, Tenn.

JONESBORO.

_Minister._ Rev. J. M. Hall, Jonesboro, Tenn.

_Teachers._ Mrs. Julia B. Nelson, Red Wing, Minn. Miss Julia L. Phelps, Racine, Wis. " Hattie Fay, Bowling Green, O.

KNOXVILLE.

_Minister._ Rev. S. P. Smith, Knoxville, Tenn.

CHATTANOOGA.

_Minister._ Rev. Jos. E. Smith, Atlanta, Ga.

_Special Missionary._ Mrs. A. S. Steele, Revere, Mass.

MEMPHIS.

_Minister._ Rev. B. A. Imes, Oberlin, O.

LE MOYNE SCHOOL.

_Principal._ Prof. A. J. Steele, Whitewater, Wis.

_Assistants._ Rev. B. A. Imes, Oberlin, O. Miss Esther A. Barnes, Tallmadge, O. " Mary Logan, Grinnell, Iowa. " Ruth E. Stinson, Woolwich, Me. " M. A. C. Stewart, Wilmot, N. S. Miss C. S. Goldsmith, Chester, N. H. " Rebecca M. Green, Hamlet, N. Y. " M. A. Kinney, Whitewater, Wis. " Florence A. Beard, Eldora, Iowa. " Fannie A. McCullough, Memphis, Tenn. Mrs. B. A. Imes, Oberlin, O.

WHITESIDE.

_Teacher._ Mr. G. W. Jackson, Tougaloo, Miss.

GRAND VIEW.

_Teacher._ Mr. E. A. Palmer, Grand View, Tenn.

PLEASANT HILL.

_Pastor and Teacher._ Rev. Benj. Dodge, Centre Lebanon, Me. Mrs. Hannah A. Lord, " " "

POMONA.

_Teacher._ Miss Almeda Marston, Oberlin, O.

JELLICO.

_Teacher._ Mr. Geo. Lawrence, Williamsburg, Ky.

ROBBINS.

_Pastor._ Rev. Rufus M. Taft, Worcester, Mass.

KENTUCKY.

LEXINGTON.

NORMAL SCHOOL.

_Instructors._ Rev. Azel Hatch, Oberlin, O. Miss Cora J. Seward, Guilford, Conn. " Luella Miner, Glencoe, Wis. Mrs. Azel Hatch, Oberlin, O.

LOUISVILLE.

_Minister._ Rev. J. D. Smith, Louisville, Ky.

_Special Missionary._ Miss S. S. Evans, Fryeburg, Me.

WILLIAMSBURG.

_Ministers._ Rev. A. A. Myers, Williamsburg, Ky. " Jas. T. Ford, Lake Bluff, Ill.

_Teachers._ Mr. W. E. Wheeler, Marshfield, Wis. Mrs. W. E. Wheeler, " " Miss Mary Glassburn, ----, Ohio. " Alice E. Lathrop, Richmond, Mich.

_Special Missionary._ Mrs. A. A. Myers, Williamsburg, Ky.

CLOVER BOTTOM.

_Teachers._ Miss Mary H. Lamson, Amboy, Ill. " Flora M. Cone, Worthington, Minn.

WOODBINE.

_Teacher._ Miss Clara Stedman, Millburn, Ill.

DOWLAIS.

_Teacher._ Mrs. Geo. Lawrence, Williamsburg, Ky.

SAXTON.

_Minister._ Rev. E. H. Bullock, Saxton, Ky.

KANSAS.

TOPEKA. _Minister._ Rev. R. F. Markham, Twelve Mile, Kan.

_Missionary._ Mrs. Mary Halbert, Twelve Mile, Kan.

LAWRENCE. _Minister._ Rev. Welborn Wright, Lawrence, Kan.

EUREKA. _Minister._ Rev. W. W. Weir, Eureka, Kan.

ARKANSAS.

LITTLE ROCK. _Minister._ Rev. Y. B. Sims, Talladega, Ala.

_Special Missionary._ Miss Elizabeth M. Keyes, Unionville, Ct.

FAYETTEVILLE. _Minister and Teacher._ Rev. W. R. Polk, New Iberia, La. Mrs. W. R. Polk, " "

MISSISSIPPI.

TOUGALOO.

_Minister._ Rev. G. S. Pope, Tougaloo, Miss.

TOUGALOO UNIVERSITY.

_Instructors and Managers._ Pres. G. S. Pope, Tougaloo, Miss. Prof. W. H. Thrall, Derby, Ct. Mr. Henry P. Kennedy, Jackson, Mich. " Wm. D. Hitchcock, " " " W. H. Bishop, Amherst, Mass. " J. C. Klein, Stockbridge, Mich. M. L. Mitchell, M.D., Baltimore, Md. Miss Josephine Kellogg, Clyde, O. Miss Jessie M. Leonard, Oberlin, O. Mrs. W. H. Thrall, Derby, Ct. Miss Frances Dodge, Wilkinsonville, Mass. " Nellie L. Ruddock, Hancock, Minn. Mrs. G. S. Pope, Tougaloo, Miss. " H. P. Kennedy, Jackson, Mich. Miss S. L. Emerson, Hallowell, Me. " Anna Coffin, Haverhill, Mass. Mrs. Florence E. Green, Rochester, N. Y.

CALEDONIA AND NEW RUHAMAH.

_Minister._ Rev. M. J. Witherspoon, Caledonia, Miss.

MERIDIAN.

_Minister._ ---- ----

_Teacher and Missionary._ Miss M. E. Green, Constant, Kan.

JACKSON.

_Minister._ Rev. C. L. Harris, Jackson, Miss.

LOUISIANA.

NEW ORLEANS.