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Title: Our Presbyterian Educational institutions, (1913-1914)
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Executive Committee of Christian Education and Ministerial Relief
Subjects: Presbyterian Church in the United States
Publisher: Louisville, Kentucky : Presbyterian Church in the United States, Department of Christian Education and Ministerial Relief
Contributing Library: Princeton Theological Seminary Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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ies, Institutes and Academies. 123 Belhaven Collegiate and Industrial Institute. Period Covered by this Report. June, 1912, to June, L913. Faculty.—Number of members Property.—Land (33 acres) and 2 buildings, value .$ 75,000.00 Furniture ami equipment, value 10,000.00 Library, 600 books, value Total property 8 85,000.00 Endowment. \< me. Indebtedness 40,000.00 Total Net Assets I 15,000.00 Gifts Received during Year 8 25,000.00 Expense of Maintenance: Faculty salaries S 9,393.00 Other salaries 1,475.00 All other expenses 10,884.00 Total expenses — - $21,752.00 Income for Maintenance: Student fees, etc $ 23,670.00 Individuals 450.00 Total income 24,120.00 Balance in treasury s 2,368.00 Students: College 29 Preparatory 73 Others (special) 19 Total 121 Graduates 1912-13 Bible Study.—Required of all students one hour a week for four years. Alumnae since 1911: (Has been in operation only two years.) Foreign missionaries Women in mission w< irk Other professions Total graduates
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Institutes, Seminaries and Academies. 125 Central Mississippi Institute. French Camp, Mississippi For Women. Founded 1885. Government.—By twelve trustees elected by Presbytery of Central Mississippi. CENTRAL Mississippi Institute has had to make a constant and vigorous fight for its existence because it has no endowment, and few gifts come this way. Its course is too high for many to graduate, but its alumnae are doing a very fine work. For two years local conditions have crippled it seriously. Boll-weevil has created a panic here. Our whole plant needs the kind hand of love to be extended. This school is in the truest sense Christian in its teachings. The Bible is a text-book—some of it is memorized daily and recited. The students take part int?%\ the evening devotions in the parlors. The setting is very fine for developing Christian character. It would be a distinct loss to Presbyterianism if we failed to support adequately this school. The country needs it and the Church needs

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