Fi Rev. A M. RANDOLPH D.DLLD. AN ILLUSTRATED SKETCH ST. PAUL'S NORMAL AND INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL. LAWRENCE VILLE VIRGINIA. The Principal's Res.dence, Built by the students. Maurice Hall—The New Dining Ha'l. AY DOWN in old Virginia the cradle of the Church in this Country, nestling quietly among the pictur¬ esque, red hills ot' Brunswick, in the thriving little town of Lawrenceville, is St. Paul Nonnal and Indus¬ trial School, "the largest institution of its kind under the auspices of the Church and the third largest in the country for the industrial education of Negro youth of both sexes. The storv of the founding of this School is as interesting as a romance. Twenty two years ago, As Interesting ^ f()Un(jer ,,f this great work, Archdeacon James S. Russell, located in Brunswick and Mecklen- as a Romance. bur"- Counties as a missionary. He was then a young man fresh from school. One week befoie he took up his work he was ordained to the diaconate in St. Stephen's Church, Petersburg, by Bisk p Whittle. Tin* first two years a parochial school Was fun ill tlie Vestry looln of tlie Church. By 1884 1 lie school In d <>ut. grown the vestry room. Through the generosity of the late Rev. Dr. Saul, of Philadelphia, who furnished most of the funds a neat school of three rooms, beautifully fitted up, was erected and in honor of Dr. Saul, called the Saul Building. Such was the efficiency of this school that soon it began to supply teachers for the county public schools. In the meantime Rev. Mr. Russell, who had been advanced to the priesthood by Bishop Wli tl le after taking, without dispensation, all of the repuired examinations, had been studying carefully the question of turning the parish into a Normal School for the normal and industrial education of the Negro youth of both sexes. The Rev. james S. Russell, Founder and present Principal of St. Paul's School. The Genesis On the 2nd of the School, day of July 1888 property was purchas¬ ed to the amount of $1,000 for the Normal School. A the time of the purchase not a dollar was in hand nor a cent pledged. Three days later the first contribution of $5.00 came. The principal went right ahead and made his order for lumber, let contracts for building, etc. On S< pt. 24th, the Normal School was opened in the Saul building with three teachers and less than a dozen boarders This was the genesis of the Normal School. From thi« insig¬ nificant beginning it grew steadily year by year both in usefulness and material greatness. Soon the solid work it was doing began to attract the attention of the Church at large, and contributions and gifts of buildings began to follow. Growth The first of these was Brunot Cottage, named for th3 late Hon. Felix and Brunot, Matlack Hall in memory of the late Mrs. Robert C. Matl.ick. Development. Philadelphia; Webster Hall, a large three story building containing class rooms and girls' dormitories, named lor Mr. and Mrs. Geo. 11. Webster, Chicago; Winthrop Bui'ding, named for the late Hon. Robt. C. Winthrop, Massachusetts; The Elizabeth M. Gr*ff Memorial Infirmary, given largely by the Fre> dmen Com¬ mittee of Pennsylvania; Long Island Domestic Science Building, given by a lady in Brooklyn, opened in 1899 as t'-e Girls' Industrial Training Department; the Electric Light Plant and Ice F actory and • he newest and most modern of all the school buildings, the splendid, three-story, steam- heated, electric-lig'ted Maurice Hall, largely the gift rf two maiden ladies of the diocese of Long Island, containing the dining room,kitch¬ en, pan'ries and basement with a modern bake shop on the first floor, girls' dormitories on the second floor and a la me Ass?mMy Hall and Gymnasium on the third; the beautiful Prin¬ cipal's residence, a tasty and ornate structure put up entirely by student labor and last but not least, the Francis Delfcffield Memorial Chapel. This imposing structure is being built entirely by student craftsmen of brick and stone The BuilJing in which the Normal School opened Sept 24, 1888, and will he c'liurchly In de-igh ;thd finish. Besides these lilain building^ ttiei*c Are over twelve minor departments structured and other buildings purchased by the school. Then and A conservative estimate of the lands, buildings, etc., of the institution would not fall short of $100,000, Now. it in fact, it did not eXceed that figure. Looking lack over the years ami comparing th* iIpmi and how—I lie one little three-room building and three teachers with less than a doZin scholars of 10 years ag<—lo rhe twenty-three large and small buildings, 35 instructors and teachers, over 500 scholars and 1700 acres of land to dav; otie is forced to exclaim: "What hath God wrought!" Then too, when just 2 miles away, still standing in a lair stata of preservation, are the mud huts of slavery days win re perhaps the parents of some of the very children educated lu re, toiled during the dark night of slavery, one is 1. d to the conclusion that it is G"d's way of requiting to the children the unrequited labor of their parents. Literary and St. Paul has depart Industrial Department, mentsof Pedagogy, History, Physiology, Mathematics, Music, ans! Natural Science, in the literary section,of the school and deparl ments of Blacksmithing, Slioe- making, Printing, Masonry. Tailoring, Tinning, Agriculture, Carpentry and Building, Wheel¬ wright, Painting, Undertaking and Cabinet making, Brickhiaking Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Planing and Lumber Mill, harness tn-iking, and Cooking, Plain and Fancy Dress making. Art Needle Work, Arts and Crafts. Biokkeeping and Laundry in the industrial section. Only competent instructors are employed and the aim is to secure results rather than mere accomplishments. The sell ilar^ come from twenty-odd different states and Cuba, Porto Rico, Havti and even far off' Africa, The students are polite, honest, and well disciplined. No student of St. Paul, so far as our knowledge extends, has e7er been arrested for crime. About nine in ten of them b'long to one of the two religious societies in the school, '1 he services are of course those of the Prayer Book, but the school is not looked upon as denominational or sectarian. It simply aims to throw around the student all the religions influences the Church can bring to bear. Some Results During the sixteen years of the school's existence it has sent out 171 graduates and had over 2000 of vii rig people under its training. It is in the mi.1st of the !ier of counties known in Virginia ;> the Department. Mr. Brown is now in his fifth successive year as a manager. This fact in itself shows that he most have given satisfaction. Ha has been v^ry s'uc'cess'ftil' in 'his work and the school feels proud of him because he is j-St. Pan manufacture. A Group of Instructors in St. Paul's School. Another genuine product of St. Paul is Merritt O. Poole. Hi came to St. Paul in 1898 from his home, Bacon's CastlJ, as a middler, graduating in 1901. He entered the department of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering. He made rapid progress. In May 1903 when Mr. Robert W. Fearing, the engineer in charge resigned, he was given entire charge of the department. It has reached its present development undsr his administration. Many of the school buildings have been wired, notably Maurice Hall. As the school has a ten year franchise to light the town, operative from Oct. 1, 1904, the department's ef- fiency will ba put to test. All the wiring and installation both for public and private users will be doae by the de¬ partment without outside help. The fact that the town gave the school the franchise against all competitors speaks more e'o- quently than words for the department and also for the thoroughness of the training in the industrial departments. \\*e note these two instances to show what the school can do in the way of developing raw material, so to spea,k, and turning jt into the finished product. Mrs. Bessie F. (Gaskins) Steptoe,'is ,T gefmine daughter of St. Paul. Her father, a prosperous young mechanic, dying early left her and four other little children dependent upon a widowed mother for support. When eleven year's of age she was taken to Washington, attending school there three years, at the end of which time she was put under an accomplished dressmaker to learn the trade of dress making, after finishing her trade in order to improve her education¬ al advantages she entered St. Paul, intending to be a missionary, but changing her purpose, became a domestic science teacher. After her graduation she taught a year at Slater Academy. N. 0. The following year she was called to takje charge cf the Department of Domestic Science at St. Paul. In order to perfect herself here she spent her vacations at the McDowell School of Dressmaking and at Chautauqua. She presided over her department for five successive years. Last June she married Prof. W. P. Steptoe a teacher in the same school' . They have settled in Bedford City, where Mrs. Steptoe ha;s charge of the parish school under Rev. Dallas Tucker, a christen:gentleman of high character and one who is deeply inter THE OLD CHUfcCH WHICH THE NEW ONE DISPLACES. Archdeacon Russell and his Little Daughter Baylies in the Foreground, Illustrating Respectively The Oldest and Youngest Workers at St. Paul. ested in the uplift of the Negro. Mrs. St>pt>e has added sevoraI jndustrinl features to the school and wo may expect to hear of her being equally as successful there as she was at St. Paul. John Beltont Bbows— Rev. John Bolton Brown in itriculated at St. I'aul in 1S')2 with scanty financial resource, but plenty of determination and vim. By working in the printing ofllce he managed to pay his v/ay through, graduating in 1894 from the Normal Department. He took an academic course at the same school, sufficient to prepare him foe King Hall He did a good deal of missionary work while in school and upon leaving King Hall he applied for orders and was ordained a deacon by Bishop Randolph and assigned to v! missionary work in Mecklenburg and Brunswick Counties. His peculiar fitness, for this /*. . field of labor, is shown by the factof his signal success. He has built up his wotk 'J&t- at !5t. Mark's, Bracey, Va., until now it is one of the largest colored missions S, in the diocese. During all this time he has been loyal to the school being instrumental in sending a number of scholars to St. Paul. The Battalion led by the School's Band. Isiiam Edmonds came to St. Paul in September 1892 and entered the Department of Carpentry and Building. He made com¬ mendable progress. After leaving school, he settled in Manchester and has remained there ever since prosecuting his trade He has built or worked upon some of the best buildings in the place. He always regards himself as a standing example of what the school can do in the way of training young men and women. He says when he came to St. Paul his earn¬ ing capacity was 25 cts. a day, now it is $2.50 and $3.00 per day. Mr. Edmonds is a lay reader and prominent member of Hope Chapel, being the superintendent of its flourishing Sunday-school. Margaret F. Wallace—entered St. Paul's Parish school in 1882. Her home being two and a half miles away, she walked the distance morning and afternoons, when the Normal department was started in 1888, she succeeded in making the senior class and in the spring of 1889 graduated. Then she was appointed primary teacher of St. Paul's Parish SchoO| where she taught three successive terms. In 1892 she began her work in the public schools of this county, where she sue cessfully taught up until the spring of 1901, at which time, she resigned to return once more to St. Paul school. It w:>s never hard for her to secure the school she desired while teaching the county schools, because she was highly recommend, ed by the superintendent, who always, on his visits, found her at her post of duty. Besides, her marked interest in the general welfare of her pupils gained for her their love and respect. At what ever school she taught the patrons became aware of the fact that, their children were not only being taught the text books, but that they were having instilled in them that moral and religious principle, without which no one can succeed in life. Of Miss Wallace the Honorable Geo. R. Blick, superintendent of the County schools of Brunswick County, has the fol Iowing^to [say: "She^isj'faithful, efficient and attentive to her duties. We have always entertained the highest opinion of her as a teacher and a worthy msmber of her race." Rev. N.Peterson Boyd,—Minister in charge of St. Philip's Church, Brooklyn. N. Y., another bnght son of St. Paul received his early training at Sc. Mark's Parish school, of which his father, Gabriel Boyd, ha3 been senior warden forover 20 years. His early years were spent on tha farm. He delights to tell voung msn how he used to plow all day and at night walk \% miles to attend school. He came to St. Paul in 1895 and graduated in 1898. His vacations were spent in hard work in order that he might have enough money to pay his own and sister's sch >oling. After graduating he entered upon the academic course and after com¬ pleting went to Syracuse and took a course in theology in St. Andrew's Divinity School under the late Bishop Huntington, paying his expenses in the mean time, by doing parochial and lay reader's work in St. Philip's parish. Ho was very active in parish activities and in Dec. 1892 he was ordained by Bishop Huntington, after passing a very creditable examination. His work in Syracuse brought him into such favorable prominence that in May 1903 he was offered and accepted the rectorship of St. Philip's church, Brooklyn, which under his charge has more than doubled itself. Bishop Huntington, who was one of the most conservative prelates in the Church, writing of Rev. Mr. Boyd to Bishop Burgess, his present diocesan, oil the occasion of his going to Brooklyn said: '-He is in every respect by character, deportment, manners, diligence in duty and reverent study entitled to a letter of confi lence and com¬ mendation. Being esteemed and valued by us all, his departure to serve people of his own color in another diocese will be much regretted." E. J. Field of Whayleyville, Va., by reason of the poverty of his parents was thrown upon his own resources, at the early age of fifteen years to acquire the means for an education. By dint of uncommon energy and perseverance he saved enough to enter St. Paul in Oct. 1891, graduating with honors three years later. He taught successfully the largest school in Nanse- mond County for seven years, giving it up to take charge of a thriving mercantile business, which has since grown to large and prosperous proportions. In addition he cultivates a large and one of the best managed farms of his vicinity. He stands high with the white people as the following testimonials from prominent citizens will show: To whom it may concern:—This is to certify that E. J. Field, of Whaleyville, Va., taught in the colored public schools in Nansemond County, under my supervision, for about seven years with apparent credit to himself and satisfaction to the patrons of the school, and the School Board of the district in w!)i'h he taught. He conducted himself well, and merited and received the respect of the school officials of the county. It has been some years since he voluntarily gave up the school for the purpose of going into business. Respectfully, Lee Britt, Supt. Public Schools, Nansen.ond Co. Whaleyville, Va., September 30, 1901. 1 nis is to certify that I have known Edmund J. Field for the past eleven years to be open, frank and straightforward in his dpal- ing, showing unusual shrewdness in all his business transactions. He has shown himself to be a man along all lines, especially as teacher in the public schools, where he has won the reputation of being one of the foremost in the county. Jessk Langston. W. Thomas Lovette became an orphan at 12 years of age. He worked at the small salary of 50 cents per week and 1 o ird in order that he might attend school. This was too meagre so he had to give up the idea of school but with one of his indomitable ei e - gy and determination the purpose only slumbered not slept. At this juncture, providentially it seemed, one of the most eminent white physicians of Norfolk employed him and finding he was a bright boy with an unconquerable thirst for knowledge, gave him pri¬ vate lessons. In the fall of 1895 he entered the Junior class at St. Paul, working one day in each week at the printer's trade, reducinsr his board thereby from $5.00 to $3.00 per month. At the end of his junior year he won the gold medal for general excellence in his studies. When he returned to his employer in the summer his employer and family were so pleased at his success, that to use their words, they determined to "npake a man of him." He returned to the school, graduating in 1898 as the valedictorian of his class. So interested were his white benefactors that three members of the family were present to see him graduate. In 1898 after passing a most rigid oral examination he matriculated in the College department of Shaw University. In 1900 he entered the Dental depart¬ ment of Howard University. He graduated therefrom in 1903 with the degree of D. D. S. Three members of the family again were present to see-him take his degree. He passed the State Board in June, 1903, and has since been located in Norfolk where he enjo.vs a very lucrative practice. Dr. Lovette is a staunch churchman and is ever ready to refer to what he considers as providentially order¬ ed-'the good physician and his family—who so nobly fitted him for service to his people. The March of Progress—The New Memorial Church. We have mentioned these few instances above to show that the school is doing; its part, modest as ye',in the great work of lifting up and elevating the Negro and muking useful citizens and creditable members of society out of them. We might multiply the instances above, but space forbids. We refer our readers to tho following expressions which show what some of the best and most thougMful men of the times think of our work. What our Friends Think of Us. Casanova, Va., Sept. 21st, 3904. Since the beginning of my Episcopate in Virginia, I have contributed purely as a labor of love hhd duty, much time and travel and correspondence and solicitude to the Law- renceville school. At each stage of its development I have from pprsonal observation realized that my faith in the enteiprise was justified. Mr. Russell, the principal, with the instincts of a gentle¬ man, and the humility and wisdom of a christian manhood, has never descended to the methods of a demagogue, by arousing sympathy in the North with representations of per¬ secutions of the black man in the South. He has never by word or deed played upon the ignorance and passions of the Negro race by a spirit of antagonism to the white race. The white people in Lawrenceville have with one voice com¬ mended the discipline and the conduct of the five hundred pupils and teachers of the school as above reproach. He has had the dispassionate intelligence to see'that the white peo¬ ple of the South, who pay ninety-five hundredths of the taxes for theNegro schoolsand the white people of the North, who mainly and those of the South, who partly supply all of the funds for the support of the larger schools for the industrial and advanced education of the colored race, that these are their best friends; and that to alienate them by a spirit oc ingratitude and suspicion is not only senseless as a matter of policy, but a crime against ihe hope and the effort for the ele¬ vation of the race. The adoption of this policy by the friends of the Lawrenceville school and its application in its admin¬ istration, have resulted in its widening influence over the best elements of the colored race and the strengthening hold year by year upon the confidence of those who contribute to its support. The results of the work ol the school in all its branches of education have been progressively encouraging. In the higheit education, that of« religion and social mor¬ ality, the training has been blessed beyond, far beyond rea¬ sonable expectations. A. M. Randolph, Bishop of Southern Virginia. Lawrenceville, Va., September 27,1904. Rev. James S Russell, Principal St. Paul Normal and Industrial School, Lawrenceville, Va. Dear Sir: Absence from home and business engagements of the most exacting nature have prevented me from sending you an earlier reply to your letter of the 21st inst. It is with much pleasure that I express my unqualified approval of your work and I am glad to be afforded an op¬ portunity of doing so. I regard the results accomplished by your church and school as remarkable and most satisfactory, and without the least misgiving I commend the institution in the highest terms to all who feel interested in the welfare and elevation of the colored race. I am not writing this letter as an ordinary formal letter of recommendation but with a very sincere conviction that your work deserves all and more than I have said and with the hope that it may continue to prosper and attain to even greater proportions in the future. Very trulv vours, E.*P. Buford, Attorney for the oomm:nwealth. Church Missions House, New York, N. Y. September28, 1904. My Dear Mr. Russell; I am sure that you hardly need me to say that the members of the Woman's Auxiliary consid¬ er St. Paul School one of the most important and far-reaching agencies for good in the Church's work among the colored people of the South. I remember, when I visited it some j ears ago, being impressed with the fact that nineteen dioceses were represented among its students, and I am interested to see that now your boys and girls come from twenty States in the Union with students from Haiti, Puerto Rico, Canada and Africa. I am sure I can speak for the Auxiliary in wishing this school every success, and I am, Yours sincerely, Julia C. Emery Secretary. Diocesan House, New York. September 23, 1904. i take great pleasure in commending- St. Paul's Normal and Industrial School at Lawrenceville, Virginia, to all who are interested in the education and industrial development of the colored people of the South. Under the direction of its Principal, Archdeacon Russell, it is doing a good and use¬ ful work, and should be generously supported, especially by all Church people. David H. Greer. Bishop Co-adjutor of New York. It is a pleasure to bear witness to the excellent and impor¬ tant work accomplished by St. Paul's Normal and Industrial School; Lawrenceville. The problem connected with the colored race must be solved by the Church as well as by the State, if our country is to become truly christain. This school is a wise attempt towards our part of the problem. Let us hope that it will receive the support of the Churchmen both in . the North and in the South. Very truly yours, Frederick Burgess, S apt ember 19,1904■ Bishop of Long Island. Diocesan House Boston, October 1.1904- From personal acquaintance with its Principal and a knowl¬ edge of its work gained from those best able to judge, I gladly recommend St. Paul's Normal and Industrial School. William Lawrence, Bishop of Massachusetts. My Dear Mr. Russell: Accept my thanks for yo. ■ en¬ closures. You are on the fight line. May God prosper you in your good work. Very faithfully yours, H. C. Potter. Bishop of New York. I regret that I have not bad the privilege of visiting St. Paul's Normal and Industrial School, of Lawrenceville. Archdeacon Russell, however, I know and esteem. I know laso that he has the confidence and support of those who are thoroughly acquainted with, and competent to judge of his work. I beleive that the school is conducted on the right lines; that it is doing a much needed work, and th .t it is fit'ed to do as much larger work if it were adequately supported. I am glad to add my endorsement of Archdeacon Russell and the work with which he has been so long associated. Ckauncey B. Brewster, Bishop of Connecticut. Diocese of Rhode Island, 20 September, 1904. My Dear Mr. Russell: I very cheerfully respond to your note. I most heartily endorse and commend the noble work which your school is doing for the Negro and for the country, as well as the Church, Yours sincerely, W. N. McVickar, Bishop of Rhode Island. Church of the Epiphany, Washington, D. C., September 26, 1904. It gives me pleasure to endorse most heartily the St. Paul Normal and Industrial School at Lawrenceville. Virginia. Both from my acquaintance with the Rev. James S. Russell, its prin¬ cipal and from personal observations of the school. I can com¬ mend it most highly. Randolph H. McKim. Hector of the Church of the Epiphany. Lawrenceville, Va., September29,1904. I heartily endorse the work of the St Paul N. and I School at this place, and am satisfied that all funds subscribed will be properly applied. The school has practically no endowment, but is kept up by voluntary contributions, and is seriously in need of funds to meet pressing obligations. I cheerfully recommend this work to those having means to give. Chas. E. May, Cashier Bank of Lawrenceville. Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 27,1904. Rev. Jas. S. Russell, Lawrenceville, Va. Churchmen asking for an institution to develop mind, body and heart will find it at St. Paul's. It fills the demand. C. K. Nelscn, Bishop of Georgia. ♦ I E. J FIELD. Dr. W. THOMAS LOVETTE. Mrs. B. F. STEPTOS. The progress and success of the St. Paul Normal and In¬ dustrial School are truly remarkable and call for thanks to God, gratitude made visible by generous assistance, constant gifts and many words and deeds of sympathy and encouragement. The school is a clear, definite and practical answer to the urgent question, "what shall we do for the colored people?'1 and it richly merits the support of all our people who are stewards of God's bounty. May He raise up for it multitudes of generous friends. Cortland T. Whitehead. September, J.l. IH04. Bixhop of Pittxburg. From the Editor of the Britiixtriek Gazette: St. Paul's Normal and Industrial School, under the efficient management of the Rev. James S. Russell, has done and is do¬ ing a great work for the colored race, and I am glad of an op¬ portunity to say knowingly that it richly deserves the philan¬ thropic aid it receives. The Negroes of Southern Virginia are do >r an.l are unible out of their scanty means to pay but little for the tuition of their children, hence it is necessary for tins and other similar institu \ions to obtain assistance from other sources, and all contribu¬ tors to this institution will aid a worthy cause. When the school was founded here in 1888 there was, as is often the case in the South, a prejudice against it. Not that the white citizens of the town did not wish the Neuroes to have an industrial education, but they did not know the princi¬ pal and feared social equality and worthless labor. By the wise management and conservative course pursued by those in charge these fears have long since been dissipated aud to-day all classes of citizens speak in highest terms of St. Paul's Normal and In¬ dustrial School. Frank Buford, Lawrence mile Va., Se.pt.M04. Albany, September 22, 1904. My dear Mr. Russell: I am very glad to say that all I know about the work of the St. Paul Normal and Industrial School, gives me not only deep interest in its success, but great confidence in its adminstration. It is one of the most valuable of the undertakings of the Episcopal Church for the colored people of the South. Its whole story shows the endorsement and devotion of its fouud- ing, and demands the general support of Churchmen in America. Believe me, Very truly your brother, W. C. Doane Bishop of Albany I have heard much and have seen something of the work of St. Paul's School, Lawrenceville, Va. in the education and In¬ dustrial training of colored youth of both sexes, and regard it as of very great importance both with reference to the influ¬ ence of the Church and to the best interests of the very large negro population of that section. It deserves the most gener¬ ous support of all who are interested in the work of the Church among our black people of the South. Jos. Blunt Cheshire, Raleigh N. 0. Bishop of JV.C. October 1st, 1908, Utica, N. Y , Sept. 21,1 My Dear Mr. Russell: It gives me pleasure to say that I take great interest in St. Paul's Normal and Industrial School — although I have never visited it. I have heard so much about its good work, that I am convinced it is exercising a large and beneficial influence, and ought to be sustained by the Church. As an earnest of my good opinion I enclose a small contribu¬ tion for the school, and trust that it will prosper in every vvay. Faithfully yours, Chas. Tyler Olmsted, Bishop of Central New York- Philadelphia, Pa. Rev. James S. Russell, Lawrenceville, Va. My Dear Mr. Russell: I duly received yours of the 28th ult. and would have written before this had I known exactly what you wanted. However, let this suffice, that I have the highest possible opinion about the St. Paul Normal and Industrial School, having been much interested in it for years past and not only read its reports but made careful inquiries from people who know it from personal experience. I consider it one of the very best institutions of its kind in the South, and I hope for its continued success under the wise, energetic and enthusias¬ tic leadership of yourself. With best wishes, believe me, Yours sincerely, Ewing L. Millkp. . UBoarfc of {Trustees Investment Committee* Rt. Rev. A. M. Randolph, D. D. LL.D., Norfolk, Vn. Rev. Beverly D. Tucker, D. D., Norfolk, Va. Rev. Edgar Carpenter, Portsmouth, Va. Mr. RW. W. Old, Norfolk, Va. Mr. Legh H. Raney, Lawrenceville, Va. Mr. Chas. E May, Lawrenceville, Va. Rev. James S. Russell, Lawrenceville, Va. Rev. Carl E. Grammer, D. D., Norfolk, Va. Mr. Geo. Foster Peabody, New York, N. Y. Rev. Scott Wood, Brunswick. Ga. Judge D. S- Hicks, Lawrenceville, Va. Rev. H. L- Phillips, Philadelphia, Pa. " Henry L. Derby, Lawrenceville, Va. " C. Braxton Bryan, D. D., Hampton, Va Mr. R. 0. Taylor, Jr. Norfolk, Va. Officers of tbe :®oart>. Rt. Rev. A. M. Randolph, D. D., LL. D., - President. Mr. W. W. Old, - Vice-President. Mr. R. C. Taylor, Jr. - Treasurer. Rev. James, S. Russell, Secretary and Assistant Treasurer. Mr. Chas. E. May, Mr. W. W. Old, Mr. R. C. Taylor, Jr., Treasurer. SPECIAL NEEDS. Some general arid special needs of the school and we earnest¬ ly plead with our friends for $5o,cco for current ex](i fes and necessary buildings. Scholarships of $25.00 and $50.00 each, and $250,000 for Permanent Endowment Fund. Contributions may be sent to Mr. R. C. Taylor, Jr., Treas¬ urer or Rev, James S. Russell, Principal and Assistant Treas¬ urer., Lawrenceville, Va. Form of Bequest. I give and bequeath to the Trustees of the St. Paul Normal and Industrial School of Virginia to be used as they may direct for tlie education of youth in that institution. We are indebted to ''The Churchman," New York, for the use of the cuts illustrating the school, buildings and instruct¬ ors. 1904 NORMAL SCHOOL STEAM PRINT. LAWRENCEVILLE, VA isham edmond: w i baOWN