THE SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Kowaliga School
(.Incorporated., Kowaliga Academic and Industrial Institute)
General View of Kowaliga School Looking West.
Girls Domestic
Training Building.
Patrons' Hall Bell
Girls' Dormitory. Tower
Howland Hall
Boys' Dormitory.
KOWALIGA COMMUNITY
POST OFFICE, BENSON, ALABAMA
I9I2—1913
Some Facts about
K.owalig;a
( Cow-Elijah.)
Location — Kowaliga is a farm settlement
in the uplands of Alabama, one hundred miles
south of Birmingham, about nine miles long by
five miles wide, where a practical combina¬
tion of education and industry is making
country=life attractive and remunerative.
History — The name is of Indian origin.
The Kowaliga School was started in 1896 in a
cabin with one teacher, and incorporated in
1899. The negroes themselves contributed in
labor and material over one thousand dollars
towards the erection of the first building before
a single penny of outside help was asked.
Aim — Its primary aim is to fit its students
for useful careers in the home=community; at
the same time selecting, preparing and sending
forward to the larger institutions its brightest
and best students for additional training.
Results — The School has become a social
and religious center as well as the educational
and industrial center of the whole country-side.
It employs twelve teachers, and enrolls in its
main and branch schools over 300 students.
General — There are living within walking
distance of the school over 500 Negro children
of school age. The annual state appropriation
does not exceed fifty cents per capita—barely
enough to employ one good teacher for a term
of five months. Kowaliga School is supple¬
menting this, by employing twelve well-trained
teachers for seven months, who give instruc¬
tion in domestic, manual and agricultural
training, along with the regular grammar school
course.
CONTRIBUTIONS may be sent to
WILLIAM E. BENSON,Treasurer,
Kowaliga Industrial School,
P. O., Benson, Ala.
Front View—Looking West.
Olrls Domestic Patrons Hall, Hnwland Hall, Boys Manual
Training Building:. Girls Dormitory. Boys Dormitory. Training Building.
A rural School that is making country-life attractive and
remunerative.
"Quarterly-meeting Day" at the Community Church.
Some of our children they need
your help.
"Inasmuch as ye have done it unto the least
of these«ye have done it unto me."
Matt. 2S.-40.
This is the home of a bright little School
girl who "tends the baby" while the mother
toils in the cotton field. Ninety per cent,
of our students come from such homes
as this.
CLARENCE H. KELSEY, President Title Guarantee & Trust Company,
176 Broadway, New York City
D. N. BARNEY, Hartford, Conn.
Miss ALICE LEWISOHN, 43 Fifth Avenue, New York City
Miss EMILY HOWLAND, Sherwood, New York
OSWALD GARRISON VILLARD, New York City
Rev. FLOYD W. TOMPKINS, Rector Holy Trinity, . . Philadelphia, Pa.
Mrs. ISABEL C. BARROWS, Croton-on-Hudson, N. Y.
JACKSON ROBINSON, Kowaliga, Ala.
JOHN J. BENSON, Kowaliga, Ala.
ALEXANDER MEADOWS, Benson, Ala.
WM. E. BENSON, Executive Secretary and Treasurer, . . . 3enson, Ala.
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To the Trustees of the Kowaliga School:
I herewith submit the seventeenth annual report of the Kowaliga School
with the income and expenditure statement and balance sheet, a list of donors,
present needs and condition of the school at the close of the fiscal year, ending
September 30th, 1913.
GENERAL.
gUt During the scholastic year 1912-13 there were enrolled in
Current Year different departments of the main and branch schools
320 pupils and 12 teachers and workers. The character of
the work done in the various departments was very highly complimented by
all visitors of both race$ who inspected the school while in operation.
The commencement this year was fully up to the standard of previous
years. The exercises were of a very high order, and the whole season was
characterized by the most enthusiastic local interest, large attendance and
perfect order.
The primary aim of the Kowaliga School is not to train
Kowaliga's teachers. If we should adjust our course of study to meet
Opportunity. the requirements of the few students who aspire to become
teachers we would entirely disregard the need of the many
who should be trained for the practical work of life in the home community.
We aim to establish an educational, social, religious and industrial center
within the reach of the 500 boys and girls who will possibly never be able
to leave the farm and go any great distance away from home to get an edu¬
cation. Its training is Christian, but undenominational. Thorough instruc¬
tion is given in the grammar grades and manual training, along with agri¬
cultural and domestic training. In addition to the training we have given
here a few of our graduates have entered the higher schools and colleges and
have fitted themselves for places of responsibility in their other communities.
The question is often asked in the North, why our com-
^■oca* ' munity cannot educate its own people. The answer is
plain. Three-fourths of our population must live twelve
months of the year on what they are able to produce in six
months, and therefore, cannot measure up to the economic standards
of the North. No community can tax its people for educational purposes
beyond their financial ability and their ability is largely determined by their
industrial opportunities and efficiency.
Another reason why our people in the rural communities of the South
are not more prosperous and are not able to pay more toward education, is
because they have no lucrative employment for the winter and are therefore
compelled to waste half of their time each year in idleness. This is an
economic problem and can be solved only through the establishment of sea¬
sonal industries in connection with farming. The natural method of abolish-
ing idleness, poverty, ignorance and crime is by substituting opportunities for
profitable employment, prosperity, intelligence and moral worth. The Kow-
aliga School is making such results possible in the Kowaliga community. It
requires capital to give our people these opportunities, but it is capital well
invested.
The community influenced by the school is about four times
Scope of the size of the Island of Manhattan. The Island of Man-
Influence. hattan is thirteen and a half miles long by an average width
of one and one-quarter miles, containing approximately twen¬
ty-one square miles or about thirteen thousand acres; the Kowaliga community
is eleven miles long by an average width of seven miles, containing approx¬
imately seventy-seven square miles or about fifty-thousand acres, with a pop¬
ulation of one thousand colored people. The Kowaliga School is situated
in the center of the colored community, and is the only educational institution
of its kind within a radius of forty miles. Nowhere in the South is there
a better opportunity to reach and serve a neglected people.
Aside from the immediate influence upon the students who are now
attending the school, more than one thousand ex-students have been helped
to more useful careers because of their partial training here. The school is
so making her influence felt that the people around it are struggling to better
their conditions in the homes, in the schools, in the churches and in every other
respect to measure up to the standards set by this institution.
Never in the history of the school has there been such an all-
. inspiring awakening in our community as we are witnessing
to-day. The building of better homes, better methods of
farming—indeed, a new industrial awakening on every side throughout the
community daily remind us of our one great opportunity. In order to meet
the demands of this opportunity we must bring to our aid more efficient
service. During the current term it is our plan to engage trained directors
for our manual, domestic and religious training, upon whom the responsibility
for the development of their respective departments will be placed. Only
in this way can the work of these departments be brought up to the standard
of other schools, so that our students can go into the community well equipped
to meet the demands of life.
NEEDS.
Contributions toward current expenses may be made in any amounts
however small and even one dollar helps. Ten dollars pays a Tuition Fee,
and fifty dollars pays a Scholarship. One thousand dollars creates a perman¬
ent Scholarship and will be added to Endowment Fund and so invested as
to earn the amount of one annual Scholarship.
Our budget for the present year includes the following list of needs:
Current expenses, including teachers' salaries $ 8,000
Working capital fund to enable school to operate without
going into debt 8,500
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Boys' trades building and equipment $2,500
Two teachers' cottages 3>ooo
School and community hospital 2,000
Religious work in school and community 1,000
Endowment fund should be increased to 100,000
Respectfully submitted,
WM. E. BENSON,
Executive Secretary and Treasurer.
As to the details of the school work, the report of our principal, Prof.
W. R. Banks, will speak for itself:
PRINCIPAL'S REPORT.
The work of the Academic Department was good from start
Department t0 ^n^1> emphasis being placed, upon thoroughness rather than
the customary method of "going through books." A good
man\' of our pupils were not promoted to the next class because of the fact
that the teachers felt they did not have a sufficient grasp of the subjects to
warrant their promotion. Out of a class of seven, two were allowed to go
out—the others being detained another year. Some attention is given to the
musical side, band training for the young men, while instrumental and vocal
music are available for all. We have a complete record of the classification
of each student on file for reference from time to time. It is not the plan to
do high school work, but rather train thoroughly the pupils in judicious com¬
bination of the rudiments of an elementary and industrial education so that
if they chance not to go to school elsewhere after leaving here they can enter
life with such foundation as will enable them to live larger lives of usefulness.
j ^ Our industries for the year consist of sewing, domestic science,
carpentry, laundering, agriculture and blacksmithing. Owing
to the lack of continuity of development in this phase of our work prior to
this year, a good deal of time was spent trying to grade the work, and as far
as we went the work was well done and the pupils were enthusiastic over
the various trades. We confidently feel that the ground in this department
has been so mapped out that next year we can reasonably expect a higher
grade of work. In all of our training we try to couple the practical with the
theoretical side so that whatever instruction is acquired from this institution
will be of benefit in the every day routine of domestic life.
While there is room for improvement, the farm and garden
Agriculture.
have shown some success this year. Our records show that we
have already harvested more and a greater variety of farm produce this year
than in many years of the past. Since this is a rural community we feel that
our institution farm and garden should represent the highest possibilities of
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modern agriculture. With this idea in view we would suggest that $1,000
be set aside for such equipment of our farm, as horses, good milk cows, hogs,
chickens, farming implements, vehicles, seeds and pasturage. With the
proper equipment and management our farm and garden can be brought to
that point where our kitchen and barn will be amply supplied with farm
produce and we can market at a profit, the surplus.
Fortunately we have been able to collect practically every cent
, , of our tuition and entrance fees this year. The day pupils
and Board.
from the fourth grade up are charged $1.00 entrance fee and
50 cents per month tuition, while those below the fourth grade pay 50 cents
entrance fee and 25 cents per month tuition. The boarding students did
very well on their expenses, only two or three leaving their bills unpaid, and
those bills were very small indeed.
We have tried to run our boarding department upon the most
Departnf t economical basis practicable. There were 15,753 meals served
in our dining room at a cost of $754.00 for food stuff or a
little over four cents per meal. We tried the system of buying at wholesale,
enough to last about thirty days, which food was put into the commissary,
using it just as needed. The amount and date of each supply were recorded,
and we were able to know exactly how long an article should and did last us.
The school was not able to hire a regular cook as other institutions, conse¬
quently the girls did the cooking. A good deal of cash outlay for this depart¬
ment will be and is saved through the farm.
While the institution is non-sectarian, yet we try to have our
LifeS1°US actions and teachings conform to the true principles of
Christianity. We have organized mid-week prayer meetings,
Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A., and a good Sabbath School for the young and
old of the school and of the community. The school observes the season of
prayer set aside for secondary schools and colleges, at which time many
students re-consecrate themselves to the great service of God and Mankind.
Library ^ave been able to start our community library this year
containing 750 volumes of books quite suitable for our use.
The people in. the community are encouraged to draw these books as well as
the students. A good many books have been drawn and we hope to keep the
library open during the summer. The books have been catalogued according
to the decimal system which enables us to keep track of all books in and out.
Accounting ^eac* eac^ department here was provided with a book
and Business *n a complete record of each operation was kept. This
book was turned into the office at the end of each month for
inspection. By doing this we have been able to keep a detailed record of the
work of the institution. We have striven hard to keep the affairs of the
school upon strictly business basis. No man or firm has questioned our method
of business, but rather commended it, and we have handled a great number
of different transactions both of a local and foreign nature. At present our
outstanding accounts for the current year are comparatively small.
Inventories ^ave a complete inventory of all the property owned by
the institution on record in the office. This enables us to
keep track of all of the school's property.
This rural school is helping to make country life attractive and remuner¬
ative for boys and girls and is wholly dependent upon voluntary gifts of
friends of Negro education for its support. The state of Alabama appro¬
priates about 66 cents per capita—barely enough to employ one good teacher
for a term of five months, giving academic instruction only. The Kowaliga
School is supplementing this by employing twelve well trained teachers for
eight months who give instruction in domestic, manual and agricultural train¬
ing along with the regular grammar school course. We have one thousand
people near us whom we are reaching. We are asking our friends to make
this investment in normal, but untrained human lives.
^ It has been the plan to make the school a mecca of social ac-
c , , tivities for the community. In other words we have striven
ochool as a
Social Center. t0 furnish the amusement for the people, of the kind that
would be wholesome and uplifting. Our monthly Rhetoricals
at night were very well appreciated and brought out a great number of people
who otherwise would not have come. The lectures and entertainments and
gatherings of a social nature have caused the people to look toward the school
for some kind of attraction—and especially is this true with the young.
_ . The teachers have visited regularly all of the churches in the
Extension
Yyork community and have done everything possible to promote the
social and religious life in this section. Not only that, they
have also gotten in touch with the community home-life. By doing this we
have won the co-operation of all the ministers of this section who have given
us every support and courtesy requested this year.
g The two branches of our main school did very good work.
Schools ^ve them close supervision so that work in each will co¬
ordinate with our work. These branches are to accommodate
the smaller pupils who cannot walk the distance to this place during the
cold winter months, and they are to cover only five grades. It is the plan to
have the Kowaliga School graduates teach in these schools.
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"THEY THAT WALKED IN DARKNESS"
"UNCLE SAM"
A pioneer of the Kowaliga Community who never went to school a day in his life,
but "dreamed" of such opportunities for his children's children.
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INCOME & EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30th, 1913.
Income.
From Endowment $561 22
Donors 8,073 25
Tuition 245 44
Material Sales 143 31
Rents, etc 91 20
Total Income $9,114 42
Expenditure.
For Salaries $3,292 09
Traveling expenses 1,733 04
Postage, office and general expenses 1,572 94
Repairs and insurance 89 69
Farm (net) 526 91
Industrial departments (net) 182 45
Boarding department (net) 1,157 76
Aid to students 42 95
Total Expenditure $8,597 83
Income available to reduce indebtedness $516 59
KOWALIGA ACADEMIC & INDUSTRIAL INSTITUTE
BALANCE SHEET AS AT SEPTEMBER 30th, 1913.
Assets
Cash in bank and on hand $189 32
Accounts Receivable:
Teachers $495 82
Students and employes 387 23 883 05
Insurance prepaid 208 33
Equipment as per inventory June 30th 4,192 05
Buildings: . . _
New school (less depreciation) $17,671 79
Old school—estimated value 775 00 18,446 79
Land : ^
New school—122 acres at cost $1,227 50
Old school—27 acres at cost 644 44 1,871 94
Investments and cash of endowment:
Dixie Industrial Co. shares donated toward
endowment $9,900 00
Cash in banks 2,530 00 12,430 00
$38,221 48
Liabilities
Accounts payable :
To tradesmen and teachers $1,167 69
Notes payable 9,381 00
Reserve for accruing expenses 300 00
General fund 14,942 79
Endowment fund 12,430 00
$38,221 48
"LET US WALK TN THE LTGHT"
DONORS LIST 1912-1913.
Anonymous $ i.oo
Atwood, Miss Nellie F. 2.00
Anderson, Mrs. F. W. 10.00
Aman, Mr. George M. 1.00
Anonymous 1.00
Aikman, Mr. W. M 10.00
Anonymous 20.00
Atkinson, Mr. Robert W .25
Anonymous 2.00
Achelis, Mr. Fritz 50.00
Anderson, Mrs. D. A 5.00
Association, American Unitarian... 110.65
Anonymous 5.00
Bartol, Miss Elizabeth 20.00
Bunker, Mrs. Alfred 1.00
Burnham, Miss Mary A 25.00
Billings, Mrs. J 1.00
Benedict, Mrs. C. T 40-00
Baldwin, Mrs. W. H., Jr 5.00
Bonham, Mr. R. L 5.00
Breckenridge, Mr 2.50
Butler, Miss V 25.00
Borg, The Misses 550.00
Blanchard, The Misses 50.00
Baldwin, Gov. Simeon E 20.00
Bristol, Mr. John I. D 5.00
Brown, Dr. F. H 5.00
Bucknor, Mr. William 3.00
Burnham, Mrs. George, Jr 100.00
Brownson, Mrs. C. L 5.00
Butler, Miss Frances H 2.00
Black, Mrs. Robert C 5.00
Brewer, Mr. Edward M. 45.00
Brown, Mr. William Adams 5.00
Brandt, Mr. J. H 2.00
Brown, Lent & Pett, Messrs 47-35
Crane, Hon. W. Murray 100.00
Codman, Mr. C. R 5-°°
Church, First Reformed 5.00
Chandler, Miss Alice D. 5.00
Crane, Mr. Winthrop M., Jr 20.00
Clark, Miss Lotta A. 1.00
Crane, Mrs. A. E 5-°°
Cushing, Estate of Emeline, Hon.
A. H. Grimke, Administrator 50.00
Cobb, Mr. Frank E 5-oo
Chapin, Dr. Laura J 2.00
Cunningham, Mr. S. W 10.00
Church, First Unitarian Cong 5.00
Curtis, Mrs. George Wm 25.00
Clark, Miss Emeline R 10.00
Castree, Miss L 10.00
Clapp, Mr. B. Frank 20.00
Cook, Miss Emily S 5.00
Case, Miss L. W 25.00
Crary, Mr. J. D 1.00
Coffin, Mr. C. A 250.00
Crane, Mr. Albert 25.00
Crane, Mrs., A. B 3.00
Chafee, Mr. Eugene W. 5-°°
Crane, Mr. Zenas 100.00
Chapman, Mr. Conrad 27.50
Clark, Mrs 1.00
Colby, Mr. Henry F 1.00
Collins, Mrs. D. M. 5.00
Cutting, Mr. R. Fulton 50.00
Clark, Miss F. A 40.00
Cheney, Mrs. Frank 25.00
Condit, Mr. Frederick 3.00
Crane, Miss Clara L. 50.00
Curtis, Miss Frances G 10.00
Coney, Mrs. G. H 15.00
Church, Brick Presbyterian 25.00
Dryer, Mr. E. B i-oo
Dudley, Miss G .. 5.00
Dunphe, Mrs. N. F 1.00
Dow, Miss Emily G. 25.00
Davis, Mr. Henry L. 50.00
Damon, Mr. A. W. 5.00
Dole, Rev. Chas. F. 5.00
Davis, Mrs. B. C 20.00
Dexter, Mrs. Mary P 5-oo
Douglas, Mr. James 25.00
Elkinton, Mr. Jos 15.00
Ellis, Mr. Wm. D 10.00
Eisenmann, Mr. G. F. 10.00
Elkinton, Mrs. J. P 10.00
Estabrook, Mr. A. F 10.00
Emmell, Miss Lvdia F 5.00
Elmore, Miss M. J 1.00
Edwards, Miss Mary A 5.00
Fullwood, Mr. and Mrs. C. T 10.00
Foster, Miss Mary 20.00
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Fisher, Miss E. T i.oo
French, Mr. Jas. M 5.00
Farnam, Prof. Henry W 25.00
Fitz, Mrs. W. Scott 25.00
Ferguson, Miss Elizabeth D. and
Sister 10.00
Field, Mr. E. B 5.00
Forbes, Mr. Lawrence Seymour 3.00
Frary, Mr. I. T 5.00
Freund, Mr. J. C 10.00
Forbes, Rev. R. Sawyer 5.00
Gale, Mr. John E 10.00
Gray, Miss Emily 5.00
Gotwald, Mrs. Mary 5.00
Gotwald, Mrs. King 2.00
Grinnell, Miss Mary R 20.00
Garvin, Mr. M. T 5.00
Geary, Mr. Wm. 5.00
Glover, Miss J. B 5.00
Gibbs, Miss Harriett B 2.00
Garrison, Mrs. Francis J 5.00
Goodman, Mrs. A. C 25.00
Graves, Mr. H. B 2.00
Gannett, Mr. and Mrs. W. C 5.00
Grew, Mrs. Henry S 30.00
Gable, Mr. H. A 2.00
Greene, Mr. William H 2.00
Gilmore, Mrs. J. C 2.00
Gilbert, Mr. Benjamin T 2.00
Hamlin, Mr. C. A 50.00
Hodgkins, Mrs. W. H 2.00
Hereendeen, Mrs. E. F 5.00
Hall, Mr. I. M 1.00
Hooker, Miss S. H 10.00
Houghton, Mr. Clement S 25.00
Howland, Miss Isabel 25.00
Hesdorfer, Mr. Joseph 10.00
Hutchinson, Estate of Matthais,
S. A. Boyle, Administrator 1,000.00
Hage, Mr. John D 3.00
Howland, Miss Emily 100.00
Heintz, M. C 2.00
Hall, Miss Mary L. 10.00
Houser, Mrs. H. M 10.00
Hunter, Mr. Stephen C. 10.00
Hitch, Miss Annie Delano 10.00
Haase, Mr. H. M 1.00
Hunter, Mr. W. B 2.00
Houghton, Miss E. G 50.00
Harkness, Mr. Edward S 100.00
Hyde, Mrs. Clarence M. 50.00
Howe, Mrs. Annie L 75-°°
Houser, Miss Julia Crouse 10.00
Hyman, Mrs. D. M 15-00
Isaac, Miss Martha L 2.00
Joost, Mr. Martin 25.00
Joseph, Miss M. J i.oo
Kelsey, Mr. C. H., (Special) 1,000.00
Kirby, Miss L. A 5.00
Kimball, Mr. David P 100.00
King, Miss Jenny 5.00
Knight, Miss Ada M 5.00
Lee, Mr. Joseph 500.00
Lewis, Mr. Howard W. 1.00
Loud, Mr. J. P 5.00
Leavitt, Mr. John Brooks 25.00
Lathrop, Mr. S 5.00
Lewisohn, The Misses 300.00
Lundholm, Dr. E. M 25.00
Lewis, Mr. Theo. J 25.00
Lane, Miss Louise G 10.00
Lee, Mrs. Martha 1.00
Livermore, Mr. H. P 10.00
Loeb, Mr. James 50.00
Lewis, Mrs. Charlotte 50.00
Loring, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. C 10.00
Loring, Miss Katherine P 10.00
Lawrence, Rt. Rev. William 10.00
Langdon, Mr. Woodbury, Jr 5.00
Moseley, Miss E. F 10.00
Mitchell, Mrs- J. G 25.00
Martin, Mr. Edward S 1.00
Mayer, Mr. Earnest 5.00
Merrill, Mr. E. R 10.00
Milton, Mr. Daniel B. 10.00
McReynolds, Rev. Paul M 6.50
Merrick, Miss Zella 100.00
Maertz, Miss Louise 5.00
Meyer, Miss Heloise 5.00
Merrell, Mr. John B 5.00
Meinel, Mrs. Ida A. 5.00
Mather, Miss Katherine L 5.00
McCauley, Mr. E. S 1.00
Miller, Mr. E. W 10.00
McDowell, Miss Caroline 10.00
National Alliance of Unitarian
Women xo.oo
Owen, Mrs. Maria L 10.00
Olcott, Mr. Dudley 15.00
Outerbridge, Mr. A. E 5.00
Paine, Miss Ethel L 50.00
Post, Mrs. Arelian 5.00
Paine, The Misses S. C. and M 10.00
Pyne, Mr. Percy R 50.00
Page, Mrs. H. W 3.00
Price, Mr. Joshua 10.00
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Richards, Mrs. L. E i.oo
Russ, Mrs. E. C xo.oo
Ripley, Mr. Ebed L 5.00
Richards, Mr. M. E 2.00
Roop, Mr. J. Howard 2.00
Riggs, Rev. James F 5.00
Remington, Mrs. E. A 5.00
Robinson, Mrs. H. N 5.00
Roop, Mr. and Mrs. J. Howard 2.00
Rogers, Miss A. P 27.00
Root, Mr. T. H 2.50
Selden, Miss Mary R 15.00
Shears, Mrs. George F 5.00
Stone, Rev. George M. 5.00
Satterlee, Mrs. H. L 50.00
S. C. S 50.00
Stone, Mr. E. F 10.00
Shumaker, Mr. Phillip 5.00
Straw, Miss Gertrude 5.00
Shaw, Miss Emily 5.00
Stone, Mr. Raymond i.oo
Shillaber, Mr. William 15.00
Spencer, Mr. Nelson E 5.00
Swann, Mrs. J 15.00
Smith, Mr. Adelbert 10.00
Shears, Mrs. G. F 25.00
Sharpless, Mrs. L. C 1.00
Sachs, Mr. Walter E. 10.00
Savage, Dr. and Mrs. Minot J io.oo
Sill, Miss Annie M. 40.00
Stone, Mrs. Raymond 1.00
Schuyler, Mrs. Georgina 10.00
Scattergood, Mr. Geo. J. 2.00
Spaulding, Mr. John L 5.00
Sanford, Mrs. L. W 10.00
Schmidlapp, Mr. J. G 50.00
Smith, Miss Lelia i.oo
Sprague, Dr. E. P 5-oo
Seligman, Prof. E. R. A 10.00
Stokes, Rev. Anson Phelps 5.00
Towne, Mr. Henry R 100.00
Thayer, Rev. George A 5.00
Thompson, Mrs. Stella A. C 1.00
Turner, Miss Julia M 200.00
Thorne, Mr. Samuel 100.00
Thomas, Miss Emily 1.00
Torrey, Mrs. Eldridge 5.00
Tapley, Mr. Geo. W 10.00
Tressler, Mrs. Molley 3.00
Tapley, Miss Alice P 25.00
Terry, Mr. Dwight H 5.00
Villard, Mr. Oswald Garrison 25.00
Viot, Mr. J. E 1.00
Vorce, Mrs. A. D 5.00
Villard, Mrs. Henry 25.00
White, Miss Lizzie D 2.00
Women's Home Missionary Asso¬
ciation of the Cong. Church 5.00
Williams, Mr. Edward 1.00
Williams, Mr. Ellis D. 100.00
Wooley, Mrs. Celia Parker 3.00
Wetherill, Mr. W. C. 1.00
Walker, Mr. Thomas 1.00
Wanamaker, Mr. John 5.00
Wellington, Miss Elizabeth R. 35-°°
Wigglesworth, Mr. George 50.00
Whitney, Mr. J. B 10.00
Willcox, Mr. Wm. G. 25.00
Woman's Alliance, Costine Branch 1.00
Woman's Auxiliary, Church of
the Resurrection 5.00
White, Mr. Alfred T 25.00
Woman's Alliance, Unitarian Ch. 5.00
White, Mr. Horace 5.00
Woman's Parish Association 5.00
Warder, Mrs. John B 5.00
Young, Rev. C. M 1.00
Yung, Mr. Charles 2.00
Zimmerman, Mr. M. E 25.00
Anonymous Donations 58.00
TOWARD ENDOWMENT FUND.
Howlar.d, Miss Emily $200.00
LOOKING EAST FROM THE CREST
MATERIAL DONATIONS.
Cast off Clothing, School Furniture, Magazines, Books, etc.
Mrs. Keller,
Mrs. Glenn A. Rowles,
Mrs. M. A. Brokaw,
Mrs. A. H. Nickell,
Mrs. A. L. Harvey,
Mr. W. F. Cobb,
Mr. O. V. Ellis,
Mr. J. Elliott Bliss,
Mr. S. R. Cappins,
Mr. Hoelzer,
Mrs. E. W. Meares & Co.,
Congregational Church,
Mrs. W. E. Peetrigrew,
Friends,
Woman's Benevolent Society
Congregational Church,
Mrs. Ella Moore,
Mrs. E. L. Barker,
Mrs. Amas A. Howard,
Miss Flora V. Jenkins,
Mrs. Chas. B. Fresby,
Women's League of Melrose,
Bethany Benevolent Circle,
Mrs. E. W. Maeres,
Miss Augusta H. Wright,
Mr. Geo. W. Strarns,
Mr. A. Perry,
North Church Sunday School,
Rev. Dr. Rumball.
Harvard
Cabin where Kowaliga School Was Started.
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KOWALIGA SCHOOL.
Organ ized 1896. Incorporated 1899.
WHERE IS KOIV AUG At
Location.— Kowaliga School is situated in the center of the Kowaliga com¬
munity and the nearest postoffice is Benson, Tallapoosa County, Alabama. Kowaliga
is an Indian name, the name of a little river in the uplands of Alabama, along whose
borders was once an Indian Reservation, the happy hunting grounds of that tribe.
Here is now to be found a thickly settled farming community inhabited by a
comparatively thrifty and industrious class of colored people. The upward life of
the community centers around the Kowaliga School, which is sixteen miles from
Alexander City, the nearest town, one hundred miles southeast of Birmingham, and
forty miles northeast of Montgomery. It is a stretch of beautiful wooded and hilly
country, watered by a swift flowing stream.
How to reach Kowaliga.— Kowaliga School can be reached from Montgomery, or
Atlanta over the Atlanta & West Point & Western of Alabama Railroad, changing at
Milstead either to Tallassee or Eclectic, and a drive of eighteen or twelve miles respec¬
tively, over the splendid country roads. The school can also be reached from Birming¬
ham over the Central of Georgia Railway Company by coming to Alexander City and
driving sixteen miles. A new railroad is now being built from Alexander City direct
to Benson.
Benson is a settlement entirely of colored people, made so by the fact that here
are located the various industries of the Dixie Industrial Company. In addition to
a post office, it has a saw mill, a turpentine still, a large and complete cotton ginning
system, a cotton oil and fertilizer mill, a number of well kept houses, a branch of the
main school and a mission church, all under the control of colored people.
The freight, express and telegraph offices are at Alexander City, Alabama".
For further information address WM. E. BENSON, Executive Secretary, Post
Office, Benson, Alabama.
FORM OF SCHOLARSHIP.
To the Trustees of Kowaliga School:
I hereby give the sum of dollars to be held by
you in trust, the proceeds to be applied to the education of one or more worthy
students, according to the rules of the school.
FORM OF BEQUEST.
I give and bequeath to the Trustees of Kowaliga School, Kowaliga Community,
located in Benson, Alabama, the sum of dollars, to be
safely invested by them and called the Fund, and the
interest thereof to be applied to the uses of the school (or specify).
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