Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 November 1895 — WORK FOR THE NEGRO. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

WORK FOR THE NEGRO.

Methodists Representing the Freedman’s Aid Society Meet. Methodists representing various sections of the country met in Chicago and talked of the work of the Freedman’s Aid .Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

What the society has been doing since the last meeting and what work it has on hand for the next year were the subjects of most interest. The gathering of Methodists was caused by a meeting of the society in Chicago, the first time in eighteen years. The Rev. Dr. M. M. Parkhurst, of New York, presided, the address of welcome being delivered by Dr. Vanango. Dr. R. S. Rust, of Cincinnati* gave

a short of the origin and history of the society, which, he said, met in Chicago in 1870 and again in 1877. The call for a convention to form the society was issued July 30,1866. The convention met in Trinity Church, Cincinnati, Aug. 7 of that year. Bishop D. W. Clark was chairman of the convention. The report of the Board of Managers for the year past shows that during the last year forty-four institutions of learning have been maintained. Of these twen-ty-two are among the colored people, with 304 teachers and 4,845 students! Twenty-two schools are among the white I>eop!e, with 169 teachers and 3,880 students. making a teaching force of 473 and a total enrollment of 8,725. The school

property is valued at $1,909,800, of which $1,691,800 is owned by the society. Onefifth of the 2,045 teachers and professors in Methodist schools are appointed and almost wholly sustained by the society, and of the 36,374 students in Methodist schools 8,725, or nearly one-fourth, are under the direction of the board. One theological, ten collegiate and eleven academic schools are for the colored people. The largest of the institutions is the U. S. Grant University at Athens, Ga., and Chattanooga, Tenn., nnd there are 675 students and twentysix teachers. During the year ending

June 30, 1895, the total receipts were $307,809 and the expenditures were $355,500, leaving a balance in the treasury amounting to $9,309. Of the expenditures $250,000 was for school work.

BISHOP MALLALIEU. BISHOP FOSTER.

BISHOP NEWMAN. DR. REES.