Patterson's College and School Directory of the United States and Canada

FLORIDA

Population, 528,542. School census, 217,703. School age, 6-21.

Florida is the thirty-second state of the Union in point of population, having a total of 528,542 inhabitants, of whom 348,923, or 36.3 per cent, are white. Of this number 19,257, or 3.7 per cent, are foreign born. The percentage of illiteracy of the entire population is 21.9 per cent, the state ranking forty-first in this respect. The educational system of the state is as follows:

STATE SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE.

......

W. M. HOLLOWAY, State Superintendent of Public Instruction..... Tallahassee STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION.

A. W. GILCHRIST, ex-officio, Governor, President..
W. M. HOLLOWAY, ex-officio, State Superintendent Public Instruction, Secretary

Tallahassee

H. CLAY CRAWFORD, ex-officio; Secretary of State
WILLIAM V. KNOTT, ex-officio, State Treasurer...

. Tallahassee

HON. PARK M. TRAMMELL, ex-officio, Attorney General.

Tallahassee
Tallahassee

STATE SCHOOL FUND COMMISSIONERS.

Same as State Board of Education.

SCHOOL TEXT-BOOK COMMISSION.

There is none, Florida having no State Uniformity Text-Book Law.

Superintendent.

.J. S. Carlton..
.J. Q. Palmer.
.N. B. Cook.
.A. A. Core.
.J. R. Key...
.J.

A. Jackson.
W. A. Thaxton.
L. M. Buchholz.
.C. A. Fulford.
C. C. Gunn..
.B. J. Hamrick.

W. R. Fletcher.
W. T. Kennedy.
D. W. Sumner.
Edw. B. Eppes.
Thos. Price
.J. E. Roberts.
G. W. Tedder.
.L. T. Hine.
.J.

H. Brinson.
Virgil S. Lowe.
H. L. Mattair.
W. B. Lynch.
W. J. Sears.
M. L. Gilbert.

T. P. Kirk.

L. K. Tucker.

W. S. M. Pinkham.
.L. K. Tedder.
.J. T. Diamond.
..J. A. Jones.

J. W. O'Hara.
W. A. Hendry.
.A. O. Botts..

C. K. Allen.
Dan'l Trotman
B. F. Gainer...

HIGHER INSTITUTIONS OF LEARNING.

DE FUNIAK SPRINGS, Walton Co., pop., 1,300.
Palmer College; coll.; co-ed.; Presb.; est.
1907; Rev. J. W. Walden, D. D., Pres.
DE LAND, Volusia Co., pop., 1,449.
John B. Stetson University; univ.; co-ed.;
Bapt.; est. 1887; Rev. Lincoln Hulley,
Ph. D., Pres.
Stetson University, Department of Law; law;
co-ed.; est. 1900; Albert J. Farrah, LL.
B. Dean.

Stetson University, School of Technology; tech.; co-ed.; est. 1902; Ellery B. Paine, M. S., Dean.

EUSTIS, Lake Co., pop. 422.

Presbyterian College; coll.; Presb.; co-ed.; est. 1904; Rev. H. A. Goff, M. A., Pres. FERNANDINA, Nassau Co., pop. 3,245. King's Business College; moved to Raleigh, N. C.

St. Joseph's Academy; prep.; co-ed.; R. C.; Sister M. Agnes, Prin.

FESSENDEN.

Fessenden Academy and Industrial School;

nor. and indust.; co-ed.; non-sect.; est. 1890; Joseph L. Wiley, A. B., Pres. GAINESVILLE, Alachua Co., pop. 3,633. Boarding and Day School; girls' boarding; non-sect.; Miss Tebeau, Prin.

University of the State of Florida; univ.; state; men; est. 1905; A. A. Murphree, LL. D., Pres.

JACKSONVILLE, Duval Co., pop. 28,429. Cookman Institute (colored); prep.; co-ed.; M. E.; est. 1872; Rev. G. E. Ackerman, Pres. Draughon's Practical Business College; bus. and sten.; John F. Draughon's, Pres. Edward Waters College (colored); prep. coed.; est. 1883; A. M. E.; A. St. George Richardson, B. A., Prin.

Florida Baptist College; prep.; co-ed.; Bapt.: N. W. Collier, Prin.

Massey Business College; bus. and sten.; Richard Massey, Pres.; Cor. Main and Monroe St.

St. Joseph's Academy; girls' boarding; R. C.; Sister M. DeSales, Prin.

JASPAR, Hamilton Co., pop. 993.
Jasper Normal Institute; normal; private; co-
ed.; George M. Lynch, Prin.

KEY WEST, Monroe Co., pop. 17,114.
Convent of Mary Immaculate; prep.; co-ed.;
R. C.; Sister M. Delphine, Prin.
University of Florida, College of Agricul
ture and Chemistry; agri.; state; co-ed.;
Andrew Sledd, Pres.

ORANGE PARK, Clay Co., pop. 245.
Normal and Manual Training School; normal;
indust.; co-ed.; Cong.: est. 1891; Mrs. L.
St. J. Hitchcock, Prin.

PALATKA, Putnam Co., pop. 3,301.
St. Joseph's Academy and Day School; prep.;
co-ed.; Sister M. Jane France, Prin.
ST. AUGUSTINE, St. John Co., pop. 4,272.
Florida School for Blind, Deaf and Dumb;
state; A. H. Walker, Pres.

St. Joseph's Academy; prep.; co-ed.; R. C.; Sister Mary Agatha, Prin.

FLORIDA

ST. LEO, Pasco Co., pop. 145.

St. Leo College; coll.; theol.; men; R. C.; est. 1890; Rt. Rev. Charles H. Mohr, O. S. B., D. D., Pres.

SAN ANTONIO, Pasco Co., pop. 252.
Holy Name Academy; prep.: co-ed.; R. C.;
Sister Mary Winifred, Prin.

SUTHERLAND, Husboro Co., pop. 108.
Southern College; coll.; co-ed.; M. E.; est.
1902; S. W. Walker,. A. M., Pres.
TALLAHASSEE, Leon Co., pop. 2,981.
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical College;
(for negroes); co-ed.; est. 1887; Nathan B.
Young, A. M., Pres.

Florida State College for Women; girls' boarding: state; non-sect.; est. 1857; Edward Conrad, Pres.

TAMPA, Hillsboro Co., pop. 15,839.
Convent of the Holy Name; girls' boarding;
R. C.; Sister Mary Winifred, Prin.
Tampa Business College; bus. and sten.; board-
ing; est. 1890; non-sect.: co-ed.; L. M.
Hatton, Pres.; 609 Franklin St.

WINTER PARK, Orange Co., pop. 366.
Rollins College; coll.; co-ed.: non-sect.; est.
1885; William F. Blackman, Ph. D., Pres.

GEORGIA

Population, 2,216,331. School census, 703,133. School age, 6-18.

Georgia is the eleventh state of the Union in point of pʊpulation, having a total of 2,216,331 inhabitants, of whom only 1,181,294, or 53.3 per cent, are white. Of this number, 12,021, or .6 per cent, are foreign born. The percentage of illiteracy of the entire population is 30.5 per cent, the state ranking forty-fifth in this respect. The educational system of the state is as follows:

E. C. MERRY, Secretary..

..Atlanta

J. M. POUND, State School Commissioner, Executive Officer...
JOHN C. HART, Attorney General..

..Atlanta

PHILIP COOK, Secretary of State..

..Atlanta

WILLIAM A. WRIGHT, Comptroller General.

.Atlanta

Dougherty

Douglas

Early Echols Effingham Elbert Emanuel

Fannin

Fayette

Floyd

Forsyth

Franklin

Fulton Gilmer

Glascock

Glynn
Gordon

Grady

Greene
Gwinnett
Habersham

Hall
Hancock
Haralson
Harris

Hart

Heard

Henry

Houston

Irwin

Jackson

Jasper

Jeff Davis

Jefferson

Jenkins

Johnson

Jones

Laurens

Lee

Liberty

.R. H. Warren.
.G. T. McLarty.
.Byron Collins
.J. G. Prime.
.A. E. Bird.
.J. N. Wall
.Edward Warren
.J. M. Clement.
.W. N. D. Dixon.
.J. C. King.
.C. L. Harris.
.J. W. Landrum

M. L. Brittain.
W. H. Allen.
.E. B. Rogers.

N. H. Ballard.

.J. G. B. Edwin, Jr

.J. B. Wight..

W. A. Purks.

.C. R. Ware.
.C. W. Grant.

R. L. Blackwell
.M. L. Duggan.

John W. White.
T. L. Thomason
B. H. Pearman.
.Hope H. Cook.

Lawrence Duffey
.G. W. Smith.
J. W. Weaver.
R. D. Moore.

W. A. Reid

T. J. Ellis.

H. E. Smith.

W. V. Lanier.

A. J. M. Robinson

E. W. Sammons.

J. T. Smith.

J. R. Long.

E. B. Way.

.Carnesville

Atlanta

.Ellijay

:.Gibson

Brunswick
Calhoun

.Sparta

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