The bulletin of Atlanta University, 1897 no. 83

              NUMBER 83.                                      ATLANTA, GEORGIA.                                         MAY,   1897. ATLANTA   UNIVERSITY, ATLANTA, GA., Is a Christian Institution, unsec-tarian in its management and influence, wholly controlled by an independent Board of Trustees, and receiving no aid from city, state or national government, or benevolent society. Has 290 students in College, Normal, College Preparatory and Sub-Normal departments, under 23 officers and teachers. Trains teachers  and leaders of their race from   among the  sons and daughters of the Freedmen of the South. Has sent out 306 graduates from College and Normal courses, nearly all of whom, together with hundreds of past undergraduates, are engaged in teaching and other useful work in Georgia and surrounding States. Owns four large brick buildings, on sixty-five acres of land, one mile from the centre of Atlanta, Ga., library of 9,400 volumes, apparatus aud other equipment—all valued at not less than a quarter of a million dollars. Having no endowment {except about $33,000, mostly for special objects), the Institution requires at least $20,000 a year in donations from its friends, to continue the work now in hand, and a fund of about $500,000 to put that work on a permanent basis. Annual scholarships of $40 each are asked for to provide for the tuition of one student for one year, over and above the nominal tuition fees paid by the student. Subscriptions of $100 and upwards, or any smaller sums, are solicited for general current expenses. Remittances of donations, or inquiries for further information, may be addressed to Pres. Horace Bumstead, D. D., Atlanta, Ga. For the fourth time this year one of our number is called North by the sickness of a relative. This time it is our preceptress, Mrs. Burdick, who leaves us. It is so late in the year that she will not return. Mrs. M ry T. Chase assumes her duties for the remainder of the year. ------------------------------------------- Rev. and Mrs. Reed have returned to their home in Manchester, Vt., after being here nearly six months. Mr. Reed has preached the greater part of the time, and we have greatly appreciated their presence and work here. ------------------------------------------------- The new catalogue, which is now being printed in our printing office, will show an enrollment of exactly 300 students during the present year. Atlanta University is to be represented again in the North next summer by a quartet. Our friends will be glad to hear them sing and to meet them. --------------------------------------- The family of the late Rev. J. H. Hincks, for over five years Dean of the faculty here, has recently moved to Chicago, leaving Stamford, Conn. The address on Commencment day this year will be given by Rev. A. H. Bradford, D. D., of Montclair, N. J., a member of our board of trustees. The program of the second Atlanta University Conference on City Problems is now completed. There will be four sessions: two of them on Tuesday and Wednesday nights of Commencement week and two at the same hour Wednesday afternoon, for  men   and  women respectively. Among the speakers who will take part are Pres. Bumstead, Prof. Eugene Harris of Fisk University, Prof. F. A. Updyke of the Atlanta Baptist College,  Bishop   L. H. Holsey of Atlanta, B. R. Wilson, Esq., of Boston, Mr. L. M. Hershaw of Washington, Dr. S. P. Lloyd of Savannah, Dr. A. C. Mc Clennan of Charleston, Dr.R. F. Boyd of Nashville, Dr. A. J. Love of Chattanooga, Drs. H. R. Butler and J. R. Porter of Atlanta, Rev. J. E.Smith of Chattanooga, Rev. H. H. Proctor of Atlanta, Miss Lucy Laney of Augusta, Mrs. Adella Hunt Logan of Tuskegee, Mrs. Dinah Watts Pace of Covington, Mrs. Selena Sloan Butler, Mrs. Georgia Swift King, and Mrs. Rosa Morehead Bass, of Atlanta. THE FARMERS' IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY. This is a society organized in Texas by a former student in this institution, Hon. R. L. Smith. Mr. Smith is now serving his second term as a representative in the Texas legislature, and is very highly esteemed by all his fellow citizens, both  white  and   colored. The first annual meeting of this society was held at Oakland, Mr. Smith's home, December 28 and 29, 1896. The purposes of the organization, as stated on the program, are "to stimulate industry, avoid debt, promote thrift, secure cooperation, encourage benevolence and develop a higher ideal of the home." From all reports that have reached us, this meeting was a great success. Mr. Smith is the president of the society. Among the speakers was J. T. Hodges ('94) of Gonzales. Mention can also properly be made of C. W. Luckie ('83) of Hempstead, who has taken a deep interest in the organization of a branch of the society in Hempstead. Mr. Smith also publishes a monthly paper, The Helping Hand, in the interest of the society. Good work is plainly being done, and our best wishes go with the founder of the organization and the purposes which he is endeavoring to promote.