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Title	1906 Baton Rouge College
Subject	Baton Rouge College
Description	The Baton Rouge Academy, an institution sponsored by the Fourth District Missionary Baptist Association of Louisiana for black boys and girls. In 1892, a suggestion was made that the Fourth District Association purchase a tract of land for erecting a Denominational School. The suggestion was accepted and plans were made accordingly. On May 21, 1892, the committee of the fourth district association met in the city of Baton Rouge and purchased the tract of land known as the O'Connor Tract, located on what was then called, the Perkins Road. The doors of this school first opened for admittance to students on September 23, 1893 with Professor J. L Croosley, as the first principal. In November 1901 Dr. Joseph S. Clark, succeeded Professor J. L. Croosley as principal of the academy. The Academy, whose enrollment was around 200 students with four faculty members, remained in a wooden frame building until 1905 when fire destroyed it and all furniture. When the school reopened for the 1906-1907 session, it was housed in a modern three-story brick building with a new name-The Baton Rouge College, and a new title for its head-President. The academic program was basically of a high school nature, and "designed to prepare a student to teach as well as obtain admission to College." Dr. Joseph S. Clark resigned his position as head of the Baton Rouge College in 1911. The school enrollment had increased to 500 students and 10 teachers. The McKinley High School, built in 1926 on what is now Thomas H. Delpit Boulevard, replaced the 1912 elementary and secondary school for African American children on Perkins Road.

Title	1906 Baton Rouge College
Description	The Baton Rouge Academy, an institution sponsored by the Fourth District Missionary Baptist Association of Louisiana for black boys and girls. In 1892, a suggestion was made that the Fourth District Association purchase a tract of land for erecting a Denominational School. The suggestion was accepted and plans were made accordingly. On May 21, 1892, the committee of the fourth district association met in the city of Baton Rouge and purchased the tract of land known as the O'Connor Tract, located on what was then called, the Perkins Road. The doors of this school first opened for admittance to students on September 23, 1893 with Professor J. L Croosley, as the first principal. In November 1901 Dr. Joseph S. Clark, succeeded Professor J. L. Croosley as principal of the academy. The Academy, whose enrollment was around 200 students with four faculty members, remained in a wooden frame building until 1905 when fire destroyed it and all furniture. When the school reopened for the 1906-1907 session, it was housed in a modern three-story brick building with a new name-The Baton Rouge College, and a new title for its head-President. The academic program was basically of a high school nature, and "designed to prepare a student to teach as well as obtain admission to College." Dr. Joseph S. Clark resigned his position as head of the Baton Rouge College in 1911. The school enrollment had increased to 500 students and 10 teachers. The McKinley High School, built in 1926 on what is now Thomas H. Delpit Boulevard, replaced the 1912 elementary and secondary school for African American children on Perkins Road.
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Holding Library	Southern University and A&M College-Archives Department-John B. Cade Library
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Date.Original	2013-05-20
Identifier	his.1906.pho0097.jpg
Rights	Physical Rights are retained by the Archives Department-Southern University Library. Copyright© is retained in accordance with U.S. Copyright laws. To order a reproduction or inquire about permission to publish please contact: archives1@lib.subr.edu [Please cite Identifier File Name of collection].

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