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FACTS ABOUT GEORGIA 127
On an adjacent hill there are two institutions supported by the
American Baptist Home Missionary Society—Spelman Semi
nary, with an enrollment of 725 girls, and Morehouse College
with an enrollment of 355 boys. The seventy students of college
grade in these two institutions meet together, thus avoiding dupli
cation. Spelman Seminary has ten brick buildings and Morehouse
College has four. Both schools are surrounded by attractive,
well-kept grounds.
In South Atlanta are two institutions controlled by the Meth
odist Episcopal Church—Clark University and Gammon The
ological Seminary. These adjoin each other and own a beautifully
wooded tract of several hundred acres. The enrollment at Clark
University is 200, and at Gammon Seminary, 65. Connected
with the former is the Thayer Home, managed by the Woman's
Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Church, and accom
modating 41 girls for home training in the various branches of
domestic science.
In the eastern part of the city Morris Brown University is
located. This institution is controlled by the African Methodist
Episcopal Church, and is an interesting and valuable demon
stration of what negroes can do for themselves, as it is officered
and taught entirely by members of the controlling denomination.
SQUASHES, FABM OF MRS. C. G. KOL'N'TREE, EGYPT