MOREHOUSE PARISH TRAINING SCHOOL
  Negro Education 1916

    
Principal: R. G. Steptoe
An elementary school selected as a central institution to provide more advanced training for the colored pupils of the parish.
Attendance: Total, 136; all elementary.
Teachers: Total, 3; all colored; male 1, female 2.
Organization: The seven elementary grades are fairly well taught. In addition, the pupils have five hours a week in sewing, handicrafts, manual training, or gardening.
Financial: 1914-15, The income amounted to $1,350, of which $850 was from public funds and $500 from the Slater Fund. Of the income, $1,250 was expended for salaries and $100 for other purposes.
Plant: Estimated value, $4,000. The plant consists of 29 acres of land, value $750; a four-room building, value $3,000; and equipment valued at $250.
Recommendation: That the work be encouraged and facilities added as the need appears for a boarding department, secondary work, and teacher training.
 
Sources: Negro Education: A Study of the Private and Higher Schools for Colored People in the United States 
 

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PUBLIC EDUCATION

                                                                                     MOREHOUSE PARISH                                       
 
                                                                                                                                       White              Negro
Population, 1910                                                                                                        4,814              13,971
Children 6 to 14 years of age,                                                                                    1,035                3,436
1910,Teachers' salaries in public schools,                                                             22,558                3,554
1911-12 Teachers' salaries per child 6 to 14, parish                                            $21.80                $1.03
Percentage illiterate, 1910, parish                                                                               4.4                    59.6
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The entire population is rural. The average length of the public school term is 8.3 months for white pupils and 4 months for colored. The number of teachers is 43 in white schools and 46 in colored schools. The average attendance is 794 white pupils and 1,315 colored pupils.
These statistics indicate the need for increased public school facilities. The work of the elementary schools should be extended and strengthened. In order to provide facilities for more advanced training than can be obtained in the rural schools, a central institution is being developed at Bastrop. The parish board, in cooperation with the Slater Fund and the General Education Board, supports the school.

Sources: Negro Education: A Study of the Private and Higher Schools for Colored People in the United States