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gave $150,000 to the Society for educational purposes. Superintendent 

 W. L. Gordon has eight assistants. The attendance for 1S81 reached 

 439, and the expenditures, $5,190, of which $2,674 were drawn from 

 tuition, and the rest supplied by the A. M. Association. 



WALLINGFORD ACADEMY, 



establislied for colored pupils in 1865, occupies a building erected at a 

 cost of $13,500, of which $7,800 was given by the Freedmen's Bureau. 

 It is conducted by Principal L. A. Grover and six assistants, with an en- 

 rollment, in 1881, of 618 pupils, an expenditure of about $2,900. The 

 school takes its name from a lady in Pittsburg, who paid off the in- 

 debtedness on the building. 



PRIVATE SCHOOLS. 



Besides the public and charitable institutions, the city contains a num- 

 ber of private academies and schools for youth of both sexes. These 

 are of the highest order of excellence, and not only supply additional 

 facilities for the young people of Charleston, but attract a number of 

 pupils from abroad. 



Some of the principal private schools are as follows : 



Charleston Classical School, B. R. Stuart, Principal. 



English Classical and Mathematical School, Jos. T. Caldwell, Principal. 



English and Classical School. Messrs. Coleman and Kent, Principals. 



German Academy, C. H. Bergmann, Principal. 



Confederate Home School (Female), Mrs. G. W. Alexander. 



Charleston Female Seminary, Miss E. A. Kelly. 



Schools for Girls and Kindergarten, Mrs. Isabel A. Smith. 



Miss Murden's School, for girls and boys. 



Miss S. D. Pinckney's School, for girls and boys. 



Miss DaSaussure's School, for girls and boys. 



Miss C. M. Smith's School, for girls and boys. 



The Mis.ses Scott's School, for girls and boys. 



Mrs. Toomer's School, for girls and boys. 



Miss A. T. Quigley's School, for girls and boys. 



Mrs. F. A. Porcher's School, for girls and boys. 



Madam Feugas' School, for girls and boys. 



Miss Beckmann's School, for girls and boys. 



