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  History 
  of 
  Durham. 
  

  

  FROM 
  THE 
  pupil's 
  STANDPOINT. 
  

  

  The 
  school 
  is 
  not 
  only 
  popular 
  with 
  the 
  parents 
  and 
  guar- 
  

   dians, 
  and 
  older 
  people 
  generally, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  held 
  in 
  still 
  

   higher 
  regard, 
  if 
  possible, 
  bj'' 
  the 
  pupils. 
  So 
  attached 
  to 
  it 
  

   are 
  they 
  that 
  it 
  requires 
  strong 
  persuasion 
  or 
  the 
  interposi- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  parental 
  authority 
  to 
  cause 
  them 
  to 
  absent 
  them- 
  

   selves 
  even 
  in 
  extreme 
  weather. 
  To 
  please 
  the 
  children, 
  

   parents 
  often 
  hire 
  conve3'ances 
  to 
  take 
  them 
  to 
  the 
  building. 
  

   Such 
  universal 
  fondness 
  for 
  school 
  was 
  unknown 
  before 
  the 
  

   establishment 
  of 
  the 
  Graded 
  School. 
  The 
  attendance 
  record 
  

   of 
  this 
  school 
  stands 
  without 
  parallel 
  in 
  the 
  State. 
  

  

  ITS 
  FUTURE. 
  

  

  With 
  age 
  the 
  school 
  has 
  grown 
  stronger 
  and 
  its 
  future 
  

   is 
  bright 
  with 
  promises 
  of 
  great 
  usefulness. 
  The 
  proba- 
  

   bilities 
  are 
  that 
  generations 
  yet 
  unborn 
  will 
  rise 
  up 
  to 
  bless 
  

   the 
  founders 
  and 
  all 
  who 
  have 
  contributed 
  to 
  the 
  establish- 
  

   ment 
  and 
  perpetuity 
  of 
  so 
  noble 
  an 
  institution. 
  

  

  LOCATION 
  OF 
  SITE 
  FOR 
  BUILDING. 
  

  

  Since 
  the 
  above 
  was 
  written, 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  S. 
  Carr 
  has 
  very 
  gen- 
  

   erously 
  donated 
  a 
  lot 
  valued 
  at 
  $3,000, 
  located 
  on 
  Railroad 
  

   street, 
  near 
  his 
  residence. 
  The 
  Committee 
  have 
  accepted 
  

   the 
  gift 
  and 
  also 
  decided 
  to 
  purchase 
  the 
  lot 
  adjoining, 
  (the 
  

   property 
  of 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  W. 
  Fuller,) 
  for 
  $2,500, 
  making 
  the 
  value 
  

   of 
  entire 
  grounds, 
  containing 
  about 
  one 
  and 
  a 
  quarter 
  acres, 
  

   $5,500. 
  Efforts 
  are 
  now 
  being 
  made 
  to 
  raise 
  funds 
  for 
  the 
  

   erection 
  of 
  a 
  $12,500 
  or 
  $15,000 
  building 
  for 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  

   school. 
  It 
  is 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  the 
  Committee 
  to 
  erect 
  the 
  

   building 
  this 
  year. 
  

  

  THE 
  STATUS 
  OF 
  THE 
  COLORED 
  RACE. 
  

  

  In 
  passing 
  it 
  seems 
  appropriate 
  in 
  this 
  place 
  to 
  refer 
  

   briefly 
  to 
  the 
  condition 
  and 
  position 
  of 
  the 
  colored 
  people 
  

   of 
  North 
  Carolina 
  — 
  and 
  especially 
  of 
  this 
  section 
  of 
  the 
  

   State. 
  The 
  impression 
  prevails 
  to 
  some 
  extent 
  in 
  the 
  North- 
  

   ern 
  States 
  that 
  though 
  by 
  the 
  act 
  of 
  emancipation 
  made 
  

   legally 
  free, 
  the 
  negroes 
  of 
  the 
  South 
  are 
  practically 
  in 
  as 
  

   complete 
  subordination 
  to 
  the 
  white 
  people 
  as 
  ever 
  they 
  

  

  