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WASHINGTON INSTITUTE.
MALE AND FEMALE.

  This institution of learning is located at Linton, Hancock county, about
equidistant from Milledgeville, Sandersville and Sparta. The village is named in
honor of Judge Linton Stephens, the most liberal contributor towards its
endowment, and the school takes its name from the Association which originated
and controls it. The site selected in 1857 was in the primitive forest, where
there was not so much as a cabin to mark its locality. But such was the energy
which characterized its managers, that early in 1858 the institution was in
successful operation, with more than one hundred pupils. More than twenty
residences were soon reared up, some of which are elegant and costly edifices.

  Fifteen Trustees were elected by the Association, of which Rev. Asa Duggan was
the first President and Col. J. T. Smith, Secretary. Rev. Carlos W. Stephens
(recently deceased,) was chosen principal of the school, and Rev. T. J. Adams,
assistant. The latter is now associate principal with Ivy W. Duggan, and W. H.
Beals is professor of music. At the commencement of the war, the number of
pupils was one hundred and twenty-nine. But its numbers were soon reduced by its
sons rushing to the field of conflict, some of them, alas! to return no more.
Their teachers, of course, went with them. Their places, however, were
temporarily supplied, and the exercises of the school were at no time entirely
suspended. There are now (1866) seventy pupils in attendance, and,
notwithstanding the condition of the country, there is much reason to hope it
will soon attain its former prosperity. The teachers are men of experience and
ability, and they are seconded in their efforts by the Trustees and patrons.

  The primary department affords excellent facilities for small children, while
the more advanced classes are thoroughly instructed in the mathematics and
classics. The school has the advantage of a well selected philosophical and
chemical apparatus, musical instruments, etc. The main building is of brick, two
stories high, commodious, and well adapted to the purposes for which it is
intended. It is yet in an unfinished state. The location is remarkably healthy,
and the society is good. The institution is a corporate body, and the provisions
of its charter are well calculated to protect the village and school from
immoral influences. The Board of Trustees are elected biennially by the
Association. The success of this enterprise is claimed by its friends as a
conclusive argument in favor of mixed schools.


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GEORGIA BAPTISTS: HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL
BY
J. H. CAMPBELL,
PERRY, GEORGIA.


MACON, GA.: J. W. BURKE & COMPANY. 1874.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1874, by
J. H. CAMPBELL,
In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.




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