Bishop College
Historically Black College
Wyalucing-1937
Sketch from Evidences
of Progress Among Colored People
by G. F. Richings - 1903
| Bishop
College is located in the city of Marshall, the county-seat of
Harrison county, Texas. For beauty of situation, commodiousness
of buildings, and completeness of outfit for the work, this
institution is unsurpassed by any school for the colored people
west of the Mississippi.
The Rev. N. Wolverton has been succeeded as president by the Rev. Albert Loughridge, who will push the work with the same degree of vigor. The dormitories are spacious and pleasant, the grounds are ample for recreation, and those who go there to live find all the advantages of a Christian home. Every student must understand that, in entering the school, he stands pledged to willing and cheerful conformity to the regulations prescribed by the faculty for its government. This institution was founded in 1881. It now employs nine white teachers and seven colored. Total number of students in attendance daily about two hundred. Amount of money expended yearly for the support of the school, $7,434. |
