CaUjomt
BY
PICTURE AND SONG
1 9 O 9
Copyright, iqoq, by Calhoun Colored School
i
CABIN WHERE SCHOOL WAS INCORPORATED JAN., 1892
CALHOUN COLORED SCHOOL, CALHOUN,
LOWNDES CO., ALABAMA
trustees
Rev. H. B. FRISSELL, D.D., President, Hampton, Va.
Dr. B. T. WASHINGTON, Vice-President, Tuskegee, Ala.
Rev. PITT DILLINGHAM, Secretary - Calhoun, Ala.
Miss C. R. THORN, Treasurer - - Calhoun, Ala.
Professor HENRY W. FARNAM - New Haven, Conn.
Rev. PAUL REVERE FROTH INGHAM, Boston, Mass.
WILLIAM JAY SCHIEFFELIN, Ph.D. - New York
HENRY W. SPRAGUE - - - Buffalo, N. Y.
BELTON GILREATH - - - Birmingham, Ala.
investment committee
Professor HENRY W. FARNAM, Chairman
WILLIAM JAY SCHIEFFELIN, Ph.D.
Rev. PITT DILLINGHAM
principal/
riTT DILLINGHAM, CHARLOTTE R. THORN
2
CALHOUN SCHOOL, 1892
CALHOUN SCHOOL, 1908
3
(HaUjoim (EolarriJ #rltooI
Location Calhoun —
With 2700 Negroes to 100
Whites.
Lowndes Co. —
With 32000 Negroes to
5000 Whites.
Alabama.
it
Equipment 106 acres of land ; 17 buildings,
including 3 schoolhouses, indus¬
trial buildings, 2 dormitories,
teachers' cottages, office and li¬
brary, barn and farm buildings.
Attendance Average 300 girls and boys — 60
of these boarding pupils — the
others coming daily from cabin
homes, often a distance of miles.
Departments Academic —
Kindergarten, primary and
grammar grades.
Industrial —
Farming, cobbling, elemen¬
tary carpentry, sewing, cook¬
ing, laundry work.
4
Community
Work
Farmers' conferences; mothers'
meetings; Sunday services; medi¬
cal mission work by school phy¬
sician; cabin, church and school
visiting; annual agricultural fair
and teachers' institute.
Land
Movement
and House
Building
In 1895 the Negroes began work¬
ing to own land and houses. 91
warranty deeds have been given.
Over $32000 have been paid for
land. 33 new houses have been
built.
Means of
Support
Outside of income from endow¬
ment funds, donations from edu¬
cational boards and societies,
Calhoun raises annually $24000
to carry on the work that reaches
out in many ways, not only to the
2700 Negroes in Calhoun, but
to the 32000 Negroes in the
county.
5
SCANDALIZE MY NAME
-j'4' „ 5: .. ft _ „ ... _!S- -V1
* "—"—* » - _1
I met my sis - ter the oth - er day, I
ev-ermy back was turned, She scanda-lize'myname.
V-J: •:
=J*=u:£=q
I** H
You call that a sis - ter, No,
=fc—=£=
no, You
call that a sis-ter?No, no,Scan-da-lize' my name.
6
GWINE TO QUIT ALL O' MY WORLDLY WAYS
^— 1 . "-===*:
££3==s.-
m
Gwine to quit all o' my world - ly ways,
\d&>\
^ * *
<9 *
t J
Quit all
my world - ly ways, Quit all
Fine
-j
>
——rgj—
«J
o' my world - ly ways.Jine de so-cial ban'.
N .
—U li¬
lt:
* «
Lef'my moth-er griev-ing, griev-ing, griev-ing,
=Ki=
•^5
£=3=
B.C.
*■
» « • 0-
Lef' my moth-er grieving, griev-ing up - on my soul.
<* »■- •
±=tV
* • «—».
7
LORD, I NEBER KNOWED DE BATTLE WAS
SO HARD
BE
■m- -m- 0- -j0- „ . -mp- -m -m
+ w tS
Lord, I neb - er knowecl de bat - tie was
i&
-&.zz£=. JL —1_—3
\-m -m -m———m —<m :«=H
\--rn -m « ! g—-m w w—H
3s-
so hard, Lord, I neb - er knowed de bat-tie was
S3
* .\r -v ii . |
hi—1~* • -—» » • -m 1
so hard, Lord, 1 neb - er knowed de bat-tie was
p-_t:
-=*=!
f_£L
3=: :t
, f—P—"P—,
*=z=*=
^—fef— r—r~ r j
S&e
lii
hard, Thank God I'm in
J
« ■—i* 1«
•
de field.
Ts
1=^
t—r
=dz
SUN SHINE INTO MY SOUL
Sun shine, sun shine, sun shine in - to my soul,
&=:
» :r» »_
I
in de morning, Sun shine, sun shine, O de
Fine
I
sun shine in - to my soul. Have a
1 r
good ol' aunt - y in de king - dom, An' you
:fc
—sf-
may say how r-I know,But de las' time I heard from
iXC.
fc=
=p—»
her She's rap-pin' at Mer - cy' do'. Lord - y.
9
YOU' GOT A RIGHT
m: ?
=c
-0
%
-—*
1
iTti
i ii
» ■» »
u» ts
You got a right,
I
got
a
right, We
T)i"*
»
«
*—
*-• . *—
- - |
b—
—i
—»—
es
-t t—
» —»—
!* fcs
U
fc?
7T 41
0
all
5;
0
got
J
+ «
-« # «
a right to
.
* *
7
de
i*
_ 0 _
tree
■0-
4
ob
1
life.
— —□
p.
»- »■ »
»
—m-—
■— *» -
(5 * £ ~
-SS—
U"
You kin hender me here, but you cannot there,
God in de heav'n gwine to answer pray'r.
HE'S JUS' DE SAME TODAY
lived in Mo - ses time is jus' de same to-day.
-0- -m~ -#■- • • -0~ - -j*- -»•
jrr—te3z=)K—/
SISTER HANNAH
12
Solo question
m •#—+—
=t
m
Tell me, Sis - ter Han -nah, an' tell me true Where
/t\ So7o ntiswer
¥
h
have you been so long gone ? I been a -
* Tell it
seek-ing fo' re - lig-ion an' it has been foun',
my sister confess yo' fault,
Now my soul has gone on to glo - ry.
hide nothing from de Lord.
=Ei
Roll-ing an' a rock-ing them in His arms,
• f Jt
r— T~
y 1
(ft) -1* 1* -> -15—N—d
~r—» * -» w * •—*—
Roll - ing an' a rock -ing them
£3 1
in His arms,
-m--
^ E E—t E t t . !
m
Eoll-ing an' a - rock-ing them in His arms,
« *
"V ^ ^ * K*
—"35EEEEE E5=r=f:
Now my soul has gone on to glo - ry.
* Spoken by one person during the answer.
13
i - •• i
So glad I done done,So glad
N
1 V irr* 1 _ f '
1 ——#—1
I done done,So
■J- -J- -»- -»- -»- -J.
-t="—
M^4=M^"-==1==I;
±H
1 ° ~ J
Tol' me to pray, an' I done prayed, Tol'
^"■3 L n» [ L ft ft.
-IS i
i-m—* 1 -# •«—i—-m-
l j=j-
—m
i
me. to pray, an' I done prayed,Tol' me to
DAT SUITS MB
M,
-=n=
» ■ m
Come on chil - dren lets go roun' de wall,
atl
9iW
I;#i
m
-f<*—»—» „. ~
ipg—ja= g
Dat suits me Come on children lets go roun'de wall,
Chorus
. »
-4 >
Don' wan' to stum-ble,don' wan' to fall Dat suits me.
16
WE ARB CLIMBING JACOB'S LADDER
t i
We are climb - ing . .
N-
t
Ja-cob's lad - der,
JL. Jt-.
4=- .-(=■_
• t-
—fc-, !S 1
t^EE^
-P-
' •
We are climb - ing
m -■ * « ■
Ja-cob's lad - der,
- - . - r~-«
u—
We
climb - ing
» •
Ja
cob's
I
' ■
■ ? ***- * ".'%4CiBIP'f%5I*wb
DRIVE SATAN AWAY
m
• - -
==£==*3
-J*d
Takes a pu'e in heart to drive Sa -tan a-way,Takes a
4-29=
-Ij —IS —I i—-
#*■:
«—*
pu'e in heart to drive Sa-tan a-way. No pre-
ten-der can't drive Sa-tan a-way. No pre
•, * • » «
ten-der can't drive Satan a-way.Drive Satan a - way
fs 1 .
•
drive Sa - tan a - way. Drive Sa - tan a
n^ppir
=t
r-out ob my heart, drive Sa - tan a - way.
18
i9