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98 During the same year the first brick building was erected. At present the accommodations consist of "Scotia" and "Faith Hall," both four-story brick buildings, containing chapel, class-rooms, dormitories for teachers and about 275 students (these buildings are heated with steam and are lighted by electricity). Music Hall for the department of music, and the church building used by the students and the congregation.

The property is valued at $60,000. Scotia is exclusively for girls and aims to combine, in the most effective way, industry with the culture of the mind and heart. It does not admit students of the lowest grades. Its work is in the two departments: (1) Grammar, (2) Normal and Scientific. From the beginning something like 2,500 persons have been enrolled, and about 300 have graduated from one or both courses of study. The number enrolled during the last year was 261, of whom 253 were boarders from ten different States. Rev. Dr. Dorland and wife remained in charge until the fall of 1886, when, on account of advancing years, they were relieved, having made their indelible impress upon the Church and the colored people.

Rev. Dr. D. J. Satterfield and wife took up the work where their predecessors had left off. The present faculty is composed of the president and principal (Dr. D. J. Satterfield and wife), with eleven lady teachers and two assistants.

While seeking to develop a high type of womanhood in its students Scotia has two special lines of work;. The training of teachers for our own schools. For