Bell Institute

BELL INSTITUTE
1908 -
"A special interest attaches to Bell Institute, located in a romantic and beautiful mountain setting, in the village of Walnut, Madison county, North Carolina, for it was founded and conducted by the former Cumberland Presbyterian Church after the union of this church with the Presbyterian Church of the U.S.A. Bell Institute in 1908, came under the care of the Women's Board of Home Missions; but there is continued assurance that this school, in the very heart of the mountains, is still especially dear to the hearts of the founders for a lively, practical interest in it is manifested by them at all times. The industrial boarding department accommodates fifty girls, and the day school which is co-education has a capacity for an equal number. A principal, three teachers and a matron comprise the faculty. Twenty-two pupils graduated this year, more than one-half of whom plan to continue their work in higher schools. The property consists of a large dormitory building, and a commodious chapel and school building in an enclosure of seven acres of land. The total value of the plan is seventeen thousand dollars." (1914, Wilson, p.136)