So apparently the $4-5/month tuition at Strieby’s industrial school was comparable to the next closest industrial school, Peabody Academy. However, Peabody was in the town of Troy in Montgomery County NC., while Strieby was in a rural village, about 15 miles from the town of Asheboro. Perhaps more to the point Strieby was 18 miles from Troy and the advantages of being in a rural town with a railroad stop rather than a rural village with only one road in and out. But this ad (and the chapter about it in, “Paradigm of Hope: The Story of Peabody Academy,” pp 109-131) which indicates it didn’t begin its industrial program until 1911, which would be 6 years after Strieby’s. So why didn’t it grow faster? Because it was still in a rural village without a railroad. I’m just speculating. The search continues… #striebychurchnc #peabodyacademytroync #randolphcountync #montgomerycountync #americanmissionaryassociation #striebyacademync https://www.instagram.com/p/Cq6oTinsc0h/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
