ncipal of Normal Department, Instructor in French, and
Natural Sciences._

MRS. ALICE M. ADAMS,
_Lady Principal, Matron, and Instructor in Academic Department._

Miss GUSSIE E. CLARK,
_Teacher of Instrumental Music._

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ASSISTANT TEACHERS.

CARRIE E. FERGUSON,
_Teacher of Penmanship._

D. M. ASHBY,
G. S. LEWIS,
_Teachers of Arithmetic._

ANNA H. JONES,
_Teacher of Reading._

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REV. T. H. JACKSON, D.D.,
_General Agent._

In the summer of 1856 the Cincinnati Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church decided to establish in that place a university for
the education of Colored youth. Its Board of Trustees consisted of
twenty white and four Colored men. Mr. Alfred J. Anderson, Rev. Lewis
Woodson, Mr. Ishmael Keith, and Bishop Payne were the Colored members.
Among the former were State Senator M. D. Gatch and the late Salmon P.
Chase. It was dedicated in October, 1856, when the Rev. M. P. Gaddis
took charge. He held the position of Principal for one year, when he
was succeeded by Professor J. R. Parker, who worked faithfully and
successfully until 1859. Rev. R. T. Rust, D.D., became President upon
the retirement of Mr. Parker, and accomplished a noble work. He
raised the educational standard of the school, attracted to its
support and halls friends and pupils, and gained the confidence of
educators and laymen within the outside of his denomination.
Unfortunately, his faithful labors were most abruptly terminated by
the war of the Rebellion. The college doors were closed in 1862 for
want of funds; the main friends of the institution having cast their
lot with the Confederate States. It should be remembered that up to
this time this college was in the hands of the white Methodist Church.
The Colored Methodists bought the land and buildings on the 10th of
March, 1863, for the sum of $10,000. The land consisted of fifty-two
acres, with an abundance of timber, fine springs, and a commodious
college building with a dozen beautiful cottages. And the growth of
the institution under the management of Colored men is a credit to
their Church and race.

Bishop D. H. Payne, D.D., was elected to the presidency of the
university, which position he has filled with rare fidelity and
ability for the last thirteen years. In 1876 Rev. B. F. Lee, a former
gradua