. The story of the Jubilee Singers : with their songs. withanti-slavery effort, he was felt to be specially adaptedand providentially guided to the place. And as soonas events shaped so that he could well be sparedfrom those duties, he resigned his secretaryship inthe Association and entered upon the new work. In 1875, also, the University graduated its firstcollege class. It had taken some of them, ten yearsbefore, with little more than a knowledge of thealphabet, and carried them through extended pre-paratory studies and a thorough classical course, tothe point where a rigid examination awar
. The story of the Jubilee Singers : with their songs. withanti-slavery effort, he was felt to be specially adaptedand providentially guided to the place. And as soonas events shaped so that he could well be sparedfrom those duties, he resigned his secretaryship inthe Association and entered upon the new work. In 1875, also, the University graduated its firstcollege class. It had taken some of them, ten yearsbefore, with little more than a knowledge of thealphabet, and carried them through extended pre-paratory studies and a thorough classical course, tothe point where a rigid examination awarded themthe degree of A. B. At graduation one was choseninstructor in the University, and others found re-sponsible positions awaiting them as teachers in thecity schools at Nashville and Memphis. Two werethe sons of an unlettered freed woman, who hadconsecrated every spare dollar of her hard earnings,for these ten years, to aid her boys in getting aneducation. It was a proud hour for her when theystepped upon the stage to receive their diplomas —. PROGRESS AT F1SK UNIVERSITY, J J a scene that it would have done the heart of everycontributor to Fisk University good to see. The completion and occupancy of Jubilee Hall wasanother of the important events of 1875. Both inits architectural appearance and substantial con-struction of the most durable materials, as well asin its admirable adaptation to the permanent uses otthe University, it is all that could be desired. Itswalls are of brick, with stone foundations and facings ;every part of the work upon it has been done in themost thorough manner, and it is believed to be thebest building of its kind in the Southern a commanding eminence overlooking thecapital city of Tennessee and the beautiful encirclingvalley of the Cumberland, it stands, not only anenduring and most fitting monument to the toils andtriumphs of the Jubilee Singers, and to the sympathyand generosity shown them by the Christian publicon both side
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