The Booker T. Washington Papers, Vol.2, page 459, June 1888, U. of Illinois Press

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JUNE · 1888 He had a brick kiln in operation and I was impressed with the skillful use he made of the students. I found that without definitely appointing them he had made certain ones foremen over the others. I was much pleased with the intelligence which the farm students showed as to the kinds of crops which certain soils could produce, as to the times of planting, and the small details of farm work. They seemed to have been taught to think as well as to work.'' (Southern Workman, ~7 [July 1888], 82.) From William Jenkins Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn. June ~ o, ~ 888 Dear Mr. Washington: ~ am sorry that ~ did not get to see you before leaving Tuskegee. I spent three very pleasant days in Montgomery. While there I visited the examinations of the Alabama University; I also attended the Alumni meeting at the 01d Ship. They were both the most miserable excuses that I have ever witnessed. In the latter Paterson occupied most of the time in his usual style of bragadocio and · · — mean Insinuations. Thus far I have been very pleasantly entertained at Fisk. Every body wants to know something of the work at Tuskegee. I leave for Chicago next Friday. I find that Rev. Mr. Whittaker stands high here. I was out to see him yesterday. I forgot to get the ''Story of Tuskegee and its songs''2 before leaving. I shall be pleased to have you send me a few by return mail. Remember me to all your household. Sincerely Yours, William Jenkins ALS Con. 89 BTW Papers DLC. Old Ship A.M.E. Zion Church, the oldest black church in Montgomery. In 1852 the Court Street Methodist Episcopal Church, South, gave black Methodists of Montgomery and vicinity a frame building. Several black men including three slaves rolled the 60'-x-4s' building on logs to a new location on Holcombe Street. When asked what they were going to name the church, they answered ''The Old Ship of Zion.'' Until 186a the church was served by white ministers. In 1865 Old Ship joined the A.M.E. Zion denomination and soon became an important center of Negro life. It often served as a meeting house for speeches and celebrations. 2 Helen Wilhelmina Ludlow, ea., Tuskegee Normal and Industrial School: Its Story and Its Songs (Hampton, Va., 1884). 459